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EVENING SUN SECOND EDITION THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES) BRITISH FUNDS. Rank Stock ... 167 k 'lndia Stock, ....246 3 per Cent Red. B9i Ditto Bonds ..... 10 pm 3 per Cent Cons B9i Ditto Old Annuities ... 3i per Cent Red 991 'Ditto New Annuities... New 3i per Cent 99/ lEx. Bills, 1,0001.-20 15 pm New 5 per Cent — Ditto 5001 l5 pm Long Annuities toezpire ' Ditto Small l7 pm Jan. 1860 ... 12g Bank Stock for Acct... Oct 1859 lndia Stock for Acct.... Jan. 1860. FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent !Ditto, New Ditto 321 Brazilian 80nd5.... Prussian,! 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres. 6 per ces Russian, 5 per cent Chilian, 6 per cent..... 69 !Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per cent.. Spanish, 5 per cent 24j Ditto, 1824. 22 Ditto, Deferred ... 12 Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —f. —c Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent.... 29a French, 3 per cent —f. —c Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 \ Dutch, 2} per cent 51,! Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent. SHARES. Birmingham and Derby Railway (100 pd) 58 Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 64} Great Western Railway( 65 paid) B6 Ditto New Shares (50 paid) ... 61 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) 37a Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) ...•.. 169 Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) North Midland Railway (100) South Eastern and Dover (48 paid)... Ditto New Shares ( 5 paid) ... ........ York and North Midland Railway (50 paid) 93 VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) THE CORPORATION OF DARTMOUTH V. HOLESWORTH. In this case a bill was filed by the Corporation of Dartmouth against the defendant, Arthur Howes Holes worth, and the object of the suit was that the plaintiffs might be relieved from the payment of a certain bond by having it delivered up to be cancelled, and that an in junction might be obtained to restrain proceedings at law upon that bond. Mr. GIRDLESTONE, who opened the case for the plaintiffs, said that the bond in question was dated May 22, 1833, and had been given to the defendant under the common seal of the Corporation, for the purpose of se curing to him the payment of the sum of 1,249/. Ss. 9d. with interest. That sum was the amount of costs of certain legal proceedings which had been paid by the defendant ; and these proceedings were taken on a quo warrant() instituted by the Attorney-General against the defendant and others formerly members of the Cor poration of Dartmouth. The Corporation consisted previously to the passing of the Municipal Corporations Act of a certain number of aldermen, two bailiffs, and and an indefinite number of freemen, the governing body composed of a' Mayor and Councillors, amounting altogether to twelve. The first charter constituting the Corporation was of the 3d Edward 111., in the year 1340 ; and by an Act of James 1., the Mayor and twelve burgesses were empowered to make by-laws bind ing on the whole body. By a by-law passed in the month of September, 1706, it was enacted that no act of the Corporation should be legal unless the major part of the governing body should be present, and unless ten days' notice should have been given that a meeting of the body was to be held. In the year 1829 a gentleman of the name of Whitney was exercising the office of Mayor of the borough, and the defendant was at that time one of the aldermen. The defendant was a gentleman of great influence in the borough, in which he possessed considerable property, and which, previous to the passing of the Reform Act, he had for several years represented in Parliament. The defendant, at the time in question, also exercised a paramount influence in the nomination of the members for the Corporation. It occurred to cer tain burgesses and inhabitants of the borough that this influence had been illegally assumed, and as improperly exercised ; and a rule nisi was obtained in Mi c h ae l mas term 1829 by the Attorney-General at the relation of those parties, calling on Mr. Whitney, the Mayor, to show cause why an information of quo warrant() should not!! be issued, calling upon him to show by what autho rity he exercised his office. In Hilary term 1830 that rule was argued and the rule was made absolute. It ap peared that Mr. Whitney not liking to undertake the defence of those proceedings, Mr. Holesworth under took the defence for him ; and accordingly Mr. Holes worth authorised Mr. Robert Priddeaux, his private so licitor and the Town-clerk of the Corporation, to con duct the proceedings on his behalf. The rule having been made absolute, fifteen informations were filed against the Mayor and other individuals, two of whom, of the name of Newman and Rennels, were at the time burgesses, but not aldermen. The defendant Holesworth, who was an alderman, was also one of the parties. The defendant undertook the defence to these proceedings, Samuel Priddeaux, who had succeeded to the office of Robert Priddeaux, deceased, acting as his solicitor. In Trinity Term, 1830, judgment was given with costs against the Mayor, Whitney, upon the information filed against him. It appeared that on the 11 th June, 1830, there had been a meeting held by some members of the corporation, and a memorandum was signed at that meeting by Mr. Whitney, the Mayor, by Thomas Newman, Henry Holesworth, Joseph Parke, Edward Brooking, Robert Holesworth, Thomas Newman, and Frank Rennels, who were all among the individuals against whom the infor mation had been filed. That memorandum was: to the effect, that the defence to the informations should be left to the defendant. It appeared, however, to the parties on further inquiry, that no defence could be set up against the intlirmations; and the consequence was that, after the defence had been proceeded with, to a certain point disclaimers were instituted upon all the informations then pending, and the result was, that judgment with costs was given against the defendant. The costs amounted to the sum of 1,2491. Bs. 9d., and those costs were paid by Mr. Holesworth. No claim had been made upon the Csrporation for the payment of that sum, either by Mr. Holesworth or by his solicitor, until the month of April, 1833, although there had in the mean time been many dealings between the Corporation and the defendant. In the month of April, 1833, however, Mr. Holesworth made out a bill of costs for the amount of the expenses of the legal proceedings ; and that bill was forwarded, on the 15th of that month, to the then Mayor, Mr. Strong. On the same day a meeting of the Corporation was held, at which there were but five mem bers present, together with the defendant, who assisted there as Recorder, at which the claims of Mr. Holes worth were discussed, and a resolution was passed that the subject should be taken again into considera tion at an adjourned meeting. Mr. Harkstone, however, one of the aldermen present, refused to sign that resolution, so that it had only the signatures of the Mayor, and of three other individuals, who were among the parties against whom the informa tions had been filed. On the 22d of April a meeting was held, at which two gentlemen, of the names of Codner and Harris, were created aldermen; and on the 16th of May, 1833, another meeting was held at which eight aldermen assisted. At that meeting a resolution was passed to the effect that the town seal should be at fixed to a bond, for the purpose of securing to Mr. Holes worth the amount of the legal expenses he had incurred. It appeared, however, that Messrs. Cockier and Harris, two of the gentlemen present, had refused at first to sign the resolution ; but their scruples were removed by certain representations made to them, but which it was contended were false. They were told among other things that Counsel had been consulted, who declared the legality of Mr. Holesworth's claim, although there was no evidence that that representation was true. The Municipal Corporation Act was subsequently passed, and the consequence was that the new Corporation refused to pay the amount of the bond. Mr. Holesworth brought an action before the Court of Qneen's Bench against the Corporation for its payment ; to that action three pleas had been put in. Those pleas were over ruled by the Court, and the question at common law was therefore disposed of. But the Corporation came before this Court on their equitable claim. It was contended that they had no right to pay the amount of the bond. At the meeting at which the bowl had beengranted it had been represented that the sum was a debt owing by the Cor poration t o Mr. Holesworth, that the expense had been in curred at the request of the Corporation, and that Counsel had been consulted as to the legality of the claim. These re presentations, however, were false ; and the members who empowered Mr. Holesworth to conduct the legal proceedings had not acted as a corporate bode, and a sufficient number of the Corporation had not been pre sent at the proceedings. The plaintiff was not, therefore, entitled in equity to the payment of the bond. Mr. WAKEFIELD having argued at some length against the application made to the Court, on the ground that there was no equitable grounds for refusing to the de fendant the sum he had expended, and which had been insured to him by the bond, the further hearing of the case was postponed till Monday. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. STANDA RD.—The day of election for a Profes sor of Poetry has been definitively fixed for Thursday, the 27th inst. The polling will commence at ten o'clock in the morning, and will continue throughout the day. It was originally understood that the election would have taken place on the 26th ; but it has since been decided that the day should be altered to the 27th, and a formal notice has been issued to that effect. We have already written and published much on the great question to he tried, but we could not with a safe conscience relax in a case in which we firmly believe the clergy of England and the University of Oxford to he upon their trial. The election, we are informed by a correspondent, must, according to usage, be made in a manner to preclude the identifica tion of voters. Much as men ought. to dislike secrecy in any public act, the appeal to the Ballot in the present case is so far fortunate, as it ob%iates the main ohjee tion offered to a conte s t, name l y , t h at i t wou ld place friends in manifest opposition. For our own part, we have ro tenderness for friendship in such rr, a • tLm If a friend perversely or stupidly t a k es a li ne which we behne to be sinful, we regard the temporal inconvenience to which he may expose himself by such conduct as kind and wholesome chastisement, necessary to bring him to a sense of his sin, an d which, therefore, it would not be the part of friendship to divert. On the other h an d, men ought not to be ashamed to act right, wh o _ ever may act wrong. But be this as it may, iction on personal grounds is removed m of the election. Much, however, has been by men entitled to ail respect, of the evil of !st, however carried 011 ; but one consideration be lost sight of by such as hold that a con test can be avoided. The public, including the whole body of laymen in the Church, have R right to know the opinions of their religious teachers, and the bias of the University at which their chil dren are to be educated ; and these they can now learn in no other way than by a clear, unequivocal de cision of the question now in issue. If Mr. Williams and his friends beat a chamade—we care not under what pretext, because we know them well enough to know that nothing but a certainty of ignominious defeat will cause them to retire—if Mr. Williams and his friends withdraw, or if they be signally defeated, as we trust they will be, upon a poll, the clergy of the Uni versity will preserve that glorious character which has been theirs for centuries. But (we will imagine no thing so terrible as a Tractarian triumph) a compro mise would be utterly fatal. The character of the clergy and of the University is, we repeat it, the pro perty of the country—a property which many of us look upon as the most precious of all our national possessions ; bat this character has been aspersed by sectarian enemies. Oxford is, we will not say sus pected, but accused, of favouring the Romanist schism. The accusation was brought openly in the House of Commons, and boldly repelled as far as it could be by the testimony of individuals ; but now Oxford is called upon to render her own testimony in reply to this accu sation, and silence on her part will amount to a plea of guilty, and to a disavowal of her Parliamentary defenders. GLOBE.—In all the interminable discussions to which the subject of the Corn-laws has given rise, it has been customary for the friends of the present system to maintain, that if provisions would be purchasable for less money, through a reduction of the taxes on food, there would be a corresponding, or even a greater, diminution in the wages of those classes to whom the dearness of provisions is now the cause of so much misery. Without now entering into the merits of the question whether an alteration in the Corn-laws would have the effect of diminishing the income of a manufacturing operative so much as to leave him as badly off as he is at present—a conclusion that has been over and over again shown to be absurd—we may ask the advocates of dear living whether there is not in this country a frightful amount of distress among in dividuals whose scanty earnings could not be injuriously affected by the proposed measure for making bread cheap ; and who, while they gained as much or more than they can do now, would be enabled to obtain a much larger quantity of food for the same amount of money ? The ingenious disputants who deal with no thing less lofty than commerce and agriculture, the ma nufacturing, the trading, or the landed interests, with the statistics relating to each, as the only worthy subjects of their elaborate and sometimes rather mystical essays on political economy, would feel it to be an affront to their dignity were we to begin to talk to them about washerwomen, watermen, cab-drivers, charwomen, and those industrious individuals by whom mangling and ironing are done, or messages and parcels carefully de livered ; but we can assure those gentlemen who de clare that cheap food will profit nobody, that if they would only walk into the humble apartments of the thousands of individuals belonging to the classes we have named, it would be found that in many cases wretchedness might be relieved, in all comfort increased, and in none earnings diminished, by a reduction in the cost of the necessary articles of nourisment. The important Corn-law Conference for the counties of Hants, Wilts, and Dorset, including the Isle of Wight, will take place in Sonthampton on the Ist of February next. A rumour was afloat in Paris that the Duke d'Angouleme was dead. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 14.----The Dee, West India mail packet, left Southampton with a large number of passengers at one o'clock this afternoon. She will re ceive the mail for the West Indies, Mexico, and New Orleans, at Falmouth, on the morning of the 17th inst. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 14.—(From a Corres pondent.)—Her Majesty's ship Vindictive, with five other men-of-war, are to sail immediately for the Downs, to meet the ship that conveys the King of Prussia to this country, and to fire salutes in honour of his Ma jesty's arrival. The Vindictive will then go to Ply mouth to take in stores and proceed immediately to the Bermudas. FIRE AT WOBURN ABBEY.—On the evening of the 13th, a fire was discovered in one of the servants' rooms at Woburn Abbey. The floor was much burnt, but within half an hour the fire was subdued without any considerable damage. The activity and coolness of the servants essentially contributed to the extinction of the fire, or the injury might have been much greater. We believe it is now no longer secret that Sir Robert Peel has been compelled to succumb to the mo nopolists in the Cabinet. Whatever intentions he might have of proposing a change in the Starvation-laws, in some degree approaching to the public expectations, have been so pared down and modified, as to be no longer objects of alarm to the Buckingham and Knatchbull section of the Cabinet, and consequently will be impo tent for good to the interests which are crushed nearly out of existence by the pressure on their energies. A circumstance not unworthy of record occurred ' on the revival of The Gamester at Drury-lane Theatre, on Wednesday last. The gallery doors were besieged by a considerable crowd at an early hour. At the shilling gallery the pressure was so great that the doors were actually forced open before the money-takers were at their posts. A number of persons entered and took pos session of the seats. Expulsion would have been diffi cult, if not impossible; but application being made, the money was honourably and very readily paid in every in tance, the rush having been occasioned by a real interest in the performance of the drama. From such a fact the reader may "point a moral" as to the influence of a na tional theatre on the poorer classes of society. THE PUFF EXTRAORDINARY.—An Ame rican vender of "magic strops," in puffing off his wares in a New York paper, commences his advertisement thus :—" John Kemble, the tragedian, on being asked his opinion of an independent man, replied, One who can shave himself and use cold water.' " FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE CAPTURE OF AMOY. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 12. 1842. Despatches have been received at this Office from Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, K.C.8., of which the following are copies or extracts : ___ - Wellesley, at Amoy, Aug. 31, 1841. request you will lay before my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty the accompanying copy of a despatch which 1 have addressed to the Right Hon. the povernor-General of India, detailing the proceedings of her Majesty's squadron under my command, in the capture of the city of Amoy and the island of Golong-soo, with all their fortifications and de fences, by the combined forces of the expedition on the 26th instant ; on which event I beg to congratulate their Lordships, and reiterate my entire approbation of the gallantry and good conduct of all the officers, sea men, and royal marines of her Majesty's squadron, as well as those of the Indian navy, and Bombay artillery under my command.—l have the honour, &c. (Signed) W. PARKER, Rear-Admiral. To the Secretary to the Admiralty. Wellesley, in the Bay of Amoy, Aug. 31, 1841. MY LORD,-It is with much gratification that I have the honour of announcing to your Lordship the capture of the city of Amoy and the island of Golong-soo (which forms the west side of the harbour), together with their strong lines of batteries and sea defences, mounting above 228 guns, by the combined forces of her Majesty, after a short but vigorous attack, on the 26th inst., with very trifling loss on our part. The expedition, comprising the ships of war here after named, and twenty-one transports, containing the land forces, military and victualling stores, &c. under the command of his Excellency Major-General Sir Hugh Gough, sailed from the anchorage of Hong kong on the 21st, and fortunately arrived off the islands at the entrance of Amoy by sunset on the 25th. A few shots were discharged at her Majesty's ships as they passed between the fortified islands, but no mischief was done. It was then beginning to blow strong, but favoured by a fair wind and good moonlight, with the advantage of the local knowledge of Captain Bourchier of the Blonde, the fleet were pushed into the bay, and anchored in security for the night. . _ It blew too bard during the night to admit of any boats leaving the ships to sound or make observations ; but no time was lost after daylight in reconnoitering the Chinese positions, in which the General and Sir Henry Pottinger did me the favour to accompany me in the Phlegethon steam-vessel. We found the batteries and works of defence on the entire sea face strengthened by every means that the art of these active people could devise ; present ing a succession of batteries and outworks, from the extreme outward points of this extensive bay, until within about three quarters of a mile of the entrance of the harbour, where a high barrier•wall was constructed from the foot of a steep and rocky mountain to a sandy beach on the sea ; and from this latter point a strong casemated wall of granite, faced with soil, and occa sional small bastions, with parapets of stone, to afford flanking defences, was continued to the very suburbs and entrance of the harbour, from whence were masked batteries with sand-bags, until opposite the north-east point of Golong-soo island, altogether one hundred and fifty-two guns. On the island of Golong-soo, which is the key of Amoy, strong batteries, mounting in all seventy-six guns, were also placed in every commanding position for flanking the approach to the harbour (which is scarcely half a mile wide at the entrance), and protecting the accessible points of landing. As it was of the utmost importance, with a view to ulterior operations, and the advanced period of the present monsoon, that we should ee delayed as short a time as possible at Amoy, it was determined that the batteries within the barrier wall and on the island of Golong-soo should be immediately attacked by the squadron, and the troops landed within the barrier as soon as 't might be practicable, to take the batteries in the rear. For this object the Wellesley and Blenheim were ordered to anchor against the strongest batte r i es on A moy, an d as n ear th e entrance of the harb our as poss ibl e, ':savingthe Cruise r , Pyledes, Columbine, and Algerine, to engage the ex treme point of the line, and cover the landing of the troops, flanked by the heavy guns of the Sesostris and Queen steam-vessels, the Phdegethon and Nemesis be ing appointed to receive the troops, and tow in the boats for landing them. The attack on the island of Golong-soo, where we bad reason to apprehend the water was shoaler, was assigned to Captain Bourchier, of the Blonde, with the Druid and Modesto, 150 marines under Captain Ellis, and a detachment of the 26th Regiment, under Major Johnstone. Pending the necessary preparations for disembark ing the troops and moving the ships into their ap pointed positions, a communication was received from the shore, requesting to know the object of our visit, to which the answer No. 1 was returned. About a quarter past one, a steady and favourable breeze having set in, the squadron weighed, and pro ceeded to their stations. The Sesostris, being the most advanced, received a heavy fire before any return was made. She was soon joined by the Queen, and both commenced action with good effect. The 'Wellesley and Blenheim, after ranging along the line of works o❑ Amoy under a smart fire, were anchored by the stern about half-past two r.st., ad mirably placed by Captains Maitland and Herbert in ten fathoms water, within 400 yards of the principal battery, precisely in the position allotted them, and the Cruiser, Pylades, Columbine, and Algerine, took their stations with equal judgment. The Blonde, Druid, and Modesto, reached their positions against the batteries on Golong•soo a few minutes earlier, but their Captains found such difficulty, from the shallowness of the water, in placing them satis factorily, that to effect this object they very spiritedly carried their ships into almost their ow❑ draught. The Bentieck had been appointed to sound the channel a-head of the Wellesley, as we ran in, which Lieut. Collinson very skilfully performed, and then gal lantly anchored the brig within the entrance of the har bour, where she was joined by the Sesostris, which was placed by Captain Ormsby in a very judicious situation for relieving her and the other ships from a flanking fire. The fire of the Chinese soon slackened under the excellent gun practice of the squadron. At half-past three I had the satisfaction of seeing tho Marines and the 26th Regiment land on the island of Golong-soo, and the British colours planted on the batteries. The Modeste and Blonde then weighed and stood into the inner harbour ; and, after silencing, they passed the town batteries, which were out of our reach ; they an chored completely inside and abreast of the city, taking possession of twenty•sis war junks, with 128 guns on board, in a state of preparation for sea, but deserted by their crews. /bout the same time the first division of troops were landed under the-able direction of Commander Giffard, of the Cruiser, and, headed by their gallant General, Sir Hugh Gough, escaladed and took possession of the works at the barrier wall. An outwork beyond this point (which had been previously silenced) was also entered, and the British colours hoisted by the crew of a boat from the Phle getbon ; and the batteries immediately opposite the Wellesley and Blenheim being nearly demolished, a party of seamen and marines were landed from those ships, under the command of Commander Fletcher, and the officers undermentioned. by whom the Chinese, who had taken shelter in an adjoining building, were put to flight, after discharging their matchlocks, and possession taken of the works. Wellesley—Acting- Lieutenaat Carmichael, Lieutenant White, Royal Marines ; Mates, Lord A. Beauclerk, S. S. L. Crof ton, L. G. Halsted ; Midshipman, W. F. F. Jackson. Blenheim—Captain Whitcomb, Royal Marines; Mates, R. C. Kerern, F. A. St. Leger. The General having cleared the intermediate space of such of the Chinese as remained, pushed forward and occupied the heights immediately above the town for the night, every point being thus completely in our power. _ . _ In detailing this service to your Lordship, I have the highest satisfaction in' reporting the gallantry, zeal, and energy which have been manifested by every officer and man in her Majesty's Navy and Royal Marines, as well as those of the Indian Navy under my command. They have vied with each other in the desire to anticipate and meet every ob. ject for the public service, and are fully entitled to my best acknowledgments, and the favourable consideration of the Board of Admiralty and Indian Government. I have no less pleasure in witnessing the anxiety which pervades all ranks to go hand in hand with our gallant companions of the army. His Excellency Sir H. Pottinger and suite were with me on board the Wellesley during the operations of the 26th. Captain Bouchier's own report (Enclosure No. 2) will best describe the proceedings of the little squadron placed under his orders for the attack of Golong-soo. which was admirably executed ; and I can only add my meed of praise on this additional instance of the gallantry of Captain Ellis and the officers and men of the Royal Marines under his com mand, as well as of Major Johnston and the detachment of the 26th acting with them. The accounts we have received of the force of the Chinese for the defence of Amoy vary from five thou sand six hundred to ten thousand troops ; and it is with sincere pleasure I am enabled to transmit to your Lordship so small a list of casualties amongst the crews of the squadron. (Enclosure No. 3.) The resist . . once made by our opponents would have justified the apprehension of greater injury. Under the pro tection of their well-constructed casemated works, they stood on some points firmly to their guns. We have no knowledge of their actual loss. More than sixty dead bodies were, I believe, found in the batteries ; but nearly all the wbunded, and many of the slain, were carried off by their countrymen. His Excellency, the Commander of the Forces, will probably give your Lordship an account of the muni tions of war and Government stores which have fallen into our hands, including a large quantity of gunpowder and a foundry for cannon, where some guns of very large calibre, newly cast, have been discovered. We have been constantly employed in destroying the guns, and, as far as it has been practicable, the batte ries, taken on the 26th. The last two days Commander Fletcher, with a party of seamen and marines, has been also detached in the Nemesis, and, with very commend able zeal, has completely disabled the guas on every battery on the north-east and the south-west sides of the bay, and the fortified islands at the entrance, of which your Lordship will find official returns. The superiority of the bay and inner harbour of Amoy has much exceeded our expectations. The anchorage in the former appears excellent ; and the latter, as far as our hasty surveys have gone, affords perfect security for ships of any class, and, to a great extent, with a reasonable prospect of proving a healthy situation. Sir Hugh Gough and myself have, therefore, entirely concurred with his Ex cellency Sir Henry Pottinger, in the expediency of retaining possession of the island of Golong-soo, which will at any time give us the command of Amoy, until your Lordship's wishes, or the pleasure of her Majesty's Government is known. For this purpose a sufficient garrison will be placed on the island by the General, and I propose to leave Captain Smith, of the Druid, with the Pylades and Algerine, for their support. The wind is, unfortunately, at present adverse, but your Lordship may be assured that the expedition will proceed to the northward the moment it is practicable, in the further execution of our instructions. I have the honour to be, &c. W. PARKER, Rear-Admiral. To the Right Hon, the Earl of Auckland, G.C.B. A List of her Majesty's Ships and Vessels, and of the Hon. East India Company's Steam Vessels, in Ac tion with the Batteries and Defences of Amoy, 26th August, 1841. Wellesley, flag ship, 72 guns, Cap. Thos. Maitland. Blenheim, 72 guns, Captain Thomas Herbert. Blonde, 44 gnus, Captain Thomas Bourchier. Druid, 44 guns, Captain Henry Smith, C.B. Modeste, 18 guns, Captain Henry Eyres. Cruiser, 16 guns, Commander H. W. Giffard. Pylades, 18 guns, Commander T. V. Anson. Columbine, 16 guns, Commander Thos. J. Clarke. Benfinck, 10 guns, Lieut. Richard Collinson. Algerine, 10 guns, Lieut. T. H. Mason. Rattlesnake, troop ship, Master James Sprent. STEAM VESSELS. Sesostris, 4 guns, Acting Commander Ormsby. Phlegethon, 4 guns, Lieutenant M'Cleverty, R.N. Nemesis, 2 guns, Master W. H. Hall, R.N. Queen, 2 guns, Acting Master W. Warden, R.N. (Enclosure No. 1.) On board her Majesty's ship Wellesley, off Amoy, August 26, 1841. The undersigned, Sir H. Pottingor, Bart., her Bri tannic Majesty's Plenipotentiary ; Sir W. Parker, commanding in chief the naval forces ; and Sir H. Gough, commanding in chief the land forces of the British nation in these parts, to his Excellency the Admiral, commanding in chief .the naval forces in the province of Fukien. There being certain differences subsisting between he two nations of Great Britain and China, whi c h have not been cleared up, the . undersigned plenipo tentiary'and of Co tl m ie rn ir an S d o e v r e s r - e in ig - Sovereign that, a u v n e le r s e s ce t i h v e e s d e the tie completely removed, and secure arrangements made, instructions by accession to the demands last year presented at Tientsin, they shall regard it as their duty to resort to hostile measures for the enforcement of those demands. But the undersigned Plenipotentiary and Comman ders-in-Chief, moved by compassionate feelings, are adverse to causing the death of so many officers and soldiers as mus t per i sh, and urgently request the Ad miral commanding i n c hi e f i n th i s prov i nce f ort h w i t h to deliver the town and all fortifications of Amoy into the hands of the British forces, to be held for the pre sent by them. Upon his so doing, all the officers and troops therein will be allowed to retire with their per sonal arms and baggage, and the people shall receive no hurt ; and whenever these difficulties shall be settled, and the demands of Great Britain fully granted, the whole shall be restored to the hands of the Chinese. If these terms be acceded to, let a white flag be dis played from the fortifications. H. POTTINGER, her Majesty's Plenipotentiary. W. PARKER, Rear-Admiral. H. GOUGH, Major-General. Her Majesty's Ship Blonde, Inner Harbour of Amoy, August 27, 1841. SlR—The operation• of the force you did me the honour to place under my command for the attack of the island of Golong-soo were so immediately under your observation, that little remains to me beyond the agreeable duty of bringing to your Excellency's notice the admirable conduct of every officer and man I had the honour to command. The squadron was led into a c ti on b y Captain Eyres, commanding her Majesty's sloop Modeste, with the most perfect skill and gallantry. The Blonde and Druid followed, and were placed as near as the shoal ness of the water would admit to the three principal batteries, which they succeeded in silencing after a fire of ono hour and twenty minutes, when the Ma rines, under the gallant Capt a i n Elli s, were landed, and carried the heights with their accustomed bravery. The distance of the transports prevented the 26th (Cameronian) Regiment from b e i ng sent on shore at the same moment with the Marines, but they were promptly after them ; and the d e t ac h ment o f that dis tinguished corps, under Major Johnston, assisted in elear ing the remaining batteries, and dispersing the enemy. From Captain Smith, of her Majesty's ship Druid, I received the most able support. Th a t s hi p was placed with most excellent judgment, and her conduct such as was to be expected from her high state of discipline. This island being now completely in our possession, I left the Druid to protect it, and pushed the Modeste and Blonde into the inner harbour, silencing their war-junks and batteries on the oppo site shore as we passed ; and I have herewith the honour to enclose a return of the vessels captured and ordnance destroyed. The officers and crew of this ship merit my highest praise, as well as the party of Royal Artillery serving on board, under the command of Lieut. the Hon. R. E. Spencer. I should be wanting in jus tice were I to close this letter without bringing to your notice the merits of Lieut. Sir Fred. Nicholson, first of this ship, to whose valuabl e assistance I am much in debted ; and I must, also beg to name to your Excel lency the senior mates of this ship, Messrs. Walker, Rolland, and Anderson, young officers of much promise. I hare great pleasure in adding that this service was performed without loss of life on our part, although the ships have suffered considerably in their masts, sails, and rigging, The Captains of the Druid and Modeste speak in the highest terms of their officers and ships' companies. I enclose the report of Captain Ellis, of the Royal Ma rines. (Signed) T. BOURCHIER, Captain. To his Excellency Rear-Admiral Sir W. Parker, K.C.8., &c. &c. (Enclosure in Captain Bourchier's Letter.) -- Military Quarters, Royal Marines, Island of Golong-soo, near Amoy, Aug. 27, 1841. SlR—Having yesterday received your directions to land from her Majesty's ship Blonde and Druid under your orders, the detachments of Royal Marines of the ships Wellesley, Blenheim, Blonde, Druid, and Modeste, and drive the enemy from the strong battery of Golong_soo you had previously en gaged, I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of Rear-Admiral Sir I ,Villiam Parker, K.C.13., Commander-in-Chief, that in furtherance of that object I landed with them on a sandy beach to the right of the battery, and after some difficulty in climbing rocks and other impediments, succeeded in gaining the ridge, and the flank of the Chinese position. The enemy, before we bad gained the level, o p. posed us cour a g eous l y , at t ac king us with matchlocks, spears, and stones ; but we soon drove them b e f ore us, cleared the b a tt ery , an d di s persed there, the gar rison retreating to th e rear , many of whom e ff ecte d their escape by boats on the beach to Amoy opposite. Several men were killed in and about the battery. In following the retreating party (some of whom also were wounded) I made a detour of this large and populous island, and discovered at its western extremity a sand-bag battery of nine guns, and a fe w jingals ; they were a l so l oa d e d, b u t did not appear to have been recently discharged. No other armed party of the enemy was fallen in with. I am happy to add, that in those operations no casualty happened to the detachment I have the honour to command ; moreover, I have great pride in reporting to you that all the officers, non-commissioned officers, rank and file, throughout the day, conducted themselves, individually as well as collectively, with a courage, zeal, and perse verance, far beyond my power to express. (Signed) S. B. ELLIS, Captain Royal Marines. To Captain Bourchier, H.M.S. Blonde. Field State of Battalion Royal Marines, Island Golong soo, Harbour of Amoy, August 27, 1841. Wellesley-1 subaltern, 1. sergeant, 42 rank and file.— Total, 44. Blenheini-1 subalterns, 1 sergeant, 31 rank and Lie.— Total, 34. Blonde-2. subalterns, '2 sergeants, 1 fifer,l26 rank and file.—Total 31. Druid-2 subalterns, 2 sergeants, 1 fifer, 42 rank and file.—Total 47. Modeste-1 sergeant, 15 rank and file.—Total 16. General Total-172. Officers. Blonde--First Lieutenant Hewitt. Druid—First Lieutenant Maxwell. ___ Wellesley—First Lieutenant Ussher. Blenheim—Lieutenant Whiting, Blenheim—Lieutenant Fermat.. Druid—Lieutenant Pickard. Blonde--Lieutenant Polkingborne. Adjutant—First Lieutenant - Maxwell. Wellesley—Assistant-Surgeon Smith. Blonde—Assistant -Surgeon Stanley. (Signed) S. B. ELLIS, Captain Royal Marines. Enclosure No. 3.) A Return of killed and wounded on board her Majesty's ships and vessels, and the Hon. East India Com pany's steam-vessels, under the command of Rear- Admiral Sir William Parker, K.C.8., in action with the batteries and defences of the Islands of Amoy and Golong.soo. Wellesley—Mr. S. S. L. Crofton, mate, severely wounded ; 1 seaman severely wounded. Blenheim-1 seaman killed; 1 boy severely wounded (since dead). Modesto-1 seaman slightly wounded. Bentinck-1 seaman dangerously wounded. Phlegethon, steam-vessel--W. 11. Ryves, A ct i ng Lieu tenant Indian Navy, severely wounded. Nemesis-1 seaman slightly wounded. Number of Guns destroyed in the Batteries and Junks at Amoy, on the 30th and 31st August, 1841. About 379, varying in size from eighty-six pounders to six-pounders. WAR-OFFICE, JANUARY 14, 1842. 7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards --Cornet W. Hop to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dillon, who retires; A. Robert son, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Hogg, Jan. 10. 7th Regiment of Foot—Captain E. Butler, from half-par Unattached, to be Captain, vice Best, appointed to the 57th Foot, Jan. 14. 43d Foot—Ensign D. C. Greene to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Kennedy, who retires ; W. Howard, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Greene, Jan. 14. 57th Foot—Capt. R. M. Best, from the 7th Foot, to be Captain, rice Allan, appointed to 63d Foot, Jan. 14. 63d Foot—Capt. A. T. Allan, from 57th Foot, to be Captain, vice J. H. Fearon, who retires upon. half-pay Unattached, Jan. IC 64th Foot—Ensign N. T. Williams to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice S. 11. Smyth, who retires; the Hon. J. L. Browne to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Williams, Jan. 14. 65th Foot—Ensign C. Rhatigan to be Adjutant (with the rank of Lieutenant), vice Haining, promoted, Dec. 30. 74th Foot —J. H. Borton, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Miller, who retiree, Jan. 14. let West India Regiment--Ensign J. A. Hanna to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Mac Carthy, deceased, Nor. .15 ; H. Anton, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Hanna, Jan. 14. Royal Newfoundland Companies.—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign J. Fletcher, vice Saunders, pro moted, Oct. 26 ; Enaiga J. Gillespie, vice Skinner, promoted in the St. Helena Regiment, Jan. 7. To be Ensign, without purchase—E. B. Wilson, Gent. vice Fletcher, Jan. 14. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals F. A. Loinsworth to be Inspecter-General of Hospitals, vice Murray, deceased; Staff-Surgeon H. Franklin to be Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, vise Loinsworth ; Surgeon NV. B. White, from the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Staff- Surgeon of the First Class, vice Franklin ; J. E. Bird, M. 1)., to be Assistant -Surgeon to the Forces, vice Kennedy, who resigns, Jan. 14. BRlVET.—Captain E. Butler, •f the 7 th Foot , to be Major in the army , J une 2kl. 111sm ortANDIrm. The Royal Newfoundland Veteran Cern panies to b e i n future styled " The Roy al Newfoundland Com panies." Th e Christian names of Ensign Macadam, of the 29th Foot, are William Hudleston, and not William Henry, as previously stated. The names of the Cornet appointed to the 14th Light Dragoons, on the 31st Deoember 1841, are Robert Johnston Brown, and not Robert Johnstone Brov, se, as pre viously s t a t e d. T he Christian name s of Ensign Gordon, of the 79th F oot , are John Henry, an d n ot Henry John, as pre viously stated. _ _ EitasTom in the Gazette of the 9 th instant. Por C omm i ssariat Clerk Thomas 11 , 1`Lean to be Deputy As sl‘iis,Cann to b e Deputy tant - Conitaissary-G enera l, r ead Commissariat Clerk Thomas A ss istant-Commissary - General, Den. 24, 1841. Lieutenants_ C, T Franklin , A. C. Hawkins, vice . OFFICE OF ORDNANCE:, JAN. 13. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Gentlemen Cadets to be Se condpromoted : J. M. Hill, vice Balfour, promoted ; vice Alston, promoted • H. Lamson, vice R. H. Crofton, promoted ; A. Peter, vice Smith, promoted ; A . . P. S. Green, vice Wade, promoted' • E. A. Williams, vice Nixon, promoted ; H. W. Patton, i vie© Gardner, promoted ; C. H. Morris, Vico . Bathurst, promoted ; N. M'lnnis 111‘Kay, vies H. B. O. Savile, promoted • W. J. E. Grant, vice Radcliffe, promoted ; J. C. Childs, vice K n ' ox, promoted ; G. V. Johnson, vice Younghusband, romoted • A. F. Connell, vice Lyle, Shakespeare , promoted ; P. S. promoted; vie. Romer, promoted, Jan. I. Corps of Royal Eng'ineers.—Gentlt 9 nen Cadets to be Second vice F. Bourchier , vice Cosset, promoted; H. Grain, Bailli e 'p ro moted ;J. M. Grant, vice Collin sou, promoted ; J. F. ' Browne , vice Bent , promoted ; Fitz Roy M. H. .Somerset, vi ce Henderton' v Promoted ; 11. W. Mon tague, vice Randolph, deceased ; V. T. Mairis, vi ce S orell, promoted, Ja n . 1. WHITEHALL, JA!` , 7. 11. The Lord Ch ancellor has appo i nte d Ch r i s t op h er J ohn Gel dard, of Settl e , i n the County of Y or k, G ent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The following places have been duly registered for solemniz • log marriages therein, pursaant to the Act 6th and 7th William I V., chap. t 31.) : Newington-green Chapel, Newington-green, Stoke New ington... Social Institution, John-street, Tottenham-court-road. Tabernacle, Bangor, Carnarvonshire. Independent Chapel, Salem, Ty du, Carnarvonshire. Independent Chapel, Wellington, Shropshire. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. JAMES GRANT SMITH, common brewer, Batik. JOHN CUISSET, jeweller, Blackfriars-road, Surrey. BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM HENRY APSEY, ship-breaker, Globe-wharf, Rotherhithe, Surrey, to surrender Jan. 21, at twelve, and Feb. 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, Birchin lane, official assignee ; Cattlin, Ely-place, Holborn. GEORGE NOVRA, importer of foreign goods, Red Lion square, Middlesex, Jan. 21, at one, and Feb. 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Aldermanlsury, official as signee; Spyor, Broad-street-buildings. JOHN DENNISS, sen., and JOHN DENNISS, jun., linendrapers, Tooley-street, Surrey, Jan. 28, at one, and F e b. 25, at eleven, at th e C ourt of y Bankruptcy. Lackington, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Sole, Lothbury. BENJAMIN WARD, boot and shoe manufacturer, Char lotte-terrace, New -cut, Lambeth, Jan. 21, at half-past one, and Feb. 25, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Al sager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; M'Duff, Castle-street, Holborn. WILLIAM POVEr, grocer, Aston-under-Lyne, Jin. 27, and Feb. 23, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-Rooms, Man chester. Clarke and Medealfe, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London; Higginbottom, Ashton-ender-Lyne. JOHN SUTCLIFFE, grocer, Halifax, Feb. 3, at two, and Feb. 25, at ten, at the White Lion Inn, Halifax. Craven and Rankin, Halifax ; Wiglesworth, Ridsdale, and Craddocl f Gray's Inarsquare, London. JOHN ELLISON, nail-manufacturer, Leeds, Feb. 4 and 25, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds. Rushworth, Staple Inn, Holborn ; Battle, Selby, Y or k s hi re , WILLIAM CARPENTER, innkeeper, Chippenharn, Wiltshire, F e b. 9, a t ten , an d 25, at two, at the White Hart Inn, Chippenhatn. Pinniger, Chippenham ; Pinniger and Westmacsitt, Gray's Inn-square, London. EDWARD EVANS and ANDREW EVANS, painters, Birmingham, Jan. 24, at two, and Feb. 1.5, at eleven, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham. Parker and Webster, New Boswell -court, London ; Alexander Harrison, Birmingham. AMOR SPOOR, sen.. and AMOR SPOOR, jun., builders Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Feb. 14, at eleven, and Feb. 25, at one, at the Commission-room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Hoyle, Newcastle-upon-Tyue; Shield and Harwood, Queen -street, Cheapside, London. HUMPHREY TUGWELL, farmer, Fawley, Southamp tonshire, Jan. 24, and Feb. 25, at eleven, at the Star Hotel, Southampton. Walker, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury square, London ; Deacon mil Lang, Southampton SAMUEL CLOUGH and WILLIAM THONIPSON CLOUGH, alkili manufacturers, Eceleston, Lancashire, Jan. 25, and Feb. 25, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Adlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row, London ; Johnson, St. Helens. ROBERT WILCOCK, banker, Allethwaite, Cartmel, Lancashire, Jan. 27, and Feb. 25, at eleven, at the Commer cial Inn, Kendal, Westmoreland. Johnson and Wetherall, Temple, London ; Hitchcock, Manchester. JOSEPH LANE, sen. cotton-manufacturer, St oc kp or t, Jan. 25 and F e b. 23, at three, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Coppock and Woollam, Stockport ; Coppock, Cleveland-row, St. James's, London. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. T. Driver and J. Moore, ship-owners, London, Feb. 4, at twelve—E. Elfick, grocer, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, Feb. 4, at one--.G, B. Bishop and F. Hildyard, drapers, South ampton, Feb. 4. at one—B. Carter, factor, James -street, Co vent:garden, Feb. 7, at half-past eleven—W. Broome, linen. draper, Oxford-street, Feb. 5, at one—NV. W. Ogbourne, warehouseman, Honey-lane, Cheapside, Feb. 5, at twelve—W. Hitchcock, linen-draper, Regent-street, Peb. 12, at eleve n —C. Hoppe, glass-dealer, Blackfriars-road, Feb. Is, at two—W. Weston, merchant, Gracechurch-street, Jan. 28, at one—J. Mott, nurseryman, Leicester, Feb. 5, at eleven. In the Country. J. Davies and F. Dickerson, merchants, Plymouth, March 3, at twelve, at the Royal Hotel, Plymouth-7J. Bedingfield, surgeon, Stowmarket, Suffolk, Feb. 26, at twelve, at the Crown and Anchor, Ipswich—T. Cheetham, jun., surgeon, Stockport, Feb. 8, at three, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester-- J. Brooks, British sugar manufacturer, Bristol, Feb. 11, at two, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol—J. Smith, T. Edgley, and B. Smith, hosiers, Manchester, Feb. 11, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—G. Broeklehurst, H. Dircks, and J. B. Nelson, engineers, Liverpool, Feb. 4, at one , at the Cl aren d on - rooms, LiverpoolJ. Tollitt, stationer, Liver pool, Feb. 5, at twelve, at the Clare n d on - rooms , Li verpoo l—D . Hodgson a n d J. Wright, cotton-spinners, Glossop, Derbyshire, Feb. 5, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. CERTIFICATES—Fes. 4. S. Rackett, locksmith, Bell-yard, Carey-street—C. Steven son, upholsterer, Sheffield—J. Smith, hatter, Deptford -bridge, Kent--R. Mitchell, merchant, Lime-street—J. Saunders, J. Farmer, and 'l'. H. Saunders, woollen-manufacturers, Ba singhall-street—J. Garry, brass-founder, Manchester—S. Schofield, grocer, Oldham, Lancashir e —C. A. Harris, flax spinner, Bushey, Hertfordshire—L, C., and A. Smith, cotton spinners, Heywood, Lancashire—R. Morris, coach-maker, Gloucester—T. Bennett and P. Fish, carpenters, Fleetwood, Lancashire—R. Harris and S. King, woollen drapers, High Holborn—A. Mills and W. G. Seed„ cotton manufacturers, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire—W. Pilling, manufacturer of cotton goods, Droylesden, Lancashire—W. Jones, butter-dealer, Tregaron, Cardiganshire. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. C. Williams and T. Ellis, attorneys, Pellheli, Carnarvon ehire—C. Wilkes and J. Icke, grocers, Shrewsbury—l. Lyons and J. Minchin, slopsellers, White's-row, Spitalfields—J. Walsh and T. Chambers, timber merchants, Halifax—C., E., and W. Hunt and E. Henley, merchants, Liverpool (so far as regards W. Hunt)—J., J., and A. J. Crocker, Manchester warehousemen, Friday-street (so far as regards J. Crocker, sen. )—T. Knight, J. Napier, and J. Wilson, manufacturers, Manchester (so far as regards J. Napier)--C. J. lleetor and H. Lacy, bankers, Petersfield, Southamptonshire—J. Rodd and L. C. Squiera, wool-rant manufacturers, Warwick—ll. Thompson and A. Mackensie—J. and T. Lloyd, general mer chants Mancheste r —J. an d W . E dmonds, millers, Rye--S. and W. Williams, tanners, nay, Breconshire—S. R. Gilbert and T, Bisgood, attorneys, Craven -street, Strand--T. Castle, F. Luck, and T. Hyatt, warehousemen, Love-lane, Alderman busy (so far as re gar d s T. Hyatt)—C. W. and J. Loweth. vic tuallers, Brigstock, Northamptonshire—J. Mills and D. Owen, jun , ironmongers, Rye, Sussex—N. Royston, G. Wilson, and J. Hartley, c arr i ers , L ee d s ( so f ar as regards J. Hartley)—F. M. Gillandue T. Ogilvy, G. C. Arbuthnot, J. Jackson, P. Ewart, and E. Lyon, Liverpool (so far as regards F. Al. Gil landus)—F. M. Gillanders, T. Ogilvy, G. C. Arbuthnot, J. Jackson, G. Gillanders, and A. S. Gladstone, Liverpool (so far as regards F. M. Gillanders)—J. C. and C. D. Sommers, general commission agents, Manchester—T. Lant and J. Best, brass founders, Birmingham—E. and IL King, printers, Amer sham, Buckinghamshire —T. German, T. Petty, J. Kay, jun., T. Clough, and J. G. Fisher, flax spinners, Preston (so far as regards J. Kay)—J. J. Alston and R. Webb, shipwrights', Elephant-stairs, Rotherhithe. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the Returns "lade in the Week ending Jan. 11, 1842, Is 375. 30. per Cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the Importation thereof into Great Britain, SL A ERY in the ISLAND of CUBA. NOTE ADDRESSED BY THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR AT MADRID TO THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT, RELATIVE TO THE SLAVES IN THE ISLAND OP CUBA. British Legation in Spain, Madrid, Dec. 17, 1840. SlR—Notwithstanding that the traffic in slaves, under the flag of Spain, has considerably diminished, in virtue of the Treaty of June 15, 1835, between Great Britain and Spain, nevertheless the dealers in slaves have hoisted other colours for the protection of their ships, by which means new i m p or t at i ons o f b lacks from Africa have continued to supply the island of Cubs. It has been thought, in spite of this, that these abuses might be put a stop to by conferring on the mixed Com mission, sitting at the Havannah, the power to investi gate into the cases of the negroes existing at Havannah in slavery, and declare whether they have been imported or not into the island subsequent to the 30th of October, 1820, and to decide whether the said negroes should be emancipated. With this object, her Majesty's Government has pre pared the draft of a convention, which I have been or dered to propose to the Spanish Government. I somo months since submitted a copy of the said Con vention to M. Perez do Castro, and his Excellency pro mised me that the matter should be immediately taken into consideration. I have, therefore, the honour of now submitting to your Excellency another copy of the draft of the above-men tioned Convention, the object of which I some time since explained to your Excellency. Her Most Catholic Majesty's Government has invari ably professed the same lively wishes as those which in fluence Great Britain, in co-operating in all the measures already proposed for the abolition of this abominable traffic, and, notwithstanding, it is an unquestionable fact, that instead of being lessened or somewhat modified, in consequence of the restrictive measures heretofore adopted, the evil increases in the Spanish colonies, which position is unanswerably confirmed by the progressive in crease of the slave population. In order to remedy this great abuse and violation of the existing treaties, it is proposed to confer on the mixed commission the power of enforcing the national law established to that effect, elevating it to a degree . of sufficiency and vigour th a t shall place it in a condition to effectually destroy the evil ; because, by preventing the demand for victims their shipment from Africa will be checked. It is only ne cessar y t o convince the pur chasers, as well as the owners of African slaves, that they cannot reckon on posses s i ng th e ir illegal acquisitions with impunity, in order to prevent their continuing to employ their capitals in this traffic, because they are no longer a commodity which can be offered for sale in the market. This is the only way of compelling people to abandon a traffic which can no longer yield advantages. All these objects will be attained by means of the stipu lations in the proposed Convention. It may, perhaps, be objected that this convention might produce discontent, and even promote insurrection among those slaves who, in consequence of the place of their birth, or the date of their importation, would have no claim to be emancipated; but in respect of said objec tion, should it be made, I must observe to your Excel lency that, in the plan proposed, it is not intended to in terfere with the Creole population, or with such of the slaves as were introduced into the island previous to the 80th October, 1820. Besides, the Proceedings for de claring the emancipation of negroes are to be carried into effect individual by individual, and not by whole cargoes ; by which means the execution of the conven tion will in reality be much less alarming in its totality, or in its individual importance, than tho proceedings sanctioned by the already existing treaties. It is more than 20 years since the mixed comm i ss i on sat at the Havannah, during which period frequent dis cussions have arisen that have affected the liberty of vhole cargoes of negroes, without there being a solitary instance wherein the Captain-General of Cuba found fault with the proceedings, which circumstance leads to the supposition that the proposal for the extension of powers to the mixed commission may be acceded to without risk or inconvenience. Whilst submitting all which to your Excellency, I must add that her Catholic Majesty , will acquire great and lasting glory by consenting to the proposed Conven tion, putting a term, by its means, to a practice that is repugnant as well a s contrary to humanity.--I avail my self of this opportunity for renewing, &c. (Signed) ARTHUR ASTON. His Excellency Don Joaquin Maria de Ferrer, &c. EASONABLE BENEVOLENCE.—Mount Vesu vius has distributed a good deal of fixing among the poor i n the neighbourhood. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSIOAN-HOUSE. A man of respectable appearance, and evidently un practised in the ways of the town, applied to Alderman Wilson upon a summons which had been granted against a person to whom a bill had been intrusted for the purpose of being cashed. The defendant appeared by his attorney. The complainant stated, that having present occasion for 201., he applied to the defendant, whom he believed to be able to procure the money upon his bill. The defendant agreed to draw upon the complainant for the sum, and for the commission of a sovereign, to procure cash for the bill. Neither cash nor bill, however, was forthcoming. Alderman WlLeost said that numerous applications were made weekly at the Mansion-house against par sons who fraudulently possessed themselves of the cash produced by bills under similar circumstances, and the complainants put it out of the power of the Magistrates to render them any service, simply because they did not inform themselves of the substance of the Act of Par liament on the subject, which Act of Parliament re quired that the parties who desired to have a bill dis counted, should give to the party employed to get it cashed, a direction in writing to that effect. The Al derman asked Mr. Hobler whether such was not the fact, and whether there was any mode by which, in this case, service could be rendered to the complainant. Mr. Hobler said that the Act to which Mr. Alder man Wilson alluded really appeared as if it had been made to entrap men of business who might require accommodation. The applications for summonses and warrants against persons breaking faith after having bean entrusted with bills for discount were very fre quent, and unfortunately the Magistrates could render no service in such matters. Alderman WILSON—I have no doubt at all that this complainant has been robbed, and I am very sorry that it is not in my power to benefit him in any manner. If he had given a written notice on the occasion, I should send a warrant after the man who has obtained his ac ceptance. The complainant said he supposed that and• person who detained either the cash given for a bill, or the bill itself, was chargeable with an offence cognizable by a Magistrate. The attorney for the defendant submitted that it was too soon for the complainant to say that he was de frauded, as the bill was not yet payable, and the de fendant who drew the bill was responsible as well as the acceptor. Alderman WILSON said he entertained no doubt upon the subject at all. The complainant was cer tainly defrauded. The Alderman then told Mr. nobler that it would be serviceable to men of business to be made acquainted with the clause in the Act of Parliament, which it appeared so few knew anything about, and called upon him to read it. Mr. Hobler then read the following from the 7th and Bth of George IV., cap. 29. " And for the punish ment of embezzlements committed by agents entrusted with property, be it enacted that if any money or secu rity for the payment of money, shall be intrusted to any banker, broker, attorney, or other agent, with any direction in writing, to apply such money or any part thereof in the proceeds, or any part of the proceeds of such security for any purpose specified in such security, and he shall, in violation of good faith, and contrary to the purpose so specified, in anywise convert to his own use or benefit such money, security, or proceeds, or any part thereof respectively, every such offender shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and, being convicted thereof; shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the seas for any term not exceeding fourteen years,: nor less than seven years, or to suffer such other punishment, by fine or imprisonment, or by both, as the Court shall award." It would, Mr. Hobler observed, be extremely advantageous to the public to know, that :unless a person accompanies the bill he desires to g et cashed with the "direction in writing" referred to in this case, however extensive the fraud may be it is outof the reach of a criminal procedure. Alderman WILSON—So that, if a man hand over a thousand pounds to his broker with a mere verbal di rection to buy stock for him, and that broker chose to convert the money to his own use, the Act cannot reach this offender. Mr. Hob'cr.—Exactly se. The Solicitor of the defendant submitted that the quotation just read took the case quite out of the juris diction of the Magistrate. Alderman WlliON—lt is the ease, and I very much regret that so many delinquents escape in consequence of what appears to m• to have arisen from a very great oversight in the powers of the Act. Several boys who are apprentices to Messrs. Newton and Co, extensive cigar manufacturers in Friday -street, were brought before Sir P. Laurie a few days ago, charged with having struck in consequence of the in troduction of a boy to the work who was much younger than any of them. Mr. Towse, the solicitor to Messrs. Newton and Co., appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Hobler, jun., attended for the prisoners, each of whom received from 103. to 18s. a week for working in the factory. The trade of cigar-making has, as must be well known to every body, become of wonderfully great ex tent, and increases daily ; for boys not only make but smoke cigars ; and Mr. Towse stated that his clients had 46 apprentices and 27 labourers constantly em ployed, so that any check to the business was calculated to do great mischief. Mr. Newton thought proper to introduce a boy, about twelve years of age, into his fac tory, and the lads who were brought before the Magis trate, not liking such a liberty, declared that they would not work any more if the boy, whom they consi dered, on account of his youth, as an intruder, were not discharged. Sir P. LAURIE said he did not relish those disputes between masters and apprentices, and he was, therefore, desirous to act as a mediator. Mr. Hobler, jun., said that the apprentices very rea sonably objected to the employment of a boy whom they believed to be no more than nine or ten years old amongst them, who were many of them eighteen or nineteen, and who would, therefore, labour under great disadvan tages in comparison, as such a child would, by the time be arrived at their years, be out of his time. They would return to their work with alacrity if their master gave them the fair play they asked for. Mr. Towse said the apprentices bad no right at all to interfere with their employers. One of the apprentices said all he and his comrades asked was, that Mr. Newton would do them the favour of discharging the boy. Mr. Newton said the boy, who was twelve years old, was taken in to learn what was called " bunch making," and had a brother in the concern. He (Mr. Newton), could not, for charity's sake, think of discharging the poor boy, and he could not for a moment suppose that his apprentices had the power to control him. Sir PETER LAURIE-..-Certainly not. They h ave no right to act in this manner ; and I would therefore advise them, if they wish to avoid the treadmill, to return to their duty. They are to consider that the employment of this boy is a peculiar matter, and I am sure Mr. Newton will not make a precedent of it. Several of the defendants said they were desirous to "go back to their work, but they could not help saying it was too bad in Mr. Newton to take so mere au infant as an apprentice. Sir P. LAURIE then discharged them all, with the exception of one who appeared to be the ringleader, and whom he therefore caused to be remanded, and kept upon bread and water till Thursday l as t. That unfortunate apprentice, and three others, who had been refractory subsequently, were brought up on Thursday last before Sir P. Laurie. Sir P. LAURIE asked whether the defendants were sorry for the rebellious spirit they had exhibited, and whether they were disposed to return to their duty ? They all replied in the affirmative, and requested to be informed whether their masters would treat them in the accustomed manner. Mr. Tows. said that they should receive the usual treatment. Mr. Hobler, jun., repeated that it was a great hard ship upon the defendants that so young a buy should be put amongst them, and Sir P. LAURIE agreed in that opinion, and dis charged them, with strict injunctions not to be in subordinate. CLERKENWELL. Yesterday, George Copperthwaite, 29, John Posford. 158, Sergeant Piper, 1, and Inspector Maude, of the E division, were placeed before Mr. GREENWOOD, charged under the 14th section of the Police Act, with having exceeded their duty. Mr. Davies, of the firm of Campbell and Davis, soli citors, of Red Lion-square, attended in support of the prosecution, which was brought before the Magistrate by order of the Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police. Mr. Davies now declined making any charge against In spector Maude and Sergeant Piper, and they were di rected to remove from the bar. Mr. Davies than stated that the defendants were charged with having entered the apartments o f Ai rs. Ann Long, widow of the late Captain Makohn Long, of the Royal Navy. Mr. Mould, the clerk, inquired whether Mrs. Long was present ? Mr. Davies replied in the negative ; she was either at Bath or Cheltenham. He proceeded to state that on Thursday. the 6th of January last, between the hours of four and eight o'clock in the evening, the defendants improperly entered the house, No. 20, Compton-street, Brunswick-square, pushed by the servant, and went up stairs ; they were without their livery or dress, or any authority; there was a lady lying on th e so f a i n th e drawing-room, and after asking if she was Mrs. Long, and receiving a reply. in the affirmative, they said, she must come with them, as they had a charge of felony against her. The lady said she would, and got up and sat upon a ch a i r . C opperthwaito laid hold of the chair, and attempted to force her out of the seat. She refused to go out, and Mr. Holmes, her land lord, entered the room, when he said, " If you are going to take the lady int o custo d y let me have a word with you ;" and he asked th em f or their warrant or authority. They said they were Bow -street officers. He then said you have no business here. They refused to leave the room, and the lady during the interview sent for several professional ged,tlemen, and Mr. Paulson, of Bouverie street came, and Mr. Davies azTivoc.l in a quarter of an EVENING SUN hour subsequently. I said, " Who are you ?—vou hay e no right here unless you have a warrant.' P. , sfoni said he was sent there 6y his inspector, and he produced a card with " warrant'' printed upon it, and No. 15,467. ho other officer did not hesitate to give his name. I wont to tho station-house and saw the inspector. 'asked for the charge-sheet, and remarked that it was ♦ery ex traordinary to send men who appeared not to be police.! men when the charge was made. Tho inspector said " know nothing about it—l was ill ;" but instructions were sent to the defendants to come away. Mr. GREENWOOD—I don't think that they aro liable here. We will assume that they had a right to be there. Did they commit any excess or violence ? Mr. Davies— Yes ; they pushed by the servant. Mr. GREENWOOD. —WllO is making this charge ? Mr. Davies—Mrs. Long. Mr. GREENWOOD—Then she ought to be here. How can I proceod with a charge without a prosecutor ? Mr. Davies—l can prone the case. Mr. GREENwoop—How, when you were not there ? Mr. Davies then said that Mr. Holmes and his servant could give evidence. Mr. — GßEENwoon----Tha constables were not liable, nA they acted unciar the authority and orders of their supe riors. lie could not decide on the affair without the at tendance of Mrs. Long. It was necessary for any private party to prove the felony before they entered, a house to make a capture, but a constable was warranted to break in without a warrant. Mr. Holmes, the lamllord, was called. Saw four men in du* passage. Heard an altercation up stairs, and ho proceeded to the drawing-room, when Mrs. Long placed herself under his protection. Did not see the defendants push by the servant. They remained in the room an hour and a half. Mr. GREENwoon—Then they did not take her into custody? Witness—No; could not say why they re mained until Mr. Pattison arri►ed. The servant was called. She could not identify the defendants. The policemen did not push by her or act with any rudeness towards her. Mr. Davies—l can prove that these men were there. I saw them. Mr. GREBSWOOD--..-I Shall not proceed farther with the ease. I find them Not Guilty. They were then discharged. FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. The contract for the entrenchment and masonry of the Fort of Charenton, to be executed during the pre sent and two following years, has just been awarded to M. Garnier Larget, of the Qual I.lling, at 21. 10c. per cent. below the price fixed by the Minister of War. We learn from Limoges that the whole of that part of the country is covered with snow. The southern mails for that town, and particularly those from Niamea and Montpellier, were, on the 3d and 4th inst., nearly 15 hours behind time, on account of the slippery state of the roads and the prevalence of dense fogs. According to a Toulon letter, in the Commerce, the cold there has been so intense that several convicts were killed by it while at work. During the last year 292,000 passengers were con veyed by the railroad between Amsterdam and Haar lem. The total receipts, including luggage and met' chandize, were 136,698 florins or 336,745 f. A. grocer of the Rue St. Avoye, named Marteau► was yesterday fined 3,000 f. by the Correctional Tribu nal for having left open in his shop, in the keeping of his shop-boy, and not under lock and key, a certain quantity of Prussian blue, and for selling some of it without entering in his books the name of the buyer. Petit and Dufour, who, in execution of the sentence of the Court of Peers, bad been sent to Mont St. Michel, have been brought back to Paris in consequence of the late revelations of Quenisset, Co lombier, and Just Brazier. They arrived at the Pre fecture of Police on Monday night, and will be ex amined when two other of the convicts who have beef) sent for are come. A garde champetre of St. Maur, near Paris, went out two mornings ago with a friend of the same corn• mune to shoot thrushes, when by some unfortunate ac cident the trigger of the garde's gun was touched, and the whole charge was lodged in one mass in the loins of his companion, who lingered in great agony for foot hours, and then expired. The garde was so overcome with grief that he has nearly lost his reason. The wife of Boucheron was definitively brought to trial yesterday for robbing the woman Livet, with whom she lodged. Th e l a t ter , w h o h ad been at length fou nd, appeared in the Court and proved the facts, stating that the prisoner had returned to her a few days after the theft, and acknowledged it, but pleaded her povertl; The prisoner maintained that the things were pawned with the consent of Livet, but the Court, discrediting her statement, condemn e d h er to e i g h t months' impri sonment. A person at Huez, in the here, being at the point n i death, the Cure was called in to administer extreme? unction. An assemblage of about 100 people attende d to witness the solemnity in the chamber of the dying man, which was on the Ist floor, and several mor e re' mained in a room below. From the weight upon it the floor of the sick chamber gave way, and fell with all la it to the ground. About 20 persons were severely in" jured, of whom one died instantly, and eight are in int' minent danger. The Care had only slight c optus ioal. and the dying man escaped unhurt. The Album of Arles, in the Boucher du Rhone, give! the following instance of generous conduct :'""" farmer, who had long held a large quantity of lan" under a distinguished family residing in a distant de' partment, was completely ruined by the late inundation s of the Rhone. His losses amounted to .53,000 f., and his share of the ind emn ity was no more than Of this the Receiver of land-tax claimed 1,5001. as arrears due to the Government, and 31f. were retaine d for the tax called personnel, so that one solitary frao° alone was paid to the unfortunate farmer. The 1 03 , - happy man owed an a rre a r o f 36,000 1 . rent to hi s low lord, whose agent threatened to sue for the amount' As his only chance of escaping utter destitution, t he farmer se t ou t on t oot to l ay hi s case b efore his l a nd. lord, and accomplished the distance, which was no le? than 150 leagues. The Count de C--, the landlord' received him with kindness, heard his melancholy ta le with feeling, immediately released him from all the et" rear of rent, cancelled his old lease, granted him anothe r at a redu ce d rent , an d on such advantageous terms t b a t, in all, he may be said to have made his distressed te: nant a present t o th e amount o f upwards of 42,0001. The effect of joy produced by this great and unexpecte d liberality wa s so s t rong, t h at the object of it fell ill, sa fer some days his life was considered in danger." THE VACANT JUDGESHIP.—We give th e followi ng as t h e current rumour in Westminster this morning, although we feel bound to add, that many gentlemen of the long robe do not place itnloi. c a .i c belief in it:—The Attorney General (Sir Frecler l ; he Pollock) to succeed M r . J ust i ce B osanquet as one of Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, Sir Vitillior Follett to be Attor ne y -G enera l , and Mr. Cressi vePi Solicitor-General.— Tory paper. THE PORT OF COLCHESTER.--The 1 40° the Commissioners of her M a j esty ' s Customs have be en „ 6 pleased to issue their wa rrant approving of this port a warehousing port for tea, coffee, sugar, tobacco, bed ter, cheese, and a variety of other dry goods ; I ' ll suitable warehouses ar e a b out i mmediately to be taken for the reception of th ese art i c l es. This will be atten d°d with great advantage t o t h e merchants and ot her , engaged in the stile of these goods, as great allowanc e ; aro made for deficiencies arising from natural wat t while in the warehouse, besides allowing the me rchl , ll to carry on his busin ess w i th a much smaller eaf iri. The warehousing syst em h as j ustly been considered °xie of the greatesl boons ever conferred upon this country —Essex Standard. HE-BEARS AND SHE -BEARS.--When Gorg ed the Third pensioned D r . J o h ison, h o also peosif il n - o t Shebeare. Some one r emar k e d that dm latter did merit it. " Pooh!" said F oo t e , " w h en hi s MajestY fib.— sioned the He-bear, he could not avoid doing the aiara e the She-bear !" A fam la il w ie -zu h it as no r w un p f e o n r d s i u n c g h a in len T g e ,i nes o s f e t t i b e, e t t h w a t t e f two takes six men when it was begun.menefthestrongest memories in the State ho remember t SILVER PLATED CORNER DISHES ' A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing Silversmith* i ll . rn Cohill, London, opposite th e B an k of England, sulnisi„ i t prices of the followi ng p a tt erns of strangly-plated COR P , f o r DISHES, with silver ha n dl es an d e d ges, and silver shiel d engraving the crest or coat if arms : The Gadroon Pattern. The Flower Pattern. Four strongly.plxted cor Four extra strove,' ner Dishes and Covers ....CIO I plat e d Corner Dishe.Als 1 " „ Four extra strongly-plat, d and Covers .............. .. CornerDisheo and Covers are made with moveable handles, I° _,,ied they form extra dishes. Drawings of the above are forty to any part of Great Britain or Ireland, postage free. _nails/ BITHS n ol On the 9th inst., at Pl R ymouth,. the lady of Major r Douglas, o f th e 29th Regiment, of a len, still born. of ° On the 13th inst., Mrs. Ramon de Bertmlano Lopes , daughter. f t , e Ou the 13th i ns t., a t P ec kh am , M rs. Th omas J a rvis, daughter. , the On the 14th i ns t., i n M on t agu - s t ree t , R usse ll-squar es lady of Thomas Turner, Esq., of a son. t 1.---- ............—,,—_--- RRIED A. . nre r, On the 6th i ns t., a t M Burley, in t e h New Forest., T. X in g Esq., surgeon, of Ringwood, to Susan Maria, only ou r wight• daughter of the late Rev. P. G ear y, o f N ewpor t, Isle of ir;roi On the 12th i ns t., a t St. P ancras Ch urc h , Lieutenant b ier Newenham Graydon, R.N. to Eli za b et h , youngest chilli Acton, Esq.. of B3ford Court, Hereford. On the 13th inst., at Lewisham Church, Mr. H. S ice, of Lucas Villa, to Ann Maria, daughter of the late Hen r i Esq., Camps-hill. DIED On Tuesday, the 4th inst., I of consumption, Mr. gaol mory, aged 29, optician. 61. On the Ist inst., at Sti r li ng , Mi ss M . Fullton, ag e- , 64. On the 6th inst., at Sl ea f or d , W . F or b es, Esq age.- o at& On the 7th inst., at Pau, Basses Pyrenees, the Vise Deerhurst. o,e MP° On the 12th iut., in Ch ar l o tt ee - s t ree t, P ort l an d-P- Maria Charlotte, relict of the late John Fielder, E'll• glute i On the 13th inst., i n Gl ouceste - street, P or ting° . Mrs. Cruickshank, widow of J. Cruickshank, Esq. A A r that On the 13th inst., in King Willi am - street , Strand , youngest brother of R. Graves, Esq., A. R. A. On the 13th inst., at W e y mout h , Adela id e Marl, d a , tig of Mr. J. Brittan, aged 12 months. London: Printed and Published by MURDO • No. 112, Strand, a t The Sur . Office No. 112, s trap ,4 q the County of Middlesex, Saturday, allay 15, i*. I I is Pan } th e ., tr,, t l Olv In t ver l , at la C lzki OM ( lony 11 '`,1()1 Pori( re tie 3er er tali. 13j Ea ni g h SF:,I7 )111 *Yes; with T o di k ben 0 0zo n 9. 3d, fPtt p, , 'Ell .pit% , all objec by the for, r) , aaicl,-vul I . — 7 , , --- 1 .... any te, 'F-- 7 , ;-Vtjeeoli. 0 •i - ,: ....• ,•-- 2, - • -......,,,•.. . ~.:, ...., o;:- ; ft,/,,v tt- --- , 'TA's,- , ...... ,---- A9'l'3 , ‘;, 0 S' THE SUN, LONDON, SA:I URDAY, JANUARY 15, 1842.