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EVENING SUN NEW NOVEL by the AUTHORESS of TEMPTATION. Just ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo , THE SCHOOL FOR WIVES By the Authoress of " TEMPTATION ; or, A WIFE'S PERILS." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street. NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. Just ready, in 3 vols., post Bw., ANNE BOLEYN, AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE. By MRS. A. T. TEIOMSON. Author of " Memoirs of Henry VIII.," " Constance," Sze. Henry Celburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MISS COSTELLO'S NEW WORK. Now ready, in 2 vols. B vo ., withnTunerOur Illustrations , APILGRIMAGE TO AUVERGNE, FROM PICARDY TO LE VEL AY. By MISS LOUISA STUART COSTELLO, Author of " A Summer amongst the Bocages and the Vines,"&c. " Two more delightful volumes have not proceeded from the pen of a tourist. Legendary lore, anecdotes of the day, de scription, poetry, light, varied, and appropriate remark, are so pleasingly mingled that attention never flags. John Bull. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. EIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, Laving AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (though tney are NO LOTTERIES) offer many possibilities of obtain !rig LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH and at LUBECK, Are now SELLING ORIGINAL BONDS for the said DIS TRIBUTIONS. Persons desirous to purchase for the Next Distributions say receive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PRO SPECTUS and PARTICULARS, upon addressing a line to HEINE BROTHERS. The NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains DIVIDENDS of 1‘25,000 £6OO £llO £7O 5,000 400 100 60 1,500 200 90 50 1,000 150 80 Sterling. 800 .120 THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, JAN. 6, Her Majesty's Servants will perform the Play of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, from the Text of Shakspeare. Duke, Mr. G. Bennett ; Antonio, Mr. Phelps ; Bassanio, Mr. Anderson; Lorenzo, Mr. Elton; Shylock, Mr. Macready ; Portia, Mrs. Warner ; Nerissa, Mrs. Keeley ; Jessica, Miss E. Phillips. After which will be repeated the New Christmas Pantomime, ailed HARLEQUIN AND DUKE HUMPHRF.Y'S DIN NER ; OR, JACK CADE, THE LORD OF LONDON STONE. Doors to be opened at Half. past Six, and the Performance to begin at Seven o'clock. Boxes 55., Second Price, 2e. 6d. Pit 35., Second Price 2s. Lower Gallery Is. 6d., Second Price Is. Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS, THIS EVENING, JAN. 6, Will be repeated Bellini's Opera of NORMA.—Pollio, Mr. W. Harrison ; Flavius, Mr. Clement White, Oroveso, Mr. Leffler ; Adalgisa, Miss Rainforth ; Clotilda, Miss Grant ; and Norma by Miss Adelaide Kemble. After which will be repeated the New Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled GUY EARL OF WARWICK ; OR, HARLEQUIN AND THE DUN COW. Doors to be opened at half-past Six--the performances to commence at Seven. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 35.; Second Price. 25.; Gallery, Is. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167. New Bond-street. _ _ To-morrow, Wives as they were, and Maids as they arc with Guy Earl of Warwick, or Harlequin and the Dun Cow. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. Astounding hit—The acknowledged best Pantomime in Lon don—Hundreds nightly unable to gain admittance—The Sens of Syria and Felix Carlo surprise every one. THIS EVENING, JAN. 6, Will be acted a New Domestic Mama, entitled MADAME LAFFARGE, from Memoirs written by Herself. After which, a Nautical Burletta, entitled JACK JUNK.; or, a SEAMAN'S FIRESIDE.—Jack Junk, with Five Sea Songs, Mr. Walton. To conclude with a Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE ICE QUEEN; OR, JACK FROST AND KING SHAM.—With gorgeous and charac teristic Scenery, splendid Properties, ludicrous and Quaint Dresses, ingenious Tricks, magnificent Panorama by Brun ming, &c. Has lequin, M. Huline ; Patch, M. Rochet ; Pan taloon, M. Lehman ; Flip, Signor Feliz Carlo ; Clown, Mr. Buckingham ; Columbine, Miss Sharpe. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. Grand Juvenile Week! The Pantomime played as Second Piece ! Novelties unequalled ! Attraction undoubted ! In-. terest unprecedented! and Success enormous! THIS EVENING, JAN. 6, Will be acted, SUSAN HOPLEY ; or, THE TRIALS AND VICISSITUDES OF A SERVANT GlRL—Wil liam Dean, Mr. E. - F. Saville; Dicky Dean, Mr. Paul; Susan Hopley, Miss Vincent (the acknowledged Heroine of Domestic Tragedy). After which, a New Grand Romantic Aerial Comic :Pan tomime, entitled HARLEQUIN PETER WILKINS ; OR. THE KING OF THE AIR AND THE FLYING IN DIANS.—With new and extensive Scenery, Dresses, Decora tions, Tricks, Transformations, and Effects—A new Nautical Panorama, to be entitled " Our Native Sea-girt Isle !" con sisting of Maritime Views along the Coast of England. Also, a new Grand Dissolving Diorama, by Childe, the Great Illu sionist ' • and the Opening of the Pantomime supported by the Comic Talent of this—the Popular Theatre of London. . _ To conclude with THE HAUNTED INN. Boxes, 23.—Pit, 6d.—Half-price to the Boxes only, at Half-past Eight. To-morrow, Susan Hopley, Harlequin Peter Wilkins, and The Haunted Inn. THE RAILWAY SUN IS NOW RE-PUBLISHING, PRICE SIXPENCE. TUE CHINA SUN, AND THE PARLIAMENTARY SUN, ARE STILL ON SALE, PRICE SIXPENCE EACH. Sun Office, Jan. 5, 1842. THE WEATHEIL—NooN, JANUARY 6. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer... 44 Highest 45 1 Lowest 29 Barometer 29.90.—Wind N.E.—Freezing Point 22 Deg. WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE 'ID-MORROW Morning__ 6 minutes after 10 1 Evening 51 minutes after 10. The Publication of the Evening Edition of Tits Sux corn menced at 10 minutes after Three. • within four hundred yards of the shore, and six hundred of the fortifications, which they cannon aded in a splendid style. After the firing had lasted about two hours Sir H. Goticit at the head of her Majesty's 18th Regiment, landed, and seized one end of the long battery. The 26th Regiment, with the sailors and marines, attacked the strong batteries on the Island of Koolangsee, immediately in front of Amoy, and carried them in the most dashing manner. The Chinese now ran for their lives in all directions, leaving the whole of their works in the hands of the British. The fortifications were found to be of immense thickness, and so well constructed of granite rocks, faced with mud, that the fire from the ships did them comparatively little injury. The victory was, in fact, achieved by the storming par ties. Early on the 27th, Sir HUGH GOUGH, at the head of the troops, entered the city, where he met with no resistance. The inhabitants had fled, taking with them all their treasures, for only five thousand dollars in specie were found in this rich city. In the bay eighteen war junks and some gun-boats were taken. A great number of Mandarins of high rank witnessed the engagement at a distance, and it was re ported that when they witnessed the complete triumph of the British arms, some of them killed themselves to escape the Imperial vengeance. As the occupation of Amoy would have required more troops than could be spared from the fleet, the Plenipotentiary and the Commanders-in-Chief agreed only to occupy the island of Koolangsee, which was garrisoned with 500 men of the 18th and 26th Regiments, with some artillerymen. To protect this garrison, and to keep the local authorities in check, her Majesty's ships Druid, Pylades, and Algerine, were ordered to remain at Amoy. Thus all British vessels sailing to the northward will find assistance and protection at Amoy ; and thus, too, the EMPEROR will learn that the whole sea-board coast of his mighty empire is entirely at the mercy of a foreign people, whom his arrogance made his enemies. The following circular, addressed by Sir H. POTTINGER to'her Majesty's subjects in China, contains the only official account yet received of this splendid victory. There is nothing magni loquent about it. Sir H. POTTINGER has not, like Captain ELLIOT, cultivated the " King Cambyses' vein" of writing edicts and despatches. But if he go on taking towns after the Amoy fashion, we will excuse his saying nothing about his own exploits in his despatches. Nay, more, we will engage, on the part of Old England, to be as careful of his fame as his predecessor was of his own at the expense of his country. Here, then, is the cir cular of the Plenipotentiary : " To her Britannic Majesty's Subjects in China. " Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c., has the highest degree of satisfaction in announcing to her Majesty's subjects, and others who feel an interest in the question, that the city of Amoy, with its very extensive and for midable line of batteries and fleet of gun-boats and war junks (the whole mounting upwards of 500 pieces of cannon), was taken possession of on the 26th instant, after a short, but animated defence on the part of the Chinese, by her Majesty's naval and land forces, under the command of their Excellencies Rear-Admiral Sir W. Parker, K.C.8., and Maj.-Gen. Sir 11. Gough, K.C.B. "This brilliant achievement has been happily accom plished with a very trifling loss ; and, in addition to the works, all of which have been dismantled and destroyed, and the guns spiked and broken, immense magazines full of munitions of war have been either removed or ren dered useless. " Arrangements are now in progress for leaving a de tachment of troops on the small island of Koolangsee (which is separated from the town of Amoy by a channel of deep water), and some of her Majesty's ships will like wise remain at this port, whilst the great body of the expedition advances to the northward, so that British or other ships, that may touch here during the ensuing season, will find ample protection, and be secure from any risk of molestation. " Her Majesty's Plenipotentary deems it quite super fluous to say one word as to the manner in which this important service has been performed. The facts re quire no eulogium. The Chinese Government vainly imagined they had rendered Amoy impregnable, but were undeceived in presence of the Viceroy of the provinces of Chekeang and Fokien (who, with a num ber of high officers, witnessed the attack from the heights above the town) in the short space of four hours from the firing of the first gun ; and, had the op position been a hundred times greater than it was, the spirit and bearing of all employed showed that the re sult must have been the same. " God save the Queen. " HENRY POTTINGER, " Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary. " Dated this 31st day of August, 1841, on board her Majesty's ship Blenheim, in Amoy Harbour." Nor is the above the only lesson the Chinese have been taught since the date of the news Imough tby the last overland mail. That perfi lious people, disregarding the convention entered into with Captain ELLIOT, no sooner saw Sir Huoul GOUGH'S back turned than they set about repairing the fortresses on the Canton river, and driving stakes into the bed of it to obstruct the navigation of it. This being made known at Hong Kong, Capt. NIAS, of her Majesty's ship Herald, the senior officer at that station, pro ceeded up the river and destroyed the fort of Wangtong, to which the Chinese offered no op position. He next issued a proclamation in the Chinese language, in which he informed the Mandarins and the people, that if any other breach of the truce took place, he would renew the war in real earnest. This had the desired effect. The Cazztonians grew suddenly as quiet as mice, and even professed a great willingness to trade with the English. British merchants were, however, -,xceedingly shy of trusting themselves in the power of the Canton mob, although dreading nothing from the Mandarins, who were too much terrified to 'provoke another hostile visit From the British Tars. From Burmah the news is less warlike than last month. Accounts had reached the Golden footed Monarch, TIIARAWADDIE, of the real state of affairs in China. His MAJESTY entered Rangoon 'at the head of a large force on the 2d of October, but had intimated an intention of very speedily returning to his capital without attacking Moulmein, which Lord AUCKLAND had caused to be put in a good state of defence, without sending the re-inforcements at first intended for that station. From Central Asia the news is not so sa tisfactory. In a series of conflicts in the Koord Cabool Pass we have to deplore the loss of three gallant officers killed .and ten wounded. The few particulars known of these conflicts will be found in another part of The Sun. We expect, however, that when the ordinary Bombay and Calcutta Papers ar rive we shall be in a condition to furnish our readers with all the particulars. The Revenue Returns for the quarter and the year will be found in another part of The and we cannot say that they answer the anticipa. tions which the Tories have encouraged of a great increase in the revenue. The whole actual increase on the year, as compared to 1840, is 506,0951., which includes the increase in the rate of taxation levied in 1840. The Customs' increase on the year is only 145,245/., which, as the in, creased rate of Customs duties was only levied for a part of the year 1840, must be regarded on the whole as a falling off in the Customs re venue. The same remark extends to the Ex cise; the whole increase of which in the year is only 6,3561. The increase of the Taxes sur passes the actual increase of the revenue, there having been a decrease in the Stamps, and in the extraordinary revenue ; and as the in creased rate •f 10 per cent. levied by the late Chancellor of the Exchequer! operated through only half the year 1840,.the increase in the year 1841 is mainly due to the increased rate from which people could not well escape. The Post-office, we are happy to see, has gone on steadily increasing, ar►d we trust that the Tories will not, by reverting to the old charges, disturb an experiment which, when it is carried fully out, promises to be one of the greatest boons which a fiscal regulation ever conferred on the country. On the whole, the revenue of the year offers nothing on which we can congratulate the country. On the revenue of the present quarter, compared to the corr:sponding quarter of last year, there is an apparent increase, but we hope the Tories will not deceive themselves, nor attempt to de ceive he public by representing this as a great improvement. The whole increase in the quar- • le , 45, 44 , * , ' °4 • ' 7 10.2005 A " . .",'t 3 / • titt =;111/14 LONDON: THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1842. IMPORTANT NEWS FROM CHINA. By the arrival of the Overland Mail from India we have received news from Bombay of the 30th of November, and from Canton of the 10th of October. The intelligence from China is highly important. On the 2(itli of August the British squadron, under the command of Admiral PARKER, assisted by Major-Gen. Sir H. GOUGH, Commander of the Land forces, and in the pre sence of Plenipotentiary Sir H. POTTINGER, cap tured the strong city of Amoy without the loss of a single man on the side of the British. The Bri tish squadron consisted of 34 sail, including steamers and transports. This force sailed from Hong-Kong on the 21st of August, and on the 25th arrived within forty miles of Amoy. Sound ings being taken by the Druid and Blonde frigates, and the two Commanders-in-Chief having reconnoitred the coast, on the fol lowing - morning preparations were made for a general attack. In the interim the Chinese had fired several times upon the ships, but without doing them any injury. Shortly •after eight o'clock, A.M., a Mandarin came on board the Wellesley with a flag of truce, ostensibly to inquire why so many ship s came to trade at once, and what kind of mer chandise they had on board. The Mandarin, however, soon discovered that our friend, pro crastinating Captain F4moT, was not the person he had Aadeal with. And if pause in this narra tive may" be allowed, what a pity it was fi)r 'both, seeing the line field presented fbr endless ncgoeiations! What grave shaking of heads there.would have becn between the ex- Piet' potentiary and the Mandarin, and what • work the secretaries and translators, and messen gers to and from the Celestial Court of Pekin, would have had, were it an ELLIOT instead of a POTTINGRR that had appeared with a squadron before Amoy. I;nt. Sir IL POTTINGER is n o t a Plenipotentiary of the ELLIOT stamp, an d so heat once informed the Mandarin that the " foreign devils" could fight as well as barter woollens for teas and rhubarb, and that the former was now . the object of their visit. The engagement was begun by two steamers, the SesostriS and Queen, about half-past twelve o'cloCk, and in half-an-hour afterwards the fight was general. The line-of-battle ships anchored THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1842. ter, without deducting the decrease, is 622,0041., and composed chiefly of an increase of 414,3681. in the Customs; of 21,87f1. in the Stamps; of 123,2391. in the Taxes ; and of 29,0001. in the Post-office. But we know, by various reclama tions in the public journals, that the collector's screw has, of late, been unsparingly applied to drag in the Taxes more speedily than usual. That may account for some of the increase in Taxes. The great increase of the Customs is partly accounted for by the temporary derangement caused to commerce in the quarter ending in October, owing to the party disputes in that period, which made people keep back their com modities, and which has probably increased the quantity of goods taken out of bond this quarter. In fact, of the increase, no less a sum than 270,3941. arises from the Sugar duties, which explains at once the effect of the agitation con cerning the Sugar duties in swelling the revenue this quarter. In the Customs department, also, the screw has been em ployed. An examination has lately been made of all the goods in bond, and wherever any deficiency has been found, the duty on that de ficiency has been called for. We believe that by this means the Customs revenue has aen unduly swelled, and that we have no right to assume its increase in the present quarter as an index to its permanent improvement. We have stated above the whole increase of the Quarter's revenue, but from this we must de duct the decrease. The Excise, usually considered the best test of the people's prosperity, has fallen off in the quarter almost as much as the Customs have increased. The apparent de crease of the Excise is no less than 277,0961. which does not show the whole decrease. About the beginning of the quarter now ended, an im proved system of collecting the Excise duties was adopted, the principal feature of which is to make all the collectors and all the hankers pay in Excise dues at a much earlier period than formerly. Whereas the bankers and collectors were then allowed to keep the money in their hands three weeks or a month, they are now obliged to remit it to the Bank of England in a week or ten days. The consequence of the alte ration is, that the Excise revenue for this quar ter consists really of two weeks more revenue than the corresponding quarter of last year, Now, we cannot estimate that at much less than one-sixth of the Excise revenue for the quarter, or 600,000/. ; and to ascertain the total decrease of the Excise for the quarter, we must add this sum to 277,096/., which makes a total actual de ficiency in the Excise on the quarter of some where about 877,000/. The effects of the poverty of the people, and of their resolution to avoid the use of intoxicating liquors, begin to tell forcibly against the revenue. Deducting the decrease in the quarter, as shown by the returns, from the increase, the ap parent increase is 338,549/. ; but when we take from that the two weeks' more Excise revenue which has been crowded into this quarter, we shall conclude that there is a real decrease of about a quarter of a million sterling. With such an evidence of the state of the country, we are not surprised at the rest of the Ministers visiting the Duke of BUCKINGHAM at Stowe, in order to coax or to frighten him into an abandonment, or a great modification, of the Corn-laws. We shall not, however, obtain an accurate view of the actual decline of the revenue, and of the actual deprivations of the people, unless we take into consideration the probable increase of their numbers. During the last ten years the increase of the population has been at the rate of 14 per cent., and the revenue ought to augment in the same proportion if no deterioration took place in their condition. Now, as the increased rate of taxation, levied in 1840, only came into operation for a part of the financial year ending with January, 1841, while it has been in opera tion for the entire year now ended, it follows that, man for man, the people have yielded less to the revenue, though it shows a larger sum in 1841 than in 1840. Either the population has not increased during the last year, or their comforts have been materially diminished. Both effects, as they generally go together, may have taken phice; and for the sufferings and misery of the people, as well as the decline of the national greatness, of which the Revenue Tables are the proof, the monopolists are answerable. The Morning Chronicle does the Americans an injustice by representing their obstinacy, in re sisting our claim to examine their vessels, as incompatible with their professed desire to put an end to the Slave-trade. The truth is, that England has frequently asserted her maritime superiority in such a rude manner, that most na tions, and particularly the Americans, suppose it is a duty to check her. Unfortunately for us, our naval officers are brought up in such an arbitrary school as respects the rights of our own seamen and mercantile marine, that they have been extremely apt . to forget all the cour tesies due to the mercantile marine of other nations; in them arbitrary habits are engen dered and maintained by the mode employed to procure men for the fleet, and those habits make them treat foreign merchant vessels in an arbitrary manner. During the war, when Ame rican merchant vessels were partly manned by British seamen, they subjected every American vessel they met with to a most rigid scrutiny; and their conduct at that period excited against them in the American sea-ports a feeling of in dignation, which it will require more than one generation to efface. It is the recollection of that conduct which now makes the Americans perti naciously, and justly, refuse to concede to us the right of visiting ships bearing their flag. We see by the American papers, and by the recently published correspondence, that the American shipmasters and shipowners still com plain of the rude and unjust proceedings of our officers. Whether the complaints in the present instances be well founded or not, they are so con firmed by former practices that they will be uni versally believed in the United States, and will make it impossible for their popular Government to concede to us the privilege of visiting American vessels during peaCe;rbe Americana may very pro perly object to our right of search, and may still have a great inclination to suppress the Slave trade; but of the two evils we have no doubt the Americans would prefer the eternal existence of the Slave-trade to allowing their ships to be overhauled by our men-of-war. If they sanction the examination for the mere purpose of ascertaining that a vessel bearing the American flag is a bona fide American vessel, they sanction a rigid examination of the vessel herself. The papers may be simulated; how is that to be proved? By examining the crew; by ascertaining that the cargo of the vessel corre sponds to the manifest ; by tracing her route in her log-book; in short by subjecting her to a complete search. If that be not done, papers will be at ''once produced to 'correspond to the flag, and merely , to prove that they do correspond will be Of no use whatever. The Americans are well aware of the insults and injuries they would subject themselves to by admitting our claim to visit their ships; and the Morning Chronicle does them a grievous injustice when it represents their resistance to that claim as grounded on an eagerness " for the gains of unrighteousness." It may be true that their resistance to our de mands may screen every pirate on the seas who chooses to hoist an American flag, and if so it will be the consequence of our own for mer proceedings, which have made it impossible for the Americans to admit our claims. By committing injustice on our own people we have bred up officys in arbitrary habits, which have made them arbitrary to other nations, and their consequences, now debar England from following out her humane wishes to suppress the Slave-trade for ever. Another portion of hie account rendered by the Deputation from the Short Time Committee has been published. In this Mr. GLADSTONE iS "described as saying, on_October 29th, It was impossible to direct the attention of Govern ment to subjects of graver importance than those which the Deputation bad brought before Lord Wharneliffe and himself. " you may," said he, " rest assured that I will devote my best attention to them, in conjunction with the Cabinet, and with an earnest desire to discover and adopt those measures which may be best calculated to put a stop to the evils you have described." . Two long and dreary months have'passed since that interview, and nothing whatever has the fair speaking Mr. GLADSTONE done to remedy the, evils described by the Deputation, than which " the Government could not have its at tention directed to a subject of graver import ance." Mr. GLADSTONE pronounces a severe con demnation on himself; he promised two months ago, in conjunction with the Cabinet, modest youth ! to devote his best attention to the evils which the Deputation brought before him, but which neither he nor the Cabinet has done any thing whatever, during these two months, to lessep or relieve. The reports of this Deputation appear first of all in a Tory paper, they are drawn up altoge ther in a Tory spirit, and are obviously written, published, and commented on by the Tories, with a view to exalt the present Ministers, and decry the Anti-Corn-law party. The Manchester Guardian entertains a similar opinion : Looking at the general spirit of the report (says that Journal) made by these Yorkshire deputies, their praise of Sir Robert's heart, their flattery of his " do-nothing" policy, and their tame echo of the measures urged by Oastler and Stephens, we cannot help suspecting that the pompous display of the important conference, in the Tory journals, has been done mainly for the purpose of persuading the aristocracy, that, after all the agitalion of the working classes, they have no objections to starve a little longer, if Sir Robert Peel and his colleagues should determine that their doing so will be for the bene fit of the nation. But we showed yesterday, and have now shown, that the length of time which has elapsed since these representations were made to the Ministers, together with their admission of the importance of the subject, and the great ness of the evils, convicts them of the grossest negligence or the grossest duplicity. If they meant to assist the Short Time Committee, why have they not done it ? if they did not, why use such delusive phrases? They may choose be tween negligence or duplicity, but of one or other they must stand convicted. Poison, like bread, when cast on the waters, is found after many days; and that which the Tories cast out now returns to their own hands. The " engineer is hoist with his own petard," and we are delighted to see him sprawling in the air. Lord Aut. LEY'S protegees have blown up Lord ASHLEY'S patrons. To institute a fair comparison between the Revenue of 1840 and 1841, we must remember that the Budget was brought forward, in 1840, on the 15th of May; consequently, during up wards of four months in that year, the increased rate of taxation then proposed was not paid. Mr. BARING, as our readers will recollect, then laid an additional per centage on the Customs and Excise duties of 5 per cent. Now, taking the Customs' duties at 20,000,000/. (they are up wards of 19,800,0001.), 5 per cent. is exactly one million sterling ; but as this 5 per cent. was not levied on the four first months of the year, the Customs revenue of the year 1841, ought to have exceeded that of 1840 by one third of 1,000,0001., or 330,0001. The actual in crease, forced up as we have explained, is only 145,245/., whence it follows that the Customs re venue, instead of having increased as the Times falsely represents it, is worse than the revenue of 1840 by 185,7551. Of course, the same reasoning applies to the Excise duties. The increase was first levied on May 15, 1840. Taking them at 12,500,0001., the increase for the year at 5 per cent. is 625,0001., and for the four months, or one-third, is 208,3001. The Excise duties in 1841 ought to have been more than the !Excise duties in 1810 by that sum, whereas, they were only greater by 6,3561., whence it follows that . the Excise duties fell off in the year, even according to the returns, offoreed and almost extorted pay ments of '201,914/. Let us further add, that had the population increased in 1841, in the proportion of one tenth and four-tenths per cent., and the re venue increased in proportion to the popu lation, the increase of 1841 over that of 1840, independently of the above considerations, should have been somewhere about 650,0001., whereas it is put down only at 506,0951., which is another proof that the revenue is rapidly de clining, while the people are suffering. It is impossible to take these facts into our se rious consideration without being alarmed for the state of the country, particularly as we learn from the Morning Post that Ministers will re gard it as their first duty to bring the revenue up to the expenditure, or increase the taxation; while the same journal honestly confesses that the monopolists who have seized the Government, do not know how to deal with t h e nat i ona l dis tress. It talks, indeed, of putting down manu factures, but it admits that the Tamworth quack, after having 'pocketed his fee for five months, knows nothing about curing th e na tion a l dis orders. rady f e r o s .r theli He only knows ho w t o ma k e t h e peop l e noxious services of himself and his fellow-monopolists. _ • An advertisement appears in The Sun this day on the subject of the Corn-laws, to which we call the attention of our readers. The time is now come to make a great struggle for the abo lition of this oppressive tax, and we confidently trust that the Association will find their unwea ried exertions duly appreciated by the public. The Paris Journals of Tuesday have all reached us, but a letter which we elsewhere insert from our Paris Correspondent, contains a summary of what is most important in theirpolitical columns. The following are extracts from them : The National states that the Royal Ordonnance for the reduction of the army has been carried partially into effect, and that on the Ist inst. each battalion in the army was reduced by one company, the officers, &c., being distributed among the other companies. • The Sentinelle of Toulon has an account of a conflict which took place in that town a few days ago between some French soldiers and Spanish refugees, waiting their departure for Africa, in which several on both sides were wounded, the Spaniards suffering most. The young Spanish Princes, sons of Don Carlos, and Prince Luitpold, of Bavaria, have arrived at Naples, from 'Romeo , 1 1%be two Coinser are lodged in the Royal Palace, the latter'hag taken up his residence at an hotel. The National states that the man Bauer, who was arrested a few days since, as we mentioned, had nothing to do with Qucnisset and his accomplices. He was taken into custody, it says, in consequence of information sent from Germany, and the only papers seized at his re sidence were several copies of a German Liberal Journal. Rubini has returned from Madrid to Bordeaux. On passing through Bayonne the "King of Tenors" gave a concert, and with his usual generosity handed over the proceeds, more than 3,000 fr. to the Bureau de Bien faisanee. BOURSE—P A u / s, TUESDAY, JAN. 4. first Highest Lowest Last price Price. Price. Price. French 5 per C0nte.....,. ll6 85 ••• 117 ... 116 85 "* 117 4 per Cents ..... .. 101 50 ... 101 50 101 50 ... 101 50 /, 3 per Cent,. e x di . ; 78 15 .. 78 25 ... 1 8 15 ... 7$ 2 5 Loan ol u ?374135 33 80 :::4 78 5 DO ...... 33 7 4 8 5 80 ..... 53 78 4g 85 Sank 1418110 Bank:4oooG Shang 1007 50 ...leo 7 50 ...1007 50 ...1007 50 5 .000 f. Shares 5020 ...5020 ...5020 ...5020 tteiglan Ranh ............ 75 0 750 ... 750 750 Belgian 5 per Cents. " 1 02% 10214 102% .. 102 A 5 per Cents., i 5447:„ 103 ... 103 ... 103 ... 103% Ipanish A a c s t s s i v v e e ................. P 54 w Neapolitan lO6 35 ...▪ /06 50 ... 106 35 10$ 50 10 3 103% «. 109 ... 103} SHARES , ..m. .................. Bile. RAILWAY St. Germain 825 ... 8 35 ... 823 ... 832 50 .„ 210 ... 210 ... 2.0 Versailles. LB 2lO R. B 34 47 2 0 50 .• 542 50 ..... 31240 50 .7. 3 0 4 5 2 50 Rouen Orleans .. 517 50 ... 5 17 50 ... 515 ... 515 Itratburg to Bale FuND 23 3. 2 50 A ... 2 32 50 . 230 ... 230 DUTCH -- Actual Debt, 234 per Cent ....................... Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. ................. . ..... 09X Int , u Amert Syndic,4% per cent .................. .. O ISe 92 ii Commercial Company , C , onl 3% pa p n e y r , c 4 ir i t. ;o .. r . ......... t . ... . ..................... 1,5 7 02 8 5 1, 2 i; Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cent........... ............. -- Exchange on London, One month l2 10 Two months .....» lO -- Hamburgh, One month Two months 35 4334 R ° A p e t U t h u l a c a t 16c 1 h hG im Pi Debt s a L. a , "p 2 e 34 7 : 1 ; e il b j r D p a C n :e r : ;;.C4t2Se. 4. n * 1 '1 . 1 . 1 . 1 21% 35 75 53 li 101% Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 90% .—,—,—. . Sper Cent. --... Thirty-seven------- 7l q w lOl7, Loan of City,l432, 4 per ( Cent.... .......... Society of Commerce, 44Per Cent — Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 7554 NationalSeciety. .......... .. ........ •••••"......c , Exchange on London (shout) ...... —Brussels Papers, Jan. 4. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.--VIENNs, Dec. 28. five per Cents. Metalliques »•.».•... 100 Four per Cents. 40.11.11...“ • ..... ••••••••46.“ ....... am 9834 4 Three pa Cents. Bank Shares ••... ..... •••••••• ••••••••••••••1111,1•MI , .11 ...Aiken:eine Zaturogh . Dec, 01. SUMMARY OF MEWS AND Public eptivion. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The Overland Mail from India brings the highly im portant news that the British squadron in the Chinese seas had taken the strong fortress of Amoy without the loss of a single man. The Chinese lost 18 war junks, and 500 pieces of cannon. The accounts elsewhere given are very interesting. The steamer Madagascar was lost on the coast of China, and the officers and lascars fell into the hands of the Chinese. There is a probability that there will be no war with Burmah. In some conflicts with the Ghilzies in the Koord Pass of Cabool, the British in the service of the Shah Soojah lost three officers killed, and ten wounded. A famine is apprehended in some districts of Bengal. PUBLIC OPINION. The Morning Post has an article, the object of which is to show that it is the bounden duty of Government to take the lead in inquiring into the present state of the country, and " to look boldly at the actual condition of the masses of the labouring poor." The Post adds, that Government should determine upon discouraging with all the weight of its influence whatever shall be decided upon as having led to the distress, and of contributing with all its ability to the placing of our national indus try upon a safer and better footing. The principal article in the Times is on the subject of the Revenue, which it seems to consider on the whole as favourable, observing that, " notwithstanding the ac knowledged depression prevalent in many branches of trade and industry, the general view which this docu ment gives of our national resources is, upon the whole, highly encouraging." The Herald contains an elaborate article suggested by the present state of the African slave-trade, wherein our Contemporary laments that this accursed traffic is regu lated by the same principle of political economy which directs and governs the interchange of lawful commo dities, adding that "so long as there is a demand for slaves, will there be a slave-trade," and that therefore, "to destroy the slave-trade, slavery should be abol ished." The object of the chief article in the Chronicle—the hints for which have heen furnished by Lord Stanley's and Sir James Graham's recent visit to the Duke of Buckingham—is to show that "it is ridiculous to ima gine that the Duke will be made a party to any real or effective change in the Corn-laws ; and all that may be done in the way of sound commercial reforms will weigh but as a straw in comparison of an effective change in the laws which interfere with the price of food." The Advertiser arraigns the conduct of the Govern ment of the United States as regards the African slave trade, and states that "it is discreditable to her character as a great and enlightened nation." The Dublin Evening Post thus alludes to the ap proaching election for that city :—" We know not whe ther there will be a contest—we doubt whether there will. But if there be, we rejoice to think that nothing but the ♦ery demon of party can impart bitterness to the conflict. We believe we are not mistaken in the con viction which we entertain, that among those who do not, in general politics, concur with Lord Morpeth, there are many who would hesitate long before they would record their votes against him, and some whom nothing would induce to chi so." The York Courant remarks, with reference to the candidates for the representation of Dublin :—" The name of one, and of one only, have we yet heard men tioned, and yet that one is sufficient. In the City of Dublin—in the scene where he has on such innumerable instaices earned the gratitude of Ireland by his support of equal Irish rights and justice—where he has so often spurned the attempts of faction to predominate—what name will speak to generous Irish bosoms like that of Viscount Morpeth ? The feeling in Dublin on this sub ject, we are glad to find, is universal—and though many warm and proud welcomes await his return to England, this would be the crowning one of them all." The Cheltenham Examiner, speaking of the King of France's Speech to the Chambers, says :—" His Speech to the Chamber was false and Jesuitical ; it was full of peace abroad, but contention at home. The barren con quest of Algeira, was a set-off to distrust and treason at home ; the man who rose by revolution condemned dis cussion ; he who ought to be the personification of li berty has put his foot on the neck of liberty herself. The Royal mummer delivered his Speech, and returned as cheerless as he came, and presented a spectacle which the meanest peasant in his dominions had no cause to envy." MONEY-TRADE-=COMMERCE. The Bank of England and the. Government are at issue on the subject of the forged Exchequer bills re ceived by the Bank as part payment of the instalments on the last funding operations. The demand, on the part of the Bank, for payment, which is considered in the City irresistible, must be settled one way or another be fore the payment of the dividends. The increase of the revenue on the last year has been 506,095/., and on the quarter 338,549/. Part of the re turns for the Excise and Customs, of course, include the increased rate of taxes levied for a part. of 1840. The Post-Office goes on steadily improving. ECCLESIASTICAL. Archdeacon Stopford is the High Church favourite for the vacant see of Ossory ; but it is said Mr. Daly, of Powerscourt, has Sir Robert Peel's written promise of high promotion. NAVAL AND MILITARY. - The funeral of an old Waterloo campaigner took place last Saturday at Stoke Park, Windsor, the seat of Granville Penn, Esq. The veteran was buried in a romantic spot in the classic grounds of Stoke, with mili tary honours, three volleys having been fired over the corpse as it was lowered into the grave. The de ceased, who was a great favourite in the neighbour hood, had carried the gallant Sir William Gomme through the three memorable days of Waterloo, and went by the familiar name of " Old Charger." He reached the venerable age of forty. After his death, a hullet, which he received on the 17th June, was ex ; tracted from his hind quarters. LAW AND POLICE, At Guildhall, yesterday, James Steptoe, who had been acquitted on Tuesday at the Central Criminal Court for the charge of robbing the Chipping Norton waggon, was committed a second time to take his trial for a robbery at the Rose Inn, Smithfield. At the Surrey Sessions yesterday, on the presentment of the Grand Jury, the Foreman expressed their regret that the Magistrates were not empowered to deal sum marily with many trifling cases that had been brought under their notice, and which had been attended with considerable expense to the county, and occasioned mach loss of time to the Grand Jury. • The Grand Jury fur; ther expressed their regret that, in most cases, the pri soners could neither read nor write, and were destitute of education. Yesterday, at the Kensington Police Court, John Elkins, an elderly man, was charged with refusing to maintain his own son, a lad about fourteen years of age. The father declared his son had robbed him so ofteri that he was himself nearly out of doors, and quite un able to contribute to his support. He was willing but unable to maintain him. The Magistrate, however, com mitted him for o ne mon th t o th e H ouse o f Correction. Yesterday information was received at the police offices of a robbery of watches and other property, to a large amount, during the previous night, on the premises of Mr. Mackie, watchmaker, City-road. COURT-FASECIONAZZE. The Duke of Beaufort is detained in town, by a slight .attack of gout. The Duke of Norfolk arrived at Arundel Castle at the close of the past week, to join the family circle there. Lord Fitzgerald has left town on a visit to the Duke of Buckingham, at Stowe. Sir It, Peel returns to town this afternoon, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Lord Crewe has arrived at Mivart's Hotel, from Bowood Park, Wilts. Count Matuszevic leaves town in a few days for the Earl of Chesterfield's seat at Bretby. . _ Lord. W. Russell leaves Belgraie-square this day for Woburn Abbey. _ Lord and Lady John Russell left Belgrave-square yes terday, by the rail road train, for Woburn Abbey. The Earl of Hardwicke, we hear, will be one of the Lords in Waiting to the Queen, selected to escort the King of Prussia to this country. Viscount and Viscountess Villiers left Drayton Manor yesterday for Packington Hall, Warwickshire. MISCELLANEOUS. A grand ball, in aid of the Queen's Hospital, Bir mingham, is to be given in the Town-hall of that town on the occasion of the christening of the Prince of Wales. Earl Fitzwilliam, the Earl of Stamford, Earl Howe, Lord Lyttelton, and upwards of forty Noblemen and gentle men besides, have enrolled their names as stewards. Springfield House, near Southampton, the splendid residence of Kinelm Digby, Esq., was destroyed by fire on Tuesday morning. The fire was discovered by a ser vant who slept over the kitchen apartments, and who made his escape through a window, and alarmed the family in another part of the house, just in time to save their lives. Mr. Digby is a rich and learned Roman Catholic gentleman, and has lost by the fire some very valuable manuscripts. On Tuesday morning, at Wornston, Lancashire, three old houses fell, and buried a number of persons in the ruins, all of whom were dug out alive, except an old man, of the name of Peters, and a young child. A gang of burglars is extremely active at present in the neighbourhood of Blackheath. Four houses have within a few days been broken into, but the burglars had succeeded in only one case in obtaining booty. RUMOUR Or THE DAY. Mr. William Croker, whose arrival from Stowe we an nounced two days ago had been sent on a mission in that quarter to pave the way for the conversion of the Corn-law Duke. It is the general belief that Sir Francis Burdett and Mr. John Walter owe their new faith to the lectures of this great apostle. Should he be as successful in this attempt, he will indeed perform a miracle, and ought to be canonised at his death. A NEW SCHEME.—A case of French toys was landed at one of the " legal quays" a few days ago, and imported as such, and was, therefore, destined to r ay the usual ad valorem duty of 20 per cent. The case appa rently contained those cheap toys, garden-pots, which are hawked about our streets by Italians and others, at the rate of one halfpenny each, but they are no sooner out of the jurisdiction, or at least out of the sight of her Majesty's revenue, than these, by the removal of the fancy red ochre with which they were externally deco rated, were transmogrified into chocolate, and reduced into saleable packages, at an immense profit to the for tunate adventurers. OVERLAND MAIL CHINA AND INDIA. (From the Times.) _ __ By an Extraordinary Express from Marseilles, we have received our despatches from China and India, conveyed to that port by the steamer from Malta bearing the Overland Mail from India, the arrival of which we are thus enabled to antici pate. Our advices are dated from Canton, Oct. 10; and from Bombay Nov. 30. The chief intelligence of interest which this mail has brought to — lttrope relates to China, Burmah, and Cabul. The news from China reaches to the 10th of October, and brings the account of the taking of the great Chinese fortress of Amoy on the 27th of August, after considerable firing, but without the loss of a man on the side of the British. Several hundred cannons were taken, and some Manda rins were so horrified that they killed themselves within sight of the invaders. In the Proclama tion issued by Sir Henry Pottinger, the official account of the capture is given. The expedi tion, having left a force at Koolangsee, a small island close to Amoy, proceeded subsequently to the northward. The Chinese accounts at Can ton in the beginning of October stated that the British had in the month of September taken Chusan and Ningpo, and had established a blockade at the mouths of the Grand Canal. But no intelligence of those facts had reached Hong-Kong or Macao when the Mor clipper left the latter port. From Burmah the news is, that the extraor dinary activity of the Calcutta Government had surprised Tharawaddie; for within almost to him an incredibly short space of time a consider able force appeared ready to resist his contem plated attacks on the British possessions. 8,000 men, several vessels of war, and some steamers, have proved that the British were not to be taken unawares. The chances of his beginning a war are therefore not great, particularly as he is now aware of the British successes in China. The peaceful return of Tharawaddie to his capital will place at the disposal of the Indian Govern ment several vessels of war, which in case of necessity may be sent to reinforce the expedition in China. There are, it appears, two American frigates now near China, in order to protect the interests of the United States there. There has been some fighting between the Ghilzies, a tribe of hardy mountaineers, who hold the mastery over the passes leading from Cabul to Jellalabad and Peshawar. It appears that a tribute, or blackmail, paid to them for . liberty to pass through their defiles having been reduced or not paid by Shah Soojah, they stop ped the mails coming from Calcutta and through the Sikh country. There were orders issued to clear the passes, and a force under Sir Ro bert Sale proceeded from Cabul for the pur pose. This force encountered considerable ob stacles: the mbuntaineers, being fully acquainted with the ground, chose such positions as ena bled them with their long matchlocks to do great execution among the British. Of the ofk cers, three were killed—viz. Captain Wynd ham, 35th Bengal Native Infantry; Lieutenant Jenkins, ditto; and Lieutenant Edward King, of her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry. Among the ten officers wounded is Sir Robert Sale. <This fighting in the defiles, with an enemy almost un seen, is much commented on. The utility of forming an effective Rifle Corps is also urged. Sir William = Hay M'Naghten is expected to arrive in Bombay some time in January, but the date is not positively known. He is coming, as it is said, by the Bolan pass, which through the judicious management of the new political agent, Major Outram, is now in a fair state of be coming a safe communication, for the conciliatory arrangements adopted by this political agent are highly acceptable to the neighbouring tribes. In the Sikh districts tranquillity is stated to prevail. Nothing is said of their expedition. in Thibet. The steamer Madagascar has been lost on the coast of China, and several officers and Lasears have fallen into the power of the Chinese. The passengers and crew of the brig Sultana, which was burnt by lightning near the coast of Borneo in January last, have arrived at Singa pore, after sufferings of the severest kind from the petty rajahs and pirates. Some travellers, lately arrived from the islands in the Pacific, describe the enormities committed by some captains under British and American colours as unworthy of the protection of both those civilized countries. The trials of the Arab revolters on the frontiers of the Nizam's country are over. One of them has been executed, and several ordered to be transported. Tranquillity prevails now in those districts. There are apprehensions of a famine in some districts oenengal, where the rice crop has failed. AMO Y. We (The Sun), supply the following account . of Amoy :—Amoy Fort, now in possession of the British, lies at the back of. the town of the same • name, about '4OO yards from the shore, upon an eminence - of small size. The front of the village is composed of a cluster of small houses, behind which the principal fort rises. The position of the fort is badly chosen, as several hills acclive hi 'the back ground, much resembling, in height and conformation, that of Primrose Hill, from which the Viceroy of the provinces of Chekeang and Fokien beheld the cannonading, and the landing of our troops. A long battery runs all along the shore, forming a frontage to the line of houses, and much resembles. at this point the appearance of Algiers from the sea. Immediately opposite the town of Amoy is a harbour, and the channel itself is about three-quarters of a mile in width, separating A moyfrom the island of Koolangsee,which has also its battery. The channel is about twelve fa thoms in depth, and affords very excellent an chorage on the north part of the town, imme diately facing the battery. • Amoy, which is variously called Emouy, or Hiamen, is situated near the south-east coast of China, annexing the province of Fokien. In circuit it has a compass of about 15 miles, and the great fort which British prowess has just taken was resorted to formerly by Europeans, but abandoned when foreign commerce was re stricted to Canton. There are to be met with in its interior and on the coast several very large temples, particularly one of great ce lebrity, dedicated to the God Fo, whose statue, of colossal size, towers to a great height, and is much frequented by throngs of worshippers. The images of numerous other divinities are also seen, together with a host of strange allegorical paintings; and incense is burned perpetually on the altars. Amoy is the residence of numerous merchants, who are the owners of more than 300 large junks, and who carry on an extensive commerce, not only to all the ports of China, but to many also in the Indian Archipelago, and to Japan. It is considered as the. grand emporium of the Fukkeen provlnce. Notwith standing the heavy duties levied on exports and imports, these merchants maintain their trade, and bathe the efforts •of the Mandarins. They have long looked forward with desire to an op.. portunity of opening a trade with Europeans, and it is considered that they would greatly improve upon that of Canton. Most of the Formosa trade, which is extensive, is car ried . on by the junks appertaining to Amoy ; they go to all the western ports of the island, and either return loaded with lice, or go up to the north of China loaded with sugar. The trade of Amoy has always been regarded with a jealous eye by the Emperor and authorities of China. The revenue of the Emperor chiefly arising out of the payment of transit dues, t he poss?.Esion of any ports or points on the sea coast, which should at all interfere with the inland trade of the coun try, has been always most jealously guarded against. Amoy lies in long. 118. 22. E., lat. '24. 30. N. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.-CHINA. The following mercantile circular contains intelligence from Macao to the Bth of October, being the day pre vious to that on which the Mor sailed. It mentions the loss of the Hon. Company's steamer Madagascar, and the captivity of her crew and passengers: " MACAO, OCT. 8, 1841. " Since our last circular of the 17th of August, the aspeet of affairs here has been marked with so much of uncertainty and anxiety as greatly to have obstructed the satisfactory progress of trade, the Chinese being deterred by the apprehension of trouble from buying imports, unless at very low prices, and importers unwilling to run the risk E VENING SUN of landing goods unless when able im - nediately to e xpor the returns, which has occasioned the purchase ofproduce at much higher rates than would otherwise have been given. The alarm was chiefly owing to the Chinese having raised a strong barrier across the river a little above Whampoa, to render impassable the only channel for largo ships to Canton ; which being considered viohtion Of the truce, induced Captain Nies, the senior officer, to proc( ed3with his squadron to disperse the workmen employed on it, and to destroy the deserted fort of Wantong at the Bogue ; after which he returned to Hong-Kong, and, contrary to expectation, no collision has since occurred. But such is the precarious state of affairs that it is difficult to say whether the truce in this province is to be considered as still in force or not. Mean while a very few British subjects venture up to Canton, not, however, without considering it a service of some hazard, rather from apprehensions of popular resentment than of any danger from the authorities. There is no appearance of molestation to British ship! at Whampoa, and every facility of doing business le afforded them with the same promptitude as to other flags. But the uncertainty of this continuing induces most vessels recently arrived to unload outside, where return cargoes are now procurable to a moderate extent. The new congous are beginning to arrive, and about half a dozen chops have been shipped. The prices de manded are higher than last year—say for fine congnu 33 to 35 tools, and for really curious - 36 to 39. No neer Nankin silk has come to market. Some parcels of old are held at 450 dolls. to 480 dolls. per pl. The market for best new Bombay cotton opened at 9 4 to 8 J 7, and less for lower qualities ; an d for new Tinnivelly at 9 3. Long cloths in no demand st 2 dol. 60c. to 2 dol. 90c. Cotton yarn, No. 24 to 4 0, 30 dol. to 32 dol. per pl.; Spanish stripes, 80c. to 1 dol. 10c. per yard ; long ells, 7 dol. to 7i- dol.; lead, 6 dol. 80c. to 7 dol.; iron rods, 2i dol. per pl.; bar, 3i dol, per pl• Freights to England from Hong-Kong and Macao are at 5/. 10s. to 61. From Whampoa there have been no resent engagements. The rate offered is about 6/. t° 61. 10s, which most ships are unwilling to accept, le consequence of those ready for sea at intervals of a panic about a month ago having got 8/. and 101. per ton. It• addition to the ships mentioned as loading in our last , the St. Mango, Greyhound, and Saghalien have sailed with teas for England, and the Neptune is underdespatch . Bills on England, with approved local indorsements , have advanced to 4s. B,d. to 4s. 9d., and it is probable American credits could not be negotiated to any e xtent under 4s. 10d. per dollar. BOMBAY PRICE CURRENT AND MERCANTILE REGISTER, Nov. 27. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Cotton continues to be taken up on arrival for the Chins market, and the following are the prices asked:— Rupees. Rupees.' Broach, Jambooseor, and Surat 110 to 1134 per canc t l 4 I)holera Komptah lOO to 101 per cane Ormit.--About 150 chests have been purchased s in& the arrival of the i%lor on the 24th instant, and. holder are more firm. Fine opium is not procurable under 7 18 rupees to. 720 rupees per chest. Chest s ; Balance of former year's importation Impotted from the 3d to th e 23d of N ovem b er 3 30 Total Exported from Oct. 27 to - the 16th instant . Remaining ARABIAN GULR PRODUCE. Mocha Coffee—itirs. to 12rs. EUROPEAN GOODS. English brir iron shows no symptom of imptovemen t " and Swedish has declined to 52r5., at which sales 0 11 hardly be effected. The retail price is said to be 531 0 . 25 tons of Swedish steel have been sold at 14ra. Ioa. THE MONEY MARKET. • Exchange on London-2s. O&d. to 2s. Old. at ' 01 " months' sight. Exchange on Calcutta-984 rupees at 30 days. Exchange on Madras—Par. • FREIGHTS. Freight to London-31. 10S. per ton. " O " A4 Freight to Liverpool-31. 15s. per ton. • Freight to China-16 rupees to 18 per candy for e" ton Alacao. 74 Opium, 4 to 5 dollars per chest. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEVO' CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK! ~f LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET; JAN. s.—The sales to-day are 4,000 bales of all kinds. Surats, 4d. ; Egg,i tians, 7d. ; Pernams, 74d. - to Bd. The market . close steadily. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JAN. §,.—The following, are the transactions :—Chester and Crewe, 481- ; Or ° Western, New, 601- ; Lancaster and Preston Junctioll. 271 ; London and Birmingham, 1691- ; New, ditto, 2 811 North Union, 771. ar MANCHESTER' STOCK EXCHANGE, TAN. s.—Our , fl ket is flat, but prices continue firm :-London and So ot t Western, 59 ; North Midland Halves, 361 ; Manche ste s and Birmingham, 28+ ;_ Manchester and Leeda . Quarte r 3/. 18s. ; Union Plato Glass, 6+. The intelligence brought by the Overland Mail fil l , China, which will be found in another part of o e, Paper, is considered to be of a very favourable natti r o but up to the present time; it has not had the slight e effe,ct upon the Funds. THE FUNDS. Consols are now 894 1 for money, ex div., and 894 for Account Exchequer Bills are flat, at 18 20 pre °. d Spanish Active Stock 2511 _; Passive 51 ; pefe rre e 128 13 ; Portuguese Five per Cents.; 321 i; Ditto Thre per Cents., 19+ ex. div. - PRICES OT' SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. Paid. Per Share. 65 RAILWAYS, Great Western.. Ditto New London and Brighton 50 ...... 38 1 :11 .:.. to --- Manchester and Leeds - South Eastern and Dover 43 - , JOINT STOCK BANKS. London and Westminster . .. 20 11ALF-PAST OSP;he There has been but little business transacted ill he Stock Exchange, but prices have improved sine(' t he opening. Consols are now 89* I- ex div., and 891 the Account ; Exchequer Bills 18s. 205.; Bank stv . " 1671 ;- India Stock,_ 247. . Spanish Active Stock has advanced to 251 1; Co le rji bian Bonds, 21 /.; Mexican, 291 ; Dutch Two-and•tri' s per Cents. 511. Very little doin g i n Sh ares . ,° Great Western, :"J are 501 ; London and Brighton, 38:1 ; Manchester r Leeds, 70 ; South Eastern and Dover, QUARTER To The Tea dealer 3 who hare been so anxiously isr l 6;% , pating the arrival of the Overland Mail, do not seern: o f actly, to have made up their mind as to how to 10 4 ,be what to think of the news, and in the meantime At market is rather dull. Company's Congou has bel e t. Is. 9id. cash. It requires the perusal of private; , ;0 0 tors, and the receipt of more detailed infornlni, than that furnished by a Morning Contemperl t er and which after all may be the opinion of one "'rice only, to determine the much disputed point, " Shs" receive the usual supplies of the leaf ?” P• Consols, Money, 89 1 ; ditto Ace mint, 891 1 ; Ate car, 29i ; Spanish, 25i }. THE. MARKETS.-;--(THIS DAY') COLONIAL AIARKET. Prices . were firm, with a fair demand for all the l e o , ing articles for home consumption, and several P chases were made fiir export. TEA MARKET. e The market was dull, and rath er l ower rates wer p cepted. Company's Congou Is: 94d. per lb. cash. TALLOW MARKET. . 6( l ' The operations were fair, and prices were firm, 485 '0 , on the spot, and 495. f or delivery in the next two da° ° ' FRUIT MARKET. The market was firm, with a fair demand. COTTON MARKET. The A fair demand and rather higher rates paid. market looks healthy. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET.. ices The supply was good, the demand very fair, and without alteration. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—=(THIS DA Y' S LONDON, JAN. 6.—Wind this day at noon N.N.E..4.o•tut MARGATE, JAN. s. —The Angelina, Carlinus , . w ith Copenhagen to Cadiz, is ashore on Margate San d e d to loss of mainmast and rudder unshipped, but exp ec t be got off. he ß i ve t DEAL, JAN. s.—Wind E.—Arrd. from t n otp and std. HylDavidscm, Bombay ; Anson,:Constanti p t 'o, LIVERPOOL, JAN. s.—Wind N.E.— Arrd. Allen, St. Domingo ; Adrian, New Orleans ; and Ellen Brooks, Hawes, Savannah ; D as h, Newfiluilf land; Elizabeth, Ancona; Sandbach; Bisph pemert f l' sailed Ist ult. Sid. Sovereign, N ew Y or k Her jesty's steamer:Aden, from this port t o. Plymouth, on "" o f was failed in with 2d inst., about twe n ty miles 0 4 v, Tuskar; the fire was got under by ripping up the . r c lec a s, and she then bore away for Milford, by the Jenny 0°- arrived here from London. Ma' PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 'Z.—Wind N.—Arrd. her 'itt jesty's ship Conway, sailed, Macao, July 17 ; J3 10 , '• Sept. 6 • Cape of Good Hope, Oct. 31 ; St. Helen s, 17, and Ascension,. 23d, with two and a half Ini l L l f o r d dollars, on Government account ; London , Hobart Town. For the information of merchants of l' o ot others, her :Majesty's ship ,Thalia, for China, will sail till Friday next. rti „,aegh SOUTHAMPTON, JAIL s.—Sailed the City of (steamer) for Barbadoes. doc k' SALCOMBE, JAN. 4.—Arrived the Koophanue , y - sons,Surinam. PLYMOUTH, JAN. s.—Wind N.E.—Sid. dorsia r ' merara. 5 1 d . FALMOUTH, JAN. s.—Wind E.N.E. to Caledonia (steamer), Coiunna. Arrived offt u r3-u Angusteira, for Breman. OFF PENZANCE, JAN. 4.—Stratford, Mauritius. GURNSEY, JAN. 2.—Sid. St. George, Demerara. lop CORK, JAN. 3.—Arrd. Circassian, Sproute, 13° , 13) tOn YARMOUTH, JAN. s.—Jane and Ma rgaret, Bridllng t ; to London, came ashore to the southward last nigh cargo discharging. t thi s WISBEACH, JAN. s.—Henry Davis, Seabanl port, struck on Burnham Flats yesterday, and gt crew saved. Hum., JAN. s.—Wind E. by N.—Sld. Hercules , delphia ; Kingston, Smyrna. 1, ; On LYNN, JAN - . s.—Donaldson, of Wisbeach, s true the Woolpack yesterday, and sank ; crew saved. GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILW Traffic returns for five days, ending Jan. 1, 1 842:' Passengers £5OO 9 0 9 Merchaudize 3BB 11 * ---------- £BB9 0 1 1 Darlington, Jan. 5. W. O'BRIEN, S ec retali c f to N.B. In consequence of an alteration in th e p er' e ~ which the weekly returns are mad return Ow includes five day CRIAII/ TnE Pos yesterday p with stealint up for judi portation Richard s!ealicg a pc Sim filar senti THE PORI her, who wc 10/. Bank nt William To stealin g at Gr, /11 " 103 :, till The prisone imprisonment tl:tr ; :giogac a lth'ilr rn heriaacee;g u si:i' s adtiut e ihera rn iendess; e lotPa n nh3:ll Jew d •s c a Month he dine he went to th, ,he of por CompletelyWlh e*ohfallingea_c Whena tio i Pocketsi rough, tei lt therneo i 1( plicatet . . , __iketle. Pocket-books, i Batch -key, 1. d lyio ah oo f ,a i , ° d i nni i i . v s dfinlu a c t:v vssoh o n n n ,l ° t_ . 1 to the polio jadgicteclierslf.uri,ltchde was at the lion, and WI the prosecuto books Was SW( The prisone t o l s ‘ l be Jury, Z il !'1), fou :._ pr. justice iel jisonrnent and Jose h 44) o4sg,e producedti )11fIll lhfe lt e E t I :: l BT , eetg. : v t v sti ni °eel e l s rl 1 4 11 f e dG e r‘ , d . e() a wnlf() I b :lt'-Stl°4 a 'the ' snot L ln al r s N iare‘ll . Al d e.etQ'ol.l'it° : (Ca' he t o at e vi i . rai h nel e :CB l c li 1 I Pro secut or RK a „ W ight. } ( Z e ' 1.1, another, _,,,..( , ro ss . exae vut er from N The differ e _ "William 1( !:{03%11 Rot el to Ar.. , ..c s. Col ceLved lett Prisoner ers "PPosing r i e z Atergaret v W e as residiN i tniber last. tr. Witnes suer w rite,(ters now Cr P oss-exan 'killed Ca'rne Isabella Sc, I vas an office Yor k York. Witness, Did i Zitness, on T h e prisoner !ards. e 311 ) stated, the prisoner. Cross-exar werct in the 1 Ann I - laW aulpton in the prisoner from the prit previous t the prison ;IQ the dres 'My to whor Some cause o Purchased ti Papers of du ft ,Word to the berry, a prisoner irii a rind., and leather ba a , mlipticat es l '; T his was Mr. DOAI Air. Justi, short consul A form ( Sessio ns , that be ,A sente nced , l Pard o , in ` l ' Prisoner, 1 Mr. t \ '`, 3 ' . .rausportat PUSEY o f ea thte .tterly letterslol:l but, shoult tguitist hi : perary, t bury in of in„us: t he Arca enemies v belie t o ti f und in tl n ot 4r d iffers h Q In th e , e. 04 Qtel risek e dire e e s nate .1 04 gew as sistati:, An 0 at L e i gh , m ost e , and ter and 141,(1 With. 11'