The Sun. — London, England, 1842-12-06 00:00:00

NEW NOVEL, by the Author of "PETER PRIGGINS." Just ready, in a vols. post Bvo., COLLEGE LIFE, By J. HEWLETT, M.A. Late of Worcester College, Oxford. Author of " Peter Priggins," " The Parish Clerk," &c. Henry Cclbuin, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " PAUL PRY." Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., PHINEAS QUID DY ; By JOHN POOLE, Esq., Author of " Paul Pry," " Little Pedlington," &c. " One of Mr. Poole's cleverest and most successful efforts ; and anothger word is not required to recommend it to the public." —Literary Aette. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION of MONEY I_ DIVIDENDS, AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED by HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, contains MONEY DIVIDENDS of £5O, £6O, £7O, £BO, £9O, £lOO, £llO, £l2O, £l5O, £2OO, £4OO, £6OO, £eoo, £l,OOO, £1,500, £5,000, and £25,000 Sterling. Amounting together to z:72,170 sterling. Direct for PROSPECTUS with full particulars, WITH OUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, Or, to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. HE [NE BROTHERS having remitted during a very short time very large amounts of Money Divi dends to their Correspondents in Great Britain and Ireland; Dividends of 25,0001., 18,001 1 /., 9,000/., 5.0001., and 3,600/. to London ; 3,6001., 800/., and 700/. to Edinburgh ; 3,600/. to Dublin ; 3,6001. to Beverley ; 3,6001. to Halifax ; 1,2001. to Porthleaven Harbour ; 900!., 7001., and 6001. to Liver pool ; 9001 . to Hull ; 9001 . to Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; 900/. and 600/. to Manchester ; 700/. to East Retford, Nottingham shire; 7001. to Colne, Lancashire; 600/. to Cork ; and 600/. to Bradford, &c.. &c., they beg to call the attention of those desirous to obtain large Money Dividends to the approaching EIGHTEENTH DISTRIBUTION of LUBECK, gua.. ranteed by the Government. This Distribution offers the possibility of obtaining more than 25,000/. upon One Share. 2,400 of the Shares obtain Money Dividends of 1/. and upwards. One Share, 1/. ; two Shares, 2/. ; three Shares, 31.; four Shares, 4/. ; five Shares, 5/. ; six Shares, 6/. ; seven Shares, il.; eight Shares, 8/. ; nine Shares, 9/. ; ten Shares, 101. Direct for Shares, without delay, to HEINE BROTHERS, at Lubeck.. The full' Prospectus, with all particulars, may be had gratis, up^n addieSsing a line to Heine Brothers. THEATRE ROYAL. COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING, DEC. 6, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MISS ADELAIDE KEMBLE, Wlll he presented Bellini's Opera of NORMA. Norma, by Miss Adelaide Kemble ; Pollio, Mr. W. Harrison ; Oroveso, Mr. Giubilei ; Adalgisa, Miss Rainforth. Miss Adelaide Kemble will, at the end of the Opera, sing (by particular desire) the Ballad of " Auld Robin Gray." After which the ; ,New Farce of COUSIN LAMBKIN. Squire Mulberrv,lir. Bartley ; Captain Bantam, Mr. Walter Lacy; Doctor ti;ariel Lambkin, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. Bantam, Miss Cooper ; Rose Maynard, Miss Lee ; Dainty, Mrs. Humby. Immediately after this Entertainment, Miss Adelaide Kemble will sing (in character) the Grand Seena from Der Freisch utz. To conclude with the Farce of THE OMNIBUS. Doors open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com mence at Seven.—Dress Boxes 75., Second Price :is. 3d. ; First and Second Circles 55., Second Price 2s. 6d. ; Pit 3s; Second Price 2s. ; Gallery Is. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit low, at the Box-office, from Tea till Four, where Season 'rickets may be had. Private Bc.xes to be had at the Box-office ; of Messrs. An drews, 167, New Bond-street; Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street; and of Mr. Sims, Pall Mall. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, DEC. 6, Will be repeated a New Drama, in Two Acts, called YOU KNOW WHAT. The p'rincipal Characters by Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Wright, Mr. Maynard, Miss Faucit, and Miss Murray. After which, a New Comic Burletta, called AN f ONY and CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright ; Cleopatra, Miss Murray. To be followed by a Grand Burletta Spectacle, entitled ALMA. Principal Characters by Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wieland, Frampton, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Madame Proche Giubilei. To conclude with THE MISER'S DAUGHTER. Prin cipal Characters by Messrs. O. Smith, Lyon, H. Beverly, Wright, Sterling, Wilkinson, Maynard, Craven, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, Miss Faucit, Miss Murray, Mrs. H. Beverly, &c. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-past six, commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, DEC. 6, Mr. T. P. Cooke in a new Character, and positively the last Five Nights of his Engagement, commencing with a new Drama called THE FORCED MARRIAGE ; or, RE TURNED FROM SIBERIA, in which Mr. T. P. Cooke will be supported by the Entire Company. After which, MY POLL AND MY PARTNER JOE. Harry 'lanyard, Mr. T. P. Cooke; Joe Tiller, Mr. R. Honner ; Mary Mavbud, Mrs. R. Honner. _ TO conclude with CRAMOND BRIG; or, THE GUDE MAN OF BALLANGEICH. James, King of Scotland, Mr. J. Webster; Jock Howieson, Mr. Neville; Tam Maxwell, Mr. Green; Tibbie Howieson, Mrs. W. Daly; Marian Howieson, Miss E. Terrey ; Maggie, Miss Neville. Places and private Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Box• office, from eleven to four. MAP OF CHINA. THE NEW CHINA SUN, BEING OUT OF PRINT, WILL BE ,_RE.PUBLISHED TO-MORRO W, CONTAINING EVERYTHING INTERESTING WITH RESPECT TO CHINA., AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE FIVE FREE TRADE PORTS OF CANTON, AMOY, FOO-CHOW-FOO, NINGPO, AND SHANGHAE ; WITH ALL THE LATEST NEWS. Orders received at the SUN-OFFICE, 112, Strand and of all News-Agents. 1-11611 w ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. `!caring l7 minutes after 4 i Evening f 36 minutes after 4. LONDON : TUESDAY MOI►NING. DECEMBER 6, 1842. CHINA. 'AN - 13 INDIA. The intelligence from China and Affghanistan brought by the Overland M a il , i s highly satisfac tory, and affords another proof that not the slightest dependence can be placed on telegraphic dispatches from Marseilles to Paris. They gene rally convey all the unfavourable news from the East, and something more, and omit whatever is creditable or favourable to this country. The telegraphic dispatch, for instance, which reached the French capital on Friday, stated that the Emperor of CHINA had refused to sign the treaty till the Queen of ENGLAND had put her sign-manual the deed, and also that only one-half of the first instal ment had been paid. There are no direct com munications from Sir HENRY POTTINGER on these points, but we find the following in a Cey lon journal of the sth of October:—" The steamer Auckland is just in from Hong-Kong the 27th ultimo. She brings the ratification of the treaty by the Emperor of CHINA. Major MALcoLm, Secretary of Legation, is on board, in charge of dispatches to the Home Government. "The intelligence by the Auckland is, that the EMPEROR'S written assent bad been given to the treaty, with a trifling alteration in details. " The first and second instalments had been paid ; and money appeared to be plentiful, from the ready manner in which the Chinese had come forward with the cash." As regards the instalment there is no occasion for anxiety, as the force before Nankin is so strong, and the Chinese have been so com pletely bumbled, that they have no other resource but to pay the money. The other point, however, is of more consequence, and we are, therefore, glad to state that no doubt whatever remains as to the complete ratification of the treaty. The following announcement of the Governor-General of India sets that question at rest:-- Secret Department, Bombay Castle, Oct. 31. In continuation of the notification of this Govern rent, dated the 12th instant, the Hon. the Governor in Council is pleased to re-publish for general infor mation the following General Orders by the Right Hon. the Governor-General) of India, dated Simla, the 14th inst. 'The Hon. the Governor in Council is further pleased to announce, for general information, that the ratifica tion of the treaty by the Emperor of China was re ceived by her Alajesty's Plenipotentiary, and for warded from Nankin to England on the 16th of Sep tember, by the Hon. Company's steam-frigate Auck land. By order . of the Hon. the Governor in Council, . .J. P. WILLOUGHBY, Secretary t o the Government. We have published, a'great length, the dis - patches frorn India, which will be found of much- I interest. There is only one drawback on the gra tifying intelligence—the very general discon tent with the conduct of Lord ELLENBOROUGH. Nearly all the Indian papers condemn his pom pous and unfeeling proclamation respecting the evacuation of Affghanistan. We term it unfeel ing, because it contains not the islightest al lusion to a subject which, above all, others, occupied the minds of Englishmen, and also Englishwomen—the release of the prisoners. An admirer of his Lordship in this country has addressed a letter to a Contemporary, and en deavours to excuse the omission on the ground that at the date of the manifesto the return of the prisoners to Caubul was not known at Simla. This only makes the case ten times worse, and fully confirms the worst suspicions respecting the memorable order which General POLLOCK refused to obey. It leaves no doubt that the release of the " heroic woman" and the other captives formed the least consideration in his Lordship's mind. The army was positively ordered to retreat; no proviso was made respect ing the victims of AKBAR KHAN; and as far as can be judged from the public document, they were to be left to their fate. Out of mercy to the Gal lant Governor-General we are willin to believe that lie had sent private instructions to Sir GEORGE POLLOCE ; but that could be no excuse for omitting all reference to the subject in the proclamation. That is not the only proclamation, however, which will attract the notice of the British public. Three other proclamations have been published since (indeed his Lordship seems to think of nothing else), one respecting China, in which he takes care to praise himself and the Government, another conferring distinctions on the army of the Indus, and a third to the several chaplains in the upper provinces to offer up prayers of thanksgiving for successes which his Lordship did all in his power to mar. If Sir ROBERT PEEL do not speedily remove this incapable and pompous functionary, lie Must-be answerable for the consequences, and bear the blame of bringing contempt on the Eng lish name. We must warn our friends north of the Tweed that a serious design is entertained of urging Sir ROBERT PEEL to put an end to their small note circulation. Their untiring and successful enter prise rouses the envy of their southern competi tors, and envy not allow trifles to stop its dogged course. In seeking for the causes of their success only legislative peculiarities arrest the attention of superficial minds. Superior edu cation is overlooked, and their success according ly is all attributed to their legal small bank-note circulation. Such tricks have been played by the banking gentry in England, that no hope can be entertained of reviving the small banknote cir culation here, and therefore all the energy of envy will be directed to put an end to the small note circulation of Scotland, and place the competing classes in both parts of the empire : as is said, on the same footing. The operations have been commenced by flat- tering Sir R. PEEL. The currency, it is affirmed, is in a state of confusion disgraceful to a well regulated State. Such monstrous anomalies exist as a paper circulation in one end of the island which is not allowed in the other, and which per petually causes a derangement in the whole currency, peculiarly injurious to the south, where the payments are made in the precious metals. Of course, this is fudge, for no payments beyond ten pounds are ever made in coin in Eng land, and the bulk of all manufacturing business comprises much larger sums than ten pounds. Nevertheless, in the present distressed and dis contented condition of the manufacturers and merchants, they eagerly grasp at any straw which promises to keep them from drowning. Hoping much from any change, their organ calls lustily on Sir R. PEEL, day after day, to take the cur rency question in hand, and assures him that " he is the only living statesman who can grapple with" what it styles " the giant monopoly of the paper-money in Scotland." As Sir R. PEEL may, and indeed must, be desirous to divert public attention from what he has already done, it seems not unlikely that he will suffer himself to be in fluenced and persuaded to attack the monetary system of Scotland, in order to make the world forget • his sliding-scale, his tariff, and his income tax. We know no statesman whose past deeds are so little calculated to inspire future confidence. He is strong, undoubtedly, from the support of a party, and weekly and daily journals say there is no one like PEEL. They said so ten months ago, and that he was distinguished from all other Ministers by being able to carry what he pro posed, or convert his own will into the law of the land. We do not deny that ; we do not say that a mob of gentlemen, of City merchants, and public writers, do not place implicit confidence in him; but we say that his past deeds do not warrant confidence, and that his will is a very worthless law. Their confidence and his will have doomed the people of this country to greater sufferings during the last twelve months than any people ever endured from the acts of a so-called paternal Legislature. Is it when the whole country begins to demand the repeal of the torturing income-tax, when the tariff and the sliding scale are denounced from one end of the land to the other as being an intended delusion, as having conferred no benefit on the manufacturing classes, and as having deeply injured the agri cultural classes, that the public ought to be told that no man can do anything for the State but Sir R. PEEL ? When we find his weekly and his daily friends puffing him off in this auctioneer style, we conclude that they begin to doubt his merits. They try to uphold him in public esti mation that they may have an excuse for their own continued fealty. A mere trimmer between difficulties, like Sir ROBERT PEEL, is not the man to place our currency on a just or safe foun dation, or to conquer a body which was too power ful for LIVERPOOL and HUSKISSON. He may at tempt something of the kind to divert public attention froth his other failures; he may carry through Parliament the measure he proposes ; but ifit be the offspring of his own mind, it will be equal to none of the difficulties of the ques tion, and be as lamentable a monument of im becile and puerile conceptions as his adjustment of the sliding scale, and his unsettling of the tariff. We have long ago been aware, and have more than once stated, that the Conservatives, as they are falsely called, are as eager to chan ge our t laws and institutions as the Chartists, on l y they want to make the change in an opposite direc tion. They want to put down all parochial and vestry discussions, that the parson of every parish aided by his churchwarden, may levy what church-rate he pleases, and regulate all the concerns'of the parish, as if they were, like paro chial divisions, of a purely ecclesiastical nature. They wish to extend the power and augment the wealth of the Church, choke Dissent, muzzle the Press, and curb the people. They complain •of the manufacturers, and they want to put their fetters on the steam-engine. They demand that manufacturing:capital—which, beingonly another name for ingenious men, speedily finds the most profitable location—shall be heavily taxed. They say— Our manufacturing system, under the auspices of the steam-engine, is, or has been, essentially a new one. It had to be tried. It has been tried, and it turns out that, with wondrous powers of good, it con tains numerous ingredients of evil, amongst which, the scope it gives to avaricious speculators for oppressive tamperings with the meagre earnings of the working poor may be reckoned the first. We say that, now, when the bane and the cure have been brought to light—when, after the lapse of half a century, it has become clearly evident that the mischievous features of the system will not cure themselves —now, we say, the aristocracy of the land, with all the men of sense, religion, and philanthropy, should act boldly, energetically, and promptly. They should let it he plainly seen, that, while England means to take advantage of every step in the progress of science towards perfection, she will protect her people against the contingent incon-reniences by which that progress is accompanied, as a skilful gunner, availing himself of the power of powdeT, takes especial care to keep out of the reach of its explosions. They have found out, after a half century, that there are evils in the manufaCturing system which will not cure themselves,- and - which can comprehensive, only be cured by the enlarged, \ 4, 0, 411 1 k 44 4 :: 4: fei :A11y4:;;;4,5. - , - 411flL and sublme wisdom of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and country gentlemen in Parliament assembled. But Conservative legislators have not being idle during the last fifty years. They have made as many regulations as they could well forge every session, for one branch or other of the community, and the result is manifest in its present condition. What reason have we to conclude that the restrictive legislation they now propose would be more beneficial than their past legislation ? The system and the evils of the last fifty years will not be the system and the evils of the next fifty years. To make their proposed restraints effectual to good, they must know beforehand the direction which the national in dustry will take. They had no fore-knowledge fifty years ago of its present condition, and they can now have no knowledge of what will be its condition fifty years hence. In no two periods of fifty years was the condition of any society, except, perhaps, the Nomadic tribes, ever identical; and, if the Conservatives, therefore, were now to make laws to prevent the evils of the manufacturing system, in the nextfifty years, it is perfectly certain that they would make laws for shadows. Their ambition, however, is gigantic, and, under the vague generalities we have quoted, they endeavour to procure restrictive laws for manufactures and manufacturers,in order to pre vent fifty years hence the evils which they say the Conservatives of fifty years ago ought to have prevented. They want a political rnillenium like the Chartists; but in their millenium, agriculture, and what they call healthy commerce, are to flourish as they did when GEORGE 111. was king. Our present manufacturing system, founded " on the steam-engine and other discoveries," is to be controlled, and, if it be not very obedient, is to be extinguished. It is great political quackery to attempt to hasten the progress of society by legislation, but it is insignificant compared to the Conservative quackery of making society go backward till the supremacy of the clergy and the squires be restored and acknowledged. It is stated in the Montreal Courier of No vember 7, that " Lower Canada does not raise tiflicient food for its own consumption." Con firming this view, we find the Special Committee of the Legislative Assembly, to which we re ferred on Saturday, stating that "all the grain grown in Canada will not supply the consump tion of British North America, and, if' it were all shipped to England, and the population of our commercial towns were supplied from the United States, the quantity of our own so ex ported would be very limited for many years to come." Acting on the same view, the Act for levying a duty on American corn allows foreign wheat imported by sea into Canada, for the use of the fisheries, to come in free of duty. It is perfectly clear, therefore, that England cannot get a grain of corn from Canada, except it be grown in the United States, or except a full equivalent of corn be imported into, and eon sutned in Canada for every quarter of Canadian corn exported to England. The Ministers must mean, therefore, by their proposition to admit corn from Canada duty free to encourage the importation of corn grown in the United States, but to force the trade through Canada. The 3s. duty, the greater expense of carriage than if it -;.sine direct from the United States, will be partly labour thrown away, and partly a tax levied on the consumers of England, for the ex clusive advantage of persons whom Tories a short time back were wont to call the Canadian rebels. The Montreal Courier adds, " it is impossible to guard the frontier at all points." The Minis terial scheme, therefore, of forcing a corn trade through Canada will be attended with all the crimes that generally accompany smuggling on a large scale. It will undoubtedly admit Ame rican corn, but by a roundabout way, and at a great expense, waste of labour, and increased crime. By what right does any Minister, or any Legislature, for the gratification of such puerile caprice as to force a trade in a particular direc tion, dare to cause so much mischief? Another important consideration is, that the ports of New York and New Orleans are open all the year round. We can obtain bread stuffs from them, if necessary, in winter as well as summer. The ports of Canada are closed for se veral months of the year, and the American pro- Juce, which, by Lord STANLEY'S scheme, is to be brought from them, must all come at one pe riod of the year, when it may not be wanted, Would it not be more honourable in the Admi nistration, as well as more beneficial 0 the com munity, were the Ministers at once to propose to Parliament to allow the corn of the United States to be imported into England, on the pay ment of a small duty, whether it come from Quebec, or New Orleans? Such preposterous and. childish playing at the solemn business of law making as this scheme of Lord STANLEY'S, or of the Tory Ministry, has not latterly fallen under our observation. The intelligence from Madrid is to the 28th ult. A proclamation had been issued by the Provincial Deputation of Madrid to the inhabi tants of the capital, expressing its confidence in their zeal and devotion to the established Go vernment. The capital was quite tranquil. The Three per Cents. were done on the Madrid Bourse of the 26th ult. at 21 at 60 days, the Five per Cents. at 26 1-16th cash, and at 27 261 9-16ths at 60 days. The'Paris papers contain no news from France hut the accounts in them from Barcelona are sa. tisfactory, as will be seen from the following te• legraphic dispatch addressed to the French Go• vernment " BARCELONA, Nov. 30, IN THE EVENlNG.—Barce lona is about to capitulate to the Regent. The Junta has ordered the free corps to lay down their arms at the Atarazanas." The Quotidienne states from Prague that the Duke de BORDEAUX is in excellent health, and is frequently on horseback, either in the riding school, or taking excursions in the environs of the city. This journal adds that the PRINCE has been visited by General LATOUR FOISSAC, who attended him on his tour in Hungary and Tran. sylvania, and also by M. GAYARD, the sculptor of Paris. The Semaphore de Marseilles of the 29th ult. publishes a letter from Cannes, stating that Lodi BROUGHAM had arrived at his chateau in that neighbourhood, where he proposed to remain during the winter. BOURSE—PARIS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 119 45... 119 45... 119 25... 119 30 Four per Cents 101 50... 101 50 .. 101 50... 101 50 3 per Cents 80 60... 80 60... 80 55... 80 55 Bank of France 3315 ...3315 ...3315 .. 3315 . ... Laffitte B an k I,ooof 1 055 ..1055 ...1055 ...1055 5,000 f 5 082 5 0 ... 5082 50...5080 —5OBO Belgian lgian Bank Be 1840 lo4i ... 1044 ... 1041 ... 1044 Spanish Active. . 23i ... 2.3 k 23A • 23 i Passive 4 Portuguese Fives 324 .•• 324 ... 3 2 324 Neapolitan lOB 80... 108 80... 1 08`80... 108 80 Roman, lO4 ... 104 ... 104 i ... 104 k RAILWAY SHARES St. Germain B3O ... 830 ... 830 ... 830 Versailles, R.B 266 25... 2.66 25... 265 ... 265 L.B B2 50... 82 50... 86 25... 86 25 Rouen Orleans. 615 ... 615 ... 607 50... 607 50 Strasburg to Bale 203 75... 203 75... 202 50... 202 50 Major Malcolm is hourly expected to arrive in town with his dispatches from China and the East Indies. The India mail will, it is expected, be sent off this evening. TILE PRIVY COUNCIL.—The Council for appointing the time of the meeting of Parliament has not yet been summoned, but is expected to be held at Wind sor Castle at the latter end of the week. COST OF CONVEYING AMERICAN CORN THROUGH CAN ADA.—A writer in the Morning Post concocted a long article yesterday to show that the expense of conveying American wheat and flour through Canada would be so great that our agriculturists need not fear any import from that quarter. The writer was obviously ignorant of the proposition made by the Committee of the Canadian Legislature to grant a drawback on all flour exported from Canada when the price of flour exceeds 30s. a barrel at Montreal, which will compensate the difference of cost of con veyance. We can at the same time state, on the authority of the above-named Committee that the cost of conveying a barrel of flour to Liverpool; from Ohio through the Erie Canal, is 3s. lid. less than by the way.of the St. Lawr ence . Th e Committee calculated that this 3s. lid., in conjunction with the 3s. duty, will make the advantages of Canada and the United States equal, when the price of corn here is 625., and at all prices below that, the advantage will be on the side of sending the produce of the United States through Canada. When the price is 625., the farmer reeds little protection, on his own principle. When price falls below that he needs protection, and then Lord Stanley's plan will allow corn from the United States to be brought over from Canada free of duty. As much corn will be smuggled into Canada, to al low a drawback will be in truth a bounty on smuggling corn from the United States, free of duty, into Great Britain. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, MONDAY EVENING. Very little business was done this afternoon ia the English market, but it left off firm. Consols closed at 94 to 94k. The Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced were at 100 - to 101, and the New, for spe cial transfer, at 1011, with the dividend. Exchequer Bills were at 50s. to 535. premium, being a slight im provement. Nothing was done in India Bonds. The Foreign market was not buoyant, although sales were not pressed. Spanish Actives closed at 18k, and the Three per Cents. at 23k. Mexican was heavy, notwithstanding the remittance, being 304 to 130 i for the Actives, and 8k for the Deferred. Portu guese Converted Bonds were 311 to 32, and the Three per Cents. 221. Brazil Bonds realised 66/, and Dutch New Five per Cents. 991 to k. ' This afternoon the Railway Shares, though not brisk, were at high prices, the additional transactions being in the following lines :—Great Western were 241 ; the Fifths, 41 ; to 5 ; Paris and Rouen, 4i ; York and North Midland, 44 ; and Northern and Eastern Scrip, 4+, premium. S ou th E as t ern were 27f ; the Scrip, 21 ; and Northern and Eastern, 10 discount. Edinburgh and Glasgow New Shares were at par. 'The Tea Market has been quiet, and apparently uninfluenced by the further accounts from China. The stock is 26,000,0001b5. (From The Sun of Last Night.) A large business was done in the Liverpool Cotton Market, on Saturday, at steady prices, 10,000 ba'es having been sold. Of this quantity 2,000 were Ame rican, and 1,000 Surat, on speculation ; 70J Maran .ham realised 58d. to Gd. ; 200 Egyptian, 6kd. to ; 1,500 Surat - 7 '3ld. to 4-id. ; and the rest Ame rican at 41. to 51d. The heavy Railway Shares met a good sale, but ;light stock Os dull. Great Western Fifths were 9 ; Liverpool and Manchester, 911; Birmingham, 187 ; Manchester and Leeds Hat', 30 ; Paris and Rouen, 241 ' • and South Eastern New, 14. A West Indian mail brings advices to the 3d ult. from Jamaica, the 2d from. Demerara, the 2d from Barbadoes, and the 28th October from Trinidad, with corresponding accounts from the other islands. The most satisfactory circumstance in these accounts seems to be the apparent improvement in the prospects of Mash Guiana. The sugar making was in progress, and the crop was expected to be at least equal to that of last year, while a plantation had been purchased for 81,000 dollars, which, although not a high price, was still better than could have been realised, for in fact only a few months back property of all descrip tions was absolutely unsaleable. A business stand in Water-street had also been sold for 10,000 dollars, and altogether there was an improvement. The la bourers were getting possession of a good deal of land. At Barbadoes, the weather had been dry again, and rain was anxiously expected, as a dry November would, after all, prove very fatal to agriculture. Pro visions were in more abundant supply from America. A few cases of fever had occurred at Bridgetown. The Trinidad cocoa planters had received an answer from Lord Stanley, which led them to infer that their application for a different method of taking the Go vernment Navy contracts would be favourably en tertained. In St. Lucia, agriculture suffered by the drought. Business on the Amsterdam Bourse on Friday was at steady rates ; the Dutch funds, the Two-and-a- Half per Cents., being 52k to 52 9-16ths ; Spanish were 18k. The China and India news engross almost exclusive attention in the city. The Stock Market wears a very firm appearance, the China news having served to strengthen the previous tendency to advance, and for the few stocks now open to public transfer full rates are obtained, although the preference is given to Three per Cent. over Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Annuities. As money is becoming dearer, a conversion is less pro bable. For special transfer Consols are marked 95, the dividend included, and for Time 94 to k. Ex chequer Bills are worth 50s. to 535. premium. India Bonds have not been dealt in. Reduced Three-and a-Half per Cents. are worth 100 f to 101, and Long Annuities 12 9-16 to 12i. New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. were 1011, with the dividend, for money. The West India mail brings 32,000 dollars for the Mexican dividend.. In Reduced Three per Cents. 5,3001. was invested for the Savinp' Banks, at 94. refusal The submissi on o f Barceenlots. 23 Barcelona has Themade Spanish I S B to i, ckanrdatthheer Threefirme per r,t c Actives being now mark e d Messrs. Lizardi to give the numbers of the Mexican bonds issued, although a flagrant violation of the solemn engagement with the foreign creditors, has con fessedly been perpretated by the Government, and ex cites much disapprobation, and annoyance. The Stock is at 30',1-; Brazil Bonds are worth 661; Portuguese Converted Five per Cents. have been marked 311 ; Danish, 831; and Dutch New Five per Cents., 99/ to 991. The Railway . Shares are generally steady, but not much business is doing in them. Eastern Counties are 14f ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, ; Brighton, 141; and Nortbern and Eastern, 91 discount ; Great Western, 23} ; ditto New, 131 ; Eastern Counties, New, 2f; South Western, 19f; Paris and Rouen, ; and York and North Midland 431 premium. No Hamburgh mail yet. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 3.—We have had a quiet market to-day ; the following are the quotations :—Paris and Rouen, 25 ; South Eastern, New, 17i ; Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, 10*; Manchester and Birmingham, 20 to 21; Liver pool and Manchester, Half Shares, 901 to 91 ; Ditto Quarter, 454 to 451. CLOSING BRITISH. Sank Stock 3 per Cant. Red. 3 per Cent. C0n5..... 95 3i per Cent. Red... 101 New 3i per Cent... lOl4 New 5 per Cen: Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 .. Oct. 1859 Jan. IWO l2l FOREIG; PRICES. FUNDS. India Stock — pm Ditto Bonds ....... —pm Ditto Old Annuities — 'Ditto New Annuities Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d 50 pm Ditto 5001 50 pm Ditto Small 5O pm Bank Stock for Opg. India Stock for Opg... , Consols for Opg. FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, - New Ditto Prussian, b per cent — Russian, 5 pet cent — Ditto, bletc ...... . b per cent Ditto, Deferred.... .. French, 5 per cent. —f. —e. Exchange —f —c French, 3 per cent --f. Dutch, 2} per cent. — Ditto, 5 per cent. .. Austrian, 5 per cent Belgian, 3 per cent 3razilian Buenos Ayres6 per cent — Chilian 6 per cent. Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1824 Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent BOA Danish, 3 per sent. B3i Greek, 1825, 5 per cent. Mexican, 5 per cent 3O/1 Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. SHA Eastern Counties (23 p' Ditto New (—paid) ..... Ditto Debentures ( paid) lo Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ... 48i Ditto New Shares ( 5 paid) 5 Great Western, (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) . Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) 9 9 London and Brighton (50 paid) London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) 61 Northern and Eastern (45 paid) . . , RES. aid) Ditto S mid e t r a i n p ( dRt p ilw ai a d y ) (1 - 00) Ditto Thirds (21/. 13s. 4d. paid) ...... ... 20i South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 22i Ditto Scrip (20 paid) York and North Midland (50 paid) ... 94 ELECTION OF MEMBER FOR BUTESHIRE.—On Thursday the Hon. James Stewart Wortley was elected M.P. for Buteshi re , without opposition, in the room of Sir William Rae, late Lord Advocate for Scotland. The Marquis of Clanricarde met with a severe fall while hunting with Lord Howth's stag-hounds on Tuesday last, from the effects of which his Lordship has nearly recovered, and the grand steeple-chase be tween his horse, Duvernay, and Mr. Moore's horse, was to come off to-day ORD M OR PETH.—At a nume rousTESTIMONIAL To meeting o f gentlemen w h o h ave i n t eres t e d themselves in thi s pu b lic tribute to th e N o bl e L or d , L held at Wakefield last week, it was determined that the presentation should take pl a ce early in the ensuing year, at the Earl of Carlisle's seat, Castle Howard. The subscriptions amount to 4,0001. LITERARY LADIES, — Mrs. Elwood's instructive and entertaining volumes on " The Literary Ladies of England" is a tribute to that distinguished band, which it has long merited. The Literary Ladies of England during the period to which Mrs. Elwood's book refers (from the commencement of the 18th cen tury to the present day) have constituted a galaxy of moral and intellectual wealth and beauty, that the for mer annals of the world might try in vain to rival, or even to approach; yet, until now, justice has never been done to them in the literature they have so il lustrated, except in scattered and ephemeral produc tions, appealing only to the passing hour. Their bio graphies now appear in a tangible and permanent shape, written by one of themselves; and every La dies' Library throughout the land -will doubtless give the work that welcome, and a s sign to it that post of honour, which it so well deserves. The Duke of Devonshire's annual sale of fat stock is to take place at Chatsworth, to-morrow. DIED.—At Bryn Newydd, near SWansea; on the 2d of December, A rt h ur J ones , E sq ., i rk - the- 74th year of his age, SUMMARY OF NEWS AND eptittOtt. " Who runs may read.' FOREIGN. The Emperor of China has ratified the Treaty with England. The army of the Indus was to evacuate Caubul about the middle of October The King of the French is remaining at St. Cloud, and male visits during Saturday to Trianon, Ver sailles, and Neuilly. Appeals are being made to the inhabitants of Paris generally in behalf of the poor of the Bth and 12th arrondissements. In the latter there are no fewer than 14,164 indigent persons, among whom are 839 blind or otherwise infirm. In the Bth arrondissement there are 4,600 families, amounting to 14,500 persons, for whom it is necessary to provide during the dead season of the year. The Belgian Chamber of Representatives has ter minated the discussion on the Bill for sanctioning the treaty concluded with Spain. It was adopted unani mously, with the exception of a single vote. A Madrid letter of the 24th ult. states that all the Spanish vessels of war at Cadiz have been ordered to proceed to Barcelona. General Baldasano has left Madrid to take the commane.. The population of Rome in 1841, says a journal of that city, amounted to 158,868. In 1832 there were only 136,269 inhabitants. It appears from a statistical account of the popula tion of the Island of Cuba, in the Madrid Gazette, that there are 418,291 whites, 88,054 mulattos, 10,974 mulatto slaves, 64,784 free blacks, and 425,521 black slaves • making a total of 1,007,624. The Academy of Inscriptions has elected, in the place of the late Count Alexandre de Laborde, his s.,n, M. Leon de Laborde, author of several works on the East, and of a commentary on the Bible, by a majority of 32 to 27. The - Agram Gazette states that great complaints have been made to the new sovereign of Servia of the number of foreigners, particularly Austrians, to whom places of trust have been confided. Hereafter, in proportion as the country becomes settled, and natives of talent can be found to perform the duties of the executive, they will always have a preference over foreigners. Aletter from Constantinople, Nov. 9, in the Con stitutionnel, says :—"At the very moment that the Syrian affair was considered at an end, everything is again deranged. The report that the Maronites, Druses, and Mutualis, had made common cause against the Turkish authorities, is confirmed, but the Government keeps the details a secret. The letters from Perpignan speak of nothing but the great numbers of emigrants from Catalonia, who seek refuge in France. The Quotidienne states from Prague that the Duke de Bordeaux is in excellent health, and is frequently on horseback, either in the Riding School, or taking excursions in the environs of the city. The Prince has been visited by M. Gayard, the sculptor of Paris, who presented to him a finished sketch of the monu ment ordered by him to be erected to the memory of his late tutor, the Bishop of Hermopolis. M. Gayard also obtained permission of his Royal Highness to execute his bust in marble. The band of Terrados, being repulsed and pursued by the inhabitants of the arrondissement of Fequiras, is dissolved, and its Chief has taken refuge in the frontier. The National Guard of Gerona has offered to go in pursuit of the insurgents, and tranquillity prevails in all the other cities of Catalonia and the MONEY - TRADE-COMMERCE. Numerous factories have sprung up within the last few years throughout the north-eastern districts of Ireland for the preparation of flaxen thread, and the cultivation of the raw material has been greatly extended. NAVAL &ND MILITARY. No publication appears to have taken place up' to the present time, of the late General Elphinstone's dispatches relative to the disasters which befel our ill fated army there under his command. Twelve months have transpired since that insurrection broke out, and the relatives of the officers who fell there have not seen any authentic account of the casualties. COURT-.-WASIECIONABLE. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar arrived at Marlborough-House, Pall-mall, on Saturday, from the Continent ; and left town on Sunday msrning to join his regiment, the Grenadier Guards, at Winchester. The Marquis of Anglesey returned to his seat in Staffordshire, from Malvern Wells, on Friday last. The Earl and Countess Brownlow arrived at Tor quay, in Devonshire, on Saturday, from Belton-house, Lincolnshire. A grand lawn-meeting was to take place at Bad minton House yesterday. Upwards of 1,500 horse men were expected to assemble, and the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort were to grace the field. Lord Fitzgerald returned to town on Saturday evening. The Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Augusta, on leaving the Duke of Beaufort's, at Badminton, are expected to proceed to Strathfieldsaye, on a visit to the Duke of Wellington. Prince George remains in town. IVECSCE LLANEOUS. A grand dress ball, on a magnificent scale, is about to be given in the Town-hall, at Birmingham, in cele bration of the triumphs of British valour in the East. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY EVENING.—This morning his Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback, attended by Sir Edward Bowater. The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the Home Park and the Slopes for some time. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taking airings, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. Her Royal highness the Duchess of Kent arrived this (Monday) afternoon at Frogmore house, at tended by Lady Charlotte Dundas, and Sir George Couper. Sir Henry Wheatley arrived at the Castle. The Royal dinner circle at the Castle, this even ing, will also include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Charlotte Dundas, and the Rev. William Canning. His Imperial Highness the Archduke of Austria, and his Suite, are expected to arrive to-morrow at the Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left Canford House yesterday (Monday) morning for Frogmore, attended by Lady Charlotte Dundas. Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had an in terview yesterday with the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, at the office of the Board of Trade. Dispatches from the Governor of Jamaica were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were also received from the Governor of the other Wrest India colonies. INCOME-TAX. A. special meeting of the Merchant Company took place yesterday, for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning Parliament to abolish the In come-taxi on the sth of April next, in respect of the advantages arising from our recent successes in India and China. Mr. Cadell moved a resolution, " that petitions be presented to Parliament to abolish the tax, on the sth of April next." It was also proposed, " that the 'Treasury should be memorialised as well as the Par lament petitioned." On a division, the resolutions of Mr. Cadell were carried by an over whelmiug majority, only four having voted for the amendment.—Scotsman of Sa turday. DEATII OF THE COUNTESS OF MUNSTER.—This la mented lady has not long survived her ill •fated hus band, having died at her house in Portland-place on Saturday last. Her Ladyship, Mary Wyndham, was daughter of the late Earl of Egremont, and married her late husband in Oct. 1819, whom she survived not quite nine months. Several children, including the Earl of Munster, who is in his 19th year, survive their parents. - REVIVAL OF THE SERGE MANUFACTORY.--We are happy to find that the good news from India and China has had the effect of reanimating the serge manufac tories in Devon, which had been drooping for some time past. The extensive factories for this article at Ashburton and neighbourhood, have been set upon full work this week; and we are informed that the inha bitants seem inspired with a new life, at the prospect of a revival of the exportation trade to the East.— Plymouth Times. INCENDIARY FIRE AT S E VENHAMPTON, NEAR HIGHWORTH. WELLS.—One of those diabolical acts which disgrace the poorer Englishmen, has been com mitted on the farm in the occupation of Mr. Chilling worth at Sevenhampton. A fattening stall, contain ing seven fat cows for the Christmas market, was dis covered to be fired on Saturday night, about seven o'clock; and, in consequence of a quantity of straw and haulm being in and near the stall, five of the beasts were burnt alive, and the other two so much injured, that they were obliged to be killed. In addi tion to which, a large hay rick was destroyed. From circumstances that have transpired, there is a hope of the villain being discovered. The crime is aggra vated by the fact of Mr. Chillingworth being a good master, and a kind humane man. We are happy to state he is insured. We understand that it will be found necessary to take down and rebuild several of the bridges on the Eastern Cuunties Railway: The third Kelvedon bridge has exhibited symptoms of insecurity, and the Boreham bridge is shored up to prevent its falling.— Esevx Standard, LIT ERATURE. . _ BRITISH AND FOREIGN REVIEW, No. 27. Taybr, London, 1842. We had hoped that the Reviewers had taken leave of Goethe for some years to come, at least, the subject being one long since exhausted, and one, too, on which more loose, vague nonsense has been written than on any other pet topic of the day; but we find we were mistaken in our sanguine exiiectations, for the Review before us contains a Yeng,thy and elaborate essay on the "Character and Writings of Goethe," in which some ingenious but unsound theories are in troduced, and the great German poet regarded with an air of veneration, as if he occupied a position midway between man and the Deity. The Reviewer's chief object seems to be, to show that Goethe was the very incarnation of faultless wisdom; and that he had no sensibility or enthusiasm, chiefly because such weaknesses were unworthy of an exalted nature like his. This is a very inefficient apology for a poet's want of heart. The loftiest spirits have often the keenest sensibilities, and we find that even our Saviour did not disdain to drop a tear on the grave of the humble Lazarus. " Goethe," says the Reviewer, " had the sound body which is the foundation of the sound mind. His in tellect was eminently healthy—no cant, no sentimentality, no bigotry were allowed to rest there. Whatever faults it might have, it certainly was not diseased. As a first step in our inquiry, then, we gain this important fact, that Goethe was a man—a complete, healthy, vigorous, many-sided, and original man, and not a diseased, hectic poet —not a rickety, sedentary professor." Now we certainly cannot subscribe to this hypothesis, for we hold no man to be "complete" and " healthy" in his intellectual capacity, whose sensibilities arc so miserably de ficient, as seems to have been the case with Goethe. The healthy nature is the well-ba lanced one, where the understanding and the feelings are in just proportion, where the former is assisted by, and receives its colouring from, the other, instead of being developed to its manifest detriment. Such a well-proportioned nature was possessed by Shakspeare, Cervantes, and Scott, but assuredly not by Goethe—at least, if the present estimate of hint be correct. Subsequently, however, to wards the close of this essay, the Reviewer honestly confesses that he has not made up his mind "as to many of the contradictions which puzzle hint" in Goethe, and adds, " we admit that there is something yet un explained, or else essentially disagreeable in character; something which, with all our ad miration, yet repulses our love. He has been ac cused of coldness by so many, and such various people, that we cannot reject the charge without some weighty reason. There was nothing bound ing, spontaneous, or joyous about him. He com mitted no faults to demand our pity ; he did nothing heroic to wring from us applause. He sits above us, by reason of his commanding in tellect, and does not let us approach him through our common infirmities." This last passage, it will be observed, tends in some de gree to neutralise the spirit of the preceding one. "Poems, Chiefly ofEarly and Late Years," is a no tice of Mr. Wordsworth's last published volume. It is highly eulogistic; and, in reference to what he calls the " poetic period " of the great lake bard's life—that is to say, the period, intervening be tween 1798 and 1803,—the Reviewer remarks, " his productions written about - this time are often of a persuasive sweetness almost un equalled in English poetry, at any rate since Shakspeare, or shall we say Herrick. Poems, spontaneous as the songs of Burns, finished as those of Horace, worthy of Shakspeare in their grace, and tenderness, and philosophical insight, and in their peculiar tone of thought and lan guage entirely original, were poured forth at this time with a copiousness which bespoke a well-spring." This criticism is just enough, with the single exception of the word " spon taneous," which ought not to have been used in reference to Mr. Wordsworth's productions. The character of his genius is anything but " spontaneous." Indeed we doubt whether lie ever wrote a " spontaneous" poem in his life. His best and his worst works equally wear the appearance of having been the result of much patient, deliberate forethought; and we trace marks of careful study in the very homeliness and simplicity of the style of many of them. We are far from meaning to say this in disparage ment of Mr. Wordsworth's genius, for we agree in opinion with Sheridan that—except in such rare instances to the contrary as have been fur nished us. by Wilson, Scott, Southey,. and . Byron, who frequently wrote best what • they wrote quickest—" your easy . writing, is ! hard reading." " Lynch Law" is an attempt at La defence of this modern innovation on the trans atlantic criminal code ; and we must say that the. Reviewer is successful in demonstrating that it is in many instances not only justifiable, but indis pensably necessary, more . particUlarly in the case of those infant colonies on the Skirts of vast untrodden forests, which are not yet formally recognised by the United States, and brought within the pale of its law. Here, if the commu nity needs redress, it must obtain it for itself in the best way it can hence the origin of Lynch Law, whose great recommendation is, that it stands on no ceremony, abides by no slow, circuitous legal forms, ,but comes to the point at once. A man, say, has gone off with a fat sheep fro•en his neighbour's fold, in one of those new born settlements whose first log-huts are not yet displaced by more orthodox architecture. In an old established colony, this scamp, previous to acquittal or condemnation, would be put through a regular systematic course of law; first, he would be examined by a Magistrate ; then a Grand Jury would report on his case ; then indictments would be framed against him; then two fox-like lawyers would discuss his guilt or otherwise, in a series of intolerably prolix speeches; then the Judge would deliver a formal charge ; and then—and not till then—a Jury would decide whether the prisoner was guilty or innocent. Now all this tedious and vexatious process is saved by Lynch law, which decides and punishes almost at one arid the same moment. This is the true "go ahead" principle of justice, which saves a world of superfluous ceremony, and is admirably suited to the wants and wishes of American squatters and backwoodsmen. " Life of Admiral Keppell" is a passable notice of the memoirs of this staunch old Whig sailor, whose head once figured on half the tavern sign -boards in England. " State of the Nation" is an article penned in a temperate spirit, and wherein justice is done to the present Ministry, chiefly, however, as regards their in tendons, rather than their acts. The one or two remaining papers are of average merit. ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHIT ECTS. The first meeting of the session was held last night, when Mr. Hardwicke took the chair, alluding, in so doing, to the regret with which the President, Earl de Grey, was compelled to absent himself. A number of letters were read from M. R. Rochette, and other foreign members. 11r. G. GODWIN offered some observations on the pulpits of Belgium, and presented a drawing of one from the cathedral at Malines, as an illustration of the whole class. It represents the conversion of St. Paul. The saint and his horse are on the ground, at the foot of a mass of rock, forming the pulpit. Christ on the cross, the Virgin and other figures, enter into the composi tion, and a continuation of the rock-work and shrubs forms the sounding-board. That at Louvain is simi lar. St. Gudule, at Brussels, has a fine pulpit of this class, which is well known. In some, marble figures and tablets are introduced, as at St. Bavon, in Ghent. Professor Hosking then read some elaborate reports on the present state of the church of St. Mary, Red cliffe, and the proposed restorations there, drawn up by Mr. Britton and himself at the request of the pa rish authorities, who are exceedingly anxious to ren der this noble fabric complete, or at all events to pre vent further injury from occurring to it. St. Mary's is unquestionable one of the finest parish churches in England, and deserves every effort that is made in its favour. TIIE LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANK EMBEZZLE MENT.—It is remarkable, that the fact of Jordan having absconded with a large sum of money, the property of the London joint-Stock Bank, was known throughout the United Kingdom, and a considerable portion of the Continent, within the almost incredible space of forty-eight hours after the occurrence of the event. This rapid spreading of the information is mainly attributable to the exertions of the Manager of the Bank, who, it seems, on missing Jordan, imme diately forwarded the particulars of the robbery to all the principal banking-houses and merchants in Eng land, Ireland, Scotland, and on the Continent. ST. PETERSEURGII, Nov. 19.—With a moderate cold, only three degrees below Zero, the winter re turned the day before yesterday, and for the second time the ice from Lake Tadeja has floated into the Neva. Yesterday morning it was necessary again to take up the bridge of boats which connects the city with Wassily Ostrof. The communication with:the island is now kept up with great difficulty by means of boats. Too often has it happened, that the public gene rally have derived no benefit either from the remis sion of duties, cr a heavy fall in the wholesale price of articles of household consumption; but in the pre sent instance, it will be seen by our advertising columns, that Messrs. Sidney and Co. are already offering all descriptions of Teas on the lowest scale of reduction. OVERLAND MAIL CHINA AND INDIA. Dispatches have been brought by the Over land Mail, with intelligence from Nankin to the 16th of September, from Caubul to the 30th of the same month, from Hong Kong to the 27th, and from Bombay to the Ist of October. The accounts from China state that the Emperor had ratified the treaty, and that it was forthwith sent off to England to receive the signature the Queen. Some accounts state that only one• half of the first instalment had been paid. This appears doubtful, however, as it is not likely that Sir Henry Pottinger would dispatch a frigate of war (the Blonde) with such a small proportion of •the ransom money. We have little or no doubt that she will bring home the whole of the first instalment, 6,000,000 dollars, or about 1,340,0001. The British forces still re mained before Nankin, and no intelligence has been received respecting their departure. It is not at all improbable, however, that he w ould retain a considerable force in the Yang-tze-Kiang till the affair was brought to a formal conclusion. The accounts from Affghanistan are more ample. Captain Bygrave, the only prisonar in the hands of the enemy, according to the intel ligence brought by the last mail, had been re stored. The total number of prisoners rescued amounted to 109, consisting of 31 officers, 9 ladies. 12 children, and 51 European soldiers, indepen dent of about 2,000 found at Caubul. O n the 25th of September an expedition of 4 , 000 men, under the command of Major-General 11VCas' kill, was dispatched towards Kohistan, destined for Charekar, about 70 miles distant from Cau- • bul. On their march they took by sto rm the strong fortress of Istalif, of 15,000 inhabitants. Though the place WaS strongly fortified both by art and nature, the troops carried it with great bravery, and completely, routed the force opposed to them, with the loss o d i t:oih forty-five eerlie ttti rnu return ar: by under yreni marched i a eul privates so6Gntki containing a population only one officer killed and four wound ed, e an e ar l ;l ool ect~c 1W elielnloieelfradarolae Charekar oori,b,lvleoaorunc.dnk:Twe The as e ile wx:pi a greeabiP, the proclamation of the Gr'overnor-General, Was t ,.. ' 2 0;4 leave Caubul for India, about the middle of 9, tober. A general order had been üblislit"g 8 Simla granting six months' batta to all t h e troolrAiiq serving under Generals Pollock, Note, 0 31 England. It is said that orders had been rthe - 04 given f o r he ; ,_, 4 oi destruction of the Bala Hisser at Caubul and t fort of Jellalabad. • oricia CHINA. • ttii° THE PEACE WITH CHIN :10 1 ' ) NOTIFICATION.3I. Secret Department, Bombay Castle, Oct. -L:711 The continu a ti on o f th e no tifi ca ti o n of this ment, dated the 12th inst., the Hon. the Governor Council is pleas e d t o re -p u bli s h f or g eneral informat il - the following genera l or d ers by th e Bight Hon. the uo vernor-General of India, dated Simla, the 14 t h inst• d The Hon. the Gover n or i n Council is further pleased to announce for general information, t h a t the ratitication of the treaty by the Emperor of China was received 11 her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, and forwarded from Na kin to England on th e 16th o f S e pt e mber by the xl°' Company s steam-frigate Auckland. By order of the Hon. the Governor in Council, w ~e J. P. WILLOUGHBY, Secreta r y to Government. GENERAL ORDERS. rol , ‘• BY THE RIGHT HON. THE GOVERNOR- GENERAL 01 , •-• .. Secret Department, Simla. Oct. 1 4 . . The Governor-General h as s i n c e re satisfaction in 2°l nouncing the the termination o f the war with China. le a peace honourable to her Majesty's Crown; and d u ll ,.,lish in its provisions, which was concluded in th e ,_ .l ','" 0 0 camp, under the walls of the Imperial city of NanaLli' the 29th of August. Thus, within two months a ft e r the arrival 0 f the tel forcemeat sent from England and from India for secution of this third campaign, the direction of a P m. ponderating force to the tr ue point of attack has Co polled the emperor of China to submit to all her .°'` jesty's just demands. . The Emperor could only save the internal trade 1 1 . his empire from ruin, his ancient capital from call y . by assault, and his empire itself from the per il hoe : ; solution, by yielding to such conditions as it was t he ' , Majesty's pleasure to impose, in order to - afford W , 11; ,,, .' . subjects of her Crown indemnity for the pastall` ec 1 5 ., , .; 'il:;!..' ' rity for the future. • ~i wilts;' This event, glorious as it is to her Majesty's aL"' h lilie't ; i , ~, convey to her Majesty's heart other and . Y et A - 0 70M' ' - satisfaction than that which is derived from,thr' et •iieS t , ~ f r plation of military success, in the cessation of 13 ! ° if - L C ' which have unhappily involved the most afflle . at . "h il e l e t . rnor-General cannot presume to . - At . forms /AT to Thehum a G n o iti e , .; . A a o - commanders Majesty's employed o orders, . d o teh f res her Majesty's naval and In ilitr: i 46 if .ll) :: :ll'l.; '; which their zeal',7tthahseeti, in t Pex _ ~. cis „, f s_ stpheireadrphricmba; approbation n r wishiiethfr expression he energy, i h m b i rn China oe their` ps°refeamhs.tUhnei:neLlec:fi'.eodt:t°3reelt;:ifthn,...l....:kinia'ritifihtbte.ll9:9ihi:jj);ll and soldiers under their command ich may m';',r hon o u r t reol ic h eo i cm g i g h mm ae a in u liti t se h r o os r f i o t f : hh u ee n rr d e e g r ar w d h t h Majesty'se yf.ta they have t P e , w „,..ffi!:', serve. The Governor-General can only the orces6 a eri t e n fu e l e t d i f lirif i xosl is ::: ) , these joint operations o - f fo fi r gh and his thanks for the opportunity they ha, ile n ,' , f hota . occasions, afforded to the native troops, of piail. l ,s l3r itish fighting armyabv have ever his ev and e "1r fleei d 0: ,on, sill y thes . ; soldiers. s on , The short duration of the operation of the troop roil • shore has not afforded to every corps of the nati ve a d of of India the opportunity which all ardently cles t. lre r eer distinguishing themselves before the enemy, butt a r es Of that opportunity has been afforded, the severae° "`, o e. the army of India have added to their acknowledged fa s Three companies of the battalion of Bengal V °l : lti l i te t e h r e had the good fortune to be the first engaged vri-t, i sus . enemy before the city of Chin-kiang, and they we' fed. tained the high reputation of the army they represe-, of The 2d and 6th Regiments, and the Rifle ColOPaniefo - 36th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry', w ere 4 gaged in the capture by assault of that city 'on the 21' .1 , of July. Arta' IP Ott that occasion, as on all others, the Madras -- d t he ~ ,i lery, and the Madras Sappers and Miners, maintaine Leite,, rheigsplecethhaeraccotreprswihniethhehas Madras I ai at 1e,e4. 1 The Governor-General is pleased to direct, th__ red :4, commemoration of the distinguished services renelVs' by those corps in co-operation with her 318 ye s. t he troops in the capture of the city of Chin -hian,.s'„ tr y, 2d and 6th Regiments of Madras Native Int - d os and the Rifle Company of the 36th Regiment Native Infantry, shall hereafter bear upon their ape ments a dragon wearing an imperial crown ; an COw the same honour shall be granted to such troops or Sup panics of the Madras Artillery and of the Madr as r al pers and Miners as his Excellency Lieutenant-Gentehat Sir Hugh Gough may designate as justly entitled that distinction by their service before the enemy in in the Governor rin the previous campaigns. direct' 1N..1140t_ The-General is likewise pleased to - w i ll that the 2d and 6th Regiments of Madras Infantry _or hereafter bear upon th e ir c o l ou rs a golden drag vi ' ing an imperial crown. f i eti te- .. f The Governor requests that his ExcellelleYiess to , i f. nant-General Sir H. Gough will hare the g° l3 " ll ,, m atik' J ,04.) transmit to him a nominal list of officers, non - „ - 0 (0 0 14 sioned officers, and privates of the several core s ,flig army of India serving under his Excellenefs et ; iifaT . .b ,in the present or in the previous campaigns ss lite ' before . ~.)s deem to be justly entitled by their services co ttfe, co enemy to the honour of wearing a medal cornale ll s ioo4 11 ,, of such services ; and to every officer, non-comb , . officer, and private named in such list the Goverewsititoi; of India will present a silver medal, bearing °T I on .. ISt 8 f 1 the head of her Majesty, with the superscripti°? q undet4s,L9 Asi4 Victoria restituta," and the figures " 1 84-' . o „., o rittr i 7 i i neath, and on the reverse a dragon wearing al? 1 ' • ~ I crown. The Governor-General; eqUally desirous of ing the eminent services of the officers and wan e ! , 0 others serving in the steam-vessels of war elongint,, e _ . _.. the Government of India by the marks of honour JacY. have so well deserved, requests that his Excellency)/ 1, vice have Admiral Sir William Parker will have the goo an d n es_v - ,' transmit to him a nominal list of the several officers ay -4_ cliatinginaisyls ~,.;.. seamen and others, serving in such steamers under hi s the honour of wearing a medal commemorative of th,... 0 1 . command, whom he may deem to be justly services ; and to all persons named in such list the U . vernment of India will present a silver medal similar to entitl 4e.r that presented to the troops. The Governor-General directs, that the victories ob tained by the combined forces in China may be mitk na known to all the troops at the stations of the army D that at all such stations a salute shall be fired of 21 guns for those victories, and a similar salu te of 21 guns for peace which has been signed by the plenipotentiaries of the Emperor of China. By order of the Right Hon. the Governor-General of India, T. H. MADDOCIC, Secretary to the Governmen t of India, with the Governor-General. (True Cop).) J. P. WILLOITGIIBY, Secretary to Government. A FFG-11A NISTAN. (From the Bombay Times, Nov. 1.) Since the dispatch of last mail a fortnight since, the events of moment whose occurrence in India has become known to us are few in number, and mostly follow as natural sequences to th ose formerly detailed, so that most of our present news will probably have been antici pated. We have received letters from China by the the Auckland steamer , which touched at Columbo Qn 17th ult. on her way to Suez direct, of the 16th or Sept., from the fleet off Nankin. These announce the ratifi cation of the treaty by the Emperor, which we perceive the steamer carried to Suez ; and the com pletion of., „ P the payment o f the first instalment of the infleilictr,i rball nity, amount in g to 7,000,000 of dollars. art lairs will a l re ady have reached England, QuettiSir THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY ING, DECEMBER 6, 1842.