The Sun. — London, England, 1842-11-30 00:00:00

0.1 the 4th of November the Volage joined the fleet at nong-Kong, while the Hyacinth was left at Macao to watch events in that quarter. The discomfiture of Ad miral Kwan's squadron was soon „followed by the refusal of all trale to the English with China. CAPTAIN ELLIOT. On the breaking up of the East India monopoly, in 18371, when a Commission under the Royal sign manual was issued, appointing three superintendents of the English trade with China—Lord Napier, Mr. Davis, - and Sir George Robinson were the three Commissioners selected. The death of Lord Napier, shortly after, created a vacancy, to which Mr. Davis succeeded, while Captain Elliot, of the Royal Navy, began his advance- Ment. Till this period he had filled the useless office of Master-attendant, which at this period became superflu ous, by the abandonment in England .of the scheme for levying duties on our ships in the Canton river; and on its abolition, Captain Elliot was appointed Secretary to the Commission. Shortly afterwards, on the resignation by Mr. Davis of his station, and the embarkation of that gentleman for England, Captain Elliot succeeded as a member of the Commission, according to the general tenor of the sign-manual instructions. The smugglieg tragic had, since the opening of the trade, increased alarmingly ; and four years after, when the traffic had grown to its great height, Captain Elliot, who by this time had succeeded Sir George Robinson, wrote thus to the Secretary of State :—" There seems no 'doubt, my Lord, that the Court has finally determined to suppress, e's, more probably, extensively to check, the opium trade; the immense, and, it must be said, the most unfortunate increase of the supply daring the last four years, the rapid geowth of the east coast trade in opium, and the continued drain of the silver, have no doubt grealy alarmed the Government?' The license in this nefarious treffie now became unbounded, and impunity complete. Captain 'Elliot, in his dispatch, dated Jan. 26, 1838, observed that " the manner of the rash course of traffic within the river, had probably contributed most of all to to impress (on the Chinese Government) the urgent necessity of repressing the growing audacity of the foreign smugglers, and preventing their associating them : selves with the desperate and lawless of their own large cities." From this, it appears Captain Elliot's opinion was,fthat it was the opium trade within the Bocce Tigris, not the mere existence of the trade, but the barefaced mode of carrying it on, which exasperated the Pekin Gorertunent. " While," wrote Captain Elliot in the Fame dispatch, " such a traffic existed in the heart of .ear regular commerce, I had all along felt that the Chinese Government had a just ground for harsh mea sures towards the lawful trade, upon the plea that there was no distinguishing between the right and the wrong." For these reasons, Captain Elliot urgently app lied that he might be " vested with defin e d sod adequate powers for the reasonable _ control of the men whose rash conduct could not be left to the-operation ' Chinese laws without the utmost inconvenience and • visa.:, and whose impunity was alike injurious to British (!erecter and dangerous to British interests." Fully afraid that the growing- importation and smuggling within the river being unchecked would drive the autho rities to some violent measure, Captain Elliot addressed, in November, 1837, a memorandum to the Government at home, recommending a special commissioner to be sent to Chusan, or some other principal point on the coast, away from the influence of the Canton Mandarins, fur the adjustment of this perilous business ; the Govern nt, tiowever, in reply, declined taking any such steps at•that time. On the visit of Admiral Sir Frederick • aleitland, in her Majesty's ship Wellesley. July 12. 1838, and his obstruction by the Viceroy and Hong mer chants, Captain Ekiot proceeded to Canton, and for . warded to the city-gates an open paper for transmission to the Governor by a Mandarin ; the paper being left (pen, and not bearing the character of a pin or petition, isogild not be received by the Vioeroy. Captain Elliot then declared that he had formally offered to set forth the peaceful purposes of the Admiral's visit, and if the Viceroy did not accept these explanations his business at Canton was concluded, and he should forthwith retire. Subsequently a British boat was fired upon in the Bocca Tigris ; Admiral Maitland demanded reparation ; but a Mandarin captain-of-war junk gave ample satisfaction in writing, and the Admiral shortly after departed. Two months alter the departure of the Wellesley a seizure of opium was made at Canton, the property of a British trader, the obnoxious parties punished, and then the trade re:epentel. A few days after a native opium dealer was strangled, and wriot tool: place on the occasion, by which the Esropeans, who endeavoured to resist the execution, • were driven back to their factories. On the occasion of this imminent danger Captain Elliot called a meeting, anti, finally, ordered that the small smuggling-eraft, be longing to the English, should proceed .outside the river within three days, and offered to co-operate to put an end to the smuggling, and a stagnation of the trade en sued. Shortly after another native opium smuggler was strangled in the square before the foreign factories,•and affairs had so far attracted the attention of higher quarters, that a Kin-chae, the High CominiSsion Lin, came duwa to Canton, and while junks and boats of war were ooliecting, and fire-ships preparing, Commissioner Lin required a bond that " the ships should thereafter never again dare to bring opium • and that, should any h e . brought, the goods sh ou ld be forfeited, and the parties suffer death :" he further threatened, that on non-com pliance, the foreigners would be ancrificed,and three days were given for reply. Captain Elliot, upon this distress, immediately proceeded to the house of one •of the leading ;:aglisli merchants, Mr. Dent, whom the Chinese Corn . 'Tflissioner had summoned before his tribunal in the city. Captain Elliot, and other residents,who had been totally unconcerned in those opium dealings, were then seized, and deprived of food and drink, and he had -to choose between death and implicit obedience as alternatives, or to deliver up opium to the value of two millions and a half sterling, a great part of which was, at that time, on the high seas, and entirely beyond reach. Until, how ever, the opium to the full amount was delivered up, an arc of boats sy r es formed, filled with armed men, the ex tremes of which' touched the east and west banks of the river in front of the factories ; the square between, and the rear, were occupied in considerable force, and before the gate of the hall, the whole `sody of Hong merchants. awl a large guard, were posted day and night, the latter with their swords constantly drawn ; so close an impri . sonment is not recorded in the history of our previous intercourse. Captain Biliot, thus detained under the threat of death, was compelled to purchase opium to the amount of from 35,0001. to 40,000/. to make up the quan tity, and was then released, when the imprisonment and blockade at Canton also terminated. Leave was then given for all to qatit except sixteen individuals, who lila ' mataly took their. departure, under an edict from the Go venter never to return. Captain Elliot took the first •: opportunity to write to Lord Auckland, Governor-Gene ral of India, detailing that," course of violence and , spo which had broken up the foundations (to use his own words) of this great trade, as far as Canton is con eerned, perhaps, for ever." lie, at the same time applied 7 for as many ships of war and armed vessels, for the pro testion of life and property, as could be detached from the Indian station. captain Elliot did not quit Canton biles:elf, till the 25th May, when the sixteen proscribed • individuals had left that place in safety, and the persons al no other British subjects were in jeopardy. In the debate of the 13th of May, in the House of Lords on this point, the Duke of Wellington observed, " he had never known a person filling a high station in another country treated in such a manner as Captain Elliot had been treated by the aut h or i ties of the Chinese Government at Cantos." Some time afterwards an affray took place between some En g li s h or American sailors (for the truth • Las not bcen ascertained) and a party of Chinese, when a native named Lin Welke lost his life. Captain proeeeded to the utmo s t verge of' his powers, with a affbrd the Government a ll reasonable satisfaction view setting in action the crimin a l j ur i sdiction, and y placing six of the English rioters on thei r tr i a l . The Mandarins were invited to attend, hut did pot thi n k fit to c omp l y. I l i •of the men were found galley o f r i ot and assault only. • These proceedings did not satisfy Commissioner Lin. who moved down to He:mg-shin a place 40 mit es from - Macao, with about 2,000 soldiers, insisting epe n the delivery of a British subject in lieu of him killed ; to which, after every possible inquiry, Captain Elliot re nted to comply. This state of hostility was greatly aegraeated by a barbarous murder committed by some Ceinese mandarin boats on the defenceless crew of an Eagiish schooner, when seven Laseats were massacred, and a passenger on board mutilated and left for dead. In addition to this, the convention entered into by the Chi nese Commissioner for carrying on the outside trade was,. by some pretence, broken through. A rencontre took place between the Volage and Hyacinth British vessels of war eta a fleet of war junks. The contest was spirit edly sustained by the Chinese Admiral Kwan, but in the end he was utterly defeated. Several of the junks were sank, and a number of Chinese sailors killed or wounded. All communication was afterwards cut off by Commis *eller Lin, and various attempts were made in the roads se burn the British ships and poison the sailors. The Go vernor-General of India was now invested with full power ; to declare war and direct its operations. The sehsequent transactions relative to this belligerent de elsration, appear elsewhere. MAJO R . I. - 'llATT.—Thi s officer signalised himself dur ng the att ac k on the Chuenpee and Ty-kok-tow forts, when he commanded the forward movement of the gal lant Cameronians. During this attack he himself was s: ea a long way in advance - , under the very defences of the enemy, with the most nonchalant antiadmirable coolness, The Gallant Maj or , on looking through rough an embrasure, saw there was a body o f C hinese close- to it when he orally turned to the o n ly so l dier with him, " a marine, and said, " Just shoot me on e these fellows w - 1. you . The at tion followed the word, and the Chine se retired !orth with. CAPTAIN SCOTT REICNOLDS.—This officer, of her :Majesty's 49th Regiment, especiall y mentioned - for his cotlspicuous bravery at the recapture of Tinghae, by Ge neral Sir Hugh Gough, is eldest son of the late Major Thomas Reignolds, of the Scots Greys, who w as many years on the staff at Brighton, and who full at the batti.2 of Waterloo. Sta HuGH Got:Gm—This officer commenced his mili tary career in the city of Limerick Militia in 1793. lie serve:l with the 9 d battalion of the i tii until September, 17r,;G, at the Cape of Good Hope. Lieut. Gough, with the. 87th Foot, next served throe years in the West Wa.:.; with the attack on Porto Rico, under Sir Ralph Abercrombie ; at the capture of Surinam, in Au gust, 1 ;99, and throughout the whole of the brigand war i St. Lucia. In August, borne to u Erope, in c 1300, consequence of ill health. He suc- Lient. Gough returned ceeded to a c i"nlmny as a senior Lieutenant in June, vos. In 1304 served in for Portugal, Guernsey, under Lieutenant- General Sir J o h n Doyle. Purchased 1803, and in Decemb er, 18 his' majority in 03' embarked the 876 Major . Gough •cl at the memorable battl e of Talavera, and was severely wounded, receiving a medal of distinction for his valour. His plour during the'siege of Cadiz was so conspicuous that it Thomas Graham h onoured him, and two other officers, with Brevet rank, from the date of his dia patches, beingb e i n the first instance o f t h e kind which oc curred in the British army. On the 31st of December, 1811,- Lieutenant-Colonel Gough repulsed at Tarifa, with his eight companies, 500 strong, no les s th an 1,800 picked troops, who assaulted the breach. A ,general order on this occasion spoke of his conduct as "surpassing all praise," and the Prince Regent. ordered the word " Tarifa" to be thereafter imprinted 'on the regiment's colours. He next commanded at Vittoria, where the 87th lost half its n um b er; on thi s occasion he was ho noured with the thanks of Picton, and . received a third medal of distinction. He commanded at the battle of Nivelle, and was severely wounded there ; on this ,occa sion he was honoured with the Cross; and the officers of his regiment presented him with a valuable vase. • To enumerate the whole of the attacks in which this Gallant Officer has borne part in China, and 'been the directing guide and leader to victory, would be to relate almost every late attack, since his valour has led him to be foremost in the field at advance, and the last to retire. The latest piece of active service in which his operations were signalized with his great and customary success was at the taking of Chapoo, on the 18th of May in the present year. On that day the Cornwallis, Blonde, and Modeste, took up a position close to the b a tt er i es , and opened ir fire, to which a very feeble response was made by the forts. The troops, under Sir Hugh Gough, were landed in a fine sandy bay to the eastward, when, quickly pushing over the heights, they came to a causeway leading to the city, where they were joined by the naval brigade, who had landed to the westward of the heights. Up to this point the Chinese had fled in every direction, and their defences had been carried with out any material loss ; but three hundred Tartars had here thrown themselves into a joss-house, and, not bring aware that quarter would be given them, defended them selves most desperately, forty only being taken /prisoners. Neither did these yield, until their comeades.were buried in the ruins of the temple, which fell upon them. The loss to our force was, consequently, much greater than has been before experienced by us, viz., eleven killed and fifty-two wounded ; among the former, the gallant Col. Tomlinson, of the 18th regiment ; while in the list of those severely wounded were the zealous Adjutant-Gen. Col. Mountain and Captains Campbell and Jodell, of her Majesty's 55th and 49th Regiments. SIR HENRY POTTINGER.—This Gallant officer, to whose superintendance and direction so many of our recent signal victories in China are attributable, was appointed sole Plenipotentiary in July, 1841, and landed in August . at Macao, the passage from England to China, by the Overland route, having been performed in the short time" of 67 days. No sooner had Sir Henry arrived than vigour Was infused into every movement. The expedi tion to the north was instantly decided on, and the equip= ment of the transports rapidly forwarded. Sir Henry Pottinger, immediately on his arrival, issued the follow-. ing notice, dated the 12th of August : In taking charge of the offices of. her Ma jesty's sole Plenipotentiary. Minister Extraordinary, and Chief superintendent of Trade in China, Sir Henry Pottinger deems it requisite and proper to publicly notify - , that he "enters on his important func tions with the most anxious desire to consult the wishes, and to promote the prosperity and well-being, as well as to provide for and secure the safety of all her Majesty's subjects, and. other foreigners, so far as the concerns of the latter can be affected by hie proceedings, at this time residing in any part of the dominions of the Emperor of China ; and that he will be ready and happy, at all times and under all circumstances, to give his best at tention to any question that may bd submitted to him. At the same time it becomes his first duty to distinctly intimate, for general and individual information, that it is his intention 0 devote his undivided energies and thoughts to the primary object of securing a speedy and satisfactory close of the war ; and that he therefore can allow no consideration, connected with mercantile pur suits, and other interests, to interfere with the strong, measures which he may find it necessary to authorise and adopt towards the Government and subjects of China, with a view to compelling an honourable and lasting peace. " Sir Henry Pottinger is conscious, that among the persons to whom this notification is addressed, there are few individuals who are not as well qualified as himself to form a correct estimate of the reliance to be placed on the agreement and promises of the Provincial Govern ment of Canton. He has intimated to that Government that he is willing for the present to respect the existing truce, but that the slightest infraction of its terms will lead to an instant renewal of actual hostilities in this Province ; and it is accordingly to be borne in mind that such an event is not only highly probable, from the well understood perfidy and bad faith of the provincial officers themselves, but also because they may be compelled, at . any moment, by orders from the Imperial Cabinet, to set aside and disavow their own acts. With these views and sentiments, it only remains for Sir Henry Pottinger to warn her Majesty's subjects, and all other foreigners, against putting themselves or their property in the power of the Chinese authorities, during the present anomalous and unsettled state of our relations with the Emperor ; andlo declare, that if they did so, it would be clearly understood to be at their own risk and peril. " Sir Henry Pottinger avails himself of this opportu nity to announce, that the arrangements which have been ' made by his predecessor, connected with the island of Hong-Kong, will remain in force until the pleasure of her Majesty, regarding that island and those arrange ments shall be received. And on this point Sir Henry Pottinger further desires to call the attention of all con cerned, to the public notice issued by her Majesty's Ple nipotentiary, on the 10th of June last. "Dated at Macao, on the 12th day of August, 1841. (Signed) "HENRY POTTIN GER, "Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary." On the 22d of August Sir Henry Pottinger made for Amoy, accompanied with the fleet, which consisted of the following vessels, in three divisions, led by the Ben tinek surveying vessel, Commander Richard Collinsen : —Wellesley, 74, Rear-Admiral Sir William Parker, K.C.B, Commander-in-Chief, &c., Capt. Thomas .Mait-; land, C.B. ; Blenheim, 74, Capt. Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.B. ; Blonde, 42, Capt. Thomas Bourchier, C.B. ; Druid, 44, 'Capt. Henry Smith, C.B. ; Modeste, 18, Capt. Harry Eyres, C.B. ; Pylades, 18, Capt. Talavera V. Anson; Cruiser, 16, Capt. Henry W. Giffard; Colum bine, 16, Capt. Thomas J. ,Clarke ; Algerine, 10. Com mander Thomas H. Mason ; Rattlesnake, T.S. Mr. James Sp ren t, master , R . N . ; S esostris steamer, 'Capt. Ormsby, H.E.C.S. ; Phlegethon steamer, Lieut. James M'Clcverty, R.N. ; Nemesis steamer, Lieut. W. H. Hall, R.N. ; Queen steamer, Mr. Warden, H.E.C.S. ; Marion, transport, with Lieut.-General Sir Hugh Gough and staff. In addition to the above were fifteen transports, with her Majesty's 18th, 26th, and 55th regiments, a wing of the 49th, and Madras rifles, the guns, engineers, and ar tillery ; besides which were six transports, carrying pro visions for the force, and coals for the steamers. This second northern. expedition arrived off Amoy on the evening of the 25th, and stood in towards the har bour, anchoring about dark. The batteries on Quemoy Islands fired a few rounds at the ships, which were re turned by the Modeste ; but as her shot fell short she discontinued firing. Early the following moaning an officer of low rank, with a flag of truce flying in his boat, came off, with a message from the Mandarins, to know what so large a force wanted in the inner waters ; and if it was not for trade they were to loose sails, and go away immediately, " ere the Celestial wrath should be kindled against them." To this message the following answer was returned : " On board Her Majesty's ship Wellesley, off Amoy, August 26, 1841. " TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMIRAL COMMANDING IN CHIEF OF THE NAVAL FORCES OF THE PROVINCE OF FokiEN. " The undersigned, Sir Henry Pottinger, Bart., her Britannic Majesty's Plenipotentiary ; Sir William Par ker, Commanding-in-Chief the naval forces ; , and Sir Hugh Gough, Commanding-in-Chief the land forces of the British nation in these parts. " Thera being certain differences subsisting between the two. nations of Great Britain and China, which have not been cleared up, the undersigned Plenipotentiary, and the Commanders-in -Chief, have received the in structions of their Sovereign, that unless these be com pletely removed, 8.P.(1 secure arrangements made, by ac cession to the demands last year presented at Tientsin, ut a k s i u .s r i e; they s h a ll regard it as their duty to resort to hostile measures efodr i t ' i l l e e n e ip n o fo te r n ce ti rn a re3n•ta on fdin theird m e a m nci al e a r l n B . c u t h ef he , .moved by compassionate feelings, are aver se to causing the death of so many officers and soldiers as mustperish, and urgently request th e Ad miral Commanding-in -Chief i n thi s province forthwith to deliver the town, and all the fortifications of Amoy, into the hands of the British forces, to be held for the present by them. Upon his so doing, all the officers and troops therein will be allowed . to retire, with their personal arms and baggage, and the people shall receive no hurt ; and wheneve r these diffi culties shall be settled, and the demands of Great Bri tain fully granted, the whole shall be restored to the hands of the Chinese. If these terms be acceded to, let a white flag be dis played. from the fortifications. (Signed) " HENRY POTTINGER, her Majesty's Plenipotentiary. " WILLIAM PARKER, Rear-Admiral. " HUGH GOUGH, Major-General." At a very early hour, on the 26th of August, the Ple nipotentiary and Commander-in-Chief embarked on board the Phlegethon to reconnoitre the defences, which were found strengthened by every means that art could devise. The principal work was a battery, from eleven to twelve hundred yards in length, and situated on the south-western side of Amoy. This battery mounted ninety heavy guns. To the southward and eastward of this were several detached and smaller works, extending to Sandy Point ; while to the westward of it, on Red Point, was another very heavy fort of forty-two guns. On the Island of Ko-long-soo, which is the key to Amoy, and immediately opposite to these fortifications, were some powerful batteries, mounting in all seventy sik guns, which the Chinese were busily strengthening with sand-bag batteries. On the Island of Causoo, and raking the passage, was another fort ; while several were on the north shore, fronting the river, or inner liar benr,. Huantong. san.The whole was found to be a re marl:ably strong position. During the reconnoitring, a few shots were exchanged between the steamer and bat teries. The morning had been intensely hot without a. breath of wind; but was succeeded in the afternoon, by a Pleasant sea-breeze, when the squadron weighed, and stood in to its work of destruction. The Modesto hail the honour to lend, followed closely by the Blonde and Druid, which ships were to engage the batteries on KO long -too, and at the entrance of the harbour. The line of-battle ships, with the Sesostris, Queen, and Bent inch, were to attack the long batteries ; the Nemesis and Phlegethon, till ed with troops, and covered by the re maining ships, were to keep ready for disembarking them when ordered. It was about I P.M. when the . force weighed, the p ort d ivision leading in, and exchang ing a few broadsides, as they passed, With some batte ries on the islands of To -a- ts, Sio-ta, and Che-soO, and then proceeded on to silence Ro - long-soo, to the batteries of which they approached within pistol-shot. The Blonde grounded, but fortunately broadside on to the forts. After this the Marines under Captain Ellis, of that distinguished corps, were landed, and were speedily followed by a detachment of the gallant 26th, underiMajor Johnston ; on seeing which numbers of the Chinese fled. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 30, 1842 The British colours were soon waving over their position. The Modesto then weighed and ran into the inner har bour, where she engaged five or six batteries, speedily driving the men from their guns. Twenty-six deserted war-junks were in the harbour ; one a two-decker, mounting thirty-two guns. In all there were a hun dred and twenty -eight guns in these vessels. The Alge rine quickly followed the Modesto, into the inner har bour, as did the Blonde immediately she floated. During this time the Wellesley and Blenheim, led by the Ben finds, to give the soundings, stood within four hundred yards of the long battery, anchoring by the stern, about the centre of it. The Sesostris and Queen had been for some time sustaining the fire of this heivy work. At this point the Tartars stood remarkably well, nor were the forts silenced until about 4 P. 31. The troops from the iron steamers landed in the neighbourhood of Lam po-to, and'took them in rear, when several of the garri - son were bayonetted at their guns. A party of seamen and marines from the ships were landed, under the com mand of Commander Fletcher, immediately abreast of their ships ;- and -as soon as they formed, charged right `up to, and entered the fort by the embrasures, following their flying toes through the suburb into an open sandy spot, where the latter attempted a slight ,resistances but were quickly again compelled to fly, making for a con fined pass in the hills, which separated the city from the suburbs. Towards this point, along a narrow causeway, a large body of the enemy, led by mounted mandarins, was seen retreating, closely followed by the General and his troops. The marines and seamen were now placed to flank this causeway,. when they opened a cross tire, by which three of the mandarins fell, and about thirty of their men, and the others broke up and fled in all directions. All the positions being carried, the troops. were bivouacked for the nighton the heights between the chief city and suburbs. The • Pylades, Cruizer, and Columbine, were not idle during the. time, as they en - gaged and silenced the batteries in the neighbourhood of the spot at which the troops landed ; and having completed that duty, they took up stations astern of the line-of-battle ships, and in front of the long sea wall. The Phlegethon lead narrow escape from being most roughly handled, by coming suddenly and within exact range of a - heavy masked battery, which immediately opened fire. The light draught of the steamer admitted of her running close into shore, when Lieutenant M`Cle ver ty immediately landed with his men, and stormed the battery in the most spirited manner. The loss on the side of the Chinese was very great : that of the British . naval force amounted to one killed and seven wounded. The wall of the long battery, which from . the sea had appeared a common wall strengthened with sand-bags, proved on examination to be a most masterly piece of masonry. It was a high, strong, thick wall, composed of huge blocks of granite, with small low gun-ports, having a thick bank of earth between each of them, as high as the wall. Mud was laid on over each gun-port, so as to prevent the shot from striking off splinters from the stones, which would have rendered it impossible for the cannoniers to stand to their guns. The shot of the ships had taken but little effect on the wall ; their utmost penetration did not exceed sixteen inches. Vast quan tities of -timber were found in the naval yard ; an d a cannon foundry was near the walls of the citadel. Bul lion, to the amount of 20,000 dollars, was secured ; but the bulls of the sycee had been carried off. Immense magazines, filled with all the munitions of war, were also stored up here ; they were either removed or destroyed. -The principal inhabitants had fled ; and as no. one re mained..With•whom it was possible to treat, the destruc fiom of the forts went rapidly on. At the capture of Chin-hai, . which took place on the 10th of October, 1841, after the ships had done good service in obeying the orders which had been given, the troops, about seventeen hundred strong, having been landed at an early hour, under cover of the Cruizer, Columbine, and Tentincls, had not been less actively employed. Sir Hugh Gough had a good opportunity of display ing his skill in military tactics. Perceiving that the enemy had five thousand men in an extensive encamp. ment on the southern bank at the river, while the city was on the northern, he determined to attack the former first. Having divided his small army into three co lumns, the right and left were dispatched towards the flanks of the enemy, which movement they were enabled to execute without being perceived by their opponents, under cover of a rising ground. The centre column advancing at the same time, the-Chinese came boldly out to meet this apparently small body. The British troops advanced steadily until within good range, though the Chinese had for some time opened a fire of ginjals and matchlocks directed solely against this column. The order was given to fire, when, at the same moment, the flank companies debouched, pouring in their volleys on the now bewildered Chinese, who, as it were, in a sudden panic, moved, broke up, and fled in every direction, leaving the field thickly strewed with their dead and dying. Our men followed close in the pursuit, and many hand to hand encounters took place ; but the long. Ch inese - spear could make but little resistance against the British bayonet. Many of these men fought with desperation, apparently resolved to conquer or (lie. The residue fled by hundreds to the water. The men were then re-formed and advanced towards the city, but, on ascending the heights, the en e my w ere perceived pour ing out of its gates at one end, as the sailors and marines entered at the other. The Tartar General, who had used the late Mr. Stead in such-a barbarous manner, and had assured the Emperor that " he would catch all the barbarians in a net, give their flesh to the wild beasts, and prepare their skins for the Celestials to sleep upon," thought tit to cut his own throat, though a blow in the arm prevented him from doing it as expertly as is usual with his countrymen, Many other officers also commit ted suicide. On this day fifteen hundred Chinese must have perished ' • our loss amounted to s i x t een kill e d an d a few wounded, amongst whom was Lietenaut Montgais mery, of her Majesty' s 49th. Six WILLum PARKER, K.C.B.—Rear-Admiral Sir William Parker, was appointed Commander-in-Chief at the same period as Sir Henry Pottinger, was created sole plenipotentiary. At his head-quarters in China, about 8 at night on the 10th August, he landed from the Sesos tris. The Chinese having thrown garrisons into Yuyaun, Tsekee, and Funghwa, distant respectively forty, twenty, and thirty miles from wing-po, for the purpose of inti midating. the inhabitants of that place, and to stop the supplies of the British, it was resolved by the Com manders-in-Chief to dislodge these forces. The Sesos tris, Nemesis, and Phlegethon, therefore, on the 27th of December, with a number of boats in tow, and seven hundred men of all arms, proceeded up the river, the Sesostris, from her great draft of water, being obliged to anchor about fourteen miles from Ning-po, and the two iron steamers anchoring off Yuyaua late in the afternoon. Sir Hugh Gough immediately landed with the military division, and occupied a small fort and a joss -house. Sir William landed the next morning, when, on preparations being made for storming the town, the inhabitants came out and stated that the garrison, said to consist of 2,400 men, regulars and militia, had evacuated the town in the night. The troops, therefore, marched in; the divisions separating to march round the rampart. When the naval brigade had advanced a little way, a fire of ginjals, &c. was opened upon them from some Chinese troops outside the town, but who fled as her Majesty's troops found egress through the northern gate. They were hotly pursued for about seven miles, and about one hun dred of their numbers fell. .Their loss would have been much more severe, but for their local knowledge, the whole country being knee-deep with frozen snow, ren dering it impo ss ibl e f or our troops to distinguish the paths. On the 29th, the city was examined,, and large granaries of corn were thrown open to the public. lintlte attack upon the citadel and city of Chin-hai, Ad miral Parker, accompanied one of the- columns, and was the first to settle the walls. So impetuous was the as sault, that the garrison, though four times more nume rous than their assailants, fled through the western gate as soon as they saw the English columns on the ramparts. Sin H. LE FLEMING SENHOESE.—This gallant Cap tain, K.C.H., expired at Hong-Hong on the 'l3th of June, from a fever contracted during his arduous duties on the heights of Canton. Ills remains were interred at Macao on the 17th, with all due military honours.- A -fund was subsequently raised amongst the officers of the army and navy, and a handsome. s monument erected therewith to the memory of this distinguished officer. Sir Fleming Senhouse greatly distinguished himself in the attack upon Canton, a s re g ar d e d the two forts de fending the entrance of the Bogue river. The capture of the two Anunghoy forts, was entrusted to him, having under his command the Melville, 74, and Queen steamer, with a flotilla of rocket boat's. About half-past ten A.M., the Blenheim got under ,weigh ; her progress, however, was but slow, owing to the lightness of the wind. She was followed by the Melville, considerably astern. 'Shortly after the remainder of the squadron got under weigh, and stood slowly towards• the other forts. : rlio day being most lovely, and the river smooth as glass, it eir L lN r a lt s 10": exciting destruction. u l p l e tsurrounding to () observe e s t i. h l t e s s e were e e i ? 0 , 13 majestically e o .ssttie d on 011inwn.3(irmthgote,;(71dists,tlai .c h ( l :v:re r4 d ll wit rnv t: l ( l ) , mewed about noon, by the Queen firing at protected by small sand-bag batteries. ac l tTyon, which, as well as the lower Anunghoyfort, opened on her and the Blenheim, before they got within ran ol. The latter ship did not fire a shot till she let go ter anchor, about six hundred yards front the fort, when she dewed up all her sails and opened her broadside. In a few minutes the Melville came to her assistance, and took up her position a short distance ahead of the Blen heim, about lintr hundred yards from the fort. The Chinese kept up the action here for sane time with great spirit, but the terrific broadsides of the two line-of. battle ships, at length drove the Tartarsfrom their guns; on seeing which, Sir Le Fleming Senhouse landed at the head of the marines and small-arm men, and, driving all before him, carried these fine forts. Sin GORDONBREMER.—Sir Gordon was appointed from England joint Plenipotentiary, on the 22d of June, 1841. .On his arriving off Canton, he issued a proclamation es tablishing a block a de of th e river and port of Canton, r and directing that foreign vessels arriviug off the coast ot China .should anchor in the Macau Roads. On the other hand, the Chief Magistrate of the district in which • 2dacao is situated, published an edict, requiring the people to join heart and hand with the Government, for , the tle.truction of the barbarians ; and forbidding any "Chinese ships to put out to sea, except such as were laden with combustibles for the destruction of the enemy, In the meantime, Sir Gordon Bremer, followed by Admiral Elliot, steered northwards ; and on the sth of July reached the island of Chusan, which it was resolved to occupy. A landing was speedily effected, and on the 6th, the city or Ting-hae-hpen, was taken almost without oppoSitior. Admiral Elliot reached Chusan tire day after its surrender, and immediately proceeded to Ning-po for the purpose of landing a letter addressed by Lord Palmerston to the Chinese Court. Admiral Elliot, shortly after, through ill-health surrendered up the whole command to Sir Gordon Bremer. Mascot Manconar.—This officer is Secretary to Sir Henry Pottinger. He was employed on the •appoint ment of that General, to proceed in the Nemesis to Canton, to notify that circumstance to the authorities. The Prefect who had acted so prominent a part in ne gotiations, came post haste on this occasion, to have an interview with Sir Henry, but was •reeeived by Major Malcolni, and informed that his rank was not sufficiently high to admit of such taking place. The Prefect, with ever-ready Chinese falsehood passed it off by saying that he had come to chin-chin Elliott before he went away. - CAPTAINS _HERBERT AND BOURCHIER.—TAKING OF CHIN-Har.- e -For this attack, which took place on the 10th of October, 1841, the order of the day commanded that the number of seamen and marines to form the landing party, under the command of Captain Herbert of the Blenheim, and to take with them one day's provi sions, were to be from the Welleiley and the Blenheim a hundred and fifty each, from the Blonde fifty, and the Modeste twenty, making in all three hundred and seventy seamen, with a proper proportion of officers ; marines the same as detailed i n the memorandum of th 25th of September. The marines from the Cruizer and Colum bine were sent that evening 'to the Wellesley by one of the small steamers. At an early hour on the morn ing of. the 10th of ()etcher, the ships got into their al • lotted stations ; the Wellesley and Blenheim being towed in by the steamers, and the Blonde and Modesto taking up their positions under sail. The whole of' these vessels settling in the mud, as the tide ebbed became as steady as forts, and the fire frorif them waS most tre mendous, and is thus spoken of by the Commander-in chief :—" The precision of the fire both of shot and shell, far exceeded my most sanguine expectations ; and the destruction of the works' from the commencement of the attack was never doubtful:l By a quarter past 11, the citadel, on the Joss-house hill was 'welched, and the defences reduced to a ruinous state. The Chinese, who had stood well to their guns, now began to abandon them. The signal was immediately made for the right column to land ; and before noon, in spite of the rocky nature of .the shore,' 'the force landed, and. gallantly. mounted the hill to the assault of the, citadel. An ex plosion at this moment taking place' near the gate, the -last of the garrison fled without waiting tee close it. Our men rushed in, and the union jack 'instantly floated over the walls. Scarcely had the - men entered when a second explosion took placti,sbut providentially without injury to, tiny one. Captain Herbert - now re-formed his men, and advanced to the attack of the city, on the walls of which the enemy were collected in considerable force. - A few volleys quickly dislodged them from their posi tion, and the column advanced steadily, and in good order, to the escalades"' The wall was . :26. feet high, a n d "a while the enemy, i nstea d of • attempting to fo place s endth ; neiselves, were flying out o f - the western gate. The c ity b e i ng very soon fully in our possession, Captain He r b ert rema i ned w i th the marines -in charge of the to wn , an d t h e seamen returned astesp in tdue to their ships to move them into the offing, as soon ae they floated with the rising tide, Attack was 'next mad e u p on the large walled city of Ning-po, which Was entered without the firing of a shot. 'On the 14th Ad m i ra l P ar k er i ssue d the following memo randum, highly eulogising the bravery and efforts of the officers above named, with the marines and others under their commands.—" The Commander-in-Chief has wit ' nessed, with the highest, gratification, the gallantry and excejlent conduct which has been further manifested by .the captains, officers, seamen, and marines of her Ma jesty's squadron, and those of the Indian navy under ads command, in the capture of the citadel and city of Chin : hai, and the 'occupation of .Ning-po, on the lOtli and 13th instant. He noticed with great satisfaction, the adthirable precision of the fire from the ships and steam vessels against the citadel, and the ardour with which the party Of - officers, seamen, and Royal Marines, headed by Captains Herbert and Bouchier, of the Blenheim and Blonde, disembarked and advanced to the assault, over a steep. and difficult ascent ; he is no less pleased with the 'regularity and dispatch with which . his Excellency Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh Gough and the troops were landed on the right bank of the river, taken under the direction of Captain Gif?ard, of the Cruiser ; and with the proceedings of the sloops and steam-vessels sta tioned in that direction. He begs to convey to every individual of the squadron present, his entire approba tion of their conduct anti exertions. Lieutenant Somer ville, agent, and the mister of the transports which ac companied the expedition &Om Chusan, are also entitled to the Rear-Admiral's approbation and thanks, for the promptitude with which their ships were got under sail when-the signal was given, and the a tt ent i on w i th which the prescribd positions were taken up at the anchorage off Chin-hai, as well as the desire which they have throughout manifested to forward the public service upon all occasions. Sir W. Parker feels aseured that every person in the squadron must, participate with him in ad miration of the gallantry with which the strong positions of the Chinese were all carried by the British troops on shore." In the attack upon Tsekee, Sir Hugh Gough speaks in terms of the highest admiration of the conduct of Captain Bourchier. His dispatch alludes to him as follows :—" From the heights it affbrded -me no small satifaction to witness the spirited rush of the advance of the marine brigade, led by their gallant chief, who was ably supported by Captain Bourchier, commanding the naval brigade, Captain Richards, of her Majesty's ship Cornwallis, and Commander 'Watson, of her Majesty's ship Modeste, commanding the seamen's battalion. The whole - brigade soon reached the summit, carrying the enemy's works." In this attack, also, the spirited conduct of a number of other officers was specially noted, and their . names mentioned b y the same c omman d er . They were as follows : Lieutenant C. E. Tennent (flag lieutenant), Lieutenant G. Elliot (slightly wounded), Mr. G. H. Hodgson, mate (slightly wounded in a personal recontre with aChinese), Mr. W. Bowden, volunteer Ist class ; and Mr. D. C. Cunningham, secretary'e clerk, all of her Majesty's ship Cornivallis ; also of Lieutenant Harriott, R.M., of her Majesty's ship Blonde ; Lieutenant J. Eitzjames and • Mr. C, K. Jackson, mate, both of her Majesty's ship Cornwallis. These officers accompanied Sir W. Parker with the advance. Lieutenant A. J. B. Hambly, of the Royal Marines, „ l s severely wounded at the head of his company in the advance to the hill. The officers of the 49th, among w h om were Captain Reignold (wounded) ; Lieutenant and Adjutant Browne ; Lieutenants Ramsay and Mitchell, of the Grenadier company ; Lieutenant Lane (whose left arm was amputated on the field), and Lieutenant Montgomerie (severely wounded in the thigh), also Captain Balfour, of the Madras artillery. LIEUTENANT l‘PCLEvEaTr.—After the capture of Amoy, and the separation of the vessels composing the fleet, the Phlegethon arrived at Keeto point on the 15th of September. It was represented to Lieutenant M`Cleverty by the master of the Lyra, that his first mate and a Lascar had been seduced to a village, and there treacherously murdered by the Chinese. Lieutes rant M`Cleverty at once determined to attack the Man darip station ; and fbr that purpose proceeded at daylight on the 16th, accompanied by Lieutenant B. Crawford, R.N., serving as a volunteer, acting Lieutenant- Ryeves, fifty British seamen, and eighty Lascars. On arriving at the village, it proved to be the one in which Mr. Stead, late master of the transport Pestonjee Bo re:inject, had been so cruelly seized a few months pro• viously. The station and village was therefore de stroyed, and three prisoners were taken, from whom it was ascertained that about fi ve hundred Chinese troops were quartered in a small town at some, little distance, and that was the spot at which the people of the Lyra had been killed. These troops were fully prepared and expected to be attacked. At eleven A.M., Lieutenak M`Cleverty assembled his small force, and advanced to destroy this nest of murderers. As they neared the sta tion about noon, a smart fire of gin:ells and matchlocks was opened on the party, but without effect ; and - as they' rapidly c l ose d on theta the Chinese fled up the hills at the back of their position. The barracks and maga zines were blown up, and the town set on fire, when the party returned to the Phlegethon without any less. - CAPTAINS BYRES, CLARKE, AND KNOWLES.—TAKING or Cerusaso—The capture of Chusan was mainly brought to its victorious conclusion by the skill of these officers. On the morning of the 28th September, 1481, the Mo• deste, Columbine, and Nemesis, under the orders of Cap tain Lyres, were detached to " Spithead," to prevent the Chinese front occupying the eight-gun battery, or from strengthening their position. These shies soon opened their fire upon the fort and camp ; and after knocking them pretty well about, Captain Eyres and Clarke, tie companied by about fifty men, landed to reconnoitre the position, and to ascertain whether there were any guns in two partially finished Works that would command the point at which it was intended the troops should land. This party walked to the Sappers' Point, from whence they had a full view of the long sea battery, and into which several muskets were ~ discharged by the party ; when the garrison commenced firing in all directions, and about six hundred troop s showed themselves on the heights a bove, but were kept in . check by some well directed shells thrown from the steamer. After corn pleting their'observation's, the party returned to their respective ships. On the 29th, the Blonde, Modeste, and Jupiter, with the Queen, and Sesostris steamers, took up a position on the south side of Macclesfield and Turnbull Islands, Der :the purpose of covering the artil lery, who, under Captain Knowles. assisted by Lieute nant Spencer and Lieutenant Barrow, were erecting a battery of one 68 and two 24-pound howitzers. The Wellesley was moored as close as possible to the intended point of landing under Sappers' Point. The Cruiser, Columbine and small steamers were placed within two 'hundred yards of the beach, with their broadsides to keep the Chinese in check. All the transports having arrived during th e 30th, and the preparations for the attack being completed, the ships on the Ist of October opened their cannonade on the Chinese position, the troops landing at the same time in two columns. The first column, about fifteen huadred strong, were disembarked under the heights whereon the entrenched camp was situated, in which the Tartar and Chinese troops were drawn up about 2,000 strong. The General and 55th Regiment were the first on shore; and being exposed to a most galling fire without any cover, the advance was at once sounded, and they instantly pushed up the hill, led by Major Fat„ cent The Chinese came down to meet thew, the hill aarently blazing with the fire of pp their matchlo c k s and ginjals ; they could not withstand the ifnpetuosity or ou r troops ; and as the gallant 55th closed within spear's length of them, they gave way and fled. The 55th i n this advance had one officer killed, and twenty men put hors de combat. As the 18th landed, they, with two light guns advanced to the right, and driving in several snail parties of the enemy, en tered the western end of the sea battery. The Chinese, who were retreating along --: the causeway, quickly rallied under their brave general Keo, and 'niade a very re spectable resistance ;. sonic of the most advanced of our force only saving theireelves • by discharging their pis tols. Having overcome this obstacle, they advanced along the causeway, and the Royal frith soon took pos session of their old quarters on the Joss-house hill, which the fire from the ships and Royal Artillery had already made too hot for the Chinese. The second column, con sisting of the 49th, marines, and seamen, were landed as quickly as the. boats could accomplish it, at the eastern end of the d efences, and were to have carried the sea battery, but their services were ri e ot required. While this had been going forward in the suburbs, the 55th and Madras rifl es a d vance d on Ti ng -h a i, scaled the walls, and drove all before them. Two hours were suffi cient for the . wtole of the operations ; and the British colours. et 2 P.M., waved 'for a second time over - the city walls. The Chinese force consisted of about 5,000 men, of whom very many fell, nine or ten mandarins being in the number. The loss of the British amounted to two tilled, and twenty-eight wounded. The Blond , ) also ono or hf cluartol7.deck guns dismounted. Great quantities of military stores were found in the arsenals ; and it was Very evident that the Chinese had no idea of being again so quickly kicked out of Chusan. Numerous guns were found in the batteries, thirty-six of which were new, of brass, and well cast. These were subsequently shipped on board the transports. . On the arrival of the next Overland Mail, we shall give further accounts, with all the latest news. 1 1 INI Fi Y OF NE ' 4 ' kla AND kth tie 0 1 %“"to 4•4 k, " Who runs may read.' POIZEIGN. The Spanish Cortes were prorogued on the 22d inst:, the day after Espartero" left Madrid for Bar celona. - It is stated in the French papers that Olot and the neighbobring districts had recognised the Junta. The republiCan chief Abon Terradas has failed in the Lampurdan: The insurrectionary movement which took place at Valencia on the'2oth inst., was appeased on the 21st. The .Eco d e A rr a gon o f the 21st states that tran quillity prevailed at Saragossa - and throughout Arra gon. The opinion of this part of the country is de cidedly in favour of Espartero. Accounts from the Basque Provinces, Andalusia, and other parts, are satisfactory. The Sud of Mdrseilles, states that four steamers, and the Jemmapes man of war, were to set sail from that port for Barcelona on the 24th instant, to bring back to Fran& such French subjects as may be de sirous of leaving that city, Louis Philippe had sent the decoration of the Legion of Honour to Dr. Spiker, librarian to the King of Prussia. •. A Hamburglf piper announces that *Russia had ac .ceded at Constantino - pie to the Anglo-Turkish treaty of commerce, not having beeo"able to renew its own advantageous tariff. Accounts from Germany: received last night state that the rumours relative to the alarming state of Prince Metternich's health turn out to be unfounded. WONEY - TEAL.DE-COIVIIVEER.CE. MISCELLANEOUS. James Scully, Esq., of Kilfeacle, in the county of Tipperary, who was fired at some nine months ago, was shot and murdered . on Saturday last, in the vici nity of his residence. Mr. Scully was a Catholic, a Magistrate of the county, and about 28 years of age. He is succeeded in his immense property by his brother. Six persons are in custody. Yesterday evening the Corporation of the Trinity -house-gave a sumptuous entertainment to his Impe rial Highness the Archduke Prederick of Austria, on • Tower-hill, at which Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, and other Members of the Ministry, with several naval officers, were present. The venerable ball of the Honourable Company of Innkeepers caught fire on Monday. Several paint ings of the old masters have been much injured, and the whole stock of the vaults destroyed and burnt out. The damage done to the hall is very extensive; but it is insured in the Globe,-Fire-office to the amount of 3,0001. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DAY.) LATEST (RECEIVED BEEPING AT THIS :MANCHESTER. (TUESDAY.) DERBY.-8 1 1- to 1 agst a British Yeoman-20 to 1 agst Winesour (t)-20 to 1 agst Murat-30 to 1 agst Pro gress colt-33 to 1 agst Aristides-40 to 1 agst Parthian —5O to 1 agst Erocard colt (t freely)-50 to 1 agst New court (t)-5 to 1 agst Scott's lot-12 to 1 agst Col. Peel's lot--15 to 1 agst Sir G. Meatheote's lot. COURSING. KNOWER COURSING MEETING, Nov. 28 AND 29. The Knowle Stakes and Cup, value 50/., were won by Mr. Clowes' Cinderella, beating, in the deciding course, Mr. Baice's Barran, who received let The Puppy Stakes, of 251., were won by Mr. Bake's Birdlime ; and she Beaten Stakes, divided by Mr. Billings' Judy and Mr. Rollicks' Nell. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. 30.—Wind this day at noon, S. to S.W., light and hazy. DEAL, Nov. 29.—Wind S.S.W. to S.W., moderate.— Arrd. Harmonic, Moyden, Rio Janeiro for Antwerp. The gale abated last night at 9 p.m. The ships in the Downs appear to have rode it out well. Wieszsounr, Nov. 29.—The storms of a vessel, with Perseverance on it, and apparently that of a •Yorkshire billy-boy, has come ashore at Portland. COWES, Nov. 29.—Arrd. Lady Cornwall, Poe and liebe, Todd, Rio Janeiro. , POOLE, Nov. 29.—Arrd. George, Newfoundland. DARTMOUTIT, Nov. 29.—Arrd. Bloxten, New York. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 29.—Wind W.—Arrd. Sophia, Kettles, Hamburg's for Batavia, with loss of boats, rig ging, having been in contact off the Lizard last night with an English barque. VALmouTH, Nov. 29.—Wind W.S.W., moderate.— Aml. Emma, Shaw, Bahia, sld. 12th ult. The-Perse verance, Youlden, from Cadiz to Leith; put into St. Lu car 11th imt., with four feet water in her hold and pumps choked. Sld. Lady Mary Wood, to Gibraltar. BENTLEY'S Mtscm.LANY took the lead, at the be ginnintof the year, of all the metropolitan 'Magazines, and the December Number winds up the volume most spiritedly. In fact, the Miscellany is precisely what a literary magazine ought to be—a mosaic of amusement and instruction. In the new Number the most striking article is "Mr..Ledbury's Adventures at Home and Abroad," with some capital illustrations (two of them on copper) by John _Leech. This clever story exhibits the writer equ&ly at home in tragedy and comedy—in deep pathos and broad farce.' The death of Derval and the execution of his murderer are narrated in a manner greatly superior, from its quiet simplicity, to the New gate Calendar Jack-;:lieardism of M r . Ai nswort h . The equest r i an adventurers smartly told, and the scene at:,:the boarding-hous e raises the veil from 'a certain and peculiar description of Parisian society.—Satpian Juurual. AEVERTISEMENT. —FELONY. .£l.OO REWARD.— , Absceyded, on Saturday, the 26th November inst., after receiving several sums of money, the property of his employers, the London Joint Stock Bank, Edwin John Jordan, about 25 years of age, height 5 feet 11 inches, thin person, fair complexion, light hair, long thin face, grey (yes, walks stooping, with head leaning forward ; had on when last seen a dark body coat, and mixture coloured trowsers, with boots, black cravat, and hat. The above reward will be paid on the apprehension os the said Edwin John Jordan. For further particularf apply . to.the Mansion-house, London ; and Messrs. Bush and Maliens, No. 7, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry, London On Monday, a meeting of the friends :of W. llutt, !!.sq., M.P. - for Gateshead, took place at }Tull, when it was resolved that in testimony of his seiViCes in three successive Parliaments, a token of their regard should he presented to him, and - Subscriptions be immediately .entered4ipon for that purpose, 17.0.1743.1 re LIND ITILXTAR,4. %By the arrival of the Offley, whale-ship, particulars have reached England of a collision with the natives at Treasury Island, in,the South Seas, when .the sur geon and carpenter of the crew were killed; and it is stlpposed that of the ship's boats mis3ing, eleven men in them have all been murdered, in revenge for an insult offered to the Chief.' The Wiley is the pro perty of Messrs: Curling arid Young, of Limehouse, and brings home 1,200. casks of oil. Treasury Island lies in lat. 7 26 S., long. 155 30 E., and is a station frequently visited by whaling vessels. LAW' AND POLICE. An atrocious murder was committed at St. Helen's, Liverpool, on Sunday last. The victim is a young married female, of very respectable connexions, and whose body was discovered in a field, with the veins of the neck completely severed by a dreadful wound. 'Her husband, named Wilmot Buckley, a painter, was taken into custody, and when arrested had his shirtsleeves steeped in blood to the elbows. He denied the crime, and stated the stains to be from colouring. The adjourned inquest on the charge of murder of Samuel l3rittan, at Mendip, was held yesterday at Bristol, when a ver di c t o f " Manslaughter" was re turned against Francis Ashman, who was committed for trial. William Deway was finally examined at Queen square, on the charge of wilfully murdering Ellen Derrick, a young woman with whom he lived, and was committed to Newgate for trial. . PEIiE AIMS. The sum voted for ornamenting the pediment of the new Royal Exchange with sculpture is 3,000 guineas, and Mr.lArestrnacott, whose design has been chosen, undertakes to complete them by the Ist of May, 1844. SP ORTXN. The Hon. Grantley Berkeley's G deer match at Char borough Park turned out unsuccessful, his fine dog Odin, who was to pull down and "hobble five bucks," experiencing three failures, upon which Mr. Berkeley abandoned the ,match. His dress was a rich suit of green, with a cap of velvet and gold band, and his followers, with Mr. Drax and the servants of the hunt, were also picturesquely attired. cotrior--raskIXONABLE. The Duke and Duchess of Montrose arrived at Sulby Hall, the Noble Duke's hunting-box in North amptonshire, on Thursday last. Sir Edmund and Lady Antrobus have returned to their villa at Cheam, near Epsom. The Dowager Lady Suffield has returned to Bel grave-square. The Countess Poulett has left the Earl of Zetland's for the Duke of Leed's, Hornby Castle, Yorkshire. The Bishop of Llandaff has arrived at the Deanery, St. Paul'S, from a visit throughout his diocese. Sir Francis and Lady Burdett return to St. James's-place, from their villa in Berkshire, in a day or two. The Earl of Beverley returned to Richmond yes terday. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUI- - E/N'S (6ittings at Nisi Pri fi Term, be . rust elk WiuuruAN and a Middlesex Common Jury.) MANUEL V. WILDER. • The plaintiff in this case was a builder, and the de fendant, a butcher residing in the Ed gware - roa d. The action wa s brought to recover an amount of 308/. 7s. 9d. alleged to be due from defendant for work and labour done and materials supplied for the completion of the carcase of a house, the property of defendant, and fitting upa butcher's shop therein. For the defence it was contended that the plaintiff had con tracted to find the materials and finish the house for 140/., and a written agreement to that effect was put in, and also that he had received 1281. in cash and ma terials, and had been furnished with meat by defendant to the value of 30/., and that consequently there was nothing due to him. Mr. Kelly mil Mr. Gray conducted the case for the plainHti; and Mr. Platt appeared for the de fendant. The cuae, which was most dull and uninteresting, lasted upwards of four hours. The Jury returned a verdict thr. the defendant. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 29. TURQUAND AND OTHERS V. MORSE. This was an action of trover to recover 8861. Mr. Richards and Mr. Martin appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and Mr. Ser geant Channell appeared for the defendant. In the year 1841 a person of the name of Bailey, an upholsterer in Bond-street, furnished a house for Sir Francis Charles Knowles, in Queen-street. The sum agreed upon between the parties for the furni niture was 1,8001. An agreement was entered into between Sir Francis Knowles and Bailey for the payment of the money by instalments at six months each. Shortly after this arrangement was entered into Bailey applied to Sir Francis Knowles, saying that he was much distressed for money, and requesting Sir Francis to advance him some money, Si r Francis Knowles had at this time mortgaged' the lease of. his house, together with the furniture, to Bailey, as security for the payment of the 1;800/. In consequence of the application for money by Bailey, Sir Frances Knowles accepted a bill of exchange for 400E:"payable at Coutts' and Co. This bill at ma turity was dishonoured, and it having been paid away by Bailey, his bankers sued him for the amount. Bailey wrote to' Sit Francis Knowles on the 21st of July, - 1841, and said, that owing to the circumstance of the bill for 4001. having been dishonourec., he was again very much embarrassed ; and said that if he did not receive 2001. iri . the course of the next day it would lead to the most serious consequences. Sir Francis Knowles therefore, called on' \ Bailey, and said that if he would give him the lease and the inventory of the furniture, with full powers to act for the best, he would obtain a sum of money sufficient to release him from .- his difficulties. He did so, and Sir .Francis Knowles obtained 600/. from the defendant in the present action upon this security. Shortly after this Bailey became a bankrupt, partly owing, as was alleged, to his having been sued on the bill for 4001. Part of the debt due to him from Sir Francis Knowles, of 1,8001. of course became the property of his assignees. ..This action was therefore brought by the assignees against Morse, for the ba lance of the debt, he holding the assignment of the lease and furniture. It was contended on the part of the defendant, that the deed of. mortgage given to Bailey, by Sir Fra n c es Knowles, was a fraudulent and colourable deed, and that when the defendant ad vanced the money on the lease he Eid not know of of any such deed being in existence. .. Sir Francis Knowles was put into the witness-box, and deposed to the facts as detailed above. The CHIEF JUSTICE, in summing up said, the sole question was whether the Jury believed that the deed of mortgage to Bailey was a colourable and fraudulent deed, got up by Sir Francis Knowles, and purposely withheld from the defendant, with a view of defrauding him. The Jury consulted for a few minutes, and returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. NEW .COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) James Hurley, 17, a lighterman, and two other young men, named Riley and Williamson, were in dicted for stealing, on the Bth of November, 451 1 b5. of tea, the property of Mr. Richard Marshall Phillips. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Phillips, a lighter man and Custom-house agent, that the tea formed part of 27 chests, which were lying on board one of his barges alongside his wharf, to be discharged ; a lug boat belonging to the father of Riley was lying astern of the barge at three o'clock on the day named. The value of the chest of tea was 141., as he should be liable for the duty on it, if stolen, as well as the cost. The father of Riley had been in his employ many years. The prisoner had been in his service from childhood. It appeared from other evidence that between five and six o'clock on the day stated, Riley and Harley were seen together at the Anti-Gallican public-house, and there was also proof that they were seen in the boat near the barge containing the tea. The evidence was not conclusive, and the Jury acquitted each of the prisoners. THE « CHINA SUN." TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Ma. EDitroß,—As the expeditious route to China, by steam, becomes now an object of great importance, since we are at peace with this industrious one-third of the family of man, you are at liberty to insert in your China Sun the following nautical remarks, from your obedient servant. ROBERT WISE, of Allonby. Author of " Remarks on our Present Position with China and Affghanistan." The voyage, by steam, from the Red Sea to Hong- Kong, and viva versa (back), although considerably longer than from the Red Sea to Calcutta, is, is point of fact, only seven days' longer voyage than the latter, on an average ; because the track from the Red Sea to Singa pore is through a part of the Indian Ocean, where the monsoon winds are favourable (or fair winds) at all I seasons of the year, both outward or homeward, or going to and returning from China ; and from Singapore to Hong-Kong, the steam voyage (by keeping well in with the land), eon be performed in seven days, on an average, all the year round. The difficulties ,experienced by the Bombay steamers in the S.W. naonsoon are avoided in the China route, as are also those of the Calcutta steamers in the S.W. monsoon, at the head of the Bay of Bengal. Fifty days is sufficient, and Singapore will be the only port neces sarry to coal at. Our splendid steamers, now in China, can do this great work, monthly, easily, if put to it. Allonby, Nov. 28, 1842. i --(.. A 0 br ~ 40) 1,172 't, , / 41 4 I o'a ' ' ''t: 4-4,, 411.7 (14 1 telt SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. Nothing of importance appears in the Evening Papers of this day. THE FUNDS -(CI BRITISH flank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. ........ 94 3 per Cent. C0n5.......... 944 31 per Cent. Red... 1003 New 3i per Cent... ...... 1013 New 5 per Cen' Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 ..... . 12i Oct. 1859 Jan. 160 USING PRICES)- FUNDS. 'lndia Stock Ditto Bonds ..., 50 pm Ditto Old Annuities ... Ditto New Annuities... Ex. Bills, 1,0001 2d. 51 pm Ditto 5001...... 51 pm Ditto Small ...... 51 pm Bank Stock for Acct. 17 2 India Stock for Opg... Consols for Opg. ...... 95 7 . FUNDS. ;Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto — Prussian, 5 per cent — Russian, 5 pei cent..... Ditto, Metallic ...... . Spanish, .5 per cent. 174 Ditto, Deferred.... French, 5 per cent. --f. —c. Exchange —f —c ; French, 3 p er cent —.f. —c. Dutch, 2} per cent. s2s Ditto, 5 per cent. ...... FOREIGI Austrian, 5 per cent Belgian, 5 per cent — Brazilian Bonds... — Buenos Ayres 6 per cent. Chilian, 6 per cent. — Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1824 - Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent 7114 Danish, 3 per :ent B3i Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent 304 Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian,lB2s,6 per ct. SHARES. Eastern Counties (23 paid) 9h Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ... .. 48 * Great Western, (65 paid) 86 Ditto New Shares (50 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Black wall ( paid) ....... ••• 5 1 London and Birmingham (90) ...... Ditto Quarter Shares (25 paid) 49i Ditto Thirds (32 paid) London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) 60 , 1 Northern and E as t ern (45 pa id) Ditto Scrip ( 5 paid) 9 Paris and Roue n (20 pa id) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 2 1 3 811 Ditto Scrip (20 paid) COEBURN'S UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE roa DECEI4I3ER.—The new Number of this periodical, which for utility and interest yields to none, abounds as usual, with interesting discussions on naval and military affairs, interspersed with stirring narratives of deeds of arms by the gallant defenders of our country. Among the most important of the papers are the "Notes on the Army," the "Naval improve ments of the 19th Century," the " Late Prussian Re views at Dusseldorf and Bonn," the " Errors in our Military System," the " Staff," the "Volunte er i ng Sys tem in India," "Lieut.-Col. Wilkie's Military History of Jamaica," the "Recent Operations in Sy r i a ," & c. Among the articles which" furnish amusing informa tion for the general as well as the p ro f ess i onal reader, "Lieut.-Col. Napier's Notes on Syria," "Passages in the Life of a Sailor," "Scenes in Ireland," "My Old Messmates," by Jonathan Oldjunk, " Pitcairn s Is land," &c. At the present m oment, too, great atten tion will be paid to the "Papers on the War in Aff gbanistan and the Peace with China," which are con tained in this Number, of so exce ll ent an aut h or i ty on such subjects as the "United Service Magazine." i COURT CIRCULA - )11:1,_: , • ""1, • T Cambridge :in 6 ,, ~.it —.1,—,. , .1, ~ Augsta and Mai) . I Cambridge, the Hereditary Grand Duke of 111ecklen burgh Strelitz, and Prince George of Ca mbridge, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glouces ter yesterday, at Gloucester House. His Imperial Highness the Archduke Frederick of Austria paid a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at their residence at Kew on Sunday, th e birthday of the Princess Mary of Cambridge. Yes terday his Imperial Highness visited the Hers ° , Guards, attended by the noblemen and gentlemen of his suite. The Archduke also visited the extensive establishment of Messrs. Mortimer and Hunt, jewel lers to the Queen, and was greatly plea sed at the magnificent display of plate and jewellery. His I; perial Highness much admired the numerou s s p lendid pieces of presentation plate, amongst w hich, t u h i centre pieces presented to Sir George Cockburn se Sir Moses Montefiore, were particularly noticed bi the Archduke. Her Royal Hi g h ne ss the Duchess of th e irG louste visited the Duke an d D uc h es s of Cambridge a residence at Kew, on Sunday. lir: A meeting of the E cc l es iastical Commissi oners held yesterday afternoon at their office in Whiteh3thie place. Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Orl - dr- un ' 1 1 Chancellor of the. Exchequer, the Bishop of Lon( ()If and other Commissioners attended. mit, A deputation consisting of Sir George TOP - 5 Bart., Mr. J. iempson Gladson, Mr. lin Tr P - Mr. George Moffatt, and Mr. W. W.l ' lkins°ll't had i an interview with Sir RObirt Peel yes dui/ at official residence, in Downing,''' -street. The Governor o f th e B' ink of England a nd the Deputy-Governor had an i n t e rview with the Clio' cellor of the Exchequer in Downing-street. . 1 s at The Judicial Com m itt ee o f the Privy Counel yesterday. The Lords present were—Lod C 4, 1111 ., P e . bell, the Judge of the Prerogative Codt, the V L i . in Ch iAr a .ai n ir c ty. e ß l , l c o ae r rug K ret n . ight Bruce, and the Judge of the ad - Chancellor.e Logan z 7'. are" Queen's the Co , u , nsel, restrinea l A ' is di 3d n iraltY p C i n h ou i i i i- c. i 'queen, from the Vide" S f i o e l n• lo a w L ed eo o ri n e, trheelastaivrenetosidthee. ,hprigr. 7: d .,-1 14 ; the ship'and cargo a which had been forfeited. v .Lord Campbell, on the part of then; was heard in reply. gave judgment on the question as to ixbethe r not owners could prosecuti an lippeal;' an inhibitia..n :f • tonn having been obtained until after the exPlr it , t an twelve months. The Court were of op ini" 'i - a iils appeal could not- be . prosecuted, conditions • `,i % D ot been imposed,by Acts of Parliament which Iv " been complied with.—Their Lordships then rosy. ; I ord .sliips, ! THE COURT' 'esti WALMER CASTLE e° , TUESDAY, Nov. 29.-ser ljen has not left the C as tl e d ur i ng the'day conin sll7, el as I am inf orme d, of havinghavingbeen Z n it with a cold and face-ache. ~. Sir James Clark , was expected, wo u ld h ave l e f t f or to wn this 113° 1— still remains. • , g thi s The Princess Royal was taken out for a n morning, attend e d by the Dowager Lady LY lte rs e bac k ' Prince Alb er t ro d e out this afternoon oi ho attended by - Colonel Wylde. co ned Royal dinner-pa r ty thi s ev ening "' w ill be exclusively to the memb ers o f th e Royal househ be ( le. Saturday next is now the d a y "named," for' t dgs parture of the C our t f or Windsor • but So Inc ' 11 , 3 4 1 the have been "nath e d "d u g h s t week, °— period referred t o i s not t i o ln t be re li ed e Pa upon. • The Ditto, orttttsoet,er COUßSE dradatamsmig ht OF EXCHANGE— ( Y B S T E R 1) 4 v ~. C 2 17 F... 1 1 22 2 9 Gibraltar .. ....v...... .... 50 , 5 Antwerp Hamb u r g h M. B . 13 12 148964 Milan V G ee Le g h o rnli i a e .: .............: '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' 9 4 456 0 71 I Altona Paris, 3 days' sight 25 70 Palermo, per oz. ...... .. . b 2l Ditto, 3 months 25 95 Li s b on ........... . ........ • ;5 21 Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 0 Rio Janeiro ............. . :01 Frankfort on Maine 152 Bahia ...........• ••••' , Petersburgh, 3 Us. ... .... I , t Berlin 7 INew York, 21days sig" 41 , Vienna, effec. 11. 3 M lO 1 Philadelphia ..... . ...... ~. ::,..,, o , ' r°,, to Trieste, ditto lO 2 PRICES OF BULLIO N, , i ; 1/ t..es X 0 Madrid - s 17 d / i ; Cadiz Bilbao Barcelona 3 3 36 t i i2 NN Portugal ul a ? )rs c o l .o d . a y . 0 .. . 7 : .::. .• .: : 44 191 Seville ... 36 Silver in" Bars... li° ..... . r.. a RUSSIA AND THE RUSSIANS IN 1842. —th e hs lume of this work, which appeared a few 'no) It awn has attracted, and justly so, more of the public inte, tion than any other hitherto published on tlol ot iier resting country. The Quarterly, and all tig "l;iii leading Reviews, have borne testimony to -th °f that picture, to the anatomical display it presents ' l a d t° extraordinary people ; and we are, therefore, fading observe the publication of the second and volume, comprising, among other subjects, th e thos sion of which is not less useful than amps'rv•-•-• of Education—Servants—th e 'Table and C' L 'a n Hothouses—Dress and Costume—Gardens ' lit' ch ine schas—Public Feasts and Fasts—the SON J th e C—theourt — T p re a a g t e m s _ ent m o u f si F ci o a r n e s igners—the Ladle - 730 tbst &c. &c. As other books on — R C u o s ff s appearing, our readers will do well to note the b r io , The following testimonial is one of man,, title of this work, which is published by M r." 50 14 tto n addressed to Messrs. Rowland and Son, 20, I li garden, London, whose advertisement appe 0 1 ei ost, ae-ahroeusoecac;i: )11:1 1 i c y; another column. " Gentlemen —I considertiht: an imperative duty to state the valuable el of 1 1 5 your most excellent Mac assar Oil. For th e , years I have been bald, occasioned by i ful fever whil s t i n I n di a . have used ahn° means to procure a head o f h a i r ag ain, but e fri,enti efforts seemed fruitles s , u n til, acci dentally ' `,l advised the use- of y our va l ua bl e Hair Rest . O s ,, can give it no better n ame ), an d, after using e s 4° , bottle, every sympt om o f a new h ea d of hair r e g t , 4 show itself, to th e j o y, no t on l y o f m yself, " o , u ta ine• children. I resolv e d on h av i ng ano ther, and . it se 3 ' a 7s. bottle, and, before the whole of which - vc I had, and have now, as handsome a head 01 ever man enjoyed, and I earnestly recomrrieni 9 fa il to " have not tried thi s mos t exce ll en t Oil, not I '°,dieri t do so.—l am, Si rs , y our mos t gra teful and ~`" ve!tr servant, J. WALKER, Colonel. Whittly 1.0 1 15 ' 4 Taunton May 10, 1836." 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P tress rw aitY Brothers, and Co., the Patentees, take' ;his OP ? ° t he to thank the liber a l portion of the Pr .ess for be 90 0 1 cient aid they have received from it, lavit at e t ca lled time inform that portion of it which cannot' unless liberal, that its threats to depreciate. 'the articl e ' .iyu" - a series of advertisem en t s b e given, , are entir t f u lly heeded,• as the large amo un t of sales late l Y; ending prove how futile are the att em pt s , e ven of th e ' into journal of the day, when it ender yours to h rin. which disrepute and malign an article of manufactui common sense and public opinion decide to , e t nitely superior to anythin g o f th e ki n d ever . 'i r c i CO° under its notice: Messrs. Davi s , Brothers , 51 this need not encroach further on these columns, asp oh article needs no commendation ; its me rits al• ~are vious, and need not be enforced; three oper atic sr ei condensed into one, and it is sold at a price OW,. one may satisfy themselves of its utility. It Ill t her 3 ' had at nearly all Stationers, and at Davis, Bil and Co.'s Pen, Ink, Paper, and Self-Lighti n g to the ing Wax Depot, No. 1, Aldgate-street, 0 1 9° ` p of . Pump, where it may be had, in boxes, from One Fe and upwards. w ell CAUTION IN SENDING NEWSPAPERS.—it known that many persons who send newsparc 9-9 to the habit of cutting them, in order to direct att 2n. 11 t -, any particular paragraph. The Post-office have recently declared that such are marked ro , jp ers are liable to postage charge, whilst the partic s such are also subject to the usual penalties f. Ivr l-47 in newspapers.: The father of the young Midshipman, n , Ay at issu e with Captain Elliot, in a letter to a Morning ConterfiV, rary, regrets extremely that the editor of the Unita; Service Gazette, , in the face of an earnest r ,emonstrance from him, should have considered it nece: ,sary to drag into public notice an affair which can be adjusted onlY by reference to the proper authorities ; •Anci adds, that the whole of his narrative, frith beginning to end, is fa abort tissue of mis-statements. By the death of Sir George Townshend *Walker, Bart., G.C.8., a vacancy has occurred in the h ousehold of his Roy a l Hi g h ness the Duke of Susr,ex, to whom that gallant officer was for many years " Groom of the Bid ehamber"—a fact that showed great political impar tiality on his Royal Highness's part, as Sir George was, to the last, a stieneli Tory. THE LATE EXTENSIVE BANK RODBEET.—IVe are happy to learn, from good authority, that almost the whole of the large sum lately lost by the London Joint-Stock Bank has been recovered. It was left at the Bank at a late hour last evening, and great hopes are entertained that in a short time the person accused of misappropriating it will be in _ BIRTBS. On the 29th of November, the lady of Colonel Gascoii! ey Grenadier Guards, of a son. D lED. On the 28th of November, at Feniton Court , Devon*. Frances Duke. wife of the Hon. Mr. Justice Matteson. On the 27th of November, at Glasgow, Mr. Andrew late of the 131 ack Bull Johnstone London : Printed and Published by MURDOYOII- PIG, of No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 1124. Strand92o the County of Middlesex, Wednesday, Novembo 30, F