The Sun. — London, England, 1842-11-26 00:00:00

Now ready in 3 vols., Bvo., 1111 E HISTORY of the MANNERS, CUS TOMS, &c., of ANCIENT GREECE. By J. A. St. JOHN, Esq. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. THE NEW NAVAL NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. THE NAVAL CLUB; By M. H. BARKER, Esq. (The " Old Sailor"), Author of " Tough Yarns," &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ow ready, in 2 vols. small Bvo., with Portraits, 2ls. bound, MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENS B OF. FRANCg, • y Mrs. FORBES BUSH. Henry Colbuni, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. • * l* Orders received by all Booksellers. NEW STORY OF THE SEA, BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE PILOT," " THE TWO ADMIRALS," &c. Now rnaclx, in 3 vols l post Bto., T II E JACK O'LANTERN (LE FEU FOLLET); OR, THE PRIVATEER, A Story of the Sea. By J. FENIMORE COOPER, Esq. Riehard Bentley, New Burlington-street. rpHE NEXT DISTRIBUTION of MONEY X DIVIDENDS, AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED by HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, contains :HONEY DIVIDENDS of £5O, £6O, £7O, £BO, £9O, £lOO, £ l l O , £l2O, £l5O, £2OO, £4OO, £6OO, £BOO, £l,OOO, £1,500, £5,000, and £25,000 Sterling. Amounting together to £72,170 sterling. Direct for PROSPECTUS with full particulars, WITH OUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, Or, to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, NOV. 26, Will be repeated THE MISER'S DAUGHTER. Prin cipal Characters by Messrs. 0. Smith, Lyon, H. Beverly, Wright, Sterling, Wilkinson, Maynard, Craven, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, Miss Fancit, Miss Murray, Mrs. H. Beverly, &c. After which, a New Comic Barletta, called AN I ONY and CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright ; Cleopatra, Miss urray. To be followed by a Grand Barletta Spectacle, entitled ALMA. Principal Characters by Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wieland, Frampton, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Madame Proche Ginbilei. To conclude with THE SECRET. Thomas, Mr. H. Beverly. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-past six, commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Unparalleled success and, extraordinary attraction. T. P. Cooke in two pieces. _ THIS EVENING. NO V. 26, Will be repeated an entirely New Nautical Drama, en titled THE UNION JACK; or, the SAILOR and the SETTLER'S DAUGHTER, written expressly for Mr. I'. P. Cooke, who will be supported by Messrs. Hicks, Neville, Smith, Heslop, Mrs. R. Honner, and the entire Company. New scenery and splendid nautical effects never before attempted. After which, for six nights only, THE MONSTER ; or, THE FATE OF FRANKINSTEIN. Frankinstein, Mr. H. Hughes; The Monster, by Mr. T. P. Cooke, as acted by him upwards of 100 nights in Paris. To conclude with Mr. Barber's new Drama, en titled THE BLACK LAW OF MARTINIQUE; or, the FUGITIVE SLAVE. Zamba, the Slave, by Mrs. H. Vining. The other Characters by Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, Neville, W. Smith, Mrs. Hughes, and Miss E. Terry, who will sing Miss Eliza Cook's Song of the " Red Indian," composed by Mr. G. Stansbury. Thousands of Blue Jackets are attracted by the last scene of Union Jack—the destruction of the Pirate's vessel by fire— appalling effects. Places and private Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Box -office, from eleven to four. HI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. minutes after 7. Evening 15 mimite.,rr,.. NEW CHINA SUN, WITH A MAP OF CHINA. ON WEDNESDAY NEXT, THE 30th INST., • WILL BE PUBLISHED, A NEW CHINA SUN, 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 ; TOGETHER WITH ALL THE GLORIOUS AND DIPOR,TANT EVENTS OF THE LATE WAR IN THAT COUNTRY. Orders received at the SUN-OFFICE, 112, Strand, and of all News-Agents. officers who commanded the expedition were ap • - pointed by the late Government, and though the movement up the Yang-tse-Kiang, which brought the war to a speedy conclusion, had been suggested by their successors, it was undertaken by ►Sir WILLIAM PARKER and Sir HUGH GOUGH before the instructions arrived. So much for the honesty and gratitule of that party who have reaped the fruits of a victory planned and executed by the very agents of those public men whom they abuse and calumniate. Had the ad vice of certain Tories been followed, leading men too, in both Houses of Parliament, the gallant SALE and his brave companions would, in place of gloriously _ planting the British standard on the Bala Hissar, by this time have fled for shelter to India, British merchants in China would have been robbed with impunity, and the :name of England disgraced and despised in every region of Asia. - We see with pleasure that the summary punish ments inflicted by the Magistrates are attracting more and more the attention of the Press. Among the cases of " Justice law," (said the Times yesterday) which have lately come under our obssr votion, two are so particularly scandalous, so revolting, to every feeling of political expediency, morality, and reason, that a free Press would be useless if they were not exposed. One of them belongs to the province of our old acquaintances the Gloucestershire incor rigibles. We have lately seen how these gentlemen treat the unhappy poor whom they have once got within the walls of their prison at Northleach; and now we see for what sort of offences the same func tionaries send their fellow-citizens to that gaol. Our Contemporary then quoted a remarkable case, which has already appeared in The Sun, and added— A gentleman (an educated man, it is to be presumed, probably himself the owner of farm-houses in which it has been forgotten to make provision for the decent and modest separation of the sleeping apartments of male and female servants)—an English gentleman — in the name of the law of England, has consigned a virtuous young English woman for a fortnight to the contamination and severities of a gaol—of Northleach gaol—for declining to remain in a situation where the preservation of her chastity would have been morally impossible ! If, indeed, it is an offence against the law of England for a poor servant girl to be scrupulously careful of her honour, this Magistrate must be admit ted to have sent her to a place where she will be likely to unlearn that weakness for the future. But if such an allegation be a foul libel on our law, it would be no more than justice to make this Magistrate take the servant maid's place in prison. _ _ blandest smiles, the sleekest skin, the best s brushed coat, the most orderly decorum, 1 the men who pass laws to keep food from the people also consign them to gaol for entrapping a wild animal. They do not think that wrong, and have no more a feeling of shame at their conduct than had those wor- thies who recently rushed into a court of law and solicited the public gaze for the most hideous profligacy. At present the public morality, and the private conduct of our aristocratic rulers, shed a bright and clear light one on the other, and the under standing of the people mist be obtuse indeed if they do not soon attain the conviction that country gentlemen, who both make and adminis ter laws, have been much too long entrusted with irresponsible power. The Manchester Guardian contains the report of a speech delivered at the meeting on Tuesday, which want of room excluded from our report, but which is worth preserving. Here it is : Mr. E. Grundy of Parkshill, Bury, said, --Nothing had been farther from his thoughts, when he came to b that meeting, than the idea of taking any part in the proceedings ; nor would he ever have consented to do so, but that his refusal might have led people to say that he was afraid to identify himself with the Anti- Corn-law League.—(Cheers.) Having made this preliminary remark, he would just say, that he com pletely concurred in all that had fallen from the Chairman respecting . the present depressed condition and the no less ruinous prospects of our home and foreign trade. On that subject he felt assured that there could be no difference of opinion among mer chants and manufacturers.—(Hear.) All must agree, that unless something were done, and that speedily, the whole country would be involved in ruin. But, though the statements they had heard of distress and bad trade were most appalling, he for one rejoiced to witness the present aspect of events, because he thought good would come out of it.—(Cheers.) After having, for the last thirty years, held the doc trine, that a change of the system must take place, or else he country must be ruined, he rejoiced to find that so many had come to be of the same way of thinking. During a long portion of that thirty years the suffering had been chiefly borne by the labouring classes, but now it had reached the middle class also. So long as those who were in comfortable circum stances could shift the burden from their own shoul ders to the shoulders of those beneath them, it was impossible to obtain any change of the laws which produced the distress.—(Cheers.) He did not come there to flatter any class. He had always been of opinion that the community at large were deeply worthy of blame for the apathy with which they had looked on the suffering of the operatives. He blamed the Government as the originators of the distress which prevailed on all sides ; but he also blamed the people for permitting Government to maintain that system of monopoly which threatened to ruin the best interests of the country. He would not enlarge on this topic, as he had no doubt most of them were im patient to get away. " The lowing of oxen was in their ears. They were Manchester men, and their thoughts were on the Exchange.—(Laughter and cheers.) He would not, then, detain them any longer, except merely to say, that he went most heartily along with the Anti-Corn-law League in all its proceedings. —(Cheers.) It was said that the League was neither more nor less than a conspiracy ; if so, he would join that conspiracy.—(Cheers.) If they were conspira tors, he was one also.—(Renewed cheers.) In what ever way his services might be of use, he would al ways be ready to do his best in furthering the objects of the League, because he felt convinced that, in so doing, lie would most effectually aid in frustrating the mischievous policy of a corrupt and tyrannical Go vernment. Our Contemporary does not fall into the very common inconsistency of praising the system of which such acts are the necessary results, for he blames the system itself:— Having (he says) long observed the incompetent, inconsiderate, and too often oppressive manner in which many of these functionaries (the county Magistracy) administer the law, we are continually urging that, far from giving them (as some propose) new and more extensive powers, they should be re lieved from part of the duties and responsibilities at present cast upon them. Good laws ill-administered are useless ; bad laws harshly administered are worse than no laws at all. We do not blame the Magis trates, because, when ignorant of law, they misin terpret the laws; or because, when occupied with their own private business, hey dispatch cases in volving the good fame and liberty of their fellow subjects with reckless precipitancy; or because, under circumstances which necessarily give them the bias of interested persons, they act under that bias. What we do complain of is, that men whom so many causes combine to disqualify for the exercise of judicial power, should be burdened with it at all. That they are disqualified by education, by habits, by self-interest, for administering laws which are notoriously bad, was shown with great power and great perseverance by Mr. BLACK in the Chronicle several years ago, who deserves to be held in lasting honour for a masterly expo sure of the vices of our irresponsible Magistracy, when no other writer thought on the subject at all or dared to speak ag ainst that powerful body. Far from having learne d any diffidence in their own virtues from that exposure, they have gone on, year after year, adding to their own power, and they now annually inflict on the people, by their own will and pleasure, an amount of torture in the shape of imprisonment, for what they call offences, which we believe is unparalleled in any other country. The case of this young woman, and of WM. BARTLETT, who was sent to Oxford Gaol for a fortnight for attempting to kill a rabbit on a turnpike-road, already published in The Sun, are in point.. As a further illustration we quote the following from the Wiltshire Inde pendent : COMMITTED. TO THE NEW PRISON, DEVIZES.— Elijah Shelley and William Futcheg, for two months each, for having assaulted and beat - Henry Bone, at Downton • John Natt, for two months, for maliciousy breaking ihe windows of the dwelling-house of John Ponting ' at Malmesbury ; Robert Hantley, for three weeks, for refusing to work in the workhouse at Brad ford; Jeremiah Bait, for six months, unless he sooner find sureties for six months, for misconduct towards James Batt, at Sidghill; Henry Allies, for three months, for leaving the workhouse at Mere, with the union clothing ; Henry Gray and James Singleton, for six weeks each, for a breach of the game laws at Don head St. Andrew ; Charles Slade, for three months, for leaving his family chargeable to the parish of Hilperton •' William Overton and James Bigwood, for one month each, and to find sureties for one year, for night poaching at Steeple Ashton ; William Bevis, for one month, for destroying game at the Tything of Hipperscomb ; Isaac Coster, for two months, for leaving his family chargeable to the parish of Col lingbourn Kingston ; Henry Box, for two months, for wilful damage in the workhouse at Bradford; Jeffery Dowse, for two months, for poaching at En ford ; John Ferris, for seven days, for stealing a quantity of carrots, the property of William Wroughton Salmon, Esq., at the Chapelry of Saint James, in the parish of Bishop Cannings ; Abraham Rivers, for three months, for poaching at Avon ; and William Cook, for two months, for a breach of the Game-laws at Hipperscoinb. This speech is another example of the manner in which the gentlemen of Manchester and , its neighbourhood are beginning to speak out. It does not spare the Manchester gentlemen them selves any more than the Government. It plainly tells them that it is their own fault that they have been so long cursed with a ruinous system. It justly reproaches them with not standing forward to protect the humbler classes as long as they could shift the burden on the other's shoulders. They were contented to be the tax gatherers for the landed aristocracy, till the payments involved themselves in difficulties and ruin. We welcome such severe but just remarks for their healing effects. They will serve to convince the master manufacturers that they have not done justice through a long series of years to their own skilful workmen, the sinews of their wealth and greatness. They will be re garded by the labourers of every part of the empire as an acknowledgment of error; aad cot:- fidence and bright hopes will take fhe place of distrust and despair. They may be the germs of a union which the aristocracy will be unable to resist. If a kind of family compact between masters and workmen—and well does their relationship deserve that hallowed name—were to be the re sult of their present sufferings; if the men should cease to look on the masters as extor tioners, and the masters shonld cease to look on the men as merely instruments for producing them as, much wealth as possible, we should con clude that even the Corn-laws had not existed in vain. An important lesson has been taught, and if the remembrances of the present suffering should, in future prosperity, inspire ail classes with moderation, the Corn-laws may hereafter be quoted as another example of GOD bringing good out of man's evil devices. The Paris papers, which had been detained by the boisterous weather in the Channel, arrived in the course of yesterday. The origin of the in surrection at Barcelona still remains a mystery, though a Correspondent of the Phare des Pyre nees would attribute it to the determined oppo sition of the manufacturers of Catalonia to a commercial treaty with England. " Our Cor respondent," says that journal, "on the fron tiers of Catalonia, transmits to us, under the dates of the 16th and 17th, accounts from Bar celona, which are of an e d xtremely serious nature. They do not enable us fully to appreciate the motives which have served as the cause, or pretext, of the movement at Barcelona. We must however add, that the news of negotiations at Madrid for the conclusion of a treaty of coin merce with England, had reached Barcelona on the . 22d, and had produced a great sensation among the manufacturers." The journals still continue their comments on the Treaty with China, rather for the purpose of attacking the French Government than blaming the English. The following is the lamentation put forth by the Univers:— Now, we ask any man of common humanity whether six weeks' imprisonment for a breach of the Game-laws, three months' imprisonment for leaving a wife chargeable to a parish, one month for night poaching, one month for destroying ba game, e , e t I t i r w e o e n m o o n n t ths for r ileavingoa e.poaching family g at A charge able, o i n t a , r a g , - d two months for a breach of the Game-laws, while seven days is the punishment for stealing a quan tity of carrots, are not greater crimes committed against the person punished than they committed? As we have before observed, men do not forfeit their rights by committing offences; if they did, we must all pray for help ; and we must assert, therefore, thst such terrible punishments for what country gentlemen please to make offences are gross and scandalous violations of the rights of the persons punished. Unfortunately, gentle men in the Commission of the Peace, or sport ingplosb a gentlemen when they make vp as about if game, invariably treat the common laws le they had no rights at all, but held life and liberty at their good pleasure. Hence it has come to pass that there are annually an immense number of punishments inflicted on the people by them for their purposes, and at their pleasure, which amounts to a great system of slow torture. We read of Mandarins ordering the Chinese to be beaten with bamboos, and of Turkish Paellas administering the bastinado ad libitum ; but who can compare for a moment the beating with a bamboo, or a thrashing over the feet with green switches, to being shut up in Northleach, or con denuaed to solitary confinement and hard labour in the new prison of Devizes, for one, two, or three months? If that were not hidden from our view, we should instantly arrest the hand of the executioners. The walls which secure the pri soners, also hide from the public eye the crimes which are committed in them; and there is nei ther redress, sympathy, nor help, for the unfor tunate victims of sporting country Magistrates. This system has been tried for many years, and found, as we might expect from its nature, to be a complete failure. It nourishes crime. Its most palpable effect is to brutalize both those who in flict and those who suffer it. The degradation of the great mass who are its victims, is. alas ! too well-known, but we doubt whether the moral degradation of the class who inflict it be no t equal. What with Corn-laws as the symbol of their public acts, and the conduct e of a HERTFORD and his executors as an epi nifeelingyor s o h oet shame y s, toc of their privateany act o li f cruelty lives, at committing which they can legalise, or of exposing to public view any kind of pro fl igacy which happens to be in fashion, they seem to be as much morally de graded as the unhappy people they consign to the tread-mill for killing a pheasant. With the " England has consolidated her Empire in the Indies, has gained China over to her commerce and to the civilisatio n o f th e W es t. E ng l an d predomi nates over our influence in Spain and Portugal. Russia and Austria have superseded us in our protec torate of the East. Prussia extends her authority and her commerce over all Germany. And France— what is she doing? What is become of her ? The Four Great Powers are promoting the advancement of their political views, and causing them to be trium phant What is the policy of Fran ce ? H as s h e, in truth, any policy at all ? France is at this time only the fifth Power in Europe." The France follows in the saute strain t-- " How different has been the conduct of us French men! When the project of conquering Algeria—that, country which requires only to be touched to become productive—was in preparation, Frenchmen were found capable of blaming this glorious expedition, of exploring the coast, and of pointing out to the Dey the points at which he ought to post his troops, in order that they might make the greater ravage among our soldiers. It is with great grief, but with a deep conviction, we therefore declare, that, in spirit of na tionality, we stand very low when placed by the side of the English." Tuß BOURSE, WEDNESDAY. — Three per Cents. 80f. 60c. INCOME Tax.—The Court in Basinghall-street was occupied during the entire of Thursday in dis posing of cases which had been allowed to remain over from Monday last. Upwards of one hundred were disposed o, but there still remains a considerable balance. Many persons who had been as sessed, although having returned themselves under the amount mentioned in the Act, were, on giving satis factory proof of their statement, discharged without the trouble of further appeal. The Commissioners expect to have the district with which they are at present engaged disposed of in about ten days, and to be C 6 in collecti on " genera lly throughout the City in about three weeks. The pension granted by the East India Company, of 801. a year between the four daughters of the late Colonel Dennie, is in addition to the pension given to the same ladies by the Crown, and is also the first instance in which the East India Company has granted a pension in consideration of services rendered by officers not in their own service. It may not be known, perhaps, that the East India Company pay an annual sum of 60,0001. to the Home Government to meet such casualties as happen to the Queen's troops serving in India. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY IVIORNING, NOTEMBER Q 6, 1842 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. The Enes'i funds were subjected to a slight de cline tlos aftercoon, money being in more request For present transfer Consols left off at 941 I, and for the opening, 95i to 95. Exchequer Bills brought 56 to 58 premium ' and India Bonds 51 to 53 prem. Bank Stock was firm at 1711 to -174 and India Stock improved to 266. The New Three and a Half per Cents. brought 1011 ; and the Three per Cents. 941 to 94. The Foreign Market was generally flat. Mexican Stock was done as low as 294 and 284, but closed at 30 to 3cii. Spanish Bonds were heavy again • the Five per Cents. at 17i -a, but the Three per dents. were at 21i to 22*. Portuguese New Five per Cents. were heavy, at 37 to 364, and the Converted at 30i to 31. Belgian Bonds brought 1021. French Five per Cents. 118 f. 50c.; and Dutch Five per Cents. 101 to 1011, being all steady. In Railway Shares there was some firmness ex hibited. Bills were taken on the Continental cities at full rates. On Paris at 25f. 80c. to 85c.; Antwerp at 12 5 ; Frankfort at 1511 ; AnWerdarn at .12 5:1 to 6 ; and on Trieste at 9 5n to ,9 58. The Coffee trade intends to memorialise Govern ment only to charge duty upon the actual quantity which comes out of the Dock warehouses. _ The Wool trade held a meeting to-day on the sub ject of the fraudulent packages sent over from Aus tralia, and the brokers have been compelled to gua rantee the fairness of all the bales sold. This fixes the stigma on some of the Australian growers, or ship pers; stones, &c., being found, together with bad wool, in the middle of the parcels invoiced as fine. The answer of the Mexican agents, Messrs. Li zardi, to the South American Committee, is not con sidered satisfactory. They give the number of each series of Bomb that can be issued, as follows :- 1 to 10,300 at £lOO £1,030,000 Ito 4,800 at 15 0 720,000 Ito 4,800 at 250 1,200,000 Ito 4,900 at 500 2,450,000 £5,400,000 The amount at present in circulation is 5,254,5001 of Active Stock. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The accounts from the Liverpool Cotton Market continue satisfactory, a good business having been done, and although prices were not bigher, the staple was offered less freely. About 10,000 bales changed hands, including 2,000 bales of American, and 2,000 Surat, on speculation.—ln the Railway Share Mar ket a fair business was done, but the Railways were not so firm. Eastern Counties New, brought 101 ; Great Western, Half, 6+; Liverpool and Manchester, 182 ; Birmingham, Thirds, 62+; Brighton, 35-4- ; South Western, 60+; Paris and Rouen, 231; and South Eastern, New, 181. The prevalence of contrary winds has prevented the arrival of the usual Continental mails. It may be useful to observe, in reference to the re duction of duty upon carpets imported into Austria, that the concession extends only to such States as are comprised within the German League, and that, con sequently, English fabrics will continue to pay the high, and now unequal, duty hitherto charged. The disposition to speculate is evidently reviving in Mincing-lane, and there are advanced prices pay ing for many staple articles of consumption by oar manufacturers, the :present low value and the great abundance of money being favourable to operations of this kind. The hitch , concerning Mexican Bonds is very cur rently spoken of in the CUT, and there is much diver sity of opinion on the subject. Some parties think that Messrs . Lizardi ought to publish a statement of the bonds in circulation, and others, that they are not called upon to do so unless with the sanction of their Government. Stocks continue firm, with a fair business doing, but there is still an idea of money being absorbed by speculations in produce, or employment in trading pursuits. Consols for immediate transfer have rea lised 941 to 94k, and for the opening 951 to 951. Exchequer Bills have been steady at 565. to 58s. premium; and East India Bonds at 51s. to 533. premium. New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. have not been quoted higher than 1011 to lbli; and the Reduced Three per Cents. have been done at 94 to 944-; Bank Stock is .worth 1711 to 1721, a further improvement ; and East India Stock has risen to 266. About 5,000/. were again invested in Consols for the Savings Banks. The dealings in the Foreign Market have been al most entirely confined to Mexican Stock, which is again lower, the Acti ves h av ing been down to 291 L and the Deferred t o 8 a nd 81. Portuguese Bonds are also drooping ; the O ld Five per Cents. have been marked 62, and the Converted 30i- 31. Spanish Three per Cents. are quiet at 21i to 22 ; in the Actives there has not yet been any actual business. Dutch Five per Cents. have realised 101 to 1014. The Railway Shares 'are well supported, although very little is doing. Brighton are 141 discount; North Midland, 38 dis. ; and Eastern Counties, 134 dis. ; Birmingham Thirds are 31 ; and Great Western 204 premium. London and Westminster Bank are 21 premium. JOINT STOCK BANKS. Colonial ... . . _ London and Westminster . 20 - MANCHESTER. STOCK EXCHANGE, NOV. 24.—We have again experienced a scarcity of stock, otherwise business to a considerable amount would have been 19 to 188 ; Eastern New, Manchester and Birming hcdoaonmue7.--tlie9sSiotNuoteh2l;,E;lasoioetnrodnoinl; and Birmingham, 185 to 186 ; Great Western, 84 to 85 ; Union Bank of Man• chester, 7 7-16. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock .............. 1714 (India Sto c k 3 per Cent. Red. ........ 94 Ditto B on d s .... pm 3 per Cent. C0n5......... 941 Ditto Old Annuities ... 34 per Cent. Red... ...... 100 i Ditto New Annuities... Ex. Bills, 1,000/ 2d. 58 pm Ditto 500/...... 58 pm AnnuitiesN LNo,, e n : 4s 34 pe p r er c C e n e , 7 t t o . .. .. expire... . 10_1i Ditto Small Jan. 1860 ... ...... 124 Bank Stock for Acct. 1724 Oct. 1859 ......... India Stock for Acct... --' Jan. 1260 ...... 124 Consols for Opg. FOREIGN FUNDS. . Austrian, 5 per cent. ... Portuguese, 5 per cent. 6 2 Belgian, 5 per cent 10 24 Ditto, New Ditto — Brazilian Bonds... — Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres6 per cent. 214 Russian, 5 pes cent. .... ',Milan, 6 per cent. — Ditto, Metallic • •••• —, - solombian,:6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent...... 17 d Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, Deferred.... • Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent 79 French, 5 per cent.llBf. 50e.. Danish, 3 per .ent 834 Exchange f. —c Greek, 1825, 5 per cent. French, 3 per cent --f. —e. Mexican, 5 per cent 3O Dutch, 24 per cent. 524 Ditto, 6 per cent. 1637 Ditto, 5 per cent. ~ ..„ 104 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. SHA' Eastern Counties (23 r 9% Ditto New (—paid) ll Ditto Debentures ( pa i d) _ ll Great Western, (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) . Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) ...... ..... .... London and Brighton (50 paid) .. ........... Ditto Loan Notes (10 paid) .. •• 10i London and Birmingham (90) .• • •• Ditto Thirds (32 paid) London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) 6 0 4 Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) ..... 69 Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) ..... . 62 Northern and Eastern (45 pa id) Ditto Scrip ( 5 paid) 94 North Midland Railway ( 100 . ) Paris and Rouen (20 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid)....••••• Ditto Scrip (20 paid) COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 84 Gibraltar ... .. 46 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 9 Genoa Antwerp ......... 12 8 Milan Hamburgh M.B. 13 14 Venice Altona ......... 14 144 Naples Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 70 Palermo, per oz 120 Ditto, 3 months ..... . ... 25 95 Lisbon Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 95 Rio Janeiro 234 Frankfort on Maine ...1514 Bahia Petersburgh, 3 Us. ... 37' • ...... 7 New York , 21da y s si g ht 464 Vienna, effec. fl. 3M. 10 1 Philadelphia 4 i Trieste, ditto ........ ... 10 2 ratc as OF BULLION, PER OZ. Madrid ...... 36% F or eign Gold, bars X 3 1 7 9 Cadiz Buenos Ayres Berlin .. ...... 364 Portugal Gold C0in...3 17 6 Bilbao ... 36 New Doubloons 0 0 0 Barcelona .............. .36 New Dollars... 0 4 91, Seville ••• 36 Silver in Bars... ..... 0 4 11i , RES. 'id) PROMISSORY NOTES. ( From Last Night's Gazette.) An account of the average agg regate amount of Promissory Notes payable to b earer on d emand, which have been in circula tion in the United Kingdom, distinguishing those circulated b y the Bank of England, by Private Banks, and by Joint Stock Banks, in England and Wales, by the Banks in Scotland, by the Bank of Ireland, and by all other Banks in Ireland, and of the Average Amount of Bullion in the Bank of England, during the four weeks ending the I 2th day of November, 11.342, pursuant to the Act of 4th and 6th Victoria, cap. 50:— ENGLAND. Bank of England ....................... . ...... X 20,104,000 Private Banks .................. ......... 5,434,822 Joint Stock Banks •3,196,964 SCOTLAND Chartered and Private Joint ' Stock Banks 2,891,865 IRELAND. Bank of Ireland - 3,162,200 Private and Joint Stock Bank 4... ...... 2,126,829 T0ta1.,,,,, £36,916,680 47.9 007 000 M Bullion in the Bank of England .... . • • L. • W ' - HEN ICKHA. Stamps and Taxes, Nov. 25, 1842. --- Friday l t one o f AfELANCIIOLY ACCIDENT. —During the night of as out trawling i n t h e roa d s , a nd unfortunately showed no li g ht s, was run d ow n by a steamer. the Hastings boats , w hich was The boat, with all the tackle, was lost ; and one man named Apps was drowned. The other two men, named Coleman and Clox, were picked up by the steamer and c arr ; e d i nto P or tsmouth, whence they have written to their friends here, detailing the above circumstances. The boat belonged to Messrs Thwaitea and Winter.— Brighton Gazettc THE VICTORIES IN CHINA AND AFFGHANISTAN. The Gazette of Thursday contains dispatches from the official authorities in China, India, and Affghanistan. Those from China we publish this day at full length. They contain the cor respondenze between the Chinese Commis sioners and Sir HENRY POTTINdER, Admiral PARKER, and Sir HUGH GOUGH, on negotiating the treaty of peace, together with ample details of the operations at Woosung and Shanghae, the storming of Kinshan and Chin-kean-foo, and the assembling of the land and sea forces before Nankin. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. DOWNING•STRER'I; Nov. 23, 1842. Copies of dispatches addressed by Lieutenant-Ge neral Sir Hugh Gough, 1Z.G.C.8., to Lord Stanley, one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, of which the following are copies, have been this day received from the Governor-General of India in Council:— THE OPERATIONS Ar WOOSUNG AND SHANGSHAE. TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD STANLEY, PRINCIPAL SE CRETARY OF STATE, COLONIAL DEPARTMENT. My Lord,—l have the honour to apprise your Lord ship, that the fleet, from various naval causes, which I am persuaded were unavoidable, only reached the an chorage cf Woosung, within the bar of the Yang-tee- Keang, on the evening of the 13th inst. The following• morning I proceeded with his Excel lency the Naval Commander-in-Chief to reconnoitre the long line of defences on both sides of the Woosung river, those on the left bank extending from five to six miles of the Yang-tse-Keang, while the defences on the right bank consisted of a tower, with flanking batteries on a tongue of land formed by the bend of the river, which here runs from two to three miles parallel to the course of the Yang-tse-Keang. The main object, therefort, was the occupation of the left bank with its defences, at the southern extremity of which the village of Woosung is situated, while the walls of Paonshaw appear a short distance in rear of the embankments, on which the em brasures are constructed, about two miles from its term'- nation to the north-west. We had failed to obtain satisfactory information as to the points of debarkation ; one of the principal objects, therefore, of this reconnaissance, was to establish the practicability of landing, so as to turn the defenses ; one point alone seemed adapted for this purpose, about half way between l'aonshaw and Woosung, unless We were to effect a landing some miles up the Yang-tse-Keang, in which case it would be necessary to take Pacmshaw before we could co-operate with the navy. It was, there fore, determined that this supposed landing place should be examined during the night, and that if not found practicable, the ships of war should silence the batteries that covered the regular landing place near the village of Woosung, when the troops should l an d f r o m th e s t eame r s , which, after towing in the ships of war, were to return for them to the transports. During the night Commanders Kellet and Collinson sounded along the shore, and reported that the water shoaled to three feet about 200 yards from the banks, and that boats could nct approach to land troops any where near the spot proposed. It was then decided to resort to the alternative already mentioned. The 15th was employed in examining and _sounding the entrances into the Woosung river, and six o'clock on the-morning of the 15th the ships of war were towed in shore by the steamers, under a heavy, and, for the Chi nese, a well-directed fire, not returning a shot until each ship had taken her appointed station, when they opened a fire that must have appalled the enemy (though he was not entirely silenced for a considerable time). The details of this very animating scene will no doubt be . fully reported by his Excellency Sir William Parker, together with the deviation from our preconcert e d pl an of operation, occasioned by the steamers having all grounded, except the small steamer Medusa. The troops were thus prevented from participating with their gal lant comrades of the navy in occupying the river line of batteries, which were, by half-past seven o'clock, in pos session of the naval force. The troops were not landed until twelve o'clock, when having understood that a portion of the enemy, said to be about 1,500 men, had retreated on Paonshaw, I im mediately moved on that town in two columns, having directed Major-General Schoedde to move his brigade ht rear of the place, so as to intercept the Governor of the province, who was reported to be in that town. Upon reaching it by the sea-line I found it was in possession of Major-General Schoedde's brigade, who had entered it without opposition from the rear, the Chinese troops and the greater part of the population having fled when they found their retreat likely to be cut off; leaving everything behind them, with about 50 guns, 17 of which were brass. The enemy's force consisted of. 4,000 to 5,000 men, under Admiral Chin, who fell in the batteries, in which from forty to fifty dead bodies.were found. A portion of this force is stated to have fallen back upon a city within ten miles of Paonshaw, and disbanded themselves ; the remainder, with the Governor, had fled to Soochoo. We have taken altogether, at Woosung and Paonsliaw about 250 guns, with quantities of powder, shot, gine - els; and other munitions of war, all of which have been destroyed, with the exception of the brass guns. Woosung is a wretched village, and Paonshaw, al though surrounded by a wall and rampart in good re pair, is a poor place, and the country . around it by no means so populous or so fertile as we have hitherto found in China. The Yang-tse-Keang is a magnificent river. Having arranged' with the Admiral to proceed to Shanghae, a large commercial town, about sixteen miles up the Woosung river, Sir William Parker, pushed on the light ships of war on the 17th instant. Captain . Watson, who was in command, finding the batteries six miles up the river deserted, occupied them, destroying the iron and embarking the brass guns. I propose that one column shall move along the left bank of the Woo sung, while I proceed myself in the steamers-with the remainder of the force. The 2d Madras Native Infantry, and detachments of artillery and sappers and miners, from that Presidency, joined the fleet on the 17th ; they will accompany the force to Shanghai. lam most thankful to be able to inform your Lord ship that 16 of our kidnapped men, seven of whom are Eur ipeans, have been restored to us by Elepoo, or whose letter* in reply to the one addressed to him by the Ad miral and myself, I beg to enclose a translation. This act of reciprocal good feeling portends well. I have, &c., 11. GOUGH, Lieut.-General, Commanding Expeditionary Land Force. Head-quarters, Woosung, June 18, 1842. (True Copy.) H. COUGH. Lieut.-General. . ~1 -1 k 4 ': 44• -, ...... .., fe ''' , _ ~.„,c i i.,4 , 73 ; 1 . -", 4 11 ak i ‘ Ni4,'• 7. J ~-,. O a ~ , 4,30 . . 5.. 1 . ~ aft., , , - ,Q. ~,,,,,, , ' ks, 0 1 ,4' '5.1 7 I. ''''' Do- • - ...,....',- b, '0 s , ..... , - , -iiiiii',, un, LONDON : SATURDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 26, 1842. The official dispatches from China, published from the London Gazette Extraordinary, fully confirm the important intelligence brought by the Overland Mail, and leave no doubt that the bold and successful attack upon Chin-Keang-foo, one of the strongest cities in the Empire, and the appearance of the British fleet and army before the ancient capital, left the EMPEROR no other alternative but unqualified submission. The force under Sir HUGH GOUGH amounted to 4,500 effective men, chiefly Europeans, and the fleet consisted of about 70 sail, accompanied by powerful steam-vessels of war, and fully equipped for any daring enterprise. To meet this com bined force, after the fall of Chin-Keatw-foo, the Chinese had no fl eet whatever,' and Weir troops were so scattered and disheartened that the Generals gave up all hopes of successful resistance. The Commander of the garrison at Nankin, in one of his dispatches to the EMPE nort, gives this melancholy picture—" At the present moment the provincial capital is in the utmost emergency of pressing danger, and the forces sent to it by the terror-spreading General, are for the most part the remnants of such as have already been defeated and scattered, while all the best and fresh troops are at Chang-ehow, to be ready to act in such way as circumstances shall point out. But," he adds, " Chang-chow, is more than 500 le distant from Nankin." This place is situated on the Imperial Canal, distant at least 190 miles from the scene of operations (a le being reckoned equal to 63:2yards), and had been occupied by the Chinese General for the purpose of obstructing the approach of the British forces to Pekin. Of doing this effectually, lie could not have-the slightest hope, and, on the desperate condition of the troops, and the rapid movements of the: tuglish being communicated to the capital Orders Were Wined to NEWKEING, the Governor Otthe two prOvinces, to enter into negotiations for peace, as the.only means of safety. It would appear frotn- these results, as well as from the ac- Counts given by Sir 1-J ii Gouan, that the number of regular troops in China has been greatly exaggerated. The total force that could be mustered at Nankin, did not exceed 9,000 men besides the militia—a garrison totally inadequate to protect a city containingl , 00 0,000 of inhabitants, within an extent of at least twenty miles in cir cumference. "It would not be easy," says Sir HUGII GOUGH in addressing Lord STANLEY, "to give your Lordship a clear description of this vast city, or rather of the vast space encompassed within its walls. I shall, therefore, only observe, that the northern angle reaches to within about 700 paces of the river, and that the western face Tuns for some miles along the base of wooded -11 .. , 1 2iitts, rising immediately behind it, and is then continued for a great distance upon low ground, having beke it a deep canal, which also extends along the southern face, serving as a wet ditch to both. From the great extent of the walls, although generally too high to escalade (from about 70 to 28 feet in the lowest part), and from time canals, suburbs, swamps, and lake, in most places diffi cult to approach, it was evident that I could take the city whenever I pleased." Fortunately, however, he was spared the necessity, and averted those scenes of slaughter and self destruction which the British had witnessed With such horror at Chin-Keang-foo. The dis fatal of this gallant and humane officer will he read.with great interest. Certain journals would claim all the merit of this noble victory for the present Government, while they impute no thing but blame to . the Whigs. This, to say the least, is unfair and ungenerous. All the SU AMY OF NEWS! AND Vtitiltt Optittoti. " Who runs may read.' FOREIGN. The Journal de Sad, in a second edition, positively states that the English have stipulated that the cities and ports of the interior of China shall be open to all the European Powers, who shall have the right to be represented there by Consuls of their respective nations. • Mr. Ryall, the eminent English engraver, had the honour of an interview with the King at St. Cloud, on' Saturday, for the purpose of presenting to hiS Majesty his last work, " The, Coronation of Queen Victoria," of which he was most graciously pleased to express his unqualified admiration. On the following day Mr. : Ryall received a most flattering letter from General Atbalin, Aide-de-Capp to the King, expres-• sive of his Majesty's satisfaction at the beautiful en 7 graving presented to him, accompanied by a gold box, of exquisite workmanship, with his Majesty's initials, surmounted by the Crown of France. In. the sitting of the Chamber of the Spanish Depu ties'. on the 16th the Minister of Finance presented a project of law for a loan of 600 millions of reals, which .the' Government desires to contract, and for Which it offers all the revenues of the State as security. Private letters of the 14th inst., from Barcelona, state that the National Guards and armed citizens who were assembled in the afternoon of that day, at the. different parts of the town, amounted to about 15,000. Other letters affirm that the arrival of Zur bano was the ,principal cause of the disturlAnce. MONEY-TRADE-COMMERCE. The annual meeting of the Governors and Sub scribers of the National Benevolent Institution, took place on Thursday at the Freemason's Tavern. The Re port presented a very satisfactory view of the Insti tution, which was founded in 1812, by Mr. Peter Herve. The wide prospect of an improved state of com merce, opened by the news of peace with China, caused thejCotton Market, at Liverpool, on Thursday, to assume at once a brisker appearance, and before its close 10,000 bags were sold. The activity also in the Share Market was greatly increased. LAW AND POLICE. .... Robert Wiiliamson, the Chelsea pensioner, who has been for some _weeks in custody, charged with feloniously assaulting and wounding his wife, and against whom, in consequence of the death of the injured woman, the Jury returned a verdict of " Man slaughter," was committed at Queen-square on the capital charge. The Rev. W. Bailey,, LL.D., minister of Queen.. square chapel, Westminster, was charged at Bow street with forging and uttering a promissory note for the sum of 2,8751., with intent to defraud the executors of Mr. Robert Smith, an eccentric cha racter, who, during his life, resided in Great St. Andrew's-street, Seven-dials, and carried on the busi ness of an ironmonger. The evidence adduced was Sufficient to justify further investigation, and the pri soner was remanded for a week. SPORTING. The fox-hounds of the Marquis of Hastings meet at Donnington Park to-day. The pack is now hunted by subscription, under the mastership of J. B. Story. The Noble Marquis gives the munificent sum of 5001. annually. COURT-FASHIONABLE. The Duke and DucliessofifeafordhaVe returned to Woburn Abbey. The Duke of Leeds arrived at Hornby Castle some days back from Fleurs Castle. The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, and the Ladies Howard, leave Hyde Park-place the middle of next month, when they will go to Arundel Castle, Sussex, for the Christmas holidays. Lord and Lady Feversham have gone to St. Leo nard's-on-Sea for the winter. The Earl and Ladies Grosvenor pass the Christmas with the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster, at Eaton Hall, Cheshire. The Earl and Countes3 of Kenmare left Belgrave , square on Saturday for Dover. Earl Brownlow and the Ladies Cust leave Canford House, the residence of the Queen Dowager, on Tues day next, for Torquay. Earl and Countess Ashburnham have been making a short stay at Clifton. The Brazilian Minister and Madame de Lisboa have left town for the Continent. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia Matilda arrived in town on Thursday, from her residence on Blackheath. The Princess paid a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, at Cambridge House, and in the afternoon returned to Blackheath. The Earl of Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, and other Cabinet Ministers, had interviews with Sir RobQrt Peel yesterday, at his residence, in Whitehall Gardens. Mr. Kay Shuttleworth had an interview with Sir James Graham yesterday, at the Home •office. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exche quer yesterday at his official residence in Downing street. The Committee of Inquiry into the Customs held a meeting yesterday at Gwydyr Housa, Whitehall. The Commissioners present were Lord Granville Somerset, Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Mr. Bing ham Baring, Mr. Alexander Pringle, and Mr. Milnes Gaskell. The Netherlands Minister had an interview with Lord Aberdeen yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Queen and Prince Albert left Weimer Castle on Thursday, about noon, on a visit to Ramsgate, in a close travelling carriage-and-four, preceded by out riders in plain liveries. The inhabitants of Sandwich were as much taken by surprise as "Jamie Forrest," for not the least preparation had been made, and even the church bells were mute. At St. Lawrence the party met with a hearty and loyal reception. The Royal standard was displayed from the steeple,, flags waved from every dwelling and the bells rang merry peals. The reception at Ramsgate was equally enthusiastic. ller Majesty was received at the Fier House by Sir William Curtis, and afterwards walked for some time on the Eastern Pieeand witnessed the launching of the Genoese vessel, the Felice, from a slip in the har bour. The Royal party left the Pier about three o'clock, and having partaken of an elegant cold colla tion at the Pier House, returned to the Castle by four o'clock. THE CHINESE EXIIIBITION, HYDE PARK-CORNER. —This splendid collection is again beginning to be visited by persons of the highest quality, immediately on their return to town. Among the numerous par t* who honoured it with their presence on Thursday evening, were their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, Prince of Meek - lenburgh, and Princess Augusta, with the young Princess Mary, and suite, &c. SACRED HARMONIC SOClETY.—Handers Jubilate, composed in 1713 for the peace of Utrecht, and a new adaptation of Beethoven's celebrated work the Mount of Olives, and a short selection, formed the programme or last night's performance at Exeter Hall. His Imperial Highness the Archduke Frederick of Austria has transmitted a liberal contribution to the Committee of Management of that excellent esta blishment the Royal Belgrave Lying-in Institution. ACCIDENT TO LORD BURGHERSII.—Thursday even ing, about a quarter past 11 o'clock, Lord Burghersh while crossing Wimpole- street, on his way to his re sidence, 12, Upper Harley-street, was suddenly seized with giddiness in the head, and fell into the middle of the road, cutting his face very severely. Being un known, his Lordship was conveyed on a stretcher to the station-house in Marylebone-lane, and Inspector Tedman, who was on duty, then sent for medical assistance. Restoratives were applied, and his Lord ship so far recovered as to be able to walk home, assisted by Mr. Richardson of the Imperial Gas Com pany, New-road, who was passing when his Lordship fell, and accompanied him to the station -hous. He understood that his Lordship has formerly been sub ject to fits of the like nature. SUICIDE AT BRIGHTON.—On Thursday morn ing the housekeeper of Mr. Lock, a gentleman residing in York-place, was discovered in an out-house, behind Mr. Lock's residence, with her throat cut from ear to ear, and a razor, with which she had committed the act, lying by her side. The name of the deceased was Ellis. and she had been in Mr. Lock's 'service 22 years, and was treated almost as one of the family. She had lately evinced considerable absence of mind, but we have not heard any cause assigned for her put ting an end to her existence. FOX-CHASE EXTRAORDINARY.—At four o'clock on Sunday afternoon I was passing along South Audley street, towards Grosvenor-square, when I saw at a distance a mob chasing something which ran close past me at the top of its speed, and which was, marveltout to relate, a fox. He soon distanced the hounds (a parish beadle, some of the charity boys, and a number of grooms, stable-men, &c.), and made for the chapel (where Divine service was then going on), close to the door of which a sailor, who had lost both legs of the knee j o i n t, an d was hobbling along by the aid cf a short stick, met, knocked him down with his stick, and fell upon and secured him. Master Reynard was hen conveyed home, which I found, on inquiry, to lie at a farrier's, in South-street, Grosvenor-square. AWFULTNSTANCE OF SUDDEN DEATH.—On Thurs day morning, about -nine o'clock, a young girl, thirteen years of age, named Eliza Agatha Plum mer, residing with her brother at No. 33, Clipstone street, Marylebone, died under the following awfully sudden circumstances :—She had cleaned one half of the step in front of the street door, and was still kneeling, about to commence the remainder, when she was observed suddenly to fall on one side with great violence. She was instantly picked up, but she was dead. • * Enclosure not received. t Detachment Madras H. A.; ditto, Royal Artillery ; ditto, Madras ditto ; 18th Royal Irish • 49th -Regiment, detatchment Sapper. and Minors, fou r field guns ; about 1,000 mon. (Copy.) FROM HIS EXCELLENCY LIEUT.-GEN. SIR H. GOUGH, K.G.C.8., COMMANDING EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD STANLEY, PRINCIPAL SECRE TARY OF STATE, COLONIAL DEPARTMENT, DATED THE 24TH JUNE, 1842. . My L.ird,—My letter of the 18th June will have iu• formed your Lordship of the entrance of the combined forces into the Yang-tse-Keang, and of the capture of Woosung and Paonshaw, together with the dismantling of the forts which command the entrance of the Woosung River leading to Shanghae, and opening a very extended water communication into the interior of this province (lialiguan) 2. On the 19th the troops were embarked on board the steamers, with the exception of of one column, con sisting of the details named in the margin,f which I was anxious should move, if found practicable, by a road that I understand to exist between Woosung and Shang hae, so as to reach at the same time with the steamers this latter city, where I was informed that from 4,000 to 5,000 troops were stationed for its defence. By this movement 1 was in hopes to have intercepted their re treat, at all events to prevent the abduction of the valuable property as well as the public treasure, This column I placed under Lieut.-Colonel Montgomerie, ' Madras Artillery, in whose sound judgment and practi cal resources I had every confidence. 3. At eight o'clock the'steatners got under weigh, and by two o'clock reached two small batteries within half a mile of Shanghae ; these opened upon the steamers and the smaller ships of war, which they had in tow, and after a few shots were evacuated, some of the retiring enemy falling in with a flanking party of the land co lumn were fired on, but from the country being one. sheet of paddy cultivation er swamp, they could not be cap tured. The steamers pushed on with the troops, and landed them close to the city, but we found Lieut.-Colo nel Mongomerie in possession of the place. This offi cer hearing the firing, and conceiving it was from the city on the shipping and troops, rapidly pushed forward with his advance, and found himself unexpectedly close to the city walls. No enemy showing himself at this point he advanced to the north gate, which he entered unopposed, having gut some men over the wall to open it. It app ears that the Chinese authorities and troops evacuated the city the preceding evening, except a few men who remained to fire off their guns in the batteries before mentioned. Shanghae appears a rich c b o i n e tm b e n r- t cial city, with good walls in perfect repair, on w gateways. few guns were mounted, and these all at the . r T e h n e ce w ; •al t l b s e a p re op t u h i r a e t e io m n i l les understand nnd n to quarter-b t, from ln C 6 .j 0 r , c 070 ftuo s7(b),aololgohsaoeu;l s its Apovsei position n a s a. considerable e?mna t reardc.cil: citycar_ienioltohni nothing s i . lis above np , t h t the e .c.Woo sungity can exceed, übpeilnygniesiiit,ufaotredsewrietrhaml ltn6i river, shi4p.slctifalffarogrdeebduridneen gcarenabtesabrtoitsifgahettbwm•itntogrpeearteetaivceinttbye. by the peo pleunusual is true ; ofa manifestedcgorie'lladteirroeportion of the wealthiest s ainntdabittialentsgrehaatd b(l,edfyl of the ti b lpe t o it u sltbhrtoyh.pekeaemiddlingdershopkeepers vegetables, remained, e l sse saondthaftrelellyvas brough t eabled to in gibet a i ftc fr r oi l p iv s it a ig go fo o r d por tionsonne of these necessary comforts, ame on salt provisions. I have done everything in my power to pr o ve i t ni h p a p t y th u e ) s c a o y nti tb d e en t c r e oo v p 7 b) n , o t t he m ir isiLa e c r e l d y , conduct, in the midst of - that pernicious and and I f a r b m e with large st • fies of which we were; iiquoy s h a m-shu, themselves • • a n r io in s g t surrounded, conducted to my entire satisfitc don, and I re-embarked the whole force, with its numer- ous followers, yesterday morning, 'without a single it. stance of idebiiety. 5. The only injury done at Shang ime was by the Chinese robbers, who had commenced: their work of de predation before we entered it. I issued a v ery strong edict, which, before we left, produced in a great , Mea - • sure the desired effect, and . I was enabled to induce Many of the most respectable Chinese to take charge of large establishments, (prinCipally pawnbrokers),. the propretors of which had fled, with a promise they Would protect them from the rabble. We have of course destroyed all the iron and embarked the loass guns, amounting alto gether, including those taken at Woosung and Peon shave, to 406, out 100 of which are brass. The powder and military stores of every description have been also destroyed. By an extensive though necessarily rapid survey of the river Sir William Parker has nearly ascertained the practicability of moving on Lachoo by this route, but • as I consider it an object of the most vital importance to reach the point of intersection of the Imperial Canal with the Yang-tse-Keang as early as possible, and to take the strong fortress and important city of Chin- • Kean-foo commanding that point, we have deem ed it right to forego all other operations for this most ini- •oit portant one, after which I shall be anxious at once t0e..u.5 move on Nanking. Those commanding positions in o ur possession, as I before stated to your Lordship, both'! Soochoo and Hangeheo must fall. 6. On my return here yesterday, I found the Belle- - - , 111 , ville, and I understood that the Apollo, with the greater will ' part of the transports, is at Chusan. Instructions be sent for them immediately to follow Jis up the Yang . ' tse-Keang. With these ample means at my disposal, not. :o. only to take but to occupy whatever may be decreed must advisable, I hope to prove to the Chine se Govern" meet the extent of the power and resources of Great Britain, and the folly of persisting in rejection of th e terms offered.—l have the honour to be, Sco-, H. GOUGH, Lieutenant-General,Conar oandieg Expeditionary Land Force. , P.S.—I omitted in the foregoing dispatch to report tev._ . ; ; your Lordship that the same Chinese mandarin yw' ;, al . came to me at Chopo, brought me on the 20th inst., et ' S S i h r a Nl n laiea,ma Parker's lett e r ro from and lmepyooj oint ans which, wer , t e b t e h g e r with . to en close a translation. (True Copy.) H. GOUGH, Li eu tenant-Genera l e Commanding Expeditionary Laud Force.: it r (Co py.) Elepoo, late Governor-General of Neangnan Keangse provinces, Assistant-Minister of the Cabinet,' -sends the fol- . and now Lieutenant-Generalof C hapoo, -" lowing communication : orshav e I find on examination that the. English-o" n h : g ab been restored, and a letter having been sent wrlA'7 l ., -- - - • - whilst however, making peace, by putting a stopl .T • the trade., and entering upon arrangements respecting all at once received a letter from Keangnan, stating t i n t ' l o a large fleet of your honourable country had saile u . ne the entrance of Woosung River, without my kWvi— what was the object. . . ago • When I, the Minister and Governor, two yea t o carried on at Chinhae a correspondence with gu' that and Commanders-in-Chief, I was then fully own d your honourable nation was highly prizing just a nd good faith. 4, 0 „ . e1e Now, however, when the two countries are an •, -- 1 - „„iy of concluding peace, then sails the whole fleet sur s ii r . U . ) the entrance of Shanghae River, firing g u " lin ; cot" ring up a quarrel, which is on one side carrying on . 01 respondence about peace, and, on the other hand, 0 .3 1 3 rise to rancour and to promote hostilities. W ce o ? I thus become of good faith, and where is the in s " 0 .. This, I, the Minister and Governor, am not a ble to co prebend fully. Our two empires have now for three ears been at O l t m th e e ra si b tl i t e li , e a r r s id an t d he peo m p i l s e er w y ho en ta i v led e been isu k n i s l p l e e t - i s : a re l rlini ; ble grievous to recount. It is therefore requisite, evils , $ceurce- ante with celestial rule, to feel regret at those it to put down the war ; but if one proves dis.obcclfienoteta°,3 the dictates of Heaven, it is to be feared that will visit us with punishment, and who will be a ble th endure this ? ,„ 1 ft Your honourable country has hitherto laid strong °P h , - I s commerce, and considered war as nefarious, willl, t ";, F a hope of putting a stop to the misery of war, and t akes ing the advantages of an open market. Now if this ta+ place the people of your honourable country may a_ l t ! og e%t f t oa u wi r nn n i lni h ea o st m :, oa e nn a dc n og d u al enjoy n n jao alsoyli livelihood yo property, odon,eenojf oen a mg n and the o b a u: ke to" st it peace. Is this not far better than to tightthfemi:)iscusesinrsil:ll years, and filling the land with the bodies of thew slfi.lrlijr I have sent this letter by an officer, who will a lt an answer. This is mmun my c ication. To the Commander-in-Chi o ef. Taou 22d Y ear ' sth month (June, f 842). (True copy of Mr. Gutzlaff's Translation.) ARMINE S. H. M OUNTAIN, ..„,1 Lieutenant-Colonel Deputy Adjutant-Oenea' ' f i s h" The high officers commanding the combined -,.1315b00ri," forces take the earliest oortunity ofthankieg late Gov e r nor -G ene ral of K ppeangnan and Keangse,A,s:o,,t, ant Minister of the Cabinet, and now Lieutenant-11ectiz: ral of Chapoo, for the release of the British logo, who were in the hands of the Chinese at Hslig - ` l . and to assure him that they glad:y recognise in thl i ce 4 that good feeling which should always subsist betivo. civilised nations, and which his Excellency will fl , l '' e rv. ciprocated by the liberation of the Chinese prison which have since fallen into his bands. They learn with much grat ifi ca ti o n his Excelli: appointment of Lieutenant-General of Chapoe, ashat always satisfactory to them•to have to act with one conduct ".t. has impressed them with the hig hest respee The high o ffi cers have now to acknowledge the rccesfix! of his Excellency's letter of Taou Kwang, 22( Ye ibr 'b e ir month, by his officer; and they ca n but refer hint t° last communication, wherein they expresse d their hola'ent lity to cease hostilities, until the Chines e Goceril the were disposed to negotiate or. the terms offered hY.,110. British Government, through the medium of her Dr i ` x , nic Msjesty's Plenipotentiary, who was then dailYfro`ra petted at. Chusan, and is now probably o n his ws'Y that island to Woosung The high British officers with cers beg to repeat that, .ts: undiminished desire to lessen the calamities of war, I ss , their duty to proceed with hostilities un til they 0°1..4 sured that a functionary, duly authorised by flared tee' Majesty, or the Chinese Government, is prep -,(feasr en gotiate a peace which may be honourable to both re. and to meet those just demands which have be peatedly submitted to his Imperial Majesty . et Your Excellency must be aware that, with everY'ditt for rt your exalted position, and acknowledged probiti,,od high British officers. have not to this hour been fe n t he that your Excellency has been authorised to treat ; conditions promulgated by the British Goveraill io - at . id they beg to repeat that, until such assurailtbe given, they have, no power to stop for one fivif:b s eti oper Ltions of the combined forces, which hive to to a greatly augmented ; and further reinforcements, And, large extent. are hourly expected to arrive here. : t he much as they may lament the necessity of prel° l4. l % de calamities of war, they have no alternative, until sired communication is officially made, when .your ll ar e lency will find that theßrithb Commanders-in-Chie the no less disposed than your Excellency to resume blessings of amity and comme. H. GOUGH, rce Lieutenant-Gener al ' 0 , Commanding Expeditionary Land Ft3re W. PARKER, Vice-Admira l, Naval Commander-in-Chief. • (True copy.) J. lIEALTY, Lieutenant-Genet► P.A.A. Elepoo, late Assistant-Minister of the Caber e 4 ;d5 Governor-General of Keangnan and K eangc Ohe the followin reply to your communication. • r Ist. hn a moon, ad B g e t himselfd Ihay(27 f t u h lly May), acquaintedher witheeei ire o0d• 4 ter, t and made tents thereof : Since I, the late Minister and Governor-Gene-2'olog you honourable General and Admiral, treat orle 4 . s ' c f i l 00 with sincerity, and there exists the utmost good.' ll ,, - day both sides, it will not be difficult to bring the 11 " - 014 tions to a satisfactory conclusion. It is necessary Pro/ until the main- points of the question have error' satisfied, and I shall then,in conjunction with th'"eir spreading General and the Lieutenant-Goveroori:ib; distinctly report the same to the great Emperor, that 010 may confirm the arrangements to show their faihP4 - servanne. nap blea All our men that were taken - prisoner s at Char— in * already arrived ; and, on inquiry, I found thal &PO honourable General and Admiral, gave the hung r y to eat, and allowed to the wounded medical and we feel obliged for your kindness and courtesP We also dispatched, under an officer, the mat o f iL honourable country that were previously taken, o' ie d i letter to Chapoo, but your vessels had all nicest', 991 .,.„k and it 'was impossible to reach them. We, then fob back both the men, its well as the letter. We lisve 11 again drawn up this document, 'and send the thirtee_ fill 0 men that could not come up , wit h three more Shwonldng, that you may receive and examine then], la send us an answer, to enable us to negotiat e and n' ie arrangements, in order to protect the lives of the peg ) ._ of both countries to enjoy conjointly p eace, and to obtsw the assistance of Heaven. This, I think, is also the delight of your honourabLe General and Admiral, that it may take place. Such the most important object of this communication. The above is addressed to General Gough, Admiral Parker, Taou Kwang, 22d year, 4th moon, 29th day. June 7, 1842. (Without date.) (True copy from Mr. Gutzlaff's Translation.) J. 'MALTY-, Lieutenant Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General. Return of ordnance captured in the batt eries at oo sung, on the 16th June, 1842, by the united forces under the command of their Excellenciesen Vice-Admal ral Sir William Parker, K.C.8., .-Gene Sir Hugh Gough, G.C.B. Woosung, June 18, li d. Main Battery along the Sea Face-2 brass twe lve pounders, 11 brass ten pounders, 4 brass nine poun er. der 1 brass seven pounder, 1 ir on twenty-four pound 2 iron fifteen pounders, 23 iron twelve pounders, 16 iroll ten pounders. 4 iron nine pounders, 4 iron seven pound ers, 11 iron five pounders, 13 iron four pounders, 41 iron three pounders, 15 iron two pounders, 22 •--Total 171. Battery west of Paosbaw-8 brass nine you oarro nades, 1 iron twelve pounder, 7 iron two pounders.-- Total 16. Point Battery, left of the Creek-2 brass twenty-four pounders, 1 brass twenty-two pounder, 3 brass eightees pounders, 4 brass seven pounders.—Total 10. Four Batteries west of Paoshaw—b brass ten small Calibres. po under! 1 brass nine pounder carronade , 4 iron nine pounders, iron seven pounders , 18 iro n f our pounders.---Total 31* Total-2 brass twenty-four pounders, 1 brags twentt?; two pounder, 3 brass eighteen pounders, 2 brass twe lve' two pounders; 16 brass ten pounders, 4 brass nine p00n74 1 0 9 brass nine pounder carronades, 5 brass serial PQ*ll" I