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♦,. M, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 23, 1842 -8200 MONEY DIVIDENDS will be divided on the 30th Instant, amongst EIGHT THOU SAND TWO HUNDRED SELECTEE) Bonds of the LOAN negotiated in the year 18:20, and GUARANTEED by the GO VERNMENT and his Royal Highness the GRAND DUKE really adopted the conclusion, that a large leisure class, such as our aristocracy, is favourable to the cultivation of letters. They may, for want of a useful occupation, so amuse themselves, but the question is, to what degree do they promote the general instruction of the bulk of the commu nity ? For some centuries the aristocracy of Italy and France were renowned for their culti vation of literature, and their patronage of the fine arts ; and till the first French Revolution, the French and the Italians were remark ' able for their gross ignorance of everything that is worth knowing. The English aristocracy have plumed themselves for many years on similar tastes, and they are supported by an aristocratic Church ; but it is notorious that, till WESLEY ex cited a taste for a certain kind of book know ledge by religious enthusiasm, the people were sunk in extreme and gross ignorance. It was not till the establishment of Mechanics' Insti tutes, which were, in the first instance, scarcely promoted by any member of the aristocracy, that any considerable progress was made in diffus of BADEN. . _ 1 Dividend 50,000 Florins 50,000 Florins 1 do. 25,000 do. 1 do. 12,000 do. 1 do. 10,000 do. I do. 5,000 do. •• ••• 5,000 do. 21 do. 1,000 do. each B,OOO do. 10 do. 500 do. each 5,000 do. 10 do. 200 do. each 2, V do. 110 do. each 200 do. 106 de. each 467 do. 100 do. each 46,700 do. 7.300 de. 94 do. each 686,200 do. 8,200 Illoney Dividends, amounting to 1692,900 Florins, or £74,400 Sterliag Money. 8,200 SELECTED Bonds, each of which is sure to obtain one of the above Dividends. Largest Dividend ..... £4,166 13 4 Smallest Dividend ...... £ 7 16 8 12 florins equal to .£1 sterling, a trifle more or less, as per the day's exchange. ALL THE DIVIDENDS PAYABLE WITHOUT ANY DEDUCTION WHATEVER. D►rect for the few Bonds which are still on sale, WITHOUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH. Bonds are on sale NOW at £l3. Against the end of this Month the price will rise to £35, and the Sale will close before the end of this Month. ing secular knowledge amongst the multitude. Of religious knowledge they are yet destitute. Since 1825, the acquisitions of each class derived from practice, have been in a manner freely dif fused over all, and have become a common pro- Those who remit £l5 BEFORE the kith instant, will re ceive an order for £2 upoa our London Bankers, together with the Bond. To those ordering too late for being attended to, their re mittances will be returned by first post. HEINE BROTHERS. HAMBURGH, November 1, 1842. perty. A great progress has been made. The people are learning, if they have not yet fully learned, how to think ; they apply their minds to politics as well as mechanics, and for this great improvement they are indebted neither to the example of the CHESTERFIELDS, Hu TING TOWERS, and HERTFORDS, nor to their laws. They have acquired knowledge in spite of the aristocracy. In Scotland, where the Church is a republic, the people have been much better educated than in England, and much more information is dif- THEATRE ROYAL. COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING. NOV. 23, Will be repeated Shakspeare's Play of THE TEMPEST. Alonso, Mr. Cooper ; Sebastian, Mr. Diddear ; Prospero, Mr. Vandenhoff; Antonio, Mr. J. Vining ; Ferdinand, Mr. C. Pitt ; Caliban, Mr. J. Bland ; Trinculo, Mr. Harley ; Ste phano, Mr. Bartley. Miranda, Miss Vandenhoff; Ariel, Miss Rainforth. After which Gay's BEGGAR'S OPERA. Captain Mac heath, Mr. W. Harrison ; Peachum, Mr. F. Matthews ; Lockit, Mr. Bartley ; Filch, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. Peachum, Mrs. Tvleure Pully Peachum, Miss Rainforth ; and Lucy Lockit, Miss Poole. _ _ _ fused amongst the people. Similar facts are Doors open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com mence at Seven.—Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 3d. ; First and Second Circles 55., Second Price 2s. tid. ; Pit 3s; Second Price 2s. ; Gallery le. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit low, at the Box-office, from TM till Four, where Season Tickets may be had. Private Boxes to be had at the Box-office ; of Messrs. An drews, 167, New Bond-street; Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street; and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mall. found in republican Switzerland and in the re public of the United States. In both, the bulk of the people are better educated, and have more book knowledge, than the people of Eng land, who are chiefly indebted to the aristocracy for an example of arrogance, ignorance, and licentiousness. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, NOV. 23, In one respect, republican America has al ready exercised a most beneficial influence over the literature of England. She has contributed to diffuse it amongst our own people. To a recent period books in England, except, perhaps, a few school books, old ballads, and the Bible, were in tended exclusively for the rich. Their cost placed them far beyond the reach of the poor. They were a luxury which they could not enjoy. As America, speaking our language, and having a reading population, came into the market for our books, it was found necessary to enlarge the editions which contributed to the cheapness of such volumes. But when the Americans came to print our most popular works, and published books for half-a-crown, or even for the price of a newspaper, which here cost a couple of guineas, it was soon found necessary to follow in their track. England is, we think, mainly indebted to the republicans, amongst whom a l ove o f read _ _ 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 Burletta, called AN roNY and CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright ; Cleopatra, Miss Murray. To be followed by a Grand Burletta Spectacle, entitled ALMA. Principal Characters by Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wieland, Frampton, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Madame Proche Giubilei. To conelode with THE SECRET. Thomas, Mr. H. Beverly. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-past six, commence a,t seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Unparalleled success and extraordinary attraction. Mr. T. P. Cooke in two pieces. THIS EVENING, NOV. 23, 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. T. P. Cooke, who will be supported by Messrs. Hicks, Neville, Smith, Heslop, Mrs. R. bonnet., 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. 'l'. 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. _ _ _ ing is widely diffused, for the present cheapness of books, by which our literature has ceased to be a mere luxury for the rich, and was brought ilithin the reach of the bulk of the people, till they were impoverished by the Corn-laws. In time, the change in the price of books will Thousnds of Blue Jackets are attracted by the last scene of Union Jack—the destruction of the Pirates vessel by fire— appalling effects. Places and private Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Box-office, from eleven to four. have another most beneficial effect. Because books were a luxury only fin• the rich, authors studied their opinions and wrote chiefly to please them. Since literature has been more diffused, opinions have become niore democratic, and it is now profitable to write for the other classes as well as for the aristocracy. A more healthy and a more truthful spirit must pervade modern works, the foibles of the great and the rich will no longer be and are not exclusively flattered, and the vices only of the poor branded with re probation. For that improvement in thought itself, or at least in the written expression of thought, we are chiefly indebted to the great Republic and not to our aristocracy, who have been desirous to make as close a monopoly of literature as of land. HIGH W ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE: THIS DAY. t , orning...... 53 minutes after 4 1 Evening 16 minutes after 5. LONDON : WED,NESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 23, 1842. When we are told of the patronage of litera ture by the aristocracy, to what does it amount ? Authors of every description are not only far more independent, they are far better paid since books were brought within the reach of the people than when they were confined to the aristocracy. If the nobility and courtiers of ELIZABETH'S reign contributed to nourish into existence the vast intelligence of that period of which SHAKSPEARE was the symbol, which is, however, doubtful—for both he and they, and all the intellectual wonders of that age, seem to have been the common products of a general mental I . agitation and growth, such as the world has not since witnessed—the nobility and courtiers both of the first and the second CHARLES, by their imitation of foreigners and their importation of foreign tastes, did much to corrupt the literature as well as the morals of England. They patronised little or no native genius, and it was not their fault that SHAKSPEARE was not buried for ever in oblivion, and that the name of MILTON did not die out of memory as his contemporaries passed away. England might have bad a na tional music had the aristocracy not frowned it down by their patronage of foreign musicians, and made PURCELL be forgotten by his own coun trymen for nearly a century. So there arose at Al' I' AND CHINA. The news forwarded by an extraordinary mail from Bonfbay, containing ample details of the operations of the British forces on the cast and west of our Indian possessions, is the most im portant ever brought to this country from the East. The skill of the Generals, the bravery of the troops, and the determination of the British Plenipotentiary to obtain full redress, have all been crowned with complete success. The Gal lant Commanders of the two divisions in Aff ghanistan left their respective quarters nearly about the same time, marched with well-equipped armies on Caubul, and after defeating the enemy in every battle, and clearing every dangerous pass with little loss, planted the British standard a second time on the Bala Hissar of Caubul. Thanks to the energy, the spirit, and the noble feelings of British and Indian soldiers, the wrongs of our countrymen and countrywomen have been avenged, and the temporary disgrace cast on the English name has been completely effaced. Let us hope that this success will be followed up by the Governor-General, and a treaty be formed with some Atighan Chief, who can command the affections and support of his countrymen. The success of our arms will bring many over to British interests, and if affairs are properly managed complete security may be obtained in that quarter against all invaders. a later period a genuine school of English art i painting, but the people, rather than the the ariv tocracy, patronised the works of HoGARTH. Little or nothing of grea t va l ue in science, literature, or art, can be traced in England to the exertions or the patronage of the aristocracy, and therefore we dispute the assertion that they are the grand source of our civilization. We should not, however, have entered on such a subject, did not the monopolist press, not satis fied with supportin g our aristocracy in their de sign to maintain their power at the expense of humanity and justice, hold them up to mankind as examples of all that is wise, brave, virtuous, and lovely. By their l eg i s l ation and their con duct the aristocracy have brought the commu nity into its prer, , ent condition, and our Contem poraries denv.nd that the public should reverence more than ever the authors of the mischief. Our remarks nre intended to counteract, if we can, their erroneous statements. From China the intelligence is still more satis factory, as we have not only gained every object for which war was made on three hundred mil lions of people, bat have also concluded an honourable peace, and opened up an intercourse with the most fertile provinces of the empire. In place of one port for carrying on trade, British ships are to be allowed free access to five, namely—Canton, Amoy, Foo-chow-foo, Ningpo, and Chinghae. The position and advan tages of Canton and Amoy are well krmwn. Ningpo and Chinghae are equally advantageous, and will afford a short communication with the. great. Wa district in that quarter, and also secure intercourse with Nankin and other large cities alongE the - Grand Canal, and the noble river Yan , where a British fleet, many e „ yriileSUPihe country, now for the first time in flit .bistory of the world, lies safely at anchor. Foo-chow-4;, 0 is to the west of these places, and is situated on a fine river called Min, which takes its rise in the black tea district, and flows past Chaou, Yen-ping, and other cities of great importance. The selec tion of these ports has evidently been made with due - consideration, both as regards our communi cation with the inhabitants, and security against any infraction of the treaty. Let us hope that this glorious termination of the war w i ll be favourable to the int erests bothof the na tions, and that it may h e means of spreading civilization and useful knowledge among 300,000,000 of heathens. We therefore cordially concur with Sir HENRY POTTINGER's devout wish at the conclusion of his address, when he congratulates her MAJESTY'S subjects on the occasion of a peace, which " he trusts and believes Nvill in due time be equally beneficial to the Subjects and interests of both England and China." So: We quote the following strange paragraph from a Worcester journal :—" A servant girl, named MART MORGAN, was recently brought before the Cheltenham Magistrates for running away from service. She had been hired at Ci rencester for a year certain on the 17th of Octo ber, and went away two days after. Her excuse was, that she did not like the ways of the house. ' Why ?' said the Magistrate's clerk. After some coyness, she said, because I bad to go through the man's bed-room to my room !' The Magistrate replied, ' this is a common thing in farm houses,' and the girl was sent to Northleach gaol for fourteen days?" This is so unjust, so preposterous a decision, that we can scarcely be lieve it possible that any Magistrate could have dared to make it. Surely our Contemporary must have exaggerated matters! What, impri son a young girl for fourteen days in a common gaol, where she will, of course, be compelled to herd with thieves, and prostitutes, and the very scum and refuse of society, and where her sense of delicacy and morality will be liable to outrage every 'hour of the day and night !—subject an innocent girl to an outrageous punishment like this, for no worse ,me writers seek in the v ices of the demo- crime than that of leaving a situation rendered •racy for a foil to the vices of the aristocracy, abhorrent to her ideas of propriety, from the and make these out to be comparatively white, circumstance of her being compelled to pass because those are very black. Admitting the alone, at night, through a man' facts, the ap o l og i sts of the s bed-room ! aristocracy forget that never was there anything so monstrous! The the democracy are not the legislators of the aris- decision is a perfect burlesque on justice. Pos tocracy, but the aristocracy make laws for the sibly because the delinquent as oor and democracy, and are resp onsible for the vices of; born, the Magistrate took for w gra p nted that lowly her the others as well as their own. The dark hues disinclination to see how a man looked in his of the democracy, therefore, far from servin as night-cap, was mere m ock-modesty, such as did a foil to . the aristocracy, only _give serving to not become her station; but we can tell this their own natural colours. Their example and righteous Solon that an innate sense of delicacy their rule are equally pernic ious, and both -tend is by no means confined to th e upper classes of to corrupt and degrade the . nation. society; the humble, untutored peasantirl may It is generally asserted, though w e cannot be- h ave as virtuous and sensitive a feminin enstitnhc love, et ve, that any person capable of thi n ki ng has as the most refined patrician beauty, H ad Aei t, _4ls .., . •., , . . 1 ~...i,.. 4 A .-, . flu/ A, . , ,t . 1i? I , am , ; ...., _,„,.......: tA i >,, , ,,, ,rw , ',... ....,:. , ShViSk: . :' • fi! 7 '.... , .70. - . - ; ,- ,...v. k x1 1 ,4 0% .;-_ : -.eo't:7)- :, ',.7 •', • . 1, f• • „.,,,,.... , 11, • 4. r IA 0 ''' •-.7I7WAP '4.4 ;V .. • Ett We have no further news respecting the in surrection at Barcelona, as no details had reached Paris beyond those contained in the telegraphic dispatch. According to the intelligence from Madrid on the 13th, a large part of the troops composing the garrison had been ordered to re main, and a strong force was concentrating round the capital. Sonic reports said that Don FRA N CISCO DE PAULA had been proclaimed Regent at Saragossa, and others that Government feared a republican movement. The good news from China has not a little sur prised our Paris Contemporaries, who, like some of our countrymen, have been foreboding only disaster and disgrace to our brave troops in that part of the world. Some of them give the tele graphic dispatch without a word of comment. Others, however, have broken silence to attack our policy in the East, and claim for the French the right of trading to those ports which are to be opened to the English. The National thus announces the good news :—" Foreign intelli gence communicates this day important events. Great Britain has just !concluded with China a treaty of peace, by which this last Power engages to pay 21,000,000 of dollars. The English are to remain in possession of two positions on the Chi nese territory until the entire sum is paid off. A general amnesty is to be published, and the of ficers of both nations are to be placed on a foot ing of equality. "Sir R. PEEL was anxious to terminate this war, of which all Europe condemned the ini quity. He had given orders to treat on reason able terms, and those which Great Britain has just obtained are far better than common justice would permit one to expect. It is true that a treaty with China is not precisely a very solid bond. The EM PEROR, who in a recent edict execrated himself for not having yet exterminated the barba rians, will no doubt have given permission to some Mandarin to sign this convention ; but this is not the first time since the commencement of the war that treaties and those who signed them have been disavowed, and even punishedby the Celestial Empire. The Chinese feel but few scruples when they enter into an engagement with Christians, and, should the expectation of victory give them courage i‘ there is but little prob a bilit y th at t h ey wou l d remain faithful to those stipulations which force alone could extort from them. " We do not, however, wish to see renewed the horrible carnage of which we have read the ac counts. The sight of violence is always a melan choly spectacle, but it becomes revolting when violence is employed to prepare a triumph for in justice. The Chinese saw themselves attacked, invaded, and delivered up to all the horrors of war, and finally compelled to pay ransom for having refused to allow themselves to be poisoned by the English. 'Whatever may be the duration of the treaty, arid whatever may be the definitive issue of the contest, public opinion throughout Europe will rank this enterprise of the British amongst the most odious facts which figure in her history, and this history, every one knows, is not unstained with odious precedents." "This treaty," says the Univers, "does the greatest honour to the English Cabinet, as it will put an end to one of those immoral wars which the last Ministry bequeathed to its suc cessors; but it imposes at the same time great duties on the European Powers, and on France in particular. Let England keep possession of the island of Irong-kong, which has been ceded to her for ever ; but the temporary occupation of the islands of Chusan and Golong Soo must necessarily awaken the most active vigilance of the European Powers. If it be permitted to the English to trade in five harbours of China, let us hope that France and the other Catholic Powers will exert themselves to obtain the same privileges for their national industry, and that if the Methodist minister be authorised to dis tribute.. the Protestant Bible through the Celes tial empire, the Catholic priest will now find some protection against the fury of a despot and the fanaticism of his Mandarins." The Courtier Francais takes the same view of the subject. "The evening paper," it remarks, "publishes news from China, which the last letters from Macao did not lead us to anticipate. If this news be true, Great Britain is extricated from a serious embarrassment with honour; but we can not accept this news without observing consider able caution. If the English be permitted to trade with China, it is impossible that other nations should be excluded from the commerce of that empire. It will become the duty of our Government to make the rights of France avail able. Our Government did not, we apprehend, send two French ships -of-war into the Chinese seas for the mere purpose of countersigning by their presence a concession in the. advantages of which our future commerce could notparticipate." The French Cabinet, it is said, has resolved upon making the faithful execution of the treaties of 1831 and 1833, a Ministerial question. M. Guizot is de termined to declare so frankly to the Chamber, and if defeated, to leave to other hands the responsibi lity of a rupture of diplomatic relations with Great Britain. MORE JOBBING.—Three awkward questions for the Home Secretary :-1. Did any one ever see Mr. Bond (the young barrister whom Sir J. Graham has appointed the new Magistrate at Queen-square, with a salary of 1,0001. a-year) in Westminster-hall with a brief in his hand ?-2. Is he not the son of Dr. Bond of Dorchester, of electioneering notoriety ?-3. Did not the rejected of Cumberland find refuge in Dor chester ?—A Barrister. DEAL, MONDIY.—This being the birthday of the Princess Royal, the Thunderer and the other war vessels in the Downs hoisted their gayest colours, and fired a royal salute. The Deal and Walmer band, about ten, at the head of a large number of the inhabitants and visitors, walked up to the front of Walmer Castle, where they drew up, and the band played the national and favourite airs. The Deal boats, in honour ,of the occasion, I t o the number of twenty-six sail, were manned. and broughtup to the offing under the walls, the wind being northerly. They then sailed out to the south west about two or three miles, turned in and lay to under the Castle walls, giving three cheers, which the Queen and Prince Albert most graciously acknow ledged by repeatedly bowing from the ramparts. The fleet of boats then stood out, and having rounded the Thunderer, stretched away inwards, and landed at Deal, after an absence of about two hours. The lighthouse, which was in progress of erection upon li nwas th e Kish-bank completely at the da destroyed . e d mouth b of the by the s bay tnr of ms Dub lin, u t b h e last week. We have inserted in another part of the Paper a letter, in which the writer states that he recovered from what appeared to be a hopeless case of consump tion. We know nothing either of the individual or of the means by which the cure was affected ; but if a remedy for this fatal disease has been found, it may he regarded as one of the greatest medical discoveries. The question of introducing the cultivation of flax is beginning to be discussed by the agriculturists at their market tables and their various annual gather ings, and we have no doubt, from the energy and the spirit of inquiry which distinguish the farmers of the present day in the affairs of their calling, that the matter will be thoroughly investigated, and the advan tage or disadvantage of the system ascertained by practical experiment.—Essex Herald. jThe Directors of the Glasgow Anti Corn-law As sociation met upon Thursday, and resolved to lend every assistance towards raising an adequate propor tionj of the G rea t L eagu e Fund. The City is to be divided into districts, and a large number of gentle men have undertaken the task of calling for sub scriptions. It was announced to the meeting that a! lecturer appointed by the League was soon to visit the principal towns in Scotland. The campaign:has. thus commenced in earnest, and we cannot but augur the best result s f rom the sp i r i t th a t ; is . everywhere evinced.—Gl asgqwArgus. EXTRAORDINARY BIRTH.—A servant girl of Air... Dodd, of Oscroft, Cheshire, wlio.leff'he - r days 'since, on the plea . of being " unwell," •Wasik livered, on Wednesday last, of three fine boys, all of , whom, together with their mamma, are doing well, Publtc ptuton. " Who runs may read.' The Herald refers as follows to the same subject : —" The conclusion or hostilities with China is matter of national Congratulation ; it withdraws us from a contest in whi c h all m i l i tary success was t arn i s h e d b y the vicious and criminal origin of war; it prevents a wretched effusion of blood and loss of life ; it has a tendency t o prevent the i mmers i on o f th e C e l es ti a l Empire in th e mae l strom o f European p o li c y and. state-craft ; i t ex penditure, an d i t will pro bably .heget new markets for our fabrics. closes one source of our increased The terms, too, on 4 Which hostilities are concluded are favourable ; t h e cos t o f th e war h as to fall on th e on injured country ; a new posses sion---Bong- Kon com manding the entrance of the g, Canton Ri ver, is added to the dominions of the British Crown ; f our new ports are opene d t o our commerce; our envoys - and officers are to be treated as the repre• sentatives of a great Sovereign ; all . prisoners a re t o be restored ; an amnesty is to be granted, and two islands are to be held as pledges until the money con sideration of this settlement is discharged within three years. 'We rejoice that the detestable contest is closed, that it has closed on terms not disgraceful to our national renown." 3 461n0T-TRADZ-COMMERCE. From the increased poor's-rate which has been levied, it would appear that the distress in Leeds has increased. . The demand for woollen and cotton goods in the home the harvest. market is greater, however, than before - I NAVAL AND IVIXLITARY. ' Lieutenant -Gen era l Sir Hudson Lowe has b een appointed to the Colonelcy of the 5 0th Regiment. Us, imperturbable disposition and cold manner caus e d N4Poleon to utter the expression, " If I could bu; Make that man bang the door !" The ship, of Glasgow, freighted with 04 fee anc Morasses, Was totally lost off Port Madoc on SaturdV,ln.it her crew 'of eighteen escaped. AD William tic 74A ks, W a farmer POLICE residing g at Efford, was fined by the Plymouth Magistrates, on Friday last, to the amount of 2831. las. 100., for several hundred servant-maid in question sacrificed her notions of II propriety to her worldly interests, she wou ld 0 M e u OF NEWS then—in the Cheltenham Magistrate's opinion— AND have acted with sense and prudence; but because she was unable to play the hypocrite, and treat as a thing of no account what she deemed highly indelicate, she has been convicted of a gross offence, and punished accordingly. We have often heard of women being committed to gaol for loose behaviour; but this is the first time, we believe, " within the memory of the oldest inha bitant," that a servant-maid was ever imprisoned for the crime of modesty ! Were she to be found guilty of qualifying for the Magdalen, she could not be worse treated! FOREIGN. Caubul has been taken, and the British flag again waves over the Balla Hisser. Official dispatches announcing the success of our arms in that quarter, and also the conclusion of peace with China, will be found in another part of the paper, but they are of too much importance to be abridged. The payment of the money due by the Chinese is, it is stated, to be effected in'the following manner : Immediate payment, 6,000,000 ; in 1843, 6,000,000 ; in 1844, 5,000,000; in 1845, 4,000,000. The Minister of Public Instruction in France has ordered a course of superior primary instruction to be annexed to the colleges of 19 towns, which have no superior primary schools. The King of the Two Sicilies has left Naples al most suddenly to go to Sicily. He arrived at Pa lermo on the 4th. Cardinal Rivarola,Ahe Senior of the College of Cardinals, died at Mite on the Bth instant, at the age of 84. An attempt was made by a Commissary of Police at Geneva, on the 16th, to arrest M. Lecompte, of the Journal de Geneve, but it was not successful. A letter from Hesse Cassel states that the Govern ments interested in the railway front that place to Frankfort have decided that it shall pass by Mar burg, Giessen, Butzback, and Friedberg. A project is talked of in Sweden which proposes to unite, by means of a canal, the Gulf of Finland with the numerous lakes and riven of the interior over a surface of a thousand square leagues. The plans have already been prepared by Baron General Rosen kampf, the head of the department of roads, canals, bridges, &c. Queen Christina held a levee on Saturday, on the occasion of her daughter's fete. On the same morning her Majesty stood godmother. to a son of Lieutenant- Genepal Don Francisco Narvaez, Count de Yumurry, formerly the Minister of War. The Africnine frigate left Brest on the 18th, and is to proceed successively to Senegal, to Cayenne, and to the Antilles. ST. PETERSBURG'', Nov. 10.—Genera Neidhart is appointed to the command of the detached corps in the Caucasus, in the room of General Golowine, and Governor-General of the Transcaucasian provinces. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 14.—The King has purchased the chateau and estate of Bernstorff, near Copenhagen, for 100,000 rix-dollars. It is said to be intended for Prince Frederick Ferdinand, his Majesty's brother. PUBLIC OPINION. The Chronicle remarks, in reference to the news from China :—" Up to the hour of our going to press we had received no details of the important intelligence from China, published by the I rench Ministerial paper, and which appeared in the Chronicle yesterday. There can, we apprehend, be no doubt that this intel. ligence is authentic. Until, however, we are in pos session of fuller accounts, it is impossible to offer an opinion upon the details of the arrangement which has been concluded. Speaking generally, however, it seems both highly honourable and advantageous, such as to justify fully the satisfaction with which it has been received by all classes. One thing, however, is very clear, that such a peace as this cannot be ratified by the pre seot.Government without involving the strongest cen sure ever pronounced by a party upon its own conduct. By the first article, China consents to pay in three years twenty-one millions of dollars. For what ? Is it as indemnity for the loss of the opium, or for the expenses of the war, or for both ? How cm a Cabinet, of which Graham, Gladstone, and Peel are Members, accept indemnity for an act which they pro nounced to be justifiable ? How can they ac cept indemnity for the expenses of a war which they denounced as being " unjust and iniquitous ?" The motion which Sir James Graham brought for ward, in 1840, was either a factious attack upon the Whig Government or a sincere expression of the opinions of the Opposition. The imputation of fac tious motives was, however, indignantly repudiated by the whole party. In what other light, then, can this peace, concluded by those who originated and supported that motion, be regarded than as the bar gain of a highwayman with an unarmed traveller ? Ai sneli was this war stigmatised by the Tory party when that party was in opposition. The Post thus refers to the Chinese news :—" Sup posing the information to be 'all correct—supposing that an authorised representative of the Chinese has agreedto b t y he th c e onidmperial Government— w h a t s h ou ld conditions, and that they s h ou ld b e re cognisedbe our sentiments with regard to those who plunged us into the war ? We have escaped, let us presume, many and incalculable calamities, that might very probably meet us in every step o f th e " d as h on Pe kin,". which was spoken of as a very easy matter, but y found to be a very difficult one. What then ? W ou ld we, or would Ave not, have stood m ore fi rm l safely, for all the fair purposes of communication more cation with China, if we had not massacre d t h em by thou sands—for no better original object than that of com pelling them to eat opium ? What means the flit ting to and fro of those French a n d A mer i can men so rarely me t w i t h i n the C h i nese or have we not, opened up, in the b sea r a- e ws as r?a ts r, o lfi f oa t 7 w .e 'o e'r o vl f ey, the most active, restless, and jealous nations in the world, a spirit of curiosity, of inquiry, and of incipient interference with all things Oriental, that may be found not to harinonise well with the ramified working of our own objects and interests in that part of the world ? It is well, very well, if the war is put a stop to. It was a war which, if followed out to its ultimate consequences, would have spread y amongst people p ossess i ng none o f t h e con stituentanarch elements for establishing an orderly system of any kind on the ruins of that of which they should be deprived. Such would be the fruit of ' success.' millions, and no real advantage But this is the b r i g hter side of gainedtlVhl e sery picture. forto scores ourselves. Could we have been thus suecessful ? The opinions of many who were engaged in the expe dition is all the other way." The Times, speaking of the news from China, says —lt success of our country i n a quarre l w hi c h we have never must been b a be withlet mixed feelings that we record the to believ e just ; but still, on the whole, we hear with lively satisfaction that peace is concluded with China. The advantages reaped by England in this treaty are considerable. , Besides the opening of five Chinese ports to English commerce, the island of Hong Kong is ceded for ever to the British Crown, a sum of 21,000,000 dol. (the expenses, we presume, of the war, end the losses of the opium merchants) is (it is said) to be paid in the course of three years, and the islands of Chusan and Golong-Soo are to be held as pledges for the payment of this sum. These are the important cl auses o f th e final arrange ments. The labouring fi nances o f I n dia will doubt less feel most advantageously the cessation of this heavy drain on her resources, and the return of the hard cash already expended; the trade of England may receive some impulse from these four additional inlets to the 300, 0 00,000 consumers of China ; and the memory of the barbarian Pottinger, his gunnery, and his bayonets, are likely to preserve for our com merce those respectable terms on which it will now be established. It is difficult to calculate the degree of ratiocination of which his Celestial Majesty may be master, but it can scarce be doubted that his con must have been ve ry mater i a ll y en l arge d, an d hi s in ceptionS of foreign an d espec i a lly o f British p ower disposition to provoke its exertion proportionably increased. We hope, for the sakes of all, that the childish want of understanding and steadiness which we are in the h a bi t o f cons id er i ng a Chi nese charac teristic, may not render them more accessible to an unwise, thou g h we can scarce say unnatural irritation than to a well-f ounde d an d pru d en t fear." gallons of smuggled brandy in his possession, or six months' imprisonment in the county gaol. An application was made on Monday at Bow-street by Mr. Bush, a solicitor, respecting the means to be pursued for prosecuting a party who had recently ex changed at Paris a banknote, being one of a quantity of bank-notes, to the amount of 7001., which were stolen on the sth of October from the clerk of Mr. Hodgson, his client, whilst passing from the bank to the Custom-house. The Magistrate said the case was out of his jurisdiction, and the Foreign-office had better be applied to. SPORTING. Portion of the Earl of Harrington's valuable stud was sold on Monday at Tattersall's, and in some cases brought good prices. COURT-PASHIONAZILE. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon have arrived at Longford Castle, on a visit to Viscount and Vis countess Folkestone. Lord Loftus, Lord Augustus Loftus, Lord Alvan• ley and the Hon. Miss Arden, the Marquis of Lorn Mr. and Mrs. A. Montgomery, Lord and Lady Cad°. gan, arc expected to winter in the Neapolitan States. Lord Melgund has left town for Minto Castle, Scotland. Lord de Lisle, and the Misses Sidney, are passing the season at Penshurst. Lord and Lady Glenlyon intend to pass the winter at Dunkeld, The Dowager Countess of Clare is nearly restored to health, and intends to pass the winter in town, and Will leaVe Mount Shannon as soon as her health will The Earl of Home has left Broadstairs for Hirse House, near Coldstream. MISCELLANEOUS. The celebrated Victor Hugo and his brother, who are the nephews of the late Abbe of Jumieges, have notified their intention of establishing their claim to a large amount of treasure which they are aware had been placed on board the Telemaque by their uncle. There are at present upwards of 700 persons in custody for debt •in the metropolitan prisons, with numbers in the country. The power to discharge them rests with the Insolvent Debtors' Court alone. Twenty petitions were presented on Saturday. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS, CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. The English investments had a very firm ap pearance up to the close, and there is still an opinion that the highly favourable news will materially strengthen the market. For January, Consols touched 95 to 4. For Money the price closed at 941 The unfunded debt was 565. to 58s. premium, and India Bonds improved to 545. premium. East India Stock rose to 264 and 265, and Bank Stock to 170 1 and 171. New Three-and-a-Half per C en t s . touched 101-1 and 102, and the Reduced• Three per Cent. Annuities 93i to 94k. The purchase in the latter on account of the Savings' Banks was to the amount of 6,0001 at 94. We noticed in the morning a decline in Mextcan Stock, and which arises it appears from the state• ment in circulation to the effect, that there are more bonds issued than the terms of the conversion would justify. The agents no doubt will be able to clear up the matter, which is founded upon some mistake, the original loan being for an amount which it is very easy to ascertain. Mexican Bonds closed at 324. Spanish were heavy, and the Actives receded to 171, while the Three per Cents. got down as low as 214. There was an improvement in Colombian to 21i. Dutch Five per Cents. of the New Loan were 991 to 1. Very little can be said of the Railway Shares, mid the bargains of the afternoon were at the following rates :--Edinburgh and Glasgow were 14, Brighton 15, and Eastern Counties 141 discount ; Great Western were 20, the Fifths 4, the Birmingham Thirds 30k, the Newcastle and Darlington Junction and Paris and Rouen 3i- premium. The China news seemed even to affect the Ex changes, and probably the influence of the recent heavy arrival of specie from South America was also felt. The rates at 90 days were generally these : Hamburgh, 13 101 to 13 11 ; Amsterdam, 12 54 to 12 6 ; Paris, 25f. 80 c . t o 25f. 85 e.; Frankort, 151+ to 151 f ; Antwerp, 12 4i to 12 44 ; and Trieste, 9 574 to 58. The following are the official returns of the exports of bullion from the port of London for the week end ing Thursday last :—Silver Bars to Hamhurgh, 3,600 ounces. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were to a moderate extent, being 3,500 bales, but the market is still represented as being in a dull state. Prices were the same, 60 bales Egyptian realising 64-d. to 6.0., 600 bales Surat 31d. to 4d., and 2,840 American aid. to 6d. per lb. In Railway Shares there had not been much doing. Eastern Counties, New, 104; Edinburgh and Glas gow, 474 ; Birmingham, 185 ; Midland Counties, 64 ; South Eastern, N e w, 1. The crowning coup to the important intelligence from China was given to-day by the unexpected and decisive events described in the aecounts from Af ghanistan, and which have excited - a feeling of ex treme gratification. The accounts from Batavia continue of a very un satisfactory tenor. The want of confidence had caused the withdrawal from circulation of nearly all the cir culating medium, which was either hoarded in pri vate, or had been exported. The Government of the Dutch East India possessions was about to adopt all possible measures for restoring the prosperity of Java, which had recently received another blow from the embarrassment of the bank. The opium sales were to begin in August, an alteration very agreeable to the mercantile community. The exchange on Holland was 90 cents per florin, and the premium on silver in the interior of the island had risen to 90 and 100 per cent. The funds have been very brisk, on account of the glad tidings from the East, but the " bear" party have sustained losses which they must make good by sales of styck, and which temporarily check the favourable influence the change of affairs will have upon prices, as soon as the public commence pur chasing. Consols for immediate transfer have been at 941 to 94k, and for the January Account, at 95 to *; Exchequer Bills are 56 t 0.58 prem.; New Three and-a-Half per Cents. realise 102 to 1014 ; and the Three per Cents. 931 to 941; Bank Stock is 170 to 171 ; and India Stock has touched 264 and 265. The Foreign Bonds are lively. Spanish Actives are 18 to 171, the Three per Cents. 22 to 22* ; Mexi can Stock has not supported the rise, on account of the reported receipt by Government of news per Clyde, being 351 to 35;1; Portuguese Converted are 32 ; Brazilian, of 1839, are 59 ; and Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. 521. For Railway Shares the inquiry is limited, but prices are maintained. Great Westerns are 19f to 20f ; Birmingham Quarters 24+ ; and South Western 184 premium. Bristol and Exeter are 25; Eastern Counties, 14+ ; Great North of England, 40 ; North Midland, 374 ; and South Eastern Scrip, 11 dis. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. 21. We have had rather more business doing to-day, and prices are firm. Our quotations are—London and Birmingham, Old, 321., 61f ; Ditto, New, 321., 31+ ; Grand Junction, Quarters, (251. paid), 43f ; Ditto Quarter, (71. 10s. paid), 24i; South Eastern Scrip, 18+ ; Manchester, Bolton, and •Bury, 50 51; L on d on and Brighton, 35 35} ; Manchester Assurance, 9. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock .170 (India Stock .. 264 pm 3 per Cent. Red. 94i f !Ditto Bonds ....... 54 pm 3 per Cent. Cons.-- 944 Ditto Old Annuities ... 91i 34 per Cent. Red... 100 i Ditto New Annuities... New 3 per Cent... ...... 1024 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d. 58 pm Nqw 5 per Cen', — Ditto 500/...... 58 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto S ma ll ..... .58 pm Jan. 1860 .... . 12 9-16 Bank Stock for Acct. 170 Oct. 1859 Jan. Is6o Consols for Acct....,.. 944 FOREIG. Austrian, 5 per cent Belgian, 5 per cent Brazilian Bonds... Buenos Ayres 6 per cent. Chilian, 6 per cent Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1e24 2li Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent 79 Danish, 3 per :ent Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent ... Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto Prussian , 5 percent. Russian, 5 pet cent Ditto, Metallic ...... . Spanish, 5 per cent lB4 Ditto, Deferred.... • 9i French, 5 per cent. —f. —e. Exchange —f —c French, 3 percent —f. —e. Dutch, 24 per cent. s2i Ditto, 5 per cent. .. 101 a SHARES. Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) .. . ... .. 45 Eastern Counties (23 paid) .. 81 Ditto New (—paid) Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ... • 48% Great. North of England Railway (100 pd) 60 Great Western, (65 paid) Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) ... . .. 8 London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Birmingham (90) . ..... ... Ditto Quarter Shares (25 p a id) 49 Ditto Thirds (32 paid) ..... ...... 624 London and So u th W estern (4116 s 10d pd) 60% Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Ditto Scrip ( 5 paid) 9 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 81:Gibraltar • /40 ••••••• Ditto, at sight Rotterdam .........2 U. 12 9 Genoa Antwerp Hamburgh M. B. 13 14 Venice 47 Altona Paris, 3 d a y s ' s i g ht ... 25 70,Palermo, per oz 120 Ditto, 3 months 25 95 Lisbon Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 95 Rio Janeiro 231 Frankfort on Maine ...1511 Bahia Petersburgh, 3 Us. ... 37 Buenos Ayres flerlin. Vienna, effee. 11. ,3 M lO 1 Philadelphia 4li Trieste, ditto Madrid Cadiz Bilbao .. 36 Portugal Gobi Coin 3 17 New Doubloons 0 0 0 Barcelona Seville ‘.. f ,• 36 New Dollars... 0 0 0 Silver in Bars,. 0 4 Ili COURT CIRCULAR. A meeting of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners was held yesterday, at the office in Whitehall. The Arch bishop of Canterbury, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, and other Commissioners attended. Colonel Moody, R. E., had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday-, at the Colonial-office. The Committee of Customs Inquiry had a meeting yesterday at Gwydyr House, Whitehall. Lord Gran ville Somerset, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, and other Commissioners, attended the meeting. Mrs. Fry and Lady Pirie had an interview yester day with Lord Stanley, at the Colonial-office. Dispatches from the Governer of New South Wales were received yesterday at the Colonial office. SUBSCRIPTION CONCERTS, HANOVER-SQUARE ROOMS. The third. of these delightful performances took place at the Hanover-square Rooms, on Monday night. The following is the programme of the even ing's performance : PART I. Leader, Mr. F. Cramer ; Conductor, Mr. G. F. Harris. Overture—(Egmont)—Beethoven. Sestetto—Miss Rainforth, Miss Fanny Russell, Miss Dolby, Mr. Manvers, Mr. hlachin, and Mr. Phil lips, " Sola, sola " (Don Giovanni) —Mozart. Song—Mr. H. Phillips, " How willingly my paternal love" (Sampson)—Handel. Irish Melody—Miss Fanny Russell, " Savournah deelish." Duet—Mr. H. Phillips and Mr. %chin, "The Lord is a man of war," (Israel in Egypt)—Handel. Song—Miss Birch, "The Dream—J. P. Knight. Scena—Mr. Pearsall, "Through the forest ' (Frey schutz)—C. M. von Weber. Glee—Miss Hawes, Mr. Manvers, Mr. Pearsall, and Mr. Machin, "With sighs, sweet rose"—Dr. Callcott. Grand Concerto—Pianoforte, Herr Muhlenfeldt— Beethoven. Song—Miss Birch, "Lo ! here the gentle lark " (Flute Obligato, Mr. Carte)—Sir H. R. Bishop. Overture—(Der Freyschutz)—C. M. von Weber. PART. 11. Leader, Mr. Willy ; C,nductor, Mr. G. F. Harris. verture—(Romeo and Juliet)—G-. A. Macfarren. Song—Miss M. B. Hawes, " From the ruin's topmost tower," (Der Vampyr)—Ma -schner. Air—Mr. Manvers, " Total eclipse !" (Sampson)— Handel. _ _ New Song—Miss Dolby, " Estelle ;" (first time of performance)—Henry Smart. Solo, Violin—Mr. W. Cramer. Song—Miss Rainforth, "Rose softly blooming " (Azor and Zemira)—Spohr. Song—Mr. Machin, " The British Anchor " '-E. J. Loder. Preghiera—Miss Birch, Miss Rainforth, Miss Fanny Russell, Miss Dolby, Miss M. B. Hawes, Mr. Man vers, Mr. Pearsall, and Mr. Machin, " Dal tuo stellato soglio," (Mose in Egitto)—Rossini. Overture—(Figaro)----Mozart. Mozart's delightful sestetto was beautifully given, and was loudly and deservedly applauded. Phillip's fine clear tones told admirably in it, and he sang with great effect, entering thoroughly into the spirit of his author. The beautiful Irish melody " Savournah deelish" was beautifully given by Miss Fanny Rus .sell. The gem of the first part, however, was J. P. Knight's ballad of the " Dream," sung by Miss Birch. We never heard Miss Birch in better voice, and she never displayed greater taste than she did in the exe cution of this beautiful ballad. The audience listened with silent delight until its conclusion, when the room re-echoed with plaudits, and there was a loud and unanimous call for its repetition. with which Miss. Birch gracefully complied. Dr. Cftllcott's beautiful glee, " With sihs, sweet rose," was'also honoured with an encore. Herr Muhlenfeldt elicited considerable applause by his performance of Beethoven's grand concerto, in which he displayed great taste and considerable musical knowledge, al though he seems scarcely to have sufficient firmness of touch to do full justice to the master pieces of Beethoven. Mr. Henry Smart's new song, ",Estelle," should rather be called a scena than a song. It is a delightful composition, and will, no doubt, be soon found on the pianoforte of every young lady who possesses power of voice sufficient for its execution. Miss Dolby sang it with great power and pathos, and was enthusiastically ap plauded. ft will doubtless henceforth be one of Miss Dolby's favourite songs. The violin solo of Mr. W. Cramer, was a wonderful performance. Exquisitely sweet was the music, which the violin discoursed. under his management. His bowing was truly asto nishing, and unlike the generality of pieces composed for the purpose of enabling a solo performer to display his powers of execution, it was not caviare to the vulgar. The most uncultivated ear could not but have been delighted with the exquisite flow of melody, " the delightful concord of sweet sounds,"- of the violin solo of Mr. W• Cramer. Want of space pre vents us froth noticing the other performances of tlse t evening, the whole of which were given with grey taste and judgment. We were delighted to see that the rooms were crowded, and we trust these delightful concerts will continue to receive that public support which they so richly deserve. SITTINGS OF THE INCOME-TAX COMMISSIONERS. The Commissioners appointed for the City of Lon don under the Property and Income-tax Act, com menced their sittings on Monday, for the purpose of hearing the appeals against the assessments on ac count of the tax. The chambers where the Commis sioners sit are at 36, Basinghall-strcet, and both Mon day and yesterday were crowded during the whole of the day by persons anxious to be heard against the assessment, and amongst whom loud complaints were raised about the complication of the papers submitted to them ; the excessive amount to which they had been assessed, notwithstanding the returns they had made, and the great inconvenience and trouble they had been put to in dancing attendance from day to day, in order to get. their claims of reduction allowed, or the assessment altogether set aside. The plan adopted by the . Commissioners, notwithstanding the outcries against them, seems to have been chosen with due re gard to the convenience of the public. The City hav ing been divided into districts, notices of the day of hearing was forwarded, with the papers to be filled up, to all persons assessed in each of the said districts ; and on appearing at the chambers, a number is appended to each notice paper presented, and they are then heard in rotation, so that those who make the earliest appli cation on thei appointed day are the soonest heard. On Monday the district comprising the wards of Aldgate, Bassishaw, Billingsgate, Bridge, and Bishopsgate were taken when upwards of 200 appeals were heard, out of which nearly two-thirds of the claims for exemption or reduction were admitted, and produced pretty ge neral satisfaction. Yesterday, 392 numbers were is sued for the district comprising Bread-street, Candle wick, Cheap, Coleman-street, Cornhill, and Dowgate wards, the results of which appeared to be far less sa tisfactory than the preceding day. Friday next is appointed as an adjourned day for hearing those cases for the above wards that could not come before the Commissioners on either of the first days. It is ex pected that the appeals from therity alone will occupy till Christmas. Tun WEATHER.—The weather, which at the com mencement of last week was intensely cold, the frost being some times severe, accompanied with biting winds, has, during the last three or four days, assumed a mild aspect. We have been visited occasionally with fine gentle rains ; but the evenings are still clear and beautiful, and we have seldom experienced so genial a November. The year 1842 has hitherto been remark able for the beauty and seasonableness of the weather. We might now naturally look for a time of storm and severity ; but appearances seem to indicate that the year will finish as it began.—Glasgow Argus. RAILWAY COMPENSATION.—A compensation case between the Great North of England Railway Com pany and Mr. W. 'Walters of Darlington, was tried on Tuesday and Wednesday last, at the King's 'Head, Darlington, before W. E.Wooler, Esq., Thputy Sheriff, and a Special Jury. The object was to determine the amount which should be paid by the Company for a piece of land the property of Mr. Walters, which was wanted for the railway. A number of witnesses were examined on both sides as to the value of the land, and their estimates were "wide as the poles asunder ;" some valuing the property at upwards of 2,2001., and ahem at little more than 6001. The inquiry occupied two entire days, and the Jury- ultimately gave a ver dict of 9441. ls.----Newcastle Journal. DEATH OF THE HON. CAPTAIN MATTHEW FonTEscuE, R.N.—We have to announce the demise of the above Honourable and Gallant Gentleman, which took place on Satarday last, at his residence in Devonshire-place. The deceased, who was only brqther of the late Earl Fortescue, was born on the 12th of April, 1754, and consequently was in his 89th year ; he was twice married, first in Nov., 1778, to Henrietta, daughter of Col. Archer, and secondly, 6th June, 1795, to the widow of Sir Thomas Arland; Bart., and mother of Sir Dyke Acland, Bart., M.P. He had two sons by his first marriage and one by the second, all of whom survive their venerable father. The late Hon. Gentleman was a retired captain of the British Navy, in which branch of the service he was the oldest Lieutenant, the date of his commission being as far hack as September, 1775, and as a Captain, May, 1782. A TROTTING MATCH.—A match to drive in harness from the Elephant and Castle to Brighton, making the best of the way, for 501. a side, came off on Monday, between Mr. S. Lawrence and Mr. T. Angel. The conditions were, that each party should ride his horse, and accordingly Mr. Lawrence rode Lord 'William, and Mr. Angel a well-known fast mare called Black Bess. Mr. Lawrence was the win ner. He did the distanco, in four hours and ten mi nutes, coming in al:out half an hour in advance of his opponent. Bets to a large amount were laid on ; thy event. OVERLAND MAIL EXTRAORDINARY DISPATCP.. FROM CHINA. RECAPTURE OF CAUBUL TREATY of PEACE WITH CIIIIY) The following important i n t e lligence was brought to Malta on t h e 13th instant, from Alexandria, and forw ar d e d t o Marseilles by the Locust steamer. C an i m l h as b ee n again taken , and General Pollock and General Nott have , with their victorious troops, met in the capital of Affghanistan. Some severe fighting took Place on both 'routes, but the British forces tained their high character, and detente ( ' the enemy with comparatively little in every enc oun t er . A num ber.: of ,' . .the prisoners detai ne d b y Akb ar Khan were found in safety a t C au b u l, an d strong: ll o es existed that Lady S a l e an d t h e res t Of t : loss dily be set at liberty. Akb ar Kh an had-" - dq the mountains. In China the success has been equallY_„c cli : plete. The city of :Nankin bn% been cagt and the treaty Of peace between Great Br" and China was signed on the 29th of Antr i r:i board the Cornw a lli s , a s hi p o f t h e line, anc°°"4 in the river Ya ng - zsc -ki ang, un d er t h e wa „ 9 :, iii " this great emp or i um o f tra d e an d commerce: China. The Tartar troops made great resistance. Their leader fought to the last, and on 11E 1 every hope of success or retreat vain, he himself up in his chamber, ordered his to set fire to the house, and perished in the 11' CHINA -!: On the 11th October, the Honourable e n°l3 „ r an i d steam frig* Sesostris, Com man d er OrrespY , l - 3 i s t at Bombay, bringing news from N a nkin t° - August, and Hong-Kong to the 10th Septeinb er i V oo „ The last mail informed you of the eaptur e _ °l :,' d of sung and Shanghae, in the Yang-tze-Keang . ".. s on the destruction of numerous batteries and defen c- te d the banks of the Woosung river ; and it Vi l l. s , 4l the that the fleet had proceeded towards Nankin ` °- ,. tv purpose of commencing operations against tht th t The squadron set sail from Woosung 00 t : t e es July, and on the 14th arrived opposite Wil e " - 'fonl built on a range of hills commanding the rise r l,; lo which a fire was opened on the leading ship'' d t he guns were in s t an tl y s il ence d , and t h e whole of defences destroyed. On th e 20th the vesselshich chored abreast o f th e c i ty o f Chin-Keang.44 " A the commands the entr ance o f the Grand Cana), an next morning the troops were disembarked, ope marched to the attack of the Chinese forces. brigade was directed to move against the enel-bedfs camp, situated about three miles distint , as. from 1,500 to 3,000 men, it was reported, I ; ith sembled ; another was ordered to co-operate t he this division in cutting off the expected retreSt P thi ri rd Chinese from the c am p o f th e c i ty; w hile tfr - Ii received instructions to escalade the northern' A t ta st the town. Th e Chi nese, after firing a 'few volleys, fled from the camp with precipationOlu - ive r, persed over the country. The city itself, " ti , who was manfully defended by the Tartar s o ldier'' 4 ; t h prolonged the contest fur several hours, resistiil„bri, desperate va l our th e com bi ne d efforts o f the Out set . gades, aided by a reinforcement of marines a llu id a l men. At length opposition ceased, and ere I gr o we were compl e t e mas t ers o f t h e place. Chi n- na the foo, like Amoy, w as most strong l y fortified, t/-orri works in excellent rep a i r . I t i s supposed thejthese son consisted of not le ss th an 3 ,0 00 me n, sou - a nd about 1,000 and 40 man d ar i ns were..kil7i":'rot wounded. " The Tartar G enera l," sari Sir'"" si . s t a ll tinger, " retired to his house when he s nvrt ; i t in was lost, made his se rvan t s set it o n fire , : nit- ,H;to his chair till he was b urne d t o d e ath! 111 s. r.:Lea secretary was found, th e d a y a ft er the a ssault, - .h,! re , in a garden ; and on his being carried to the Otto, cognised the half. consumed remains of his ,111• who was worthy of such a death." rs of Our list of casualties was heavy : three OPf_ A r ad the land-force, and on e o f th e navy, being lobed nine of the former, and two of the latter bo th wounded.* One h un d re d an d fif ty -f our m en' services were killed and wounded. o f Leaving a strong garrison for the reten - ' ° 32 - 0 . Chin-Keang-foo, the fleet proceeded townM3A a rrived kin, which was about forty miles distant/ a n " - . 0 0- were iw troeg onithe 6th of August, when preparations diately made for an attack on the city. A 1 5 ord force under the command of Major-Genera , on to Saltoun, was landed, and took up , their Po i , ti _ ut to the west of the town ; and operations were the be commenced, when a letter was sent off to t oigb nipotentiary, requesting a truce, as certfun fil ne er, ° Commissioners, specially d e l ega t e d by the „ t heir 0 " and possessed of full p owers t o nego tiate, wer e en tif way to treat with us. The attack was Con t ` eq ,iu the deferred, but the C omm i ss i oners did n ot orric e ' 15th. Their names and rank are thus give% : ;oo' 1. Kee Ying, of th e R oya l F am ily, and der-in-Chief of the Tartar troops i n Kuang elf 2. Eleepoo, Lieut.-General of Shapeo, f°; t ieg Governor of Chekeang, but degraded for Üb e • the prisoners last year. 3. Gnu, General of the t wo provinces, Neettnb. foo and Keeang-see. discussion After several visits, and a goo d deal of' — l5 sr' between the contracti ng P owers , matters l e re 190 ranged to their mutual sa ti s f ac ti on ; and on t hold of August the treaty was publicly signed p o , n n t ting et her Majesty's ship C ornwa lli s , by Sir 0. ;000 and the three Commissioners. Of this co n ..... the following are the most important articles the t wo " 1. Lasting peace and friendship betwee n empires. d oliArs'' "2. China to pay twenty-one millions of ors. he ,, c 3 o . ur T se of the present and three succeeding/ foe, at pe a h ani e di dr p se o gh rt ua s lnag o rh f attn C i,d a t j n ou to bs n te , tat A irl.rff 7 n , o l pe l( 7 1 -c t4.0 1 1ri s t i i ci sil e merchants; consular officers to be appointed ``) an d port (as well as inland transit) duties to b Pe ed :r e st : sab- ri iiih n e a ci and published. "4. The island of Hong-Kong i sti:fbeime i P et. petuity to her Britannic Majesty, her be suc“cess.soArsll. subjects of her Britannic 0 1 .1 e s, ti be (vi eo b il e: t t i l n w e r d i n n a t a i t v l3, e of E , s part oufrtohpee Chinese nlensedieam) empires i res T o t w oo' ditionally released. t o be ell " 6. An act of full and entire amnesty 0 13 :. lished by the Emperor under his Imperial " * 7: l t' nual and seal to all Chinese subjects, on Th c : - r re' their having held service or intercourse WU,' sided under the British Government or i ts of Cr° v " 7. Correspondence to be conducte d on er"-erir perfect equality amongst the offi cer s of both ments. " 8. On the Emperor's assent being recei ved to e th n i t: treaty, and the payment of the first instal°l6re to retire T OOO her Britannic Majesty's fbl' es from Nankin and Grand Canal, and the military P o f at t Chinhai to he also withdrawn, but the ig al l ve f Chusan and Kolongsoo are to be held until the a r ts payments and the arrangements for opening th be completed. hr° It appears th e E mperor a t first objected — t, t 0 open the port o f F oo - c h ow -f oo , on the gr ound cu place w as w ithi n 70 m iles of the tract of r this io try wher e th e bl ac k t eas are grown, 'thilgtori, would take th e ir carg oes in here, instea d of ash O (which i s 400 m il es o ff), and consequently ode of the latter place would be ruined. The PleniP ° bis tiary, however, refused to Majesty was obliged ultimately to give Way. 19. , At the time the Sesostris left Nankin, the Mono yield the point , Bnd rins appeared most anxious for our departure lc°_, this neighbourhood, and the 6,000,000 dollars,i; quired to be paid ere the expedition would be drawn was in the course of collection. indeed had been already tendered, as an Fo i u n r stl:llrniwiie . °llll - 4 : but Sir Pottinger refused to receive any thing le' than the whole sum. * LAND FORCE. r Killed.—Col. Driver, 6 th M . N J.; `-' 313 " . son, 89th R. 1.; Lieut. Gibbons, ii. M. 49th. • Wounded.—Lieut. Bernard, 18th B. T. Lieut. Badeley, 11. M. 49th (danflerouily); "551 th Grant, , same regiment (slight) • Major Warfel,. e o regiment (severely); Lieut. Cuddy, same r e f i rri , ;go (severely); Capt. Simson, Rifles (severely); "Asrtil- Travers, 2d M. N. I. (slight); Waddle Mod ris ji,) lery (severely); Jamedar, 2cl (seggv--"' • NAV! Rilla—Major Uniacke, Royal Marines. , 0 Olinded.—Lieut. crouch, Liidel2ipaill 4° zs,~ ~ :r