The Sun. — London, England, 1842-01-07 00:00:00

MORNING SUN This day is published, in Bvo., price ss. Part V. of lIIHE FARMER'S ENCYCLOP/EDIA, 1. and DICTIONARY of RURAL AFFAIRS. By C. W. JOHNSON, Esq. Containing articles en the Uses of Gases :to Vegetation, the Refuse Matter of Gas Works as a Fertilizer, Geology, Germination, Grasses, Green Manures, Guano (an important new manure), Gypsum, Harrow (with Engravings of the most approved Harrows), Hop, &c. London : Longman, Brown, and Co. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING, JAN. 6, Will be performed the Play of THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA.—Duke of Milan, Mr. Phelps ; Valentine, Mr. Macready ; Proteus, Mr Anderson ; Thurio, Mr. Comp ton ; Launce, Mr. Keeley ; Julia, Miss Fortescue ; Silvia, Miss Ellis; Lucetta, Miss Turpin. After which will be repeated the New Christmas Pantomime, called HARLEQUIN AND DUKE HUMPHRF.Y'S DIN NER; OR, JACK CADE, THE LORD OF LONDON STONE. Doors to be opened at Half• past Six, and the Performance to begin at Seven o'clock. Boxes 55., Second Price, 2e. 6d. Pit 35., Seccmd Price •2s. Lower Gallery Is. 6d., Second Pr . ce Ls. Upper Gallery Is., Second Price 6d. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, JAN. 6, Will be revived Mrs. Inchbald's Comedy of WIVES AS THEY WERE AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE.—Lord Priory, Mr. W. Farren ; Sir William Dorillon, Mr. Cooper ; Sir George Evelyn, Mr. G. Vandenhoff ; Mr. Bronzely, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Miss Dorrillon, Mrs. Nisbett ; Lady Mary Raffle, Mrs. Glover ; Lady Priory, Miss Faucit (her first ap pearance at this Theatre). After which will be repeated the New Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled GUY EARL OF WARWICK ; OR, HARLEQUIN AND THE DUN COW. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3a. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 35.; Second Price. 25.; Gallery, Is. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andre ms, bookseller, 167, New Bond-street. To-morrow, Norma, with the New Pantomime. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR, WILLIS JONES. Astounding hit—The acknowledged best Pantomime in Lon don—Hundreds nightly unable to gain admittance—The Sons of Syria and Felix Carlo surprise every one. THIS EVENING, JAN. 6. Will be acted a New Domestic Drama, entitled MADAME LAFFARGE, from Memoirs written by Herself. After which, a Nautical Burletta, entitled JACK JUNK ; or, a SEAMAN'S FIRESIDE.—Jack Junk, with Five Sea Songs, Mr. Walton. To conclude with a Grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE ICE QUEEN; OR, JACK FROST AND KING SHAM.—With gorgeous and charac teristic Scenery, splendid Properties, ludicrous and Quaint Dresses, ingenious Tricks, magnificent Panorama by Brun ning, &c. Harlequin, M. Huline ; Patch, M. Rochct ; Pan taloon, M. Lehman ; Flip, Signor Feliz Carlo ; Clown, Mr. Buckingham ; Columbine, Miss Sharpe. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. Grand Juvenile Week ! The Pantomime pTayed as Second Piece ! Novelties unequalled ! Attraction undoubted ! In terest unprecedented! and Success enormous! THIS EVENING, JAN. 6, Will be acted, SUSAN HOPLEY ; or, THE TRIALS AND VICISSITUDES OF A SERVANT GlRL.—Wil liam Dean, Mr. E F. Saville ; Dicky Dean, Mr. Paul ; Susan Hopley, Miss Vincent (tke acknowledged Heroine of Domestic Tragedy), After which, a New Grand Romantic Aerial Comic :Pan tomime, entitled HARLEQUIN PETER WILKINS ; OR, THE KING OF THE AIR AND THE FLYING IN DIANS.—With new and extensive Scenery, Dresses, Decora tions, Tricks, Transformations, and Effects—A new Nautical Panorama, to be. entitled " Our Native Sea-girt Isle !" cen sisting of Maritime Views along the Ccast of England. Alto, a new Grand Dissolving Diorama, by Childe, the Great Illu sionist ; and the Opening of the Pantomime supported by the Comic Talent of this—the Popular Theatre of London. To conclude with THE HAUNTED INN. Boxes, 2s.—Pit, Is.—Gallery, 6d.—Half-price to theßoxes only, at Half-past Eight. To-morrow, Susan Hopley, Harlequin Peter Wilkins, and The Haunted Inn. NEW STRAND THEATRE. OPEN EVERY EVENING. Immense attraction, thunders of applause, the Public deceived with their eyes open. Mr. JACOBS, the ROYAL VENTRILOQUIST and GREAT MODERN MAGICIAN, having been received on his third visit to the Metropolis in the most gratifying manner, will continue to work his wonderful and sense-deceiving powers during the present season. All are surprised, all astonished, all delighted with the incomprehensible and metamorphistical feats produced ; amazement sits upon the countenances of the spectators, and murmurs of approbation resound throughout the theatre. Visit the temple of this modern charmer, or you will lose a treat indeed. In addition to the above are added the fol lowing excellent performances : —Mons. ROUSSEUR, the celebrated FRENCH EQUILIBRIST ; the Classical group ings of the PATAGONIAN WONDERS ; and Herr KIIEU ZER'S PHANTASMAGORICAL DISSOLVING POR TRAITS. Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven. Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Children, Is. 6d. Pit, Is. 6d. ; Children, Is. Gal lery; 6d: Haif-price a Quarter to Nine. Boxes, is. 6d. Pit, J. Gallery, nu half-price. Carriages to be in waiting Ten:Minutes to Eleven. THE RAILWAY SUN IS NOW RE-PUBLISHING, PRICE SIXPENCE. TBE CHINA SUN, AND THE PARLIAMENTARY SUN, ARE STILL ON SALE, PRICE SIXPENCE EACH. Sun Office, Jan. 7, 184 2. THE WEATHER.—Noorc, JANUARY 6. ROYAL °GA LLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Thermometer... 44 ) Highest 45 1 Lowest 29 Barometer 29.90.—Wind N.E.—Freezing Point .7,2 Deg. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning...... 6 minutes after 10. I Evening ......51 minutes after 10. rtig ult. LONDON: FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1842. I M PORTAN T NEWS FROM CHINA. By the arrival of the Overland Mail from India we have received news from Bombay of the 30th of November, and from Canton of the 10th of October. The intelligence from China is highly important. On the 26th of August the British squadron, under the command of Admiral PARKER, assisted by Major-Gen. Sir 11. Gouon, Commander of the Land forces, and in the pre sence of Plenipotentiary Sir H. POTTINGER, cap tured the strong city of Amoy without the loss - of a single man on the side of the British. The Bri tish squadron consisted of 34 sail, including steamers and transports. This force sailed from Hong-Kong on the 21st of August, and on the 25th arrived within forty miles of Arnoy. Sound ings being taken by the Druid and Blonde frigates, and the two Commanders-in-Chief having reconnoitred the coast, on the fol lowing morning preparations were made for a general attack. In the interim the Chinese had fired several times • upon the ships, but without doing them any injury. Shortly after eight o'clock, A.M., a Mandarin came on board the - Wellesley with a flag of truce, ostensibly to inquire why so many ships tame to trade at once, and what kind of mer chandise they had on board. The Mandarin, however, soon discovered that our friend, pro crastinating Captain ELLIOT, was not the person he had to deal with. And if a pause in this narra tive may be allowed, what a pity it was for both, seeing the fine field presented for endluis negotiations ! What grave shaking of heads there would have been between the ex- Plenipotentiary and the Mandarin, and what work the secretaries and translators, and messen gers to and from the Celestial Court of Pekin, - would have had, were it an ELLIOT instead of a PoTTINGER , that had appeared with a squadron before Amoy. But Sir H. POTTINGER is not a Plenipotentiary of the ELLIOT stamp, and so he at once informed the Mandarin that the " forei;n devils" could fight as well as barter woollens for teas and rhubarb, and that the former wa-; now the object of their visit. The engitclacnit was bewitt by two steamers, the Sesostris and Queen, about half-past twelve o'clock, awl in half-an-hour afterwards the.fight was general. The line-of-battle ships anchored within four hundred yards of the shore, and six hundred of the fortifications, which they cannon aded in a splendid style. After the firing had lasted about two hours Sir H. Gotrox at the head of her Majesty's 18th Regiment; landed, and seized one end . 'of the long battery. The 26th Regiment, with the Saildrs and marines, attacked the strong.batteries On the Island of Koolangsee, immediLtely.M front of Amoy, and carried them in the most dasfiinvAikg k e r . - Tbe Chinese now ran for their lives in all Alrectickns, leaving the whole of their works in the hands 'of the British. The fortifications were found to he of immense thickness, and so well constructed of granite i rocks, faced with mud, that the fire from the ships did them comparatively little injury. The victory was, in fact, achieved by the storming par ties. Early on the 27th, Sir HUGH GOUGH, at the head of the troops, entered the city, where he met with no resistance. The inhabitants had fled, taking with them all their treasures, for only five thousand dollars in specie were found in this rich city. In the bay eighteen war junks and some gun-boats were taken. A great number of Mandarins of high rank witnessed the engagement at a distance, and it was re ported that when they witnessed the complete triumph of the British arms, some of them killed themselves to escape the Imperial vengeance. As the occupation of Amoy would have required more troops than could be spared from the fleet, the Plenipotentiary and the Commanders-in-Chief agreed only to occupy the island of Koolangsee, which was garrisoned with 500 men of the 18th and 26th Regiments, with some artillerymen. To protect this garrison, and to keep the local authorities in check, her Majesty's ships Druid, Pylades, and Algerine, were ordered to remain at Amoy. Thus all British vessels sailing to the northward will find assistance and protection at Amoy ; and thus, too, the EMPEROR will learn that the whole sea-board coast of his mighty empire is entirely at the mercy of a foreign people, whom his arrogance made his enemies. The following circular, addressed by Sir H. POTTINGER to'her Majesty's subjects in China, contains the only official account yet received of this splendid victory. There is nothing magni loquent about it. Sir H. POTTINGER has not, like Captain ELLIOT, cultivated the " King Cambyses' vein" of writing edicts and despatches. But if he go on taking towns after the Amoy fashion, we will excuse his saying nothing about his own exploits in his despatches. Nay, more, we will engage, on the part of Old England, to be as careful of his fame as his predecessor was of his own at the expense of his country. Here, then, is the cir cular of the Plenipotentiary : " To her Britannic Majesty's Subjects in China. " Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c., has the highest degree of satisfaction in announcing to her Majesty's subjects, and others who feel an interest in the question, that the city of Amoy, with its very extensive and for midable line of batteries and fleet of gun-boats and war junks (the whole mounting upwards of 500 pieces of cannon), was taken possession of on the 26th instant, after a short, but animated defence on the part of the Chinese, by her Majesty's naval and land forces, under the command of their Excellencies Rear-Admiral Sir W. Parker, K.C.8., and Maj.-Gen. Sir H. Gough, K.C.B. "This brilliant achievement has been happily accom plished with a very trifling loss ; and, in addition to the works, all of which have been dismantled and destroyed, and the guns spiked and broken, immense magazines full of munitions of war have been either removed or ren dered useless. " Arrangements are now in progress for leaving a de tachment of troops on the small island of Koolangsee (which is separated from the town of Amoy by a channel of deep water), and some of her Majesty's ships will like wise remain at this port, whilst the great body of the expedition advances to the northward, so that British or other ships, that may touch here during the ensuing season, will find ample protection, aad be secure from any risk of molestation. " Her Majesty's Plenipotentary deems it quite super fluous to say one word as to the manner in which this important service has been performed. The facts re quire no eulogium. The Chinese Government vainly imagined they had rendered Amoy impregnable, but were undeceived in presence of the Viceroy of the provinces of Chekeang and Fokien (who, with a num ber of high officers, witnessed the attack from the heights above the town) in the short space of four hours from the firing of the first gun ; and, had the op position been a hundred times greater than it was, the spirit and bearing of ail employed showed that the re sult must have been the same. " God save the Queen. " HENRY POTTINGER, " Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary. " Dated this 31st day of August, 1841, on board her Majesty's ship Blenheim, in Amoy Harbour." Nor is the above the only lesson the Chinese have been taught since the date of the news brought by the last overland mail. That perfi dious people, disregarding the convention entered into with Captain , ELLicyr, no sooner saw Sir HUGH GOUGH'S back turned than they set about repairing the fortresses on the Canton river, and driving stakes into the bed of it to obstruct the navigation of it. This being made known at Hong Kong, Capt. NIAS, of her Majesty's ship Herald, the senior officer at that station, pro ceeded up the river and destroyed the fort of Wangtong, to which the Chinese offered no op position. He next issued a proclamation in the Chinese language, in which he informed the Mandarins and the people, that if any other breach of the truce took place, he would renew the war in real earnest. This had the desired effect. The Cantonians grew suddenly as quiet as mice, and even professed a great willingness to trade with the English. British merchants were, however, exceedingly shy of trusting themselves in the power of the Canton mob, although dreading nothing from the Mandarins, who were too much terrified to provoke another hostile visit from the British Tars. From Burmah the news is less warlike than last month. Accounts had reached the Golden footed Monarch, THAItAWADDIE, of the real state of affairs in China. His MAJESTY entered Rangoon at the head of a large force on the 2d of October, but had intimated an intention of very speedily returning to his capital without attacking Moulmein, which Lord AUCKLAND had caused to be put in a good state of defence, without sending the re-inforcements at first intended for that station. From Central Asia the news is not so sa tisfactory. In a series of conflicts in the Koord Cabool Pass we have to deplore the loss of three gallant officers killed and ten wounded. The few particulars known of these conflicts will be found in another part of The Sun. We expect, however, that when the ordinary Bombay and Calcutta Papers ar rive we shall be in a condition to furnish our readers with all the particulars. It is not denied by the Tory Journals that the " - public distress has had some influence on the revenue, and if it have not produced the whole or any considerable part of the Excise decrease, it has prevented an increase." But there is little doubt that the distress of the lower classes is the main cause of the falling off in the revenue. They contribute little or nothing to the Assessed "Taxes," and this branch of the revenue is flourishing, but they contribute a large propor tion of the Excise duties, in which the deficiency is the greatest; we must, therefore, tellthe land lords, who in general have the disbursement and enjoyment of the revenue, that they cannot have their funds both in meal and iu malt, cannot both levy a heavy tax on the necessaries of life fbr their own especial use, and taxes on luxuries and comforts-for the use of the State. At the conference of the working-classes held at Manchester on New Year's Day, from which emanated that excellent Address to the Radical Reformers of Great Britain and Ireland which we published in our afternoon edition yesterday, a considerable body of facts were brought for ward to illustrate the present condition of the working-classes, some of which:we shall quote to show its effects on the revenue. It is scarcely necessary to remind the reader that in the majo rity of cases people do not limit their consump tion of bread and meat till after they have limited, or totally put a stop to their consumption of to bacco and spirituous liquors. At that meeting there were Deputies from various parts of the kingdom,. and Mr. JOHN ADAM, weaver, from Forfar, gave in a report of the working-classes in that town, of which the following is an extract : There were visited in Forfar 510 families, consisting of 1,727 individuals, nearly all of whom were employed. After deducting for rent, tire, and light, they had only the following sums per day, respectively, on which to subsist, viz.:-40 individuals, from 6d. to Bd. per day; 61 from sd. to 51d.; 116 from 4d. to 4:td.; 247 from 3d. to 34d.; 567 from Id. to lid.; and 118 from id. to Id. The greate , .,part of the last number are single women, employed as winders. Only 42 of the entire number are unemployed. In 1836, the population of Forfar was 8,780; the number of cattle killed was 825, which gave an average allowance, per diem, to each individual, of 1 ounce 13 drachms. In 1841 the population was 9,605; and the number of cattle killed; 483, which afforded to each individual an average daily: supply of :151 drachms. The of other - U4cleistOes; • bread,- cattin, &c., diminished in the-same proportion: That is the condition of the people in A remote part of Scotland ; their condition in the heart of England was thus described : In Nottingham the working classes were in great distress. He (Mr. Murray) had counted 117 stout, healthy men, engaged in " making a hole, and filling it up again." They were employed at the forest in remov ing a bank of red sandstone, in order that they might re ceive parish pay. Eleven of them were harnessed to the gravel cart, like beasts of burden. That was not a suit able occupation for human beings. The children in the workhouse of Nottingham died so rapidly that a coro ner's inquest was held to ascertain the cause. It was then found, that, in consequence of the crowded state of the workhouse, the mortality was five-fold greater in it than outside. Of Halifax a carefully drawn up report stated, Sixty-two families have been forced from their homes into lodgings, where there are two, and three, and even four small families in one small house of two rooms, with scarcely a vestige of furniture. Some are lying upon straw, on the cold ground ; others had been without fire in their houses for two or three days, and not a morsel of flour, meal, or other food in the house. One poor woman declared she had not eaten a morsel for two days. In one house, containing two families, was a female, in a corner of the room, clothed in rags, near her confinement, and actually famishing for bread. Though the aristocracy, by drawing their cur. tains close, and shutting their double-doors, may keep the complaints of the people from pe netrating into their clubs and drawing-rooms, and may therefore remain in blissful ignorance of what the people say and think, they must not suppose, we can assure them, that such statements can be made to crowded meetings of the work ing classes, and can be recorded by many of the Journals, without having a considerable effect on their minds. One consequence of such state ments is to make them feel doubly indignant against the bread-taxers, and hence the demand for compensation for past injury, as well as a guarantee against future wrong, is becoming quite popular amongst them. At that meeting a Mr. WATKINS said— If the large assembly which he had the honour to re present were polled through, scarcely an individual would be found who would not assert the principle that the people were entitled to receive compensation from the aristocracy who had fattened themselves on their sufferings. The propriety of making this; claim was not first suggested by young and inexperienced men, who did not understand the matter—it was first proposed by the father of the Anti-Corn-law agitation—the author of the Anti-Corn-law Catechism—Colonel Thompson ; and the claim was considered just and legitimate by the Rev. Patrick Brewster, who, in a letter addressed to him (Mr. Watkins) a few weeks ago, used these words : "I cannot help expressing my satisfaction that the work ing men getting up the meeting have the sense and spirit to demand compensation. Would that the League had the courage to join them in that claim !—it would sooner bring your unfeeling oppressors to their senses."— (Cheers.) Though that claim had been put forward by a few, yet backed as it was by two men whom all per ties respected, it was surely entitled to the consideration of the meeting. His opinions were thus echoed : Mr. Murray, of Nottingham, was of opinion that com pensation, in some shape or other, should be had. The aristocracy had proclaimed to the world, through their organs, that they were worth 3,000,000,0001. of money ; and he thought that, as they had saddled the country with 1,000,000,0001. of a National Debt, they should be called on to liquidate it by paying 6s. Bd. to the pound for one year. lie would forgive them all their bygone robbery, if they paid that debt. They might discharge it in ten years by paying Bd. to the pound on their boasted capital. That was the compensation he would demand from them ; and surely, after charging the people 30 per cent. on their food beyond its real value, they (the aristocracy) had no reason to grumble at the proposition. Such are the thoughts and such is the language of the working-classes, dictated by their deep distress; and such thoughts and such language are spreading further and wider, while indignation apinst the law-makers is becoming more intense every day. Unfortunately for them, science and the statistical accounts which they order to be collected for their own information or amuse ment, justify the workmen's statements, and confirm those indications of decay and distress which we find in the Revenue accounts. In a paper on the increase of mortality, in that useful periodical, called Facts and Figures, No. 4, we find the following passage : The rate of mortality throughout England was— _ . In the year ending 30th June, 1839, one in 46.21, or 216 in 10,000 of the population. In the year ending 30th June, 1840, one in 44'28, or 225 in 10,000 of the population ; showing an increase of 9 on 216, or 4 . 16 per cent. It was in . 1839 1840 Leic':stershire .... ....... lin 48 . 06 Nottinghamshire West Riding, Yorkshire lin 44'11 Cheshire Warwickshire Staffordshire 1 in 53.04 Lancashire The above seven counties lin 41.82 All England . . lin 46'21 In each 10,000 of the population the deaths have there fore been, 1839. 1840. Difference. In the seven manufacturl 239 262 9.62 per cent. inn counties In the remaining counties 206 209 1'45 „ In all England 216 225 4'16 ' , In the counties of Leicester, Nottingham, and Lan caster, the deaths have been in each 10,000 of the population : 1839. 1840. Difference. Leicester Nottingham 2lO 282 34 . 28 Lancaster . The extreme high rate of mortality in both years in Lancashire seems to indicate that causes adverse to prosperity came earlier into operation in that county than elsewhere : the rate of mortality, then, has been higher than that of the whole kingdom by 31 per cent. in 1839, and 43 per cent. in 1840. When we consider that the value of life among the upper and middling classes has been decidedly improved, as shown by the alterations in insurance policies, as well as by general observation, how fearful must be the in crease of disease and mortality amongst the poor ! Fearful, indeed—it must be fearful; and the people begin to be quite sensible that those who call them " canaille," and the " swinish multi tude," have a serious and settled design on their lives. They say that they are to be starved ont of existence, as the Red men of America have been swept away; with this difference, that the latter have been annihilated by the progress of a more industrious and skilful race, while they are to make way for those who have neither in dustry nor skill, and who will themselves decay and perish, should they succeed in their present object of starving the working classes. We know, too, that they see with unmitigated dis gust the present conduct of the clergy in advo cating the immoral system which aims at de stroying them. The bribed priesthood now meet them in every path; and as writers of letters, as editors of newspapers, as getters up of journ4l.l for the working classes, as well as in 4.la.eir • , caps.eity , - preachers, they zealously endeavour tb - prevent the''escape of the people from the bog of cruel oppression in which they are immersed. If they should succeed, it will end in depriving themselves of congregations; and if they should not succeed, they will find that in making religion the ally of an unjust and immoral system of politics, they have weakened its influence, and have for ever destroyed their own. The Sun 'has consistently and zealously advo. cated that. extension of copyright which. Mr. Segeant TALFOURD proposed. We may venture, therefore, with no chance of having our motives misconstreed, to express a doubt whether lite rary men consult the public feeling in now urging forward legislation on that subject. We are told, however, that Mr. THESIGER is to take up the measure which Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD is no longer, we regret to say, in a condition to advocate. We see, also, that there are able and elaborate articles on the• question in the Quarterly Review, and in Black wood's Magazine, while the awful-condition-of- England question seems unworthy of notice. The distressed people will thus be taught that literary men are as selfish as the landlords, and I have no sympathy with their distress. At present the authors of:the empire should be employed in counselling and advising the nation, if they are really to be its lights and guides, how it may navigate safely through the dangers which surround it, so as to avoid the engulph ing quicksands of despotism on the one hand, and the rocks of anarchy on the other. They may be certain of being better rewarded should they forego their own small advantages to a calmer season, and now take their proper station as the pilots of society. If, like merchants or money-brokers, they regard only the means of leaving a fortune behind them—if, while they talk and write of high-mindedness and pure aspirations, they display only a sordid feeling, grasping after some doubtful advantage to them selves—they will only prove that they are not more noble-minded than the -money tsrubbers, against whimthsy rail,, and ..they will indi c t at i Irreparable injury on the literary character. If their energies, too, are now to be employed pie,. -- , -t.: , ..._ t e••• IA ,- , ..' ,-, our m p.,.... , ' ~, , ~ .'1,..,4 :2° 2,...- L .- L''.4 . V.Lc - I,II I IN v' . fir 7 ' ' .4,- -,,%, 4 e'11,..,,, , ..;°41 11 1W A ),,,,- • 4..._„ , ,, , q 7 ,.." , -4.,-: ;„,,Ajoit, ',..,4 1 ,„. 'l" ~t,,,,, -~,,,t.' .L- --; -, Rs ~,,,- • , THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1842. in advocating a kind of Puseyite or learned des potism in Tory Journals, while they selfishly urge the Legislature to attend to their pecuniary advantages, they will perhaps make their calling contemptible in the eyes of mankind, and pre vent themselves from obtaining their wishes. Prudence, as well as patriotism —a regard to their own interest, as well as a due sense of their own usefulness, and what the country now requires, ought to make them think less of themselves, and more of the public. They should write less about copyright, and more about freedom of trade; so will they in the end find a Parliament and a public trained and tutored by them, grate ful for their services, and willing to grant them all which they can reasonably ask. If they must have Mr. THESIGER for their reprepresentative and advocate, at least let them caution him not to bring forward the subject till the Legislature can fitly entertain it; and let them not press what seems their private concern on the public, at a time when all the energies of the leaders of society arc required to save it from great disasters. To institute a fair comparison between the Revenue of 1840 and 1841, we must remember that the Budget was brought forward, in 1840, on the 15th of May; consequently, during up wards of four months in that year, the increased rate of taxation then proposed was not paid. Mr. BARING, as our readers will recollect, then laid an additional per tentage on the Customs and Excise duties of 5 per cent. Now, taking the Customs' duties at 20,000,0001. (they are up wards of 19,800,0001.), 5 per cent. is exactly one million sterling ; but as this 5 per cent. was not levied on the four first months of the year, the Customs revenue of the year 1841, ought to have exceeded that of 1840 by one third of 1,000,0001., or 330,0001. The actual in crease, forced up as we have explained, is only 145,2451., whence it follows that the Customs re venue, instead of having increased as the Times falsely represents it, is worse than the revenue of 1840 by 185,755/. Of course, the same reasoning applies to the Excise duties. The increase was first levied on May 15, 1840. Taking them at 12,500,000/., the increase for the year at 5 per cent. is 625,000/., and for the four months, or one-third, is 208,3001. The Excise duties in 1841 ought to have been more than the ',Excise duties in 1840 by that sum, whereas, they were only greater by 6,356/., whence it follows that .the Excise duties fell off in the year, even according to the returns, of forced and almost extorted pay ments of 201,9441. Let us further add, that had the population increased in 1841, in the proportion of one tenth and four-tenths per cent., and the re venue increased in proportion to the popu lation, the increase of 1841 over that of 1840, independently of the above considerations should have been somewhere about 650,0001., whereas it is put down only at 506,0951., which is another proof that the revenue is rapidly de clining, while the people are, suffering. It is impossible to take these facts into our se rious consideration without being alarmed for the state of the country, particularly as we learn from the Morning Post that Ministers will re gard it as their first duty to bring the revenue up to the expenditure, or increase the taxation; while the same journal honestly confesses that the monopolists who have seized the Government, do not know how to deal with the national dis tress. It talks, indeed, of putting down manu factures, but it admits that the Tamworth quack, after having :pocketed his fee for five months, knows nothing about curing the national dis orders. He only knows how to make the people pay for the noxious services of himself and his fellow-monopolists. The Paris Journals have all reached us, but a letter which we elsewhere insert from our Paris Correspondent, contains a summary of what is most important in theirpoliticalcolumns. The following are extracts from them : The National states that the Royal Ordonnance for the reduction of the army has been carried partially into effect, and that on the Ist inst. each battalion in the army was reduced by one company, the officers, &c., being distributed among the other companies. The Sentinelle of Toulon has an account of a conflict which took place in that town a few days ago between some French soldiers and Spanish refugees, waiting their departure f or Af r ica, in which sev era l on oth sides were wounded, the Spaniards suffering most. The young Spanish Plinces, sons of Don Carlos, and Prince Luitpold, of Bavaria,. have arrived at Naples, from Rome. The two former are lodged in the Royal Palace, the latter has taken up his residence at an hotel. The National states that tha man Bauer, who was arrested a few days since, as we mentioned, had nothing to do with Quenisset and his accomplices. He was taken into custody, it says, in consequence of information sent from Germany, and the only papers seized at his re sidence were several copies of a German Liberal Journal. Rubini has returned from Madrid to Bordeaux. On passing through Bayonne tho "Ring of Tenors" gave a concert, and with his usual generosity handed over the proceeds, more than 3,000 fr. to the Bureau de Bien faisance. A few days since a woman at Elvange, in the Moselle, who had just lost her daughter, fourteen years of age, wed was waiting by the side of the coffin for it to be taken to the cemetery, was so much affected by the sight of the mourners when they came in, that she fell down awl expired immediately. She has left five young children. The new Prince of Monaco was, on the 27th ultimo, solemnly invested, according to ancient customs, by the King of Sardinia, with the fiefs of Menton and Rocca broma, and all their rights and appendages, as heir to his late brother, Prince Honore V. Prince Florestan did not appear in person, but was represented by Charles Athanasius Rey, Chevalier de Villa Rey, Governor- General, Colonel-General, and President of the Coun cil of State of Monaco, who bore the necessary powers to receive the investiture and take the oaths in the name of the Prince. The King was seated on his throne, with the Duke of Savoy on his right, and the Duke of Genoa on his left, the Prince de Savoy Carig nan and the hereditary Prince of Lucca being also at tendant. The King and the Printes were covered. On the right of the throne were placed the Knights of the Annunciada and the officers of the Crown. On the left the Ministers and personages entitled to the grande en tree. Behind the throne were the Grand Chamberlain and the Captain of the Guards on duty ; at the foot was the King's Grand Equerry. On the right side was a table with the book of the Holy Evangelists and the Sword of Investiture. Opposite the throne were ranged the officers of the Gardes du Corps, the Geneials who are the King's Aides-de-Ctimp, the Quarterisiasters-General of the Guard, and bahina them the COurt officers. The Prince's proxy being introduced with the accustomed formalities, and conducted to the foot of the throne near the table, Count Gallina, First Secretary of State of the Interior and of Finances, standing on the last step of the throne, read the Act of Investiture. As he pronounced the solemn formula, the King received the sword from the hands of the Grand Equerry, delivered it into those of the Prince de Monaco's representive, and then granted him the honour of the accolade in testimony of fidelity. This part of the ceremony being concluded, the Cheva lier do Villa Rey, kneeling before the King with his hand on the Gospels, took the oath according to the form as read by Count Gallina. The Act was then signed by the Prince de Monaco's proxy, by the Knights of the Order, the appointed witnesses, and by the Secre tary of State. The wife of Boucheron, as we mentioned, has been arrested on a charge of robbery. It a pp ears that she had been received by a woman named Livet , herself in great poverty, and even receiving assistance from the Bureau de Bienfaisance ; and that according to her own account, she had taken a gown belonging to this woman, and pledged itat th e M ont -de-Piete. Part of the money raised on it, she gav e t o h e r husband in prison, and the ticket she gave to th e w oman Livet. The latt e r h as herself been arrested on a charge of mendicity, and un til she can appear in Court, the charge against the woman Boucheron is postponed. The case would not be worth mentioning did it not show in how low a class some of the accomplices of Quenisset were placed. A dinner in celebration or the birth of a Prince of Wales took Otte at Wiesbaden on the 13th ult., when the usual loyal toasts were drank on the occasion, Dr. Swift, of her Majesty's Royal Rifles, being in the chair. After passing the evening in the utmost hilarity, the n y d Prince occupied company separated, well satisfied with the wines and fare provided by M. §chneider, of the Rose Hotel, which Ernest, the yr e vvn p f e e esr t ti e ;reit b dae e ru i nr n i g n fgrgoimvt Albert,he were most excellent and recherche. What added much h tm is en b t r s o f t ( h )r e m rk er a l urtoghtlitiL t fas t h he ion f a r b o l s e t ftrid to the interest of the occasion, was the circumstance of e n i s h r i t in . last t i il ee father,.: apartments l i s p r i a t b s r celebrated watering -place. re turned on the 18th ult., and that the Neva continued to be covered with floating ice till the 20th. The bridge bad been removed. BOURSE.--.P AR/ s, TUESDAY, JAN. 4. Fiat Highest Lowest Last French 5 per Price Price. P rick. Price. 116 85 ... U 7 ... 116 85 ... 117 4 per Cents lOl 50 ... 101 50 ... 101 50 ... 101 50 9 per Cents. ex div 78. 15 -. 78 25 79 15 78 25 LOBll ei 78 80 ... 78 90 ~, 78 80 ... 78 85 Sank of France - 3343 ...3345 ;ma Leffltte Bank:1.000f. Shares 1007 50 ...ICO7 60 ...1007 50 _Am 50 3 000 f. spares 5029 ...5020 ...5020 fieleian -Sant ...... - 730 ... 7.50 750 750 aolglan 5 per Cents. , 102% 10-25 4 ( 102% - 102% 5 per Cents., 15 10 , 10.3 ... 1034 ... 1.03 ... 1034 spenish Active •••••66116 • 46 ... 28 .. 25if «. 26 6% f (8 b:9l Neapolitan lO6 35 ... 156 50 ... 106 35 ... 106 50 'O3 .. - 10.3 ... 103 .. 103X1 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain 825 ... 835 ... 825 ... 832 50 Ve.5an1e5.L.14..... .......... R. 8 342 50 ... 342 50 ... 312 50 ... 312 50 Rouen 470 ... 485 ... 470 ... 485 Orleans .. 517 50 ... 517 50 ... 515 ... 515 icralbui gto Bale 232 50 ... 232 50 ... 230 ... 230 DUTCH FUN D3.—ABISTKRDArd, .falr. 4. Money. Bile. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. Ainert Syndic,4% per cent...... ......... Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent 76 76% Commercial Company, 4% per cent 155% 15")% Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1837. 5 per cent. 9 7 14 98 Exchange on London, One month l2 10 Two months ..... Hamburgh, One month 35 75 Two months 35 43% Dutch Papers, Jaa. 4. BELGIAN P UNDS—Bausens, JAW. 4. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent lOl% Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 9ll % 3 per Cent. ---, , d4O) lOl l4 Loan of City, 1v32, 4 per Cent 95 Society of Commerce, 4 % per Cent — Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 75% NationalSeciety. Exchange on London (short) ..._ Th i r t y. sev en. —Brussels Papers, Jan. 4. — AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Dac. 23. five per Cents. Metalliques Four ?er Cents. ......... ............... ......... .... Three on Cents. Oank Shares l6ll —Allgenzeine Zeltung, Dee. 31. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vutiltr iaptuton. " Who runs may read." rosamxcx. The Overland Mail from India brings the highly im portant news that the British squadron in the Chinese seas had taken the strong fortress of Amoy without the loss of a single man. The Chinese lost 18 war junks, and 500 pieces of cannon. The accounts elsewhere given are very interesting. The steamer Aladagascar was lost on the coast of China, and the officers and lascars fell into the hands of the Chinese. There is a probability that there will be no war with Burmah. In some conflicts with the Ghilzies in the Koord Pass of Cabool, the British in the service of the Shah Soojah lost three officers killed, and ten wounded. A famine is apprehended in some districts of Bengal. PUBLIC OPINION. The Morning Post has an article, the object of which is to show that it is the bounden duty of Government to take the lead in inquiring into the present state of the country, and " to look boldly at the actual condition of the masses of the labouring poor." The Post adds, that Government should determine upon discouraging with all the weight of its influence whatever shall be decided upon as having led to the distress, and of contributing with all its ability to the placing of our national indus try upon a safer and better footing. The principal article in the Times is on the subject of the Revenue, which it seems to consider on the whole as favourable, observing ,that, " notwithstanding the ac knowledged depression prevalent in many branches of trade and industry, the general view which this docu ment gives of our national resources is, upon the whole, highly encouraging." The Herald contains an elaborate article suggested by the present state of the African slave-trade, wherein our Contemporary laments that this accursed traffic is regu lated by the same principle of political economy which directs and governs the . interchange of lawful commo dities, adding that "so long as there is a demand for slaves, will there be a slave-trade," and that therefore, " to destroy the slave-trade, slavery should be abol ished." The object of the chief article in the Chronicle—the hints for which have been furnished by Lord Stanley's ani Sir James Graham's recent visit to the Duke of Buckingham—is to show that "it is ridiculous to ima gine that the Duke will be made a party to any real or effective change in the Corn-laws ; and all that may be done in the way of sound commercial reforms will weigh but as a straw in comparison of an effective change in the laws which interfere with the price of food." The Advertiser arraigns the conduct of the Govern ment of the United States as regards the African slave trade, and states that " it is discreditable to her character as a great and enlightened nation." The Dublin Evening Post thus alludes to the ap proaching election for that city :—" We know not whe ther there will be a contest--we doubt whether there will. But if there be, we rejoice to think that nothing but the very demon of party can impart bitterness to the conflict. We believe we are not mistaken in the con viction which we entertain, that among those who do not, 'in general politics, concur with Lord Morpeth, there are many . who would hesitate long before they would record their votes against him, and some whom nothing would induce to do so." The York Courant remarks, with reference to the candidates for the representation of Dublin :—" The name of one, and of one only, have we yet heard men tioned, and yet that one is sufficient. In the City of Dublin—in the scene where he has on such innumerable instances earned the gratitude of Ireland by his support of equal Irish rights and justice—where he has so often spurned the attempts of faction to predominate—what name will speak to generous Irish bosoms like that of Viscount Morpeth ? The feeling in Dublin on this sub ject, we are glad to find, is universal—and though many warm and proud welcomes await his return to England, this would be the crowning one of them all." The Cheltenham Examiner, speaking of the King of France's Speech to the Chambers, says :—" His Speech to the Chamber was false and Jesuitical ; it was full of peace abroad, but contention at home. The barren con quest of Algeira, was a set-off to distrust and treason at home ; the man who rose by revolution condemned dis cussion ; he who ought to be the personification of li berty has put his foot on the neck of liberty herself. The Royal mummer delivered his Speech, and returned as cheerless as he came, and presented a spectacle which the meanest peasant in his dominions had no cause to envy." MONEY-TRADE- 7 C 0 MWIEIRC E. The Bank of England and the Government are at issue on the subject of the forged Exchequer bills re ceived by the Bank as part payment of the instalments ou the last funding operations. The demand, on the part of the Bank, for payment, which is considered in the City irresistible, must be settled one way or another be fore the payment of the dividends. The increase of the revenue on the last year has been 506,0951., and on the quarter 338,5491. Part of the re turns for the Excise and Customs, of course, include the increased rate of taxes levied for a part of 1840. The Post-Office goes on steadily improving. ECCLESIASTICAL. Archdeacon Stopford is the High Church favourite for the vacant see of Ossory ; but it is said Mr. Daly, of Powerscourt, has Sir Robert Peel's written promise of high promotion. NAVAL AND ,NIILITATCY. The funeral of an old Waterl;o 7ampalfiner took place last Saturday at Stoke Park, Windsor, the seat of Granville Penn, Esq. The veteran was buried in a romantic spot in the classic grounds of Stoke, with mili tary honours, three volleys having been fired over the corpse as it was lowered into the grave. The de ceased, who was a great favourite in the neighbour hood, had carried the gallant. Sir William Gomme through the three memorable days of Waterloo, and went by the familiar name of " Old Charger." He reached the venerable age of forty. After his death, a bullet, which he received on the 17th June, was ex tracted from his hind quarters. LAW AND POLICE. At Guildhall, on Wednesday, James Steptoe, who had been acquitted on Tuesday at the Central Criminal Court for the charge of robbing the Chipping Norton waggon, was committed a second time to take his trial for a robbery at the Rose Inn, Smithfield. At the Surrey Sessions, on the presentment of the Grand Jury, the Foreman expressed their regret that the Magistrates were not empowered to deal sum marily with many trifling cases that had been brought under their notice, and which had been attended with considerable expense to the county, and occasioned ranch loss of time to the Grand Jury. The Grand Jury fur ther expressed their regret that, in most cases, the pri soners could neither read nor write, and were destitute of education. On Wednesday, at the Kensington Police Court, John Elkins, an elderly man, was charged with refusing to maintain his own son, a lad about fourteen years of age. The father declared his son had robbed him so often that he was himself nearly out of doors, and quite un able to contribute to his support. He was willing but unable to maintain him. The Magistrate, however, com mitted him for one month to the House of Correction. On Wednesday information was received at the police offices of a robbery of watches and other property, to a large amount, during the previous night, on the premises of Mr. Mackie, watchmaker, City-road. COURT--rASEIXONAMLE. The Duke of Beaufort is detained in town by a slight attack of gout. The Duke of Norfolk arrived at Arundel Castle at the close of the past week, to join the family circle there. Lord Fitzgerald has left town on a visit to the Duke of Buckingham, at Stowe. Lord Crewe has arrived at Mivart's Hotel, from Bowood Park, Wilts, Count Matuszevic leaves town in a few days for the Earl of Chesterfield's seat at Bretby. Lord and Lady John Russell left Belgrave-square on Wednesday, by the rail road train, for Woburn Abbey. The Earl of Hardwicke, we hear, will be one of the Lords in Waiting to the Queen, selected to escort the King of Prussia to this country. Viscount and Viscountess Villiers left Drayton Manor yin Wedne§dtty for Packington Hall, Warwickshire. bittscznaiaNzous, A oand, ball, in aid of the . Queen's Hospital; Bir mingham, is to be given in die to:fit-hall of that town on the occasion of the christening of the Prince of Wales. Earl Fitzwilliam, the Earl of Stamford, Earl Howe, Lord Lyttelton, and upwards of forty Noblemen and gentle men besides ; have enrolled their names as stewards. On Tuesday morning, at Wornston, Lancashire, three old houses fell, and buried a number of persons in the ruins, all of whom were dug out alive, except an old mar, of the name of Peters, and a young child. A gang of burglars is extremely active at present in the neighbourhood of Blackheath. Four houses have within a few days been broken into, but the burglars had nscceeded in only one case in obtaining booty. Springfield House, near - Southampton, the splendid reaideneelof •-liinelm Digby, Esq.. was destroyed by fire on Tuesday morning. The fire was discovered by a ser vant who slept over the kitchen apartments, and who wade his escape through a window, and alarmed the family in another part of the house, just in time to sair, their lives. Mr. Digby is a rich and learned Roma, Catholic gentleman, and has lost by the fire some very valuable manuscripts. RUMOUR or THE DAY. Mr. J. "Wilson Croker, whose arrival from Stowe we an • nounced two days" ago had been sent on a mission in that quarter to pave the way for the conversion of the Corn-law Duke. It is the general belief that Sir Francis Burdett and Mr. John Walter owe their new faith to the lectures of this great apostle. Should he be as successful in this attempt, he will indeed perform a miracle, and ought to be canonised at his death. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY. - The Queen and Prince Albert walked both in the forenoon and afternoon in the Home Park and Slopes. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also took walking exercise. The lion. Miss Paget arrived at the Castle on a visit to her Majesty. The Earl of Jersey and the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel took their departure from the Castle to-day. Mr. Catlin bad the honour of exhibiting to her Majesty and Prince Albert his Model of the Falls of Niagara, and of explaining personally the character of them, of which her Majesty and Ins Royal Highness expressed their high approbation. Her Majesty honoured Mr. Partridge by sit ting for her portrait to-day. His Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured Mr. Lucas with another sitting to-day, for a full length portrait. Sir John Buchan, Sir Henry Watson, and Sir Henry Pynn transacted business at the Foreign office yesterday, on behalf of the claims of British officers that served in the Portuguese army during the Peninsular war. Sir Robert Peel arrived at his residence in Whitehall-gardens yesterday morning, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Count St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, visited the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday after noon, at the Foreign-office. The Lord Chancellor will receive the Judges, Queen's Counsel, &c., on Tuesday next, the first day of Hilary Term, at his Lordship's residence in George -street. _ Mr. Thornton, the Chairman of the Spanish arid Portuguese Committee, transacted business at the Foreign-office yesterday. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. Neither the accounts from China nor the Revenue Returns' have had the slightest effect on the Funds. From the success of the China expedition it might have been supposed the Funds would have advanced, but there are rumours respecting an extensive funding of Exche quer Bills, which are quite sufficient to keep down prices. Consols were 89+ to it far the 14th instant, and 808 to for Money. Exchequer Bills realised 18s. to 20s. prem. India Stocks advanced to 247. The Foreign Bonds were inanimate, nor was there any disposition to speculate in the Railway Market. Great Western, Brighton, and Birmingham, were about the same as yesterday. Spanish Bonds were a trifle better, viz., 251 to 4-. Portuguese not quite so good, the New being 324. (From The Sun of Last Night.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JAN. s.—The sales of to-day are 4,000 bales of all kinds. Surats, 4d. ; Egyp tians, 7d. ; Pernams, 74d. to Bd. The market closed steadily. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JAN. s.—The following are the transactions :—Chester and Crewe, 484- ; Great Western, New, 601 ; Lancaster and Preston Junction, 271 ; London and Birmingham, 1691 ; New, ditto, 28,- 1 ,- ; North Union, 774-. • MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JAN. s.—Our mar ket is flat, but prices continue firm :—London and South Western, 59 ; North Midland Halves, 364- ; Manchester and Birmingham, 284 ; Manchester and Leeds Quarters, 31. 18s. ; Union Plate Glass, 64. The intelligence brought by the Overland Mail from China, which will be found in another part of the Paper, is considered to be of a very favourable nature,. but up to the present time it has not had the slightest effect upon the Funds. Consols are now 89} 4- for money, ex div., and 894 for Account Exchequer Bills aro fiat, at 18 20 prem. Spanish Active Stock 254 4 ; Passive ; Deferred 124 13 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 324 4; Ditto Three per Cents., 194 i ex. div. There has been but little business transacted in the Stock Exchange, but prices have improved since the opening. Consols are now 89k 4 ex div., and 89411 for the Account ; Exchequer Bills 18s. 205.; Bank Stock, 167 f ; India Stock, 247. Spanish Active Stock has advanced to 251 4-; Colom bian Bonds, 2li ; Mexican, 291 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. MI. Very little doing in Shares. Great Western, New, are ; London and Brighton, 384 ; Manchester and Leeds, 70 ; South Eastern and Dover, 214. The Tea dealers who have been so anxiously antici pating the arrival of the Overland Mail, do not seem ex actly to have made up their mind as to how to act, or what to think of the news, and in the meantime the market is rather dull. Company's Congou has been at ls. 9d. cash. It requires the perusal of private let ters, and the receipt of more detailed information than that furnished by a Morning Contemporary, and which after all may be the opinion of one writer only, to determine the much disputed point., " Shall we receive the usual supplies of the leaf ?" Consols, Money, 89k 4 ; ditto Account, 891 4 ; J!rtexi car., 294- ; Spanish, 25i }. CLOSING BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock l6B India Stock - ..247 3 per Ceut Red 3 per Cent Cons B9* . Ditto Old Annuities ... 31 per Cent Red 99a Ditte New Annuities... New 31 per Cent 9B/ Ex. Bills, 1,000/....24d 20 or New 5 per Cent Ditto 5001..._ lB pm Long Annuities toexpire Ditto Small. 18 pn - Jan. 1860 124 Bank Stock for Acct ...I 68 Oct 1859 l2i India Stock for Acct.... 2461 Jan. 1860. — Consols for Open B9l FOREIGN FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent. 'Ditto, New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent. Russian, 5 per cent — Ditto, Metallic — Spanish, 5 per cent 2sa Ditto, Deferred — French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. i Exchange French, 3 per cent —f. —c (Dutch, 21 per cent.— . .. 51 Ditto, 5 per cent. .... 1004 RES. 65 paid) paid) • ........ • 6Ol ,0 paid) 39 ilway ( Trunk) l2l 70 paid) ...... ... .. 70 10 paid) , r (-13 paid)... ...... 22 Austrian, 5 per cent Belgisn, 5 per cent Brazilian Bonds — Buenos Ayres, 6 per ma Chilian, 6 per cent... „ 71 Colombian, 6 per cent.. Ditto, 1824. Danish, 3 per cent ... Greek, 1825,5 per cent. Mexican, 5 per cent.... 29i Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian,lB2s,6 per et. SH A Great Western Railway) Ditto New Shares (5( London and Brighton (Z London and Croydon Ra Manchester and Leeds ( Northern and Eastern (4 South Eastern and Dove SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. The following were the only bets laid :- 200 to 50 agst Attila and Chatham 625 to 25 agst Barrier and Defier 270 to 10 agst Lord Verulatn's Robert de Gorham 400 to 10 agst Lord Westminster's William deFortibus 400 to 10 agst Lord Westminster's Auckland 1000 to 15 agst Lord Chesterfield's Joanna c—taken THE OAKS. 35 to 1 agst Col. Westenra's Rapture—taken to 501. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.—LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING, 1842. FIRST DAY.—Nominations for the Mersey Stakes : Aquilo, Gaper, Foresail, Agidia f, by the Tulip, out of Eleanor—Titania c, byVelocipede, out of her Highness— c, by Bay Middleton, out of Mermaid—Gipsey Queen — c, by Jerecd, out of Ganymede—Blacklock, Xanthus Colin Clink, Churton, Winter, Maria Day—brother to Perseus —c, by Emilius, out of Variation—Philip —c, by Despot, out of Blue Bell—Delia—brother to Peloponessus —f, by Physician, out of Y. Sweetpea—Marquese. SECOND DAY.-Nominations for the Trades' Cup : Naworth, 5 yrs—Topsail, 3 yrs—Tripoli, 3 yrs—The Currier, 6 yrs—Mus, aged—Sybarite—Fatalist, 4 yrs-- Dr. Caius, 5 yrs—Bellona, 6 yrs—The Young-'un, 5 yrs —Phaon, 4 yrs—Prince Caradoc, 4 yrs—Belmont, 4 yrs —Charles the Twelfth, 6 yrs—The Dean, 6 yrs—St. Andrew, 5 yrs—Collina, 4 yrs—Una, 4 yrs—Palmyra, 4 yrs—George, aged—Vulcan, 5 yrs—Cruiskeen, aged— Zelmyre, 5 yrs—Fidhawn, 4 yrs—Disclosure, 4 yrs— Alice Hawthorn, 4 yrs—Gallipot, 5 yrs—Pagan, 4 yrs— Brother to Garland, 3 yrs—Fitzgambol, 4 yrs—Sweeper, 3 yrs—Wee Willie, aged—Calypso, 5 yrs—Moss Trooper, 3 yrs—Mustapha Muley, 4 yrs—f by the Colonel, out of Galatea, 4 yrs—Falcon, 4 yrs— St. Lawrence, 4 yrs—Champagne, 5 yrs—Potentia, 4 yrs—Miss Fidget, 8 yrs—Sister to Glencoe, 4 yrs —Black Beck, 5 yrs—Retriever, 6 yrs—JollyTar, 4 yrs— The Oneida Chief, 3 yrs—Welfare, 5 yrs—Hyllus, 6 yrs —Miss Stilton, 4 yrs—Fitzroy, 5 yrs—Satirist, 4 yrs— Martyr, 3 yrs—Sampson, 6 yrs—The Recorder, 6 yrs— Middleham, 4 yrs—Heslington, 4 yrs—All Fours, 6 yrs —Knight of the Whistle, 4 yrs—Marshal Soult, 4 yrs— Rodanthe, 5 yrs—Black Bess, 4 yrs—Duke of Welling ton, 4 yrs—Kingston Robin, 5 yrs—The Ruler, 4 yrs— Thirsk, 5 yrs—Fieschi, aged—Baronet, 3 yrs—The Lord Mayor, 6 yrs—c by Vestris, out of Gambia, 3 yrs—Bel lingham Lass, 4 yrs—Forester, 4 yrs—Flash, 4 yrs— Ernest the First, 6 yrs—Cabrera, 3 yrs—Cormorant, 6 yrs—Whistle Binkie, 3 yrs—Bounceaway, 4 yrs— Studley Royal, 4 yrs—Rory O'More, 6 yrs—Johnny, 5 yrs—Mustapha, 4 yrs—The Potentate, aged—Tammie, 4 yrs—Clinker, 6 yrs—Portrait, 4 yrs—Brother to Har purhey, 4 yrs—f by Muley Moloch, out of Zillah, 3 yrs— Proof Print, 3 yrs—Shadow, 6 yrs—Princess, 3 yrs— Tubalcain, 6 yrs—Robin, 5 yrs—Moonbeam, 4 yrs— Marius, 4 yrs. • GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. Traffic returns for five days, ending Jan. 1, 1842: Passengers £5OO 9 9 Merehanitze 3BB 11 2 £BB9 0 11 Darlington, Jan. 5. W. O'BRIEN, Secretary. N.B. In consequence of an alteration in the period to which the weekly returns are mad return only includes five day The Duchess of Kent has been pleased to di rect that a shawl, similar to those lately made for her Majesty, shall be made for her by the inmates of the Royal Victoria Asylum for the Blind, Newcastle.--Type Mercury. MORNING SUN OVERLAND MAIL CHINA AND INDIA. (From the Times.) By an Extraordinary Express from Marseilles, we have received our despatches from China and India, conveyed to that port by the steamer from Maltabearing the Overland Mail from India,-the arrival of which we are thus enabled to antici7, : ;.! pate. Our advices are dated from Canton, Oct. 10; and from Bombay Nov. 30. The chief intelligence of interest which this mail has brought to Europe relates to China,: Burmah, and Cabul. The news from China reaches to the 10th of October, and brings the account of the taking of the great Chinese fortress of Amoy on the 27th of August, after considerable firing, but without the loss of a man on the side of the British. Several. hundred cannons were taken, and some Mania- rins were so horrified that they killed themselves within sight of the invaders. In the Proclama tion issued by Sir Henry Pottinger, the official account of the capture is given. The expedi tion, having left a force at Koolangsee, a small island close to Amoy, proceeded subsequently to : . ) 1 the northward. The Chinese accounts at Can ton in the beginning of October stated that the British had in the mouth of September taken Chusan and Ningpo, and had established it blockade at the , mouths of the Grand Canal. But no intelligence of those facts bad reached Hong-Kong or Macao when the Mor clipper left the latter port. From Burmah the news is, that the extraor-.01! dinary activity of the Calcutta Government had surprised Tharawaddie; for within almost te-1; I him an incredibly short space of time a consider -1' able force appeared ready to resist his contem plated attacks on the British possessions. 8,000 men, several vessels of war, and some steamerS l have proved that the British were not to be takena unawares. The chances of his beginning a war are therefore not great, particularly as he is noVf aware of the British successes in China. The - ii peaceful return of Tharawaddie to his capital',, will place at the disposal of the Indian Govern-T-1 went several vessels of war, which in case of 4, necessity may be sent to reinforce the expedition in China; There are, it appears, two American frigates now near China, ill order to protect the. interests of the United States there. There has been some fighting between the Ghilzies, a tribe of hardy mountaineers, who hold the mastery over the passes leading from Cabul to Jellalabad and Peshawar. It a ppears that a tribute, or blackmail, paid to them for, liberty to pass through their defiles having been . ; reduced or not paid by Shah Soojah, they stop' ped the mails coining from Calcutta and through the Sikh country. There were ordersissued tn . ' clear the passes, and a force under Sir It°' Bert Sale proceeded from Cabul for the put' pose. This force encountered considerable ob• stacles : the mountaineers, being fully acquainte d with the ground, chose such positions as ena'!-• 2 bled them with their long matchlocks to d ° great execution among the British. Of the ail., cers, three were killed—viz. Captain Wynd ; ham, nth Bengal Native Infantry; Lieutena nt Jenkins, ditto ; and Lieutenant Edward King, ° t l • her ,M.ajesty's 13th Light Infantry. Amon° . 00 ten officers, wounded is Sir Robert Sale. Thy fighting in the defiles, with an enemy almost 1 10 ;; seen, is much 'commented on. The utility 17 4 forming an effective Rifle Corps is also urged. , Sir William. Hay M'Naghten is expected Lt' arrive in Bombay some time in January, 13I * the date is not positively known. He is cominc. as it is said, by the Bolan pass, which throng the judicious management of the new polities agent, Major Outram, is now in a fair state of . 1 ; coming a safe communication, for the concilite j arrangements adopted by this political agent nrt highly acceptable to the neighbouring tribes. f. O In the Sikh districts tranquillity is stated prevail. Nothing is said of their expeditionl - The steamer M tdagascar has been lost on the coast of China, and several officers and Lase 4 f . " have fallen into the power of the Chinese. , Tile passengers and crew of the brig Suite"; which was burnt by lightning near the coast oA .• Borneo in January last, have arrived at Sing r pore, after sufferings of the severest kind 1 1011- the petty rajahs and pirates. Some travellers, lately arrived from the isla ° in the Pacific, describe the enormities committ e by some captains under British and Arnerie tto colours .as unworthy of the protection of ho , those civilized countries. The trials of the Arab revolters on the fronti er of the Nizam's country are over. One of th e he has been executed, and s evera l o rdered to v t ransported. Tranquillity prevails now in th °Se districts. e There are apprehensions of a famine in so lo a, districts of Bengal, where the rice crop has fall", AMOY. We (The Sun), supply the following accca l h e of Amoy :—A mo y F o rt, now in possession of t . ,,'" e British, lies at the back of the town of the s 3 P - ft name, about 400 yards from the shore, upon " o . e eminence of small size. The front of the vil li ! ° o is composed of a cluster of small houses, behlior which the principal fort rises. The position . ie the fort is badly chosen, as several hills aec li bt in the back ground, much resembling, in beige' and conformation, that of Primrose Hill , 11.° 1 4 which the Viceroy of the provinces of Chekesbo and Fokien beheld the cannonading, and t o landing of our troops. A long battery I : 4 lj ge all along the shore, forming a fro ot Te6 to the line of houses, and much reseto e rs at this point the appearance of A 4 1 . 01 from the sea. Immediately opposite the toilig Amoy is a harbour, and the channel itse l ,4 about three-quarters ofa mile in width, separ a- po Amoyfrom the island of Koolangsee,which has i' fir its battery. The channel is about twelve,,o thorns in depth, and affords very excellent "e, chomp on the north part of the town, itt ini . diately facinc , the battery. :of Amoy, which is variously called Emot l P , o f 00 ; Hiatnen, is situated near the south-east 10 China, annexing the province of Fokieu.'l,lo4 circuit it has a compass of about 15 miles' . 0 5t the great fort which British prowess hat i 4 o s, taken was resorted to formerly by EurT'lre• but abandoned when foreign commerce ° , with stricted to Canton. There are to be Metal in its interior and on the coast Se Ve very large temples, particularly one of grea Le ~e7 ,4e lebrity, dedicated to the God Fo, whist statue, of colossal size, towers to a e o - f height, and is much frequented by throngs e r vrorshippers. The images of numerous oth o f divinities are also seen, together with a host ig strange allegorical paintings; and incenst burned perpetually on the altars. Amoy is the residence of numerous tnerch4sl who are the owners of more than 300 large jun t o and who carry on an extensive commercei . sa y only to all the ports of China, but to 1 ; 11 to also in the Indian Archipelago, and • o tt Japan. It is considered as the tit emporium of the Fukkeen province. Not an d standing the heavy duties levied on expOrt s _def imports, these merchants maintain their t;ey and baffle the efforts of the Mandarins. • ... I ; o r have long looked forward with desire to a ll ea ust portunity of opening a trade with EuroP qtly and it is considered that they would grelte improve upon that of Canton. MoSt.49 ear Formosa trade, which is extensive, 1 , 5 03.0 y ; ried on by the junks appertaining to f'-utoet they go to all the western ports of the P o to and either return loaded with rice, or g° j a de the north of China loaded with sugar. Th e ea vits s of Amoy has always been regarded with a i cib ioo! eye by the Emperor and authorities o.f.ti The revenue of the Emperor chiefly artsl o g n of of the payment of transit dues, t he posolilLolo any ports or points on the sea coast, whici at all interfere with the inland trade of the ,10 try, has been always most jea lousl y g;:ito fl4. against. Amoy lies in long. 118. 22. E., 30. N. COMMERCIAL INTELL IGE.NCE.—C IIIS tic e The following mercantile circular co ntains intelltgre' from Macao to the Bth of Octob er, being the day` the vious to that on which the Mor sailed. It menti°s afld loss of the lion. Company's st eamer Madagasc6l4' the captivity of her crew and passengers:— 4 0' 1 , " MACAO, OCT. t the, " Since our last circular of the 17th of A° Le h aspect of affairs here has been marke d with sn'7,citbei uncertainty and anxiety as greatly to have obstrne'Trreo satisfactory progress of trade, the Chinese being ck 13105 by the apprehension of trouble fr om bu y ing imports, 11 0 r iO at very low prices, and importers unwilling to to Sul th. eAr ptC of lauaing good 3 uuless wheu able immediately Cotton ( Market , al Il ruach Dhol er a I( cntiptat t . the arrival are more I LuPees t o r ala nee oi -InPotted Xxported Mocha English a nd Swed hardly b e 26 tons 01 Ex c h an month s ' s Fach an Exchan Freight Freight P reighl ton macw Opium, VOMN sing tn `Anal( F4e; ligh Of t