The Sun. — London, England, 1833-12-14 00:00:00

t ~. JUDICIAL ARRANGEMENTS RESPECT- ING CHINA. (From last night's Gazette.) At the Court at Brighton, the 9th day of December, 1833., PRESENT, The King's most excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas by a certain Act of Parliament, made and passed in the third and fourth year of his Majesty's reign, intituled " An Act to regulate the trade to China and India," it is amongst other things enacted, that it shall and m y he lawful for hia Majesty, by any such order or orders. as his Majesty in Council shall appear expedient and salutary, to give to the superintendents in the said Act mentioned, or any of them, powers and authorities over and in respect of the trade and commerce of his Ma jesty's subjects within any part of the dominions of the Emperor of China; and to make and issue directions and regulations touching the said trade and commerce, and for the direction of his Majesty's subjects within the said dominions ; and to impose penalties, forfeitures, or im prisonments for the breach of any such directions or regulations to be enforced in such manner as in the said order or orders shall be specified And whereas the officers of the Chinese Government, resident in or near Canton, in the empire of China, have signified to the Super Cargoes of the East India Company at Canton, the desire of that Government that effectual provision should he made, by law, for the good order of all his Majesty's subjects resorting to Canton, and for the maintenance of peace and due subordination amongst them ; and it is expedient that effect should be given to such reasonable demands of the said Chinese Government; now therefore, in pursuance of the said Act, and in exe cution of the powers thereby in his Majesty in Council in that behalf vested, it is hereby ordered by his Majesty, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, that all the powers and authorities which, on the twenty-first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, shall by Itw be vested in the Super Cargo.* of the United Company of Merchants trading to the East Indies, over and in respect of the trade and commerce of his Majesty's subjects at the port of Canton, shall he, and the same are hereby, vested in the Superintendents for the time being appointed wider and by virtue of the said Act of Parliament ; and that all regulations which, on the said twenty first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, shall be in force touching the said trade and commerce, save so far as the same are repealed or abrogated hut the said Act of Parliament or by any commission and instructions, or Orders in Council, issued or made by his Majesty in pursuance thereof, or are inconsistent therewith, shall continue in full force and virtue ; and th it all such penalties, for • feiturea, or imprisonments as might, on the said twenty rst day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty four, he incurred or enforced for the breach of such then exiting regulations, shall thenceforth he, in like manner, incurred and enforced for the breach of the same regulations, so far as the same are hereby revived and continued in force as aforesaid ; and that all such penalties, forfeitures, or imprisonments, when so incurred, shall he enforced in manner following, that is to say, either by such ways and smarts by which the same might, on the said twenty-first of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, have been lawfully enforced, or by sentence and adjudication of she Court of Justice established at Canton aforesaid, under and in pursuance of the said Act of Parliament. Provided also, and it is further declared, that the regu lations t erein contained are and shall be considered as provisional only, and as intended to continue in force only until his Maje-ty shall he pleased to make such further or other orders in the premises, in pursuance of the said Act of Parliament, as to his Majesty, with the advice of his Privy Council, may hereafter seem salutary and expedient, in reference to such further information and experience as nosy hereafter be derived from the future course of the said trade. And it is hereby further ordered, that the said super intendents shall compile and publish, for the information of all whom it may concern, the several regulations hereby established and confirmed as aforesaid ; and that such publication, when so made with the authority of the said superintendents, shall, for all purposes be deemed and taken to be legal and conclusive evidence of the existence and of the terms of any such regulation. And it is further ordered, that the said superintendents shall, on the arrival of any British ship or vessel at the port of Canton aforesaid, cause to be delivered to the Master, Commander, or other principal officer of such ship or vessel, a copy of such regulations ; and that every such Master, Commander, or other officer, together with every other person arriving in or being on board any such ship, shall be hound, and is hereby required, to conform himself to such replations. And the Right Honourable Viscount Palmerston, one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly. C. C. GREVILLE. At the Court at Brighton, the 9th day of December, 1833 ritESENT, The King's most excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas by a certain Act of Parliament, made and passed in the third and fourth year of his Majesty's reign, intitoled " An Act to regula'e the Trade to China and India," it is, amongst other things, enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for his Majesty, by any such Order or Orders as to his Majesty in Council shall appear expedient and salutary, to create a Court of Justice, with criminal and Admiralty jurisdiction, for the trial of offences committed by his Majesty's subjects within the dominions of the Emperor of China, and the ports and havens thereof, and on the high seas, within one hundred miles of the coast of China, and to appoint one of the Superintendents in the said Act mentioned to be the officer to hold such Court, and other officers for executing the process thereof ; now, therefore, in pursuance of the said Act, and in execution of the powers thereby in his Majesty in Council in that behalf vested, it is hereby ordered by his Majesty, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, that there shall be a Court of Justice, with criminal and Admiralty juris diction, for the purposes aforesaid, which Court shall be holden at Canton, in the said dominions, or on board any British ship or vessel in the port or harbour of Can ton, and that the said Court shall be holden by the Chief Superintendent for the time being, appointed, or to be appointed, by his Majesty under and in pursuance of the said Act of Parliament. And it is further ordered, that the practice and pro ceedings of the said Court upon the trial of all i-sues of fact or law to he joined upon any indictments or informa tions to be therein brought or prosecuted, shall be con formable to and correspond with the practice and proceed ings of the Courts of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Deli very in England, upon the trial of such i,sues in such Courts, so far as it may be practicable to maintain such sesnfortnity and correspondence, regard being had to the difference of local circumstances; and especially it is hereby ordered, that every such trial of any such issue of fact, or of mixed fact and law, shall be by the said Chief Superintendent for the time being and a jury of 12 men, and that upon every such trial the examination of witnesses for and against the party or parties charged shall take place ;viva twee in open Court ; and that the sentence or judg ment of the said Court upon every such trial, founded upon the verdict of such jury, shall he pronounced in open Court by such Chief Superintendent as the presiding judge thereof. And whereas it will be necessary to frame and prescribe rules of practice and proceeding to be observed upon all such proaexutions, in order to ascertain how far the same can he brought into conformity with the practice and proceeding of his Majesty's Courts of Oyer and 'Terminer, and Gaol Delivery in England, and how far it may he necessary to deviate from such practice and proceeding by reason of the differences of local cir cumstances, it is, therefore, further ordered, that such chief superintendent for the time being shall be, and he is hereby authorised from time to time, but subject to the provisions aforesaid, to promulgate all such rules of practice and proceeding as it may be necessary to adopt and follow upon, or previously to, the commitment of any person to take his trial in the said Court, and re spectitsg the taking of hail for the appearance of any such person at such trial, and respecting the form and manner of preferring indictments, and of e xhibiting criminal in • formations against any persons charged with any crimes or offences before the said Court ; and respecting the Manner of summoning and convening jurors for the tri of such indictments or information.; and respecting qualifications of such jurors, and the mode of summoning and compelling the attendance of Witnesses, and respecting the process of the said Court, and mode of carrying she same into execution ; and respecting the times and alaces of holding such Courts, and the duties of the respective Ministerial officers attending the same, whom be is hereby authorised to appoint provisionally, suhjtct to his Majesty's approbation ; and also respecting, every other matter and thinf, , e&nnected with the a dministration of justicethlrein '4ibiXtirmay be found necessary to regulate. CAr_ . 4red, that all rules to be promul gatees'4e a iiiilSishall'ate•bintling and take effect from the respect 7 4-!n of the dates thereof, but that the S 3 me akaNty _WI 'Chia - Superintendent, be transmitted to one of tovitilalesity P s)-iirincipar Secretaries of State, fur his Majertifs,(pprobation or disallowance, and that any such fide shill cease to be binding, or to have any force or effect, froutvq,atek,the time of which his Majesty's dis --G `-~ ,~;~ allowance thereof shall be made known to such Chief Superintendent for the time being. And it is further ordered, that a record shall be duly made and preserved of all the proceedings, judgments, and sentences of the said Court, which record shall be retained in the custody of an officer of the said Court, to be by the Chief Superintendent specially charged with the perform ance of that duty. And the Right Honourable Viscount Palmerston, one of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly. C C. GREVILLE. At the Court at Brighton, the 9th day of December, 1833, PRISENT, The King's most excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas, by a certain Act of Parliament, made and passed in the 3d and 4th year of his Majesty's reign, intituled " An Act to regulate the Trade to China," it is amongst other things enacted, that it shall and may he lawful for his Majesty, by any such Order or Orders as to his Majesty in Council shall appear expedient and salutary, to give to the Supet intendents in the said Act mentioned, or any one of them, powers and authorities over and in respect of the trade and commerce of his Majesty's subjects within any part of the dominions of the Emperor of China ; and to make and issue directions and regulations touching the said trade and commerce, and for the govern ment of his Majesty's subjects within the said dominions. And it is hereby further enacted, that it shall and may he lawful for his Majesty, by and with the advice of Privy Council, by any Order or Orders to be issued from time to time, to impose and to empower such persons as his Majesty in Council shall think fit, to collect and levy from or on account of any ship or vessel belonging to any of the subjects of his Majesty entering any port or place where the said Superintendents, or any of them, shall be stationed, such duty on tonnage and goods as shall be from time to time specified in such Order or Orders, not exceeding in respect of tonnage, the sum of five shillings for every ton, and not exceeding in respect of goods, the sum of ten shillings for every one hundred pounds or the value of the same. And it is hereby enacted that the fund arising from the collection of such duties shall he appropriated in such manner as his Majesty in Council shall direct to wards defraying the expense of the establishment•, by the said Act authorised, within the said dominions ; now, therefore, in pursuance of the said Act, and in execution of the powers thereby in his Majesty in Council in that behalf vested, it is hereby ordered by his Majesty, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, that it shall he lawful for the superintendents, appointed by virtue of the said Act of Parliament, for the time being, and for any person or persons duly authorised by them respec tively, to recover and receive from all masters or other chief officer., or commanders, of all ships and vessels belonging to any of his Majesty's subjects which may enter the port of Canton, or may be trading to that port, the sum or sums of money following, that is to say, in respect to tonnage the sum of two shillings fer every ton a. per register of such ships and vessels, and so in pro portion for any fractional part of a ton ; and in respect of goods imported and exported, except bullion, at and after the rate of seven shillings for evety one hundred pounds of the value of the same. And it is further ordered, that the value of the goods composing the inward cargoes of such ships or vessels, shall be fixed by the current market prices of such goods at Canton aforesaid, exclusive of the import duty, and that the value of the goods composing the out ward cargoes of such ships or vessels shall be estimatil by the current market prices at Canton aforesaid, of the articles com posing the same at the period of shipment, exclusive of the export duties. And it is further ordered, that if any difference of opinion should arise as to the market price aforesaid, the time shall be determined and fixed by two indifferent British mer chants or subjects residing at the place, one to he chosen and appointed by the said Superintendents, or by the per son or persons authorised by them respectively, and the other by the master of the vessel, or by the con signee or shipper of the cargo, which two persons, previously to their entering into the consideration of the subject referred to them, shall appoint a third per son, being also a British merchant or subject, residing at the place, to be the umpire, in the event of their dis agreeing upon the point referred to them ; and in case the two persons so chosen shall not agree and award the same within seven days after such appointment, then such third person, so previously chosen and appointed, shall decide and determine the said current market price, within the space of three days after the expiration of the seven days, unless it shall be otherwise mutually agreed upon between the said Superintendents or person or persons authorized by them respectively, and the consignee or shipper of the cargo, and such sum shall be paid in either case as shall be agreeable to this order. And it is further ordered, that all masters, com manders, or other chief officers of all British ships and vessels trading to or from the port of Canton afores iid, and unloading or delivering the ship or vessel, or any of the cargo there, shall within forty-eight hours after the arrival of such ship or vessel, deliver to the said Superintendents, or to the person or persons authorised by them for that purpose respectively, a true manifest in writing, upon oath, specifying the particulars of the whole cargo of such ship or vessel, so to be unloaded or delivered, or of such part thereof as shall be unloaded or delivered there, and to whom consigned ; and likewise twenty-four hours before the said masters, commanders, or other chief officers, require the outward clearances or passports for their said ships or vessels, they shall deliver to the said Superintendents, or to the person or persons authorised by them for that purpose respectively, a true manifest in writing, upon oath, specifying the particulars of the whole cargo of such ship or vessel laden there, or of such part thereof as shall have been laden or received on board such ship or vessel in the said port of Canton, which oaths the said Superintendents, or person or per sons authorised by them respectively, are and is hereby empowered and required to administer gratis upon requet. And it is further ordered, that al bills of lading of such ships or vessels shall specify to pay the said moneys accord ingly under the denomination of " Contribution as by China Trade Act, and the Order i❑ Council thereupon issued ;" and the persons paying the same shall be reim bursed by the persons to whom the said goods shall be consigned, or who shall receive the same, or by their re spective freighters ; and in case the master or commander of such ship or vessel shall neglect to specify the payment of the said moneys in the bill or hills of lading, as afores iid, he shall be answerable fer the same. And it is further ordered, that for the better securing and collecting the payment of the said moneys herein di rected to be levied for the purposes aforesaid, the said Superintendents, or the person or persons authorised by them, shall, and they are hereby respectively authorised and required, to detain the clearances outward and all other papers of all such British ships or vessels as aforesaid, and not to give or deliver any despatch or passport for any such ship or vess.l until payment be made as required. And it is hereby further ordered, that no such British ship shall he admitted to entry, at any port in any part of his Majesty's dominions, unless the master shall produce to the proper Officer of the Customs, or other proper officer, the said clearances so to be given on departure from the port of Canton, or from any other port at which such duties as aforesaid ought to have been paid. And it is further ordered, that all moneys to be raised or received by the authority of the said Act, and of this present order, shall be appropriated towards defraying the expenses of the said superintendents and of their establish ment, and of the officers subordinate to them at C inton. And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, and the Right Honourable Vis count Palmerston, one of his Majesty's principal Secreta ries of State, and the Commissioners for the Affairs of India, are to give the necessary directions het ein as may to them respectively appertain. C. C. GREVILLE. We are informed that 17 persons died of ab solute intoxication after drinking the whisky driven ashore at Ballybunnion, from the wreck of the City of Limerick schooner. It was well said by an old Puritan, " I find diligence the best preservative from temptation : for when Satan comes to me with his proposals, I say to him, I cannot attend to thee now, lam so busy." Bishop Hall used to say, " Our idle days are the Devil's busy ones." SIR WALTER SCOTT'S MONUMENT.—(We have no personal knowledge of the arrangements as to this monument ; but the following is the substance of a note sent us by a correspondent.)--" Are you aware that the management of the affair of Sir Walter Scott's memo rial has been removed from the hands of the committee who had tho trouble of collecting the funds, and com mitted to a new selection of individuals, among whom there are only four who have ever attended the meetings, or taken any personal trouble in the matter' ) An inten tion is said to exist of employing Britton to make a Nor man Cross. If this is done, it seems probable that the work will never be completed ; and at any rate that no fund will be left to repair the fragi'e structure. Now the money collected would suffice to erect a noble obelisk of Scotch granite, exceeding in its dimensions any thing simi lar in the world, which would remain uninjured for ages, without requiring fora:yr expenditure."-- Scotsman. FRIVES OF STOCKS THI Bank Stcoac - 1 pe- Cent. Red. 87 % 31 3 per Cent. Cons shut , V 4 per Cent. -I ditto Red 9634% Nevi 3% per Cent. 1 rer Cent. Ann. 1726 - 4 per Cent. 1826 Rent: Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5, 1860 16% 15-16 Oct. 10, 1959 : 16 15-16 34 Jan. 5, 1860 - Jan. 5, 1880 - April 5, 1.980 -- Jan. 5. 1870 - 11..tY AT ON' O'CLOCK. New S per Cent. India Stock Ditto Bonds 22 23 pm. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto '1 per Cent. Ann. 1751 - Ex. Bills, £1,000...... 4.1 44 pm. Ditto Zoo 43 44 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial Ditto Advertised — Bank for Account India for Account Cont. for Account PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds 9454 Belgian Bonds 95Y,1 Ditto Account 05% Brazilian Bonds 66N Ditto Account 67 6N Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto Account 21% Chilian Bonds Q31i,3 Ditto Account — Columbian Bonds Ditto Account _-7-7 THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK. !Peruvian Bonds 49 48 Portuguese Bonds S6N Ditto Account 57 Ditto New Bonds 56% Ditto Acconnt 5 6 %%% Prussian Bonds lOl% Ditto Bonds, 1822 ...... 103 Russian Bonds, 1322... 1 02 % ( Ditto Account 102% (Ditto 111 Spanish( Bonds, 1321 ...... "234% Ditto Acc. 2314 Ditto Bonds, 18'23 ......... 21 Ditto Account French Rentes, 5 p. c. —c. •j Exchange 3 per cent. Exchange —f —c. (Dutch, 21 p. c. 49!A 50 • Ditto Account ............... 50 %% Ditto, 5 p. c 94 374 Ditto Account ............... 94 French Scrip 444 pm. Ditto Bonds, 184 23N Ditto Account 23 Danish Bon '72% Ditto Account 7-2 A Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1825 Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 2914 Ditto Accout;t :ntt o, 6 per cent Ditto Account 364 Neapolitan B9 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONE o'cLocr. Paid. Per Share. Alton Mining Company £7 7% Anglo Mex. min. co. (iss. at 51. pm ) £lOO Bolanos Mining Company £l5O Brazilian Mining Company £s Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £2l) Ditto National 2214 Ditto St. John Del Rey Ditto Cocaes 5 Cata Branca Mining Company 3% Walsh Iron Mining , Comoanv £5O Columbizn Milling Co. 'isv sts/.pm ) 51% english Mining Company 12% General Mining Association l2 Hibernian Mining Co. £lo Mexican Mining Co. £4ll Real del Monte Mining C 0.... (unreg.) United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 2/. pm.) 40 Ditto New Scrip 5 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO Protector insurance Comp. Australian Co. Canada Company .......... ............ . l7 General Steam Navigation Co. l3 National Provincial Bank of England 5 Rio Doce Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 14% 11 1 4 fl 5 48 44,4 39%4 YRICES OF IRISH STOC Bank Stock ..... . ....... -is ,Ks, DUBLIN, DEC. 11. ISt. Patrick Insur.(petShare Consols, 3 per cent Gov. Stock, fi'y. per cent 95 1 4 National Ditto — Ditto, New 95% ,Patriotic Ditto — I per Cent — ' Hibernian Bank — Gov. Deb. 3!{, percent.... ftS3/,, Provincial Ditto Royal Canal Stock ... . . .... 59% Royal Irish Mine Grand Canal 5t0ck......... Imperial Mine -- City Deb. 4 per cent. 7-N Mining Co. of Ireland Rallast Office Deb. 4D. c. Commercial Buildings COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam C.1'.12 4 Ditto, at sight In 2 Rotterdam O U. 12 4 Antwerp 12 fi Hamburg M.B. 13 12 Altona l3 12 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 55 Ditto 2 U. 25 80 Bordeaux 0 5 85 _ Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 1511 Petersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective 8. '2 M. 9 56 Trieste...... do 9 58 Madrid 36% Cadiz 17% Bilboa Barcelona 36 Seville 16 Gibraltar 47 Arrived, NGE YESTERDAY. !Leghorn 4B Genoa 2 5 65 Milan 'II Venice 47 Naples Paletmo per oz. 122 Lisbon Oporto 514,, Rio .laneiro Bahia 3l Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight — Cork BULLION, PER OZ. X. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 0 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silverbars. standard 0 4 1 I Due. Arrived. . O America 0 I Hamburg 0 0 Brazil Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica 0 O Cartbagena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 I Dublin 0 i 0 Lisbon 0 O Flanders 1 I 0 Malta 0 O France 1 0 Sweden I Guernsey &JerFev . I 0 Waterford HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning.. 36 minutes after 4. Evening...ss minutes after 4. rije . *stn. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1833. At a late hour this morning we received the Paris Papers of Thursday. They announce the arrival in Paris of a courier from Madrid, but the interests of his despatches had not transpired. They state, however, from other sources, that the Carlist Band, under General LORENZO had been defeated. The fort of Morella continued in the possession of the insurgents of Valentia on the Ist inst., but they were expecting an attack from General BRETON. The road between Madrid and Bayonne is open. The French funds have again improved. The following are the quotations of Saturday . FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, DEC. 12. Five per Cents., 103 f. c. 90c. Three per Cents. 74f. 90c. 75f. Bank Actions 1,745 f. Rente de Naples, 90f. 2 , c. Roman Five per Cents., 0.14. Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 17%. Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 40%. Royal Spanish Loan, 56 1 4,. Bente Pcrpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 68 Belgian Loan, 1831, Five per Cent., 97. Haytian Loan, 265 f. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25C 35c. ; money, 25E 35c. Three months, paper, 25f. 25c.; money, 25f. 25c. —Ours Authentiaue. The Frankfort Papers of the 7th inst., which arrived this morning, contain a long extract from the Warsaw Papers of the trial and condemna tion of five patriots for rebellion. This account is filled with calumnies upon the unfortunate victims, who are charged with every atrocity. The only atrocity, however, of which they were guilty, in the opinion of their prosecutors, was their patriotism—a crime in Russian estimation never to be forgiven. VIENNA, DEC. 3.—Five per Cent. Metalliques, 94 1-32; Four per Cent., 83 13-32 ; Bank Shares, 1,212. —AI/- twine leitung, Dee. 8. Brussels papers to the 12W inst. arrived this morning. They do not contain any news of importance. The sitting of the Chamber on the 10th inst. was entirely destitute of interest. Three most important orders in Council were published in last night's Gazette, we mean those which will be found in another column, fbr regulating the trade of British subjects with China. It will be seen that by these orders all the rules and regulations at present in force at Canton are provisionally continued, except in so far as they are at variance with the Act passed last Session for opening the trade to the Celes tial Empire, and that a Court of Law, whose proceedings and practice are to correspond with those of the Courts of Oyer and Terminer, and Gaol Delivery in England is to be established at Canton ! That the difficul ties which will have to be encountered before the new order of things is made to work well will be great there cannot be a doubt ; and there can be as little doubt that the establish ment of a court of justice, with civil and cri minal jurisdiction in a foreign independent state, is, to say the least, an anomaly of a very singular, and indeed serious, description. The preamble, so to speak, of the first order in Council, after reciting the authority given to his Majesty by the late Act, adds, " And whereas the officers of the Chinese Government resident in or near Canton, in the empire of China, i are siguifitd to the supercargoes of the East India ComFany Due. at Canton, the desire of that Government that effectual provision should be made, by law, for the good order of all hie Majesty's subjects resorting to Canton, and for the maintenance of peace and due subordination amongst them ; and it is expedient that effect should be given to such reasonable demands of the said Chinese Government." This is but a slight foundation on which to rear a Court of Justice in a foreign country- Suppose that a British subject chooses not to submit to the jurisdiction of the Court, or throws himself upon the protection of the Chinese law, such as it is, or takes advantage of the venality of the Chinese authorities to procure such countenance as they can give him, how can the Court enforce his submission, except it is prepared to go the whole length of setting the Chinese Government at defiance ? That it may be worth while for an individual so to act can be easily imagined, and that in dividual interest will some day or other bring the whole machinery to a stand still, follows as a natural consequence. We must con fess, however, that these and other difficulties which surround the subject, arise more from the impracticability and weakness of the Chinese Government than the fault of our own Ministry- At the same time we really think that some measure should be adopted which would put an end to our present anomalous relations with China. Independently of the mortification our feelings of national pride are con tinually made to undergo from the insults of the base and ignorant government of that country, those relations entail upon us' a considerable expense. The tonnage dues and duty of 7s. per cent. imposed on goods imported into Canton to defray the charges of the new Court, &c., are, for instance, a source of loss, inasmuch as they are shackles upon our trade to which the Americans, indeed no other nation, will be subject. We do not say that some European authority ought not to replace that of the present Committee of Super cargoes at Canton ; the evidence of indi viduals well acquainted with the trade, and with the habits of the Chinese, is too strong not to render it imprudent to make any very sudden or great change in the mode of conducting our affairs at Canton ; but it is a folly in us to take an expense upon ourselves, by which all nations trading to China will benefit, if we can persuade the Govern ment of that country to exercise its proper authority, under recognised and reasonable regulations. Such is the settlement of the question we ought to aitn at if' we contemplate nothing but a continuance of peaceful traffic with the Chinese, but if we look forward to making any kind of settlement or conquest in China, the proposed Court exercising an in dependent criminal and civil jurisdiction, al though limited to British subjects in the first instance, will either peaceably lead to a virtual ruling of Canton by us, or by the jarring of its powers with the Chinese authorities, some day or other occasion a serious breach, which can only end in the compulsory submission of the latter, or, the putting down of our assumed jurisdiction. We admit, as we said before, that the difficulties of our position (both past and present), with respect to the Chi nese, cannot be laid to the charge of Ministers. They take things as they find them, and act as well as circumstances will at present allow them. The tendency of our observations is simply to show that something ought to be done, which shall put our trade upon a better footing than it has hitherto been, and save British subjects from the insults to which they are exposed, and which there is every reason to believe the Canton authorities encourage. Perhaps the trade being carried on by individuals instead of by a sove reign power, which the Chinese Government know has conquered India, may effect a change in our favour. Should it do so, well and good ; but should indignities continue to be heaped upon us, it will be evident that nothing but a good drubbing will bring the conceited people with whom we have to deal to their senses. We have frequently had occasion, during the last two or three months, to notice the honour able spirit of rivalry among our neighbours the French, in works of public utility and benefit. A Paris paper (Le Temps), furnishes us with another proof of the spirit with which the French nation follow up the impulse which they have received from us. The subject referred to by our Parisian contemporary, is the invention of steam-carriages ; and as his observations are im portant, we give them at length : As soon (says Le Temps), as the practicabi lity of steam-carriages was demonstrated, it became a question whether the sudden application of this principle would not cause inconvenience and injury 1 1 to a host of persons engaged in trade and agricul ture. It was asked what would become of the owners of horses, the proprietors of diligences and stage waggons, and the cultivators, who have appro priated their soil to the production of horse food, if steam were to be substituted for horses, particularly if steam-carriages were to become a monopoly in the hands of the inventors. " The English Parliament charged a Committee of Inquiry, to examine some of these grave ques tions. The following are the solutions of the Com mittee : 4" Agriculture is prosperous in proportion to the value of production in the market beyond the cost of produc tion, and the expense of bringing it to market. " in expending 2001. upon the cultivation of corn, the product amount in value to 400/., and 1001. be expended in bringing it to market, the net produce will be 100/. " If, instead of 1001. expended in conveyance, only 501. be expended, the net produce will be 150/., and so on according as the means of transport are reduced. It is, therefore, proper to encourage every thing which tends to diminish the expense of transport. " And as there is a great quantity of land remaining uncultivated, on account of the expense which would attend its culture and the transport of the produce, it is evident that if, by a diminution of the expense of trans port, there would beta prospect of net Lenefit, this land would be brought into cultivation, and add to the wealth of the country, whilst on the other hand a great portion of the land now appropriated to the production of horse food would be c ultivated for the food of man. In England there are 1,400,000 horses employed upon the road. As a horse consumes as much as e ight men, these 1,40 0 , 000 horses being replaced by steam, it would be practicable to provide for the support of 11,200,000 more than if the number of horses alluded to were still to remain in use. But as there would be a temporary in crease of agricultural produce, without a corresponding increase of population, the price of produce would sustain a fall from which the following consequences would rt suit The abundance of agricultural produce would ame liorate the condition of the manufacturing classes at the 'awe time that it would deteriorate that of the agricul— tural population, where wages would undergo a material reduction. Those who could no longer exist upon agri. cultural labour would joi❑ the labouring class. But the augmentation of the agricultural population would soon cause an increased demand for agicultural produce, and the equilibrium would be reestablished without ex posing the poorer classes to any other than a momentary inconvenience by which they would piss from a bad to a good condition.' " The Committee has made the following suppo sition : " If by any circumstance the fertile soil of Great Britain should become doubly productive, the value of agricultural produce would diminish, but who would be bold enough to say that such a result wouid be a misfortune to the country ?' " We do not agree with the English Committee in saying that the use of steam-carriages on the high roads would entirely put out of use the 1,400,000 horses now employed on those roads. As the em ployment of steam would cause the transport of a larger quantity of produce with greater speed and at smaller cost, than by the present means, it is evi dent that many of the horses which are now em ployed on the high roads in the transport of heavy burdens, and for long distances, would be used in the transport of men and light burdens in the in terior of each locality, in order to meet the accele. rated movement of production and consumption which would result from the introduction of steam carriages, as every new invention which causes such an acceleration must occasion a new demand for strength and capital. If new inventions sometimes cause great per turbation among the industrious classes, it is because, instead of their falling at once into the hands of the public, they become a monopoly in the hands of the inventors. This is what may happen if the law of patents be not modified ; the inventors of steam-carriages will monopolize the public roads, and ruin the present coach and waggon proprietors. It is just that the inventors should meet with re muneration, but every person should be at liberty to run a steam-carriage on payment of a fixed sum to the inventor. This is a question for the Legis lature to determine. In the mean time we are happy to see the genius of improvement marching with rapid strides, without considering the tem porary difficulties which its discoveries may cause to a portion of society. "Three Frenchmen are already on the point of sending forth► steam-carriages of their own construe• tion, upon a great improvement of the principle on which they are constructed in England. These are— " M. Seguier, son of the First President of the Royal Court of Paris. " M. Galli, Professor of the College at Versailles. " M. Charles Hamond, Director of the Mines of Vigon. " It is probable that, in less than a month, the public in France will have an opportunity of judging of the merit of these discoveries." FINE ARTS. TURNER'S ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE PLEASURES OF MEMORY, 4'c. Lox.. DON, I 533. Mr. Rogers may well congratulate himself on having secured the talents of such an artist as Turner to illustrate his poems ; for, by so doing, he has made sure of the attention of after times. Turner has booked him for immortality. The Pleasures of Memory, chaste, polished, beauti ful as they are, would scarcely have outlived their age, had not our first landscape painter stepped forward, just in time, to revive the fading recollection of the public, and once more direct its earnest attention towards them. Oa the part of the illustrator, the task seems to have been one quite con amore. The refined fancy of the poet, has set his own on the work ; he has evidently been anxious to show himself the equal of Rogers in point of classic taste ; and the consequence of this generous emula tion, has been a work which, as respects delicacy and elaborate finish of execution, is superior to anything Turner has yet attempted. Elsewhere he may have shown himself more a spendthrift of imagination—more gorgeous as a colourist, especially in his wild, startling blues and reds, and his singularly artificial lights ; but here he is all grace and chasteness. His designs are miniature gems of art—things to be wondered over, and treasured among the pictorial Plea sures of Memory. Venice, with the moonlight glimmering through an arch of the Rialto, and streaming in a level line of mild brilliance along the canal, is finely felt, as such a scene should be. Keswick Lake looks just like some land scape in fairy-land, seen only in dreams or the magic verse of Spenser ; and the little vessel, with its snowy, glittering sail, which floats on the bosom of the waters, is so much like " a gay creature of the element," that none but a fairy crew can possibly trim it. The leanest poet that ever crossed the stream might shudder to commit himself to so frail and visionary a shallop. It would sink even with the weight of the " Lady of the Lake." The Boy of Egremont is a pleasing sylvan landscape, with a fine ruin hanging among the clouds, in a mountainous distance. Bolton Abbey breathes the quiet, monastic air of re pose ; nothing stirs but a solitary heron in the foreground, which contrasts impressively with the still life of the rest of the scene. Turner has walked these majestic ruins in a fitting spirit of reverence, not unmindful of the dead. Co lumbus and his Son contains three figures, exquisitely grouped, under a Gothic archway. The bending head of the monk, whose cowl is flung back, is the very beau ideal of grace St. Anne's Hill, with the vacant chair of Fox, (an exquisite idea) standing in the front ground, under the spreading shadow of a yew, teems with impressive associations. A Vision is not among Turner's happiest efforts. It is tame, prosaic, and wanting in the imaginative. The y l tur o m oo b rp u s og fh a o n gs d rte. tlhisakde grenadiers, spectral forms pass rank and file before the eyes i l l i d k n aeleaarebbliriaoocakind -ore m u v l dosiefo.rieCi a d : mers of the Enniskillen Dragoons. St. Her bert's Chapel is remarkable for the pictu resque effect produced by the moonshine glim mering through the Gothic windows of the Abbey, and thence reflected on the stream be neath. The distant mountain gorge, searched to its lowest depths by the yellow light, adds greatly to the impressiveness of the picture, which is full of Turner's most marked mannerisms. Of the remaining landscapes we have barely left ourselves space to say, that they abound in beauties. The Lausanne Gazette announces that, in compliance with an application from Austria, the Coun. cil of State of Tessin has decided that the Italian refugees should be compelled to quit that canton. The Geneva Gazette at the same time states that the Italian refuge es, on presenting themselves at the French frontier, have ht en stopped, in pursuance of an order from the Governtni nt not to allow any such refugees to pass without being fur nished with passports signed by the French Ambassador in Switzerland. COURT OF CHANCERY.-( THIS DAY.) IN RE HAIGEE. Mr. MoNTAcn renewed his application for liberty to issue a second fiat against the bankrupt, having now ob tained an affidavit from the brother of the individual who had sued out the existing fiat, stating that he had received a letter from his brother. the petitioning creditor, dated at Calais, from the tenor of which it was his conviction that his brother did not intend to return soon to this country. The LOAD CFIANCELLOR. observed that the Learned Counsel ought to have informed the Court when he first made the application, that it was in the shape of an appeal from the Court of Review. Mr. MONTAGU said he had made the application to the Court of Review in mistake, although he had received the decision of that Court against him. The LORD CHANCELLOR. observed that he had desired precedents to be looked for, but none could be found. It had struck him in the first instance, and he continued of that opinion, that it would be better to cancel the fir , t fist altogether, than to issue a second on condition that it was to be worked without prejudice to the working of the first ; but even there might be considerable difficulty in doing that. Under these circumstances, and as the commission already issued will die a natural death on Monday, unless further proceedings are taken by the ori• ginal petitioning creditor, the Court declined to interfere. IN RE LORD WARD. The LORD CHANCELLOR stated that as there was ad appeal part heard, which would occupy in all probability till one or two o'clock in the further arguments, it would pi ob ibly be to the convenience of the bar to fix that after that time they should go on with this matter in the private room. He wished to know if the counsel could inform him how long the discussion of it would be likely to occupy ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that be was in support of the petition for the commission of lunacy, and the l e ngth of time would be very much governed by the course to be taken by the other side. Mr. KNIGHT said that he was for the guardians, but was indisposed to make any statement in public. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that there was another petition which had not been disposed of, about the minutes of some order. Did Mr. Knight intend to pro ceed upon that? Mr. KNIGHT—My Lord, I cannot io public go into the • facts. The LORD CHANCELLOR—Very well, we shall see when we come to it what course is to be taken. The forenoon was occupied in hearing counsel upon the part-heard appeal. VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) EARL BALCARRAS V. CLAYTON. In this case, it will be recollected, an application was made sometime since, for an injunction to restrain the de fendant frog► leasing certain 'Ands and mines, called Black Rod ; and on that occasion his Honour the Vice• Chan cellor directed a case for the opinion of the Court of King's Bench, whether the lands in Black Rod were included in the covenant to grant leases of other lands. The lease alio contained a provi sion against assigning without the assent of certaia persons, and at the time the case was argued it was submitted at the bar that the opinion of the Court of King's Bench should also he taken upon that point. The adoption of such a course was ultimately given up by the Attorney-General, and the Registrar had drawn up the order directing the case on both points. Mr. KNIGHT applied this morning for the correction of the Registrar's minutes in that respect. Mr. ROGERS submitted that the Registrar's minutes were consonant with the order of the Court. The VICF.•CHANCELLOR said that, according to his recollection of the matter, the latter point was given up by the Attorney-General ; and the Registrar's minutes must, therefore, be corrected. _ . . The COURT then proceeded with causes, none of which, up to the time of our reporter's leaving, possessed a single point of the least public in►erect. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OSBIJRNE V. ELLIS. The bill in this case was filed for the purpose of re— covering from the defendants, who were trustees and executors, a sum of 2b01., which had come to their hands, and to which the present plaintiffs were entitled, as re siduary legatees of the testatrix in the cause. The defence set up was, that the plaintiffs had, after attaining 23, exe• cuted a general release to the executors, and that, there fore, they were not now to he permitted to resort to them under any circumstances ; it was also insisted that the sum in question had been lent to the plaintiffs' father with their cognizance and approval on his personal security, and therefore they were not entitled to charge the defendants with the result of the failure of that security. The case was not finished when our reporter left. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DEC. 1 The CHIEF JusTlcs proceeded this morning with the London list of causes. Nothing transpired involving any public interest up to the time of our going to press. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE 0' CL 0 CK. News has been received from Greece via Trieste to the 15th of November ; all was tranquil there. Letters from St. Petersburg!' to the 24th of November state that a violent storm from the East took place on the 22d, which caused great inundation, but the damage done was not known. Two hundred ships were windbound for fifteen days. Letters received at Havre state that accounts from Para say they were every day menaced with fresh distur bances, owing to a new president going to be sent there from Rio Janeiro, and that his arrival would probably be the signal for a revolution there. THE FUNDS. Up to the present hour we have no arrivals of conse quence, and the Funds continue stationary. Console opened at the price they left off yesterday, 88i- for the Account. In the Foreign Market, Spanish 23 ; 1 ; Dutch 49 50 h ; Portuguese New 56i j-; Brazil 66 67. HALF-PAST ONE. We have no further arrivals since the express from Paris. We hear thpt the French, Funds were done in the evening at 75f. 20c. An arrival from Portugal is expected on Monday, which, no doubt, will be of some importance respecting the mission of Colonel Hare to Miguel's bead quarters. Consols continue at 884 sellers for Account, with little doing. In the Foreign Market the information from Spain has not had much effect on the Spanish Bonds, which are 23i ; Portuguese 56:11 ; Dutch 4.9 i 50. It is rumoured that all the Powers have come to a rm.. lution to cause Don Miguel to abdicate. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols for the Account, SB. CLOSING PRICES.-FOUR O'CLOCK Bank Stock - 3 per Cent. Red B7f ' Ditto Bonds '23 pin. 3 pet Cent. Cons i South Sea Stock - 3; per Cent. 1 Ditto Old Ann - e per Cent. Red ' New 3. per Cent......... 9 Ditto New Ann. . 61 Ex. Bills, 1000/ 44 pot. 4 per ( cut 103 i Ditto 500/ _44 ism, Long. Ann. to expire Ditto Small 44 prn. Jai, 1860 Oct. 1853 l6; Consols for Opg B B# Jan. 1860 lndia St. for Opg. FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent 96 Belgian, 5 per cent 951 Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent 2ll Chilian, 6 per cent. ...... Colinnlan, 6 per cent lBl Ditto, 1824 t l. l. Danish 7 21 Greek, 5 per cent 2l Mexican 5 per Cents, 1825 29 Ditto 6 per Cent., 1823 961 Pruvian 6 per Cent. Portuguese, 5 per cent 56' Ditto, Reg. Bonds Prussian, 5 per cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per cent 10•2/ Ditto, Metallic 994 Spanish, 5 per cent Ditto, 1823 '2l French 5 per Cent.... 1041. 50c, Exchange lsf 56c, French 3 per Cent - -- c- Dutch, 21 per cent ......... 499 Ditto, 5 per cent ............ 5.43 i It is said that the violent abuse of the Lord Chancellor which appears in a morning print proceeds from the pens of two briefless b a rristers, who, negro fashion, write regularly under the influence of the scourge administered by the practised hand of a veteran whipper-in. Instead, however, of a s urgeon to watch the stripes, and e how much whip the patient scribblers cap bear, an eminent law authority superintends the operation, to pre— •cribe the precise limit between moral and legal malice. The result is what might be expected from such a quartette —impotent rage and pointless slander, covering their wretched utterers with scorn an I contempt, while he whom they assail, safe in the pre-eminent excellence of his c haracter, and in that universal esteem which always follows genuine merit, looks down with compassion, not unmixed with derision, on their petty plots and bustling Lobadilisms.— Times. I, l li 4 ll, ti p u a e r h k eF y i e o s j 'Patchet; fn the Fre ' llo lls are mal `„e expected 14 count Pain 17Iands, Han Wirtemhl j,it the Offit PA SHIC James I from Batl 'Mond Park, Fitzgerald, r 'i Mr and '*ge's Hot, p i ox, Lsq. ;;C a aptain e4hm ; M the Contim .Count and Lower 'Y Hall, tit, and the 1 1 Q, from a 4 rqllis Roc , H. J. 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