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IRISH STATE TRIALS TWENTIETH DAY. QUEEN'S BENCH.-DUBLIN, TUESDAY. • T H E QUEEN V. DANIEL 0 , CONNELL AND OTHERS. • CLOSE OF THE TRAVERSERS' CASE. The Court sat at the usual hour. Mr. MooaE, Q.C., rose and said—My Lords, the coun sel for the traversers, availing themselves of the indul- Fence granted by your Lordships yesterday evening, nave endeavoured, to the utmost of their power, to go over the evidence in this case ; and . they have come to the conclusion that, with few exceptions, the evidence IlPon which they mean to rest the defence has already a ppeared bef ore th e C ourt . Th ey f e l t t h emse l ves under the necessity to bring a very considerable number of ' wit nesses to town. Th om witnesses are still in town, ;Ind would prove several material facts : but, as the leading facts upon which they rely have already ap- Peered, they do not think that they would be justified in nc ' etl PYing the time of the C ou rt w ith th e exam i na ti on o f biselese witnesses ; and in ail human probability the time ''eich will be taken up with the witnesses they intend tiroduce will be very trifling: - Vrederick Wm. Conway, was then sworn and ex amined by Mr. HATCHELL, Q.C.—I reside on Raith litines-road, and lived in the city of Dublin in the year ' o l °. At that time I was editor of the Freeman's I -1 "W, and attended some public meetings. 1 recol .eet . nearing attended in that year a meeting for the dis- Zssion of the repeal of the union at the Royal Ex arr a nge. I knew Mr. O'Connell personally at that time. tin, saw him at the meeting. Sir Jame s Ridd e ll, a t th a t - `e High Sheriff, was in the chair. The object of the „, 111 p e e,tin g was to petition Parliament fer repeal.—[A file re : the Freeman's Journal, with the paper containing the Fipetnertssel the meeting, was produced and identified by —I was Secretary to the meeting. Among the ling person s a t th e mee ti ng were M r . S h aw , s i nce Si r ert Shaw, the secon d c h a i rman , an d C o l one l T a lb ot, ry Lord T a lb o t d e M a l a hid e. I f orget t h e ot h ers. The , e Port of Mr. O'Connell's speech at the meeting appeared ice in the Freeman's Journal. The first report was t i rrect as t o th e top i cs , b ut t h e secon d was better writ pll. At this time th ere was no t so goo d a corps o f re esters in Dublin as tl - ere is now.—(The witness here a rl the report of Mr. O'Connell's speech, which has s Peeeh ady ) been published in our report of Mr. Shell' s .... s r ere you connected with the Dublin Eve n i n g P os t? es, op htu you take the file of the Dublin Freeman's Journal re year 1800 ?—I have it. loßch rok at the Report of the Union Catholic meeting was held in Dublin on the 14th of January, 1800. -- k es_i I see it here. Su, COLMAN O'Loutimasi then read a report of a meet 14g held on that day, at which Mr. O'Connell made the eeh against the union referred to by Mr. Sheil in his dress to th e j ury . J7r- HaTeriELL—l'll only trouble you, Mr. Conway, I ,!ek at one paper more. Look at the Freeman's "ul Of the sth of October, 1810—d o y ou fi n d y our bftille attached to a petition inserted in it ?—I find my to to an address. kb Yeti find the answers to that address given by Sir trt Shaw and Mr. Henry Grattan ?—I do. th lr eoLstax O'LoucHersz then read the address against union presented in that year to Sir Robert Shaw and si t ; 41 ,,enry Grattan, the then representatives for the b e t °I Dublin, n ith the answers of those gen4lemen, also Lerred to by' Mr. Sheil in his address to the jury. The te;'lreed Counsel also read the requisition calling the k ti ng, dated the 17th of September, 1810. seneXaMination resumed—Do you remember the exist let,Of the Catholic Association previous to the year do. 1 , e re you a member of that association ? it t e ATTORNEY-GENERAL objected to thi s ques ti on . tt • not see what reference it had to the question then is sue. is!s oy tt : . I ATCHELL said, that what he proposed to show Po,'" evidence was simply this—the Dublin Evening , C ( 4 l and other newspapers were circulated by the to Association in the same manner as the Repeal to 7ciation acted in the r oresent instance, and he wished te evidence of that fact. At e CUIEF JUSTICE—You cannot object to that, Mr. lle (. o Tae A TTORNEY - GENERAL said, that the reading of, e, tosk b cto cuments already submitted to the Court and jury "P it great deal of time, but he did not wish to offer hitteaptious objection. He could not, however, see 110 t he acts of the Roman Catholic Association had to tio i / I v ith the case, and he therefore objected to the clues tol3,llt by Mr. Hatchell. f u i • JusTicE—. If the objection were made upon the te At nt r •v e Oduction of the evidence already given, it might as ( e on held goo d ; b u t h av i ng passe d it by i n si l ence , told°light the question then asked by Mr. Hatchell 'c't be objected to, as it was of a piece with the rest. Do AT TORNEY-GENtRAL replied that the Crown had knwell i all to exclude the repeal andspeeches made by Mr. in the years 1800 lBlO, because they had etttfrepe:siztettiornefwerence to the repeal question ; but it was a 4 45 0 , 4 • 4 t thing when a meeting of the Roman Catholic as referred to. They did not, he would Il lite r t ' wish to make any objections of a captious to o k e ; but if an inquiry were gone into as to what ; o re l iP„, l ace at the Roman Catholic Association, they 'eetl would do so, because it was following a per- Asst.:efferent course from any yet adopted. It ap akin to them that it was occupying the public time kr un necessarily. AUrsue ie U ATenELL s aid he would not p ress i t. H e mere l y sie c iidthat course , because his Learned F rien d M r . Sh e il erect 11 w Ms statement to the jury that evidence to that ould be given. !ter:, So lacrroß-GENERAL observed that they never !avid;"l3' objection to what Mr. O'Connell or any m ithas s.aid with reference to the repeal question, but Judg e t i r f f o e x r e_n t . W hen other topics were introduced. t ° be g iy all e ged that what is proposed losi on g ? en in evidence now bears on the question of the Judg e A,TcnELL---No, my Lord. bli-nARPTort—It is quite outside the issues. Isird; said ATenne—Mr. Sheil, in his statement, my e l, i that Mr. Conway and Mr. Staunton would let T. lied to show that newspapers were circulated ~k-;eatholic Association, and that is the reason I of 'to evi dence which wa s objected to. ntt j r. S ownaergeant WARR EN —Was editor of the Free in t Pan lBlO. Ceased to be connected with beiti po s t 1812. Is now the proprietor of the Dublin Nte• ' A tones Derr k , examined by Mr. WHITESIDE, g kly , 1 1 1 , 11 a memb y er of the Society of Frie ndsthat , com th e se !"d Quakers. I have the rules of body k vil N E.% re feyitness being desired to read that part of the et'.lllo in to arbitration, i i i' IT . o nNEy-GENERAL objected to their being re elidence. t t L I, otirs• Whiteside and M'Donough replied to the ob- Zile4 t i? were followed by Mr. Sergeant Warren on teho object Crown. ‘ h t i 4 u ption was overruled, the Lord Chief Justice, Cast i t ee .„.Thirton, and Mr. Justice Perrin being I, 4 a li ve t i r - . ; - air. Justice Crampton giving his opinion in e lamination4rle )1 of Mr. Perry was then proceeded stated that he was a member of the Society o 3' "d Procured the rules of that body in re fso„,- Proceedings by arbitration. He read ex thil'ts 16i; minutes of meetings held at London in the te r i n t as " and 1697, wherein it was recommended, 4! , th ey „ e ,! of differences between any of the mem seseee ?uould be settled between themselves, or by t\v"rwto,,lo arbitrators, and not by law. In case they the refused to comply with the terms of the Ite r l eetti o Party recusant should be admonished by f art! t° which he might belong ; and if there h:ltt h i m refusaj, then the meeting would testify ts, b rel es i T and he should be expelled the Society. t kOlth rc , e had read were subsequently adopted by tsCrted t s ' n in Ireland, and all members were strictly tt e ' h soe t i o ° adhere to the principles of truth in all their io 3 We rc , 4B . As far as the witness knew the regula to.:,ef 40-„till.iformly acted on ; but he had no recollec plieals tta' instance in which it was necessary to ed it zeal Gwsl/leinber. Henot himself one of the toot a 3 so`r`'eyl Club, but was was aware of its existence. ,Ne,,„ -e teisj e purpose of having differences among qii - vcei o men adjusted arbitration. He recollected 4 4 's i ll when Mrßrewster appeared before arbi -1,4r. c os lnatter submitted to their award. t td ne xt •Secretary to the Ouzel Galley Society, tl q *ere x "liried. He stated that the rules of the o t tist e , ett i that the members should sit as arbitrators Pre N e i ril d e at of any matter in dispute to them re tt„, e ed all the arbitrators chosen were members 14,'"i'r'eatik),1"tY• Parties are not to make any personal d'eaPn • ° m e mbers of the Galley, either respecting eit_ . t A cien as arbitrators, or of the subject in eto s 9 with sOsl e k ter the arbitrators are chosen, the registrar g th u n a illted with their names, and he commun . i siae d se Person de ed s. It is necessary for the parties rul e °' s ubmission, which could afterwards be lls k e e d b of court , th e . • A sum of four guineas each was so t eti c i an Parties to pay the expenses of the refer issAeeiety s urPlus was paid to a charitable society. kios t 'seet th e ally consisted of about forty members ; le orea ° I?ninber may be a little less. Disputes s h q Fos men are of the kind generally sub aneuir u The arbitrators have power G ni ti pire, if necessary. At present Messrs. 14%13% takeseYa n ness, Chambers, Wilson, Colville,_ and several others, are members. . h• y "eed L• 0 ' n ett by Mr. BENNETT, Q.C.—The Society ti 4 1 ,tt itaj u : t r . ;the purpos e of havine• differences ami se . geoq.othose who wish to have their disputes tt (e l lai4 r the dis,;wthe members and ask for an arbitra ofeitsm,eial inc v n L . es so. settled are principally those of 1. 41 ' , 41 ) 4 1 's 0 4 011 13 1 it is open to any stranger ; the of "i°ll Etlitho g * a regular form part of the deed thel:l:;7B;rurit'tralto—Lrisaers that the award shall be made . a t , the 'viten a matter is referred to the arbi wo ..tim e a convenient day for both parties. /Ai neydo n e selected from the forty mem tu hold c e ' t m ake any announcement of their ~ 4ew fieeta., u ourts on particular days ,• they only neChrn t o o r adteed,so by the particular parties. ' wa s old one . s not naPee° buyttnysoAfc'af of s f ra th rl e iam wi e tn n e t s . s es Iv 0 4 the 14th P I'li P4 Der of ""' t act. rod h uced t e Morning Register t , ti i 14:41 h :it tt :r J e ol o i r th .,, ;GiirrEß p T e l 4rk ver rl s li its eonte n vv t: P Zit e ld rs n Morning Register circulated by the A so ost said the p made evidence for ts,,, b er s . 1) 0 ' l "rzo suu übles . hed speeches of Mr. v o w la 4 ob. ere clearl kiected to. Y put in issue, and had not been 11,ettIil.shY F:.4llzlssr NERAL said that the papers eircu . ussion hetvveen l!on were the weekly and three-day reirdand2,',Ukt.nOt appear that any daily jour lthdt ka di sc the body to any of its b Counsel, the paper rs was mem e. Mr. Vernon was then called upon to read the Free man's Journal of the 27th of September, 1841, contain ing a speech made by Mr. O'Connell. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL again objected to this line of evidence. He did not see how they could go back for two years previous and give the papers of that date in evidence. It would be quite another thing if they produced, the reporters who reported the speeches of the traversers made upon the subject of repeal, or per sons who heard them speak ; and it was upon those grounds that they did not object to the evidence given by Mr. Conway ; but he did not see how the mere pro duction of the newspapers could be made evidence in favour of the, traversers. Ile never heard of such a pro- position. Mr. FITZGIBBON said that the papers of the traversers had been given in evidence against them, and he did not see why they should not be admitted for them. It was alleged by the Crown that certain criminal or sedi tious articles were circulated in the journals of three of the traversers, and they wanted to show, that besides the articles complained of, there were others of a far dif ferent character, which clearly showed that the tra versers did not entertain the guilty intentions attributed to them. Mr. Justice CaemrroN—There is a preliminary ob jection which you pass by. How do you provo this to be the act of the party ? Mr. SIIEIL—In Horne Took's case a book that was written twelve years previously was allowed to be given in evidence. • Mr. Sergeant WARREN said he had a case in point, namely, Walls and Frazer. Mr. M‘DoNotrou said the case cited by Mr. Sergeant Warren did not apply at all. After some further discussion, the Court ruled that the paper should be read as evidence of the acts of Doctor Gray, but not of Mr. O'Connell. The witness also read a letter signed " T. Duggan," from Manches ter, and addressed to T. M. Ray, the Secretary of the Repeal Association, dated the 2d October, 1841, which appeared in the I) eeman's Journal of the sth of the same month. Examination resumed—l have not the declaration oi Dr. Gray here as proprietor of the Weekly Freeman's Journal.—[The witness then read a report or the " Loyal National Repeal Association," from the Free man of the 2d October, 1841, which was principally a commentary in the speech of Mr. O'Connell upon Lord Eliot and Lord•de Grey's policy in Ireland.] Mr. FITZGIBBON said, that the dates of the documents having been all given wrong, by some unaccountable mistake, he would undertake to have them arranged for reading during the usual adjournment of the Court, the hour for which had then arrived . Mr. M‘DorrouGH said that, with the permission of the Court, he would put in a few documents to be read on the part of his client, Mr. Barrett, during the delay which his Learned Friend required for the preparation of his documents. The Pilot of the 15th of April, 1840, was then handed to the Clerk of the Crown, who proceeded to read there from the " Plan of the National Association of Ireland for Full and Prompt Justice, or Repeal." The Clerk of the Crown then read from the Pilot of the 12th of April, 1843, a speech of Mr. O'Connell's, thanking the American Repealers for their sympathy and support. Sir C. O'LourcumN next handed in, as evidence, the first and second series of reports of the Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland, bearing date April, 1840, and addressed to the people of Ireland, extracts from which were read by the Clerk of the Crown. Mr. BOURNE next referred-to the Report of the As sociation on the re-construction of the Irish Houses of Lords and Commons, and to that respecting the finan cial injustice done to Ireland by the union ; but as these documents have already been read at length in the pro gress of the trial, the officer was not required to read them. He next read the Report of the Loyal National Repeal Association, on the resolutions passed against the union by various meetings. William Morgan, examined by Mr. HATCHELL—I reside at Tullamore, in King's County. I carry on the business of a coach-maker in that town. I remember the time of the meeting there on the 16th of July. I know where a Mr. Dean lives. A Mr. Hand lives at the ex actly opposite side of the street. I recollect seeing an arch suspended across the street, from Mr. Dean's to Mr. Hand's. I saw it first on the morning of the meet ing, and about ten o'clock. I recollect what were the words inscribed on it ; they were, " Ireland, her Par liament, or the world in a blaze." I saw it taken down, and I assisted in taking it down. I know Mr. Steele. I did not see him at the time of its being taken down, but a little before it. Mr. Steele came to Mr. Dean's house, and he said that it should be taken down by Mr. O'Con nell's express directions. It was taken down about a quarter past eleven o'clock. Mr. O'Connell came to the platform about two o'clock. Cross-examined by Mr. BREWSTER—I did not hear of a committee having been appointed, nor did I subscribe to it. I heard of the like. I know a Mr. Dean, in Tullamore. It was at his house that the arch was up. I do not know that he is in Court, but he came up to town along with me. Ido not know who put up the arch. I do not live at the place where it was up, but about one hundred perches from it. Dean was assisting in taking it down. I was not. It was on the way to the chapel, or rather opposite to it. It was not opposite the prin cipal entrance. There was a large attendance at the chapel that day. I did not see any of the processions coming into town. Sir COLMAN O'LotromiN then read the resolutions and petitions to Parliament, which were passed and adopted at the meetings at Mullingar, Drogheda, Longford, Tul lamore, Loughrea, and Tara. Mr. VERNON was again called on the table, and pro duced the Freeman's Journalof the 27th of October and sth of April, from which he read speeches made by Mr. O'Connell at the Repeal Association, wherein he in strong terms the conduct of the people of Canada, in their attempted revolt against the Government. The witness also read the proceedings of the Repeal Associa tion which appeared in the Freeman's Journal of the 6th and 22d of January, the 25th of March, and the 11th and 17th of May, 1842. The witness then read extracts at considerable length from speeches of Mr. O'Connell, at meetings of the Asso ciation reported in the Freeman's Journal of the 23d May, 184.2, the 24th of May, the 16th of August, 1842, and the 14th of September, 1843. Mr. FITZGIBBON—Your Lordships may recollect that I and several others of the traversers' counsel mentioned, in the course of our addresses, that we would produce the Rev. Mr. Power as a witness. I stated especially that we had subpoenaed him, and that the Crown sum mons had actually been served on him, but that he was in a very bad state of health, and it was with the great est difficulty that his physician could prevail on him to leave, and make the journey to Dublin by easy stages. We know that he is now on his way, and that he will be here by two o'clock to-morrow, and what we want is, that the Crown should either allow us to have him ex amined after his arrival, we now closing our case, or that the Court should adjourn from this evening until two o'clock to-morrow. CHIEF JUSTICE—Have you done with all the rest of your evidence ? Mr. FITZGIBBON—We consider that we have, my Lord; for we are anxious on no account to take up the time of the Court, unless with what might be absolutely neces sary to our case. There is no other fact which we care to prove, with the exception of what may appear from the evidence of Mr. Power. CHIEF JuancE—The Court does not think that you have taken up any of its time unnecessarily, Mr. Fitz- gibbon. Mr. FiTzonmoN—What we want, my Lord, is, that the Crown should either consent to give up any obser vations upon the fact of Mr. l'ower's letter, by putting it out of the case altogether, or else allow the evidence of Mr. Power to be brought forward at a future period, after the closing of the case for the defence. Mr. 1-LvrenELL—We only want Mr. Power to prove that he sent up the letter for publication, and we expect to show by his evidence, that the traversers are entirely exonerated from any charge founded on it. SOLICITOR-GENERAL—We donot intend to make any observation on the non-production of Mr. Power, if he do not appear. Mr. nooTT—Oh, but that is not enough. CHIEF JUSTICE—Are you prepared to prove that the Crown summons was served on Mr. Power ? Mr. PIGOTT—Yes, my Lord, we are. Mr. FITZGIBBON then entered as read the Freeman's Journal of the 21st and the 29th of December, 1841, and the 26th of January, 1843, showing a continuation of Mr. O'Connell's objection to the Chartists. Patrick Gaynor was then sworn, and examined by Mr. MobisnAN, Q.C.—He was in Mr. Mahony's employ ment as clerk, and served a copy of a subpoena on the Rev. Richard Power, who was in a very weak state of health. He said he was then in the hands of his phy sician, who would call next day to see him. The phy sician lived six or seven miles distant. He did not call, but they met at Mr. Barron's the next day, which was on Sunday. After a great deal of conversation, the physician said he might go to Dublin, but it should be by easy stages, lest his life should be endangered. The Rev. Mr. Power lived at Kilrosenty, in the county of Wateford, and told him that he could not come before in consequence of his health. The witness was cross-examined by Mr. Freeman, Q.C., but nothing material was elicited. Mr. HATCUELL said that every exertion had been used to procure his attendance, and it would, he conceived, be no disadvantage if the Solicitor-General proceeded with his statement, and they could examine Mr. Power, on his arrival. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he would make no sti pulation whatever; they were bound to satisfy the Court that proper diligence had been used. Mr. FITZGIBBON said that it seemed to him there was no difficulty in the Solicitor-General postponing his ob servations on that part of the case until the Rev. Mr. Power was examined. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he would not say one word on his not being produced; but they certainly should close their case before he addressed the jury. The CHIEF JUSTICE thought the Solicitor-General ought not to be called on to begin his statement until they had closed their case. The Court could not im pose any course of proceeding on him which he did not think right. Mr. MoonE—We will not press it, my Lords. CHIEF JUSTICE—I think you had better not. Mr. MooßE—My Lords, we now close. The Court then adjourned till to-morrow, when the Solicitor-General will commence his address to the jury. WESTMINSTER ABBEY AND ST. PAUL'S CATRE DRAL.-Mr. Hume has the following notice of motion on the Order Book of the House of Commons for the present session, respecting Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's :—" To - move for the re-appointment of the Select Committee appointed.to inquire into the present state of the national monuments and works of art in Westminster Abbey, in St. Paul's Cathedral, and in other public edifices, to consider the best means for their protection, and for affording facilities to the public for their inspection, as a means of moral and intellectual improve ment for the people." _ . INDIA AND CHINA GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS. HI3 Excellency the Governor and Commander-in- Chief of Hong-Kong, &c., is pleased to make the follow ing appointments : Major Eldred Pottinger, C. 8., of the Bombay Artil lery, to be an Extra Aid-de-Camp on his Excellency's personal Staff from the Ist of September, 1843. Alexander Anderson. Esq., to be Colonial Surgeon of Hong-Kong. from the Ist of October, 1843. Doctor Winchester will continue to act as Assistant to the Colonial Surgeon until further orders. These appointmeitts are subject to the approbation and confirmation of her Majesty's Government. By order, RICHARD WOOSNAM. Macao, Oct. 2, 1843. High'Royal privacy. Castle. Sir d Gentlemen deep at the Stamps. and, han. ce llor of 'and Parlia his residence id Mr. Dean, 1 the Chan- 1 sat yester ustice of the he Common impbell; Mr• ce, and the al from the ; Hon. John Marquis of dated .28th ird Seymour Right HO' S. H. de d Brougham n the further st. n's Counsel► '!:mbassy, sat ived at isr. ;()0k pl 0 c: Ird. Wi ll i* I by vi" `d as Lor service, 05 I the 6d e the spot 'P mat niani' lat e to b e Ed men pre -the Eight n. T. B. v .; • ; the ne.. r Vdmiral , ds, ' c • i.E., Di re( 'i erintenne n C.B. .C° °l : r t o n, of we &c. • was Pe r herriff, the I the Jan ll rter to te .(l, i n a ttend' ng the Pr e ; he Quoe n, vill, ana Ir, of by t e r e the she so nose m o f WV , )wards 0.19 ads, an d. 15 ,' vott. nd retreat' rf offensi ve lowing ore Inc}ie~. 0 2 xtreroiti • Alic e ' n r stans, an w ell 85 as ' "r d One Is a n at et t n d e ight, Ar r 2-pounde o pened fined he will not w ired fot o P l a ced it vij mo tion s ' n e a rig. f ebe r ; it m aY - the P r o j boa r ya on as JCR , THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, _FEBRUARY 8, 1844. .GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. • With reference to the proclamation and notification issued under date the 22d of July last, on the occasion of the promulgation of the new tariff and general regula tions of trade, and the appointment of G. T. Lay, Esq., to be .her Britannic Majesty's officiating Consul at Can ton, it is now announced, for the general information of all British subjects, that the Emperor of China has gra ciously approved of the tariff and regulations, and has directed that they shall be introduced and brought into operation at the ports of Foochowfoo, Amoy, .Ningpo, and Shanghai, in addition to that of Canton. The following appointments are therefore made, and are to take effect from the .dates specified; subject to the approbation and confirmation of her Majesty's Go vernment : Captain George Balfour, of the Madras Artillery, to be her Majesty's Consul at Shanghai, from the Ist of December, 1843. Walter Henry Medhurst, Esq., to be Interpeter to the Consulate at Shanghai, from the Ist Sept., 1843. Frederick Howe. Haie, Esq., to be Surgeon to the Consulate at Shanghai, from the Ist September, 1843. Henry Gribble, Esq., to officiate as her Majesty's Con sul at Amoy, from the Ist of October, 1843. Robert Thom, Esq., to officiate as her Majesty's Con sul at Ningpo. from the Ist of October, 1843, but to continue to act as Chinese Secretary until relieved by Mr. Gutzlaff. The above-named officers will join their stations at the earliest possible period, and may be expected to do so in the course of the present month. A Consul will be appointed to the Port of Foochowfoo, and the establishment of that and the other Consulates completed as soon as circumstances will admit, of which arrangements due notice will be given. By order of his Excellency her Majesty's Plenipo tentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade, &c , in China. RICHARD WOOSNAM. Macao, Oct. 1, 1843.—Friend of Chino, Oct. 5. We have no arrivals to record this week that have brought any later intelligence from any part of the world than we were previously in possession of, and things are all in so quiet a state in China that they leave us almost nothing to write about, and the editorial part of our paper is therefore as scantily provided with news as can well be. The most important matter of the week has been the signature of the supplementary treaty. On Saturday night last, the 7th instant, his Excellency Sir Henry Pottinger, accompanied by his suite, and several other gentlemen, left, in her Majesty's steamer, Driver, for the Bogue, and there met on Sunday, a little behind the Annunghoy Fort, and not far, we are told, from where the opium was destroyed by Lin, the Imperial Commis sioner Keying, and Governor of Canton, Kekung, who received him in a building erected for the occasion, with all the customary honours. Here the signatures of the two high Chinese officers, and her Majesty's Plenipoten tiary, were affixed, after which Sir Henry had an inter view of several hours with Keying, and the gentlemen present at the signing were treated to a dinner. The whole party returned to Macao-roads during the night, and Sir Henry landed here again on the Monday morn ing, and left for Hong-Kong yesterday, in the Driver steamer. This vessel, we hear, will be dispatched for the north about the 20th of this month, and take', as passengers, the Consuls for Amoy and Shanghai. - - - GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. With reference to the Government notification, dated the 2d instant, announcing the intended early introduc tion of the provisions of the new tariff and regulations of trade at the remaining four ports of China, which are to be opened by treaty to foreign commerce, in addition to that of Canton ; and adverting to the great increase of intercourse with and resort of shipping to China, which may be expected to be the result of recent arrangements, as well as to the necessity for strict and defined rules which spring from the arrangements, and more particularly from certain stipulations which have been entered into between the high contracting Powers, and inserted in a pending supplementary treaty, which will hereafter be published for general information, his Excellency Sir H. Pottinger, Bart., G.C.8., her Britannic Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade, &c., in China, considers it to be his imperative duty to call the special attention of the masters, owners, and consignees, of all merchant vessels, whatever may be their class or description, sailing under British colours, that may be at this time in the seas or waters of China, or of her Britannic Majesty's colony of Hong-Kong, or that may hereafter enter these seas or waters, to the law relating to merchant seamen, as laid down in the Act of Parliament of the sth' and 6th William IV.. chapter 19, passed in the year 1835, and commonly called, " Sir James Graham's Act." In thus calling attention to the above described Act of Parliament, her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade, deems it advisable to append to this notification a brief memorandum, showing the penalties attached to certain breaches or evasions of the said Act, which have heretofore been of frequent, and almost daily occurrence in China, and from which much trouble and serious public inconvenience have resulted ; and to notify that all Consular and other officers of tho British Government in China, to whose duties it may appertain, will be instructed and authorised to sum marily enforce the said penalties with regard to all mer chant vessels under British colours, from and after the Ist day of December next, in every instance where they may be proved to have been justly incurred ; likewise that his Excellency the Naval Commander-in-Chief will be requested to issue the necessary instructions to the Captains and Commanders or all her Majesty's and the East India Company's ships of war and steamers, now or hereafter serving on the China station, and to aid and assist the said Consular or other officers in enforcing the said penalties,_ on receiving an o ffi cial appli ca ti on i n writing to that effeyt.. It is further notified that the same rules are to be deemed applicable to the ports of the military posts of Tinghai (Chusan) and Koolangsoo, so long. as those posts may be garrisoned by her Majesty's combined forces. His Excellency the Chief Superintendent of Trade, &c., is also pleased to determine and declare, that when vessels incur any of the penalties, and quit China before they can be enforced (in the case, for instance, of leav ing any of the crew behind, or discharging or shipping seamen without the sanction of the Consular officer) the consignees, should there be no owners of the vessel, shall be held responsible, so far as the law will permit ; and that in every case where the consignees may not be considered to be legally responsible for the acts of the Master of any vessel consigned to them, the most de cided steps will be taken to have the penalties, with all attendant expenses, enforced and recovered by the proper courts of law, whether the vessel may b e l ong to , or be found in the United Kingdom, or India, or any of the colonies subject to her Majesty's, or the East India Company's Government. Her Majesty's Chief Superintendent of Trade, &c., in China, takes this occasion to further notify, that he h as received a representation from the officers, which is stated to obtain amongst the foreign shipping at Wham poa, of throwing stones and other descriptions of ballast into the river at that anchorage ; and as such a practice would be likely to be still more dangerous and detri mental to the anchorages of the ports of Shanghai, Ningpo, and Foochowfoo, it is accordingly positively prohibited, as well at those ports as at Whampoa ; and her Majesty's Consuls are hereby directed, empowered, and authorised to fine the master of any vessel, under British colours, that may be summarily convicted of a breach of this rule, in a penalty of not less than ten pounds "(101.), and not exceeding twenty-five pounds (251.), accrding to the circumstances of the case. All masters of vessels who may have ballast on board, which they wish to get rid of, or who may require ballast from the shore, are directed to report and apply to the Con sular officer on the spot, who will have a convenient place fixed on and pointed out, in the former case for its being deposited, and in the latter from which it may be removed. By order of his Excellency, her Majesty.s Plenipo tentiary and Chief Superintendent of Trade, &c., in China. RICHARD WOOSNAM. Dated at Macao, Oct. 4, 1843. MEMORANDUM. PENALTIES LIABLE TO BE INCURRED BY THE MASTERS OR OWNERS OF VESSELS. For carrying to sea any seaman without first enter ing into agreement, for every such seaman, 101. Neglecting to cause agreement to be distinctly read over to each seaman, for every such neglect, 51. Neglecting to deposit with aillecter or comptroller of Customs a true copy of agreement, or depositing any false copy, 501. Neglect or refusal to pay wages when due, forfeits two days' pay for every day so neglected. Refusing to make immediate payment of wages when due, without sufficient cause, 51. Refusing to give certificates to seamen, without suffi cient cause, 51. Neglecting to make a return of the crew, extracted from the muster-roll, 25/. Neglecting to make a return of the crew of vessels lost or sold abroad, made up to the time of loss or sale, 251. Forcing on shore, and leaving behind any one of the crew, at home or abroad ? punishable by fine and impri sonment. Discharging seamen abroad without sanction of Consul or other functionary, punishable as a misde meanour. Neglecting to deposit agreement with British Consul or-Vice-Consul on arrival at foreign port, 251 Shipping seamen at a foreign port without the privity of Consul, 25/. Neglecting or refusing to produce muster-roll and agreement to any officer of her Majesty's ships, or - to the Registrar, or any of his assistants, or any collector or other officer of Customs,-every offence 50/. PENALTIES LIABLE TO BE INCURRED BY THE SEAMEN, THE AMOUNT OF WHICH MAY BE STOPPED OUT OF - WAGES DUE. Refusing to join the ship after signing agreement, or absenting himself without leave, forty shillings, or thiriy days imprisonment. For temporary absence or neglect of duty, to forfeit two days' pay for every 24 hours. Quitting the ship without legal discharge forfeits one month's pay. Absolute desertion forfeits all wages, Knoluments clothes, and effects, on board. : K !!'(j M N.B.—The master, on his arrival at any foreign port, where there shall be a British Consul or Vice-Consul, shall deliver the agreement with his ship's crew, to such Consul or Vice-Consul, whi c h s h a ll b e re t urne d to him before leaving the port.—Friend of China and Hong-Kong Gazette, Oct. 7 and 14, 1843. PROCLAMATION. _ - Sir Henry Pottinger, Bart., G.C.8., her Britannic Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c., &c., in China, now makes public, for the information and guidance of all her Ma jesty's subjects, the annexed abstract of the Supple mentary Treaty between her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, &c., and his Majesty the Emperor of China, which was finally concluded, sealed, and signed, at the city of Hoo-mun Chai, on the Bth day of October, 1843, by the said Plenipotentiary and his Excellency the Imperial Commissioner Keying, &c. His Majesty the Emperor of China having consented to ratify the Supplementaiy Treaty, without waiting for the previous ratification of her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, &c., one of the. originalcopies (of which. four were signed and sealed) has been for. warded to. Peking for that purpose, and will be trans mitted, with a cepy of her Majesty the Queen's ratifica tion, to England, as soon as it is received back. In the meantime, and until the Treaty shall be duly ratified, exchanged, and published, her Britannic Ma jesty's Plenipotentiary, by this proclamation, enjoins and requites all her Majesty's subjects, by their alle giance and loyalty to their Sovereign, to be obedient to, and guided by, the provisions of the said Treaty, 'as set forth in the annexed-abstract. HENRY POTTINGER. Dated - at the Government House at Victoria (Hong• Kong), this 18th day of October, 1843. God save the Queen. THE ARMY OF'EXERCISE. DIVISIONAL STAFF. Artillery.—Brigadier G. E. Gowan, Commanding; Captain H. M‘Donald, Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General ; and Captain E. F. Day, Commissary of Ordnance. Cavalry.—Major-General Sir J. Thackwell, K.C.B. and K.H., Commanding; Lieutenant J. D. C owe ll, 3d Light. Dragoons, Aide-de-Camp; Captain E. J. Pratt, her Majesty's 16th Lancers, Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General ; and Captain H; Clayton, 4th Light Cavalry, Deputy-Assistant. Quartermaster-General. Infantry, Ist Division.—Major-General J. .Grey, C.B. ; Captain W. L. Tudor, Aide-de-Camp; Captain J. Guyon, Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General ; and Captain J. Reid, Assistant-Quartermaster-General. 2d Division.—Major-General T. Valiant, K.H. ,• Lieut. Nelson, Aide-de-Camp ; Captain P. M'Kie, 3d Buffs, Deputy- Assistant-Adjutant-General ; and Lieutenant N. B. Cham berlain, 16th Grenadiers, Deputy-Assistant-Quartermaster- General. - • 3d Division.—Major-General J. H. Littler; Captain I'. Harris, Aide-de-Camp ; Captain H. M. Graves; 16th Grena diers, Deputy-Assistant-Adjutant-General ; and Lieutenant E. Croker, her Majesty's 39th Foot, Deputy-Assistant- Quartermaster-General. • BRIGADE STAFF. Horse Artillery. Brigadier E. Biddulph ; Lieutenant E. G. Austin, Major of Brigade. Foot Artillery.—Brigadier J. Tennant; Captain A. Huish, Major of Brigade. Engineer Department.—Major E. J. Smith, Chief Engi neer ; Brevet Captain W. Abercrombie, and First Lieutenant J. A. Weller, Field Engineers. Cavalry, Ist Brigade.—Brigadier A. Campbell, K.H., Cap tain Spottiswoode, 9th Lancers, Major of Bri ga d e . 2d Brigade.--Brigadier D. arriott ; Capt. G. A. Barbor, Major of Brigade. 3d Brigade.--Brigadier C. R. Cureton ; Capt. R. Pattinson, 16th Lancers, Major of Brigade. 4th Brigade.—Brigadier J. Scott, C.R, her Majesty's 9th Lancers; Capt. R. Cautley, 10th Cavalry, Major of Brigade. Infantry, Ist Division, Ist Brigade.—Brigadier W. A. Yates; Captain C. Dickson, 51st Native Infantry, Major of Brigade. . . 2d Brigade.—Brigadier R. Blackall ; Captain G. Dalston, 58th Native Infantry, Major of Brigade. _ 2d Division, 3d Brigade.—Brigadier G. Moore ; • Captain T. Young, 2d Native Infantry, Major of Brigade. 4th Brigade.—Bragadier L. R. Stacy, C.B. ; Captain P. Lunes, 14th Native Infantry, Major of Brigade. 3d Division, sth Brigade. —Brigadier T. Wright; Captain Nixon, 39th Foot, Major of. Brigade. 6th Brigade.—Brigadier. S. D. Riley; Captain J. Hen nessy, 70th Native Infantry, Major of Brigade. CORPS. Horse Artillery.-2d and 3d Troops 2d Brigade ; Ist, 2d, and 3d Troops 3d Brigade. Foot Artillery.lst and 2d Companies, Ist Battalion; Ist and 2d Companies, 3d Battalion; Ist, 2d, 3d, and 4th Com panies, 4th Battalion ; sth, 6th, Bth, 9th, and 10th Com panies, 6th Battalion ; and Nos. 10, 16, and 17 Light Field Batteries. Sappers and Miners.-Ist, 3d, and 4th Companies, and a company to be formed from all details available at the head quarters of the corps. Cavalry, Ist Brigade.--Two squadrons of her Majesty's 9th Lancers; two squadrons sth Regiment of Light Cavalry; two squadrons 11th Regiment , of Light Cavalry; and Wing 2d Irregular Cavalry. 2d Brigade.-3d Regiment of Light Cavalry; Bth Regi ment of Irregular Cavalry ; and Cavalry Bundlecund Legion. 3d Brigade.—Her Majesty's 16th Lancers; Ist Regiment of Light : Cavalry ; and 10th 'Regiment of Light Cavalry. . 4th Brigade —Governor General's Body Guard ; 4th Regi ment of Light Cavalry ; 4th Regiment of Irregular Cavalry. , Infantry, Ist Division, Ist Brigade.—Her Majesty' s 3d Buffs ; 39th Regiment of Native Infantry ; 51st Regiment of Native Infantry; and Bundlecund Legion. 2d Brigade.—Her Majesty's 50th Regiment; 50th Regi ment of Native Infantry ; and 58th Regiment Native In fantry. 2d Division, 3d Brigade.—Her. Majesty's 40th Regiment ; 2d Regiment Native Infantry Grenadiers; and 16th Regi ment Native Infantry Grenadiers. 4th Brigade.-14th Regiment of Native Infantry ,• 31st Regiment Native Infantry ; and 43d Regiment Light Infantry. 3d Division, sth Brigade.—Her Majesty's 39th Regiment ; 35th Regiment of Light Infantry; and 56th Regiment Na tive Infantry. , 6th Brigade.-62d Regiment Native Infantry; 70th Regi ment Native Infantry ; and Khelat-i-Ghilzee Regiment. Captain W. G. Lennox, 43d Light Infantry, charge of the military chest. • Lieutenant W. S. Dodgson, 31st Native Infantry, baggage master. Brevet Captain W. Lamb, 51st Native Infantry, post master. - Surgeon A. Wood, 6th Battalion Artillery, superintending surgeon. S M.D., 3d Battalion Artillery, field ir gsurgeon.e The left Surgeon A. y, alers i m llbe composed of the Ist. and 3d troops rY, 6th company 6th batt a li on of the Ist and 2d brigades of Cavalry, and the Ist di v i s i on of Infantry. 3 F d oo b t ri Art g ad i e lle orylworistehANro Light Field Battery attached, Artillery, SIR H. POTTINGER AND THE AMEERS OF. SINDE. • TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Guernsey, Feb. 4, 1844. have only just seen Major William Pottinger's letter, in which, evidently alluding to my former letter to you, he says : " Any pne who can imagine that under any circumstances Sir Henry Pottinger could proclaim a falsehood, proclaims himself utterly ignorant of the truth, honour, and integrity of my brother ; and has, in consequence, imagined that which must prove destitute of foundation." Major Pottinger has mistaken the tenor of my letter. It was my firm reliance on Sir Henry Pottinger's " truth, honour, and integrity," and on his sense also, which led me to treat the letter in the Morning Chronicle as a forgery. I could not believe Sir Henry Pottinger would gratuitously write of Sir Charles Napier's actions in Sinde as " unprin cipled and disgraceful," as leaving a "firm stain on our good cruelty and misery," and finally express a hope for his eternal perdition, for doing precisely that. which Sir Henry Pottinger faith and honour," as marked by " tyranny and spoliation, himself; not once, or lightly, but many times in his official letters, advised, recommended; and urged, as the proper thing to be done, Sir Charles Napier having much stronger grounds for so doing, than Sir Henry Pottinger had for so advising. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM NAPIER, Major-General. COL. STODDART AND CAPTAIN CONOLLY. In a letter addressed by Captain Grover to the editor of The Sun this day, that gentleman says the subjoined docu ment, with that in the Times, comprises all the official in formation received by the Committee : EXTRACT Or A DISPATCH FROM CONSUL WOOD, -------- DATED DAMASCUS; Nov. 8, 1843. " The arrival of pilgrims from Bokhara having given me the opportunity .of eliciting from them some information respecting the uncertain fate of Colonel Stoddart and Cap tain Conolly, I have the honour to state that, according to the verbal statement made to me by a certain Seid Abdo Sultan Effendy, who asserts to he the son of the Nakib of Bokhara, and distantly related to the Khan himself, it would appear that Colonel Stoddart is still in existence, under the name of Nasr Khan, but that his companion Cap tain Conolly, had long ceased to live. It is true, I could not bring my informant to admit that he owed his untimely end to the fanaticism or wanton cruelty of his countrymen, but it was not difficult to perceive, from the anxiety he evinced to avoid replying in a direct manner to my ques tion, that Captain Conolly was evidently put to death in prison. He further stated, that Colonel Stoddart, under the title of Nasr Khan, commanded and instructed the artillery of the Khan, with whom he had great influence, and whose consideration and esteem he enjoyed. • . . The information I have been able to collect, respecting the character of m y in formant is faVourable to, him; and I have scarcely any reason to doubt the veracity of his statement, which he could have made more acceptable had his object been to deceive me, by disavowing altogether the melancholy death of Captain Conolly." The Austrian Consul-General.Ghersi, in a dispatch, dated Trebisonde, 14th Dec., 1843, after stating that eight people, siell"ilt moins precises, ils iabitation meme du just arrived from Bokhara, declare that Colonel Stoddart was d do is alive, concludes thus, " Quant au Capt. Conolly les notionsnennet e p s ou p r ar tan e te de r shui a t v i oi nd r i e N n - id tr u e s v ,r d i a n n b Col.• Stoddart, et croyent qu'il remplit, aupees, de lui, les fonctions de son Kiaia. ' (From the Times.) As great and general interest is felt respecting the fate of Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly, and as the , reports which have been lately received are somewhat contradictory, we are glad to have it in our power to lay before the public the following summary of the latest intelligence which has been received from Lord Stuart de Rothesay, Sir Stratford Canning, and Lieutenant-Colonel Sheil. The Governor.Geaeral of .orenherg writes to Count Nesse:rode on the 26th of December last, that he had questioned the leader of a caravan which had recently arrived from Bokhara in 70 days, and that person said that Lieut.. Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly had been taken toy the palace of the Khan six days after the departure of the Russian mission in 1842, but that he was at the same not aware what had been -done with them, observing time tbat it was rot usual to put any one to death in the Khan's palace, and that he hcd not heard at Bokhara that they had been executed. A gentleman who was attached to M. de Boutenieff's mission at Bokhara, however, told Lord Stuart de Rothe •ay that the state meut of the leader of the caravan that executions never took place in the Khan's palace was incorrect, for he had heard of several during his residence. Lord Stuart de Rothesay adds, that he had been unable to elicit from the Russian Government any in formation which would corroborate the hope of the officers being still alive, and that the language of all pet sons at St. Peter-burgh tends to confirm the account sent home originally by Lieut—Colonel Sheil. The Eastern merchants at St. Petersburgh who have intercourse with Bokharian traders, although unable or unwilling to confirm the account of the executions of the officers, do not seem them selves to have much doubt of it. Lieutenant-Colonel Shell, under date of December 1, sends, home a statement made to him by Rejib key, a native of Herat, •- .4* -; 2;: who was in Colonel Stoddart's service during his first captivity, and afterwards in Captain Cono lly's. This man was in confinement, together with others of Captain Conolly's servants, including Yowoof, the Greek, in the Black Well, and confirms in many particulars, the statement of Mahomed Suleh Akhoonzadeh. formerly given in the Times. He was liberated, and shortly afterwards heard :that Mahomed Suleh and Allandad Khan had been put into the Well. About forty days after his libe ration he received orders from the officers to leave Bokhara; and he went to Herat, where he was seven months ill, and he then went to Meshed. He was told at Herat by Gool Mahomed, another servant of Captain Conolly, who had been in the well with hint, but who was released two or three days after himself, that he, Gool Mahomed, was in Bokhara at the time it was declared that the officers had been put to death, but that he had never seen any one who had witnessed their exe cution, which was said to have taken place in a small square near the pris on, which, however, was not much frequented. Goel Maho med said he took courage, and ventured to go t 3 the place of execution about a week after the event: He examined it carefully, but was unable to find any traces of blood, or of earth recently dug, nor were there any mounds like graves. For these reasons Gool Mahomed thinks they were rot killed, and Rejib himself hopes they are not dead, for the Ameer, he says, has a practice of secretly putting people Into prison, and ofplacing them under the charge of one person, who is certain to suffer death if he reveals their exist. once. He confined one of his Viziers in this manner fbr five years, whom he finally liberated. An envoy from Bokhara bad arrived in Teheran, but Colonel Shell had heen unable, in consequence of the Shah and his Minis. ters being out of town, to communicate with him before the dcpar. ture of his messenger. Sir S. Canning sends home by a messenger dispatched on the 3d of January, a report from the British Vice-Consul at Trebizond, dated December 11, stating that eight natives of Bokhara had arrived there- oq a pilgrimage to Mecca, having left Bokhara six months previously; and -passed through Meshed, Teheran, Tabreez, and Erzerum. These persons say that they left in Bokhara an English " Miralai " (Colonel), who had been a resi dent there for three years, had become a Mussulman, and on doing so had received from the Ameer the title of Khan and the situa tion of Chief of Artillery, and was named by the Ameer Abdul Semmet Khan. He is a totik man, having a long dark beard, and has with him a companion, a — middle-sized man, with a short light beard, who served Abdul Semmet Khan as secretary, but they did not know if he had become a Mussulman. Both were In the confidence and favour of the. Ameer, and seemed to enjoy freedom, more particularly the Colonel or Khan, who was admitted in the presence, and allowed to sit at the side of the Ameer. Both lived in a large dwelling, or fort,allotted to them. This statement was first made to the doctor of the quarantine; the British Vice-Consul received the same account from four of the party, whom he saw first ; but although the other four, who came in after wards, confirmed the statement respecting the English Colonel cr Abdul Semmet Khan, they did not confirm that regard ing his secretary. They said the latter might be in Bokhara, but they had not seen him, They had ftequently seen the Colonel, and had received alms from him. Some of the companions of he above party reached Trebisond on the 15th of December, and the quarantine doctor told the Bri tish Vice-Consul that they confirmed the statement of the others, though they had no previous communication with them. With respect to the foregoing statements from Treblzond, it is to be observed that a person, named Abdool Samar Khan, appears continually in the correspondence of the Foreign. office, in connection with the officers. Colonel Stoddart's re. lease from his first confinement was effected by the instru mentality of this person, and both of the officers lodged in his house for a short time after Captain Conolly's arrival, and Captain Conolly got horn him a sum of nearly 1,600/. (3,000 tillahs). Of this person Colonel Stoddart wrote, in March, 1841, that he was a native of Aserbijan, and arrived in Bokhara about four years before ➢ that he was 57 years of age, forty of which, on and off, he had been with the British, having been drilled by them at Tabreea, and lived with them in India ; that alter his arrival he persuaded the Ameer to let him drill the Persian slaves, and he had accordingly disciplined a large body of them, with twelve guns, with a powder factory and a fur.. time for casting guns, &c. Colonel Sheil calls this person the Chief of Artillery at Bokhara, and he received a letter from him in June last, dated March 24, 1843, in which he refers to the money ad. vanced by him to Captain Conolly. He did net mention the death of the officers in this letter, though he sent a manu script dated March, 1841, given to him as a keepsake by Captain Conolly. lint after saying that the officers were taken from his house on the breaking out of the insurrection at Caubul, he goes on—" All my exertions In their favour were fruit less, and these were so strenuous that the Ameer began to enter tain suspicion of me, and treated me with harshness.; As he who contends with fate will injure himself, my efforts were fruitless." BRITISH MERCHANTS AND PRO PERTY AT MOTE VIDEO. We have lately felt it our duty to direct public attention to the cruel position in which the sangui nary hostilities carried on by the forces of Buenos Ayres, under the command of General Rosas, against the Republic of the Uruguay, have placed numbers of our countrymen, who are engaged in commercial pursuits in the city of Monte Video. Our readers have been apprised, in particular, of the formal decla rations made, and repeated assurances given, by our Minister in the Plata, of the determination of her MajestT's Government .to afford all that necessary protection "-so justly due" to our countrymen in that city, in answer to the pressing representations to Mr. Mandeville personally, of the danger they must be exposed to in the event of Rosas being permitted to invade the territory of Monte Video. This declara-• tion appears to have been nullified—these assurances have been disgracefully violated, by the whole course of subsequent events. Since the battle of Arroyo Grande, the arms of the Argentine Confederation and its squa dron, under Rosas, have carried all the horrors of war, the savage extermination of human life, and the wanton destruction of property, through the territory and to the very walls of Monte Video; burning and pillaging every chattel, all merchandise, stores, &c., in the rem,test degree of Monte Video ownership, in their ruinous operations. From the waste and pil lage thus perpetrated on the defenceless cu s t o mer s and connexions of British merchants, who had sup plied them, in the usual manner, upon credit, British property to the enormous amount of between one and two millions of pounds sterling has been sacrificed ; and many of our couutrymen have thus been ruined. The charges made in - the following letter against Mr. Mandeville, our Minister—(especially the insinua tion that he has thus receded from his public and private assurances as to the protecting aid of a Bri tish armament, out of a desire to maintain his own friendly personal relations with Rosas)—are of too grave a character, we apprehend, not to call for a searching examination by the House of Commmons. The whole of the c ase is succinctly stated by our Cor respondent, whose letter we subjoin, together with its documentary disclosures : Sze,—The reply (marked B.) of the Earl of Aberdeen to a letter lately addressed to him by the Liverpool Mexican and South American Association, is only a repetition of the promises so often made by her Majesty's Government, that protection should be afforded to British interests in Monte Video. Now how stands the case in reality, as between the British merchants and the Executive ? If the public were once awakened to a sense of the numerous losses sustained by the mer chants who trade to Monte Yideo, and if it can be proved that they have been the victims of the unaccountable line of conduct pursued by our Government, it is to be hoped that investigation before Parliament will at least visit the authors of all this loss with well-merited retribution. The merchants of Monte Video charge our Foreign Executive with havingpractised a wilful and cruel decep tion upon them ; with having paraded before them, in the most unequivocal manner, a determination on the part of our Government not to permit any invasion of the Monte Videan territory by the army of Rosas ; with having given them the strongest assurances, through the British Minister in the Plate, Mr. Mandeville, both be fore and after the battle of the Arroyo Grande, that Great Britain would not permit the invasion. These are undeniable facts, attested by the British residents on the spot, appealed to in the memorial to M r . M an d ev ill e , an d to thisovernment, and not attempted to be denied. Were denial attempted, the official letter of Mr. Mandeville t o the Monte Video Government at the time, confirms it in the most ample manner beyond dispute, and in again handing you the copy of that Minister's letter to the Government of Buenos Ayres of December 16 (the only one which has been made public, and cannot be denied—marked A.) the British mer chants are prepared to produce further, and still stronger proofs, from the official communications of Mr. Mande ville to the Monte Video Government, that he did assure that Government and the British public generally of the firm resolve of her Majesty's Government to prevent any invasion : but no denial of these facts has been or will be hazarded—they are too strongly recorded. The fatal confidence into which our unfortunate countrymen were lulled—the amount of property which they were thus led to confide, as before-,- to their customers—the sweeping loss of nearly all that property which they were doomed to sustain—and their present perilous position, both as to life and property—all this train of evils has been caused, by whom ?—by the foreign enemy? by some unexpected political or natural convul sion ? Quite the reverse. By the deliberate recorded acts of our own Government, with full knowledge of facts, and ample warning from the merchants here of the approach of the political changes against which it was necessary to guard. The amount of property thus sacrificed is variously estimated, at from one to two mil lions sterling, involving the ruin of many parties. In contequence of the previous assurances of probation from the foreign Executive here, and in consequence of Commodore Purvis having refused to permit . the blockade of the port by sea, the British mer chants here, even after the news of the siege of Monte Video by the army of Rosas, still entertained a hope that the apparently cruel indifference of Mr. Mandeville to their situation, and the unaccountable in consistency of such desertion after his previous declara thins, would receive its merited condemnation at the hands of our Government, and that an effectual though tardy protection would still save their friends at Monte Video from further suffering. But to their grief and surprise the reverse has proved to be the case; they learn now that Mr. Mandeville is to be their only refuge, that Commodore Purvis is to obey him, and, as a fit commentary on such mode of protection, Mr. Mandeville immediately announced his acknowledgment of the blockade of Monte Video by Rosas' squadron, thus giving all the assistance in his power to Rosas' force. Such conduct on the part of our Government seems inexplicable; those who previously wished to ground their exculpation on the blunder of Mr. Mandeville, now find to their dismay that he acted by orders, and is sup ported in all he has done. Explanation—speedy, un equivocal explanation, is loudly demanded ; the mer chants of Monte Video appeal to their countrymen and demand inquiry. Those who are inclined to find some apology for our Government have endeavoured to sup pose that in the first instance Lord Aberdeen did in struct Mr. Mandeville to be prepared to interfere and prevent any invasion by Rosas; that Mr. Mandeville follom;ed those instructions so far as entering a protest in :his said letter of the 16th December, but shrunk from actual coercion (although his force in the river was ample •on Commodore Purvis's arrival) until further orders reached him. - The inference from his subsequent conduct is, that Lord Aberdeen forgot, or neglected the matter. No deCisive orders 1 were given, and Mr. Mandeville quietly saw jails • „ e-- threatening protest of the 16th December treated as so much waste paper by Rosas, and - it was only when the news of the invasion being accomplished, and of his Minister's threats being treated with contempt, reached Lord Aberdeen, that he was recalled to.a recollection of the matter. The first impulse was to support Mr. Man deville's declaration and coerce Rosas; the second, to see if the French Government would concur in this. An immediate communication with that Government fol lowed, but M. Guizot declined to meddle; and then it was that Lord Aberdeen, regardless alike, as it appears to us, of the reflection upon our national character, by thus abandoning the ground Mr. Mandeville had insisted upon with Rosas ; of the fatal consequences which may ensue from thus bullying a semi-barbarian without car. rying out our threats; and of the loss and injury which would be thus inflicted on the British merchants at Monte Video, who had confided in the assurances of their Minister, revoked his former instructions to Mr. Mandeville, left that functionary to back out of his hostile message of the 16th December in the best way he could, and sacrificed the British interests at Monte Video to the maintenance of friendly relations with Rosa% It is a bitter irony when the deed is done, when the British merchants have thus been made the victims of their confidence in their own Government's assurances, and seen their property confiscated by the ruin of their debtors in the sweeping destruction of the army of Rosas, to now have the assurance again made to them that "British subjects and interests will have all the protection to which they are so justly entitled by that neutrality which her Majesty's Goiernment have pro posed and enjoined." It is worse than irony however, it is opposed to the fact ; for who that reads Mr. Mandeville's letter to Rosas, of the 16th Dec., will, for one moment hesitate to put the same interpretation upon it which the Govern ment of Monte Video and the British merchants did, confirmed as this interpretation was by Mr. Mandeville's verbal assurances to the merchants, and by his official communication to the Monte Videan Government, copies of which are forthcoming to prove it—namely, that Great Britain would cover Rosas, prevent - the invasion, and save Monte Video. -- We leave Lord Aberdeen in this dilemma; but trust that he may be required, at an early day in . the pre sent session, to reconcile such conduct with hone,ty or sound policy. ONE OF THE MONTE VIDEAN MERCHANTS. (A.) BUENOS AYRES, DEC. 16, 1842. In conformity with the instructions which he has re ceived from his Government, the intentions of the Go vernments of Great Britain and France being to adopt such measures as may be considered necessary for bring ing the hostilities between the Republics of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video to a close, the undersigned Minister Plenipotentiary of her Britannic Majesty to the Argentine Confederation, has the honour to represent to his Excellency M. Arana, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Government of Buenos Ayres, that the sanguinary warfare at present carried en between the Governments of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video must cease, and, for the interests of humanity and of Britih and French subjects and other foreigners established in the country which is now the seat of war, he requires of the Buenos Ayrean Government : Ist. An immediate cessation of hostilities between the Argentine troops and those of the Republic of the Uruguay. 2d. That the troops of the Argentine Confederation —it being understood that those of the Republic of the Uruguay shall adopt the same course—shall remain within their respective territories, and withdraw to them should they have passed their frontier. The undersigned begs that his Excellency will ac quaint him, as soon as he conveniently can, if the inten tions of the Buenos Ayrean Government are to accede to these two requests, and has the honour, &c., &c. (Signed) J. 11. MANDEVILLE. (B.) FOREIGN OFFICE, JAN. 8, 1844. GENTLEMEN,—I am directed by the Earl of Aberdeen to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, of the Ist December last, relative to the lamentable state of affairs in the Rio de la Plata, and I am to assure you that her Majesty's Government have given such in structions to the British authorities in that quarter as they believe and trust will insure to British subjects and interests all the protection to which they are so justly entitled, in consequence of that neutrality be tween the contending parties which her Majesty's Government have professed and enjoined.—l am, Gen tlemen, your most obedient, humble servant, (Signed) CANNING. To the Mexican and South Australian Association, Liverpool. CULTURE OF LAND FOR WHEAT. When land is ploughed only to the depth of three or four inches, the active soil is so very limited that the least change in the weather is injurious to the plants growing on it. The manure which is always applied to the wheat crop under this system of shal low ploughing forms a layer near the surface ; the roots of the plant ramify only through the furrow slice in which the dung is placed, and consequently the plant has but little hold of the ground. It is thus, in severe weather in spring, the plant gets " thrown out," as it is termed, by the frost. The roots having spread out horizontally, near the surface, are easily exposed to the weather, and, w h e th er it be mild or frosty, dry or damp, are entirely under its influence : in a dry season, the shallow soil and the manure in it become parched and inactive ; in wet weather, the roots having but little hold of the ground, a soaking rain and a little wind loosen the plant, and it is blown out. Wheat sown on a deeply-cultivated soil, exerts the whole of its energy, at first in the pro duction of roots. These strike deeply in the soil, filling the whole of it with their minute fibres. The plants may appear thin during winter and in spring —those which turn out the best crops often have this appearance then—but whenever genial weather comes, the organs of the leaf being highly excited, are pre pared for vigorous and luxuriant growth; and a wide field having been laid under contribution for the pur pose, the roots easily provide the nourishment required to support them under it. If a plant in such a con dition be pulled up—if the soil be pulled up, it will be found to have sent out its roots as minute fibres, 18 or 20 inches from it in all directions ; it is evident that no variations of weather can affect it, situated thus ; it draws its nourishment from sources be yond the influence of the variableness of external agents. Thus deep cultivation, by encouraging depth of rooting, indirectly effects for the plant a com parative independence of the weather ; but it has a direct influence in the same direction, for, if the weather be wet a great depth of soil readily absorbs the water, and conveys it down to the drains; and, if it be dry, it retains for a longer time a sufficiency of moisture. Of two crops of corn, equally luxuriant in their growth, that is not so liable to lodge which is grown on the deeper soil, for its growth has been more gradual and natural, and less the result of artificial excitement. The manure in the shallow soil has not had its rankness rectified by mixture with a great mass of earth, and wheat grown upon it will spring up rapidly, but without rigi•ity ; and though it may at one stage of its growth look more luxuriantly, it will at another yield less abundantly than a neighbouring crop which Has throughout grown slower, and generally promised less. Of course it must be understood that deep cultivation can be safely entered upon only on soils that are naturally or artificially dry. And now a few words as to the depth at which wheat ought to be planted. We think this has not yet been satisfactorily determined. Nature ought to be our guide in things of nature ; she always drops her seed on the surface ; and when it is necessary that any particular seed should get deeper than its natural gravitation would enable it, she provides them with means for the purpose. Thus the barley and wild oat have awns, or beards, by which every motion of the seed pushes it forward; such a seed, lying on the ground, assisted by the wind, very soon wriggles itself beneath the surface. We think, therefore, that the nearer the surface a seed is planted the better, provided it be placed deep enough to protect it from its enemies, the birds, &c. This conclusion at which we arrive is strengthened in reference to wheat by another circumstance; for, if a wheat-plant be observed in spring, it will be seen that at whatever depth the seed was originally planted, the lateral roots which it has sent out to supply it with nourishment are always sent out from it at a point not far below the surface, certainly not more than one inch below it.-44gricultural Gazette. IADVERTISEMENT. SUPPLEMENTS GRATIS WITH THE " DISPATCH." Every Week during the GREAT NATIONAL TRIAL AT DUBLIN A succession of SUPPLEMENTS GRATIS WILL BE PUBLISHED WITH THE DISPATCH. The First on SUNDAY, February 4, con- t 16 taining Mr. Shell's Speech, a gem of oratorryy The Second (of the full size of the WEEKLY DISPATCH) on SUNDAY, February 11, con taining the Speeches of Mr. Whiteside, Mr. O'Connell, and other Leading Counsel who 48 may addriss the Court in the course of the Week, for which the services of several Short hand Writers of Eminence have been engaged. The dimensions of the succeeding Supplements will be re gulated by the importance of the matter; but the last Sup plement will be also of the full size of the DISPATCH, and form the early portion of the trial, and embrace the proceed ings from the commencement to that stage at which the first begins, so that every subscriber to the WEFKLY DIS PATCH will be in. possession of a complete and faithful re cord of this great national trial—a trial which must become a matter of history, and ever be regarded as an of un usual importance. A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH of MR. O'CONNELL will precede the account of the Trial, which will be written by a Gentleman intimately acquainted with the " great Agitator," and consequently one who has treasured up many reminiscences that will render the Biography a paper of general and absorbing interest. The SUPPLEMENTS, forming a great number of columns, will be printed uniformly with the DISPATCH, and contain a quantity of information equal to at least an Octavo Volume of 1,000 pages. Orders received by every Bookseller and News Agent in the United Kingdom, and at the DISPATCH Office, 139, Fleet-street. A public supper of the Hoxton Anti-Corn - law Asso ciation took place on Wednesday evening at the North Briton, New North-road, to celebrate the anniversary of its "formation. The festival was most numerously attended, and the large room was crowded to excess. METROPOLITAN ANTI-CORN.- LAW ASSOCIATION. A meeting of the Chairman '' . and most influential members of the Metropolitati: Anti-Corn-law Asso ciations, took place on TuesdayAt the Central Office, 68, Cheapside, for the purpose of taking into consideration a plan of operations suggested by the parent Committee, to be immediately acted upon. There was a numerous attendance.. P. A. Taylor, Esq., took the chair. Amongst the gentlemen present were Ralph Ricardo, Esq., W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., George Beacon, Esq., T. M. Gibson, Esq., &c. . The object of this plan is to combine the metropolitan boroughs in an effective manner in the free -trade move ment. The scheme as detailed to the meeting is. of con siderable length, and embraces meetings of the members of the branch associations, and the lbrmation of .coni mittees in each borough, to take charge of -the free• trade registration. The CHAIRMAN said that the exact mode pointed out might not be the most proper to be adopted in every dis trict, but their friends in the different localities were the most competent to judge how far the details were ap plicable in their own neighbourhoods. They had undertaken (what was never before attempted) to com plete an alphabetical list of all the voters in the City. This effort involved much labour and expense ; but they, notwithstanding, anticipated a successful termination to their labours in a few weeks.—(Cheers.) Mr. COATES congratulated the Committee on the very efficient plan they had suggested. He feared, however, some collision between the registration societies already existing and the new associations proposed. He thought it advisable, if possible, that they should be amalgamated, and act together.—(Hear.) After some further observations from members pre sent, Mr. SOUTH MORSE moved that the plan now read be adopted, printed, and circulated without delay amongst the metropolitan constituencies. Mr. TODD seconded the motion, and it was agreed to unanimously. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. PARIS POLICE COURTS. • The Correctional Tribunal of the Seine was occupied on the 23d and 20th ult., with the trial of a woman, ' calling herself the Baroness Pillay, for swindling. On being asked her age by the Court, she replied 45, on which the President observed that the information said 35 and her act of baptism 55. It appeared fr om th e evidence that a M. Delilliers, a man in business, being in want of money, was recommended to apply to Mme. Pillay for ,a loan of 17,000 f. He proceeded to the Villa St.- James, in the Bois de Boulogne, and was very politely received by the prisoner. She promised to let him have the sum he required, and as security, required him to sign bills for the amount, which, however, she pledged herself not to negotiate. This he did, but could never get the sum he had applied for. His bills were soon put into circu lat!on, and as he did not like declaring how they had been procured, through fear of injuring his credit, he said to the persons who came to inquire if they were good, that he had purchased some bills from Mme, Pillay with them. He, at once, however, repaired to her residence, and reproached her with breaking her word, and negotiating the bills. She re plied that they had been given to the Mar quis de B—, who was a great friend of hers, and that •it must have been by some error that they got out of his possession. • K.Dejilliers never got back his bills, whch, it appeared, the prisoner had raid away to a person named Chapelier, from whom she hired her apartment at Villa St. James. Another victim Was a M. de Montzaigle, who signed bills for 15,000 f., and received in return 100 bottles of Madeira, and the pro- mise of a manuscript work, by M. de Balzac, his uncle. The prisoner said in explanation, that M. de Balza°, as well as many other distinguished persons, frequently came to visit her, and one day the author offered that, as her life had been a varied one, if she gave him her notes, he would work them up fur her. This was the work she promised. The most curious instance of the prisoner's powers in extracting money was in the ease of a dressmaker named Colicamp, who, led away by her boasting, lent her 3,000 f., which she never paid. The prisoner, this witness declared, always was speaking of great persons, and particularly the Marquis de B—. The witness had once seen him at the prisoner's, at Versailes, but he refused positively to give the prisoner a farthing. This assertion the prisoner treated as a joke, and assured th e w it ness t h at s h e would go to his country seat, and obtain a sum of money from him. Some time after , the prisoner announc e d t h at s h e should set ou t nex t lay, and would take the witness with her. A travelling- carriage came to the door in the morning, and they got into it with their luggage. The postilion asked where he was going to, on which the prisoner said to the witness, " Ah? by the by, where are we going?" " Good heavens, Madam," replied the witness astonished, "I thought you said to the Marquis de B—'s country seat?" "So I did," said the other very coolly, "but I find he has gone off to a watering-place, and I really forget where. But I am certain it is either Baden, Aix-la-Chapelle, or Dieppe; so we had better draw lots, and decide where we shall go to." She then took three pieces of straw, and very gravely arranged them in the witness's hand, and, drawing one out, said that Dieppe was the place. The witness said that she had lent 2,000 f. additional to defray the expenses. They remained at Dieppe, where they found no Marquis, until their money was gone, and then, being at a loss to return to Paris, the prisoner, having met a M. Clamont at a ball, went to him, and persuaded him to lend her money, with which they returned. They went to Versailles, and lived en that sum until it was nearly spent, when the prisoner was arrested. The prisoner declared that the greater part of the witness's statement was false, and that slip had never declared that the Marquis de B— was to give her money. She knew him intimately, she said, and considered him a man of talent ; but she also believed that he would not give apiece of sf. to his very best friend. All the story of drawing lots was, she added, a mere fable. Had she desired to swindle, she could have done so for sums of 100,000 f., and not for such trifles as those just alluded to. This was the whole of the case on the 23d. At the close of it, the Court announced that it would deliver its judgment that day week. Consequently, on the 30th, the Court again met, and, after acquitting the prisoner on three counts of the indictment, declared her guilty on another, and sentenced her to a fine of 501., and 15 months' imprisonment. LITERATURE. JAMES OF THE HILL. 3 Vols. Newby, London, 1844. The hero of this romance, "James of the Hill," is a Scottish outlaw, whose wild and varied adventures occupy a considerable portion of the work. The scene of action is laid in Scotland, chiefly among the High lands, and the period chosen is the year 1630—a stir ring and troublous period both in England and the sister country. The story is told in some places with spirit and ability ; but the dialogues are frequently prolix, and the incidents are scarcely numerous enough for the space they occupy. The descriptions of Scot- • tish scenery are uniformly good, and constitute the redeeming features of the work. THE HERETIC. 3 Vols. Blackwood, Edinburgh and London, 1844. This story is a translation from the Russian of M. Lajetchnikoff, by a gentleman named Shaw , _ Professor of English Literature at the Imperial Lyceum of Tsarskoe-Seloe. Of course, being unacquainted with the original, we cannot vouch for the accuracy of the translator's version ; but we may observe that his language is spirited, especially in the dialogue portion of his narrative, and that he has placed before us a fiction which will be read with interest, if only for the minuteness and apparent fidelity with which it deli neates the manners of the Russians in the middle and lower walks of life, and the skill with which it deli neates the character of the Czar, Ivan. The epoch selected by M. Lajetchnikoff is the fifteenth century —an epoch, says the translator in his preface, "most powerfully interesting in the history of every country, and not less so in that of Russia." The best sus tained character in the story is that of the traveller. Aphanasii Nikitin, portions of whase curious itinerary —which is, we understand, still extant in the chief public libraries in Russia—the author has adroitly, contrived to interweave with his romance. TREATMENT OF PAUPERS. Yesterday morning a sickly-looking poor woman came before the sitting magistrate, Mr. Combe, and handed him a letter complaining of - ill treatment in the Clerkenwell-workhouse, in which establishment she was a pauper. Mr. COMBE instantly sent for the master of the workhouse, Mr. Harnet. And on his arrival the woman, in a state of exitemont bordering on frenzy, stated that a straight-waistcoat had been put upon her in the Clerkenwell-workhouse—that the master had used her cruelly, and that she had been refused permission to see her child. Mr. Harnet denied the charge of cruelty, and stated that the applicant had permission to see her child as often as she pleased, and that she was continually run ning in and out of the workhouse. • The woman Did you not put, a strait-waistcoat upon me ? Mr. Harnet admitted that a strait-waistcoat had been put upon her, but alleged that she wits so violent °Alba time that he could not control her by any other means. The woman—Did I not run away out of your work house because you imprisoned me there ? Mr. Harnet said she certainly had run away, but she would have been allowed to depart whenever she pleased by merely asking leave. Duke, the usher of the Court, said he thought from the woman's manner and language in the waiting-room, that she was not right in her mind: Mr. CONDE said he was of a .similar opinion ; the worthy Magistrate, however, recommended her to be taken back to the workhouse, and to be allowed to see her child. CURIOUS MANORIAL RIGHTS.—At Ripley Castle, in Yorkshire, the seat of Sir William Ingilby, there is in the great staircase an elegant Venetian window, in the divisions of which, on stained glass, are a series of escutcheons, dis playing the principal quarterings and intermarriages of the Ingilby family since their settling at Ripley, during a course of 430 years. In oneed (o d' n t t lr ie r f l r ia ie n z i e b o er f s t ;: e f wa the in t s o c n o - t er : is the following sentence , .citr " In the veire ofowre Ld. BIDI.V. was this hose buvlded, by Sir Wvilvam Ingilby, Knight, Philip and Marie reigning that time:" John l'allisser, of Bristhwaite, formerly held his lands of the manor of Ripley by the payment of a red rose at Midsummer, and by carrying the boa's head to the lord's table all the twelve days of Christmas. BRITISH AND FOREIGN INSTITUTE.:—Last evening Mr. Buckingham; as Director of the Institute, delivered„ttle •. first of a course of lectures on Palestine andlhe Holy - Laid — to a numerous and select audience.