The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-19 00:00:00

..,_....." I NG CO ,E R. t ;. able sen s ' t ; arriva l of . , War wicks'', , verallY of the Or n n amed wilful 00,. as far ba. e quence of fi l i rsuit, Mr' public-130.1 av i ng for s °, lodging he 3farquiin hat his tr°,4l; been 1° ;,,,d public -e person 1111f11 4(, o ecsia" ir c on i n g u e f'l he (Cre* ter, ace :;ester, ace," epaired ta2ll d Cr°' bun 00 It was t he re )15, and hid hending t ie was $ w h o tbea,j . ...barge ail" tr- - ''' bere , sc !E. Cl r tial, 4i j e ,t,,; p r e. )tain r o ry of th' also , h Ol , G r eew o bled 0 6 ctorP the mi te ° lie * goti jo 4 , lee f t Wing I p' gs, 0 1,1, ut. s , all of cej id Ad d j u the , 1 tt • o ne a,- the it i 1; Ible AC I u re e tt e in t° . • il r r ' 'Ei • lot °' ca ~ Aot 1 o O 11 1013BERY at. Mcssrs. ROGERS and CO.'S, th Bankers, CU Thepubl i ATION. is ,c are respectfully requested to pay particular attention lothe N umbers and Dates of all 51.,101, 20!., 001., 401., 501., 16 ° , 4 ' 200 4, 300/., 500!., and 1,000/. Bank of England Notes PII, Y he offsged in payment before changing them to ila n'ine the same, and compare them with the Lists of the Bank No tes stolen from Messrs. Rogers and Co., and which have been used several times successively in the Daily and Weekly .1. Lists of th e S tolen Notes may be had at all the Bank i ng-houses, ° f %Notre. Rogers and Co., 49, Clements-lane, Lombard.street ; kJ°II th " or Daniel Fo r rester, at the Mansion House; and at all e c it p r Y and Metropolitan Police Station-houses; and of Mr. k y l."cil Holler, Solicitor, 2.11, Bucklorsbury, Mansion House, ►3TIWARK-BRID G E. ?twist is hereby given, that a DIVIDEND will be PAY on the 15th o f J anuar y t o the Proprietors of the New SlaneSh ar ' and to the Subscribers of the 131. advanced on the Old , of the S ou th war k.b r id ge, at t h e rate o f 11 . 10 s . p e r cen t. p er I,n u ta. and that the Tranafer.books of the Company will be closed the 26th inst. until the 14th of January next JAMES LEITH, Secretary. wuoen street place, Dee. 18, 1844. NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK of 112, Bishopsgate-street, London, Dec. 16,1844. ker4ae Directors o f th e N a ti ona l P ro vincial Bank of England Y Give noti ce, th a t a DIVIDEND, a t the rate of Five per thfit' per annum, for the Half-year ending the 31st of December, ly e l ' WIII be PAYABLE on the Company's Stock on and after tti~ ' ld th of January next, when the Dividend Warrants will be oh. ;," application at the Company's Office, or at the different iec,",_ %D"'• The Transfer-books will be closed on and after Thurs- . e 26th inst., until the Dividend becomes payable. By order of the Court of Directors, DAN. ROBERTSON, Agent and Manager. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. ~, MUSIC OF DIFFERENT NATIONS. hst lIORN will recommence hie Lectures on the , bove sub ),-,1,," 4, day evening, the 17th lust., at Half-past Eight o'clock, stet 84 continue them on Tuesday and Thursday Evening's. The Str t ,,w , vet will he the MUSIC of ENGLAND, with Vocal and In (Wntal Illustrations, Dr. RTAN'S LECTURES are delivered at Netn er Past Throe daily, and in the Evenings of Monday, ,I:ipia!iy, and Fridays, at a Quarter to Nine. Professor EACH 4.elis6;, 11`TWS Lectures daily. The PROTEOSCOPE,PHYSIORCOPE, "G DIVING-EE and DIVER, &c., &c. A N Admission, Is. • Schools, Half-price. *wily' Edition ef the CAA:LOU, containing Three Hundred 4e, , Li al Works of Art, &c., since the last revisal, is just pulelistiod pELICAN LIFE A tttab,.sl iod 0 , 1797. M LOBARD-STREE' 11, A tt Es, 31.r.31.r.°aPe, q. iih:Qotton F.R.S.„ Esq., It,„ Ltirtis, t -Davi ", iith ara •4. don,Esq. , Esq., F.It.S. , Va k . P l an of this Office will be found to comprise all the 043 , 11 d ad ic-4" of Life Assurance. S have the option of Insuring upon the Return or Non tol4-,4 ystems ; and the Tables have been formed to suit the ,1111ence of all parties. /roy, l ita tes have recently been reduced agreeably to the most ap- Or k ca lculations ; they are also verified by the experience of the %tot Burin forty years, are as low as consistent with safety ; those litr ti : (l l to the RETURN SYSTEM entitle its assured to an equitable l a th e ~,1 34t1° 1 1 in the surplus premium, according to the plan detailed Th - e `i . °lll Pany's Prospectus. 14 ge 1, -.4841.0,1 under both Systems will possess the guarantee of a raid A Pr o „ -1 P apital, an the furter security f responsie body wieters,C without being exposed to the liabi o liti a es of partn bl ership. Alte ° 1 . 11 :, 1" are purchased on liberal terms when the object of an qty.. 4ce is effected ; or, loans will he granted thereon to the extent , ;: -sla ths of such purchase-money. Cte„, : l'eet tisee and every information obtained on application at the alty as above, or to the Agents of the Company appointed in every — '''Prineipal town in the kingdom. SSURANCE OFFICE, r, and 57, CHARING-CROSS DlltEi 'ORS. Kirknon D. Hodgson, Esq, R. 11. Lawrence, Esq. J. Petty Muepratt, Eriq. G. S. Storey, Esq. C. 11. Turner, Esq. 31. Whiting, Esq. R. TICKER, Secretary teb ON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, arlo tte-row, Mansion-house, and IS, Chancery-lane, London. DIRECTORS. ~.} IPN TICETT KINGSFORD, Esq., Chairman. 4 41 .44 h eENJAMIN IF - ILL, Esq.. Deputy Chairman. S" Anderson Esq. James Hartley, Esq. q B 4 .,, tk ine, Eso John 3-Muffle, Esq. klitc,,;. i dd en, John Maclean Lee, Esq. • Brand ro th. J. Marmaduke Rosseter, Esq. 8, Carman AUDITORS. E,. I Robert E. Alison, Esq. Anvisna—Marshall Hall, M.D., F.R.S., L. and K. SURETARY—John Emerson, Esq. o 80L/CITOR S—Mews. Palmer, France, and Palmer. Ns i.". " "T ALL FUTURE QUESTIONS AS ro THE VALIDITY OF POLI 4Potn ls 'MuPany are prohibited by their deed of constitution from 's any claim unless they take upon themselves to prove that kljreuPon which the claim arises was obtained by fraudulent T he o ' s gentatio n . , 41 . t hou t e b n , r11 ,_ , P a nY are further bound to give effect to every poli ed cy, r tit " debt for which it may have been originally procur , t A / t'ule held, ay have been paid off before the claim arises. Yrid th at the value m of policies may not be lessened or destroyed 1 4 nt, : B ,2 4 ing beyond the limits usually prescribed, the Company 41 ,11, a 7 4 Payment of a small extra premium, general or whole h lay the.. ° . which subsists during the currency of the policy. u l e Means the policies of the London, Edinburgh, and a :,.. 11t4 1i r fQ Company have come to be considered as forming secu. :1, - ," ° MPlete and more easily negotiable than any other Ass ura " n " . 'Mellts, th i'? " l 4, , 44 c es are granted either with or without participation in v t % Der, hl t he utmost facility is given in regard to the payment of ay 4 , 4 galo o n'l by the assured having the option of halfnt b . y a 11 1 , 44 °.c,,! 4 cending scale, or according to the premium .1,„, 44 Neti l ; ,I Th ei for seven years. —h ie, 4 1 ' grid schedules are forwarded to applicants, free of Manager and Agents. .UPTIERTSON. Manager. ER OVER-COATS, WRAPPERS, 80. BURCII and LUCAS (lute J. 14.4 fu,:nlier respectfully invite gentlemen to view their new lt' kvt lorialbl t) e assortment of PATENT and BEAUFORT fts, FANCY VESTINGS, TROUSERINGS, &c., for u 4ra t'Prisaching season; the style and cut of every garment are )1 1 ,_ n toelli equal to any of the first houses at the West-end, at th i r. iu unison with Use economy of the times, feeling confident t gentlemen who may do them the honour will be perfectly sans. C I with any garment that leaves their establishment. A large as . f at approved of Great Coats kept ready made in all the different a nd 4 taPproved forms agreeable to the prevailing taste ; being made ~, the superintendence of the proprietors, they are enabled to :Z . ' confidently as to their superiority over all garments of a sl o p liPtion the which are entirely excluded (rain this establishmen t . s ' \KING WILLIAM - STREET, LONDON-BRIDGE, op . t ithe S tatue.. SHEFFIELD PLATE. A t iSSRS. HORTON and Co., Silversmiths li and Jewellers 66, Ludgate-street, St. Paul's, opposite g* 'l Everiugton's, ' offer to their Friends and the Pillslic, at im. 0 0 .,,Y 4 reduced ptices, their STOCK of GENUINE PLTED hiqp i , B , Which they warrant to be the manufacture of th A e int Houses, and are of the most tasteful and modern designs, •115i e : 41, 6 Dish Covers, Corner Dishes, Walters, lee Pails, Cake kseh i l' Coffee ard Tea Sets, Candlesticks, and every other article aOd ornamental. No common Birmingham ware kept. tad , ar , 6 0 stock o f JEWELLERY and WATCHES, Fancy Silvea pftk'uler articles lie t such prices as must be well worthy the notice Pub I i :ollows from the recent investigations of the li ght in Association for the Advancement of Science, as 'int F ' i n the Atheneum of October 19, that the quantity of N uir mrnho, .0d by one pound of PRICE'S PATENT CANDLES t her sf e4f° r Its production four pounds of ordinary tallow ones ; and , tka tti o . that the former, if at two shillings per lb., would b e economical as the latter at sixpence per lb . Now, b; ' :', PATENT CANDLES are not sold at two shillings per ...Theu a t Sr under One Shilling per lb. 4 0, hi, tO ay be had of respectable dealers throughout the king t, c are be taken to prover*. any imitations being passed off as ' t or I ,,, aten t Candles ; and the Trade may obtain them wholesale te Sutton -street, Price and Co., Belmont, Vauxhall, and Palmer and .utto n-street, Clerkenwell. " STOLBERG'S VOICE LOZENGE, the '4Poitt best specific for Coughs, Colds, and all Affections of the W f r , e 11 ave received several recommendations , am on g s t t he re st, seat ' 4l clergymen, of the Rtolberg Lozenge. We did, in a re sle,ti!altaber, ourselves recommend them as the best specific for AN the voice that ever carne under our notice ."— Bd. Dramatic t4 ical Review, Nev. 16, 1844. 4, sro a : had of every Chemist in the kingdom. Wholesale Agents, ' l " , d Son, Fafringdon-street. U I~ GESS'S NEW SAUCE, for general pur -211 Aey es, having gained such great approbation, and the demand - 'l)e4. u ,tilluing to increase, JOHN BURCIESS and SON beg most th„, 4 ' l 3' to offer thus their beet acknowledgments to the Public) ' , le t Cr liberal p a t ronag e of the same ; its utility and great convent ,,artik.„,4 al l climate have recommended i:, to the roost distinguished .4,4l—co eilection:, who have all spoken highly in its recommends- Oat l a Prepared by them only and for preventing disappoint- L" families all possible care has been resorted to, by eack sealed on the cork with their firm and address, as well — 411; ' 4I KI having their signature, without which it cannot be gs, ll i RT T t h -t„--ROESS and SON'S loig-established and much-esteemed 1,1 4 lift. - ""' of ANCHOVIES continues to be prepared by them after ruanne - r that has given the greatest satisfaction fur many itr „, ••• '...-011-se, 107, Strand, corner of SaToy Steps, London FIDDL E A., AND PRINCE ALBERT'S PATTERN PLATE. .. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing x,.. , g117 a S ilversmiths, 14, Cornhill, London, oppo . site the Bank of 44,11 e rat best wrought SILVER SPOONS and 1 ORKS, "I. ed tern, 7s. ‘AI. per ounee ; the Prince Albert's Pattern, I tre,t . p 7 i r .. ounce. The articles may be had lighter er heavier, at the It l i. , 1 711e e r ounce s :— .d. X. s. d I Prince Albert's. oz. s. d. t bt"' SPoens ( 4 . t 7 2 JO 15 0,12 Table Spoons 40at7 6...15 0 0 S , i-, , 6 eri. ditto 20 a 7 2 .. . , 7 3 4'12 Dessert ditto 26 7 0_ 3 I.') 0 -ik btle Forks 30 72 , 10 15 (12 Table Forks 40 7 6...18 0 6 1 Qi.7 tt date 20 72 7 3 4;12 Dessert ditto 26 76_9 15 0 1 Sol i ' Y SPoons 10 7 2 3 11 81 2 Gravy Dessert 12 7 0... 4 10 . 'ka Ladle io 72318 81 1 Seup Ladle 12 7 6... 410 0 4 1 - t ee ditto 10 7 316 ' 4 Sauce ditto 12 8 0... 16 0 il rui' h - S ro.. ns (gilt strong) 1 0 0 4 Salt Spoons stron g k ilt) 2 9 0 z l' ea lice 2 10 0, 1 Fish Slice .......... .......... -I 10 0 I ,_air,, S Mons 10 78 3 II Sll2 Tea Spoons 14 8 0... 519 0 44.,;,." 0 1tar Tongs .. - 0 15 (1 1 Pair Sugar Tongs 1 '. 0 i ;'. havery and Sens recommend the Prince Albert's pattern. ' - "Y novel and of unexampled beauty. SpGOUTpU , RHEUMATISM, AN 0 _ , RHEUMATIC GOUT CO'S GOUT AND RIILUAIA IIC PILLS Lh Q nears a certain aid safe remedy they restore tranquillity to „."'/te r ,;" 403 , give tene to the at( mach, and strength to the whole - N• other medicine can be compared to these excellent 40d'1; `ael prevent the disorder from attacking the Stomacher Head, t °4llk;?* restored thousands from pain and misery to health and told 1 all " e lti YA. Willoughby and Co., Rh Bishopagate Without, and Medieine Venders, at Is. 1 or %. 9d. per box. BEST APERIENT AND ANTIBILIOUS MeDICINE FOR. OCCASIONAL USE IS MPTON'S PILL OF HEAL'fil, which sion ...;heut e.ectually relieves the stomach and bowels bygeneral relaxa gripin or prostration of strength. They remove head. ;(' theii", s 'nsss . , dizziness , g pains in the chest, &c., are highly grateful todde,,—rTach. prcinioe ; gdiestion, create appetite, relieve langour eft et spirits while to those of a full habit and free Otni t i,; `..ho are cont ffg from drowsiness, heaviness, and kb be 4 ' o the head and ears, they offer advantages that will Not fail bloat lit me dicine has for many years received the approval of the tit ea,'etl' ie table classes of society, and in confirmation of its pith „ ine following letter has been kindly forwarded to Mr. ?rout, tkrrpermission to publish it, and, if requisite, to refer any respectable ;t3 author Xr Pr0ut,21.9, Strand, London. si .• Heavitrce, Exeter, April 24, 1544. Ileit ed r es r feel pleasure in being able to bear my strong and unso. Meal% i e ii , o o ny to the excellence of your • krampten's Pill . of which consider a most safe, efficacious, and very superior nea r 'rhe widow of an officer, an elderly lady, and ta c ,,,!euitive of mine, has used them—very rarely having ricoune tL et r eeelicine—_fo r a long p cried of years; she has recommended to - Z e ext ensively,anst in one instance in which she induced a person of xtr l4 t hrii, and supplied the first box herself, they have proved ether of Binary efficacy. I think that perhaps there is scarcely any es a , 'ft!,the tn~ y tent medicines before the public of equal value %Lail t",ltad need' — certainly moos possessed of . su d per i ro u r a - Nea c i ati f aPPY on all occasions to give them my in _iv s o l d ." 11 , and am, Sir, your obedient servant, ko z ; ' 9 7 'homes Prout, 2t.1, Strand, London, price Is. 1t. 2 . 1. per e klrigg: ln " 4 by the venders of medicines ger.erslly throughout th k c't* F RAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH, and observe the itAc ) .; address of;"Thomas trout WI, Strand, London," on the "Waal% stamp, \‘‘, 4 ,v Bs- 1 4' it • ) ' A - • 4 •' • ' • :a l 1•4 Wil k , • , 7 - 74 1%4 • .= • . , _•• . , • - • ,••••k •/, • , • / . • - • •• • • , S t . / , 1 - _ - i••• • I • • A " .0; • ' Le ' ta- ---- -7 ce, . "t * . 2 . • 4 •1 11 , It OTT •• " a • D l;L„..je 4 *. tF^+F •.• • ' .• No. 16,331. LONDON, THURSDAY EVE_' - --ING SUN, DECEMBER 1), 1844. PRICE sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, i n Ti me f or the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION ( Evening Sun) is Publisked in Time for the :AFTERNOON TRAIN and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, ebntaining PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that flour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS , Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. B ATHS and WASH-HOUSES for the LABOU RING CLASSES. C. Sayer, Esq 3 3 0 W. Stone, Esq lO 10 0 John Straith, Esq 1 • 1 0 Lord J. Stuart H. B. Smith, Esq. Joseph Tucker, Esq 5 5 0 Messrs. W. J. Thompson and Son Messrs. Trueman and Cook Mrs. Tubbs 11. Tritton, Esq. Henry Vaughan, Esq. 11. E. Van Heythuysen Henry Vyner, Esq. Mrs. Ware H. S. Westmacott J. and C. White and Co. The Lord Bishop of Winchester 5O 0 0 W. Walker, Esq I 0 0 Miss Ware Rev. H. G. Watkins...... : Joshua Watson, Esq. Rev. W. Winthrop J. E. Walker, Esq T. B. Wrightson, Esq 2 2 0 J. Wickens, Esq. G. Whitbread, Esq. B. B. Williams, Esq 1 1 0 Messrs. Willis and Pereival Rev. D. Wilson 2 2 0 John Wilson, Esq 5 0 0 J. D. Wood, Esq 2O 0 0 John Wright, Esq. Sundry small sums wielded, her Majesty's Government had but the gra tifying task, step by step, of applauding and approving the discretion, the temper, the judgment, and the for bearance, with which those delicate negotiations were subsequently conducted by the Right Hon. Gentle man.—(Loud cheers.) In that department the Right Hon. Gentleman was more particularly responsible to another member of her Majesty's Government; but I had the satisfaction, in another point of view. of being brought universally into connexion with the Right Hon. Gentleman. I saw his untiring labours, and his zealous assiduity in forming or finding a new colonial society—(Cheers)—in supervising the foun dation of a colony where all was new and strange — where obstacles were to be encountered from mutual prejudices, from ignorance of each other's habits, from omissions upon the one side and upon the other; from unreasonable demands and exorbitant expectations; and I saw the Right Hon. Gentleman with satisfaction, in his civil, as well as his diplomatic, correspondence, carry on " the even tenor of his way " with one fixed intention, and that boldly conceived and boldly exe cuted, of obtaining the greatest advantages consist ently with the honour and good faith of this country. —(Loud and general cheering.) Gentlemen, there is one point to which the Right Hon. Gentleman, in his address to you to-night, has peculiarly adverted, although he has modestly abstained from stating the full share which he had in it. I allude to that decision to which he came—and it is due to him I should say he came to it and acted upon it upon his own respon sibility, and without restriction—(Cheers)—not only to demand exclusive privileges (for that he was pro hibited from doing), but for inserting as a stipulation in the treaty that all other nations should alike par take of the commercial advantages which had been gained by this country by the power of the British arms, and by the prudence of British negotiation. —(lmmense approbation.) Gentlemen, it was not the good fortune of her Majesty's present Govern ment to select for this high office the distin guished gentleman who sits near me. That credit is justly due, and I concede it with all praise, to the Ad ministration which preceded us—(Cheers)—but I should be sorry to see the Administration in which public servants, engaged in distant hemispheres, and engaged together in the common service of their country, acted with less cordiality or co-operated less warmly either upon one side or the other for their common object, because they happen to be connected with, or appointed by, persons of different political persuasions. —(Hear, and much applause.) And, Gentlemen, I say it for myself, and I know I may say it also—for I have heard the sentiment repeated over and over again—for my Right Hon. Friend the Earl of Aberdeen, that it was to him and to me in our several departments, a subject of the deepest regret when Sir Henry Pottinger's earnest entreaties induced us—or rather, I should say, compelled us—to accede to a very strongly expressed desire of his, after so many years service in distant countries, to return to his na tive land, there to enjoy, in the midst of his country men, the well-earned honours which, I am proud to see, have been bestowed upon him ; and I can use no more emphatic language— " To read his history in a nation's eyes." been concluded between the United States and China. Our treaty provides for every advantage that may be given to any other nation being enjoyed by England. At the same time the Chinese made no objection to the proposal, and were quite ready to allow it tacity to he in full force. There is one other point to which I may be permitted to allude before sitting down. It it the treatment we are to show towards the Chinese. We must remember that they have been three or four thousand years, as we are led to understand, totally secluded within themselves ; that they do not under stand us ; that a mere treaty is not a sufficient ground for their at once changing their usages. But lam quite satisfied, from what I saw during my residence among them, that, if treated kindly by England and all other nations that may resort there, in due time, with God's blessing, they will enter as widely as any other nation into all our social feelings, and into that intercourse which is so desirable between man and man.—(Applause.) When I come to address this large body of merchants, in one of the greatest ports of the world—for such is Liverpool—l need not ask you to impress on those who repair to that distant land in charge of your ships and merchandise, to study kindness and forbearance towards the people.— (Hear.) It is the great, the first object we ought to have in view, that of conciliating the lower classes of the Chinese. To revert once more to my friend, Ke-ying. In one of his beautiful letters, he says, " Our people are prone to ill-treat those who are dis solute and inclined to excess. Your sailors, and par ticularly the black sailors (alluding to our Indian vessels), are apt to get drunk. Pray have this put a stop to, lest they go ashore and be ill-treated, and we thereby acquire a bad name."—(Applause.) When I tell you such is the feeling of one of the highest men in the empire—a blood relation to the Em peror and a first-class mandarin—you will not think I am travelling out of my way to beg that, when your ships leave the shores of England, you will impress on those on board how necessary it is to be kind and conciliatory to those whom we want, by degrees, to introduce into our social system.—(Hear, hear.) I believe that the prejudice which the Chinese entertain towards our intercourse, such as we look to between ourselves, and all other nations, proceeds not from any religious feeling. On than contrary, it proceeds from an appre hension that we will use that intercourse for political purposes. When that feeling is once got over, which will be in a few years, I trust, I have no doubt China will come forward, as she ought, as one of the first nations of the earth. The extent of trade in China is something that most persons, if it was stated to them, would deem incredible.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Especially in cotton and the manufactures of cotton, the demand will be unlimited. The only question is how China is to pay ? This is a matter which, in so large an empire, must rest on time. But, in the mean while, new resources will spring up, and the people will learn from our kind treatment and intercourse to have new demands. That such will be the result of our treaty I have not the least doubt.—(Cheers.) My Lords and Gentlemen, I fear I have detained you too long.—(No, no.) I entreat you, individually and collectively, to accept my warm, my grateful, my heartfelt thanks, for the manner in which you have received me in this great town, and for the honour you have done me in drinking my health.—(The Right Hon. Baronet sat down amidst loud and prolonged applause.) Sir HENRY again rose and said—My Lords and Gentlemen, with the permission of the worshipful the Chairman, I take the liberty to deviate in some small degree from the routine of the evening to propose a toast which I am sure you will all have great pleasure in drinking. It needs no remark on my part to re commend it. I feel it to be called for from me, be cause I have received in this town such tokens of re gard, affection, and respect, which it is impossible I can by any wards convey my full sense to your minds. *Without further preface I beg to propose '° The health of the Mayor and Corporation of Liverpool." The CHAIRMAN thanked them for the compliment they had been pleased to nay him. The reoontion they had given t o the toast was moss gratifying, and LLS c time was greatly enhanced by the fact of its being I proposed by their distinguished guest.—(Applause.) He should feel himself exceedingly happy if he had been the means of adding, in the slightest degree, to that tribute of respect and esteem which was so justly due to that talented individual, to be rejoiced in com mon with his fellow-townsmen in the opportunity of gratefully thanking him for his valuable services. The Mayors then proposed, in highly compli mentary terms, " Sir Hugh Gough, and the army connected with the Chinese expedition." Colonel MaLcorm, as the senior officer of the Chinese expedition, briefly returned thanks. In proposing the next toast, " Sir William Parker and the Navy connected with the Chinese expedition," his Worship said, if anything could add to the renown of the British navy, it would be the noble daring, the skill and seamanship displayed by those brave tars in that expedition.—(Cheers.) They had never looked for less—they could not hope for more.—(Applause.) The Marcia then gave " Her Majesty's Ministers, ' which was received with enthusiastic and protracted cheering. Lord STANLEY rose to reply. The Noble Lord was received with nine cheers, the whole company standing. His Lordship said—Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen, I need hardly say, after the unde servedly flattering reception with which you have met the proposal of this toast, and upon my own part, but more especially upon that of my colleagues, I thank you, gratefully and cordially, for the tribute of your esteem and approbation which you have given to those who are labouring at the head of her Majesty's Government in this country.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, it would be absurd to suppose that in a mixed assembly of this description, even if I had not very near an ocular proof to the contrary, that every individual present approved of every act of an Ad ministration, or even that there were not many who believed, that in many of their acts, this, as any other Administrations, had been misled. But lam sure of this, that in no society of Englishmen, whe ther friends or opponents, would such a reception have been given to the toast of her Majesty's Minis ters, unless, whatever your political opinions might be, you had entertained a conviction that the men who were so honourably placed, were men of inte grity and of honour—(Loud cheers) —labouring con scientiously, earnestly, and diligently, towards the accomplishment of the great object of which all Mi nistries are constituted for the furtherance of the public weal, according to their understanding of that weal, be that understanding what it may—(Hear, hear)—and determined, in that object, in the pur suit of that great end, to spare neither private com fort, health, time, or any other consideration, in consideration with that which is their para mount, their public duty. (Great cheering.) Gentlemen, it affords me peculiar satisfaction upon this occasion to be the organ of returning the thanks of my colleagues, both because upon a former occa sion in the metropolis I was prevented from having the opportunity of joining in that tribute of praise which is so largely and so justly bestowed upon your distinguished guest of this evening, and prevented from beholding that which, to my eyes, is the most gratifying spectacle that can be beheld—men of all parties and of all persuasions joining in a just appre ciation of distinguished living merit—(Applause)— but because, in my official capacity, it fell to my lot doubly to have an opportunity of bearing witness to the distinguished services of the Right Hon. Gentle man whom you are met this day to honour.— (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, in my capacity as the War Minister of this country, it was my duty to superintend as well as to preside over the preparations of those great military and naval reinforcements, and of those munitions of war which, largely sent at the close of the year 1841, contributed some rather cogent and rather pointed arguments in support of the nego tiations of our friend.—(Hear, and applause.) It was consequently my lot to watch with deep interest, unchecked, however, by a single disappointment or a single failure, the progress of that expedition in which British and Indian troops, naval and military, vied with each other in a rivalry honeurable alike to both —(Hear, hear) —surmounting obstacles which re quired not military skill, nor valour, nor science alone, but determination and perseverance to en counter ; and it was my lot also to know, and to watch the discretion with which the Right Hon. Gentleman near me exercised the high functions with which, even at that period, he was entrusted.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) I know not, Gentlemen, how far it is generally known that, though undoubtedly at that time to the Right Honourable Gentleman was not entrusted the superintendence of any military and naval movements, yet to him a large discretion was given by the Government, which fully confided in his talent and ability, of saying at what periods those naval and military arguments had attained to such a height as to lead to the introduction of more polished diplomatic intercourse, to say at what time the arms of Great Britain should be stayed, and how soon the process of negotiation might com mence.—(llear, hear.) And when that period ar rived, honourable alike to the arms of Britain and to the humanity and forbearance with which they were PRESIDENT. Ile BISHOP of LONDON. TRUSTERS. Sir WILLIAM MAGNAY, Bart. SAMUEL JONES LOYD, Esq. ABEL SMITH Esq., M.P. 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Lefevre , F A q . Mrs. Legh 5 0 0 Rev. Thomas Leigh J. Reacher and Son 5 5 J. S. Leseher, Esq. Ab ra ham Levy, F.5q.... ............... 1 1 0 Edward Levy, Esq. 9 2 0 T. A. Levy, E5q..... ... ..... L. Lewis, Esq 1 0 0 B. E. Lindu, Esq 3 5 0 A. Lincolne, E5q....... 10 10 0 If any gentleman has not received a formal acknowledgment of the receipt of his contribution, he is hereby requested to com municate its amount, and when and to whom it was paid. Contributions are received by the Members of the Committee ; by the Bankers of the Metropolis; and at the Temporary Offiee, 3, Crosby-,quare, where attendance is given from Ten till Four. JAMES FARISH, Hon. Secretaries. JOHN BULLAR, GEORGE STONHOUSE GRIFFITH, Assist. Sec. Committee-room, South Sea-house. —(Cheers.) Gentlemen, if I might be forgiven for trespassing upon you for one moment longer, it would be to express my great satisfaction at the allusion which has been made by the Right Hon. Gentleman to-night, however little it may be needed in a society like that which I have the honour of addressing—the necessity of great caution and great prudence in our dealings with our new allies, those who are lately brought within the pale of civilisation in the vast Chinese empire.—(Hear.) When I speak of the pale of civilisation, I should rather say in the pale of European commerce and intercourse—(Hear, hear) —because I believe there is no nation in the world to which, as far as civilisation goes, greater injustice has been done in the public estimation than the great em pire of China.—(Hear, hear, and much applause.) But, Gentlemen, among those subjects which par ticularly struck the Chinese during the course of our warbke t \iem. p. l • made intercourse with them, has been the strict, ftei-urate, literal fulfilment, in he spirit as well as the letter, of engagement which we entered into with them.—(Cheers.) We have heard the Chinese spoken of as a tricky, - over-reaching people. That there are such among them—,..niong the inferior dealers—l do not for a moment doubt; but I do dis believe that that is the general character of the nation. —(Hear and applause.) I believe, so far as our later experience has gone, that there is no nation which more highly values public faith in others ; and up to the present moment, I am bound to say that there never was a Government or a nation which more strictly and conscientiously adhered to the literal fulfilment of the engagements with which it has entered. —(Long and loud cheers.) Now, Gentlemen, it is not for the Government, it is for you—it is for the merchants of England—it is for the great commercial body whose principal seat is in this town—to confirm, to maintain, and to strengthen their feelings of re spect for British faith.—(Loud and long-continued cheering.) The Government have done their part. The ports of China are open to you to an extent passing the most sanguine calculations; but, there are still, national prejudices ; there are still, national jealousies to be overcome; and it behoves those who are more immediately concerned in dealing with that great empire, not only in their dealings (for that I doubt not) to maintain their character for scrupulous honour and integrity which has ever been the dis tinguishing mark of the British merchant, but not, in the eagerness for the profit of those commercial advantages which are offered, to push beyond the limits which Chinese prejudice—if you say it is so— will yet permit those advantages which are now open to our commerce. The door is thrown open to you; rely upon it, it will be opened wider still ; but it must be opened by voluntary concessions from within, and not by what will be felt to be compulsory en croachments from without.—(Much cheering.) I venture, Gentleman, thus to follow up a hint which has been thrown out by the Right Hon. Gentleman this evening, because I feel that upon it much depends, and because many of those whom I am now address ing have in their power the means of doing much to wards accomplishing and towards increasing the great advantages which have already been gained for this country, and for which you have signified your loud approbation. I say, upon you, upon your influence, upon your efforts, upon your advice, upon your ex ample, it depends whether those advantages which have been opened shall be realised to their full ; and if to their full, I would say to an incalculable extent. I believe it is easy, on the present state of public feel ing, to raise jealousies, and to foster anew animosities which are beginning to subside—that an over anxious ness for success, and an improvident pressing for ad vantages, may lead to such a conclusion ; but I be lieve, also, Gentlemen, and I entertain a confident expectation of it, and I pray that such may be the result, whether under this or succeeding Administra tions, for many a long year, that the trade with China which is now commencing, and in its vigorous infancy, may, if prudently conducted, be made the foundation, not of inordinate speculation and immense gains, fol lowed by corresponding and ruinous losses—but be made the means of extending the blessings of civi lisation, of science, of knowledge, of religion—(Hear, hear) —and along with them all, but only by a pru dent course of not shocking the prejudices of those with whom we are brought into contact—it may lay the foundations of a great, a permanent, and a rapid augmentation of British commerce.—(Cheers.) Gen tlemen, in the name of the Government, I thank you for the honour you have done us in drinking our healths, and in my own name, as well as in that of my colleagues, I can assure you that the approbation of our countrymen is the best reward for any sacrifice of personal comfort which we may be called upon to make in the service of our country. (The Noble Lord then resumed his seat amidst loud and long-continued cheering.) Other toasts followed, but these were the toasts and speeches of the evening, and about twelve the com pany broke up. Lewis Lloyd, jun., issq. Rev. C. Mackenzie Willi a m Millar, Esq 1 1 0 Messrs. MolTatt an d Co. ....„... ... T. 51., Esq. Mr. Sergeant Manning lO 10 0 R. M'Culloch, Esq. Robert Martin, Esq. W. J. Maxwell, Esq.. • Mrs. Merceron 5 0 0 Henry Mermen Mrs. Henry Merceres Merrick, Esq. John Miles, Esq, Mears. T. and R. Moffitt •• 5 0 0 Messrs. J and R. Morley 10 10 0 John Morley, Esq. Ro b er t Mushett, Esq. John Nesbitt, Esq lO 0 0 Rev. Sir J. 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Also, the substantially-built FREEHOLD MALTHOUSE, situate in Garston-street, Shepten-Mallet, very near the Brewery, and capable of wetting about nine quarters of barley. There is a never failing supply of meat excellent water on the Premises. And also TWO STABLES, situate in Garston.street aforesaid, at a short distance from the other premises, and held for the ro. mainder of a long term of years absolute. The business was successfully carried on by the late Mr. Thomas Hyatt for upwards of half a century. This is such an eligible opportunity for any person who may be desirous of embarking in a long-established and respectable concern as is seldom offered to the public. Possession may be had immediately. To view the premises, and for all further particulars, as well as to treat for the purchase, application must be made to Mr. Joseph Hyatt, solicitor, Shepton.Mallett. Dated 18th September, 1844. FMPLOYMENT.—Persons having a little time to spare are apprised that Agents continue to be appointed In London, and country towns, by the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY, or the sale of their celebrated teas. Offices, No. 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate-street. They are packed in showy leaden canisters, from one ounce to a pound, with the price and weight marked on each packet, and but ittle trouble is occasioned by the sale. The license is only I Is. par AIIIIGITI, and many during the last nineteen years have realised con siderable incomes by the agency without one shilling let or loss. Application to be made (If by letter post-paid) as above. PUBLICATIONS. itCCIDENTS BY FIRE. Notice is hereby given, that the Official Report of the Fire Brigade of all Fires in the Metropolis. with full details, will be pub lished exclusively, by Authority, in the HISTORICAL REGISTER. Published every Saturday, stamped, price Gd. No. 1, Jan. 4. Office, 7, Catherine-street, Strand. 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In conjunction with our friends, Messrs. Partin and Tur ner, we sued out a fiat, our respective debts not being of sufficient amount to enable us to do so solely ; but owing to some very culpable negligence in the office of the Mes senger under the fiat, where the usual advertisements fur the Gazette is prepared, our names were most unneces sarily introduced in the advertisement, with the slight distinction of P.C., introduced to denote " Petitioning Creditors," but in a manner calculated to lead the public to suppose that the fiat was against us also; and the usual abstract of the advertisement in some of the Morning Papers was calculated to create the same impression. An application was made this morning to Mr. Com missioner Goulburn, who most courteously expressed his regret at the error, and, by his public notice of the matter in court, did all in his power to correct it.—We are, Sir, your most obedient servants, HENRY MAYOR and CO. Anchor Wharf, Dec. 18, 1844. STATE OF TRADR.—To-day we have had but a limited business, and last Tuesday's prices were sup ported with difficulty ; this applies both to goods and yarn. The closing of the continental markets by the ice in the rivers, is one great cause of the present dulness ; to which we may add the usual quietness of the present season of the year.— ROCHDALB FLANNEL MARKET, DEc. 16.—There has been an improved demand for goods to-day, and consi derably more have been sold at former prices. The de mand for wool is also increasing, and prices slowly on the advanco.—Manchester Guardian. Buur.—On Moniay afternoon last, the bellman went through the principal streets of Heywood, swing that a meeting of factory operatives and others would be held at eight o'clock that night, at the Star Inn, Market-place. The meeting was accordingly held, when delegates fr(sin Rochdale and other places were in attendance, and requested the factory h an d s at Heywood to give a fortnights notice of their intention to leave their employment unless they received an advance of wages. '!'he hands at some few places have already given this notice. The Duke of Wellington, as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, has appointed Capt. John St ranac k , har bour•master at Margate, a commissioner of salvage. DINNER TO SIR 11. POTTINGER AT LIVERPOOL. (Abridged from the ,Liverpool Courier.) Sir lienry - Pottinger and Lady Pottinger, with their son and two daughters. reached Liverpool on Monday, and were, soon after their arrival, waited upon by various deputations from public bodies and merchants. Next day Sir henry visited the Ex change and the principal public buildings, where he was welcomed with much enthusiasm. In the even ing a dinner took place in the large ball-room of the To wn- hall. The chair was occupied by the Mayor, James Lawrence, Esq. On his right we noticed the dis tinguished guest of the evening, Sir henry Pottinger, G.C.8., Lord Viscount Sandon, M.P., Wilson Patten, Esq., M.P., Sir George Larpent, Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm, Major Pottinger, Major Axford, Captain Ormsby, Gilbert Henderson, Esq., Recorder, Edward Rushton, Esq., Dr. Whittaker, Mohun Lai, Esq., an Indian Chief, E. Arnaud, Esq., the Collector, John Wright, Esq., Thomas Sands, Esq., J. S. Leigh, Esq., the Mayor of Wigan, Samuel Horrocks, Esq., Joseph Hornby, Esq., 'William Nicol, Esq. On his left were Lord Stanley, the High Sheriff, William Entwistle, Esq., - ALP., the R ev . R ec t or B r ookes, Col. Falconer, Sir George M onro , G eorge Grant, Esq., Captain Bevis, R.N., Thomas Ilszley, Esq., Archibald Hunter, Esq., J. S. Heywood, Esq., Dr. Brandreth, Samuel Thompson, Esq., George Hall Lawrence, Esq., Samuel Stainforth, Esq., Scott, Esq., London, Alderman Hodgson, E. Zwilchenbart, Esq., G. E. Arbuthnot, Esq., Rev. William Cleminson. The dinner commenced at a quarter-past seven o'clock, and the cloth was withdrawn about half-past eight. After the usual loyal toasts, The MAYOR proposed " The Army and Navy." He spoke of the eminent services which had been ren dered in China by both branches of the service, and concluded by saying that they had done all that could have been hoped fur from British soldiers and seamen, and that more could not have been expected. Colonel FALCONER briefly returned thanks on the part of the army, and observed that the approbation of their countrymen was the great stimulus and reward of military men.—(Cheers.) He bore testimony, on behalf of the army, to the great services rendered to this country by their distinguished guest, and spoke ith approval of the conduct of the British forces in China. Captain CRIIGIE, R.N., responded, on the part of the naval force. He also alluded to the eminent ser vices of Sir H. Pottinger, and said that British seamen ever looked forward to the approbation of their country, and particularly of the mercantile classes, who were the sheet anchor of the community, as the great reward for all their toils.—(Cheers.) The MAYOR then rose to propose the principal toast of the evening. After the cheering had sub sided, his Worship said—My Lords and Gentlemen, the toast which I am about to propose is one which, I am quite sure, will meet with the most cordial re ception.— (Cheers.) I should have been glad if the honour had fallen upon one more capable of doing justice to its merits. —(No, no.) Fortunately, how ever, in a company such as that by which I am sur rounded it requires no advocacy, it appeals at once to the affections and the gratitude of each individual for valuable public services. —(Renewed cheers.) Whether we contemplate the prejudices which had to be overcome, the difficulties to be encountered, or the great importance of the object to be achieved, we are alike indebted to the ability, zeal, and indefatigability by which they were overcome.—(Loud applause.) There are few here, I am sure, who are not feelingly alive to the great importance of the trade with China.—(Loved cheers.) Many, to their cost, here, have felt the difficulties and prejudices with which that trade was for a long series of years surrounded, and all will hail with gratitude the man who has so greatly contributed to place it upon a firm and per manent basis.—(lmmense applause.) My Lords and Gentlemen, none will receive q u e r at n e l r an b u e f n a e c fi t e f r r s o from willit Ihar. 12,•\1151 , merenait. .i feel its powerful stimulus. Tit. 4 anasau his full share in its advantages.—(Hear, hear.) Its effects will be felt through every portion of the em pire.—(Cheers.) And I trust that even the great and moral people, who have been hitherto so adverse to intercourse with strangers, will obtain their full share in the benefits and blessings which are likely to follow from the labours of our distinguished guest.—(Tremendous cheers.) I therefore beg to propose " The health of the Right Hon. Sir Henry Pottinger"—(Cheers)—whose sagacious, enlightened, and successful policy, has opened a new world to British enterprise and capital.—(Cheers.) Sir H. POTTINGER, in rising to acknowledge the compliment, was greeted with renewed applause. When silence had been obtained, he said—Mr. Mayor, my Lords, and Gentlemen, in rising to offer my most sincere thanks for the manner in which you have been pleased to drink my health, it is with no affected diffidence that I tell you that I am incapable of ex plaining how truly I appreciate your kindness. It is, as his worship, the Mayor, has said, not kindness , b ut affection towards me. The manner in which I have been received in this great town to-day, and the tokens of regard and approbation I have received, are beyond all expression. There are some situations of extreme pleasure, which, at the same time, have a certain portion of unpleasantness about them. This is exactly my position. I know not how to tell you how thankful I em for the honour you have conferred upon me. I have come among you, I will not say as a stranger, but certainly as knowing very few of you personally, and here I meet you all, I may say, as a brother and a friend. In speaking of my position, I must ask you all to recollect the circumstances in which I stand among my countrymen throughout England. I have been absent almost my whole life, and now I am come back to be received with honour, approbation, and applause. It is delightful to me in one sense, and yet painful in another; delight ful, because what is more precious or dear to any man's heart than the approbation of his fellow-coun trymen ?—(Hear.) Painful, I repeat, because I can not tell you how truly and how highly I appreciate their kindness and approbation. With respect to my measures in China, I have already had such oppor tunities of speaking in public, that I think I need hardly trouble you regarding them.—(Yes, yes ; go on.) —I will, however, say, that when I was graciously selected by her Majesty to fulfil the duties of envoy to China, I went out with the firm determination, not of forcing any unpleasant treaty on the Chinese after the great objects of the war were accomplished by the force of her Majesty's arms, but rather to act as an umpire between the two nations.—(Hear, and cheers.) I had found those attached to the mission who cordially entered into my views, and I had the great happiness to meet with a corresponding feeling in the High Commissioner he-ying, than whom a more enlightened statesman I do not believe there is in any country in the world. A man feelingly alive to all the amenities of life, and more particularly so to that high feeling which dictated his conduct throughout this negotiation. I could, were it admissible in such a society, tell you of such instances of Ke-ying's high feeling and noble conduct as would, I dare say, astonish you. I trust, at some future period, it will please her Majesty's Government to do him and the Chinese character generally justice, by making his dispatches and letters public. It would not astonish you only, but all the world, to find such sentiments existing in what we have been in the habit of think ing a self-secluded Chinese mandarin. One great point in the treaty I had the honour of concluding was, that the trade with China should be thrown open to all other nations. This, you must be aware, I could not have succeeded in bringing about without the cordial sanction and co-operation of the Chineie authorities. But the moment I explained to the High Commissioner the object I had in view, and pointed out the advantages it offered, not only to China but to all other nations, he most cordially acceded to it ; and before I left he entreated nit, as the representative of England, in case of any unforeseen difficulty arising, to act as a mediator between China and any other European nation.—(Hear ' hear.) This is a strong proof of the confidence I have won, and I trust I have won it not by succumbing in any way to any unjust demands (if such were made) of the Chinese, but by letting the Chinese see that there was only one rule for my conduct as an Englishman—true faith and good honour.—(Loud applause.) I believe the treaty so concluded to answer, as I had the pleasure of stating to-day at the meeting in the Town-hall, all the advantages that a treaty can possibly combine. — (Hear.) It has this peculiarity, that anything that benefits one nation with regard to it, must benefit the other. Such is my interpretation of the Chinese treaty. There are some trifling points, such, for in stance, as what I believe is called, in mercantile pohnseology, the bonding system, for which, 1 confess, I was afraid to stipulate, be cause I did not like to propose anything the Chinese would object to. I am happy to say, however, that after I left they not only cordially ac ceded to, but proposed it—(llear)—and I have since learned that it is included in an article inserted in the treaty which I am also delighted to mention has // ~L-- . - --e'---Z----r-----'''-' ) EAST I.INiDIA iTOUSE. - - (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterdry.) THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND '1 LIE RING OF DELHI. Mr. THorersosi rose to bring under the consideration of the Court the following motion ;—" That ho will call the attention of the Proprietors to the treatment of his Majesty the King of Delhi by the Government of India." He (Mr. Thompson) wished to bring this sub ject before the Court in the most calm and temperate manner. He wished that justice should be done to the King of Delhi, whose father and grandfather had held sway. All that was now asked was that good faith should be observed—that engagements entered into should be strictly performed. In the line of succession the Kings of Delhi had sat upon the throne of that part of India 318 years. The Hon. Proprietor quoted the history of the Kings of Delhi and the grounds of com plaint the King has against the Indian Government, as set forth in a pamphlet entitled " The British Govern ment and the Royal House of Delhi." It was quite clear that certain lands were to be assigned to the Kiag of Delhi, in order to enable him to keep up a proper dig nity, and that it was the intention of the Governer- General that he should have an ample allowance fur that purpose. The amount of thirty lacs of rupees, which was proposed by the Marquis of Wellesley, was not the maximum of the proposed grant, but on the contrary, it was evident from his Lordship's dispatches that he intended to go further, if, on subsequent inquiries., the exigencies of the case rendered it necessary. Part of the lands then proposed to be assigned to the King of Delhi were now yielding an excess of thirty-five lacs a year. With reference lo the grant proposed, the Governor-General said, "It is not, however, the inten tion of the Governor-General to fix the amount without further information which may enable his Excellency to judge of the exigencies of the royal household, and of extent of the additional resources which the British Goveenment has acquired in the Doab and in Hindostan, by the cessions of the peace with Dowlut Rao Scindiah." In the fourteenth paragraph the Governor-General ex pressly says, that the income arising both from the assigned territories and the money payments from the British Treasury is to be "exclusively at the disposal of his Majesty." In a subsequent part of the dispatch, it was stated that the Governor-General did not deem it advisable to enter into any written agreement with the King of Delhi.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN (interrupting Mr. Thompson)—How do you reconcile that with the statement of Ikrarnama ? Mr. THOMPSON said he never contended that the do cument was an absolute treaty entered into by the par ties. All he had said was, that it was signed by one party, and submitted to the other for approbation, the party so submitting it, of course, being willing to abide by it, provided the other party consented, and which, therefore, gave it, as far as the party proposing it was concerned, all the effect of an agreement, The Hon, Proprietor here read extracts from a variety of docu ments and dispatches, and said the question for the con sideration of the Proprietors on the present occasion was, what was the nature of the engagement which Lord Wellesley, on the part of the British Government, had en tered into with the King of Delhi? The document on that subject, to which he had already referred, was the one to which he again begged to call their particular atten- Von. In conclusion, the Hon. Proprietor said, that after toi,king to the many favours which the Kings of Delhi had bestowed upon the East India Company, the assu rances that had been given by Lord Lake, the present condition of the Royal Family of Delhi—a family that had shown as little hostility to British power as any Royal Family with which the East I rdia Company had ever had anything to do—and looking the professions which had been made by the Court of Directors, of their desire at all times to promote the welfare of the native Princes of India, as far as was consistent with the safety of their own Government, he trusted that the Court of Proprietors would come to the conclusion that the whole question ought to be taken into consideration by the Court of Directors. He concluded by moving for trio production of certain dispatches and papers with reftw ence to the case of the King of Delhi. The motion having been:seconded, The CHAIRMAN opposed the motion. After some discussion, The CHAIRMAN put the qustion, which was negatived by a very considerable majority, only four haads having been held up in favour of it. The Court then adjourned. THE LA'Z ' E FATAL STEAM-BOAT COLLISION. As early as three o'clock yesterday morning (the time of low water at Greenwich) a number of persons re paired towards the unfortunate Sylph steam-boat, for tl e purpose of ascertaining if there were any bodies in the fore-cabin, and also to fix the chains of two lighters to the wreck, with a view of raising her. Probably no accident has ever occurred near this part of the river that has caused so great a sensation in the towns of Greenwich and Woolwich. The uncertainty as to the number of sufferers induced an immense con course of persons to assemble on the wharf opposite to which the Sylph lies, many of them remaining the whole of Tuesday night, dreading lest some friend or relative might be found amongst the number who were supposed to have perished. This state of suspense was not tho roughly allayed until about four o'clock yesterday afternoon, at which time it was stated by those who were engaged t i n n s ta ripping notin g up this s h e deck declaration,andsearching notttieepbaorfieue-sl et:thin that Tv\ b N found. anxiety still continues to exist, as it is just possible had anypin SOW, 'arnWUajoithe , that, would have washed out or u..; wide wash-way completely through her. Every search, however, with drags, boat-hooks, and every available apparatus that could be employed for the purpose, was made during the day around the sunken buat, and in such places as bodies would be likely to settle in, bat without discovering any. It is therefore hoped that the loss of life from this melancholy occurrence is: confined to the two men whose bodies have been brought ashore. Tho name of one of the sufferers is Sheppard, a man well known in Greenwich and Woolwich as a carrier be tween the two towns. It is evident that this unfortunate man must have been sitting on the starboard side of the fore-cabin, at that part where the Orwell struck the Sylph ; and there is little doubt, from the extent of the injuries he was found to have received, that he must have been killed on the instant. This supposition is further strengthened by the fact, that when the body was wastrel up the companion, and was taken into a skiff, there was not the slightest appearance of life. The head, too, was completely crushed on one side, one arm nearly severed from the body, and a thigh broken. The name of the other unfortunate man had not trans pired, although the body had been recognised. He was a seller of oranges on board the Greenwich and Wool wich steam-boats. When taken from the wreck the poor fellow was alive, and although the greatest dispatch «as used in conveying him to the Dreadnought hospital ship, he died before reaching it. The body has since been removed to the dead-house to await the inquest. As to the cause of the collision, there is but one opi nion among those connected with the river. It is on all hands acknowledged to be the result of accident ; but then some of the old pilots say, that they would not have ventured to take a vessel in such hazy weather. If there be any fault on the score of the vessels proceed ing on their voyages when the weather was so hazy, notice will most probably be taken of it before the Co roner. The greatest praise is due to several watermen from the different stairs, who put off in their boats as soon as the cry from the steamer was heard. This promptitude was the means of preventing a great sacrifice of life. Captain Swaysland, the commander of the Sylph (whose skill and care are well known), has scarcely left the wreck since the unfortunate occurrence. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. raom THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 12 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. lOid. per ounce for standard gold gives an exchange of 25 45 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 57k, it follows that gold is 0.49 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. The course of exchange at New York on London is 110 f per cent., and the par of exchange between Eag land and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 0.68 per cent. in favour of England. But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must be added to the above difference. SUN.—The English Stock Market closes firmly, and Consols were at 1001 ex div. for Money. Bank Stock was 208 to /. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. were 103 to k. Exchequer Bills were 595. to 575. prem. Spanish Active Bonds obtained 25i I ; the Three per Cents., 37i ; Peruvian, 30 ; Chilian, 101 ; and Bel gian Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Stock, 102 k. French Scrip was 1/ premium. The additional transactions in Railway Shares were at full quotations. For London and York, 1 ; Northern and Eastern, 12-a ; South-Eastern, 5i ; and Lancaster and Carlisle 3 to 4 premium. Greenwich were ANOTHER CARRIAGE ROBBERY.—Last night infor mation was 'given to the Metropolitan Police, that on Saturday night last, while the cariage of D. Banks, Esq., of 2, Devonshire-place, was in the road between Dart ford and:London, some thieves contrived to detach a large box from the hind part of the carriage, with which they got clear off. The box contained a quantity of wearing apparel, consisting of dresses, silk and velvet shawls and mantles, and several pairs of silk stockings, lace hand kerchiefs, articles of jewellery, and also some under clothing. CHATHAM, DECEMBER I B.—AN INTENSE Foa.-- On Monday night, the 16th instant, and during the day of Tuesday, the intensity of the fog along the Medway and the Nore was so great that it entirely put a stop to navigation. Not a fishing-boat, or any other craft could venture out of port. The Medway steam-boat, Captain Giles, on Monday evening ventured from Sheerness pier with passengers for Rochester and Chatham, but was obliged to drop anchor at the entrance of Standgato Creek, where they laid all night and the nest day, th e passengers living as well as they could. This day the fog is as bad as ever, not a vessel or boat can be seen from the wharfs alongside the banks of the river. Th e steam-boat is still lying at the entrance of the Creek unable to proceed. DEATH FROM COLD. — Betwixt Saturday night and Sabbath morning last, an aged f ema l e was dis covered lyingin a corner at the end of Riccarton-bridge, in a state of inanimation ; and, on an attempt bei made to arouse her, it was discovered that she was de cd. She bad a daughter's house to go to ; and when seen wandering about on the Saturday evening, she was ad vised to go home, and shelter herself from the incle mency of the weather ; but whatever object she had in view, she continued her peregrinations, which had suck a fatal termination. The name of the deceased 1, I Crump.—Kilniarnock Journal. A i Ur ht. r hire . A, Wo 1104 F; lll‘4 o t i bt e e t r rot* , f5(1 . ; ;ote ~~fe ~,l pa r k, cf t" 4es' (f IP ~ P. 00 of 0 04 101° I t ieS t f -I'l2 J • .-,.