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EWSP) "•• _. ~~~ EVENING EDITION, ine to him, would not b e so bad , but it was • improper that he should be the representative of a large constituency. This was by no means a compliment to the people ; it went to establish the principle, that because a man was called on to listen to the popular voice, or to be actuated by popular feel ings, that therefore he was unfitted for the due ;lie. charge of judicial functions. In fact, it was a bad compliment to the representative system itself, and was calculated to fix discredit on it, because it assumed that although integrity, honesty, and impartiality were re ' quired in a Judge, such qualiti es were not lik e l y to be met with in the representative of a popular constitu ency, inasmuch as it assumed that a representative of the people was unfit t o exerc i se t h e j u di c i a l office. This was a great blow at representative government generally ; it was an acknowledgment of the failure of the principle, and was one o f t h e most d angerous ad missions that could be made.—(Hear, hear.) It as serted, in fact, that those who were elected to repre sent the people were thereby rendered unfit to serve the Crown--a principle most dangerous, and infringing directly on the principles of representative government. Their Lordships did not object to the Judge being paid a fixed salary ; they did not object to the amount of the salary ; and therefore he could not see why this Bill ought not to be adopted by their Lordships. Lord BROUGHAM explained. He had asked for a ernititutioual Bill and had received an unconstitu tional one ; he had asked for bread and they had given him a stone, which he was by no means inclined to detour instead of bread.—( A laugh.) His Noble Friend had seemed to think that the argument he ( Lord Brougham) bad made use of was a heavy blow aed a great discouragement to the representative prin e.ple ; he could not help it if it were so, but h e did not teink such to be the case. The Representatives of the p,:opte were of all others the best fitted to hold political office, and to become distributors of the money of the people, but they were not therefore the best distributors of justice to the people. Judges stood as arbiters be ta een the people and the Crown, and therefore it was rht, although they were appointed by the Crown, that they should be irremovable. He wondered his Noble r Friend had used the argumentunz ad Itonzinem, and s aid that the Master of the Rolls might sit in the House .f Commons, because his Noble and Learned Friend Lad once so sat. He, however, thought that the Master of the Rolls, and every other Judge, ould be excluded from the House of Commons, With respect to the Lord Chancellor, the case was dif f,,rent. He was not irremovable—he had a seat in the Cabinet and was not irremovable—neither could he be called on to preside at criminal trials. But the Judge of the Admiralty possesse d cr i m i na l j ur i s di ct i on, was ajudge of the Central Criminal Court, and presided in cases affecting life and death, and a judge of this sort ought not to be possessed of patronage. With regard to himself, during the time he was Lord Chancellor he had not lik e d th e pa t ronage o f t h e o ffi ce , as h e h a d f oun d it exceedingly troublesome to him, and he bad done all in his power to get rid of it, for which by some parties he had been much blamed. Their Lordships then divided on the amendment, when there appeared, Contents ..... Not Contents 34 23 Majority in favour of the amendment... —ll The Bill was consequently lost. POOR-LAW CONTINUANCE. The Poor-law Continuance was read a second time on the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, upon the understanding that the discussion should take place on going into Convnittee on Thursday. NEW SOUTH WALES BILL. On the motion of the Marquis of NORMANBY the New South "Wales Bill was read a second time. The other Bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and their Lordships adjourned at Half after Nine o'Clock to Thursday. PARIAANIENT - ARY DIVISION. (From tilt Pates and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) COUNTY AND DISTRICT CONSTABLES BILL. Order for Committee read ; Motion made, and Question pro posed—" That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair." Amend ment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the question, in order to add the words " This House will, upon this day three months, resolve itself into the said Com mittee," instead thereof :—Question put—" That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question :"—The House divided:— MAJORITY—AYES, 85. Adam, Rear-Adm. Sir C.—Clack- Labouchere, Right Hon. Henry— maanan Taunton Barnard—Edward G. Lascelles, Hon. W. S.—Wakefield Barry, G. S.—Cork Co. Loch, James—Kirkwall Bernal, Ralph—Rochester Lowther. J. H.—York Blackburn., Ireland Lushington, Charles—Ashburton Blake, W. J.-. Newport Lashington, Rt. Hen. S—Tower Bolling, W.—Bolton Hamlets Bramston, T. W.—Essex South Maule, Hon. Fox—Elgin Burghs Pridgernan, Hewitt—Ennis , Morpeth, Lord—Yorkshire Bro2..dley, li.—Yorkshire O'Connell, M. J.—Kerry I.l'fownrigg, J. S.—Boston Oswald, . ames—Glasgow - Bruges, W. H. L.—Bath Palmer, George—Essex Bryan, Maj. Geo.—Kilkenny Co. Parker, John—Sheffield Buller, Charles—Liskeard Parker, B. T.—Preston Burroughes, H. N.—East Norfolk Parnell, Sir H. - Dundee Campbell, Sir John—Edinburgh Philips, Mark—Manchester Chute, W. L. W.—West Norfolk' Praed, W. T.--St. Ives Clay, W.—Tower Hamlets Price, Sir R.—Herefordshire Crawford, W.—London Rich, H. Knaresborough Darby, George—East Sussex Rolfe, Sir R. M.—Penryn Darlington, Earl of—Shropshire Round, John—Maldon Divett, Edward—Exeter 1 Russell, Lord John—Stroud Donkm, Sir R.—Sandwich 1 Rutherfurd, Rt. Hon. Andrew 1 Dolglas, Sir C. E.—Warwick ' Seymour, Lord—Totness Eliot, Lord—East Cornwall I Shell, Richard Lalor—Tipperary Estcoutt, T. Junior—Devizes Smith, R. V.—Northampton Ewart, William—Wigan Somerset, Lord G.—Monmeuthsh. Ga , kell, James Milnes— Wenlock Stanley, W. O.—A ngleeca Grey, Sir Charles Edward—Tyne , Stock, Dr.—Cashel mouth I Surrey, Earl of—West Sussex :hey, Sir George—Devonport I Thomson, Rt. Hon. C. P.—Man- G, imsditch, T.—Macclesfield l chester FI:1717 ilton, Charles J. B, Thornely,Thos.—Wolverhampton Harvey, D. \V.—Southwark Troubridge, Sir T. E.—Sandwich Dill, Lord A. M. C.—Evesham Villiers, l . P.—Wolverhampton ii:nde, J. Hodgson—Newcastle- Warburton, H.—Bridport uroon-Tyne Wilbraham, George—Cheshire Hob',ouse, Right Hon. Sir J. C.— Wilmot, Sir J. E.—Warwickshire - Nottingham Wood, Charles—Halitax Hobhouse, T. Benj.—Rochester Wood, G. W.—Kendal Hodgson, Rd.—Berwick-on-Tweed Wood, Colonel T.—Brecon Hope, Charles—Linlithgowshire Wrightson, W. B. Hope, Geo. W —Weymouth Yates, J. Ashton -.Carlow floskins, K.—Herefordshire Howard, P. H.—Carlisle Aowick, Visc.—North umberland Kemble, 11.—West Surrey TELLERS. Stanley, E. John—North Cheshirc Baring, F. T. MINORITY- Firotherton, J.—Salford Callaghan, D.—Cork City buncombe, T. S --Finsbury Finch, F.—Walsall Grote, George—London Hector, Cornthwaite John—Pe- —NOES, 14. Pechell, Captain—Brighton Redington, I'. N.—Dundalk Scholiakid, Joshua Vigors, N. A.—Carlow Co. Wakley, Thomas—Finsbury Williams, William—Coventry tersfield O'Connell, Daniel- Dublin O'Connell, John—Athlone TELLERS. Fiume, Joseoh—Kilkenny Attwood, Thomas FURTHER ARRESTS OF CHARTISTS. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Early on Saturday morning, Aug. 3, Henry Lacy and Joseph Witt:, of Wotton Underedge, were arrested by a special warrant, and conveyed to Dursley, and under went a private examination before a full Bench of Magis trates,the witnesses having previously undergone a private examination, and the depositions taken down in writ ing. Altogether it was an unfair proceeding, as the cross-examination was not allowed to he taken down, and if any one of the witnesses faltered in his state ments, the Magistrates assisted his memory by reading to him his written deposition which he had previously sworn to. The young men, together with Mr. Vincent, who was included in the indictment, were charged with uttering seditious language, and exciting the people to discontent and disaffection towards her Majesty and her Government, and with inciting the lower orders against the higher. They were bailed out to appear at Glou cester Assizes on the ensuing Tuesday, to take their trial, when the Grand Jury found a true bill against Henry Vincent, Henry Lacy, and Joseph Witts, for conspiracy and sedition. By the advice of their attor ney, Mr. Roberts, of Bath, the parties traversed the Court, and were bound over to appear at the next March Assizes, themselves in one hundred pounds each, and two sureties for each in fifty pounds a piece. The greatest excitement prevailed during the whole of Saturday, and the authorities, previous to the ar rest, had ordered two companies of soldiers to be in at tendance, who remained under arms during the whole of the day. The best spirit has been shown here by the People, for by Monday enough subscriptions were raised to cover the expense of traversing, and they are now subscribing towards the trial. We have also received s,Abseriptions from Stroud, Cirencester, and Stanley, with a promise of more. The authorities thought, by ;,ne arrest of these two Young men, to stop the progress of Chartism, but the effect produced has been quite the contrary. I will only add, that the specials, who were s.vorn in in great number s on the Saturday afternoon, • , : re kept in a s t ate of half intoxication, and remained drinking to a late hew, not .hometill oiri ' midnight, long after the Chartists w ere Somnus. wrapped inthearmsof PENZANCE.—On S as atu th r e daLinl i ast: about seven y 3• a e h was t was o'clock in the evening, :oming into the bay from the Wolf Pock, Bu ek something ~, , served about two miles from Pemberth Cove flo at i ng on a ni d a 7i l t i u wasp' Theu nd found the water, which appeared to be a boat bottom yacht immediately bore away towards it, n t t., be an immense turtle ! The boat wa s turt le pursued for an hour r more, during he bwo boat s within led 7 . d dived n and rose to the surface fou r times. T her own length of it twice , but it eluded all attempts to take it. The m e n re p ort that it was the lar gest turtle they ever saw. It would have been a splendid present for his Grace the Duke of Wellington and the elder brethren.--- Cornwall Gazette. It affords us much satisfaction to be able to state chat the Chartists of Renfrewshire have refused adopting the proposal for commencing the sacred month (as it has been termed in the Convention, on the 12th instant. The proposal was remitted for coz.sideration to all the districts in connection with the Union this week, and with the ex ception of one of the Paisley districts, the whole of them were opposed to the proposal. The Paisley district in question was ready to support a strike of work for three days only.—Glasgow Chronicle. TILE COURTENAY RIOTS.—On Monday week Foad, Foreman, Griggs, and Wright were released from Maidstone gaol, where they had been imprisoned for their ‘4lsipin the lamentable Courtenay riots at Boughton-on ill last year. They have signed and published a dc expressive of their regret for their folly and delu ;hat unfortunate affair, and acknowledging the their sentence and punishment. ~~`Sfie' dl 1L ` 471,' CHINA-THE OPIUM TRADE'. , . (From the Canton ess of March 23.) In obi. last week's paper we noticed the arrival in Canton of his Excellency the Imperial Commissioner Lin, and mentioned that this event, in the absence of any certain knowledge of his lii•oteedihgs, had given rise to numerals rtirhotlrS as to what his measures would be. It appears certain that he has, to obtain the favour of the people, relaxed the punishment of most of such as have hitherto been inlprisurMd both for dealing in and for smoking of opiuM, the former of which are to be punished with less severity than the law warrants, and the latter having been liberated from prison without any punishment whatever. His Excellency has likewise made known that he will himself defray all the ex penses of his household, and not allow any of his fol lowers to be a burden to the people or the local magis trates. These measures, by conciliating the minds of the Chinese, cannot fail to strengthen him in the exercise of the unlimited powers delegated to him by thelmperial Go vernment as " a high Imperial Commissioner, who, having repeatedly performed meritorious offices, is sent to settle the affairs of the outer frontier." Such is his title, and he is furnished with an Imperial seal, which is said to invest its keeper for the time being with all the despotic power of the Emperor himself, and which, on account of the enormous power it conveys, has been only twice or three times intrusted to high officers of state. The last time this very seal, now held by Lin, was intrusted to the keeping of a subject, was to quell the rebellion of the Tartar Prince iehangir, seven or eight years ago. Such is the nature of the powers instrusted to this officer for the special purpose of eradicating the trade in opium and its use in the empire, and it is probable that he stands deeply pledged to the Imperial Govern ment for his success, and that failure in his mission would involve him in disgrace and punishment. It is therefore not to be doubted that he will exert himself to the utmost to attain his object, nor can for the pre sent any expectation be entertained but that the opium trade will be speedily suppressed altogether. Since the Commissioner's arrival several seizures, and of suspected persons, have been made in China-street and Hog-lane, and a great many of such as tear to be implicated have fled ; but what most in said ,to ,be in the .city, and i they . again, pro- teeded to Mr. Dent's house, to urge him to meet the Commissioner, assuring him that if he did not comply with this summons, two of them were to be executed immediately. The answer being the same as before, the Hong Merchants ailed f 4 a theetinii to b balled lit the Chamber of Commeree, and there, at about one o'clock, met the foreign ceminunity, acid Hqwqua again represented that iest;irclay'S i•efusitl of Mr. Debt td conv ply with the summons had already subjected them to the loss of their buttons, and to the degrading punishment of the chain, that the Commissioner was determined to see Mr, Dent; and that If they (the Hong merchants) cbiild not prevail on him to go, on this very day. two of them would most infallibly lose their lives. Mr. Leslie answered on behalf of Mr. Dent, that if a safe conduct under the seal of the Commissioner were given to Mr. Dent, he would immediately go, but on no account will ingly without it. Howqua then addressed the Chamber, asking it as a body to express an opinion, as to whether they thought M r . Dent's conduct just and reasonable, in refusing to go and see the Yum-chuy, whence he was certain to return unharmed, thereby exposing the mer chants to degradation, and even to the loss of their lives. The Chamber answered that it was without their pro vince as a body to judge Mr. Dent's conduct, but that if Howqua wished it, the opinion of every one present individually would be taken. This the Hong merchants refused, and than requested that Mr. Dent be asked to attend at the Chamber ; but being told that under the circumstances in which that gentleman now found himself, he was resolved not to leave his house on any plea, Howqua proposed that those present at the meeting should proceed with them to Mr. Dent's house to obtain a definive answer to give to the oflicers then waiting for it at the Con soo House. The meeting accordingly proceeded to Mr. Dent's, who again expressed his willingness to go, but only under the safe conduct from the Commissioner, and the opinion of those present being taken, and they were the majority of foreign residents, was unanimous that without such guarantee it was unadvisable for Mr. Dent to go. This safe conduct the Kwang-chow-foo declared in the Consoo House it was impossible to ob tain, as they dared not even ask the commissioner for it, but the Kwang-chow-foo gave the assurance that there was no intention whatever to keep Mr. Dent a prisoner, or to maltreat him ; and being pressed on this subject, he most solemnly avowed this to be his own conviction, but that he could, of course, not answer for what the Commissioner would do. Messages were frequently sent from the Consoo House, but Mr. Dent adhering to his original purpose, the same answer continued to be returned, until at length, at about three o'clock, the Deputy Kwang-chow-too, the Namboyune, and an other officer, went to Mr. Dent's, and there stated that they had the most positive commands that Mr. Dent must on that day see the Yum-chuy, and his not going would bring disgrace on them. Mr. Thom, who interpreted for Mr. Dent, then informed these officers, that it being the unanimous opinion of the foreign community that Mr. Dent should not go with out the safe conduct, no other answer could be re turned. The officers appeared very anxious to gain their end, and even entreated Mr. Dent's compliance, and seeing all their efforts fail, they declared that they would not leave the house except with Mr. Dent, pre testing all the while that no evil whatever should befal Mr. Dent, and the Deputy Kwang-chow-foo even as sured him that he would himself escort Mr. Dent back that same evening. The answer returned to that being still the same, they at last proposed, that, as their efforts were unavailing, Mr. Dent's partner (Mr. Inglis) should go to the Consoo House to take this answer to the Kwang-chow-foo. This was accordingly done, and it being there represented to this gentleman that it would be desirable that he should state Mr. Dent's resolve to some high officers then waiting in the city, he, accom panied by Messrs. Thom, Slade, and Fearon, went there, and they were received by the Judge, the Trea surer, the Salt Commissioner, and Grain Inspector— the four highest officers of the Province, with the ex ception of the Governor and Deputy Governor. The questions asked had reference exclusively to Mr. Dent's refusal to go without the safe conduct, and they solemnly declared that no evil was intended to Mr. Dent ; that the Commissioner only required some information from him. After a stay of about two hours the gentlemen were allowed to depart, escorted by a number of po lice, and Mr. Thom was presented with two pieces of silk and two jars of wine as a mark of favour. At night the tops of the houses and the entrances of the foreign hongs were guarded by a great number of Hong Coolies to prevent Mr. Dent's escape, the merchants being held responsible for his presence in Canton. In this position affairs remain this night (Saturday), for though the Hong merchants have again, at midnight, urged their request that Mr. Dent should go, nothin g has hap pened materially to affect the question. The refusal of Mr. Dent to go without a safe conduct from the Yum-chuy himself, and its approval by the foreign re sidents, are caused by the treatment Mr. Flint suffered, who being invited to visit the Viceroy in the year 1758, was sent to prison to Cassa-branca, and kept there three years. terests the foreign community are the steps be has taken since his arrival towards the Hong merchants and foreigners themselves. The former have re peatedly being called before him, and examined as to the nature of their intercourse with the latter ; in his Excellency's presence they were kept kneeling all the time the examination was being carried on. The lin guists also were called before his Excellency, and on Sunday last even the compradores of many of the foreign houses, who were questioned on the nature of the business transacted by their masters, and it is said that they gave satisfactory information, and were graci ously dismissed with a present of two tales in silver each, On Monday last at length appeared two documents ; one addressed to the Hong merchants, and the other to foreigners, which we published in an extra on Wednes day, the 20th inst. In these documents his Excellency upbraids the Hong merchants for having suffered, in disobedience to Imperial mandate, the importation of opium into Whampoa, and for having connived at and facilitated the transaction of business in the drug ; for having allowed foreigners too much familiarity in their intercourse ; for being too subservient to them ; for dis regard of proprieties in the prosecution of wealth ; for giving information to foreigners on what passes in the Government offices ; for allowing the exportation of silver, &c. and finally threatens them with death to one or two of them, if within three days foreig ners do not give up all the opium now outside. I his commands to foreigners, his Excellency first expatiates upon the great favours showered upon them by the Emperor to be per mitted to trade, since without rhubarb and tea they are unable to live, and then states that, as the strictest watch is kept in all the provinces against the introduc tion of opium, it will be only to the ruin of foreigners to keep it still on board of their vessels in the officio-8 ; that he therefore orders foreigners to deliver up to t his Government every chest of opium that it may be burnt, and that by such act of obedience they may deserve the Imperial reward. They are moreover to give a bond that vessels hereafter will not bring opium, but that if they should be discovered smuggling it the foreigners will be content to suffer the loss of their goods and the extreme penalty of the law. His Excellency further in forms foreigners, that the indignation of the whole po pulation is roused against them, and that in proceeding to possess himself of their persons, should they continue refractory, it will not even be necessary to call out the military, but the able-bodied of the nation (a kind of militia, of posse eomitatus, or perhaps special consta bles) will be quite sufficient for that purpose. His Excellency moreover informs them that he is per fectly aware of the names of such among the foreigners who have dealt in opium, and of others that have not, and if these latter will come forward and point out their depraved countrymen, they are promised a liberal re ward. The same term of three days is also given to foreigners in which they are to present an address to his Excellency in reply to his edict. In consequence of the receipt of these edicts great excitement prevailed among the foreign community, and the Hong merchants increased this by the danger threatening them seeming more immediate. They all assembled in Consoo on Tuesday night last, and re quested to be met there by a number of the most in fluential of the foreign merchants, whom they intreated, as they had any regard for their (the Hong merchants) lives, that they would lose no time in giving a reply to his Excellency. Any longer delay, they said, would cause two of them to be executed on the day following. Harrassed as these poor Hong merchants have been, first with the different rumours that preceded the Com missioner's arrival, next with his threats and their fre quent attendance upon the Commissioner, they appear to have considered their situation as really very danger ous, and to have feared that the Yum-chuy would carry his threats against them into effect. It is impos sible to say whether these were meant to be acted upon, but on the following day (Thursday) a general meeting of the Members of the Chamber of Commerce was held, of which the result will be seen in the letter from the chairman to the Hong merchants in a preceding column. From this it will be seen that a committee was appointed to take into consideration the Yum-chuy's edict, and report upon it at the earliest opportunity to the Chamber, and a deputation to the Hong merchants to acquaint that body with the result. These, after this communication had been made to them, all went into the city, to deliver it to the Commissioner, and returned to the factories at about ten o'clock at night, stating that the answer from the Chamber had appeared by no means satisfactory to the Commissioner, and that if some opium were not immediately given up, not only their own lives would be forfeited, but those of foreigners generally would be in imminent danger. In the meanwhile all communication with the coast and even Whampoa had been cut off, numerous Mandarin boats being stationed in the river to prevent any foreigners leaving Canton, and the trade had also been stopped. No cargo was allowed to leave, and grandchops for such vessels as had completed their cargoes were refused. All foreigners were therefore virtually prisoners here, and completely in the power of the Chinese Government, and their lives and property at their mercy. Under these circumstances, after the return of the Hong merchants at ten o'clock at night, another meeting was held at the Chamber of Com merce, the result of which was, after a good deal of discussion, and after the Hong merchants had so lemnly and individually declared that if about a thou sand chests of opium were not given up immediately, they would most certainly be executed, to offer to de liver up 1,037 chests of opium to the Government to be destroyed—this of course under protest that the coer cive measures of the Chinese Government, and the con sideration of the danger in which the Hong merchants were, forced them to this abandonment of property. With this resolution from the foreign merchants, the (From the Canton Pres:, March 30.) We have considered it to be the best plan to give the occurrences of the week in the shape of a journal, con fining ourselves mostly to facts. It will be seen that our paper, instead of being issued on Saturday, has been de layed two days, caused principally by the absence of our Coolies. SUNDAY, MARCH 24.—This day passed off quietly, owing, it is thought, to the knowledge the Chinese hay; of the respect paid by Europeans to the Sunday. The following proclamations were received from Macao : " CIRCULAR TO HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SUBJECTS. " Macao, March 22, 1839. " The Chief Superintendent of the trade of British subjects in China baying received information that her Majesty's subjects are detained against their will in Canton, and having other urgent reasons for the with drawal of all confidence in the just and moderate disposi tion of the provincial Government, has now to request that all ships of her Majesty's subjects at the outer an chorages should proceed forthwith to Hong Kong, and hoisting their national colours, be prepared to resist every act of aggression upon the part of the Chinese Government. In the absence of Captain Blake, of her Majesty's sloop Larne, Captain Parry, of the Hercu les, will make the necessary dispositions for putting the ships in a posture of defence, and in the absence of Cap tain Parry that duty will devolve on Captain Wallace, of the Mermaid ; and the Chief Superintendent, in her Majesty's name, requires all British subjects to whom these presents may come, to respect the authority of the persons charged with the duty of providing for the protection of British lives and property. " CHARLES ELLIOT, " Chief Superintendent of the Trade o British Subjects in China." " Her Majesty's sloop Larne, at anchor in Macao-roads, March 22, 1839. " With reference to my circular of this day's date, it. is desirable that the ships of her Majesty's subjects at the outer anchorages should proceed forthwith to Hong Kong, placing themselves, in the absence of Captain Blake, of her Majesty's sloop Lame, under the guidance of Captain Parry, of the Hercules, and, in the absence of Captain Parry, under the guidance of Captain Wallace, of the Mermaid. " Commanders of British ships will make every pre paration to resist aggression upon the part of the Chinese Government, but they will be very careful to refrain from provoking attack. " CHARLES ELLIOT, " Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China." Until six o'clock in the evening nothing had trans pired concerning the measures the Yum chuy was likely to take in consequence of Mr. Dent's refusal to go into the city ; a little after six Captain Elliot arri ved in a four-oared boat belonging to the Larne at the Company's garden. Captain Elliot had proceeded in the Sousa cutter as far as Howqua's Fort, though some ineffectual attempts had been made to stop his progresi. From Howqua's Fort he proceeded in the Larne's boat, and no opposition was made, although several Mandarin boats followed him, watching his motions. Captain Elliot's arrival was immediately generally known ; the English flag was hoisted, and Captain Eliot, accompanied by a great number of the foreign residents, proceeded without loss of time to Mr. Dent, to take that gentleman under his protection, and walked with him to the hall of the Superintendent, where he still remains. On Captain Elliot's arrival in the hall, where every one of the foreigners present in Canton bad assembled, he read to the meeting the following procla mation : Hong merchants early in the morning yesterday re turned into the city, where they saw the Viceroy only ; and though as yet (Saturday morning) they have not made any official communication of what result that interview has been, it is understood that it was by no means satisfactory, and that the quantity offered was by the Viceroy declared to be insufficient. No direct answer has been received from the Commissioner, but we hear that demands for the delivery of an additional quantity were made last night. Matters remain in this uncertain state this morning; nothing has been heard from the Commissioner since Thursday night, but it is evident that the Government is taking every precaution to support their pretensions by force if necessary. No intercourse, even with Whampoa, is permitted ; boats are allowed to come up to Canton, but cannot return thither ; the river in front of the factories is filled with Mandarin boats and other craft containing troops ; we hear of a number of soldiers having been called into the city, and to be ready for service at a moment's warning, and yesterday morn ing a detachment of soldiers landed in front of the factories and marched into the city. If the Chinese Government by the course of intimidation they pursue, partly by means of threatening the lives of the Hong merchants and partly by depriving the foreigners resident here of their liberty, obtain possession of the opium now in the Chinese seas, instead of allowing it to be sent away, it will of course become a ques tion for the Governments of the respective merchants here in what manner the Chinese are to make good the v m a i l s u s e io o n f er t , he opium. Yesterday in the afternoon a mes sagemeet him i t n h v e i r t e in . g was sent purporting to be from the Imperial Com -I,Mirr.DDent to go to the City-gate to to the Hong merch" w l e th reanot detainede ant s heisntw,irliengundsesrstotamnde,eetshpirsesEx cellency at the City_gate,safe provided his Excellency would furnish provide him (i e o rn t de t above e r his own hours.seal, and he Hong merchants, after resolve, were at last obligedan3tro attempts to change this report authori ties, and afterwards again, late ataii ti it to the , urged Mr. Dent s r to promise to go, representi ng that h place their lives in imminent danger. eThisfu refusal a 1 would morning early the Kwang-chow-foo and sev era l other officers as sembled at the Consoo, attended by all the Hong mer chants, two of whom (Howqua and Mowqua) had a ' chain hung round their necks, and three others were " PUBLIC NOTICE TO BRITISH SUBJECTS. L. S. " Macao, March 23, 1839. " The considerations that have moved the under signed to give public notice to all her Majesty's sub jects that he is without confidence in the justice and moderation of the provincial government are— " The dangerous, unprecedented, and unexplained circumstance of a public execution before the factories at Cantor), to the imminent hazard of life and property, and total disregard of the honour and dignity of his own and the other western governments whose flags were recently flying in that square ; the unusual assem blage of troops, vessels of war, fire-ships, and other menacing preparations ; the communication by the com mand of the provincial government, that in the present posture of affairs the foreigners were no longer to seek for passports to leave Canton (according to the genius of our own countries, and the principles of reason, if not an act of declared war, at least its immediate and in evitable preliminary), and lastly, the threatening lan guage of the High Commissioner and provincial autho rities, of the most general application, and dark and violent character. " Holding it, therefore, impossible to maintain conti nued peaceful intercourse with safety, honour, or c.d vantage, till definite and satisfactory explanations have passed of all these particulars, both as respects the past and future, the undersigned has now to give further notice that he shall forthwith demand passports for all such of her Majesty's subjects as may think fit to pro ceed outside, within the space of ten days from the date MIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AVO-t/gT _14,_1839 that his application reaches the Government ; such date tciet4after to tie made known;;, , . " And he has to counsel and enjoin all her Majesty's subjects in urgent terms to make immediate prepara tions for moving their property on board the ships itelianceg Orwell, and George IV., or other British vessels at Whampoa, td be Conveyed to Macao ; for warding him, without delay, a sealed declaration, and of all actual blaims against Chinese subjects, together with an estimate of all loss dr damage to be suffered by reason of these proceedings of the Chinese Government. " And he has further to give notice, that the Portu guese Government of this settleinent has already pledged itself to afford her Majesty's subjects resident bete every protection in its power so long as they shall be pursuing no course of traffic within the limits of the settlement at variance with the laws of thi§ empire. And he has most especially to warn he r Majesty's subjects that such strong measures as are necessary to adopt on the part of her Majesty's Government, without further notice than the present, cannot be prejudiced by their con tinued residence in Canton, beyond the period now fixed, upon their own responsibility, or without further guarantees from the undersigned. " And he has further to give notice that if the pass ports shall be refused for more than three days from the date that this application shall reach the Provincial Government, he will be driven to the conclusion that it is their purpose to detain all her Majesty's subjects as hostages ; and to endeavour to intimidate them into unsuitable concession and terms by the restraint of their persons, or by violence upon their lives, or by death of native merchants in immediate connection with them, both by ties of friendship and of interest, or by the like treatment of their native servants. " The undersigned, in conclusion, most respectfully submits these observations to the attention of all the foreigners in China. And the respective Governments closely united by a community of feeling and interest, not only in their own quarter of the globe, but most especially in this peculiar country, he feels that he is performing an act of duty in offering them every humble assistance in his power on this and all similar occa sions, when them may be of opinion that he can be useful to them. " Given under my band and seal of office at Macao, this 23d day of March, 1839. " CHARLES ELLIOT, " Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in India." This was received by loud and hearty cheers, and every one seemed glad of Captain Elliot's arrival, and to think that affairs were likely now to take a better turn, particularly as that officer's presence served as a rallying point, which had hitherto been wanting. Howqua took Capt ain Elliot's letter for the Vice roy, and up to a late hour this night no a nswer has been received. Immediately after Captain Elliot's arrival notice was given to all native servants to quit, and they accordingly left the bongs without loss of time. The mob which had collected in front, a ttracted by the news of Captain Elliot's presence, was dispersed by a strong police force, which had been partly on the spot all day, but was now re-inforced,and everything was soon reduced to perfect order and quiet. The river near the factories was cleared of all the boats usually there, and in lieu of them three rows of boats filled with police and soldiers stationed there completely hemmed us in, and rendered escape altogether impossible. The streets leading into igthethe square from the town were block ed u p , and no natives allowed to remain or to go into an y y of of course, the foreign beforee n facto ries. The strongest guard was, company's hall to prevent Mr. Dent's escape, and the men on duty there, Coolies belonging to the Hong merchants, were armed with pikes and shields, which they held ready for use whenever the door of the En glish hong was opened to admit people or allow them to get out. Howqua and Mowqua, who had made their appearance in the Superintendent's hall, not 10 minutes after Captain Elliot's arrival, returned to the hall several times during the night, but without anything being known as to the nature of their n egotiations. The inhabi tants of the British hong organised themselves into a night-watch, consisting of one to keep the gate, and two others to patrole, being relieved every two hours. MONDAY.—This day has passed over very quietly, the Chinese have completed their police regulations, and not a Chinese is to be seen in front of our houses down to the river, except such as are on duty. Howqua and other Hong merchants are repeatedly going to see the superintendent, but nothing has transpired. In the afternoon a chop from the Kwang-chow-foo was said to have been received by Captain Elliot. This night four instead of three gentlemen formed the watch, one taking his post in the Superintendent's verandah. The night passed over quietly, with the exception of one gentleman being mistaken by the police for Mr. Dent, and stopped ; the mistake was immediately rec tified. In the afternoon Messrs. Thom and Fearon were asked by the Hong merchants to go to the Consoo House, and when there were tasked to go into the city, the Yuin-ebuy being anxious to see them ; Cap tain Elliot, however, we are told, did not wish them to go. . . TUESDAY.—Everything quiet in the morning, the guard near the houses has been reinforced, and the Coolies are busy building sheds, and at about one o'clock brought two chops, said to be from the Viceroy. Their nature is not known, but it was said that things were going on favourably. In the evening some re ports prevailed of a boat or two from Whampoa having attempted to force their way to Canton, which turned out a false alarm. This evening the pleasure boats were removed from the front of the British hong, and carried to the middle of the square. The Hong mer chants, in setting the watch of their Coolies for the night, gave strict directions that they should be watchful, and not sleep at their posts, as they had been seen to do by the Mandarins on a previous night, for which they . had been reproved. The night passed over very quietly, and it is said that Lin had (incognito) himself inspected the preparations. The following proclamation was this day issued, a translation of which was kindly handed us by Mr. Fearon :-- " PUBLIC NOTICE TO BRITISH SUBJECTS. " I, Charles Elliot, Chief Superintendant of the trade of British subjects in China, at present forcibly detained by the Provincial Government, together with all the merchants of my own and the other foreign na tions settled here, without supplies of food, deprived of our servants, and cut off from all intercourse with our respective countries (notwithstanding my own official demand to be set at liberty so that I might act with out restraint) I have now received the commands of the High Commissioner, issued directly to me under the seals of the officers, to deliver over into his hands all the opium held by people of my country. " Now I, the Chief Superintendent, thus con strained by paramount motives, the safety of the lives and liberty of all the foreigners here present in Canton, and by other very weighty causes, do hereby, in the name and on the behalf of her Britannic Majesty's Government, enjoin and require all her Majesty's sub jects now p-esent in Canton forthwith to make a sur render to me, for the service of her said Majesty's Go vernment, to be delivered over to the Government of China, of all the opium under their respective control ; and to hold the British ships and ves sels engaged in the trade of opium subject to my immediate direction ; and to forward to me without delay a sealed list of all the British owned opium in their respective possession. And I, the said Chief Superintendent, do now, in the most full and unreserved manner, hold myself responsible for, and on the behalf of her Britannic Majesty's Government, to all and each of her Majesty's subjects surrendering the said British owned opium into my hands, to be delivered over to the Chinese Government. And I, the said Chief Super intendent, do further specially caution all her Majesty's Isubjects here present in Canton, owners of or charged with the management of opium, the property of British subjects, that failing the surrender of the said opium into my hands at or before six o'clock this day, I, the said Chief Superintendent, hereby declare her Majesty's Government wholly free of all manner of responsibility or liability in respect of the said British owned opium. " And it is specially to be understood that the proof of British property and value of all British opium sur rendered to me agreeably to this notice shall be deter mined upon principles and in a manner hereafter to be defined by her Majesty's Government. •' Given under my hand and seal of office at Canton, in China, this 27th day of March, 1839, at six o'clock in the morning. " NOTICE. " CHARLES ELLIOT, " Chief Superintendent of the trade of British (True copy.) (L.S.) " E D WARD ELMSLIE, Subjects in China." `°Secretary and T reasure r to the Superintendent." We belie ve th at every B r itish subject has complied with the requisition, and merchants of other nations have also made over to the British s uperintendent what ever opium they held on account of British subjects. The quantity of opium thus offered to him amounts to 20,283 chests. Nothingwor th noticing passed during the day—th e servants are st ill a way, but any one that likes may go buy and provisions ; the C hinese, therefore, have no wi s h now to starve us into compliance, though on Monday last Chinese were not allowed to sell any thing to foreigners. The guard of Coolies mustered as strong this night as b e f ore, an d having since yesterday built up their sheds, they proceed with more regularity. In the square there are five partitions in the shed, each containing about 50 men from their respective hongs, the names of which are written on their lanterns and caps. They relieve each other in patrolling, two hong parties being continually moving. At night the s q uare p resents a very picturesque appearance, of the men carrying lan terns, and the different sheds being profusely illumi nated, as well as the watch•boats on the river. Hitherto the people beh ave very c i v ill y , a nd there seems to exist noill feeling against foreigners. In fact, the only signs of a disposition t o r i ot were g i v en at the moment of Captain Elliot's landing, when t he Chinese sa w foreigners run to m ee t t h e Superintendent , they, not knowing the exact cause, thought something extraordi nary must have happened, and the square was filled with a mob in a moment. Since that time, however, the square being k ept qu i te c lear of people, we see nothing of them in front ; but the communication with the back streets not being stopped, foreigners go there and have an opportunity of witnessing that no ill feeling exists. THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 8 a. m. —Nothing has yet Wn.4,lred as to his Excellency's intention with regard to the opium. 'this rharnlng a chop was received from the Kwang-chow-foo, which is as follows " PROCLAMATION TO THE FOREIGNERS OF ALL NAtIONg. " Chow, Kwang-chow-foo, &c. proclaims to the goilg: I - beam - its for their full information. " The following official communication has been re ceived from Lin, the Imperial Commissioner, &c., dated the 13th tray of the 2d month. " The foreigners of all nations have presented this pe tition. The foreign merchants of all nations in Canton have received, with profound respect, the edict of his Excellency the Imperial Commissioner, and now beg leave respectfully to address his Excellency, having al ready communicated, through the Hong merchants, their intention of doing so with the least possible delay. " ' They beg to represent that being now made fully aware of the Imperial commands for the entire abolition of th e traffic in opium, the undersigned foreign mer chants hereby pledge themselves not to deal in opium, not to attempt to introduce it into the Chinese empire. `" Having now recorded their solemn pledge, they have only further respectfully to state to his Excellency that as individual foreign merchants they do not possess the power of controlling such extensive and important matters as those treated of in his Excellency's edict ; and they trust his Excellency will approve of leaving a final settlement to be arranged through the representa tives of their respective nation 4, " Canton. March 25,1839: " This coming before me, the Commissioner, it ap pears, by the petition, that in obedience to my com mands, they dared no longer traffic in opium. Their reverential obedience is thus manifested. They also earnestly entreat, that as my will involved such impor tant and heavy results, I will direct the Superintendents and Consuls of their several nations to manage the bu siness. . . the stoppage of food, and after three days more, with the last degree of severity on the undersigned himself. " He passes by those grave forms of speech without comment. _ ..... " But with the papers actually before him, and all the circumstances in hand, he is satisfied that the effec tual liberation of the Queen's subjects, and all the other foreigners in Canton, depends upon the prompti tude with which this arrangement is completed. " The maintenance of the national character, and the validity of the claim for indemnity, depend upon that scrupulousness of fidelity with which he is well assured his countrymen will enable him to fulfil his public obli gations to this Government. " As soon as the whole opium surrendered to hi:ia be delivered over to the Chinese officers, it will he the duty of the undersigned to communicate with his coun trymen again. " But it is a present relief to him to express to the whole foreign community his admiration of the patience and kindly feeling which have uniformly distinguished this community throughout these trying circumstances. " And he offers his own countrymen his grateful thanks for their confidence in his sincerest efforts to lead them safely out of their actual strait. The ultimate satisfactory solution of the remaining difficulties need give no man an anxious thought." " Now as respects the delivering up of the opium, the Superintendent Elliot has this day handed up a duly prepared petition to deliver tip the opium ; and I, the Commissioner, in due course commanded that the most minute particulars be examined into and handed up in the form of a clear and distinct report, when he must wait till I fix a day for receiving the opium. This is on record. As respects Elliot, therefore, there is no occasion for my again issuing my instruction ; but the Consuls must forthwith clearly petition as to who they are, and their names and surnames, so as to enable me to act accordingly, and issue an edict immediately for their instruction. " This edict is now issued to the Kwang-chow-foo for his information and obedience. Let him forthwith send a reply with instructions to the Hong merchants to transmit copies of it to the foreigners of all nations for their information and obedience, and report the same. A special edict. " On receipt of this I, uniting the circumstances, issue this edict. On receipt of it let the said foreign mer chants, in obedience thereto, forthwith state in a clear petition the names and surnames of the Consuls. Do not oppose. A special edict. " March 2.7, 1839. The back doors were blocked up on Saturday last, and permission into the back-streets is permitted only through old China-street ; all the other streets are blocked up, and a watch set to guard them. Dr. Parker has hitherto been permitted to go to his hos. pital, but this day he was refused admittanee into Hog lane. The Chinese outside seem to be very anxious for the result, they having been dependent for their living on the foreign trade. In the evening of this day Captain Elliot issued the following notice to his Britan nic Majesty's subjects : " I, Charles Elliot, Chief Superintendent of the trade of British subjects in China, do require any Bri tish subject or subjects, in the name of her Britannic Majesty's Government, who may have opium within his or their factory, to acknowledge the same to him in per son within the space of two hours from this date. " CHARLES ELLIOT, Chief Superintendent. " Canton, 6 p.m., March 28, 1839." It appears as if the Chinese relax in their very great vigilance, and Coolies have been ordered by the Hong merchants to bring water ; a great quantity of pigs, sheep, and poultry, were brought to the Consoo House this evening, and it is said they will be made a present of by the Yum-ehuy to the foreign residents, probably as a set-off for the opium given up. The patroles of Coolies went their round as regularly as before. ATTEMPT TO STOP THE WORK ING OF FACTORIES. MANCHESTER, MONDAY MORNING, AUG: 12. During the week large posting bills have been dis xibuted about the town, of which the following is a copy : " AUGUST 12.—Moved by J. B. O'Brien, and seconded by F. O'Connor, and passed by the Council of the Convention.—By evidence from various parts of the country we (the Convention) are convinced that the great body of the working part of the trades may be in duced to cease work on the 12th of August for two or three days, in order to devote that time to solemn pre cessions and solemn meetings, to deliberate on the pre sent awful state of the country. " Men of the Trades—the salvation of the empire is in your hands." Notwithstanding the appearance of this bill, as far as we can understand, there was no general apprehension en the part of the authorities that an attempt would be made to carry the national holiday scheme into effect here on the day mentioned. This morning, however, information was sent to the police office that an attempt was making on the part of a large body of the Char tists to stop such of the mills as had commenced work from continuing operations, by forcing the workmen to leave. The police were instantly despatched to Gay thorn, to the mills in question, under the command of head constable Beswick. When the police arrived the Chartists, it appears, had already been successful in stopping one factory, and were scaling the walls of another for the same purpose. Mr. Beswick, who was on horseback, promptly rode forward and seizing two of the Chartists on the wall, succeeded in dislodging them, while Inspector Sawley, who was also on horseback, succeeded in performing a similar service. Beswick was supported by a small party of policemen, and In spector M'Mullin was attempting to take one of the men who had been dislodged from the wall into custody, when a man in the crowd behind him was seen making a stab at him with a dagger. The fellow had made three unsuccessful lunges before his arm was arrested by policeman James Smith, who, in taking him, received a severe wound in the knee from the dagger, but we believe not of a very serious nature. The man on whom this weapon was found calls himself William Barber. He was effectually secured, and is now in the lock-up. A party of the 86th Infantry came up at this time to the assistance of the police, and the mob, which consisted of somewhere about a thousand persons, was dispersed. About the same time this morning another party of Chartists with a banner, and some of them armed, were parading Aneoats, and it is said were proceeding to stop some mills there, but a party of the police, assisted by the soldiery, interrupted and dispersed them. So far their object has been prevented, but at the time I write, nine o'clock, several parties of workmen are parading the town. —Tinges' Correspondent. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DOWNING-STREET, Agcwsx 12, 1839. The Queen has been graciously pleased to nominate and appoint Lieutenant-General Sir John Keane, Knight Com mander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, to be a Knight Grand Cross of the said Order. WHITEHALL, AUGUST 12. The Queen has been pleased to grant unto John Grey, Esq., Major-General in the Army, and Companion of the Most Ho nourable Military 0r..1.Cr of the Bath, her Royal licence and permission, that he may accept and. Order of the Tower wear the insignia of a Knight of the Royal Portuguese Mi and Sword, and of a Knight Conimander of ;;;:at of St. Bento d'Avis, which have been conferred upon that Offices; in appro bation of his conduct during the Peninsular war, especial:;' in the action of El Bodon, on the 25th of September 1811 ; and that he may enjoy all the rights and privileges thereunto an nexed ; provided, nevertheless, that her Majesty's said license and permission doth not authorise the assumption of any style, appellation, rank, precedence, or privilege appertaining unto a Knight Bachelor of these realms. And also to command, that her Majesty's said concession and especial mark of her Royal favour be registered, together with the relative documents, in her Majesty's College of Arms. A letter from the Yum-chuy was received this morning addressed to the French, American, and Dutch Consuls, in which he requires them to give between them a quantity of opium similar to that offered by the British superintendent. Strict orders were given this evening to bring the pleasure boats on shore ; they were accordingly, amidst tremendous noise, brought from the river, and all deposited in the middle of the square, where they now are, many of them broken to pieces through the careless manner of landing them. One wherry was taken out of the Old Company's long room, and added to those in the square. Howqua and Mowqua frequently called o❑ Captain Elliot during the day, and at times remained several hours with him. SATURDAY, MARCH 30.—This morning we hear that no one is allowed to go down China-street to market ; this new vexatious prohibition is caused, they say, by some foreigners going to the Consoo House last night, when the Kwang-chow-foo and other officers were assembled there, and the Kwang-chow-foo is re ported to have said that when they wanted any foreigners to come to them, they did not go, but came when not required ; that therefore they should no longer be permitted to go into the back streets. Ano ther reason for this prohibition may be the desire to force us to accept of the Yum-chuy's present of poultry, pigs, &c., which we stated were brought to the Consoo House on Thursday night ; these were offered to fo reigners in the morning of yesterday, but refused, we believe, without exception. During the day some Parsee servants were allowed, with a passport, to go to market. Another cause of this greater strictness may have been the Nam-boyune's intended visit to the front of the fac tories, which took place at about two o'clock in the afternoon. He came accompanied by several other Mandarins, and walked over the square up to the Bri tish Hong, looked down the passage which divides tho Company's garden from the house, and walked away again. The impression seems to be general this day that things are far from being settled ; this is, however, merely guessed at, nothing having transpired as to the nature of Captain Eiliot's negotiations with the autho rities. We omitted to mention that two buckets of spring water were carried to each house yesterday, by order of the Hong merchants. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. JOSEPH WARTNABY, merchant, Adam's-court, Old Broad-street, City. BANKRUPTS. JOHN TREACHER BOWDEN, woollen-draper, Addle street, City, to surrender, August 24, at eleven, and Sept. 24, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Jones and Son, Sise-lane, Bucklersbury. JANE WILSON and ELIEZER CIIATER WILSON, printers, Skinner-street, City, August 24, at half-past twelve, and Sept. 24, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, Copthall-buildings, official assignee ; Birt, Southampton-street, Fitzroy-square. JAMES MAXIMILIAN CORNWALL, surgeon, Stub bington, Southampton, Aug. 27, at two, and Sept. 24, at twelve, at the Red Lion Inn, Faroham. Clement and New man, Southampton ; Hicks and Braikenridge, Bartlett's-build ings, Holborn, London. JOHN WAKEHAAI EDWARDS, druggist, Kingsbridge, Devonshire, Aug. 23 and Sept. 24, at eleven, at th Royal Hotel, Plymouth. Haley, Kingsbridge ; Fox, Finsbury•eireus, London. RICHARD BRIGHT, chemist and druggist, Holborn-bars, Aug. 22, at half-past eleven, and Sept. 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannon, Finsbury-square, official assig nee; Cook and Sanders, New-inn. RICHARD FLACK, victualler, Lambeth-street, White chapel, Aug. '22, and Sept. 24, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore, Basinghall-street, official assignee; G. and C. Pollock, Parliament-street. SUNDAY, MARCH 31.—Provisions, such as fowls, eggs, mutton, and vegetables were offered this morning by the linguists in all the houses, but by many refused un less payment were taken for them, while the Chinese insisted upon giving them as a present. A long docu ment containing the Yum-chuy's correspondence was posted this afternoon on the wall of the Company's gar den, which, for want of space and time, we must defer giving until our next. Foreigners were informed this day that since they were averse to receiving provisions gratis, the linguists would in future supply them with them for payment. JAMES BOYD, Welbeck-street, St. Marylebone, iron monger, to surrender August 22 and Sept. 24, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannon, Finsbury-square, official as signee ' • Birt, Southa m pt on - s treet, Fitzroy-square. RICHARD BLUNDELL, Hooton, Chester, corn-dealer, August 26 and Sept. 24, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Chester, Staple-inn ; Walker, Chester. WILLIAM PHILLIPS, marine store dealer, Liverpool, August 24, and Sept. 24, at eleven, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Kirk, Symond's-inn, London; Yates, Liverpool. WILLIAM KIRBY, ale merchant, Liverpool, August 24, and Sept. 24, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Chester, Staple-inn, L on d on ; C or t, Liverpool. CHARLES AI.COCK, case manufacturer, Sheffield, Aug. 20 and Sept. 24, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Sheffield. Brookfield, Raymond-buildings, Gray's-inn, London; Rayner and Thompson, Sheffield. ROBERT LEAKE, dyer, Prestwich Clough, near Man chester, Sept. 3 and 24, a t twelve, at the Commissione rs '- rooms, Manchester. Johnson, Son, and Weathtrall, Temple, London ; Hitchcock, Manchester. MONDAY, APRIL I.—This morning, another part of the correspondence between the Commissioner and Captain Elliot, and the American and Dutch Consuls was published in the Square. Its purport is briefly to following effect :—The Commissioner says, that Captain Elliot proposes that Mr. Johnston should go down to Hong Kong, to be present at the delivery of the opium —this his Excellency says, is not necessary—why not make each British subject give an order for opium, such as they were in the habit of giving to the opium dealers ? This Captain Elliot should indorse, and then give to his Excellency, who would then send down for it, without Mr. Johnston's presence being . necessary. If, says his Excellency, Captain has power sufficient to obtain the making over to him all the opium belonging to British subjects, he surely may also have that of ordering such documents to be made out. To Mr. Snow, the American Consul, his Excel lency says, that he cannot understand the reason why, as he, the Consul, has informed him, his countrymen should have delivered into Captain Elliot's keeping some 1,500 chests of opium, rather than to him—he says there must be some double dealing there.—(The opium here spoken of is declared to be British property, and as such was, by the consignees, given over to Cap tain Elliot.) The Dutch Consul, Mr. Van Basel, his Excellency says in answer to a letter from him, that though neither he nor his countrymen have any opium, yet that he cannot, for the sake of allowing one vessel to depart, permit the whole of his plans to be deranged. He recommends to the Dutch Consul to influence his neighbours to give over all traffic in opium. We ought to have mentioned before, that in conse quence of a letter from Mr. King, the Commissioner sent him a precious answer, which was ordered to be stuck upon Mr. King's door, in which it is said that though his Excellency is aware of Mr. King's have ab stained from the opium trade, yet he cannot allow his servants yet to return, as such concession would in terfere, with his plans. He, however, recommends Mr. King to disseminate his maxims among his neighbours. WILLIAM HENRY HAIGH, flour factor, Wakefield, August 19, at eleven, at the Court House, Wakefield, and September 24, at twelve, at the Court House, Leeds. Taylor an d Westmorland, Wakefield; Scott and Bennett, Lincoln's Inn-fields. THOMAS HASTINGS, innkeeper, Bradford, August 24, at eleven, at the George Inn, Huddersfield, and September 24, at eleven, at the Court House, Leeds. Whitehead and Robin son, Huddersfield ; Clarke and Medcalf, Lincoln's Inn-fields. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Ralfs, printed furniture dealer, Tavistock-street, Covent garden, Sept. 7, at eleven—E. Tapp, licensed victualler, Great White Lion-street, Seven Dials, Sept. 7, at twelve— S. Clark, licensed victualler, Oxford-street, Sept. 7, at one— F. G. Francis, wine -merchant, Adam's-court, Old Broad street, Sept. 3, at twelve. " PUBLIC NOTICE TO BRITISH SUBJECTS. " The undersigned has now to announce that arrange ments have been made for the delivery of the opium lately surrendered to him for her Majesty's service, by which his Excellency the High Commissioner has stipu lated that the servants shall be restored after one-fourth of the whole be delivered, the passage boats be per mitted to run after one-half be delivered, the trade opened after three-fourths be delivered, and everything to proceed as usual after the whole be delivered (the signification of which last expression the undersigned does not understand). " Breach of faith (and his Excellency, not unnatu rally, is pleased to suppose that breach of faith may be possible) is to be visited after three days of loose performance of engagements with the cutting off of supplies of fresh w a t er , after three days more, with In the Country. J. Marshall and T. Collier, merchants, Manchester, Sept. 4, at eleven, at th e C omm i ss i oners '- rooms , M an che s t e r—J. Kirk, sen., and J. Kirk, jun., tin-plate-workers, Leeds, Sept. 5, at twelve, at the Court-house, Leeds—R. M. Mernement, grocer, Burnham Westgate, Sept. 6, at twelve, at the Crown Inn, Fakenham, Norfolk—A. Nicholson, common brewer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sept. 13, at twelve, at the Bankrupt Commission-rooms, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—S. Wright, gro cer, Watton, Norfolk, Sept. 3, at one, at the Anchor Inn, Thetford, Suffolk. CERTIFICATES.--SEPT. 3. T. Hedgeock, ship owner, South Lambeth—J. D. and E. Penn, shoe manufacturers, Fleet-street, London—J. Mivart, cabinet-maker, Richmond, Surrey. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Taverner and C. White, ironmongers, Ratcliffe- high way, St. George's East, Middlesex —T. Ashburner and T. Priestley, spirit merchants, Liverpool—W. W. Snell and T. W. Snell, merchants, Exeter—J. A. Windsor and N. Peace, fancy paper and message card manufacturers, Vineyard Walk, Coppice-row, Clerkenwell—J. Broadbent, sen., S. L. Broad bent, C. S. Broadbent, and L. Roberts, silk-manufacturers, and warehousemen, Manchester (so far as regards L. Roberts) —J. and W. Lintott , grocers, Horsham, Sussex—R. Watkins and E. B. Puttock, brewers, Arundel, Sussex—G. Lawes and F. Thompson, tailors, Warminster, Wilts—G. Lodge an d R . Lumb, bacon-factors, Leeds—T. Evans and D. Beynon, joiners, Liverpool—J. Turner and N. Kershaw, worsted-manufacturers, Midgley, Halifax —W. Day and T. Smith, grocers, High Holborn —P., J. , J., and H. Frith, opticians, Sheffield—T. and J. Foster, worsted-manufacturers, Horbury, Yorkshire --J. Fletcher and Company, corn-merchants, Manchester —J. and J. Wil liams, drapers, Pdutypool, Monmouthshire —R. Dunn and J. Ramshaw, carpet manufacturers,. Barnard Castle, Dur ham—J. Reyner and J. \ T ickers, hatters, Hoyland High ss-treet, ba York shire—L.;gin- May and S. Abrahams. grocers, stationers, South wark—T.Watling-street, Bowlby and A. G. Rahn, merchants,' underland— J B . . Paradiseand J. T u a r n b d e r ' i . ie : se Sheppard, an d jun .street, City— anufacturers, Liverpool—G. Ripley and T. Williamson, engineers, Warring ton, Lancashire—R. and M. Elliott, cabinet-makers, New castle-upon- Tyne. MR. GIESON.—W e see it stated that on Mr. Gibson, late member for Ipswich, returning last week to his residence, Theberton-park, the parishioners advanced to meet him, took the horses from his carriage, and drew him to his mansion with acclamation. This is the most Tory part of the most Tory county in England, Suffolk, which has long been known as the Parson's county. THE MARKETS:.--(YESTEMDAY.) (From the London New Price Current of August 13.) SUGAR.—The transactions in the Br'itish Plantation Sugar market since this day wet. k have been limited; the demand from the grocers has been on a small scale for brown as well as for yellow qualities ; the refiners have bought sparingly, and such of the .merchwats as have been inclined to realize, have been eomptAled to submit to a reduction on previous rates of 6d per cwt ; the purchases have amounted to 1,400 hh ds .and trs, including 170 casks Barbadoes at auction, which-. sold rather cheaper, mid to good brought 65s to 67s 6d, 60 casks were damaged and sold at 64s to 66s 6d for washe d and shifted; 100 Barbadoes at auction, good and fine fetched 67s to 695, and rnd to good mid 65s to 665 6d per cwt. REFINED.—In the Refined market previous rates have been supported. In goods made from Poreign Sugar there has been less business done, and 34s '6d is the price of Crushed, at which some small parce Is have been sold. Treacle has sold steadily, and form er rates have been maintained. In Bastards and Pieces prices continue firm. Dutch Crushed Sugar is held for 33s 6d per cat. MAURITIVS.—The purchases by pi ivate contract have been limited ; and at the public sal es of 10,995 bags, former rates were not maintained by 6d per cwt, the whole, however, found buyers, middling to. 6ne brown at 60s to 62s 6d, low middling yellow 63s to 63e 6d, middling 64s to 64s 6fl, and good to fine 65s 6d to 67s per cwt. EAST INDIA. —A steady demand has been experienced for Bengal for home consumption, and' full prices have been paid ; 4,030 bags at public sale wet.. e disposed of, fine white at 68s to 695, good 67s to 67s 6d, middling to good middling 65s to 66s 64, damps 65s to 66s 6d, and washed 645 to 65s 6d. Manilla at auction 1,480 bags sold at 19s to 195 6d for ordinary soft brown, 21s 6d. to 22s for low middling yellow, and 17s 6d to 21s 6d for damps and da maged. Siam: prices remain firm. Jas , a is unaltered in value; the demand, however, privately bas been limited, and none has been offered at public sale, FORElGN.—Havannah of strong quality has again been sought after, but the importers not being disposed to sell at present rates, have prevented purchases of moment in white, but of yellow 900 boxes have been sold afloat for Antwerp at 275. Brown Brazil has been taken more freely. 21s to 22s for fair Bshia. Of the present stock of Havannah, 38,000 boxes, 13,000 boxes ate white ; at this time last year it was 17,200 boxes, and in 1837 only 6,857 boxes. This afternoon 27 chests and 303 brls Rio at auction were all taken in at stiff prices, viz. mid to good soft brown brls at 22s a 22s 6d, and one lot fine yellow in chests at 26s per cwt. MoLassEs.—ln West India former rates have been main tained. This afternoon 487 puns and 73 casks St. Vincents, an ordinary dark rarcel, were submitted to public competi tion, and all bought in at 33s 6d, but a part has since been sold at that figure. COFFEE.—The small quantity of British Plantation Coffee of clean quality at market has again checked the demand; rather higher prices have been paid by private contract for middling and good qualities. This afternoon the auctions consisted of 19 casks 100 bags Oritish Plantation, and 15 bales Mocha; the former was all unclean, and was taken in much above its value, viz., fine ori: 1 Berbice at 110 s, and fine ord Demerara at 100 s per cwt ; the latter was a very inferior mixed second-hand parcel, and was bought in at 10Is per cwt. For Java 85s 6d has been paid for good ordinary. West India, of clean quality is wanted, but there is little to be met with. Fo reign is much inqu:red for, but there is little offering. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—There has been only a limited demand for J. s h iaica as well as for Leeward Is a.sh-1 the home trade have bought land Rum for shipping, sever will not sell excepting sparingly ; the merchants hts. at the rates previously es t h blished ; ld per gallon under former prices has bes -n offered for several parcels of Jamaica 30 per cs.nt over proof, but refused ; 100 puns have been st.' ld at 6s 4d for 55 to 37 per cent over proof, and 120 put: 530 to 34 over at 6s to 6s 3d ; of Leewards 180 puns have been sold, proofs to 3 over at 3s 7d to 3s Bd, 4 to 8 over 3s J :to 3s 10d, 12 to 14 over 4s to 4s 2d, 16 to 18 over 4s 3d to 4s 4d. Brandy is not cheaper, but the purchases have bees. limited. Geneva has been taken sparingly, but former rates p‘revail. TEA.—The public sales have concluded. The a: ten dance of the trade throughout was large; in the early part of the sales however they did not buy so freely as the previous state of the market would have warranted, but the merchants evinced much firmness, and the advanced rates established previous to the commencement of the sale were supported; towards the close however the trade came forward more freely, and there was a brisk demand, more particu larly for low Congous, Twankay, Hyson, and low green Tea ; a good many breaks taken in at the early part were also disposed of, and prices improved, and left off at the following rise on the July rates :—Bohea at an advance of 2d to 3d—Congou, common qualities 3d higher, blackish leaf kind 2d, blackish leaf strong and Pekoe flavour (which form a large proportion of this season's arrivals) have hardly exceeded previous value—Caper, Ning Yong, and Orange Pekoe 2d to 3d higher, Twankay and Hyson Skin 3d higher, Hyson common 3d, fine 6d to 8d higher, Young Hyson,, Imperial and Gunpowder 3d to 4d higher. Since the sales large purchases have been made, and rather higher prices have been paid; Company's Congous are selling at is 7d, Free Trade of common quality is sd, and Twankay is Bd. For auction on the 26th 14,952 pkgs are declared. Cocoa.—British Plantation has been less in request by the home trade, and at the public sales of 357 packages prices gave way ls., the principal part however found buyers, good red Granada at 45s 3d a 48a, fair to goon m i a, red Trinidad 45s a 53s 6d , and good at 56s per cwt. In Foreign some small purchases have been made at the quotatir,:li• TALLOW. —Towards the close of last week prices gave way 6d to Is per ova, but are now quoted at 52s 3d to 52s 6d on the spot, and 48s 6d to arrive in late months of the year. This afternoon 432 casks new F. Y. C. were offered at public sale, which sold briskly at 598 3d to 52s 9d for first quality. HAMBURI. GR. Wheat, Marks 46 to 491+ -- Elbing and Ko- . --. Mecklenburg 420 to 42, nigsburg to 234 ----- Magdeburg .... 450 to 492 Upland Brunswick 444 to 460 Ri ga Anhalt, white 4t6 to 495 -- Danish 120 to 135 Holstein 45b to 504 Barley, Mecklen.burgh 1754:44°29210! 420 to 474 Oats, Eider .... .. . . 390 174 t to o 21 56 Polish Rye, Mecklenburg.. 150 to 171 -- Holstein 264 to 30. -- East Frie , land.„,. 120 to i:P. Danzig 204 to 234 Pease, Mecklenburg ... 210 to 2,0 COTTON. H M o et is k t i c e i n n burg• ... 156 to 7! Carolina and Tennessee 7%t0 9% Maranham Georgia, Ist sort ALA AA Madras 6 7 , 2d . 3d and 4th .... 754 8% Domingo ..... 5 COFFEE. .......... Mocha 10% tol I ;,; I Domingo Batavia Sumatra 4% 4% Porto Rico 5% 7% Rio 4% 5% Havannah 5 7 Bahia SUGAR.—(With 8% Discount.) Havannah, White Brown 5% 5% Brown 5% 53is Rio, White 7 7 1 ,4 Pernambuco, White ...7 7 4 Brown Manilla, Bros, ; MARKETS. AIN, m, 5U to 5% BURGLARY AND OUTRAGE.—On Wednesday night, about twelve o'clock, Pryer's Hall, the residence of Messrs. Edward and William Franklin, at Lindsell, near Stebbing, Essex, was forcibly entered by three tall power ful ruffians. On getting into the house, a bottle of gin first attracted their notice, and having drank it, they pro ceeded up stairs to the room of the housekeeper, who alarmed the other inmates. Mr. Edward Frankbu, ac- companied by his brother, both armed with sticks, imscdi ately went to her assistance, when a tremendous beside, ensued, in the course of which Mr. Edward receivet. severe wounds upon his head, causing the blood to flow to a frightful extent. Mr. William Franklin, with surprising intrepidity, then attacked the three so effectually as to force them to retreat, but not until he had severely pu nished them upon the head and eyes, thus setting marks upon them which it will be difficult for them to obliterate. The housekeeper in the meantime made her escape dJwn stairs out of the house. Messrs. Clarence and Marsb, surgeons, of Thaxted, being sent for, promptly attended, and on examination found that Mr. Edward Franklin's wounds ,were of a very serious character. We trust the villains will speedily be brought to justice. —Essex Times. HORIZONTAL FLAT WATCHES, with accurately finished jewelled movements, iva.rranted, are offered in silver cases, twice Four Guineas and a Half each ; or, in gold cases, price 1\ ine Guineas each, at T. COX SAVORY'S,: Watchmaker, Jeweller, and Silversmith, 47, Cornhill, London ( Seven doors from Gracechurch-street). N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange. SHEFFIELD PLATED WINE COOLERS A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing Silversmiths, 14, Cornhill, London (opposite the Bank of England), have for choice in their warerooms a Selection of PLAIN and ORNA NIENTAL ICE PAILS, to which they wish to direct attention. The price of the Plain Tub-pail (now much in use), 8/. 10s. the pair; the Classic Vase (very neat), 101. Bs. the pair; the Victoria Pattern, 151. the pair ; the Dresden Cooler 191. the pair, &c., all of whic.. are strongly moun t e d with Silver, and have Silver Shields for Engraving the Crest or Coat of Arms. A pamphlet is published, with drawhigs of the above and other articles of plate generally, which may be had on applica tion, free of cost. BIRTHS. On the 11th inst., at Plashet, Mrs. W. Champion Street field, of a son. On the 11th inst., at Bedford-row, the lady of Henry Nes bitt, Esq., of a daughter. On the 11th inst., at Hornsey, the lady of H. Charrington, Esq., of a daughter. On the 12th inst., at Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square, the lady of William Brodie, Esq., of Brodie, of a son and heir. MA RR lED. On the 10th inst., at St. Stephen's, Walbrook, City, Patrick Stewart, Esq., to Mrs. Sarah Coatsworth, TredegarLsquare. On the 12th inst., at St. George's, Hanover -square, Griffith Richards, Esq., of Lincoln's-inn , to Martha, only daughter of the late E. S. Dennison ' Esq., of Castlebear-bouse, Ealing. On the 13th inst., at Cray ford, Thomas Fletcher, youngest son of Edward Robinson, Esq., of Havering-atte-Bower, Essex, to Anna Maria, second daughter of John Fassett Bur nett, Esq., of May-place, Kent. EVENING 11:DITION. DIED. EAsroo:nis:tartthgohneeed:3o4t.h i ns t., at Margaret-street, Cavendish-square , Caroline Margaret, wife of A. de Villalobos, Esq., aged 21. On the 10th inst., at Pinner-hill, Harriett, wife of George Bath, aged 57. Green, o n the E s qlo.,tEhosfqi.U7spotp.fe, c r aat H v e a cn r i l di e tj y tso - hn s .. t ,p r l e a e c t e , 10th inst., at Kentish-town, Richard Remnant, Alicia Maria, wife of John On the 10th inst., at Hunter-street, Brunswick-square, Mias Maria Foster. On the 11th inst., at Percy-cross, Fulham, Jane, the wife of Timothy Richardson, Esq., aged 49. On the 11th inst., in Parliament-street, Westminster, Ellen, wife of William Laxton, Esq., aged 29. On the 12th inst., in Dorset-square, Major Saunders, Royal Horse Artillery, aged 51. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, at The Sun. Office, No. 112, Strand, in the county of Middlesex.—Wednesday, August 14, th 39. ~jj F. 1