The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-30 00:00:00

THE CHINESE WAR• HONG KONG. The riotous disposition displayed by the Chinese mob in Hong Kong had caused serious disquiet. Several heavy fines ha been imposed under a local nuisance ordinance ; and this, in conjunction with a general feeling of discontent against the police, produced an excitement which vented itself by the voluntary closing of all the shops. The excitement, however, would have speedily subsided of itself, but for an endeavour on the part of the idle vaga bonds with whom the colony teems, to turn the state of affairs to account ; but their schemes were frustrated as much by the moderation of the better classes as by the appearance of the military patrol ling the streets, and beyond the throwing of a few stones nothing has occurred, while the issue of a proclamation by the Lieutenant-Governor had the effect of calming the minds of the shopkeepers, so that, after a meeting of the principal men, held at the joss-house, the shops were opened and business resumed. Lieut-Colonel Caine, the lieutenant-governor of Hong Kong, had issued a proclamation, in which it is notified to the residents of this colony, that her Majesty's Government having reason to believe that the large influx of suspicious characters from the Chinese main which bad taken place during the last few weeks, and the seditious and treasonable demon strations of this date in the streets of this city, had been occasioned by the direct agency of secret emis saries from the persons (Commissioner Yeh and the Cantonese) carrying on a lawless war against her Majesty's forces in the neighbouring province of Kwang-tong,—it was the determination of her Majesty's government within the colony of Hong Kong to take instant measures for putting in force the provisions of the Registration Ordinance No. 7 of 1846 ; and that so soon as the said ordinance should be brought into full operation, all unregis tered Chinese would be required to depart from the colony._ The China Mai/ complains that the piracies in and around, and especially in the moons or en trances to the harbour, had latterly become more numerous and daring than had ever before been ex perienced. The "rebels" were running riot, per fectly uninterfered with and uncontrolled by our government ; and Hong Kong was literally in a state of blockade as far as the native traffic was concerned. Innumerable instances of seizures of trading and market-junks were known—many snore than were reported to the police ; and even the stone junks, with building materials for the colony, were only allowed to pass into the harbour On payment of " black mail " to three pirate pa triots. Two sugar laden junks were taken by them on the morning of Nov. 26 ; and, besides them, on the 17th inst. a cargo boat was taken as she was leaving the harbour ( he boat has since been re covered), a trader was seized off Sa-chow ; and two fishing bias oft Cliek-chu. On the 19th a cargo boat; while at anchor off the village of Chim-sa chuy, on the opposite side of the Itarbour. On Ca 21st, a trading junk in the Capsuy-mo , n ; three of the pirates have since been apprehended. On tne 22d, a passage stoat at Chun chuy. Ou the 24 - h, a largc, Chi nohow trader, off Tae-p'ung. Her Majesty's brig Acorn, Captain Hood, which left Singapore ou the Ist Nov. for Hong Kong, was looked for here hourly. On the morning of the 26th Nov. the Russian frigate Aurora saluted. the Braise flag, and the salute was returned by the Murray Battery. On the 27th a salute was tired by rile frigate i❑ conse quence of a visit Prow his Excellency the Governor. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE ENGLISH AND CHINEsE. (From the lona Kong Gazette Extraordinary of Yov, 23 ) ADDRESS OF THE INAHABITANTS OF THE WEI AC CITY To HIS EXCELLENCY THE PLENIPOTENTIARY Or GRFAT BRITAIN (SIMILAR ADDRESS PRESENTED TO ♦DMIRAL SIR MICHAEL SEYMOUR). Every question t,a, i a rights, every position its con tingencies of advantage and disadvantage. We cannot refrain from stating those incidental to the present one for the benefit of your Excellency's nation. We, the Cantonese, who have been born and brought up in this place, some of us in the public service, some of us in trade, whatever our vocation, have each one all our property, our very food and raiment, i❑ this city; and to all of us, hundreds of thousands in number, the city is our base and oar foundation. , Excellency the Plenipotentiary, insists that there shall be ! , enceforth ur restnoted freedom of intercourse between the native authorities within and the foreign represents tiv:-s without the city. This simple an i reasonable re que the Governor-Generat has mixed up with the pa-t discussions regarding the Treaty right. Peti inners will do well at once to move his Excellency with all spesd to abandon this false and dangerous position. If they neglect to make this appeal to him they will share not only the calamitous consequences of 'stubbornness, bet at the same time the serious responsibility of not averting these in due season. His Excellency has tested the power with which he has to deal ; he must have seen with what certainty that which is threatened is accom plished' Let petitioners reflect that more sudden and tecrible things are yet in its hand to do, and let them earn.stly press their chief authorities to yield while it it yet time. SIR JOHN BOWRING TO YEH, THE IMPERIAL COMMISSIONER. Superintendency of Trade, Nov. 10, 1856. Sir,—His Excellency the Naval Commander-in Chief S r Michael Seymour has communicated to me copies of his late correspondence with your Excellency. In the hope of preventing a recurrence of the present unfortunate state of things at Canton, his Excellency has proposed that, as elsewhere, there should be free inter couree between the authorities within and foreign repre• sentativee without the city. This proposition your Excellency declines to entertain ; you insist not only in confounding it with the vast discussions of the treaty right of all foreigners to enter the city, but in maintain• ing that the right itself is shown to have been definitively abandoned in a despatch from my predecessor, Mr. Bonham, dated 9th April, 1849. The passage cited is not quoted in full by your Excel lency. Referring to the non fulfilment of the engage ment entered Pito in 1849, Mr. Bonham proceeds— " Although entered into by Keping, and confirmed by your Emperor, it (the engagement) has not been carried out ; the question at issue rests where it was; and must remain in abeyance. • The discussion of it cannot, at present, be further prosecuted between your Excellency and myself. I can but repeat my regret at the unsatis factory report which this evasion of the treaty will compel me to make to my Government." Your Excellency seeks to construe as declaratory of its cessation fur evermore, words simply signifying that discussion of treaty right was suspended until reports of its repudiation could be made to her Majesty's Go. vernment. Pending their reference, Mr. Bonham called on British subjects to abstain from attempting to enter Canton. Teat the British Government never abated an iota of t. 15 claim, is -flown by Mr. letter of the 21st Augu-t, 1849. This was written under instruction, of Lord Palmerston, .hen Principal Secretary of State for F.,reige Affairs, met his Excellency Seu was request-d to transmit it to Peking. The assumption of Seu him eeif in his reply, dated 271 e August, 1849, that the di-- eussion was no mere to t,e renewed, was at once re j(:c7cel by Mr. Bonham ; aid your Excellency must be well aware that ever since my r e turn t o this untry as Minister Plenipotentiary, the subject ha' been foremost amongst those of which I have bed occa 4100 to advise your Excellence the British Giver meat .eoked fur a satisfactory adjustment. to r.:ter von particui-rly to me comemnicatiens of the 25th April, 10th July, and 276 IYc., 1854, ant of the llte June, 1855. The ter-our of your correspondence with Sir tt. Sey mour, obliges me urce more to remind yeti, that the treaty right of British subjects to he admitted into Cen ton has never been abandoned by the British Govern ment. But this right is not at the present mower, t under discueeien. The admiral i. simply insi -ring on certaicty of access to the iocal authorities ; anti wi' eon , ' reesen. Had 'he Briti h Consul been able to ob tain suet] access on the day that the lercha's flag was ro down a-d her crew unlawfully seized, the affair might have been settled in a tingle interview ; as it was, eeer aft r letter ha , i to be andressitd to your Excel lency ; several you allowed to remain for days without a reply ; and to this hour you have neither apologised for the rnisconduc, of your executive, nor have you given any sufficient assurance diet henceforward our flag and jurisdiction shall be respected. Your Excellency's pertinacity in ignoring your obliga tiens on these poi:lts has rendered necessary a series of coercive measures ; and it is to avoid the future neces sity of a course as opposed to our interests as it is offen sive to our feelings, that the admiral has made to you this simple proposition. I have only to ac.l4, that I heartily concur with his Excellency in the necessity and propriety of what he has proposed.—l have, &c., (Signed) JOHN BOWRING. TRH, IMPERIAL COMMISSIONER, GOVERNOR-GENERAL OP THE TWO KWANG, MAKES COM3IUNICATIoN IN RRPLY. On the 11th instant I received your Excellency's letter of the 10th, with the contents of which I have ac quainted myself. Your Excellency addressed me on the 12th, and again on the 14th ult., respecting the seizure made of a Chinese criminal on board a lorcha ' and my replies to th ese letters, of the 21st and 22d respectively, in which the circums'ances of the capture and conviction of the crimi nal were clearly set forth, will, I presume, have received your Excellency's careful attention. It was shown on trial of the prisoner, that the lorcha was built by Soo Aching, &Chinese; a register was pur chased for her of the merchant Block for 1,000 dole., and she assemed the British flag without being entitled to it. (1) She was lying, at the time of the seizure, off the Dutah Folly, and, as has been clearly proved, with no ensign flying; it being, as it appears, an established law with British vessels to haul down t eir ensign when they 'drop anchor, and not to hoist it again until they get under way. Had it been show* on the trial that the flag was bona fide that of a British merchant vas-el, it would have been doubtless oerrect to follow some other course than the one pursued ; but the fact being, that a Chinese had as sinned the flag without, title, what need was there for Mr. Consul Parkes to put himself forward as his advocate 1 Again—the tweive men seized were all taken back by Hen, assistant magistrate ot Nanhae, on the 22d ultimo; but Consul Parkes declined to receive eiteer of them, or a d.;l3atch sent with them from me. The letter uneer acknowle lgment says that had the authorities been ac cessible to the consul the affeir might have been dispo , ed of in a sinle interview. The assistant magistrate, Hen, was gent twice with the men to be surrender el ; it is through him that (f reign) correspondence with me is always transmitted Now, the assistant magistrate is a commieeioned officer of the Chinese empire. Heretofore any foreign bind noes that has had to be transacted by deputy has been trausected by officers similarly deputed, awl the pre-rot was a case of all others requiring common conference, but Consul Parkes had made up his mind net to consent to - what was prep aed. On a eetheequent cretanien I sent 'raining, Prefect of Luyeshoy-foo . , to the foreign fac t ori es , t o con-ider %hat steps s h ou ld be taken, but the consut now ineined on tinething more than the rendition of the men captured oa board the lerciea. There being in ad this no iliac cess bility on the part of Chinese officials, what was there to make an immediate adjustment impracticable ? Yet, on the 3d, 24th, and 25th ultimo, the different forts of the city were occupied or destroyed, and, fry ni the 27th ult, to the sth inst., a cannonade was kept up, by wide , ' numberless dwelling-houses in the new tied ofd city were ()et - mutat:l, with considerable sacrifice of life. I still lerbore, remembering how many years you have been at peace with us ; but the people were now gnashing their teeth with rage at the terrible suffering to which they had been subjected. I - nazine it—that the simple fact being, that a seizure was made by the Chinese Government of Chinese offend ers, , enona it was a duty to seize, it is pretended that tee British ensign was hauled down ; and this is followed up :ey a movement of troops and a cannonade, to the in flictien of terrible suffering on the people. I must beg your Excellency to pass an opinion on such a state of things. To come to the question of admission into the city. On your Excellency's arrival here as minister in 1854 you addressed me on the suoject. I replied in plain terms, that the real truth w.s, tnat the whole city population was opposed to it, and that there was not, on my part, either fiction of statement or design of obstruction. On the last occasion (that it was discussed), the British ple nipotentiary, Mr. Bonham, saw that the trade of every house was (or would be) stopped ; the foreign mercan tile communitiee as well, became alarmed lest the trouble incidental to this question ehould be productive of other troubles. A letter was received from Mr. Bonham, stating that it could be no more discussed, and a notice was issued by him prohibiting foreigners from entering the city, which was put in the papers. If admission into the city was practicable in 1849, Mr. Bonham need neither have written this letter nor issuel this notice. Mr. Bonham having go written, a representation ware made to that effect to his elajesty the Emperor by wysel, then governor of the province, in concert with the late Commissiener Seu. Mr. Benhatn as I have n o d e; coo n , addressed (2) your Excellency's doverument to the same ffect ; and thus it was that there was not a native of a: y nation utetware that there would be no mere di:- cu sion ot thus question. I have understood, too, that some time after this, in 1850, Mr. B am despatched an officer to Tien-tsin, when an earnest inquest that admission into the city might be c 'Needed, and that his Majesty the Emperor did him the honour to signify his pleasure that it should not be c-nceoed. It wi.l be hence apparent that this (e,xelusien) is the result of a feeling participated in by an tanks, of corsiTUOTI sentiment of the whole city population, and not of any pri7ate opii:iori individually eLtertaic'ed by me. Ina le't,r from his Excellency Admiral Seymour, re ceived some days ago, he says that the present proposi tion is in no way connected with those of former years ; that his demand ie si.epty for admission of the foreign representative. The proposition made before was vb. jected to by the etaire population of Canton ; the people effect •d by the present la/ position are the same Cantos w , toh t a n tn) a r t ,pt i h n i,,, e i,t r i e ,t,nh i se s p,opl e ; the city is the same Canton &ty. How, thee, e t:t i ß ' w i ti e t t e , b n e ni th: a e r i' e t i e nn a.n c to o n raiection wheteee; fierce and violent, differing people are very In temper from the it,' do; ftlitS of other provinces ci!y was refused y ou in 1849, a'irnieeion into the. Ca ,, ton of th e present cal Canton, and the people b y the people are the people of Canton of the year 1849; 70, d is this additional diffi cu l ty in mootm, of adsoittitig subjects into th e city ' 11 , 3 t. 1 e question tbat the strong feeling enalint you r. E xae n,amellf• C: w i trynie.n having been aggr ava t e d by neetli,ern,cit,Yi: Your nation has traded at Canton for more than a century, during which it may be said that, between you and ourselves, the Cantonese, there have been relations of friendship, and net of hostility. The late affair of the Lorcha was a trifle--it was no case for deep-seated animosity ; no great offence that could not be forgotten. Yet you have suddenly taken up arms, and for several days you have been firing shell, until yOu have burned dwellings, and destroyed people, in untold numbers. It cannot be, either, told how many old people, infante, and females, have left their homes in afltiction. If your countrymen have not seen this, they have surely heard—have they not—that such is the case! What offence has been committed by the people of Can. ton that such calamity should befal thew ? Again, it has come to our knowledge that you are in listing on official receptions within the city This is doubtless with a view to amicable relations ; but, when your only proceeding is to open a fire upon us which destroys the peothe—supootsing that you were to on tain admission into 'he city—still, Ara sons, biethers, and kindred of the people whom you have burned oat and killed, will be ready to lay cli:,wn fives to be avenged on your country.nen, nor will the authorities be able to prevent them. Toe authoriied are ebb r o accord you admission into the city, but they are notable to assure to such of your countrymen as do ent.-r a perfect immunity from harm. It, then, your country me4 were admitted, could you always have a largo force here for their protec , ion ! A. protecting force cannot remain h-re army grea,t, length ut tiLue, aud, if death and wounds were to be the cond,tion of metering it, what boon would admission into the city he, ,iveo Here you to obtain it! . • There is another point ; although shells have been fly. ing against the city f r . ever& .'ays, burning buildings and destroying lite, no tire has been returned by the troops ; this is friendly and conceding. It is enough to content you ; and 84 you res .rted to hostilities for a small matter, so row---(that i,, having oow taken -Aich amp l e stu,ietacti,o,)-I.r the sake of the people's s, you may suspend them ; and, considering what ha; been e.c:Aeved at the present age of pr. , ceedings, there allow them to termin.te. Why add ale , ther I litheuity to the exi.uing ore, and so cause an inteieup.ion o t ;,tie friendly understanding b,tweeo our cotLitries ? To conclude : it is not well to trusto ne's o vn r&w , t too far, nei her is it right to let a feud so c , mfirin i self that it cannot be ended. There is one point of which you . sight lose • you do not remember that our autho rities are subject to promotion, translation, and sinii.ar changes of office, whicn may remove then front wang tong. In the twinloin of an ye its whole e-ta:. went may be cha i,:ed ; he native trader has beet. here, generation after generation, from father to son, from grandsire to grandsin, for hundreds and ',honsands of years, without interruption of the line. Y u io no , . reject upon the tiiesn , , future—t,ia, to inflict injury on the Canton people is to make enemies of thousa•t. and million , . of men ; that the longer the tend endures the deeper rooted it will he ; that the inere protracted the struggle the more impetuous will be the z•-al for it. It is in your power to go the extreme length of injury that can be inflicted. To resolve on this is truculently to contemplate the extermination of every living being in Canton—is to contemplate the total abandonment of its trade. What in that case would be your gain! And if resolved to go this length, how are you to dispose of the French, the Americans, and other foreign nations This is the unanimous declaration, made with sincerity and earnestness, of the Cantonese. We submit it in the hope that your Excellency will deign to consider it, and we respectfully present our wishes for you: Excellency's peace and prosperity. Representation made by the whole population of Canton. Translated by THOMAS WAD; Chinese Secretary. 11 1 1 1 OF H.B.M. PLENIPOTENTIARY TO THE FOREGOING 'aßss, PURPORTING TO BE FROM THE WHOLE POPU LATION OF THE CITY OF CANTON. Hong Kong, Nov. 10, 1856. His Excellency . Sir John Bowring, It., dm, has re ceived an address purporting to be from the whole popu latioo of Canto:' deprecating a c on ti n u an c e of th e ope rations O f the British naval farces now before that ci! y, and, in particul ar , his Excellency th e ' , to the dem a nd m ade by 14aval Comman‘'er-in-Chi e f for un restricted ihteroourse tie,.ween the naive and foreig,, authorities. The operations in which the Briti , ili navy are engager: have been rendered the obsti,,ac ) mid di,- nourte , y of the Governov.% B 7,, b r Y a l y, h. /I having insulted the Britian fl, —is ex, , cut ject to British contr I and pi:g.,eca:iod: 'z ci W , rB „:i t n il; u „ P '' preuted regret for what was 'tone no; h e ray that the like shall not he done aiiair,. He h° proniistti one c cer . t,:: quently compelled the admiral to peuee et t f rom bas cen " e care cive inea,ure to another ; am',a though every i been taken by hdt Excellency the AdmiLl u t,, t spare lives and property of the people , man yhave suffered much. The responsibilityof their i- ti tt„i„,, rnnat be laid upon the governer-general, and on him alone. As to the almission of foreigners it:to the city, thi,, i t , a treaty right, undisputed at the rest of the portl. The petitioners thetaielvee do not dispute it, for Fay they, "the authorities can concede it." were it other than a treaty right,-no such concession could be made by the authorities. Bnt they add that " the authorities having conceded it, cannot pri;tect thove who avail theinselvesof it against the people." Tnis is to entail on foreigners the necessity of Leeching the p e ople that if interfered wit: - : by any one in the exercise of a right conceded by th governioei.t th,y can protect therwelves. Thv interests of commerce which, according to the petition, are to be so seri-u:ly prejudiced by the enforcement of this claim, must derive their main security from a faithful observ ance of tr. aly provisions. It lc by the vieLtion of these alone that they are in risk of being jeopardised. These inter,to are indeed most important, but they are rot so i dear to t , !e Britisb riat:ori as its h. , nour, nor is a British minister at liberty to give them precedence where the ' (1) Or fraudulently, national honour is involve.l. (2) The words are put air as : to lead the reade r t Petii.ir ,r,i i.47e bee , ! 11 'S ' d or thi s 0 ,. Linn. consul, sinn. 'To suppose that the p refect was to Confer wi th the ''' prtv t Lt • L, r,,, ~,r , ; , „„f am ;,, o r - ~ r- -, .!Ir:l's vis:cti ' 1i , .: had been sent to conifer with the admi ra l, a app.,ra experience sh ows ma y grow to fietions consequences, his from Yeh's letter, of the 31st Oct., to Sir Michael Sty- Excellent-, the Admiral, with the full concurrence of his mour. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING,' JANUARY 30, 1857. suffering to which the people have been subjec:ed without a cause. they Are even more averse to the concession flan they were before. It ,sere hest, then, to adhere to his Excellency Mr. 80-ham's policy. With my long experience of your Excellency' intelligence and justice, I have spared no pains to make my reply both clear and epecific. Let your Excellency give careful attention to it. I therefore reply, availing myself of the occasion to wish your Excellency prosperity and peace. A special communication, addressed to his Excellency Sir J. Bowring. her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c., &c. Hien-Fung 6th year 10th moon, sth day (12th No vember, 1856). Translated by THOMAS WAD; Chinese Secretary. lEEE. IMPERIAL COMMISSIONER, GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF THE TWO KWANG, &C., &C., MAKES COMMUNICATION IN REPLY. On the 16th inst. I received your Excellency's letter of the 14th, and acquainted myself with its contents. In my reply to an earlier letter I showed, by a de tailed and specific statement of the whole case, that the prisoner seized on board the lorcha was a Chinese cri minal. The letter under acknowledgment tells me "the lorcha without doubt lawfully bore the British flag, under a register granted by me." This attests the truth of what was stated in evidence before the officer sent to conduct the examination in the case of the lorcha—viz., that having been built by Soo Aching, a Chinese, a re gister was purchased for her for 1,000 dols., and that she fraudulently assumed the flag of your nation. I have always understood foreign flags to be each one peculiar to a nation—they are never made so little of as even to be lent ; how, then, could a foreign nation do anything so irregular as to sell its flag to Coina! This appears to your Excellency a proceeding in accordance with law; all I can say is, that I am not aware that foreign nations have any such law. As I have said before, therefore, had the flag belonged bona fide to a Briti-h merchant vessel, it would have been proper to follow some other course than the one pursued ; but the fact being that a Chinese had fraudulently assumed the flag, why should Mr. Consul Parkes have put himself forward as his ad vocate ? Simply because he wanted a pretext for making trouble. As to the entry into the city, after a long correspond ence upon this question between the late Commissioner Stu, and the late Plenipotentiary Mr. Bonham, the dis cussion of the matter closed (3) definitively. The letter now under acknowledgment says, " Mr. Bonham never did so close, and never was authorised so to close, it." If he did not so close it, why did Mr. Bonham issue a notice at the factories, which was put in the papers, to the effect that foreigners were not to go into the city ! What is this but proof that he had definitively closed it I His despatch at the same time stated that he had reported it to his Government, and on this I, then go vernor of the province, and the late Commissioner Seu, represented to his Imperial Majesty that the English hsd definitively cosed their negotiations respecting admissions int ) Canton, aril had the honour to re ceive in reply the following decree:— "The pnrp ise of walling cities is to protect tne peo ple ; in the protection of the people lies the security of the stare. When the people ,-f Kwang-tung are unani mously determined against the admission of foreigners into tee city, can an Imperial injunction be laid on them by proclamation se to do, whether they will or not It is not in the power of the Government of China to cries the vishe of Lie people out of deference to those of the men from afar; on the other hand, it behoves foreign na done to study the temper of the people ; to the end that be capital of their merchants may work free from risk, Respect this." It seems pain in my humble opinion that the reason why his Imperial Majesty refused [what was asked] was that he had, on his part, so studied the temper of the Kwang-tung people as to appreciate their aversion to it; and your excellency, to judge from your letter, where it speaks of " the opposition of the gentry, and the tur bulent violence of the people of Canton," it would seem had also sufficiently studied the temper of the Kwang tung people. The people are looked on by the state as its foundation. When the ruler loves his people there is some prospect of their obeying their ruler. Thus, as a general rule, has it ever been. To run counter to the feelings of man is tie disregard what nature teaches is right before Heaven. This has never been the policy of China, and I assume that your excellency's Government no less recognises as paramount the obligation of con forming to what is right before Heaven and due by man. Now, ever since the arrival of Admiral Seymour he has been attacking and demolishing houses, both in city and suburbs. He has also demolished a number of forts. These forte, again, were constructed at the expense of the gentry and the people of Kwang-tung, to pro tect them against pirates. Will they, when they find them one day attacked and destroyed—will they be disposed to desist from hostilities; and yet, when, in addition to all this, the trade of every mercantile house has been stopped by these operations, begun without a cause, your Excellency still says, in speaking of the city question, "I cannot for a moment admit," &c. As to another passage in the letter under acknowledg ment—" were it to be admitted that the unruly spirits of a nation (4) might be permitted to disregard the su preme authority," &c. As the merchants of your Excel lency's nation have come to Canton in the hope of find ing a flourishing trade, so has the mercantile community of " every nation" come in the hope of finding a flourish ing trade. Is it then reasonable, I would ask, to expect that " every nation" will belatisfiad at this stoppage of their trade! As to your proposal in the same letter that we " should meet as becomes," Iv., an interview might of course have been practicable in the first instance, but do the proceedings of Admiral Seymour, mho has commenced hostilities without cause, show any acquaintance with what " becomes ?" (5) He has come t Canton, and at a moment's notice he has destroyed habitations without number, with considerable loss of life. The sufferers are crowding to my court, complaining of their distress, and entreating me to do them justice ; and such at this moment is " the opposition of the gentry and the turbo lent violence of the people," that not only won d yur Excellency have some difficulty in entering the city, but for the time being I myself should have equal tr. -üble in getting out of it. It is the admiral's wanton proceeding that has provoked all this irritation. Let your Excel lency once again well consider it. I therefore reply, availing myself of the occasion to wish your Excellency prosperity, &c. A necessary communication, addressed to Sir J. Bows ring, &c. Hien Funz. 6th year, 10th moon, 20th day (17th No vember, 1856.) Translated by TILOILAS WADE, Chinese Secretary. H. B. M.'s Consulate, Canton, Nov. 18, 1856. Sir, —I have received your Excellency's letter of yes teray. I do not think it necessary to way more than I have al ready said iu reference to the past. But my present obj-ct is to advise your EKoellency that I am still willing and desir:n4 of meeting you in your owu Yaiuun, to discus,, in the spirit of peace and harmony the means of putting a stop to the miseries which the existing state of affairs has brought upon the people, and the still greater miseries which are impending over them. It is the obligation of all governments to receive and protect those ambassadors properly accredited by their sovereigns ; but I wish your Excellency to understand, that while I claim your attention to all the laws of cour tesy, which your nation has the credit of properly appre ciating, I am quite in a position, if you cannot control the people, to protect myself in an official visit to your Excellency, and to punish those who shall dare to inter fere with my purposes of peace and friendship. If you consent to a meeting in the manner I propose, I shall request his Excellency the Naval Commander-in. Chief to suspend hostile operations.—l have, &c., JOHN BOWRING, To his Excellency Yeb, Imperial High Commissioner, &c. TEM, IMPERIAL CoMMISSONER, GOVERAOR•OENERAL OF THE TWO KWANGS, &C., &c., MAKES A COMMUNICATION IN RIPLT. I am in receipt of your Excellency's communication of the 18th instant, and have acquainted myself with its contents. So far as an interview within the city is concerned, I communicated to you in my last reply a copy, respect fully made, of his Majesty the Emperor's decree. Having had the honour to receive this intimation of the Impe rial pleasure (that that which was proposed) was not to be sanctioned, dare I, even were there no other objec tion, act contrary to the %ill of his sacred Majesty ? Mr. Bonham's reason for issuing a notice prohibiting foreigners from entering into the city, was that he rightly understood what policy consisted with safety. Tne native and foreign mercantile community have in consequence traded together without a misunderstanding for many years. Now, the causeless operations of Ad miralNeyinour, by the damage they have inflicted on the people, have excited on the part of the inhabitants of the whole city a feeling of animosity, which is daily increasing. You say in your letter that you are quite able to provide for your own safety; it is, I think, but too probable that so far from having your safety in your own hands, you are in curring mortal danger. Would your Exelleney but fol. low the course of the late Plenipotentiary, Mr. Bonham, You would in so doing be following the policy of safety. Your Excellency during your service [here] as consul, must have seen with pur own eyes thn real coud.ition 1)1 things. • To conclude, I reqw-st your Excellency (inc. more to ponder well on this, that in the inauagerr.ent of all mat ,ers we must a‘.:t as reason teaches is rigru befi 4e Heaven and , lue by man, b , f)re we cart arrive at any satisfactory result. I accorilin4ly reply, availing my,leif of the opportunity to wish that y our Excellency'e pruzperity may daily increase. i A necessary communication, ari,dreß..ied to H. 13 M. FtnipoterHary, Sir John 131wr;-w, Hien-Fung, Bth year, 10c,n raoon, 22d day (Nov. 19, 1856). Tram;!wed by THOS. WADE, Chinese Secretary. Superintendency Trade, Canton Consulate, l'kov. 20, 1856. Sir,—l Gave receiv'Jd your Exoellency's despatch dated yesterday, It has can-ed roe ranch dis a pp o i ntment and distress meaning final cessation, right. Sir J. Bowring's (3) The word used in the Chinese version of Sir J. e i: i . n i d p e thea r e ' d . " EB namely,ii if 's sr o,m l , e n t t ei e nv r Bel. 7 o 7 ...s f ,un A gr r r (4) A nation ; in Chinese, each or every nation, any nation, or different nations. The C omm i ssioner chooses to read it " ever' nation," for the simple purpose of em pl ,ying the argument that our acts are calculated to provoke toe resentment of "every nation." (5) Lit., " Forms and observances. Sir J. Bowring's worl d were, "meeting as becomes the representatives of great monarchs." your Excellency repudiates my words of peace and friendmhip. must now leave to his Excellency the Naval Comman ,!er.in-Clii-f the measures which g painful nece•sity may compel inn to take, and t rur Excellendy wll the re ,ponsibility which belongs to those who , lisregard treaties, and visit upon people the unhappy consequences of their own obstinacy. I shall not fail to advise the court of Peking of the needless miseries your Excellency has brought upon the city and neighbourhood, all of which might easily have been averted.—l have, &c., JOHN BOWRING. To his Excellency Yeb, Imperial High Commissioner, &c. YEH, IMPERIAL COMMISSIONER, GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF THE TWO KWANG, &C., &C., MAKES COMMUNICATION IN REPLY. _ I am in receipt of your Excellency's communication of the 20th inst., in wiiica you state that "my repudia -ion of your w,o-ds of peace and friendship has caused you mob disappointment and distress." In a late reply I communicated to you a copy, re spectfully made, of an Imperial decree, in which his ' Majesty the Emperor—on the representation of myself, the then governor, and Seu, the late commissioner, that negotiations (respecting the City question) had been olosed by the late Plenipotentiary, Mr. Bonham—had signified his pleasure that the request made was not to be sanc tioned. The mercantile communities, native and foreign (I argued), were well satisfied, and the trade between them ever since, a period of some years, had, in conse quence, daily increased in prosperity : and this was a true policy of safety. (These words of mine) were " words of peace and friendship." As I have in several replies explained, minutely and detailedly, his Majesty the Emperor refused his sanction (to the demand made), because he knew the temper of the Canton people so thoroughly as to be aware of their aver sion to it ; the late Pleuipoteotiary, Mr. Bonham, re presented this to his Government, and the British Go vernment, also knowing the temper of the Canton people and their aversion (to the proposed measure), therefore closed negotiations respecting it. It is your Excellency who " repudiates," (6) not I who am " obstinate. In 1850 Mr. Bonham sent an officer to Tien-tsin with a request that he might be admitted into the city, and his Majesty the Emperor signified his pleasure that it should not be sanctioned ; again, in 1854, when your Excel• lency came forward earnestly repeating that request, his Majesty again signified his pleasure that it should not be sanctioned ; and the fact that the request made on these two occasions was on both refused, proves that it is not the case that I, individually, am "repudiating." The city in question is the provincial city of Kwang tuog ; the people are the people of Kwang-tung ; nor can any parallel be drawn between them and those of other provinces. The " unhappy consequences visited on the people" of which your letter speaks, have been brought upon them by the wanton and hasty acts of Admiral Seymour. I have nothing to do with tbem. How can all the re sponsibility of them belong to me ? short, when things are dent* otherwise than is consistent with what is due by man, au offence is cow oia:ed against what is right before heaven. Your Ex celler,cy, coaiii.and (7) of your government, has come to Canton (or Kwang-tung), to exercise general super- TllllOll over all things pertaining to trade. The chief authority being thus in your gr ,sp. why have y. , u allowed Admiral Seymour to carry hostilities to this :ength ? I have myself long since transmitted to Peking an account of all that has happened, and of the present state of things here. I therefore reply to you, availing myself of the occa sion to wish your Excellency increase of prosperity. A necessary communication, addressed to H. B. M. Plenipotentiary Sir John Bowring, &c. Hein-Fang, 6th year, 10th moon, 24th day (21st November, 1856.) Translated by THOMAS Wassz,Chinese Secretary. (6) Who will not accept what is tendered to you, viz., the 'plain truth that admission into Canton has been refused you from first to last, ou account of the temper and unwillingness of the people. (7) This is not properly phrased : "your government" is kwei kwo, honourable nation, but "command," royal commission, being, in effect, intended, should be other wise worded and placed. AUSTRALIA. We have received Melbourne papers to the 31st October, and we regret that on this occasion the prominent topic is not the gold, or the advancing properity of the colony, but an incident which has occurred in H. M.'s 40th Regiment, ample particu lars of which will be found below. The financial position of the colony was never in a more healthy state. The banks were doing a large and steady business. Shares generally were at a premium. The land in cultivation was equal to 143,000 acres, and a bounteous harvest was ex pected. The yield of wheat was 27 bushels per acre, of potatoes 6 tons. The imports of goods were large, but a brisk demand was looked for. A correct census was to be taken in December. On 29th October, 27,543 ounces of gold were entered at the customs for the Heather Bell to London. Sugar was scarce, and in demand. The prices of igold ranged from 735. 3d. to 775. ed., according to its origin, Balaarat taking the lead. Nuggets are reported of 71bs. weight ; 134 ounces, dn. In Tasmania, the Fingal gold fields continued to engage attention, and the quartz was believed to la very rich. Respecting the yield of gold, the Melbourne Herald says, in its summary, that the receipts by escort had manifested a falling off in quantity on the third quarter of the year, as compared with the returns for the corresponding three months of 1856, amounting to 3,561. ounces. This decrease, how. ever, is accounted for by the long continuance of wet weather and the unsettled condition of the mining population, caused by the " rushes," as they are called, to new auriferous districts.. Al though the quarter thus manifested a balance against the colony, as compared with the third quarter of 1855, there was an increase on the year amounting to 421,824 ounces. The export of gold for the first three quarters of the current year has also an advantage over the corresponding portion of 1855 to the extent of 361,309 ounces. Prior to the sailing of the Red Jack -t, the quantity of gold exported during the current year was 2,151,251 ounces. Since that return was compiled the fol lowing shipments have been made :—Per Red Jacket, to Liverpool, 136,000 ozs. ; per Triton, to Batavia, 1,013 ozs ; per steamer, to Sydney, 26 ozs. ; per Montmorency, to Liverpool, 85,723 ozl. ; per John Temperley, to Calcutta, 6,410 ozs. ; per Intercolonial, 45 ow. ; per Argo, to Batavia, 1,229 ozs. ; per steamers, to Sydney, 3,500 ozs. Ship ped during the preceding nine mouths, as alr e ady calculated, 2,151,251 ozs. Total quantity of gold exported during 1856, 2,485,197 ozs. The quantity o f go ld brought into Melbourne by the various escorts between September 26 and October 25 amounted to 188,882 ozs., which, at 80s. per oz., would make the value of its gold receipts for the last month amount to 755,528/. If, notwithstand ing rains and " rushes," the yield had continued so large, there seems little reason to doubt that by the 31st December the outturn would fully make up the average fer the twelve months of one mil lion per month. In a Victoria gold circular we read : " From all accounts we expect to find a consider. able increase in the yield of the Ovens field this season, as great preparations are being made to take advantage of the interval between the periods of the floods ; the tin ore, or the black sand of the diggers, has now risen in value to 451. per ton on that field, and large quantities are obtained by toming ; this branch of industry will soon become of importance." While the yield of gold thus keeps up, the wool trade is declining. The following extract is from the summary of the Rerald : " From an official return recently published it appears that the number of sheep in the colony on the 30th March, 1856, was 4,577,872 as compared with 5,718,180 in 1852, showing a falling off of 759,692 sheep in three years. Our export of wool has also diminished 3,437,4111b5. This is attri butable to two causes—first, a large amount of the wool which used formerly to be shipped at Mel bourne is now forwarded down the Murray into South Australia ; and Guichen lay, a port recently opened in the South Australian territory to the westward of Portland, is beginning- to have an effect on the quantity of wool exported at the latter place. Probably 1,500,0001b5. are thus lost to the list of exportx of this colony annually. In the second place, the prevalence of scab has not only destroyed a large number of sheep, but, combined the with the comparatively high prices of meat, has inclined many stockholders to give more o f th e i r 1n Buritb 72. t e ron osf to u a , c i cattle, latterl i e n l a Bh n sa d 6s . i n w eir e r heaaecticepodrredfsrieonntgut year's accordingly the Bcsl iipn is. 'likely to be larger than that of last, and now that the scab is beginning to subside, our export of wool will soon rival that of 1852. ;STATt OF TBALM. NOTTING HA M, JAN. 29. There is a slight improvement in the lace tr.id-. although the demand fur home c , intumpion continues inactive, ~ niy a few jobbing oroen, being in progr ,, W e h a ve something for the Gtrtnati market, but buyer from the continent are notyet opera.ing freely. Goods for the United States are in course of completion, A good business is do ing in hosiery, and the tra d e is in a very healthy state. St. , cks are being c leared off, and there is fin doubt th a t a ll fresh or d ers w iil b e taken at an.advance. LEICESTER, THURSDAY. We have little alteration to report in the state of th hosiery trade. Material c intinues at an enormous price, and manufacturer , , i n justice to themselves, ought t receive a proportionate rise. Were it not for the high price of material we sh ou ld cer t a i n ly have a better trade. However, as the season advances, bu:sers will be neces sitated to give more money for goods. TIIE MANCHESTER PARTY. NiA.NCHEirER, THIMSDAY NIGHT The annual meeting of Vreetraders and friends of political pro 4 ress was fild at the Free-trade Hall to night. :t.t was a nurnerous,.but not a crowded gathering. Mr. George 112!so - n, presided ; and there were present Mews. Gibson, Heyday , Cheetham, and Hadfield, members of the Legislature. The CHAIR3fAN, in opening the proceedings, passed a high eulogium upon Mr. Bright, and adverted to his long parliamentary services. The following letter from Mr, Bright was read to the meeting : "Rochdale, Nov. 5, 1856. " My dear Wilson, —[ mentioned to y)u a few days ago that I was abut to leave England for a considerable tone, probably for several months. My health, as you know, is greatly improved during the past six months -40 much so as to afford strong reason for the belief that a further period of relaxation, and change of obj,-cts and interest,, will so far restore me as to enable me again to at.end to public business. I have consulted physi cians of extensive prac ice, and eminent in the pr .fession, and their opinion. all concur in this—that a complete rest from public labour, for a longer period, is nPeessary ; ~nd that this, it may be hoped and believed, Will gi is me renewed health and strength. Acting upon this advice., which my own judgment entirely approves, I ,m about to leave home for some months, and I shall, therefore, 1 , all probability, not be able to attend the House of Commons during the next session of parliament. " I think it my duty, under the-e circumstances, to writs to you in your capacity of chairman of the com mittee which undertook the management of my election in 1852. lam very sensible of the kindness shown to me by my constituents, inasmuch as I believe they freely consented to my absence from parliament during the past session. In absenting myself for another session, however, I feel that I am bound to enter into a more public and definite explanation with them. " Incapable, as I am at present, of performing any of the duties of their representative, it would seem to be my duty to resign my seat in parliament, and to give the opportunity of elec - ing my successor. I feel, how ever, that the wishes and convenience of the constituency ought to he consulted before I decide. If we were at the beginning, instead of being, as we are, very near the end of a parliament, the interests of all concerned would probab'y be best promoted by my immediate resigna tion ; but as a general election is likely to take place during the year 1857, it may not be thought desirable to have two elections for Manchester during the same year. This is a point which lam anxious to refer to my friends iu Manchester before I do anything which would make an immediate election unavoidable. "You will greatly oblige n,e, therefore, if you will take such steps as appear to you best, to ascertain the wi-hes of my constituents as to the course I should take. I shall be guided by their decision, either to vacate my seat in Parliament on the opening of the coming session, or to retain it till the dissolution of the Parliament, which may come in the sprint, and is almost certain to come in the autum❑ of 1857. " I hope I am not too sanguine in believing that a few months more of rest—rest of the faculties which have had almost no rest during the past 15 years—will re stere to me the power, as I still have the will, to labour in that field in which so much of my life has been spent. If I am nermitted to recover my former strength before the occurrence of a general election, I shall then hope for a continuance of the confidence which the electors of Manchester have so long placed in me ; if renewed health be ❑ot granted to me, I shall then withdraw from public life, remembering, as long as I live, how much I owe to the kindnes , and firbearance of those in whose name, and on whose behalf, I have acted for nine years past in the House of Commons.—Believe me, very sincerely your, " Jourr BRIGHT." The following resolution was next moored by the Chairman : Resolved—" That this meeting, in expressing its pro found regret at the circumstances which unhappily ne cessitate the absence of its esteemed representative, J. Bright, Esq., M.P., desires to record its unabated con viction of the signal ability and high moral courage, universally acknowledged, with which he bas hitherto represented this great metropolis of industry in Parlia went ; that it hereby begs respectfully to express its admiration of the undeviating consistency and unflinch ing firmness with which he has adhered to those great principles on which he was elected, as well as its warmest gratitude for the eminent services which he has rendered to the nation ; that, while deeply sympathising with him under the serious indisposition which has compelled him to retire, for a season, from public duties, it deri% es the sincerest satisfaction from the prospect that he will be able ere long to re-enter upon them ; and that, while cheerfully conceding to him the interval of repose which may be nece• , sery for the coinplete restoration of his health, it requests him to allow the continuance of his Parliamentary connection with this city, in the earne-t hope that the cause of popular rights, of social progre-s, and of international concord, may soon regain the assistance of his disinterested and distinguished advo• cacy in the House of Commons." Mr. BAZLEY seconded the resolution, and it was car ried unanimously. The Right Hon. T. MILNBR GIBSON, M.P., then ad dressed the meeting. Adverting to the late war, he said that opinions &tiered as to whether the results of that war were glorious or disgraceful to the country ; but we knew with certainty that an increased expenditure and increased taxation were among its consequences. He trusted that we should now return to a peace expendi tura. He objected, on principle, to a large standing array. As there could be no great reduction in the civil expenditure we must look mainly to economy in the army, navy, and ordnance departments to lessen the burthens of the country. He observed, it had been said .hat we must not be unprepared for war, as we were unprepared before ; but he denied that the disasters it) the Crimea had resulted from a want of the necessary means. Those disaster., took place because, although the people of this country could supply immense sum' of money, they would not supply those who had the management of it with brains. (Cheers.) He did not join in the cry now raised against the income tax. The indirect taxes were nearly forty-two millions sterling, levied upon the great mass of consumers, or nine-tenths of the people ; and as these taxes were paid before the articles reached the consumers, ten millions more might, be added as the cost of collection, and as deducted from the profit and interest upon capital employed in trade. de did not deny that there was an injustice is the mode of levying the income tax ; but it was the only means of fairly reaching the fundholder and the land wrier, and it ought not to be wholly abandoned. He moved —" That in the opinion of this meeting the re-eql blishment of peace renders it the imnerative duty of the Government to dirnini,h at once the existing load of taxation, which, by injuriously affecting the industrial interests of the country, is seriously detrimental to the material well-being and social happiness of all classes of the community ; and that while pledging itself to relax none of itsexertions to produce a wise, efficie• , t, ar,d econ,- a-deal expenditure of the national resources, it looks to a just and comprehensive measure of parliamentary reform, as the only adequate means by which the acts of the legislature may be brought into permanent harmony with the convictions and interests of the people." Mr. CHEETHAU, M.P., seconded the motion, which was carried. Mr. HADFIELD, M.P., and several other gentlemen, also addressed the meeting. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Jan. 25, 1857 2 5 ,i,247 0 0 Corresponding week last year GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.,—Traffic return for the week ending Jan, 18, 1857 £21,549 14 8 Corresponding week last year 22,318 4 10 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Jan. 25, 1857 £4,427 0 0 Corresponding week last year 3,981 0 0 Increase in 1857 t 446 0 0 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn fur the week ending Jan. 25, 1857 £21,748 9 0 Corresponding week jut year EDINBURGH, PERTH, AND DUNDEE AND SCOTTISH CEN TRAL RAILWAYS. —Traffic return for the week ending Jan. 25, 1857 £5,406 18 7 Corresponding week last year CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for week ending Jan. 24, 1857 £233 5 1 Corresponding week last year 192 13 9 LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY.—Traffic re turns for the week ending Jan. 24, 1857 £10,978 5 8 INQUIRY INTO TIE MORTALITY ON BOARD THE SHIP DUKE OF PORTLAND.—The frightful mortality of Chinese on board the British ship Duke of Portland has been the Subject of investigation for several days, before the Local Marine Board, Cornhill ; Mr. Duncan Dunbar, chairman. At the close of the examination of the wit nessesj the chairman announced the deci , ion of the board : " That no blame attsehea to the owner and master, or any one connected with the ship. That Capt. Seymour's conduct to the emigrants a ppears . to have be kind and attentive, and that every posable precaution was used by him to deerea , e the mortality. Dr. Ludgate appears also to have *dated himself for the same pur pose. It appears to this board that the mortality wa , greatly aggravated by the great heat and unusual length of the passage ( 150 d a y s ) , caust,cl by the sailing of the ship in an improper season. She sailed full one month later than oho onght to have done, to enahle her to get down it) !he Chinti [ADvsarissmssr.]—The following is ne't the least remark able among the numerous extraordinary cures *lthont medi cine effected by Da Barry's delicious Health-Restoring Re vaieffig Alit/lea Food, of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipation, 14ervdus, Eillicttifi,end Liver Complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility: ---.Alaastricht, Holland, Aug. 7, 1854. —My daughter Virginie had long been consump tive, with diarrhoea and night sweats, and was in July last reduc ed to such a state of prostration and exhaustion, that our medi cal men agreed there was no hope of recovery left, and that she could not survive many days. Upon the recommenda tion of a friend, we tried Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica, which, to the astonishment of all, caused an immediate change for the better in the . symptoms. After the first few meals she felt less miserable, and in six days the diarrhoea and night sweats had left her. She gained strength gradu ally, and in two months time was perfectly well. This excel lent remedy deserves to be more generally known, and I consider I am only discharging a most sacred duty in recommending it to all sufferers.—S. ZEGIIERS. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professors of Chemistry Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey , Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram . Lord Stuart de Decies ; the Dowager Countess of Castle. Stuart; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed, For further particulars re .pect ing this invaluable food our readers are referred to Du Barry's advertisement in another part of this paper. PRICES OF' .9 A From the Official List. rUBLISFIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FR LONDON, TUESDAY, JAN. CANALS. Names of Companies. shtn &Oldh Birmingham Coventry.. • Derby .. • • • GrandJanctn Do., 6 ar.Ct Grand Union Kennt & Avn Leeds &L , v,l, Leicester Leicstr & Ntb Lought.orogb Macclesfield. Neath Oxford.. • • .• E Dividend' d per m Annum. 93 74. p. ct. 40 4/. 00 114. )00 61. 15s. 100 11. pr. ct. 10 6' pr.ct. 100 7s 66 40 63 00 254. 10 5/, 83 1/.5s 443 704 1100 2/. 10s. 100 161 100 Name of Company Berlin .. •• • • r;ast London Do 4 per Cent. Pref. Do. 5 Per Cent. Pref. Grand Junction Do. New .• •• • • Lambeth • • New River Company.. Southwark & Vauxhall West NI iudlesex • • • • .. Do. Do, .. •• • • Name of Company. flungerford.... •• .... Southwark .......... _.. Ditto New of 7% p.c. Waterloo ..... • • • • Ditto Old Ann. of 81. Ditto Nw ditto of 7/. Vauxhall .......... • • GAS-LIGH' Name of Company. British Provincial .. • Brighton • • • • .. •• • • City of London Equital4ie .• •• •• •• • European ...• .•• • • • • Great Central .....• Emperial ........... Ditto New Ditto Debentures Do. 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London . • • •••• • • • St. Katharine •... outhampton • .... •• Victoria •••••• • • •• Ditto New •• •• •• B ! S. Names of Companies. Dividenc) per Annum [PAY EYF., , JN . 3, 1857. Price. Peak Forest. IRegent's . Rochdale zitftrd &Work Stonrbridge. Severn and Wye Rail. Warwick & Birming. Warwick & Napton.. Worcstr & Birming. Wilts & Brk WATBR-WORKS. Dividend per &nnum. Amount of Share. 51. per cnt. per ent 4/. per cent. 5/. per cent. 4 . per cnt 5/. per cnt. 4 per cent BRIDGE! Dividend per Annum. 1 os per cent.) U. 12s. Od. 11. Ss. Od. 288. LT AND CO& Dividend per annum. .E COMP. Amount of Share. 71. per cent 51. per cent. 21. per cent. it. 10s. 51. per cent. Si. per cent 101. per cent. 31. ss. 41. P,s. 41. 10s. 61. per cent. 51. per cent . 5/. 81. per cent. 13s 6d per sh. 6i per cent. 'RANCE CO. Dividend per Annum. :PANIES Amount of Share. £ s. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 .1 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 (I 500 0 0 100 0 1 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 25 0 50 0 0 100 0 1 50 0 r , 2(1 0 1 ‘ 5 0 0 , 10 0 0 6 5 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock, Paid. Z s. d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 25 0 0 all 5 15 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 4 0 0 47 b• 50 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 2 10 0 13 0 0 2 10 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 12 11 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 o 10 0 VI 0 0 0 10 0 5 1 . 6 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 71. per c. 71. 14s. 6d. bs ;I. p.c. & bs. 15s. 0(1. 41. per cent. 71. 10s. 71. 10s. 5/. .5 pr ct.& bs. 1/ 16s. ss. 5% per cent 11. 41. per cent. 6 per cent. 51. per cent 51. per cent. 121. per cent. 148.& 21. bs 5 p et. &bs. 2s & 2s bons st. per cent 4s. per share It. ss. 18s. do bs. 4% per cent 5 , per cent 51. per cent. 6. q per cent 5/ p. et. Si. per coat. 51. per cent 124. per c. p.c &bs p.c.& bs, It I4s. 4/. & bonus. 51. & bonus. 51. & X s. d. 10 0 0 Stock. 100 0 0 61 0 0 1 8 Amount of Share. 4 25 d o' 10() 0 0 30 0 0 !100 0 0 ! 60 0 0 40 0 0 70 10 3 s. d. 20 0 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 00 0 0 23 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Stock 0 0 SO 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 60 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 59 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 TINT-STOCK BANKS. Name of Company. Dividend I Amount per of Annum. :hare. 40/. per cent. 51. per cent. . p. c. & be. 4 , per cent. 51. per cent. 101. per cent. 41. percent. 10/. per cent. per cent. 12% p c. & bs 16 . per cent. 51. per cent. 20'. per tent. 101. per cent. 41. p. ct. 809. 91. per cent. 51. per cent. 10/. per cent. 11. per cent. 10 7 .pc& .bs. DOCKS. Dividend per Annum. 51. pr cent. 61. pr cent. 41. per cent. 51. p;Cent. 4%1. per cnt. 4 per cent. 51. Os per c. LIST OF SCOTTISH. COM . Name of Company. sank of Scotland .... British Linen Company Caledonian Bank ..... City of Glasgow Bank Clydesdale Bank C mmercial Bank • . Eastern Bank .. • • • • Edinb. & Glasgow.... National Bank • • North of Scotland Bank Royal Bank of S coil. .. Union Bank of Scot. • Western Bank • .• •• • • Alliance Fire and We. British Guarantee .. Caledonian Fire Incur City of Glasgow Lite.. Colonial Life ..• •• .• Edinburgh Life Incur. Eng. & Scot, Law Life Life tssoc. of Scotland Nationa. Fire and Life North British Incur... Northern Assurance Co. Scottish Provincial .... Scottish Union Insrnc. Standard Life .. .„ • „ Dividend per I ,nnum. X a. d. 40 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 1 20 0 0 20 0 . 0 50 0 0 100 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 1 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 Amount of Share. X s. d. Stock. stock. Stock. 100 8 0 too e o 25 0 0 Stock. Stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 .PANIES' Paid. .0 P. d. all 50 0 0 all 12 10 0 100 0 0 42 15 0 41 9 0 43 10 0 41 0 0 all 52 0 0 16 0 0 all 10 0 0 all 4 0 0 4 5. d. 18 15 0 10 0 0 6 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 In 0 0 5 0 0 22 10 0 15 0 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Paid. I Price. 4 s. d. Stock. ioo '6 0 0000 5 0 0 Stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 'RILES. Paid. Amoral of Share. 7c. per cent. 81. per cent 81. per cent 51. per cent. 5% /. p cent 71. per cent 61. per cent. 3%1. p cent. 6% per cent. 5/ percent Si. per cent 41. per cent. 7/. per cent. g%/.pr cent. 11. per cent. Ot.per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. percent. 51„lor cent. 61. por cent. 61. per cent. 71. per cont., I X 8. d. t 1 ( Z) C 0 100 : 0 10 0 D 10 0 0 20 0 0 500 0 0 25 0 0 5 0 NI. prcent, 51. per cent too 0 0 0 0 100 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 ne 0 0 25 0 0 so 0 0 iOO 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 10 0 0 200 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 2000 co 0 0 X s. d. 100 0 0 100 0 0 2 10 10 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 (00 0 0 2 10 0 100 0 .1 50 0 60 a o I 11 0 0 2 0 o 10 0 ti 2 0 +I 3 0 0 15 0 .3 5 0 3 0 0 1 4 20 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 u Price. MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. --- - 4 8. 4. £ 8. 0 . - Acadian Charcoal Iron .. 10 0 0 2 0 0 - African Steam Ship .. • • 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Assam lea .. _...... 6'. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Auctien Mart ••- •. - 2%lper cent 50 0 0 - - Australian Aqriculturl - 25 " 19 0 0 23 Australian Trust .... 7%1. pr cent 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Austrartan Royal Mail - 10 o ‘. all _. Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 all - British American Land Si. per cen 50 0 0 40 0 0 - Canada ••••••• - - - ni. per ce, t 100 o o 62 10 0 131 Do. 5 per cent Bond' 5/. pet cent Stock itio 0 0 Ditto, 5 per cent bds 5, .per cent Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6 per cent. .• 6/. per cent Stock 100 0 0 110% Ditto, 6p c. bds 1874 Gt. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6 p c. bds 1876 6/. per eent. Stock 100 0 0 - Crystal Palace . .....a ll 2 0 0 5 - 5 0 0 Ditto Preference.... 71 pr. c en t 50 0 5 all X - Crys. Palace of France - 4 0 0 - City Nuvigation Bonds 3%1. per cent - Electric Telegraph . 6/. per cent S tock. ' OO ali o t' 92 Eng.& Ans. Cop. Smelt.. 5 0 0 all - Eng.&lris. "lag. T. Co. - 50 0 0 - Equitable Reversio-ry 5/per cent 100 0 t. 100 0 0 - 22 10 0 50 0 0 Dittc New ...... . - Gen. it ewers . Invest. 51. p c and 1 / Gen. I. Sc. Col. (Lim.) 1? 2 ( , ) , 0 i o - - , .00 all 0 - Sa ~.• et & t 5 0 0 14 0 - Gen.•=teainNavigatioi• 10 /. P -- - " 4 0 0 all 3,4 London Gen. Omnibus 121. p er cent k Stock Si.er cent. Stoc Hudson's Bay- • • - • • ---.- 2 1 . s s . 100 0 0 -all 6 flttugerford ...• - • •10 0 0 all - - Lon. Ne &Na. Mauro. all all - - London Reversional .-2500 5 0 0 - Nat. Discount Comp • • 51, per cent. cent. 10 0 o 0 Si. per eent - - 98% N M . e s x . w . &. Go S , .. s ,t p m .c. er D ic e t . 6d. 1 0 0 all % Nor. Bri. Australasian al. Pe rm r cent 20 0 0 17 10 0 14% North of Europe, f;••••_.-• , _ 2', 0 .; all - Price's Patent Cand. (.3( 5 0 () all 2% all €7 71. pe_r cent 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 14% pPeeDenlitil&toivONerreiweLnatnal.d.7B.tMse-aMoin-c... 4% l. pr cent 100 0 0 all - Ssovc:ilattthisAlt Diemen Reversionary Int. 41. 2 /. pr cent. 13e 0 5 20 0 0 - Ditto New .• .. •• • 41. p. sham 100 0 0 60 0 0 - Royal gall Steam.. • • us. Invest. 15/. per cent. 1 0 0 all all 1% - Trust an udsAtLraloainancLomanpd 7 7. 1. pe p r i. c c e e n n t t .. 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 _ 108. i 100 0 0 23 10 0 Vic. (Soy. Gper et..i. tls. , 6 per cent. i . - - 106 s Land• • Country Markets IJERB Y SMITHFIELD.—.Tax. 27. There was a short supply of fat beasts to-day, and high prices were obtained and a clearance was easily effected. The number of sheep was unusually small, maintaining last week's prices. A short supply of fat pigs and well sold. Fat calves scarce. The following were the quotations t—Beef, 6d to 61d: mutton, 7d to 8d ; lamb, —d to Od ; veal, 7d tc 81 per lb. ; pigs, Os 6d to 11. Od per score ; rough fat, 5s 6u to Os par 141 b. ; hides, 44d to 64d per lb ; calf-skins, 46d to 6il per lb. X s. d. 100 all A 5. d. EDINBURGH GRAIN.-JAN. 28. Fair supplies of grain to-day. Sal es h eavy f or ever y kind, and prices easier, with the exception of oats. Wheat, on the top, 3s down, and on the average 2s ld down. Barley, 6d down on the top, and is 4d up on the average. Oats on the top is 6J down—on the average Id up. Beans on the top 3s down, and on the average 2d down. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat £1 19 5 0-12th. Do. new -12th. Barley Oats 1 5 3 0-12ths. Beans BOSTON-JAN. 28. We had a good supply of wheat, but the demand was extremely dull, at a decline on the currency of this day week of is to 2s per qr. for the best dry qualities, whilst inferior samples were difficult to quit on lower terms. All kinds of spring corn sold slowly at unaltered prices. Prices :—Wheat, red, 46s Od to 57s Od; new, —s to —s ; white, 56i 0,1 to 59s Od extra, 625. Barley, 38s Od to 47s Od. tYtts 18s to 265. Peas, 36 to 42s Od Beans, 37s Od to 47s Od per qr. NEWARK-JAN. 28. At our Corn Exchange to-day we had a good attendance of farmers, and a liberal supply of grain of alldescriptions. Both wheat and barley met with a heavy sale at is per qr. under last week's rates. Damp samples of wheat could not be turned into money. _ . Wheat, white 63s to 665, red 58s to 60s; barley, malting 4 4 s to 50s, grinding 38s to 425; oats, 24st. 35s to 375, 22st, 303 to 32s ; beans, 48s to 52s ; malt, 78s to 803 ; peas, 405 to 421; tares, --s to —s per qr. LOTitli-JAN. 28. The attendance was small at the corn market to-day, with a dull trade at lower prices. Wheat declined 36 to 4s per qr., and barley and beans each about ls. Wheat, 49s to 536 ; extra, 55s ; barley 446 to 465; oats, 23s to 276 ; beans, 40s to 455. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 29. vrocnis EXOHANGE.—The market continues quiet, at lower prices. Blackburn, 8.12.9.—50uth-Eastern, 221 1 —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 33$— Lancashire and Yorkshire, 9 62 —London and North Western, 1061 —Caledonian, 30k—Midland, 526. MANCHESTER, JAW. 29. 6TOOK. EXOYIA.NGE.—There was a steady market, but only two sales were made. Dovers, 25 5-16 a. LEEDS—JAN. STOOK EXOBANGE.—The market has been flat, the only transactions being North-Westerns, 7i n., 7g, 11-16ths. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 29 STOCK EXCHANGE. This market was doing rather less business to-day, and prices were about the same as yesterday. Great Western, Birmingham Guaranteed, 751 —London and North-Western, 106 1 106)—Birmingham Banking Company, 34 —Birmingham Waterworks, new, 6 3 prem.—Midlands, 82/ 4. SEABORNE MAILS. [When the date for making up a mail falls on a Sunday, the mail remains open until the day following ; except in the case of the India mail, via Southampton, which, on such occasions, is made up the previous evening.] FOR FROM --.----------- Made up at W hence By what When By wha t the Sea- Vessel. expected Vessel. Post-Office. patched. ------ ----- --- Lisbon 7th,l7th, &) South- a. Alham- J a n . 24 Alham- Spain Gibraltar Gibraltar -1 Malta .• • • Egypt .. • • 4th & 20th 4th and Ceylon • • - of the Ripon 20th •t fi o l or otO India .....• month. ampton the "• Mauritius month. (viaCeylon)J China South- Ripon i Feb. 4.. C 0101219 Penang .. • • M the Singapore .• month. ampton rming Austrada(vial Ai j South- &fo the Cape) ampton • Jan. 31 Light Cape of Good Lope .. • • .. Dart- Harbin- rmaiteld Mauritius .. E Feb. 5.. . • mouth ger Jan. 25 Ceylon .... India • • .... Lisbon.. • • ..1 Madeira .... CapedeVerds 1 p Brazil RI Feb. 9 .. South- Medway Feb. 12 AYOII BuenosAes amt on Falkland Is lands Wes, Indies (except Ha vana and Honduras). 2d and 17th ISt and Venezu la - 16th of Grey Town month. , ampton Parana the Atte' New Granada month. Chili Peru California h of Hoed Honduras -- • M Feb. 17 . • South- 16t he t ******** /sass -- . ampton l J month. Mexico .... 1 Feb. 2... • South- Parana Feb. 1 Atra ti Havana •• • . • ampton' Madeira .. Tenerifte .. I F eb. 23 .. i Pl y" ••• • • • •FebF 6 Ethiopi" W C.of Africa mouth • British North America .. 1 Liver- Every Fri.} , Europa Feb. 2 Asia United States pool United States 1 Feb. 3 and British North alternate Liver- Ericsson Feb. 19 Eric America .. Tuesdays. I pool a."'" United States 6ritish North t M Feb. 25 .. 1 South- Herman Feb. 19 AM. America .. ampton C ana da .... 1 E Feb. 24 , „ Liver- Indian Feb. 4 i ST * A 1 pool ricantt e 1... M—Morning. E—Evening. [ADVERTISIMENT.] SIGHT AND HEARING SPECTACLES , POWERFUL TELESCOPES, OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPECTIO GLASSES.—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, 39, Albe marle-street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel (W.) By ker Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and Pe" spective Glasses, to know the distances. These telescope! possess such extraordinary powers that some three and a-1 19 4 1 inches, with an extra eye-piece, dill show distinctly Jupiter moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars. With the slur telescope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. ---111 ,, e Royal Exhibition, 1851. Valuable, uewly-invented, verY accordingly._ powerful waistcoat-pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by wh ich a person can be seen and known 1 miles distant ; they answer every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, tO sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, , ce _ cot sse, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful power. Newly-constru:ted Spectacle Lenses or the greet' est transparent power. The valuable advantage derive& from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons ar e nabled to employ their sight a t th e mos t m i nu t e OCCE• pation—can see with th ese l enses of a muc h l ess magnifrn ing power—and they d o no t requ i re t h e frequent change. to the dangerous e ff ec t s o f furt h er power f u l ass i s tance' Persons can be suit e d a t th e most remo t e par t o f th e world, by sending one o f th e g l asses out o f th e i r s p ec tacles in letter, and stating the distance from the eyes they can read , small newspaper print with it; and those who have' not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deaf' ness. New Discovery. The Organic Vibrator, an ex traordinary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass ant thing of the kind that has been, or probably ever can he , produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not per: eeptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at chttre . h end at public assemblies ; the unpleasant s ensation o f singloil anises in the ears is entirely removed ; a nd it aff ords a ll the street, Piccadilly ©base assistance that possibly , c f n_uld ou b p e oe ft e esitrhe: ir i.—m4,39,RALlseplinativriei BIRT OF • BON. On the 28th last ,at Devouport-street, Hyde-park, th. wife of John Richard Wo od, Esq. On the 28 th inst., at W impole-street, the wife of AMP Atherton Park, Esq. OP A DAUGHTER. On the 28th inst., at Highgate, the wife of Charles fl• f c ece e, Esq., of Lincoln's inn, barrister-at-law. Oa the 28th inst., the wife of William Pearson, Req., of East Bergholt. MARRIED. On the 29th inst., at St. Pancras Church, Edward Vet° Jones, Esq., of Hes , thfield, Norwood, to Adeline, t b ,.. ° S only daughter of William mith, Esq., of Tavist oW square. On the 29th inst., at St. Mark's Church, Hamiltonoi terrace, John Henry, third son of John Barnes, Esq.. Portland-place, and Ch ar l ey W ood H oyse, H er t s , to Anni e Jemima, eldest da ug ht er of Aubrey A. Hoghton, Esq.' ° f Abbe. -road, St. John's wood. DIED. On the 28th inst., at 31, Eastcheap, Mr. Beni 51:eir1 Hornby, aged 58. On the 29th inst.,at G 11 1 Mr. Wm. Aine r ' aged 76. On the 28th inst., at Stratford, Essex, George Ernes Hadden, E sq ., aged 39. D ij og tar On the 27th i nst., a t 25 C omp t on -t errace , Edmond Berry, Esti., aged 33. On the 27th inst., at Mordewhill, LeWishara, Mr. Simpson Jibe. Prockter, aged 57. vq ° orl- On the 26th inst., at 1, Grosvenor-square, the Clara Louis a V annec k , secon d d aug ht er o f the Right 0 Lord 11 un tin gfiel d. On the 26th inst., at Montagu-street, Russell -square' Edward Whitmore, Esq., aged 72. On the 25th inst., at Hanford, William Horace SS. Seyruer. LONDON : Printed and Publi4hcd by MURDO YOUN of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office. 4°. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy , i n the cow, SY of ifiddlesex, Frit.my, January 30, 1857. Price. O 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 5/. Os 17s 7s. Od Paid Paid Paid Price 51i 112 Price. Price, 24 42% 15 3 4 11% 20% 52% 10% Price. 376 20 g Price.