The Sun. — London, England, 1840-10-05 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION: _ vEIILAND MAIL FROM INDIA. .A.TEST NEWS FROM CHINA AND INDIA. By the arrival this morning of the overland mail from India, we are enabled to lay before our readers the subjoined intelligence from Central Asia. The nags from Beyrout and Alexandria will be found Under the head " War in Syria" : As CANTo N , JUNF 5 —The Enalish are lying quietly at 11 "°. The Canton '. market was cleared of teas, and th e -4 lAmeri cans were preparing to leave b y t h e en d o f 1 f 1 .9 e . The exp e di t i on h a d not arrived. The last seen o it was at P olo Sopata on the 13th u l t. L or d J o h n o hurehill, o f her Majesty's ship Druid, died at Macao n the 2d ult., of dysentery. Th e 1 CHINESE EXPEDITION. following sessels, forming part of the expedition, ire sailed for China, Viz.:— 1, . 1 '! 4). Majesty's ship Alligator (28), Kuper. 30 . —Her Majesty'sajesty's ship Wellesley (74), Capt. bearin g the broad pennant of Sir J. J. &or ki Bremer Cornmod o r e of the. Indian squadron. u----- .Her Majesty s ship Rattlesnake (troop- I-1P) '), Brodie. I t a Y Bo .—Her Majesty's ship Cruiser (18), Gifford. Majesty's ship Algerine (10), Mason. Ru ge .-' 30 . - -Hon. Company's steamer Atalanta , M e ,. cm .r.--Transports with troops and stores—Rah rnaad, Defiance, Indian Oak, Edmonstonc, EL rn .`" anY, Blund e ll, Isabella Robertson, Stalkart , 1414j e ' J ohn Adams, Rustomjec Cowasjee , Vic toria, m u sa, and M erma id. C a 43 ' 31 . ---The Hon. Company's steamer Queen, J an rd en . C aptai e n l i i . The Hon. Company's steamer, Madagascar, Ju Dicey, tie 4 . --The transport Futty Salam, with troops. .. u , J un e "-- Her Majesty's ship Conway, 28, Bethune. Wilj e 6 . —The transports Mahomed Shah, William 3, 1 " , and Eli za b et h Ai ns li e , with troops and stores. the : e13 .--Her Majesty's ship Larne, 18, Blake, with June matt. 13- -Her Majesty's schooner Young Hebe , J u :; • 'tad ' 3 . - --The transports Marion, David Malcolm , ju Braemar, with t roo p s . fag 18 . —Her Majesty's ship Melville, 74, with the °1 R ear -Admiral Elliot. 18 . --Her Majesty's ship Blonde, 44. June 18. --Her '1 1 : j est ship Pylades. 18. IV ° SINGAroRE, JUNE 20. t ake advantage of the sailing of the Governor of rn ` r LY for your port to give you a few lines on thestate V A rk etS, &C., here. jureiral Eliot in the Melville, 74, arrived here from th Pe On the 16th inst. ;he was accompanied by .°ll6 e, 44. and Pylades, 16 : they all sailed for s k i 1 , 1 en the 18th. The Blenheim, 74, Pique, 44, 1 14 , 7 'we 18-gu n brigs, are now hourly expected. , We W it e i had no arrivals from China since the ater f o : and the Governor Doherty is the last vessel N r • 3'°O r quarter, excepting the steamer Enterprise. o f luir the last three weeks upwards of 1,400 chests nu have arrived here, about two•thirds of which p 4, be en got rid of amongst the Chinese dealers and s oot . " shipping to China by the Kitty. For the pre bp, the demand is over, but the first vessel for China atlitatlause a stir a ga i n ; p ar ti es are o ff e ring to-day for 10 ta 8°95 for Patna, and $268 to $270 for --arc s eot ta ' he Company has ceased drawing 0n ... C al to rni d privat e bill s are scarce a t 220. Bills on at a arc also getti ng sc a r ce ; th e l a st sales were bin s • 78 ' (1. for n av y, an d 4 s . 9d. f or s i x mon ths' sight su ns , ti ShiPping is consid era bly more plentiful than it dals ago, and we dare say a few vessels r " en to Calcutta in search of homeward freight. tzulis OF CHINESE JUNKS.—Almost immediately tu e appearance in harb o ur of the squadron that has bilst r arriv e d f rom the Cape, a Chinese junk that had got % tier waY on her return homeward was followed and ak wn by her Majesty's frigate Blonde, and taken ssession of by a party stz sent from on board that vessel i a Proceeding which was short after followed the ure of th ree ot h er Chinesely junks (being all y that bt - u er . e .‘ then in th e roa d s ), m uch to the surprise of the '''Pean community of the settlement, and greatly to c onsternition of the Chinese, as well on board the a k s as on shore, r many of the latter being intereste d to Ad miral extent in their cargoes. Yesterday , h owever, 11 - ,,,`?iral Elliot directed the release o f the j unks, and aro now at liberty to proceed on their voyage, at le ast if their apprehensions as to what may befall them ° ,l l t he co a st of China will permit them. According to 7 information we have been able to obtain on the sub there is no doubt that Admiral Elliot was acting e rtiv in pursuance of his orders in taking possession of l .- a . t4 e junks • but, as the Chinese here had some time (r teceived ' something like an assurance from the local wa o vern ment that their junks would not be molested, fi t ''l7.,irkier that, on being made acquainted with the tuhneraelau:i'll:4l Elliot assumed the res p onsibilit y of setting U nder t liberty, iu preference to detaining them sue 4 circumstances. The MADRAS, JULY 28. of the C uo wing statement, which may be dependedon, lo fty „ "ee furni s h e d f ro m India for service in China, rr "e of interest to our readers. It is, it will he smaller than is generally supposed :—. Eur opean troops from the three Presi den 6,666 NT - eles and Ceylon .4 i're soldiers and sailors from ditto 2,175 Ca mp followers from ditto --• 9921 Total Tlf • afro is, with the force from unt to 15 000 England, Calcutta Ne ls state • There ' * preparationsgoing forward, the. the 304r _ a. are ,for rsemewill probably iiett il i, s 4 , l llle ze• W e hope that questi on will be speedily demonstration against __ success of the ex tor,, for, with every wish for the . strikes us a large tur',!tion to Chinn, we confess that ß it ee, Bengal, in case it be 1 4: ,,; e Ought to be in readiness in m Aug. 22. e required in China.—Bombay Courier, as having 14 41 , 1 ' 4 6re of Macao had been denoun i ce s st coast. 11. ggt s eventchests of opium on . t le w i e s fi d , eeeivir, however, enn ctimely c to information, al „-,, -g, d 'L his father 4-1 " a. The Government therefore seize relation of ;V brother and another elderly man, a nted by the q* The latter ' was so inhumanly died within a very iiit:_gistrate of Heang-span, that he Thisd . has roused the rte short time of the consequences. headed by a ; of the relations and neighbours, and, threatening, orlittitiate, they proceeded to the said office, ample satisfac ti: eflieer that if he gave not the most la, their corn- PI n :' th ,eY would immediately proceed to y atilt befor e the throne l'i , 'the Pekin Gazelle.) (1 From r • A new 4g. lict ,AIINA.— IR LATE EMPRESS OF . /Nee s the tue one of the numbers of April, in which vir tue% ef the late Empress, Newk?olu 1, 1 arc held forth in Over fle strongest language of conjugal affection. winning, k i t : i ,.ag with kindness towards all, lovely and all around her, D ot , rid the control over the hearts of ne s and for -1) 'I the of authority, but by gentle he was strongly tn":„ a t ee f• The Emperor confesses that above sterling ' -- . l ect t o 1 1 account of the . fi tl , l . . her, and on her his spouse, Ines was prevailed upon to make _ 4 " the head • harem. Three happy )CATS thus _ pri s ,_, . of his . d the burden of govern tile u, ber in•ercourse lightened the court t 1.4, and the charm she transfused around t c h tl „ eili ated all hearts.however,; were How soon, d her unfor tett:, 44 nes of bliss changed to sadness, an forsaken. /C e Partner feels himself now alone and was espc eaiZ w O S one good quality for which she became a 1 t '' et einent—filial piety. And since she Warn e 'tter4 to the court in this particular her posthumous Hwanghow, tre n w ill henceforth be Heaou tscuen .' r e's Perf , tab lity of Filial Obedience.. t h i c . , 'PI e burial has been celebrated with very great "'dour Tl Mongol Princes have been directed to g o j u • he ha s b inourning, and eventribute bearer, the Korean . with all his suite, ti l , ee.o ordered to wear for a time, Whit e ()Ile d ress. has been sent to 1 ‘1 01 „ 1 of the princes of the blood hi m with , - ; "._Ce, with strong injunctions to treat s f ev- , r , : t Y, and to watch over his conduct. The reason or‘‘ proceeding is not stated. C 1 1 the p ro vince ~ , ts - — ln n th e t C of Honan st the t- "'s a set of men who circulate among to l'e°Pulotis seditious writings, calling upon peoplethe fiht their ,:n4' themselves against Government, and to oto fight mob that BsB They have given assurances soon rise i t , s'x provinces out of the eighteen would are livarrns and assert their rights. Their followers ce to the au thon:;","s, and strong enough to bid defian commit other 0 ' t ". They also rob and plunder, and utr g „ supreme As their d • G o _ • numbers ally grow, the and forwarded _e. vernment has expressed great anxiety, . to nut a r iterated directions to the local Mandarins Pehin stop to the i nsurrection. This is all that the used by ,zet,te report s of this case. The langu!tge -- r, t rouse ati'lt- Court is so earnest, and the exliortati , ms are . the enrrgies in order to suppress this rising . ,s. so seriou4 and u Perm. I the s must be a ck. urgent, t lat case - one. S • deli _lNGAeonn, JULY 4.—The Montezuma only /• e ' r e'l her letters yesterday ; by them we learn that ;i •er !thing in and near Macao was quiet on the 18th 'lull.`j• Patna opium is quoted at 380 Sp. drs• and very Malw a at 480 to 490 Sp. drs. On the East toast the drug was nearly unsaleable from the strict 118;eh ltqu by the Mandarins. Nearly all the cotton Of 39-40 had found its way to Canton, via Macao, and at. :1, • all - ' bes t B b ' and /len, , .1s that could be got for 0111 tly . in ''ll. Teas of good quality were not to be had at last -' P,de,e• ' An American ship, the Akbar, arrived here eas e ls night but has not delivered any letters ; she is full for the London market, and reports three other ilrdae wer e on the way with the same cargoes. The seer is also expected, full of teas, to be transhipped. t he Amelia we got accounts of your former opium sale ' patties are now asking and 83() 300 Sp. drs. f or B enares, rat es; Sp• drs. f or P a t na , b ut no b uyers at these ; ad eed, you r C a l cu tt a p r i ces are altogether too hi gh far this market. The Harlequin h as not yet ar . rived, it appears captain Wallace, o f " the Cowasjec, has had another battle with the war jut.ks, and beat off 20 of them. All the spare tonnage here has been taken up at 51. to carry hone tea. :flay, 10, 1840.—Since writing the aforegoing, the Dido and Harlequin have arrived from Calcutta, bringing some :100 chests of opium for this market, which is rather dull just now. Some shipments of Cot ton arriving from Bombay, had been stored here in readiness for any opportunity that may turn up of get ting it sent to China. At present we are quite igno rant of the plans to be adopted by the Admiral. He Majesty's ship Blenheim, 74, passed on to China from the Cape two days ago, and the Columbine went on from Anjer without touching here. The Pique and Inconstant are still expected. We have no sales or changes in market to quote. SINGAPORE, JULY 14.—" Our latest dates from Manilla are to the 231 May, where Bengal opium was unsaleable at 350 to 360 Sp. drs. per chest. Her Majesty's ship Nimrod, IS, Captain Barlow, arrived here yesterday, from Plymouth, 19th February, and the Cape, 12th May. She spoke the Good Suc cess in the Straits of Sunda, from China, bound for Bombay, all well. The Nimrod waits here a few days in hopes of the I‘ty mail, now daily expected per Mor, and than proceeds to China. Advices from Batavia of 7th instant, mention that the Fairy Queen and John Berry had been lost in the Straits of Lumbock—after getting aground they were plundered by pi.ates. (From the Canton Press of May 30,1840.) BLOCKING UP CANTON RIVER.—WC learn that se veral large junks,loaded with stones, have been anchored at the first bar, with an intention, apparently, of block ing up the passage of the river, in case of need. Quan tities of blocks of granite have also been piled up on both banks of the river, whether intended for the same purpose, or to build new fortifications, is not known. On the 22d of May the Hellas, Captain Jauncey, was becalmed not far from the Brothers, to the north ward of Namo, in company with eight junks and three large pulling boats, to all appearance trading vessels, and no particular notice was taken of them on board until their moving nearer to the Hellas roused the suspicions of the commander, who gave orders to clear for action. Before everything could he got in perfect readiness, the jurks had approached the vessel right astern, and immediately opened a smart fire of mus ketry upon her, which the Hellas could only answer with a similar fire, the calm preventing her from bring ing her guns to bear , besides which she had got en tangled between the fishing stakes, which rendered mo tion without the aid of wind altogether impossible. The fire from the Hellas proved ineffective, the junks being well defended with mattresses and mats, from be hind which their crews fired with great steadiness, taking such good aim that they generall) wounded whoever for a moment exposed himself to their fire. The Chinese, besides, made use of hand-grenades, by means of which the vessel was fired several times, but the flames were fortunately extinguished before they could communicate to the rigging or sails. At length a breeze sprung up, which enabled the Hellas to make use of her guns, and after having done consider able damage to the junks, and killed, it is supposed, a great number of pirates, these after a fight of four hours sheered oft Of a crew of 50 the Hellas had all the Europeans, 15 in number, and 10 lascars, more or less severely woooded, and we are sorry to report that Captain Jauncey was of all most badly wounded, having, besides, several flesh wounds in the legs and other parts of the body, been struck by a ball on the chin, which broke his jawbone, and also received a dan gerous wound in the eye ; the wounds are not, how ever, considered dangerous, and we are happy to hear that he is doing well. From all accounts the officers and crew of the Hellas have behaved most gallantly, and an act of bravery by the First Tindal, a Malay, de serves particular mention, who, when one of the junks had got foul of the Hellas, jumped on board the junk and cleft the head of a fellow whom he saw just taking aim with his matchlock, and then returned unhurt again to the vessel. Had the pirates had cannon it is more than probable that in spite of the most gallant defence the llellas would have been overpowered. PROCLAMATION —Tang, assistant Magistrate of Heang shan Heen, has received a copy of the following edict from *Tang, Governor of Kwang-tung and Kwang-see provinces and E, Lieutenant-Governor of Kwang-tung, provinces ; who have again issued pointed nstructions for the information of all whom they may concern, viz.:— " Whereas opium injures men as one of the poisonous drugs, the Emperor is sadly distressed with the desire to protect the silly people's lives ; and on this account has determined upon stern measures ; but considering the smokers have already contracted deep-seated chronic diseases, he could not bear to punish the foolish fellows with the weighty penalties of the law, without giving them timely notice, therefore the limited time was extended. " The deep benevolence and thick virtues of his Ma jesty are made manifest both in China and elsewhere. Ought not all who have blood and breath to be in fluenced even to tears now so as thoroughly to put away this evil practice ? "It is found on examination that the fixed limited time for the winding up of opium smoking was one year and six months. At the distant provinces the day on which the paper arrived containing the instructions on the subject, became the commencement of the reckon ing. At Kwantung province that paper was received on the 26th day of the sth month of the 9th year (June 16th, 1839.) Time flies like an arrow. Already one year is gone, and again in the twinkling of an eye the limited time will be out. " Again we unitedly issue pointed commands, ad dressing the same to all be l o n g in g to our jurisdiction, both soldiers and people, for their full information. You who desire to protect your lives exert yourselves imme diately to break off longing for this smoke. Do not suspect that the breaking off your longings will easily make you sick, nor by any means fear it that will kill you. Observe those who have made a trial of breaking off their smoke longings, why are they not constantly sick—why not constantly dying ? Moreover, should you die with sickness, this is but the common fate, but to be tortured to death in prison is not. Which is light and which is heavy ? " Being grieved with your stupidity, and not fear ing the labour, we unitedly again and again ma our de known the law. If, as formerly, you retain y errors without understanding until you shall have com pleted the alienation of your lives, once the limited time is out, to ask for your life will be vain. T. et cape death there will be no way. How will you then attain to repentance? Most revcreitdly obey. A special edict. " Touakwang, 20th year, 4th month, 13th day (May 14th, 1840)." Late adviees received from Fokeen leave it beyond doubt that several maritime distracts of Fokeen are in a state of ir.surrection. 'Fang's indiscriminate seizures and his great rapacity have given rise to this revolt. INDIA. ea eon the jr.j rolo t. 0 16 r ot, o ce, tso' )1 1 e ° ales via , I. 95 t he J en d liar ° bra' ice and 4os• a ge, 6 16 frOfil TRIP', SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1840. meanee, we learn that down to the 23d of July the Jain ' placed no faith in the rumours of our disasters then in ; circulation ; this is an opinion which on many grounds is worthy of being received with great confidence. Captain Bean is understood to have received rein forcements at Quetta ; and now probably the same • policy which formerly made passive resistance to be ' considered as the wisest course to be pursued may make active aggression the more eligible system of operations.—Bombay Times, Aug. 22. AUGUST 3.---ASSAM TEA.—Sanguine though we have always been of the success of the cultivation of tea in Assam, and of the rapid progress that after the first three or four years would mark its progress, yet we never expected that it would have advanced with the rapid strides it is now making. In 1838 the pro duce of the plantations was rather more than ninety chests ; last year 127, and now in 1840 we hear that 500 chests will be shipped for England, each containing 80lbs. of tea. ll's, too, will have been effected although it has been a very sickly season in Assam, Mr. Bruce, as well as a great many of the workmen, suffering long and severely from illness. AUGUST 4.—The following paragraph, extracted from the Bengal liurkartt, is of the highest import ance, as showing the dangerous spirit which animates some of the inhabitants of the newly acquired districts. It is fortunate that the plot was discovered so as to be crushed in the bud : " We have been informed, and our information is of a most authentic character, that a deeply laid plot, having for its object the massacre of every British officer in Herat and Candahar, was discovered by Lieutenant Nicholson shortly after his assuming the political charge of the expedition against the Ghilzees. It had been arranged by the conspirators, who, it appears, were a little over confident, that upon receiving the first intelli gence of the success of the Ghilzees against our expe dition, they should commence the work of extermina tion. This may in some measure, perhaps account for the summary proceedings of the Gbilzee political au thorities towards certain captured rebels, which hare already been so severely commented upon by the press. Our information is necessarily somewhat vague and wanting in detail, being derived from a hurried letfer • written from the field, but it is to be relied upon as far as it goes." AUGUST 26.—Advices from Karrack, dated the 14th of August, have been received by the Hugh Lindsay. The garrison was very sickly. Five officers in one di vision were on the invalid list ; two subalterns alone (Lieutenant Woodhouse and Ensign Raikes) were fit for duty ; of the medical officers only one was free from in disposition. In the European Regiment Lieutenant Woodhouse was the only healthy officer. The 16th, which has just been sent up, is only a ccompanied by a single officer from Bombay.—Bombay Times. WAR WITH NEPAUL. JULY 29.—The Bengal papers, of the 15th, due last night, hare not as let reached us. From Calcutta we have received a communication of date 14th, containing the following intelligence from the Nepaul country : " By advises just received, the insurgents in Nepaul having formed into a regular body, amounting to 8,000 men, have taken complete possession of the whole of the Champarun district. The Indigo planters, Euro peans and civilians, fled before them. They have pro ceeded to the capital, and have now closely blockaded the British Resident, Mr. B. 1-1. Hodson, and his es cort. The Rajah positively disclaims any knowledge or connexion with the affair, but we are disposed to doubt his disclaimer. The loss of the Champarun district forcibly recalls to our minds the irnpolicy of the large and hasty reductions in the army which have lately taken place, and, among other valuable elements of that body, the well-trained Champarun battalion.—Bombay Times. another, till at last each had only to ride a little in front of the picket to satisfy himself of the approach of a large body of men ; on they came as quietly as possible till they reached, or nearly reached, the right of the lines, where the horse-artillery stables stand ; there they set up a most fiendish shout, which they kept up till they arrived within grape range from the 6- pounder ; the first rouud missed the main body, but the second did great execution, and I am sure it must have told well, for it completely stopped the and sent the vocalists flying into and behind the Ba zaar for shelter ; some passed through the Bazaa r, but were soon driven back by the 9-pounder and the musketry. yelling, It now became necessary to detach a few men to the top of the Baz tar for the purpose of driving them out ; a few rounds accomplished this, and gave Bean, who stood to the 9-pounders, a few capital shots, which once more drove the cowardly rascals back to shelter ; but they were not allowed to remain there long, for Griffin with a party of Sepoys walked up to the opposite end of the Bazaar from that to which the first party proceeded ; a volley did the business, and drove the Kakurs right in front of my gun (the 6-pounder) ; we gave them a few round s as th ey ma d e o ff, and if we did not kill many, we did our b es t, depend upon it ; this was the finale ; a few straggling shots were fired on us as the enemy retreated, but with no effect ; the first gun was fired about half-past two, or a quarter before three, a.m., and all the Kakurs had fled by dawn. A few were cut up during the retreat by half a dozen Sowars, and had we but had a few good cavalry or Sowars, many wore would have been disposed of ere they could have reached the hills. The accounts of the number of Kakurs who actually came down vary very much ; some say that the main body consisted of 1,000 men, and others that there were only 800 in the larger body, but that there were other parties to the amount of 600 men ready to fall on our rear and flanks, had they had an opportunity of doing so. Our loss was trifling, only two Beloochee gunners, and one of the Ist Regiment of Sepoys wounded. Of the enemy 16 were found shot dead by grape and small shot, six were cut up by the few Sowers who followed -in-pursuit, and three were taken prisoners ; but the number carried off wounded is reported to have been an enormous proportion-100 wounded, 60 of them mor tally, and 40 slightly. There are also 80 missing, and supposed to have died of their wounds, whilst endea vouring to escape through the hills. From the traces of blood visible in all directions, and knowing that it is usual for these savages to carry oil' their wounded, and dead too if possible, I should say that the number of wounded cannot fall far short of what has been re- ported. " The ladies, on whose account we are most anxious, have hitherto behaved most nobly, and when shut up in a close and dirty magazine their coolness and passive courage could not have been surpassed." MONEY MARKET. HURKARU• OFFICE, CALCUTTA, AUG. B.—The fea ture of the money market has not undergone much va riation during the week. Exchange rates have advanced to 9.5. Old. to '28.0V. against shipments, and in this description sales have been pretty fair. The agency rate for remittances to constituents has not improved, the quotations of last week remain current. GOVERNMENT PAPER—The market appears to be well stocked in first hands with transfer paper, but who are not willing to let them off under 12 to 13 rupees per cent. premium. Second and Third per Cents. maintain their value, and are not likely to give way so long as there is an abundant supply of money. Four per Cents. bad, from some cause unknown to us, de clined in the early part of the week ; they stand quoted at three rupees per cent. discount. Bank Shares are without variation. Bengal Shares at 2,300 to 2,:320, and Union at 280 to •290 rupees premium. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Sell. Stock Paper (Trransfer Loan cf 1835- 36, interest payable in England), pre mium Second Five per Cent. (from 1,151 to 15.200, according to numbers), prem. 3 8 to 5 8 Third or Bombay Five per Cent., prem. 5 4 to 5 0 Third or Bombay Four per Cent., disc. 2 8 to 3 0 DANK SHARES. Bengal Bank ( Company'srupees 4,000), preen 2,300 to 2,320 Union Bank ( Con pany's rupees 1,000), prom 2BO to 290 Agra Bank ( Company's rupees 500), preen PRICE OF BULLION, &c. Company's Rupees. Sycec silver ... 104 8 0 to 105 0 0 per 100 sa.wt. Spanish dollars 222 8 0 to 223 0 0 Mexican ditto ... 221 0 0 to 22 2 0 0 S per 100 Doubloons ...... 32 8 0 to 33 0 0 each. Sovereigns BOMBAY, AUG. 22. BILLS oN BENGAL.—Five lacs of bills on the Supreme Government were sold by public auction on the 19th inst. at 3 to 9 annas premium per 100 Com pany's rupees. The exchange is now at par. BILLS ON ENGLAND.—A few bills have been sold during the week at to 2s. 00., at 6 months' sight, and 2s. may be quoted as the present rate, but the supply is not equal to the demand for the remittance by the mail of the 28th inst. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Buy. Sell. Rs. Rs. 125 to 130 Five per Cant. Loan of 1829-30 112 112-8 Four per Cent. Loan of 1832-33 lO4-4 104-8 Four per Cent Loan of 1835 36 Five per Cent. Transfer Loan of 183435, C. rs 1144 115 s. d. s. d. Bills on London at six months' sight 2 01 2 0 THE WAR 1N SYR LATEST NEWS. (From the .illoniteur of Saturday.) TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES. " Marseilles, Oct. 1, Half-paFt Three, P.I. THE CHIEF OF THE MARITIME SERVICE TO THE MI- NISTER OF THE MARINE. .‘ The letters brought by the English packet Eagle have not been delivered, but a Maltese journal an nounces that Beyrout has been reduced to ashes by the English fleet ; that 7,500 men, Turks, Austrians, and English had landed and encamped near that town ; and that, in fine, Ibrahim was within two hours' march of the advanced posts, and was p re p ar i ng to make an attack a s soon as his reinforcements should arrive. Alexandria was blockaded." " Marseilles, Oct. 2, Eleven o'Clock. " THE CONSUL-GENERAL TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE two Austrian steamers arrived, one, I believe, from Cyrus, the other from Constantinople, having on board 800 Turkish soldiers in an excellent state of equipment. They were immediately landed by the boats of the Bri tish ships. The force here is thus gradually increasing, and have the daily advantage of reviews and inspections. In the meantime the arming of the peasantry con tinues with great activity. I have gone from point to point of the coast, and can vouch, for I have seen it, that nothing can exceed the zeal of the moutaineers as they line the beach in thousands, seeking the means of ridding themselves of their cruel oppressors. In a week from this day I venture to predict that the whole coast from Scanderoon to Acre will be in possession of a combined force of Turks and Syrians. With the cer tainty of having such a force in hs rear, and a Rus sian army in his front, Ibrahim Pacha will think twice before he either marches or sends into Asia Minor. Yesterday Soliman Pacha sent off a flag of truce from Beyrout. It was for the purpose of soliciting a sus pension of arms for two days. I don't know the pre cise words of the official answer, but I know the re mark to which it gave rise when delivered—" Not for two hours." Beyrout has not been as yet occupied by our forces, although there would be now no difficulty in entering. It is not regarded in a military point of view as of any value. Ibrahim Pacha is known to be in the immediate neighbourhood, and therefore until more of the people have received arms, and until scarcity of provisions, which he already begins to feel, shall compel him either to greatly reduce his force, or to evacuate this part of the country altogether, it may be es well to teave him the unprofitable possession of " Off Beyrout.—Edinurgh, Hastings, and an Aus trian corvette. " Off the Dog River.—Bellerophon and Revenge. " Gone to Tripoli.—Benbow and Zebra. " Gone to Sidon.—Castor and Pique. " At Betroun, arming mountaineers.—Carysfort. " Off Gibbel.—Dido. " Blockading Acre.—Magicienne. " Blockading Alexandria.—Asia, Implacable, Daphne, and an Austrian corvette. " Sails for Constantinople to-day.—Phcenix. " Illim Pacha commands the Turkish troops, which now amount in all, including marines, artillery, engi neers, and Austrians, to about 7,500 men. Ibrahim Pacha has been to consult with Soliman, but report says he has returned to the neighbourhood of Damascus. " I think nothing of importance will take place for some little time ; we have gained our object in opening a communication with the poor oppressed mountaineers, and the enemy too weak to attempt our position. Pro visions are getting abundant, and our flcet now get fresh beef ; the Dog River supplies the shipping with water, and the camp is supplied by wells on the beach.' iEYPORE. BOMBAY, AUGUST 22. By recent accounts from the Punjab, ;t appears that the following are the subjects of discussion at present between the British and Sikh Government—viz., a free passage through the Punjab for our troops proceeding either to or from Afghanistan ; an adjustment of boun daries between the Sikhs and Shah Sooja, on the side of Peshawar and the Dera Jat ; the presence of the Mahommedan force, which the Sikhs arc required by treaty to maintain in the vicinity of Peshawar, for the service of the Shah ; the punishment of Sultan Mo hamed Khan, for giving an asylum, contrary to his en. gagements, to the Ghilzee fugitives, and when their delivery was demanded allowing them to escape ; and a revisal of the present rate of tolls levied by the Sikh Government for the navigation of the Suticj and Indus. To the first of these demands the Konwar Noa Nehal Sing, who, as our readers are aware, has usurped his father's authority in the Government of the Punjab, is supposed to be decidedly adverse, and to have offered the strongest objections to the passage of any force ex ceeding a single regiment as an escort to occasional cr,n voys of stores and provisions. Tne second object is intricate and difficult of ad justment without moderation on both sides, as the con quests of the Sikhs west of the Indus are not well defined. With regard to the third point, it is not supposed they will offer any serious obstacles. The revisal of the tolls is an important object, both as affects the freedom and success of the navigation of the Indus, and the extension of our commerce to Af ghanistan ; in respect to which we wait to see how the question will be settled before we offer uny further remarks. The troops at Candahar are generally healthy. An order was at one timo given for part of the 4th company of the 2d battalion of artillery to move with two 18-pounders to Ghuznee, but it was afterwards countermanded. CALCUTTA. JULY 30.—1 n our last we alluded to a threatened attack upon Khelat, which we have since learned is but ill prepared for a defence, the whole force ava:labic for that purpose consisting of Lieute nant Lovcday and 30 men. Such carelessness of the safety 'also important a post, the capital of Beloochistan, amounts apparently to infatuation, and if the loss of the place results from it, a very decided change, both of men and measures will he called for in this part of the country. Such a line of proceeding absolutely invites the hostility which it is our object and interest to avert. Since writing the above we have received accounts on which every reliance may be placed by letters of the 3d of August from Ilydrabad, stating that Khelat had positively fallen to the son of Mehrab Khan, and that an European officer (supposed Lieutenant Loveday) was wounded and a prisoner, while Shah Nuwaz was missing, but whether dead, captured, or escaped, was not known. The chief of the insurgents had issued a sum mons to all the chief s of Mekran to join him with their forces to defend the-capital and Candabar.—Bona. be!, Gazette, Aug. 11. Intelligence from Hydrabad comes down to the 10th of August, by which we learn that the circumstances of Khelat were still considered uncertain, but that its cap ture was not believed in. 13y information from S Major Thoresby, we hear, is still busily engaged at tempting to bring the country into some state of order, and, rejecting harsh measures, has endeavoured by per suasion and good treatment to induce the plundering vagabonds of the state to desist from their outrages. We are sorry to learn that this praiseworthy inten tion has not met with success, nor was it to be expected that it would, among so lawless a people. The whole country requires clearing out, for, as fast as one row is stifled another rises up, and the political agent's situation we should think must be any but an enviable one. JULY 25.—8 y the bark Hannah, which arrived on Wednesday last from Bencoolcn, which place she left on the 18th of June, we learn that the Dutch were at war with the Achinese, and had taken the coast as far as Senkel. " The brig Norfolk, Captain Pike, under Dutch co lours, arrived in the roads yesterday morning in great distress, having, as we have been informed, expended all her water and provisions, and lost four of her crew in consequence of the bad weather, fatigue, and priva- tion they had undergone. " The Norfolk has brought the following news :—The Achinese were engaged in a most sanguinary warfare with the Dutch ; many small detachments of their troops had been out off, and, although Senkel had been taken, the Achinese were still making so determined a resistance, that the issue of the contest was very doubt ful. The Dutch naval force consists of two frigates, five armed schooners, one armed steamer, one steam tug, and five transports. " The Malays had adopted a new mode of warfare— they planted barbed wooden staves in the ground during the night, poisoned at the point, and thus greatly im peded the Dutch when they became assailants. In open conflict they closed with great courage, crcese in hand. During the month of May the Dutch were carry ing on a hot war with the Achinese, and the loss of both sides must be very great. The Dutch transport Corsaire took in one trip 300 sick and wounded from Beeroo to Tapanouli. " The Dutch had taken the coast up as far as Senkel, and every thing appeared quiet about the middle of June." AUGUST 15.—The insolence of the Dutch in Straits Colony towards British subjects, which for many years had been the subject of well-deserved complaint, has now become more than ever intolerable. No opportu nity is ever emitted by them of maligning our character as traders, and denouncing our ambition and tyranny as a nation, amongst the inhabitants of those islands around their settlement who, having little intercourse with any other European nation, take their impressions of England from the only quarter from which they can receive them—the hostile, jealous, gnd malignant au thorities of Java ; no occasion is lost sight of where they can annoy our merchantmen or insult our flag with impunity. The Good Success, by which our latest intelligence from China has just been re ceived, had the utmost difficulty on calling at Batavia in receiving the supplies and assistance necessary for her voyage, and was treated with an insolence at once, and neglect under any circumstances, unusual, in a state of amity unprecedented amongst civilized nations towards each other. In these seas it was notorious, that the Governor and leading men of the island bad expressed the most hearty and cordial wishes for the failure of the English expedition against China, and done all they could to encourage Chinese hostility against us, and maintain the delusion prevalent among them, as to the impotence of our fleet and armies. They tremble at the thought of trade being opened up in the Eastern seas, and of their vilely misused mono poly of the commerce of Japan being lost to them. It would be well, with such a force as that which England now has in the Chinese seas, after the more immediate objects of the expedition have been carried through, that such a lesson were read to these gentry as 'would make them mer.d their manners for some time to come in all matters where English affairs are concerned. With Burnvdi, too, we have some accounts to settle, and some matters to clear up. (From the Delhi Gazelle, July 15.) From Quetta we have received the following interest ing letter, which contains an animatedaccount of an attack upon the fort there, in which, as a matter of course, the Bclochees got a sound thrashing. It, however, still shows that our tenure is not so firmly established as we could wish, and that although we have nothing to fear from the enemy, our friends there may yet be harassed. " JUTTEE MIRREE AT QUETTA, JUNE, 27, 1840. —Here we arc all shut up in the Fort of Mirrec o Quetta, and surrounded by about as treachercus and cowardly a set of rascals as can be found from Constan tinople to the wall of China. Since the 21st we have been on the qui vice. The first cause of all this was the assemblage of a considerable body of Cakin, chiefly Panizycs, Laranzyes, and Bozyes, under a Yagee Pa• nizye chief named Guffoor. These had taken up their quarters in a deep and narrow gorge nine or ten miles north-east of our camp ; but their numbers had not in creased sufficiently to warrant in their opinion an attack on even our small force, which consisted of about 230 of the Shab's Ist Infantry and ours Belooch gunners, in all 250 untried men. The night of the 21st was passed in watching by all, the ladies not even excepted, for they, poor creatures, were too much frightened to take rest, at two a.m. all being quiet. The next night came on, and with it positive information from divers quarters of the advance of the Kakurs to the number of 1,000. Pickets were planted all around. with instruc tions to fire on the approach of ar y large body, and then to retire on the magazin e and quarter-guard, which adjoin one another, and, which we made our standing point in the event of our pickets being obliged a* ranged to the height of t wo t fe o e r t e i t t i l re fr . on S t, a t n h d e bags were a treasure was placed within the maga z was placed at the right f ron t a in ng e. le, and lle the P e - 6 7 1) de ~underr at the left front angle, supported by all the available infantry ; unfortu nately there . .vas a bazaar about one hundred yards in frog'„ and several other buildings all around, which would serve to shelter an enemy ; still our position was the best we could find, as all the magazinells there, and we could not possibly remove the ,i store s under three days , ne ither could we divide our small Orce between it and any more eli gible situation. i dusk till midnight nothing more occurred to lead was near, and we were begin rben a Sowar gallopped in and informed us of the move u :in t g ° t s o uP tZl e i I t i f i l e art e b n e} : had repented of their designs, of the Lushliqr ; this man was followed by another, and EGYPT. the battered fortress of Beyrout. The Pique frigate has gone down to Sidon, but we have not as yet bad intelligence from her. No firing has been heard from that direction. It is expected that the Cyclops will follow her to-morrow, and if so, something will very likely be done there. One of the Austrian steamers which arrived this morning brought the new Pacha of this part of Syria. He was saluted by the Turkish and British flag ships &TROUT. SEPT. 20.—0 n the evening of the 22d the Egyptian and Ottoman fleets were illuminated in honour, as the Government gave out, of a victory gained by Ibrahim over the Allies, in which he had made six hundred English prisoners. In addition to the Asia, the Implacable, with the Hazard and Daphne, and an Austrian corvette, were off the port of Alexandria. An Austrian steam-vessel had also just arrived, and was said to have been despatched from Constantinople with orders from the Representa tives of Austria, Russia, and Prussia, for their Consuls in Egypt to leave the country. Col. Hodges. the Bri tish Consul-General, had received no such instructions, although a rigorous blockade of the port was ordered to be put into execution forthwith. BETROUT, SEPT. 20.—Intelligence having reached Admiral Sir Robert Stopford that in addition to the already large garrison of Beyrout, 1,000 of Ibrahim Pacha's cavalry were about to enter it, he resolved at once to make the place untenable for them, and having first withdrawn the English residents on board the British ships, and warned the other European residents who retired to the country on the 9th, some shells were thrown in ; on the 1 1 th, at noon, he despatched a flag of truce on shore to Soliman Pacha, with an order that he should evacuate the town forthwith. An answer was returned that Soliman was not there ; but about four p.m. the Governor returned for answer that he (the Governor) was then otherwise occupied, and had then no time to attend to the Admiral's message. Ac cordingly at about five p.m. a signal was made to open fire upon the town ; whereupon the :Ganges, Bellerophon, Edinburgh, and 13enbow, as well as the Austrian Ad miral's ship, commenced throwing shot and shell, broad side after broadside, for one hour and ten minutes, the Austrian ship throwing Congreve rockets with admir able precision. From this day to the 16th shot and shell were occasionally thrown in, and particularly whenever any troops were seen assembling. On the last-mentioned day the Egyptian troops had all departed for the mountains the firing upon the town ceased, after caus ing considerable injury, and as many as one thousand individuals are reported to have perished by the com bined effects of the fire and the falling of the ruins. Only two shots were returned by the town, without, how ever, causing any damage. " The flags of the American, Danish, Spanish, and Greek Consuls continued flying on the ruins of their respective Consulates on the 20th, not withstanding that these functionaries had withdrawn themselves. The American Consulate had suffered most by the bombardment, and subsequently pillaged of the he valuables and furniture b y the Egyptian troops. stores of the British merchants have likewise been ran sacked. The British Consul was in the British camp with Commodore Napier. His lady, with the lady of the American Consul and Mr. Kilhee, a British mer chant, had proceeded to Cyprus in the United States corvette Cyanne. Messrs. Black, Watson, and Heald, British merchants, are on board the Powerful and the Ganges. On the 19th of September, the Edinburgh and Hastings were the only ships at Bed rout, stationed there to prevent communication with Alexandria by sea. The Princess Charlotte, with the Powerful, Ganges, Thunderer, Wasp, Cyclops, Gorgon, Hydra, Phoenix, the Austrian Admiral Bandiera, in the Medea, with the Guerriere, Halket Bey in a Turkish ship of the line, with an Ottoman frigate, an Egyptian frigate and yacht, with some storeshipa and other small prizes, were at anchor at Djouni, or Anou rate Bay,. about nine miles from Beyrout, as also two. Austrian steamers just arrived with 800 Ottoman troops from Constantinople; and Izzet Mehemet Pacha, the newly appointed Viceroy of Egypt. The Allied troops were all on shore at Djouni, wider the im mediate command of Commodore Napier. whose camp is distinguished by his broad pendant. The standards of Austria and Turkey are flying from their respective camps. Breastworks and entrenchments are formed all round the British lines. The entire force co:l -ists of 6,500 Turks, 1,500 British marines, 250 Aus trian marines, 3,000 mountaineers, besides the British artill.irymen,:sappert and miners, together nearly 12,000 These are posted in three separate fortified lines ; the outer one, nearest the enemy, is composed of 1,500 Tues.s, the centre one 2,600 Turks, and the inner one 3,00) British, Austrians, and Turks, besides the moun tine !rs, of which other 3,000 have been armed at Jo bail and Tripoli by the Castor, Carysfort, and Pique stationed there for that purpose. Ibrahim occupies, with an army of 14,000 troops, the high range of moun tains immediately over the encampment of the allies, from whose outer line skirmishes are frequently observed to take place between Ibrahim's troops and the newly armed Maronites. Ibrahim and Soliman arc said to be on bad terms with each other ; the latter though in Beyrout, within only a few hours' march of the former, yet they do not meet. An intercepted letter from Emir Bechir admits the impossibility of depending upon the army, which no doubt accounts for there having been no attack made upon the pOsition taken up by the Allies. Three hun dred of the Egyptian army have deserted to the Turk sh ships of war. An outpost of eighty, under the com mand of a Polish Major, have come in in a body, and on another day other forty. They represent the Egyp tians as very discontented, from being badly fed, cruelly ill-used, and their pay in arrcar. The savage Albanians are Ibrahim's staunchest men ; but even these would willingly join the Allies upon the same conditions as are allowed by Ibrahim—viz., pillage, plunder, and rapine! On the 18th Soliman Pacha asked for a cessation of hostilities for two da) s, which was refused. Two thousand more of Ibrahim's troops only await favourable opportunities for deserting, and there are as many as from 1 ,000 to 18,000 mountaineers willing to accept arms from the Allies, were it not for Ibrahim's army lying between them. Already from 9,000 to 12,000 have been supplied with arms. The Bellerophon and Revenge are stationed off the Bahr-el-Kelp, or Dog River, between the Admiral's position and Beyrout, with their guns shotted ready to " annihilate the Egyptians" if they show themselves. The ships have all springs out, ready to cover the allied forces, and the steamers keep their fires alight day and night, and their guns shotted. Sir Charles Felix Smith, of the Engineers, was landed from the Pique, but owing to ill-health was obliged to embark again on board the Powerful. On the 20th, being better, he left in the Phoenix, for Constanti nople. The Hydra has been despatched to Tripoli. Operations have been confined to the coast between Sidon and Tripoli, a distance of 35 miles. A cordon of signals extends by British ships from point to point. Buy, COUNCIL. " ALEXANDRIA, SEPT. 17.---Hostilities have corn. menced in Syria. The English and Austrian squadrons after having bombarded Beyrout and several neighbour. ing points, landed on the 11th instant between 6,000 and 8,000 Turks, and twelve pieces of cannon. Ibra him Paella, who was at Beyrout, was preparing to at tack them on the following day. The Lebanon was quiet ; all the French residents had embarked. The national flag continued to float over the house of the French Consul." " Beyrout," says the C o nstitulionnel , " is a town of twelve thousand inhabitants, and of great commerce. The port had in ancient days been much filled up, but it has a commodious quay. Tuscany, at one time, and afterwards France, was in possession of its trade. The exports from France amounted to shout 2,000,000 f. per annum and the imports into France to about 1,000,000 f. Besides this direct commerce, French ships have been engaged in transporting large quanti ties of merchandise for the caravans. The English trade with Beyrout has not been so considerable. Many English merchants have, however, been settled there. The place is about three days caravan march from Damascus." (From the .11,fonitcur of Sunday, received by Extra ordinary Express.) MARSEILLES, OCT. 2. NOON. “ TUE CHIEF OF THE MARITIME SERVICE T O THE MINIS TER OF MARINE. " 'The Dante has arrived from Malta ; it announces Syria confirm the bombardment of that at its departure it left there the ship of war Cam bridge, from England, and about to take her departure for the Levant. Be l t ß L h e f T s ° a E u n t s d (T " ln F 'e r e A r o n e nu ' i Ta li's cNonTdICN EditionEo' of the Scamand • • I " The Captain re writes me, under date of the 25111 from Malta, that at his departure from a Council in Divan had pronounced Constantinople cm pelled to embark with the loss of two )`,l.Leeattt.ers from Mehemet Ali. The Ambassadors of the deposition of England and Austria were present at this Council. " The French fleet were at Naples on the 15th. of the t F he R p O o N s I t.) SYRIA. Private letters state that the troops which landed at received ate by an extraordinary ex correspondent at Beyrout ; We arc enabled toi interesting e b s t e i f e o g r e correspondence, e r s e p a e d e e d r s e e t e h e e , fo vs l . l h o i s e v i - 1 of late events in the scat. of c Y c o . ' l c it : s e :r s y to dilate on the authenticity and I resume my account of proceed tptvnl rregoethsnsiamytpeflrietrimti i c as i n r tm e ° u tf ri rtn i i' s de t pn a rnti circumstance the of our correspondent having important information contained in av,c,beenacru, accuracy at 7 iys uonf in.'s here from the camp of the Turkish, English, and Austrian troops at Zue . (or loamy, as I hear it called). On the 17th a considerable bos'y of Egyptian sol diers were descried on a hill about two miles distant these F, r d rr i sp,,aitct:hiet s 1 : 11 --- . from our extreme outpost. A report was also brought the valley behind the Anti-Lebanon in, that through ranee of mountains about 10,000 Egyptians were ad vancing about direction i 0 2 7 0 0 0 t 0 Tripoli. Upon the hill irregular infantry and a small body of cavalry. They still remain there, with out any apparent addi.tic!n to their numbers. There is very little chance of tneir advancing upon our position, which is now completely fortified. On the 16th it re vwaen ecionegi could from dis e e t r h e e ceived an a ddition of 300 Austrian marines, and OPERATIONS BEFORE BEYROUT. (From a Supplement from the Malta Times.) Extract of a letter from the Princess Charlotte, off Beyrout, 19th Sept.:— . We arrived here on the 11th, and made every preparation for an immediate attack upon the town and forts on the coast. The marines were all landed by the steamers, under the command of Captain Napier, of the Powerful, and then the work began in gallant style, the Princess Charlotte, Edinburgh, Benbow, Ganges, and B e ll er ophon, poured their destructive broadsides into the devoted town of Beyrout, which in the abort time of two hours presented a heap of smoking ruins. The marines, in the mean time, had not been idle, having, assisted by the other ships, soon hoisted the British jack upon the forts on the coast. " Our loss is trifling, considering the number of men engaged. TIC total is six killed and sixteen hwonnave lost ded. Four have since died of the ir wounds. We no officers. Lieut. Adair, R.M., of t he Benbow, and , Lieut. Giffard , of the Cyclops , wounded. The Pro -1 metheus steamer takes five wounded marines to Malta, and three officers , invalids. Th e noise of the gunw s as trem endous, and the falling of the shells truly awful. Ibrahim Paella is about a two hours' march f r om our advanced post waiting for reinforcements: so are we, then off we go to St. Jean D'Acre . The Albanians are deserting fast from the Pacha's army ; the Druses are arming. We are now about ,000 strong on s hore. The number of Egyptians k i l led and wounded exceeds 1,000 men." Princess C harlotte, Pow ,' Off the camp at Joana.— erful, 'l'hunderer, Ganges, Gorgon, Cyclops, Hydra, Wasp, Turkish Admiral and frigate, two Austrian frigates with Admiral. ALEXANDRIA, SEPT. 22.—1 n our letter of yesterday we omitted to notice the latest dates—these are Bom bay, August 28 ; China, no letters to this place; Cal cutta, August 12 ; London, September 3, and perhaps of the 4th, but we have not seen any ; Malta, Sept. 1.5. What information may have come to our Consul- General is studiously concealed. The despatches from Constantinople arc important ; so said the Austrian Consulate. The "agents" of the Great Powers have had a conference together, and were to wait on the Pacha this evening. ' It is rumoured slightly that the blockade is to be tightened, and that too at an early period. The Captain ' of the Oriental talks of danger here, and that he would not have come on from Malta if he had been aware of the real state of things. We do not understand the necessity of bombarding Beyrout—it is a place of strength ; but we can under stand the use of occupying the Nahr el Kilb (lloz, i. c. river) as the mountains approach the shore, and have only a narrow strip, which, held by an enemy, cuts off the communication between Beyrout, and Bipali—in fact, dividing the Paella's forces, as the road through the mountains is circuitous, and not tit for artillery. It would therefore Fe an object for Soliman Pacha to dis lodge the English from this position, supposing it to be true that they have landed there. It is a few miles north of Beyrout. Caiffa again, has the best anchorage on the coast of Syria, and would be the point to secure in investing Acre, and cutting off the communication between Acre and the Southward. The only interruption of existing harmony has been the seizure by the Pacha of specie and bullion, to the value of about 5,000/. sterling, from the boat of the packet schooner Einmetjee, whilst being conveyed on boards the Cyclops steamer, which, how ever, after a great many representations by Colonel Hodges, and frequent threats to strike his flag, has been given up. This seizure was only made because it has long been declared illegal by the laws of Egypt to export any bulhou whatever from any of the Paella's dominions. -- A letter from Alexandria states that the Jews in Damascus had been liberated, and that Sir Moses Montcfiore and party had left for Europe on the 17th instant. TRIAL OF PRINCE LOUIS NAPO LEON AND ACCOMPLICES. TilttitsbaY, OCT. 1. M. Berryer addressed the Court as follows on behalf of the Prince :—Gentlemen, I have not witnessed this trial without having been penetrated with a painful reflection. Is not that country most unfortunate in which so many convulsions take place in the course of so few 3 cars, and create doubts as so all its institutions? How many changes has not a single generation witnessed? A republic, an empire, a restoration, and a constitutional government. Is not such a state of things calculated to lead men to pro fane the majesty of the laws ? In such a nation, and with such a succession of events, is it true that men of the greatest energy and fidelity, and the most invincible in contracted duties, are to be precisely those who are re garded as bad citizens? In such a state of society states men may well feel alarmed, but judges in political process should, before they give satisfaction to power, demand with energy whether it has not authorised by its acts, its ante cedents, and its manifestations, enterprises which it declares criminal. When in 1815 the Ministers sent before judges the men who had escaped from the disasters of Waterloo, I defended those who had remained faithful to the Em peror ; in order to save their lives, I allowed for eents, and circumstances, and treaties. What I did then Ido again now. The prisoner who has done me the ho nour to intrust me with his defence, in seeking me out in the ranks of a party to opposed to his own, has nothing to fear. He shall see that I will not betray his confidence. Although the questions to which I shall advert affect deeply the sources of our political struggles, I will only allude to them judicially. [M. Berryer here went over the facts of the landing, the proclamations, &c., and said :1 —Does l i the chief of this enterprise sta nd before y ou with such a ! character of culpability that it is possible to punish him judicially ? Is this an occasion for applying to a rebellious subject the articles of the penal code ? No. In 1830 the people declared its sovereignty ; it declared that it re sumed its rights and asserted the will of the majority of the citizens. You have recognised this, and thus consecrated it at the head of your fundamental law. The princi ple which now governs you is the principle of 1791, in virtue of which an appeal was made to the nation ; in virtue of which four millions of votes, in 1804, de clared that France demanded hereditary government in the dynasty of Napoleon. This was abolished in 1824 ; but you know what passed in 1815. Gen tlemen, amongst yourselves, bow often have I beard voices raised against the abolition of the principle which conse crated the hereditary power of Napoleon ; but how many of you have I seen descend even to party struggles for the re•establ;shment of the dogma of the sovereignty of the people, which had been destroyed ? Is the restoration of the Emperor, then, a phantom, a dream ? Well, then, the Emperor Napoleon is dead, and all is now dead with him 1 But in saying thin, what do we say ? Did his dynasty, which was founded by the national sovereignty, promise the country to last during the life of only one man? It is thus that you must now attack the guarantees of the power which you defend, in order to repulse that which claims them. The Empire has fallen, but under what circum stances? At the moment of the fall of the political dogma on which the Empire was founded, what did you do in 1830? Yoa revived this dogma, and with it the heredi tary rights of tiie Napoleon family. Is this the subject for judgment? Really one can hardly comprehend that there should be here a person ender accusation ? You have, by cons ecrating the principle, re-established the Empire. This principle had been abti!ished, but you re stored it. Again I say , and I will say it a thousand times, there is no person here liable to judgment. In 1836 you proclaimed the maxim which I now lay down. You recognised then that the Prince did not fall within the common law, that he was not liable to the laws of the country. Why, then, is he brought before you ? Are the times changed ? Arc rights no longer the same ? Arc the laws abolished ? But you will say, perhaps, new disorders, violent revolutions niust be prevented. You have a right to do this. Govern, but do not judos—do not judge the heir to a crown 1 Is there ne I amongst im you who could say to himself on entering ' will be an partial judge—l will weigh all rights. I will put the royalty of the empire and the royalty of July into the balance, and endeavour to judge impartially? Impartial ! You cannot be impartial, for you are the judges of established power, and you cannot cover the acts of the Government with the mantle of justice.—( Profound sensation.) You cannot give a verdict which would be that of the Government. The client for whom I appear is proscribed, and you cannot apply to him the common law, from which you have excluded him. But if you will be judges, be at least human judges of human things, and look at the circum stances connected with the event which has placed these prisoners before you. The present Ministry was formed at a time when great political questions were agitated. This Ministry blamed the timidity of its predecessors ; the na tion was groaning under the sense of the concessions made to Foreign Powers. It accused the Government of the loss of the influence of France in Spain, and of having left that country under the influence of England. What did the Ministry do ? It invoked the memory of him, who carried his sword from the extremity of Portugal to the banks of the Baltic, it has opened the tomb of the hero, it has touched his formidable arms, and has extende Mid its hand to deposit them on his tomb. This is what the - nistry has done. You are now going to judge the Prince without taking into account the feelings which such appeals mu st have revived in his h eart. Be men, G e ntlemen, and judge as men , an d, before y ou judge, remember what hes been done under a Prince, who once asked as a favour to be permitted to fight ag ainst theta orsic an emen, a usurpMinist ( r has Sen sa tion.) Under this Prince, ntle said that Napoleon was the legitimate Sovereign of the country. What ! after having heard these words, this appeal to the great name which he bears, to the glory which lie regards as his inheritance, would you have his heart dead to feeling, and could you expect that this ardent young man would not cry—. 4 I w i ll The Alexander, Captain Duncan A/Pint-re, carry this great name to the frontiers to avenge France, arrived at Milford on Thursday from Tampico, sailed front and carry into neighbouring States the terror of past de_ thence on the 12th of June, bound for Liverpool. She feats." " This name (would he say) is mine; these arms struck on the Saltees the night previous to her arrival at were bequeathed to me by the warrior ; no other th an Milford, and being in a sinking state, was the cause of her myself shall place them on the tomb of the warrior. I putting into that port, instead of proceeding to LiverpooL \ will go, I will head the funeral procession, and I w ill During her passage home, she became short of provisions , say to France will you hear me."—• Great sensation.) but fortunately fell in with, ou the 3d of September, the Be courageous enough to hear the truth. Is th e act w hi c h American ship Washington, of Boston, the Captain of the Government calls upon you to condemn be a crime, whom lowered his own boat, and supplied the Captain stood ha it was the Government whieh inspired it by the prince_ \ and crew of the Alexander with every thing th i e! ples which it has proclaimed, by the acts which it has manner d f C t M‘lntyre and crew speak in t e warmest a __ 0 . ap • glorified. If it be said that succ e ss is th e b as i s of moral of the kindness and attention which was afforded law, listen to me. I will ask you to say, whom you we providence, it • know, whether, it he had triumphed, - well, then, you would have de- : this i me h r a c t i Had it not been for nied his rights, and refused to assoc thoseu on board of the Alexander would have Judgese yourselves with his by the master interposition \ likes y power ?—( Profound sensation.)perished. At a time when their eufferiugs was most and legislators,osNiVtiasonbiongf ton. is I felt for the want of water, they were enabled to you respect the laws ; do you see there ? Death i death t lpe f n or the code, and what 1 severely 120 gallons of rain water, during a night of *mem• the offence before catch o your tribunal? Death ! oh, no, you will • ' swat rain. • not pronounce that I ---- verdict, you cannot. You VIENNA, SEPT. 25.—1 t is generally believe& cannot at the same time attach 1 the name of Napoleon to a gloriousl ' here that the news brought to Trieste of Mehemet Ali's scaffold. You will, then, pronou tomb and el upon rd.e t t le i , submission was purposely spread by himself, and that in political reasons will engro:is the mind of opfolithiLainvie ' rind ' order to obtain a quicker and better sale for his cotton, decide his conduct. That would n be indulgence.t'gf' You ! &,-, i n which it is said he has partly succeeded. Nobody can pronounce another not . • on- i here .doubts that France will soon come to an punishment—perpetualunder canimprison- 1 meat, for in tending respecting the Oriental stance. A punishment of infamy—(o I f. question, as it is well tion)—a senten ce of infamy upon t a le na me of Napoleon. known that the Austrian Cabinet earnestly desires it -( Sensation.) Oh, no, 3r-ocannot. You will not for- I The only difficulty may perhaps be the embarrassments 112 get that y 0 u a re m en ! and you will remember that Franco, 'which M. Thiess finds himself with respect to his own which has it s e y es upon sou - , desires, above all things, re- , country, which may perhaps compel him against his will sPeet for his feelings. . - You pronounce an infamous pu- tc diversions, which may be attended with bad muse nis =ant aga i nst t he ne phew of tie man to whom we quences, especially in reference to the existing alarms in everything ! You turn against the family of your bcnefac • • the Papal dominions, SITTING OF OCTOBER .2.—(Fifth Day.) The sitting commenced at 12 o'clock. M. Lignier addressed the Court for Ornano, Gal vani, D'Almhert, Orsi, and Bure. His defence turned chiefly on the declared ignorance of his clients of the projects of Prince Louis, and on no particular acts having been proved against them. M. Ducluzeau defended Forestier. He stated that this prisoner was ignorant of the project of Prince Louis, and that he had gone to London on commer cial business. The defence of all the prisoners having ❑ow been made, The Procurcur-General commenced his reply. He observed that all the facts upon which the prosecution had been founded were admitted by the accused, and therefore his task was accomplished. He concluded as follows, addressing Prince Louis :—" You have invoked the political law ; this law was resorted to on the occasion of the first attempt in 1836, but now, as an indulgence, the common law has been united with the political law. You have not been treated with the severity which your perti nacious obstinacy deserved. In the first instance you received the same treatment as the Duchess de Berry ; and if you have now met with great rigour, it is because it has become imperative to put a stop to your mad enterprises, which compromise the tranquil lity of France. This, however, is not saying that your imprudent attempts can have any influence on the des tiny of France. No! this you arc fully convinced of ; but your temerity is not worth the life of a man, and your hand has shed French blood. 'You came into France with the intent of committing a crime. 'You shall be judged like all such culprits, and shall receive the same punishment as all who are found guilty." Prince Louis now rose and said—" Gentlemen, the Procureur-General has just pronounced a very eloquent speech, but it was useless. In requesting M. Berryer :o explain my views, I wished to perform an act of justice towards my birth, my family, and my country. He has fulfilled my expectation admirably ; but now that my own fate only would be the object of his reply, I entreat him not to offer any, for I do not wish any exception to be made in my favour. I wish to partake the lot of the brave men who would not abandon me in the hour of danger." M. Berryer—The noble sentiments which Prince Louis has just expressed enhance the honour which he did me in choosing me for his counsel, and I am the more happy at having employed in his defence all the zeal, all the candour, and all the energy of my convic tions. I will obey him. What, in fact, could I say to the Procureur-General ? I must have discussed an other cause, and replied, as it were, to my own accu sation. I shall be silent. For such a discussion an other arena is open to me. The Procureur•General now made his requisitory as to the prisoners. With respect to Desjardins, he said, he referred entirely to the prudence of the Court. As to all the other prisoners, be demanded that they should be declared guilty of rebellion, and punished according to articles 87, 88, 89, and 91 of the Penal Code,* leaving it, however, to the Court in its wisdom to modify the punishment, if it should think proper to do so. The President, having called upon all the prisoners, and also upon their counsel, to say if they had anything to add, and no reply being made, announced that the sitting was closed, that the Court were going to retire to deliberate on their verdict, and that it would be de clared at an early sitting. The Court rose at a quarter past four, and adjourned to next day. Article 87 imports that any attempt or plot, the ob ject of which shall be either to destroy or change the Go vernment or the order of succession to the throne, or to excite the citizens or the inhabitants to arm themselves against the Royal authority, shall be punished -with death. Article 88 defines that to be an attempt when any act is committed or commenced in execution of the above crimes, although not consummated. Article 89 defines that to be a plot as soon as a resolu tion to act is agreed upon between two conspirators, alti;.ough no attempt may be made. Article 91 imports any attempt or plot, either to excite civil war by arming or inviting any citizens or inhabitants to arm thertwelves against each other, or to carry devasta \tion, massacre, or pillage into one or more commu nes, shall be punished with death. EVENING EDITION. tor for benefits which he conferred upon you! Marshals, Dukes, Barons, who made you what you are ? You pill say, your exploits, your services ! Be it so ; but it is to the magnificence of the empire, and to its liberality alone,. that you owe, nearly all of you, the right of sitting in this assembly.—{Great agitation.) Gentlemen, you have to pronounce on a question which is purely political ; you arc not judges, you are politicians. You will then send the cccused again into exile; exile" is the position which the law has created for him. Let the law he executed, and his exile recommence. Any other condemnation would be immoral in presence of the obligations which are im posed upon you, and, above all, with the reminiscences of your own lives. The speech of M. Berryer appeared to have produced a profound impression upon the Peers. General Montholon now rose, and read from a paper, which he held in his hand ; but the agitation among the Peers was so great that they did not hear him. General Montholon then delivered over to M. de Ia Chauvin . 6?, the assistant registrar, a copy of the speech he had delivered, and which was read as follows : Messieurs les Pairs—Being at London on family affairs, I saw Prince Napoleon. He spoke to me of his hopes of being able, by 'means of a national congress, to restore Franc , to the concord which she had owed to the genius of his uncle. While I listened to him, I found my sel fin the presence of a living recollection of the medita tions of St. Helena. The Prince did not make me the confident of his plans for his enterprise at Boulogne ; it was not until I was in the packet that his confidence was entire. Gentlemen, I received at St. Helena the last sigh of the Emperor. This is enough for me to say. That hich I have done, many of you, I take delight in belicv irg wcu'd have done, had you been in my place." M. Berryer—The defence of General Montholon will be confined to these few words : could he desert, on the shore of France, the nephew of the man whose eyes be closed at Saint Helena? Now comes the question. Is it true, is it possible, that the General was ignorant of the intentions of the Prince ? General Montholon affirms it ; the Prince declared the same thing the moment after he was arrested. In the absence of all proof to the contrary you are bound to believe them. I now deposit in the hands of the President letters written from London to Paris, several months before the attempt, in which nothing is mentioned but the project of going into Belgium. The President announced that the Advocate who aas to be heard after M. Berryer desired that he might have time till the next day ; and he therefore wished to know whether the advocate of Mesonan was ready ? M. Berryer replied, that the advocate for the prisoners wished to confer with M. F. Barrot, who was absent, on the general system of the defence. The President—Well, then, the sitting is adjourned till to-morrow. The Assembly separated at half-past four, in a state of great agitation. M. Barillon pleaded in defence of Lombard, Con ncau, Persigny, and Bouffet-Montauban. He com menced by complaining that it had been endeavoured to turn the attempt at Boulogne into ridicule, while he considered it as worthy of being called honourable. The President interrupted the Advocate, and in sisted that the term honourable could never be applied to such an affair. M. Barillon replied, that every affair in which a Frenchman was engaged, however adventurous it might be, was honourable, because there was honour in courage. He then combated the charges against his clients, founding his defence of them on their igno rance of the Prince's intentions uatil they arrived on the coast of France, when their honour would not al low them to refuse to aid the projects of the Prince. M. Nogent Saint-Laurent spoke with much force in defence of Colonel Laborde. M. Favre, in pleading for Lieutenant Aladenize, com menced by acknowledging that he found the task he had undertaken painful and difficult. His client, being an officer in the army, had, he said, given his sword to support the Prince in an appeal to the people, and thereby had subjected himself to an impeachment of treason—a most horrible accusation for one who had already shed his blood for his country, whose life had hitherto been without spot, pure and irreproachable, and he might almost say glorious. Aladenize, the Learned Counsel urged, had been drawn on by the powerful, the irresistible fascination of politics. "He is only enter ing into life," continued M. Favre, " and yet would willingly embrace a glorious death ; but to meet it covered with ignominy filled him with horror. Seek, then, for some circumstance which excuses or extenu ates his fault ; weigh all the facts ; view the whole of the prior life of this young man, and then, Gentlemen. I am confident you cannot condemn him to death." The Court adjourned at six till the next day. t,ef. St. ber nea the ist°' tb° 11 j e r ewe 71 111 rig' lis; Wu