The Sun. — London, England, 1840-03-13 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. MAIL FROM INDIA. By the overland mail front India, tia Mar seilles and Paris, we have received a mass of highly important iaelligence from Bombay, Cal cutta, Lahore, and China, copious extracts from which will be found below. The news frcim Bom bay is to the 31st of January inclusive, and from China to the 15th of December—being seven days later than the arrivals reported in the Second Edi tion of The Sun of Wednesday evening. Although the Bombay and Calcutta Papers do not officially announce the British Government's declaration of war against China, not the slight est doubts were entertained upon the subject. A reference to our extracts from these Journals will satisfy our readers that the preparations for an hostile expedition were on a scale commensurate with the greatness of the occasion, and that the greatest expedition was employed by Lord Auck land and the Anglo-Indian authorities. On th e 26 t h o f N ovem b er t h e Imperial Com missioner Lin published an edict, to which we have given inse r ti on , a b o li s hi ng f or ever t h e tra d e w i t h Engla n d. It was rumoured that Lin was driven to adopt this measure by the Emperor having deprived him of two steps of his rank for not having settled the differences with the English, either by admitting them to trade, or shutting them out for ever from the t blessings of the central kingdom." The Emperor likewise associated with Lin in the High Commis sionership, his Majesty's uncle, a Mandarin of the highest rank, who had arrived in - Canton on the 14th of December. The account from Lahore, descriptive of the re ception of Lord Keane and the army by the Ma harajah of the Indus, will be read with lively sa tisfaction. We hare not space to-day for any comment upon the highly important news which we now subjoin. WAn WITH CHINA. (From the Calcutta Courier, Jan. 18.) The doubt is at length removed as to the proceedings Int ended to be adopted towards China. They are those of active aggressive warfare. It does not yet appear whe ther the Br►tish and Indian Governments unite in this con- test, or whether the litteti; "--- mt;lel;7lc)furnisiitiocl;s, - fOr whose services it is to be remunerated. We consider the first to be probably the truth, and we have the satisfaction of knowing that, though warfare in any form, even on just grounds, is to be lamented, yet that we have the moral force of opinion on our sire. In error throughout, the Chinese have compelled us to enter upon a vindicatory war, and it is gratifying to feel that we need no other justifica tion than that which is amply furnished by the Chinese themselves, by the imprisonments and insults to which they have subjected, not only British private individuals, but the British public Representative ; and nearly the same justifications are available for the Indian Government, ii they also enter into the war openly and avowedly as parties. It matters nothing; 1•1 ethcr the merchants were engaged in illicit traffic with the Emperor's subjects, and contrary to his edicts ; it matters not even if those merchants acted indiscreetly, contumaciously, or even violently in sustaining their defiance of the national laws ; it matters nothing though the English representative acted erroneously—let all this be granted--and still it is no justification for that indiscriminate insult, oppression, imprisonment, murder, and actual warfare, which brought injury and ruin alike upon the innocent and guilty, and in perpetrating which, every usage ,f law and customs. which regulates the inter course between nations. has been set at defiance. It will be necessary only to touch slightly upon some of the most prominent of the Chinese insults and tyrannical acts during the past )ear, to place this in its just position. That the Chinese authorities had a justification in for bidding the importicg of opium. and of banishing any fo reigner who defied the edict, admits, we think, of no doubt; the right to visit with death any native transgressor must similarly be admitted ; but this does not justify the insult ing course adopted by the Chinese authorities of executing the offenders in front of the British factory, and that too in despite of remonstrances from our merchants. In the course of last February this insult was repeated more than once, and it was not until after such repetition that the merchants requested the British flag might be struck until Captain Elliott could be referred to. Then followed the second total disregard for all the usages of nations ; for Chinese troops invested the factory, and refused to allow food or even water to be admitted to its inhabitants. Captain Elliot proposed to proceed to their rescue, but he was told by the Chinese authorities that if he dared to fire a gun they would hang every European within their power. We need not recount more to justify an appeal to the ultima ratio, yet outrages still more insulting, and sum moning us to a retributive and vindicatory warfare, remain to be told. The principal Hong merchants were brought fettered to the factory, and announced as doomed to in. stant execution by the Chinese Government, if the whole of the opium at Lintin was not delivered up. This was the fifth act of barbaric oppression and insult. The opium was delivered up, and then, that there might be no doubt that such outrages were sanctioned by the Court of China, the Emperor expressed himself highly pleased with Commis sioner Lin's proceedings, and promoted him to the go vernment of two provinces. This occurred in May, and immediately was followed by the departure of Captain Elliott and all British subjects from the fac tory. In July, Commissioner Lin gave him the op tion of returning to Canton, or of departing al together ; and after the treatment they had received, it is no wonder that they did not accept the first branc,l/4.0f the alternative. It is well for them that they did not, for soon after, a Chinese being killed, as it was said, in: , scuffle with some English sailors, the author. ities made extreeirdinary efforts to get hold of a British subject, and if they had succeeded, would doubtless have hung him, in strict accordance with the lex talionis. Not being able to effect their purpose, all British sub jects were ordered, in August, to quit Macao; and a suf. ficient demonstration of the intention of the native author ities is, that Mr. Moss, who left that town, in the Black Joke schooner, was surprised by the crews of three Man.. darin beats, and mutilated, with attendant circumstances of cruelty, which are too fresh upon our memories to require recapitulation. Since then, we know, the Chinese have been concentrating their fleet of war junks, and the result of their first aitempti n open war was defeated by the guns of the Volage and Hyacinth Such is a plain narrative of facts; and we sincerely say that when we commenced writing we did not consider that the justification fur hurling retribution upon China, though Strome, was so complete and satisfactory. It seems to us to afford ' subject for regret that we have not proceeded to offensive operations before, but now that the vials of British wrath will be poured upon this ignorant, insolent People, we hope that all inclination for future misunder standing may he prevented by mak,ng them feel fully that the Lion has not before put forth upon them his strength because he pitied, not because he feared. The wnole period of our commercial intercourse with China has been characterized by the adoption of yielding and soothing measures ; but the time has come upon us when to forbear longer would be to be uselessly, or rather injuriously pusillanimous. The British bayonet must now make a treats of commerce that shall take away any possibility of future " mistake ;" the merchant must be enabled to trade in guaranteed security without liability to authorized insult, or commissioned oppression ; and British officers must be saved from the tyranny which compelled Sir Henry Middleton to escape concealed in a water cask, and which harrassed to the death Lord Napier. This must and will be done, but though it will be effected by the British bayonet, and by the side of B, itish cannon, vte think that their mere shadow will have the desired effect ; we cannot think that even Chinese folly will bring Chinese junks and militia to contend with our war ships and soldiers. Our private letters from China published Yesterday intimated that Chinese firmness was yielding ; and that Lin was feeling that Court patronage is deceptive even in the " Celestial Empire." (From the Bombay Gazette of January 29.) The news regarding China, or at least what is to be dcine by us in that quarter in consequence of recent events, is of the highest importance, and will be read with deep interest by all parties interested in the prosperity of Indian commerce. The reports in Caleutta and elsewhere about the intentions of the Governor-General have, by the last intelligence from Calcutta, been confirmed, and we will direct our arms in another just and honourable cause to wards the formation of a new empire upon a basis of jus tice, and for the satisfaction of a national insult, which can only be wiped out by a summary and decisive retalia• Lion. It has been determined by the Governor-General that a large amount of tonnage shall be immediately taken up for the conveyance of troops to China, and that in ad dition to the land forces about to be transported to the celestial empire, the co-operation of all the vessels of war in the Eastern seas shall be given towards the reduction of the pride of the Chinese. These vessels are, according to the Courier of yesterday morning, as follow : The Volage 2B Guns The Hyacinth lB ditto The Cruiser The Wellesley The Conway Toe Alligator 2B ditto The Childers lB ditto The Larne The Algerine and the Druid. 44 guns, Lord Churchill, is under orders to proceed to China direct after laneieg Captain Hobson, the Governor of New Zealand, at his destination. This is rather a respectable force, and one perfectly well Qualified, with the assistance of the seven other vessels ex pected from England, to put a quietus upon the excessively annoying interference of the Chinese. This is a step teken in proper time, and of course, Ile the campaign i n Affghanistan, it will be attended with similarly fortunwe consequences. We have nothing to fear from the Chinese, and it were a dark stun upon British valour and diplomacy that E o bullying and cowardly an enemy should be ' allowed the advantages of non-interference which h tee not been accorded to another foe of acknowledged bravery, and up till the time when we brought ours to the test of experiment strongly fortified in the affections of his subjects. We have long enough borne the brunt of insult fr om t h e Chi nese authorities; and it is now de stined after a long period of suffering on our part, that there shall be a bloody termination of the conflict. Let the Chinese remember, or rather reflect, that 20 ships of war and seven gallant regiments are hardly to be trifled ..with, and grant c o n cess i ons in time, or China may ere Yong become as much a British province as India is at pre sent. Only imagine the brother to the Sun and Moon a pensioner on our Government for half a million a year, with a British Ministry to manage his affairs I Where would then be the vaunting commissions entrwted to Lin, and where the prohibitiorts to British comme rce at the port .....—__ of Canton ? Verily they should Le entirely done away with, and we should have in return by the arrivals from Canton, Nankin, and Pekin, announced to us in the teem ing journals of those cities, accounts of visits paid by the Governor-General of China to his Highness the Emperor, of sumptuous entertainments given in return, and in short of visits and cauntervisits, all to the tune of " Money in both pockets," and " De'il take the hindmost" in all mat ters of expense and ostentation. We are happy that matters in regard to China have taken this cheering turn, and hope all will turn out for the best. Our cause is good, and it appears it will be well supported by Government ; and from recent events we happen to know enough of the gal:antry of both our !ol die's and our seamen to be satisfied that they will in a case of eme, gen c y d o th e i r d ut y t o t h e i r Q ueen an d to their country. The island of Sap a ta, a b ou t t o be taken posses. sion ot by our troops, is situated about 100 miles from the coast of Cochin China, and although not so near the scene of hostilities as we could have wished, is yet admirably adapted for most of the purposes of a maritime depot, from which troops can be conveyed according to the exigencies of the occasion to any point where their services may be required. It will, of course, be only a starting post from which we shall enter a more enlarged sphere of conquest ; and when our ships of war, as well as the vessels conveying the regiments from Calcutta, appear in the China Seas, for the protection of our trade and the vindication of our honour, wo be to the devoted cities of the coast—wo be to the degraded Commissioner Lin, and direful destruc tion to the Celestial Empire, which will stzake with the re port of our cannon to its very centre I A war of defence has ever been, where Britain has been concerned, a war of con quest. The former was the foundation upon which the super structure of our Indian empire has been reared, and it will be the groundwork of our ascendancy in a new quarter of the globe. We have no fear of what may be the result of this impending contest ; the British standard is never un furled but in the cause of justice, and the British soldier never unsheathes his sword but at the call of honour. The command of the naval force will of course devolve upon Captain Sir J. J. Bremen Gordon, K. C. 8., of her Majesty's ship Alligator, which has just arrived in the Madras Roads from Sydney. This gallant officer will have the merit of following up upon an extensive scale the noble achievement of the Volage and Hyacinth, which has already given our arrogant enemy a sharp foretaste of what may be expected from a serious attack of a respectable naval force. The shipping taken up for the conveyance of troops from Calcutta, if properly armed, as it undoubtedly will be, will act as a formidable auxiliary to the vessels of the Royal navy, and if they will be useful for no other purpose they will at least be emin e ntly serv i cea bl e as trans ports We hope that in the great movement now about to be made towards further conquest, the armies of Bombay and Madras will have a share. Seven regiments will be hardly enough to answer all the purposes of a serious war fare, and other seven between the other two Presidencies would render the whole expedition something to the purpose. ,;) tar as we have related, the intelligence from Cal cutta extends. We had, previously to the delivery of our lawk papers, received the following communication from a highly.valued correspondent, who, sending it to us, ex pressed a wish that the armament had been destined to he sent in a better cause. We are sorry to be obliged to dif fer from him, but we think, on second thoughts, that he will probably alter his opinion ; as, independently of all grievances in regard to opium, we have a sufficiently ex tensive list of flagrant insults to avenge. \%e have just received authentic confirmation of the ru mours in regard to the force destined for China. Three regiments will go hence (Calcutta), two Queen's and one Native; but a larger force will be despatched from Ma dras. Lord Auckland is expected on the Ist of February, and Mr. Robertson will positively go to Agra. From this extract it will be seen, that at the time the letter was written, there was a strong impression that not only Calcutta but Madras troops would be called into re quisition, and we sincerely trust that the active service thus held out on a new sphere to the troops of India will he participated in by the brave veterans of the Bombay army. _ ue administration of Lord Auckland, if he remain long enough in India to abide the issue of the expedition to China, will be one of the most brilliant that has been pur sued by any of our eastern rulers, and he, as well as all the great leading characters of the stirriig time in which he has held the reins of administration, are well entitled to the warmest thanks of their country and their Sovereign. Recent advices from Cabul inform us, we regret to say, that the state of health of her Majesty's 18th Light In fantry there was anything but favourable ; many casualties had taken place, which some would attribute to the men's own imprudence in the abuse of spirituous liquors, readily procurable in the town ; while others ascribed the mortality to the sudden reaction consequent on an abrupt transition from a warm climate, hard duty, and bad food to a state of repose with severe temperature, acting on constitutions previously debilitated. We trust speedily to have more cheering accounts. The rumours of the advance of the Russians on Chiva were still rife at Cabul, and our friends in Affghauistan, Candahar, &c., will have the reports true ; at any rate they have gained fresh credence since our last ; it is now added there remains but little doubt that all classes in Buk hara are decidedly in favour cf Russian interests. One of our corespondents adds a fact " curious if true," namely, that the Minister of Kamram, at Herat, was busily engaged recruiting the impoverished finances of the State by the sale of his Taujik subjects to the Usbecks as slaves ; about 30,000 have been already disposed of to no mean ad vantage. The project reminds us pf the proposition of ho. nest Sancho Fanza, who requests the Knight of La Mancha and the woful countenance, that his promised kingdom may be seated, if possible, on the sea coast, to admit of the readier shipment and sale of his people as slaves Sancho, however, took it for granted that his subjects were to be but negroes and not decent Caucasians like the Taujiks. Our correspondent further assures us that the hitherto published accounts of the late mishap in the Khybur Pass are very wide of the truth, and calcu lated to throw an unmerited shade on the character of many of those employed. Instead of having four com panies at his disposal, it now appears that Captain Farmer had but thirty sepoys in his escort, and these entirely in efficient from sickness and fatigue. PROCLAMATION FROM THE HIGH COMMIS SIONER AND THE GOVERNOR-STOPPING FOR EVER THE ENGLISH TRADE. Lin, High Imperial Commissioner, and Tang, Go vernor of the Taonkwang, issue these for the purpose of giving plain information. •' It appears on record that vve the Commissioner and the Governor, upon the 15th of November, respectively re ceived the following Imperial commands " • The execution by the foreign ships of the duly pre pared earnest bond, it, indeed, it can be depended on, will naturally bring about a gradual and entire cleansing away of the opium. But if any further changefulness be shown by those foreign vessels, it will be requisite that the mar tial terrors he displayed to them; that they be for ever disallowed intercourse of trade, to the end that the blind perverse tribe may know when to take warning and to be afraid. Respect this.' " We fincl * it on record, that in the month of September, the joint prefect at Macao sent to us a request from Elliott, that bonds should be executed and trade carried on. We, the Commissioner and the Governor, dealing with him in all sinverity, would not admit many suspicions, and hence sent up a prepared memorial to the throne to the same effect. We have been honoured with the great Emperor's foresight of the foreign temper, that it would be difficult to keep it from changefulness : as, even now, the English foreigners, by their daring contumaciously to refuse con formity to the bond, have indeed been changeful and incon stant, showing how difficult it is to escape the intelligence and clear observation of his Sacred Majesty. " It behoves us immediately to obey respectfully the imperial pleasure, as declared to us, by cutting off their trade. Making exception, therefore, of the ships of all other nations, and of the two country ships the Thomas Coutts and the Royal Saxon, which have executed the bond in the form prescribed, and have shown themselves to be foreign merchants engaged in honourable commerce, and which are, therefore, allowed to trade as usual ; we have now resolved on the Ist of the 11th month (Dec. 6) to close the port, and report plainly that, in obedience to the imperial pleasure, we have for ever put a stop to the trade of the English nation. We proceed to issue this proclamation, making the same known to, and requiring all officers of the-customs, Hong merchants, linguists, and foreigners of every nation, to have information thereof. From the time on which we bare re solved to close the port, and thenceforward, they arc not al lowed to hold any commercial intercourse with any English or country ships whatsoever. But ships of all other fo reign nations that subscribe the prescribed form of bond they are allowed to hold commerce with. Thus we would admonish and punish, and so separate the good from the evil. They are not allowed to suffer the English clandes. tinely to combine with them, nor are they to convey the English vessels, or their cargoes, either under the vise of changed names or as their carrier, to be disposed of for them. By so doing they will, when they shall be dis covered, involve a like cutting off of their own trade. This is in obedience to the imperial pleasure, with the object of for ever cutting off the import of opium, and of warning and cautioning the changeful temper of the foreigners. It must not be looked on as an ordinary matter. Let each obey with trembling. Oppose it not. A special procla mation." (Received Nov. 26, 1839.) OPIUM AND TEA TRADE. SINGAPORE, DEC. 24.—Since the departure of the Al gerine on the 15th instant, the Allalevie, Fort William, and Red Rover have arrived from China, bringing advices from Vongkoo to the 15th, and from Canton to 6th inst. The Allalevie arrived here on the 16th, Fort William on the 18th, and the Red Rover on the 23d. The first brought orders for opium, and there not being much in first hands, prices advanced from 270 to 280 dollars to 230 to 325 dollars for Patna; and from 260 to 270 to 300 to 315 dollars for Benares, at which about 120 to 130 chests were purchased for shipment to China. Since the Alla levie's arrival there have been some small importations from Penang, and the orders for China having been com pleted, sales of Patna were made yesterday at 295 to 300 dollars, and of Benares at 290 to 295 dollars. Should the Nymph make her appearance, it will immediately decline to 240 250 dollars, or less ; indeed, an arrival of even 200 chests would, we think, cause a decline to 250 to 260 dollars, there being very little demand exce o t for shipment to Chula p-r Time, which vessel will likely be detained for fui then importations, as few are inclined to purchase and ship at present rates. Ie other Calcutta imports we have little alteration to notice. The Arabian brings a quantity of Gunny bags, which will supply the market for some time, there being no export demand. The stock of wheat is very heavy, and sales h,ve been made at $2 60 to $2 75 per bag. With gram the market i s we ll supplied, and it is only saleable by the single bag at s2i per bag. Piece goods of all descriptions arc dull, and only saleable by retail slowly at low prices. Saltpetre—Market w e ll supplied, and fair quality retailing at $5 per picul. Cotton—Some inquiry by the Chinese shopkeepers, who expect high prices to rule during the ensuing junk seasrn fron. Fe bruary to May, and some sales have been made of fair to good Bengal at $2O to $3O per bale of 3001bs. There THE SUN, LONDON. FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1840, are :ibont 200 to 300 bales of Bombay in the market, in the hands of Arabs, held at higher rates. In exports there is not much doing; tin continues scarce and in demand for Bombay at SIBA to 0181 per picul. Pepper is in demand at $3 65 to $5 70 for Singapore, anl at $5 85 to $6 for Sumatra. No long pepper in the market. No Pahang, but abundance of inferior sorts of gold dust. Stock of Manilla cigars is &creasing, and sales have been made at $8 per 100 in whole and $Bl in half-boxes, cash. Gambier still continues in demand at $2 70 to $2 80 per picul; cassia lignea is in demand at $l2 to $l4 per picul, but likely to decline ; China camphor none, and in demand at $3B to $4O per picul. Exchanges.—On Calcutta, private bills, 30 dabs' sight, 2 20 ; on Bombay, 2 20 ; on London, 6 months, 4s 6d to 4s. 7d. ; Treasury, 30 days' sight, 4s. 3d. per dollar. Freights to London rather scarce, and tonnage abundant. We appended to our circular of the 14th a copy of tha edict putting a stop to the British trade with China for ever. This edict took effect on the 6th, when it was sup posed a stop would also be put to the transshipping trade at Tongkoo, but the Canton Press of the 14th inst., says— " Transshipments are, we understand, still being made, and it is not supposed that that part of the edict excluding goods of British origin will be strictly enforced." Our latest advices from Canton are to the 6th inst., but we have no later letters than the 25th ult. The following is an extract from one of that date " There have still been no transactions in raw silk, and the quotations of Tsatlee continue at 5450 to $535. The best chops of the new silk might probably be bought at the latter price, but holders, although more disposed to sell than they were a few weeks since, come down slowly in consequence of the small supplies arriving ; we think, however, that if buyers keep out of the market a short time longer, there will be some reduction from present rates. The best chops of Congou tea have been settled at 32 taels, and the proportion of fine quality this year is much less than last year. A new Consoo tax, to go into opera tion tomorrow, it is said, to the extent of two taels, has caused the market to open earlier than it would other wise have done, and buyers have shipped off all their pur chases. Notwithstanding this increase of duty, we think that before long some of the good and lower grades of Congous may be bought to advantage, and probably on better terms comparatively, than the old crop, none of which, of fair common quality, have lately been procurable under 17 taels. There has been a great deal of competition for small quantities of fine new tacit, but for the bulk of the crop there is likely to he much less demand. The supplies of Congou are reported to bo 320 to 330 chops,about 100 less than last year. Most of the fine scented orange Pekoes have been bought at from 36 to 39i taels. We do not hear of any purchases of Souchong, and of flowery Pekoe only one chop at 50 taels. This latter description is gene rally inferior to the last year's tacit, and the same may be said of all black teas, although not to the same extent. The green teas are coming late this season, and scarcely anything has been done in them. A chop of good Twankav in half chests was bought a short time ago at 24 tools, The market for Hyson, Gunpowder, and Imperial, has not yet opened. It is probable the supplies will be nearly equal to those of last year. " About 2,000 chests and 4,000 to 5,000 boxes Caper teas have been bought at 23 to 25 taels. The common qualities are held at 21 to 22 taels. MERCANTILE AND SHIPPING INTELIGENCE FROM CHINA. TONKOO BAY, CHINA, Nov, 30, 1839. We annex a list of shipping, with their destinations, as far a 3 we can learn : LIST OF BRITISH VESSELS AT THIS ANCHORAGE, EXCLUDING THOSE WHICH ARE STATIONARY. The Heroine, r"ceiving ship; the Atit Rohomln ; the Earl of Clare ; the Charles Grant ; the Castle Huntly ; the Earl Balcarras ; the Scaleby Castle, loading for Bom bay ; the Caledonia, ditto; the Charles Forbes, ditto ; the liabella Robertson, loading for Calcutta ; the Mavararn Dyaram, loading for London ; the Ann, ditto ; the Helen Stewart, ditto; the Cordelia, ditto; the Alexander Ba ring, ditto ; the Skins Castle, loading for Bristol ; the Tapley, loading for Liverpool ; the John Marsh, the Man galore, the Lady Nugent, the Tory, the Royal Saxon, the Queen Mab, the Manilla, the Tyrer, the Aber cromby Robinson, and the General Kyd. and Hyacinth were about to proceed to the Bogue ; though the trip WAS, we believe, then intended, the frigates have, during the week, remained quietly at anchor at Tungkoo, We hear that the Imperial Commissioner has sent re peated injunctions to the Portuguese authorities to prevent dealings between the Portuguese and English. It is like wise attempted by the Chinese, more than was hitherto the case, to shackle the trade of this port. We under stand that they now demand that vessels coming from Lisbon, instead as heretofore of discharging at Macao, are to proceed to Whampoa : this new demand the Portu guese Government oppose as altogether unwarranted by former custom, and here the matter at present rests. Extract of a letter dated Tongkoo Bay, Dee. 12, 1839 : A considerable part of the fine chops of Congou had been . purchased at 30 to 32 t e l as , b ut we b e lieve very few of lower grades, and the wants of those who opened the mar ket having been supplied, there were no further takers at these rates, and it wa s th oug h t pr i ces wou ld decline. An additional duty of t wo tae l s per p i cu l h as b een put on tea, ito assist n paying the expenses of the High Commis sioner's measures. About 80 bales of Nankin silk had been purchased at 250 for first, and 505 for second qua lities, but no one appeared inclined to go on at these rates. Exchange on London may be quoted at 4s. 11d. for bills under credits, and 4s. 10d. with local endorsements, though in barter 43. 9d. is still given. (From the Bombay Courier.) Notwithstanding present appearances, we congratulate the British merchants in China on the retirement of the last lingering East India Company's agent from China. This agency has done incalculable mischief to the free trade since its establishment, having been the cause of costing the British public some millions in their dealings with this country. It is a singular coincidence that the cession of the agency, the disappearance of the last agent, Mr. J. H. Astell, and the stoppage of the English trade for ever, occurred on the same day, the 6th inst. THE ARMY (5F TEIYINDUS. (From the Bombay Times of Jan. 25.) By further intelligence from Ferozepore of the 4th instant., we learn that the army of the Indus met with the utmost attention and civility from all the Seikh authorities and inhabitants everywhere during its passage through the Punjaub ; and there was displayed an evi dent desire to cultivate a friendly and close alliance with the Government of India. When the returning force arrived at Mullyan on the 22d of December, within three stages of Lahore —the point at which the army was to strike off the road leading to the capital—a deputation of men of high rank waited on Sir John Keane, with a letter from the Maharajah, Kurruck Sing inviting his Excellency to visit him at Lahore. The deputation was cordially received by the Commander-in-Chief, who immediately consented. His Excellency quitted the main column, taking with him as his escort her Majesty's 16th Lancers, Captain Grant's troop of Bengal Horse Artillery, and his own personal guard of the 19th Bombay Native Infantry. At one stage trum Lahore Sir John was met by the Konwar ( Prince) Sher Sing, with a large and brilliant retinue, to conduct him to the capital. His Excellency was unfortunately seized with an illness during the night, and was unable to mount his horse or take his place in the procession in the morning. A deputation waited on the Prince to inform him of this untoward event, who expressed his sorrow on the occasion, and showed every kind consideration. Oa the arrival of his Excellency at the tents which had been prepared for him close by the Palace at Lahore, the Maharajah sent to request that his son, Noa Nebel Sing, the Heir Apparent, might be allowed to visit the con queror of Affghanistan next, even at his bedside, should the General not be well enough to go up to the Palace— a request which was readily assented to by Sir John. In the morning he was not well, and a deputation, consisting of a number of officers, waited upon the Maharajah, who, with his son, the Heir Apparent, standing on his right hand, received them in full Durbar with every mark of distinction. According to our informant, the scene was one far exceeding in .splendour anything to be witnessed at other Eastern Courts. The dresses and jewels of the Sovereign and courtiers were rich beyond description. In India the dresses arc plain, and the jewels not to be com pared with what was here displayed. Much conversation passed between the Maharajah and the 'deputation. Costly presents were made by his Highness to the officers, and he insisted on sending his son to visit Sir John Keane at his bedside in the evening. The Prince accordingly arrived in camp in great state—was received with a royal salute by the artillery—the usual honours were paid him by the lancers and he was con ducted to the Durbar tents. It is inconceivable the desire and curiosity they all seemed to feel to see the man who had conquered theAffghan nation, their most bitter enemies. Other visits afterwards took place, and on every occa. sion the most cordial good feeling and friendship were evinced towards the British officers. The whole closed with a review of the Maharajah's troops, to which the Rajah Dian Sing (the most able man in that country) conducted our officers, all mounted on elephants with gold and silver howdahs, and caparisons of the richest de scription. The .review took place five miles from Lahore, on a plain of great extent, and formed a spectacle never to be forgotten by those who saw it. There were upwards of 46,000 men, all under arms, and 160 pieces of brass cannon in the field, in one continued line, which, as may be supposed, occupied many miles in length. Thu ap pointments of cavalry, artillery, and infantry were good ; and our officers were little prepared to see such a sight. Sir John K‹..-ane and the Maharajah's Court appear to have beet, n utually pleased with each other in this visit, and parted with expressions of great cordiality and friend ship. His Excellency arrived at Ferozepore on the 2d inst. The Governor-General had ordered every honour to be paid the General on his reaching that place, th e fi rst Bengal station. His Lordship bad also ordered a suite of boats to be fitted up in the most comfortable manner for iris Excellency and Staff, to convey them down the Indus. They embark for Bombay at the mouth of the Hujamree branch. We believe his Excellency Will leave Ferozepore on the 6th or 7th inst. LATEST NEWS FROM AMERICA. - - By the arrival at Liverpool yesterday of the packet ship Scotian", from New York, w e have received New York papers of the 15th ult., b e i ng four days later than the last arrival via Falmouth. Business at New York was steady, with a decided tendency to improvement. Money w a3 easier for good paper, but in bills for the Scotland there wns not much done. The latest arrival from England at New York was the London packet of the 27th of Dec. ---- NEW YORK MONEY MARKET. RATE OF SALES OF STOCKS AT THE EXCHANGE, FEB, 15. 50 shares United States Bank s3O days 76 25 do. Union Bank 40 do. Dry Dock 10 do. Seventh Ward .... ... 80 78 do. Bank of Commerce 9B i-10 do. Farmers' Trust 10 do. American Exchange Bank 185 do. Delaware and Hudson 50 do. N. A. Trust Comp. a9o ds 41 10 do. Canton Co. 35 do. Mohawk 100 do. Stonington 10 do. Utica and Schenectady ...... .. ll6l 25 do. Harlem Railroad Governor Porter's Message to the Legislature of Penn sylvania gave great umbrage to the sub-treasury folks at Washington. In Congress the Members were content to earn their eight dollars daily wages by talking about every thing but what was needful for the interests of the Com monwealth. It was all babble and no business. In the war against the Florida Indians bloodhounds are to be employed, but they are to be so muzzled as not to be able to bite or worry the unfortunate savages. FAILURE IN NEw ORLEANS.—The New Orleans Ameri can of the 25th ult. says •—" Yesterday some two or three heavy mercantile houses gave way beneath the tremendous pres sure of a deranged currency and disordered state of trade. It is calculated that some 1,000,000 of liabilities are involved. INDIAN Muitnn as.—Nlore Indian depredations have been committed on the Apalachicola. On Saturday last a waggon, loaded with provisions for one of the posts, was attacked near Carnochan's plantation by a party of 20 or 30 Indians. The guard, consisting of three men, attempted a defence, but were driven off, and one of their number wounded. The waggon was captured and burned. Captain Bullock, with his company of Dragoons, is in pursuit of the savages. A few days previous a party of Indians, supposed to be the same that attacked the waggon, was fallen upon by our troops, and so closely pursued as to abandon their packs and their plunder. On Tuesday evening a party of 10 or 15 Indians attacked the dwelling-house of Mr. Harlan, on the Apalachicola, six miles above lola. Mr. H. and two children were killed. The In dians, after the attack, crossed to the east of the river. On the same night a party of six Indians and three negroes attacked the family at Rowlett's Mills, about 25 miles above Apalachicola. A negro girl was badly wounded, and a daugh ter of Mr. Rowlett carried off by the Indians. The Franklin Guards of Apalachicola, went up on the Roanoke on Wednes day morning, and are in pursuit of the savages.—Floridian, eb. 1. • BRITISH AMERICA. (From the New York Albion, Feb. 15.) In the speech of Sir John Harvey to the Legislature of New Brunswick, his Excellency announces tho important fact, that her Majesty's Government are about to order a survey of the route from the head of the Bay of Fundy to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, through which it has been so long recom mended to carry a canal. This intelligence must be very gratifyin g to the inhabitants of Now Brun sw i c k , P rince EdwardLland, and such other portions of the colonies as are interested therein. If a large ship should be resolved on, even Quebec and Montreal will participate in the benefit, as it will shorten the distance and lessen the danger of the voyage to any part of the United States, the West Indies South America, &c. To the port of St. John the value of such a communicati on will be inestim able, as it will, ev en if no other advantage be reckoned, place that port at a much more convedent distance from the coast of Labrador, and other great fishing grounds of the Gulf. We are glad to see a favourable mention, by the Lieut.-Go vernor, of a new land company, as nothing can be of more permanent utility to the colony than the introductio n of a hardy and industrious set of emigrants. All will join Sir John in his pacific views in relation to the boundary, which is now, we hope, in a favourable train for a final adjustment. UPPER CANADA. (From the Toronto British Colonist, Jan. 29. ) The amount granted by the ' House of Assembly for the pay. ment of losses, by Col. Princes Bill, is 50,000/, CONFISCATED PROPERTr.— I he House of Assembly pre sented an address to his Excellency the G overner -General, on the subject of the estates of convicted traitors, and from the following r eply, it appears that his Excellency awaits the ord ers of the Home Government on the subject. It is generally be lieved throughout the country, that those persons who c on f esse d and were pardoned, will not be disturbed In their properties ; but probably this may in some measure depend on their subse quent conduct : " Gentlemen of the House of Assembly---The confiscations of the property of traitors to the Crown is a legal consequence I of their conviction, a nd the estates of such as h ave incurred this j penalty are n ow ves t e d in her Majesty. " I will direct the attention of the proper officer to the car ' rying into effect such measures as ha Majesty's Government may determine upon, with respect to the disposal of the property referred to. TEXAS. Papers from Texas have been received as late as the 22d of January. The bill to sell the Cherokee lands has been adopted. The steam-ship Newcastle, which was last winter emplo3ed between Mobile and Galveston, was totally lost near Tuspan, Alexi. on the 12th of D ecem b er. She had 20d soldiers on board, but they all escaped. A Bill has passed the House of Representatives to pay the Members in specie, or its equivalent in value. The salaries of the clerks of the different departments have been raised to $2,200, and $2,500 per annum. The Commanches have entered Bexar and made known their anxiety to conclude a treaty with the Government. They have been humbled by repeated defeats into those overtures ; yet little reliance is placed in their professions. The treaty with France has been ratified by the Senate. An extra appropriation of $5,000 has been ordered to complete the running of the boundary line between Texas and the United States. JOHN THOROGOOD. It was once decided by some Dutch philoso phers, after a very long debate, in which the pros and cons were most minutely weighed, that it was possible for a man to bite off his own nose. It would appear that some of these worthy gentlemen's de scendants must have been transplanted into our Consistory Courts, and that others may claim the paternity of the enlightened Chelmsford Church- wardens. Except in the case of John Thorogood, I believe the world never heard of an instance of a man sending himself to prison. Now, although I admire his indomitable spirit and non.compronusing integrity, not withstanding he is only a poor shoe maker, I cannot say I shall approve his taste, how ever I may be surprised at his skill, if it can be proved that he has actually incarcerated himself. Let us examine the facts of his case in the spirit of an English Jury, sworn to do justice, and not like quibbling lawyers, who can decide according to law, bat not according to justice—who can hunt the hare and disclaim the hounds ; men who can persecute to the death, but if not present at the death, flatter themselves to be guiltless of murder, and whose elastic consciences can only be made to give way by the weight of their fees. " The law that makes more knaves than e'er it bung, Little considers right or wrong ; But, like authority, 's soon satisfied, When 'tis to judge on its own side. For as there is a war between The devil and them, it is do sin If they by subtle stratagem Make use of him, as he does them." For the last three or four years previous to his self-imprisonment, Thorogood had refused to pav the Church-rate. There was an attempt made to cajole him by appointing him Collector of the As sessed Taxes, but it would not do. He was too respectable to be bought--- " The mind 's the standard of the man." He had asked impertinent questions in public vestries about the religious conscientiousness of Church pluralities, and requested to be informed how the money collected at the communion-table was disposed of—he was not to be bullied—he would not be cajoled—and personal clerical in quiries were made amongst his neighbours as to whom the premises in which he resided belonged. Can any one guess the reason and intent of this special inquiry ? They were not found, however, to be within the reach of the long Apostolic arm. After the Bishop's visit to Essex there was a grand Church-rate stir in Chelmsford and Halstead. Thorogood, having repeatedly assured the Church wardens that he never would pay the rate, was summoned before the Magistrates by William Baker, Th omas Morgan Gipp, and Thomas Moss, Churchwardens of Chelmsford and the hamlet of Moulsham. Here the persecution ac tually commenced, and this, therefore, .forms the first step to John Thorogood's self-imprisonment. " Who can deserve, for breaking of the laws, A greater penance than an honest cause ?" ' He attended before their Worships, and knowing by experience that conscientious scruples were not much attended to either in great or little Courts, lie delivered in, to be upon a par with those who dragged him there, his legal objections. These took the case out of the Justices' hands, and he was asked if he intended to appeal to another jurisdiction--his reply, that he did, can only be honestly construed into meaning that if he were sued he would resist. It must be remembered that he is only a poor shoemaker, unpractised in the learned and gentlemanly quibbles of the law, and the very delicate sophistries of the Spiritual- Courts 1 This teas the second step to John Thorogood's self-imprisonment. He was next cited to appear before the Ecclesiastical Court by the aforesaid William Baker, Thomas Morgan Gipp, and Thos. Moss, Churchwardens of Chelmsford and the --- hamlet of Moulsham. He did not appear—if he had, he must have paid 64 ss. for the liberty of appearing, and he would in all probability, accoid ing to the pre-eminently blessed uncertainty of the ecclesiastical law, which enables an advocate to say one thing, and the same advocate, when no longer an advocate, to say another, have been cast in suit and costs to the amount of five or six hun dred pounds I " I would not give, quoth Hudibras, A straw to understand a case, Without the admirable skill To wind and manage it at will ; To veer, and tack, and steer a cause Against the weather-guage of laws, And ring the changes upon eases As plain as noses upon faces." _ _ When a man is persecuted, and has the choice of evils, he would be an idiot indeed if he did not select the one least disagreeable to his conscience and feelings, and best adapted eventually to serve the cause in which he is engaged, and suffers. Thom good did not appear ; and he was taken by the Sheriff's officers and conveyed to Chelmsford Gaol, on the 16th of January, 1839, where he is to re main for life, according to the fiat of Lord john Russell. And this was the third and last step of John Thorogood's self- imprisonment. " For wholesome laws preserve us free, By stinting of our liberty." Dr. Lushington says the Rector had nothing to do with it. There are sins of omission as well as of commission—did he as a Christian Minister inter fere to prevent it ? We know he is too experienced a tactician to commit himself by ordering ! Dr. Lushington says the Churchwardens were bound to do as they have done ; to be sure they were ! We grant they had the power—they have exercised that power. Cui Bono ? Ask the excited population of every town in the empire. Would it not have been more in accordance with custom, more just, more prudent, more wise, more in the spirit of Chris tianity, to have consulted the parishioners, whose servants they are, and from whom they derived the power they have so greatly abused ? It is evident John Thorogood did not imprison himself—he was sent to gaol by Clerical mandate ! Dr. Lushington, as the Newspapers state, says that if he had appeared in Court--having, of course, first paid the sum of 61. ss. for the liberty of appearing, the case would have been dismissed in his favour with costs, the law, since 1831, having been altered, and the Ecclesiastical Court not having power in any case under 101. If this be true, then has this poor, but high-minded, shoe maker been most tyrannically and cruelly oppressed from the first ; and to a degree which calls forth an execration against his pursuers, almost too ter rible to be written or spoken with safety. He has been imprisoned contrary to law ; he is kept there contrary to law ; he has been sued contrary to law, the Court having no jurisdiction in his case; and, because he did not appear to an unjust citation, he is to remain in prison for the term of his natural life, contrary to every law human or divine, unless be will consent to pay five shillings and sixpence con trary to his conscience. Let the Bench of Bishops, and the Bench of Judges too—more especially if they wish to be respected—look to it. ATTACK UPON THE " NlCK."—About one o'clock on Tuesday morning the police made a successful attack upon a gambling-house, No. 16, Leicester-square, known as the " Nick," and, in addition to the bank, containing 2.!. 4 /. 10s., roulette-wheels, rakes, dice, dice-boxes, S:e., they captured the principal, the croupier, the porter, and no less than twelve of the players. On Thursday the principals were placed at the bar, before Mr. Long, at Marlborough-street. They gave their names Jahn Wells, proprietor ; Lewis Franks and. Wil liam Jones, croupiers ; and Thomas Williams, porter. The defendant Wells, without hesitation, admitted that he was the owner of the gaming-house, and that the other three were his servants, acting under his directions. Wells seas fined 1001., Franks and Jones 50/. each, and the porter 20/. The twelve players were then ranged at the bar, and all except the foreigner were fined 51. each. Riviere was fined only 2/. A ci , mplaint was made against the police far having carried away the bil liard-table. Mr. Long would not entertain it, as it was evi dent for what purpose the billiard-table had been placed in the TO0113• THE LATE HON. EDWARD PERCEVAL.— This lamen t e d g entleman was the second surv i v i ng son of Jane,tihre. venera ble Lord y Arden, and was born 30th Jul 1795. iN P e rceval was a widower, having married his fi rs ; eldest daughter of the late Right Hon. Spencer Perceval, First Lord died in of 1824, leaaysi the Treu no issue, who was shot by Bellingham. This lady Lord Haddo, the eldest son of the Earl of Aberdeen, will leave town shortly, on another tour in the east of Europe. SOLD TO FOREIGNERS FOR CARRYING ON THE TRADE HENCE TO WHAMTOA. The Hercules, the Mermaid, the Triumph, the Vansit tart, the Sir Charles Malcolm, the Cambridge, and the General Wood. The Nymph had not arrived at Singapore up to the 25th of December, though she left the pilot here on the 16th of November. The transshipment of goods from Hongkong to Canton had been put a stop to, and vessels, it was probable, would go over to Manilla to transship their China cargoes. Opium was realizing prAtablc prices both within the island and on the coast, as before. The crew and passengers of the wrecked brig Cassador had been at length released from Hainan, and taken to Canton at the expense of the Chinese Government; and on application for them by the Portuguese Government of Macao, they had been conveyed to the latter place. No news of the English ship Sunda, which was lost on the coast of Hainan (she was from London), can be given by the crew of the Cassador. Cotton was being transshipped at Hongkong to Canton in American vessels, at the enor mous freight of s7i per bale. The Red Rover in her passage, when in latitude 9 de grees north, signalled the Allaleyie, from China, and spoke the Rob Roy one day after her leaving the pilot. —Calcutta Courier, Jan. 17. (From the Canton Register, Dec. 10.) Sailed.—Faerie Queene, for Manilla and Australia; Albion (American), Putnam, for New York on the 7th inst.; Fort William, Hogg, for Singapore, Tellieherry, and Bombay; Allalevie, Clark, for Singapore and Cal cutta ; 10th, John O'Gauut, Robertson, for Liverpool. Loading for England.—Alexander Baring, Cordclia, and Ann. It is reported his Excellency Ah has arrived in Canton, as a coadjutor to the High Commissioner. This officer was the Tscrugkoun, or Mantcho w Tartar-General, in 1t.4:4, when Lord Napier was in Canton. LOSS OF BRITISH SHIP SUNDA. (From the Canton Press of Nov. 30.) Last week we published a few particulars respecting the wreck of a vessel supposed to be the Sunda. from London, on the coast of Hainan, which had been obtained by Captain Macdonnel, of the Pysche ; and it is now our painful duty to record that the arrival of Captain Greig at Canton has dispelled all doubt on the subject, and that seventeen of the inmates of the Sunda were drowned, and the ship totally lost; the life of not a single passenger, of whom there were six on board, has been saved. The loss of property by this misfortune is very great ; the cargo was the most valuable of any ever sent from England to China, valued at about 230,0001., of which nothing what ever has been saved. The following short account of the disaster has been forwarded from Cantor ; for the pre sent forbear to comment on it, hoping, ere long, to he able to lay before our readers Captain Greig's authentic deposition : " At two P.M. on Friday, the 6th inst., Captain Greig, one of the mates, the doctor, and twelve men of the Sunda, reached Canton, having been conveyed overland from Hainan by the Chinese authorities; and an Ameri can gentleman going to the consoo-house, received the fol lowing account of the shipwreck from Captain Greig " That they left Sc John's, where they were at anchor with the Syed Khan, on the sth of October; on the 7th a tremendous gale commenced, which lasted to the 12th when, finding themselves on a lee shore, with their top masts and all their sails blown away, a most terrific sea run ning, five feet of water in the hold, and the ship, which was very deep, labouring very much, it was thought best for the general safety to run the vessel on shore, which was ac cordingly done on the 12th October, about forty miles to the northward of Tenhosa, in the island of Hainan. Mr. and Mrs. Macpherson with their infant were washed off the poop and drowned, about three hours after the ship grounded. Mr. Ilbery, Mrs. Macpherson's servant maid, with some of the crew, were drowned on attempting to reach the land, but Captain Greig, Mr. Newbury, and others of the crew gained the shore in safety on different parts of the wreck. On the second day the weather mo derated a little, and Captain Greig went on board in the ship's boat, which had been accidentally washed ashore, to try and save the treasure, which he succeeded in getting upon deck. The boat was sent to fetch more men from the shore, but was swamped in the surf, after which they had no means of landing any of the treasure. Toward evening the storm recommenced so suddenly and raged with such fury, that those who were on the wreck were obliged to try to regain the shore in any way they best could, and all succeeded except Mr. Newbury, who unfor tunately perished. Fifteen persons in all are saved, and seventeen drowned." EXTRACT FROM A PRIVATE LETTER, DATED TONGED° EAT, DEC. 14, 1839. " I have the pleasure in availing myself of this opportu nity of the Rover, to inform you that affairs still go on quietly, and, in a commercial view, as favourably as could be expected. Foreign vessels with goods transshipped here are admitted to entry as before, with only the duff r ence of enabling the authorities to shut their eyes with a good grace by the exclusion of deck boats, which betray rather too glaringly what had been going on. From th;s grace the Cambridge, transferred to the Americans under the name of the Alexander Douglas, is excluded, on the ground of her recent employment as a man-of-war. The newly appointed Commissioner, whom I before mentioned as expected from Pekin, has reached Canton, whither Lin has proceeded from the Bogue to meet him. Whether the new functionary has controlling authority is not well ascertained, lie is trick of the reigning Eraperor, and was third member of the Cant on G overnment in 'Lord Napier's time. TONGKOO, Dec. 14, 1839. The Lady Grant is not yet arrived, and we are uneasy about her, as sho was to have left Manilla on the same date as a vessel arrived here a week ago. The Coutts is still at Whampoa, and those who arc con cerned in her being without means to load h r, she is offer. ing to take freight for London at 61. per ton : so strong and general, however, is the feeling against her that no shippers are offering. (From the Canton Press, Dec. 14 ) On the Bth inst. i\lessrs. J. M. Sanch es , M . pinto, J. de Souza, and J. Baretto, shipwrecked in th e Casador on Hainan island, and forwarded with the rem a i n d er of the crew by the Chinese authorities to Canton, airitied iu Macao; they were detained some time at the Bogue by order of the commissioner, and examined. The remainder of the crew have not yet arrived. It is said that a great number of junks have been ordered from Fuhkeen to strengthen the Chinese naval farce at the Bogue, and possibly to commit aggressions on the Tungkoo fleet. On Monday last, in the afternoon, the alarm was spread that a number of Chinese troops had landed in different parts of the inner harbour from Tsinshan, and it was said that they came to drive uff Captains Elliott and Smith, who had that morning landed here. The firm opposition, however, of the authorities of Macao to this aggression upon their privileges had the desired effect, and the Chinese troops left the town again on the same evening. We stated last week that her Majesty's ships Volage PETTY PLUNDER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. City-road Wharf, Regent's Canal. March 11, 1840. Sir,—Knowing tne nwst powerful, if not the only corrector of abuses in public bodies is the Press, I solicit your attention to the following :-- Yesterday I attended Worship street Police Court, at the request of the officers of the G divi sion, who had in custody two boys; found with coals in'; heir possession (751 b.), supposed to have been stolen from our (my partner's and my) barge, whilst passing up the canal. Mr. Broughton, who heard the case, had no doubt of their being our pro perty, but I refused to prosecute, assigning, as my reason, that I could not punish two boys of such tender age (11 years), whilst the Committee of the Regent's Canal Company permitted all their lock keepers on that canal to supply themselves with coals from the barges as they passed the locks. Mr. Broughton, very naturally, doubted the existence of such a practice, but upon my producing extracts from the minute-books he kindly permitted me to read them, and observed that he could only regret that the gentlemen appeared to him to have taken a wrong view of the subject. Mr. Broughton remarked also that I being a shareholder, was,.by implication, a receiver of stolen property, and that if such a practice was allowed in respect of coals, groceries, or goods of any kind conveyed by Pickford's, or other houses, might be subjected to the same plunder, and excused in the same way. Among the extracts was a letter of mine, dated Jan. 9, addressed to the Committee, which contained two requests, one for the Committee to contribute to a fund for:the watching of this basin, the other, to supply the various lock and tunnel keepers (fourteen in number) with coal, and thereby prevent the practice of their taking coals from the barges in transit in that canal to supply their fires, which are burning night and day. No notice was taken of either of the requests, except one member of the Committee telling me that he would under take to promise 2s. per week (trifling sum) to wards the first object, and expressed himself asto nished . and almost incredulous .that such a practice as the above should exist, pledging himself that he was sure the Committee would put a stop to it the moment they became acquainted with it. How ever, without entering upon their minutes the re quests ,of my letter, they enter the cause of my making the letter, and resolve to inquire if such a practice exists, which they establish by the mouths of their own officers, and by that of two other coal merchants, and then deliberately resolve, " That it is not worth the Committee's while to interfere," as any Shareholder can see by referring to the minutes of the meetings held January 15 and 29, and February 12 and 26. If there is any truth in the proverb, " That ho nesty is the best policy," let the Shareholders (as the Committee will not) set about obtaining the abolition of this practice, or they may cease to wonder why their dividends are reduced from 12s. to 7s. perhaps to nothing this year, or that they are in debt, and the expenses for annual repairs have increased since 1832 from 1,5171. ; 1833, 1,838/. ; 1834, 2,0371.; 1835, 5,552/. ; 1836, 5,909/. ; 1837, 5,839/. ; 1838, 9241. I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, E. GREEN. [lt appears that on the Regent's Canal there are fourteen locks, and that the lock-keepers are not allowed coals by the Company. The consequence is that they help themselves to coals from the barges as they pass ; and it is calculated that not less than MO tons per year are feloniously ab stracted from the barges by the servants of the Company, because the Company refuse to supply them with coals. We think such practices pregnant with evil, and that it is a disgrace to the Company that it does not remove all pretext for and justifica tion of this practice, by supplying its servants with fuel. One of the great recommendations of the modern system of Docks, is that it prevents ex tensive depredations in detail, and so prevents men being habituated to theft. The practice adopted on the Regent's Canal, encourages habits of depreda tion. The public are made to pay for the coals stolen, and for subsequent incarceration and punish ment of those who are thus taught to transgress the eighth commandment. In our country, a solemn and a religious regard for the right of property re quires to be inculcated both by precept and ex ample. The reverse is, however, the practice, and plunder both by precept and example is sedulously inculcated by the higher on the lower classes of society, apparently that they may have the plea sure of punishing in others what they habitually commit and encourage. If the Regent's Canal Company wish to have their own property respected, and the property of those who use their canal, they ought to remove the temptation to this petty plun der,. which would probably cost them a great deal less than the value of the coals thus filched. It is probable, now that the case has been publicly mentioned, that some steps will be taken to check this sourceof public vice.] JUSTICE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—ln looking over your Journal of last evening, I saw an account of the proceedings at the Hall of Science, on Monday night, wherein it is stated that a Chairman was proposed by some well-known persons who were receiving Tory pay. As this allusion refers to myself, I must beg of this nameless Correspondent to come forward and state in a fair and manly way when and where this " well-known person" took his pay. The reason for my proposing a Chairman was, that rve might have a discussion, as we have been for some time promised ; it being the general opinion that the Corn law Repeaters are sent out by the Government to cause a division among the working classes, and divert their attention from the Charter. As I am not ashamed of my name, allow me to sign myself your's, &c., March 12, 1840. J. DUNN. CHURCH ESTABLISHMENTS. The Rev. H. NVNEALE delivered the second of his Lectures on this subject on Tuesday, at the Hanover-square Rooms. The Rev. Gentleman said he doubted not there was a natural impatience of a detailed Scriptural exami nation, and a longing for more practical, pleasing, and per haps political, excitement. But to yield to this feeling would be to hazard a superstructure on an unsafe founda tion. The claims of rival religions for State patronage could not be adjusted at the bar of the State, but at the bar of Scripture. If there was no visible Church, in conformity with the authority of the Bible, the civil rulers had no part in the matter. He, however, held that the Bible did point to such a Church, and that being so, this Church could not be said to be equally right with others but must be right exclusively, and above all others. The Rev. Gentleman then proceeded to argue that the Scrip ture showed that the original appointment of the Apostles had been followed by an unbroken line of succession in the Christian Ministry, the mode of appointing pastors having been always that followed by the Apostles themselves, " prayer, and the laying on of hands," that the Church of England pursued the same course ; that in conformity with the Apostolic practice, the ministers, though se lected by the people as worthy of the office generallx, were not selected by them to any particular locality, and that they were appointed, ordained, by the superior autho rities of the Church ; that the commission originally directed to the Apostles had descended to their successors, so far as to the declaration of the Gospel; but not with any of that authoritative power of refusing or grantinr, pardon for sin which the Church of Rome claimed. The Rev. Gentleman said, the only expression is the Liturgy of the Church of England which bore an appearance of any pretension to this power was the passage in the Com munion Service, in which the Clergymaq, after having (as he was bound to do) inquired and satisfied himself as to the penitence of the sick person, was directed to say, " I ab solve thee ;" and though the previous portions showed that the meaning of the word 6 , absolve " was only dccla ratory, yet as there was some doubt, he regretted that by some oversight the phrase had crept in.—( Cheers ) He went on to allude to the errors which had entered the Church in the earlier ages—all through the Bible having been shut up in convents—but the Reformation had spread abroad the Scriptures—the infallible guide of truth.—( Cheers. ) Lady Mary Fielding has issued cards for a grand ball on the :27th inst., being her Ladyship's first fete this season. EMBEZZLEMENT AND ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE IN FRANCE. —The administration of the Finance Department having reason to suspect that M. Ducauroy, caissier of the re ceiver and paymaster of the Ardennes, residing at Charleville, had converted a considerable portion of the public money to his own account, sent orders to the procureur-general and examin ing magistrate of the department to make an i investigation. They ar r i ve d a t his office early in the morning of the 2(.1 n t st. : and as he h a d no t come d own from his residence, they s l ert_ h commissary of the poli ce f or hi m . I n com i ng along, seizingl ) ca.uroy got l eave to s t ep as id e f or a f ew m i nute the opportu n ity, s p rang over t h e parapet o f the bridge a bridge across the Meuse into the river. A soldier who was near at hand and saw what had happened, j u mped d o wn to the bankof the river, and thence into the stream, where, after swimming and bottom,disipg for some time, he brought up M. Ducauroy from state. He was and carried him to the shore in a senseless afterwards conveyed to the andhospitaltrei•tored to life, but has not been sufficiently recov ered ie prison at Char:eville. This o undergo an examina- tion, although transported t 5) event has made a great sensation in the country, as M. Ducauroy, who is of a respectable family in a different department, was greatly esteemed. It is said that a considerable deficit has been discovered, but the full amount has not been ascertained. —French Paper. EVENING EDITIONga ROYAL A DDRkSSES. The following Addresses to the Duchess of Kent, pre at Buckingham Palace on Monday, the 9th inst., were, u derstand, received with deep feeling by her Royal Hig who in returning her affectingly-uttered and spontaneo bal thanks, concluded with the beautifully simple and golf words— " But I did only my duty!" Presented jointly by Mr. ATKINSON, the Mayor of Bevorlsy, • and Major BELL. TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS TiplE. DUCHESS OF KENT. The humble Address of the Inhabitants of the Borough of Beverley, in Public Meeting at the Guildhall assembled. May it please your Royal Highness, We, the inhabitants of the borough of Beverley, in public meeting assembled, humbly beg to offer to your Royal High ness our earnest and heartfelt congratulations on the happy occasion of the unien in marriage of your Royal Daughter, her most Gracious Majesty the Queen, with his Royal Highness the Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg Gotha. In your Royal Highness we have witnessed, with intensely sympathising interest, the unostentatious, the nobly simple, and effective fulfilment of the greatest of all possible duties that can be devolved upon a parent'sguardian love and'care—the educa tion of a Sovereign destined fora Sceptre unrivalled in the world. We have beheld your Royal Highness weeping, in your Royal Daughter's early infancy, over the sudden and oulatnitous bereavement of a Royal Father's and a Royal Husband's di recting and protecting aid and love ; and" we have seen your Royal Highness rising from amidst your tears to undertake the affecting and arduous task of supplying, by redoubled cares and affectionate devotion, the bereaved Royal Infant's parental loss. From the cradle to the Crown, by night and by day, yciii Royal Highness has watched over your Royal Charge with, anxiety the most tender, with solicitude the most judiciotis and unremittingly assiduous. And now a nation'sloud acclaim, mi ng l e d w i t h many a rent's silent silent tear, re-echoes to }our Royal Highness's mat ern a feelings how well your Royal Highness's every duty h as b eat fulfilled ! As subjects of this realm we gratefully acknowledg e bow deeply we are nationally indebted by your Royal Highn ess ., successful solicitude for our Gracious Sovereign's weal, how lastingly we are impressed with admiration and esteem for the exemplary excellence of your Royal Highness's character, We fervently pray that your Royal Highness may be gifted with long life; continued health, and every rewarding blessing; and we respectfully repeat to your Royal Highness our inmost sympathy on the so joyfully-interesting and eventful era in your Royal• Daughter's life, which has called forth from us, unto your Royal Highness, this our humble, dutiful, and de voted Address. Given in the name and on the behalf of the Public M.ertng holden in the Guildhall, Beverley, this 24th day of Febraarv, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty. TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF ---_ _-- -- KENT. The Humble Address of the Members of the Reform ASSQ- ciation of the Borough of Beverley, and East Riding of the County of York. May it please your Royal Highness, We, the Members of the Reform Association of the Boraugh of Beverley and East Riding of the County of York, Humbly beg to offer to your Royal Highness, our affectionat e l y dutiful congratulations on the nationally-joyful, and nat;ually-benefi cial occasion of your Royal Daught r's union in fnarriage with his Royal Highness the Prince Albert of Saxe -Coburg Gotha. To your Royal Highness, as the sole surviving parent of a Royal child, as the Royal mother of otr. , Sovereign Ruler, we earnestly give utterance to our deem', sympathising, our in wardly ardent congratulations, that your Royal Highness should have enjoyed the two-fold happiness • of beholdi ng th e ascent of your Royal daughter to a powerful throne, and her Royal union, in marriage with an illustrious and wisely chosen Consort, ' worthy alike of her Royal best affections, and o f h er peoples . high regard. In sympathising gladness we, moreover, cordially rejoice that . your Royal Highness should have fully learnt from the nation's unanimous acclaim how deeply and gratefully are acknowledged those Royal educational influences and Royal parental auspices under which your Royal daughter has ascended her Imperial Throne. Emanating from beneath your Royal Highness's guardian ' love and care, in your Royal daughter, our Most Excellent So vereign Ruler, we behold that an instinctively noble, able, and ,' generous mind has been carried beyond toe bounds of a me chanical acknowledgement of the forms, into a practical raver- 1 ence for the spirit of our national freedom. And that in its practical perceptions of religion the Royal Mind has not been shackled within the narrow compass of mere external rituals, but has been expanded into that universal charity, that meekly forbearing universal benevolence, which we believe to be the very essence of that religion which the Di vine Founder of our Christian faith so solemnly inculcated. In practical illustration of the inculcated and spontaneous disposition of our reverenced Sovereign's mind to open honesty and fearless purity of purpose, ae, with enthusiastic admiration have beheld that even in the treatment of State politics her glorious Majesty disdains to tolerate State guile. In fine, we earnestly believe, and to our belief give grateful utterance, that there exists not on the earth a parent who could more conscientiously or tenderly, more assiduously or auspi ciously, have presided over the infant veers and opening youth of a paternally orphaned Royal child, than did so ably and faith fully your Royal Highness. We hail at once as national blessings the gifted talents And tender guardianship of the Royal mother, and the generous', emulation, the vividly rapid perceptions of the Imperial daugh- ter, as eliciting in their result the dignified enlightenmeat of the actual Sovereign of these realms. We hail with grateful acclamation the mutually reflected lustre of the Royal preceptnr and the Sovereign pupil, thus emulatively pursuing a course of preparation for the Throne, magnanimous and wise, as eminently calculated to con duce, most largely to your Royal daughter's real glory, her inward happiness, and rich renown, in time existent and in time to come ; as. it was glo riously designed to shed amid surrounding nations, new splen dour on the British throne, new happiness upon that British people with whose name and tame your Royal highness, and conspicuously your Royal daughter, have happily now become so intimately and lastingly identified. That a rewarding Providence may bountifully gift your Royal. Highness with every blessing in time and in eternity ; that no tears may ever from your Royal Highness flow but tears of joy —tears of admiring maternal sympathy for the• all-absorbing object of your Royal Highness's tenderest cares and only wishes. That speedily restored and permanently established health, with steadily continued happiness, may shed a soothing in fluence, a cheerful lustre, upon your Royal Highness through a long and happily extended life, Do earnestly pray all those, who now approach your Royal Highness with this their humbly devoted and congratulatory Address. Given in the name and on the behalf of the Members of the Reform Association of the Borough of Beverley, and East Riding of the County of York, by the hereunder cigned acting President, Vice-Presidents, and other office bearers. of the said Association, for the year 1840, this `.....9th day of February, 1840, Presented by Major Bell, of Beverley, accompanied by the Hon. Charles Langdale, M.P. BUDE LIGHT. LIGHTING OF THE HOUSE. An Account of all Expenses connected with the Experiments of the Bude Light, from their Commencement to the pre , sent Day, including Erection of Machinery, Wages, and Labour, and Remuneration of the Inventor ; also the Expense of removing and again replacing the Lustres and Shades. (Taken from the Accounts as delivered, but which will pro bably be reduced, as they have not yet been examined in detail.) SEssrox 1839. £ a. d . The Expense of fitting up the Apparatus for the Bude Light in the House of Commons in the Ses sion of 1839 ... Ditto of lighting and making alterations after the Apparatus was completed during the time and after the sitting of the Committee in the Session of 1839 2 2 II Expense in the Session of 1839 SESSION 1840. The Expense of fitting up the Apparatus recently used in lighting the House of Commons by the Bude Light, under requisition from the Speaker, and with the authority of the Lords of the Trea sury, founded upon the Evidence taken and the Report made by the Select Committee.e of the last Session .. Ditto for Carpenter, Bricklayer, Mason, Smith, and Ironmonger's work, connected with and prepara tory to fixing the Apparatus... Ditto of lighting the House of Commons by the Bude Light, from the 16th January to the 7th February, the date at which the same was sus pended N.B.—No remuneration has been made to the Inventor, nor has any such hitherto been applied for, as it was proposed to be left to the determination of the House after the experiments had been completed. The Expense of removing and again replacing the Lustres and Shades W 6 11 1 12 9 0 Expense in the Session of 1840 to the present day 1570 11 7 Total Expense incurred, as nearly as the same can be at present ascertained... 1.7777 2 $ N.B.—The arrangments for supplying Light are made ca pable of supplying the House of Peers also, if requirsd, as vvt::l as the House of Commons. DUNCANNON. A. MILNE. CHARLES SORE. Office of Woods, & c ., 10th March, 1840. DEATH IN THE WESTMINSTER BRIDEWELL. — . Wednesday an inquest was held before Mr. Gell, the Coroner for Westminster, at the New Bridewell, Tothill-fields, to ascertain the circumstances attending the death of Thomas Grice, a very fine old man, aged seventy-four. It appeared that the de ceased was a carver and gilder, and on the `.6th of February was remanded by Mr. Twyford from Bow-street on a charge of stealing four picture-frames, the property of Mosses. William Luck and Co. The deceased at the time of his admission did not complain of illness, but on the 3d of March he was seized with a bowel complaint, of which he died on Tuesday last, the day on which he was to have been taken to Bow-street. Mr. Laurie, the surgeon to the prison, read from his diary, which, by a recent Act, is kept in English, and net in Latin as before, the treatment under which the deceased was placed, and wit which the Jury expressed themselves highly satisfied. Thiele have been but two inquests in the prison during the last six months. SINGULAR SULCIDE OF A BOY. —On Wed nesday an inquest was held before Mr. Wakley, DI. P., at the Six Bells Tavern, King's-road, Chelsea, on the body of Thomas P e pp e r, a boy fourteen years of age. It appeared from the evidence that deceased, whose father was employed at the Anchor brewery in the neighbourhood, had been in service for two years at the above tavern as potboy . On Thu rs d ay l ast he ate his dinner with hip usual spirits, after which he was never again seen alive. He was found hanging in an arbour in the garden, after a lapse of two er three days. In his pockets were found two sovereigns and a-half, which could not have been his own property. Deceased, on one occas i on, a b out four years ago, having been chastised by his mother and locked up in a room, was found nearly dead, having twisted a rope round his neck. The Coroner said there could be no doubt there was a maleonformation of the deceased's brain, and that he could net have been in a sane state of mind when he committed the set. verdict " Insanity." -; - NEW TEAM-BOAT PIERS.—A new pier and jetty is to be erected at Southwark Bridge, for the accommo dation of steam-boat passengers. A new steam-boat piss- is being formed at Lower Shadwell, a short distance from the lower entrance of the London Docks, and the Greenwich steamers will call there to land and embark passengers as they pass up and down the river. GIANT OURAN OUTANGS —lt has been stated, in communications received from Mr. James Brooke, of the Royalist yacht, that two distinct species of Queen outing; had been discovered in the interior of Borneo, where:that gen tleman had spent three months. The larger species of that curious anima' were found to be front six to seven feet in height, thus far surpassing in stature the immense majority of mankind ~~ ~. k. ..-r -;:•-•:t_c r ~». %~'~_ 0 ,---r---' i',:?.i's H ISA I-Si „ i t• ' ) led ect w ho vl3O hat a d 0 a rola t idy ler ;13- AC! irge gtb the of on, et' 1