The Sun. — London, England, 1840-06-06 00:00:00

0 N it . k - "r; " - 1111 ' / Zrrk 4 , ti; MONE Z MARKET and CITY NE WS. 1 FRIDAY EVENING,) TIME S.—The Bank of England is said to have sold altogether City bends to the amount of 400,0001. in the course of realizing thetr securities.- Of the money ad vanced to the corporation of London, which amounted originally to 1,000,0001., and was secured by a single bond, the city have paid off 400,0001. The remainder, at the request of the Bank, and to suit the convenience of private purchasers, has been divided into.6oo bonds of 1,000/. each, and, consequerly.if the above Statement be correct, there would remain 200,0001. undisposed of in the hands of the Bank. They are also under: ood to have sold bonds of the St. iiatharinc's Dock Company, which are sup posed to have been deposited with them so far back as the stoppage of the three great American houses. Money has been in some demand to-day, aril the intel ligence of the hostile proceedings in China caused an un easy feeling in the English Stock-market. Hence Con sols have declined i t , and left off 91a to A. Exchequer_ bills shared in the decline, and are quoted 245. to 69. prem. With respect to the. creation of new bonds by the Spanish Government, which .has recently been voted by the Chamber of Deputies, the Committee of the Stock Exchange intend to carry out with the utmost strictness their regulation against the' negotiation of , new bonds issued by any State, until some settlement be come to with the holders of former securities, and, as no less firm ness will be shown in Paris, it may be supposed that these new hoods, if issued, will scarcely find a market, and hence not materially affect the very questionable value of the present Spanish Stock. The prospect has, however, created an apprehension in the speculators for these Se curities, which is not counterbalanced by the fall of Ca brera's stronghold, Morella. The Actives have been to day as low as 26: 1 1 , and closed at about 27. Portuguese remain stationary, the Five per Cents. being quoted at 35} to it also Dutch, the Two and a Half per Cents. being 54i to I. Business has not been transacted to any great extent. ST,--Some considerable sales of heavy stoc efTecteqduring the morning, the produce of which was re invost :d in City Bonds, the inducement for these opera tions being, as we have already explained, the higher rate of interest payable upon the latter, SUN.---In a notice from Mr. Waghorn that gentle man states that it is quite uncertain wiletu,r an express will reach him with dates of the 30th April, but he cal culated on having one with the accounts of the 30th May. This gentleman has also notified that no steamer had arrived off the port of Marseilles up to sunset of the 30th May. The overland mails are expected in the City some where about Monday or Tuesday next. The Foreign Exchanges this afternoon were without alterat:,e„ Bilks on Paris were taken at 25f. 521 c. to 55c., on Amsteirekm at 12 11 and on Hamburgh at 13 9 to . Them have' been :some large sales of Stock to-day in the Eng:ishre.,r4sit, tOc proceeds at which are intended, it is said, for luv,.sNiwn; in City Bonds. Re duced Three pe. C-els. reendcu from to 91, 1 ,-, awl the Thrie-and-a-Halt per Cents. trum 160 to 991 For ti )penin.:;• Consols were quoted 91; to 91i, be,og sh lower than yesterday, 'While the imm.diate wants a some parties led to saves in Exchequer Bills, and caused a decline in their ..;alue from 28s. to 245. premium. East India Bonds fell from 4s. to Is. pre mium, and Bank Stock ranrg.l from 177 to 176,4. The Foreign Stocks continue heavy, and business in them is conducted on a very limited scale. Spanish Bonds elosdd a trifle nigher this afternoon than they opened in the morning, viz., 26k for Money, and 27 for Time. All t'ne South American Stocks were a shade lower, Colombian being marked 251 *, Mexican 314, and Brazilian 764 1. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents - were at 54i to 1. In Portuguese Old Bonds a bargain was effected at 69, and in the Three per Cents. at 24. A slight improvement in the quotations led to more disposition to do basiness among the holders of Rail way Shares, and this bad the effect of neutrali s i ng th e advance, so that the prices realized this afternoon were not quite so good as those obtained in the morning. The Great Western Shares were 33 to 39-, New 15} ; the Birmingham 89 ; the New 27; the North Mid land 3i to 1, the,New 111 to 10 ; and South Western 14i premium. The Croydon Trunk were 2, the Brighton 5 to si, and the Eastern Counties 8,4 dis count. British North American Bank Shares were at discount, Union Bank of London at and London Joint Stock at 3i premium. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF TIIIS DAY. (From the Morning Chronicle.) Some of the Tory organs are merciful enough not to insist upon the impositions just now of additional fiscal burdens upon the Irish ;people. It is truly kind not at one and the same moment to impose taxes and destroy franchises. Lord Stanley's schemes for Ireland want no thing but a simultaneous increase of taxation to make them perfect. Wait until his Lordship is Tory Chancel lor of the Exchequer, and then we shall see the plenitude of his benefiJence and wisdom. The Tories act upon the . p iciple of the old saying, " one thing at a time." Dis franc. 'Tement is the business i n h an d a t p resent . Th a t affair q, Ispatched, the Tory statesmen will turn their at tention tk.' other plans of philanthropy, and probably pro pose augrat silted burthens as an i n f a llibl e p rescr iption for making Irela. nd affluent and easy. If to disfranchise is to reform, we do. not see how to tax sh ou ld not be to enrich. The begu ideal o. f public happiness, according to the con stitutional doctrine. 9 of the Tories, is taxation without re presentation, so that only half the work will be done when the Irish people have been stripped of the elective franchise, (From the Times.) If we sought to call down the most signal retribution on -the bad faith manifested by the French occupation of Algiers, we could hardly conceive a more dismal series of occurrences than the history of that occupation affords. An enormous waste of treasure and of blood—a series of governors who have exhibited the rapacity of Roman proconsuls, without any of the stability or dignity of the Roman administration—the complete failure of all at tempts to realize the anticipated agricultural profits of the country—the anneal systematic butchery of ths ousands of the natives in those. military promenades, which arc attended with no other earthly result than death :o the Africans and the army , and diversion to the 1 ,:-inces and the populace—the army itself ha hit to a state of ferocity and licentiousness u to Ems' nknownyught b p , ean troops—the forced continuance of a s stem of olic t no Frei:ch statesman has either the folly to justi p fy or y th,' t iourage to abandon—the consequent Government, whenever its strength weakness of the Erenct , ' direction, whether to support its is required in some other. —and, '.a the disas allies or to overawe its opponOts, trous operations of the war itsell--exhibit one of the most deplorable instances of misapplied eaergy which we can remember to have read of. The reports which have now reached the French capital from the army, and from Mar shal Vallee himself, have been received there with cries of exasperation and censure from all parties. An army of 11,009 !:ten has been exposed for n6arly a month to all the hardships of savage warfare. _ - (From the Morning Post.) It is not very easy to make out from the speeches in the House o Commons what the views of the Government are with respect , ;t$ -labour in the West Indies. The Go vernme& stems to bc, as usual. anxious for a sort of shuffle, as to avid an cviric.mtiy sensical policy of hindering labooiers front eing wH • :•.-/nted, and to avoid at same time giv to a ime- dispieasur :Len it i[..•) th,zir tic.set of people, w:ac. , c;oeto to have heads that the interests of hual.inity are concerned in cessatif,• of lab :or ; and the conseqoent sterility of eertair, augar..fr 3 lNAring p.tri.s of t:l3. world. We never rtsd any thing m..re like :insanity than the furious tirades of this class of Legislators. First, they obtain .an abolition of compnlisory;labour iu n region where, from thc...jasture of the. elisesesst-weis-skes-rarrsr7 of i.ll.tainuiglife without wages, it must always be a matter of difficulty to obtain veimitary labour unless at a very high price. We are not advocates for slavery, and we should have been very glad if some gradual plan of abolition had been carried, which would have accustomed the slave to a consideration of the Indite of labour to himself, while the prospect of freedom was still before him. (From the Morning Herald.) The discussion in the House of Commons, in reference to the Hill Coolies, was one of very considerable import.. ante. The scheme of Ministers cannot be too closely watched. Its real tendency—(whatever its object)—i s the revival in the East Indies of that system of slavery, for the extinction of which, in the west, the English com munity has paid twenty mil lions of money. The truth, as we think, on this question, was proclaimed in th e House, by Dr. Lushingtoa and by Mr. O'Connell. Sorry are we, that on the occasion truth found no more reputa ble champions. Labourers, we are assured, are wanted in the Mauritius. Lord John Russell, indeed, declared, that " very great mischief must ensue to all property inth?, Mauritius, if an importation of labourers did not take pace. The fact may be as stated by Lord John Russell ; but we scarcely like the spirit in which the remark is conceived. Labourers are required to leave England, because they stand in the way of some of the uses of property. Labou rers are required to go to the Mauritius, because the necessities of property require their presence. In both , cases, the right of the labourer is regarded as subordinate the right of the owners of property. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. "The following appeared in our Second Edition of last night : We have received the following telegraphic despatch, dated Toulon, June 3 : THE MARITIME EJIEFECT TO THE MINISTER OF MARINE. On Cle 7th the Arabs attacked the camp of Ayn Turco to the west of ,Setif. During the attack 400 of the 67th Regiment fell unexpected upon the rear of the assai:ants, while the garrison was making a sortie. The Arabs were overwhelmed, leaving 400 men on the field. We had seventeen killed and thirty-seven' wounded. tOn the 15th the camp was the objet.t of another as sault, which cost the enemy 200 killed, while we had 'only ona wounded. On the same day General Gallon arrived at Ayn Turco. On the 22nd, 1,000 Arabs made another attempt on the camp of the Arrouch. Several dead bodies were found in the passes on the following day. These details were sent to me by the naval com mandant at Algiers, under date of the 30th ult. PAIUS, Tlitlrsdar---- he awvertirriiidin to re s liempirilft appointment of A' LATEST FROMCHINA. FURTHER PARTICULARS. IMPORTANT TO FOREIGNERS. Yu, Hoppe, by Imp - rial appointment , &c., hereby issues this edict to the principal and junior security merchants, that they may thoroughly know and understand. On the 20th day of the 12th moon (24th January,lB4o,) I received a joint communication from their Excellencies the Commissioner and Viceroy to the following effect. We have just received a letter from your Excellency (the Hoppo) of the following tenor. On the 1801 day of this present moon (22d January, 1840,) I, the Hoppo, having proceeded in my own person to Whampoa, found that the American ship Ma keen (Ann M.Kinn) had on board fourteen cases of foreign wine and forty-seven boxes of foreign money, that Amanaze's ship (Lintin?) had on board four cases of foreign wine and 47 boxes of foreign money, that Amanaze's ship (Lintin) had on board four casks of foreign wine and ten boxes of foreign money, that Sopa's ship ( Valparaiso, Captain Southwood?) had on board 100 cases of foreign , wine and four boxes of foreign money; upon which we caused the linguists to inquire of them why that they had brought such little, petty, trifling articles of no intrinsic value, and yielding such a very small duty ; when they an. swered, saying, " We wished in the first instance to go to Kalapa, or Batavia, and there buy foreign rice to bring to Canton, but this commodity having no value or price here, we have entered the port to buy export cargo," and other words to that effect. Though I (the Iloppo) again and a third time refused to admit this, and still continued to question, vet with an arrow-like tongue they refused to change, and lo 1 it is very difficult to get proof to believe what is said I—and other words to that effect. We, the Commissioner and Viceroy, having received this communication from Y. E., the Hoppo, find that here tofore whenever any foreign merchants of any country have come to Canton to trade, it has always been on the principle of quartering cargo against cargo; in this case, however, M'Kinn's and the other two ships having only taken on board a 100 and some tens of cases of wine, this is indeed almost the same thing as coming quite empty ! Out of pure indulgence we won't stop to discuss the profit they expect upon their wine, which must be small in the extreme, but as to what they say about haying brought foreign money wherewith to buy export cargo, why, adding it all together, it scarcely exceed a 100,000. odd dollars, and with such a paltry sum,how much export cargo can they buy, pray ? These said foreign merchants have crossed over an intervening ocean of several tens of thousands of miles, and have only come to buy 100.000 odd dollars' worth of mer chandise and then go away again I Conjecturing, guessing. and turning all the circumstances in our mind, truly we are quite unable to account for it. We, the Commissioner and. Viceroy, have already sent persons to Whampoa, to search and examine, and we find that Nl‘Kinn's and Amanaze's (Lintin?) ships have alike got the name of their country in foreign characters on their stern, but Sopa's (Valparaiso ?) ship has got no country's name whereby to identify her, wherefore it is difficult to secure that she may not have borrowed a false name, and be not come into port clandestinely with intention to de ceive, and such like. We ought, therefore, in strict jus ..ec c , immand the Hong merchants that they hold no comm,re-i.l dealings with her, and that they take her and forthwith drive her out of the port, but re membering that the said foreigners have crossed over a boundless sea to come hither, we cannot bear the idea of seeing the labour of no avail, and sending them empty away. Therefore it is that we, the Commissioner and Viceroy, having duly consulted toge ther, hereby request your Excellency the Hoppo to com mand the principal and junior security merchants that they ake the whole of the boxes of money which these ships have brought and discharge them, and pass them through the hands of your Excellency the Hoppo, that your Excel lency may duly weigh them, and seal them up, and then deliver them over to the Hong merchants that they be put in the Consoo treasury. Thus let the Hong merchants, as they go on buying export cargo for these ships, distinctly inform your Excellency by petition of their quality, weight, price, value, &c., that your Excellency may examine the same item by item, and permit the ships to receive on board just as much export cargo and no more as is the equivalent of their specie, let not the value of the mer chandize exceed that of the money, which will lead to abuses done in the dark ! In reference to Sopa's ship, oblige the principal security merchants to examine and scrutinize if she be bone fide an American ship or not : if an American ship--let her be treated exactly in the same way as the two ships Ann M'Kinn and Lintin, but if she be a ship belonging to any other country, and has borrowed a false name under which to enter the port clandestinely, then let the same be forthwith immediately driven out of the port I Let not the said Hong merchants involve themselves in the smallest degree in this matter, or fool ishly undertake to suffer for the faults of others 1 This is done entirely from our (the Commissioner and Viceroy's) feeling of compassion for the men from afar, and out of what is crooked to make the most complete and perfect laws ! The Hong merchants and the foreign merchants must alike give conformable obedience and act with pro priety ; they may on no account offdr a foolish opposition ! We have to request your Excellency the Hoppo to examine the matter duly, and command the Hong merchants that the same be with all sincerity put in force, &c. " Nov, this having been duly received by me, the hoppo. I hereby in conformity issue this my edict for the informa tion of the concerned. When this edict is received by the Hong merchants, let them immediately, in conformity with the tenor of the Commissioner and Viceroy's communica tion to me, take the Ann 11P.Kinn and Lintin, and dis charging the whole of the boxes of foreign money on board, announce the same to me, that I may have them examined and sealed, when they will be stored in the Consoo treasury ; and as the said Hong merchants go on buying export cargo for these two ships, let them beware that they only get the value of the money they brought; the value of their export cargo must not exceed the amount of their specie, which would lead to clandestine dealings and irregularities. At the same time let the said principal security merchants and others examine .clearly if Sopa's ship be bone fide an American , ship or not—if an Ameri can ship, let her be treated in the same way as the Ann APlCinn and Lintin, but if the ship of any other nation, let the same forthwith be clearly reported to us, that she be immediately driven out of port 1 Do not, oh ye Hong merchants, involve yourselves on this matter, or by seek ing to conceal or grant connivance bring fatal conse quences upon yourselves I Hasten ! Hasten ! A special edict. " Taoukwang, 19th year, 12th moon, and 21st day. Canton, 25th January, 1940." PETITION OF THE 'DUTCH VICE-CONSUL. Yu, Hoppo of Canton by Imperial appointment, &c., &c., &c., issues this edict to Howqua and the other secu rity merchants that they may thoroughly know and under stand. Whereas, these said Hong-merchants handed me up a petition written in the foreign character from the Dutch foreigner, Teideman, which being translated was found to contain the following : " I, the said foreigner, on the oth day of the present moon, had a ship belonging to my native: country called Leen-sze-tat (Linstedt), which, coming to Canton to trade, first, in confirmity with the law, gave a duly prepared bond outside the Bocca Tigris, and immediately after wards proceeded to Whampoa. The said ship bad leder on board foreign tin, sandal wood, gold and silver thread, sha - As' maws, and fine blankets, carpets, and such like; besides she had a quantity of a new kind of foreign money, which she brought for purposes of trade. But as this was the first time that Captain Leen-sze-tat had ever come to Canton, he we not aware that from this new kind of foreign money must be deducted a mace for every dollar (about 12 per cent.) before that people were willing to receive it, and so having no resource, he took this said new e-r.ien money, and bought with it eight hundred and odd `• , , • ~., 0., ,, 71 which he bad put on board and brought up + \ '21r.'.7 , c ,, "Lt. f' , same time. Eitivt , i; v,,tli (Jeep reverence submitted to the new lasva of th 9 heavenly dynasty, and not having smuggled or wrought any prohibited articles of any descriptior_ not daring to oppose or offend, being willing, should any irregularity be discovered, to be atwiged to death by the new statute, your petitioner herebz begs teat. Y. E. will cause the Hong merchants to-secure his said ship forthwith, that she may speedily open her hatches, and hav'wg dis charged her cargo, take advantage of the monsoon to. spread her sails, and return to her own country, for which your petitioner will feel deeply grateful," &c. &c. Now this coming before me, the Hoppo, I find that on the 13th day of the present moon (18th Dec., 183S1), I received a joint despatch from their Excellencies, the Com missioner and Viceroy, to tee effect, that henceforward the ships of all and every foreign country shall not be per mitted to load on board the goods and merchandise belong ing to the English foreigners, and dispose of the same fur them, and that a duly prepared bond be et the same time exacted hem these said foreigners to that effect, and that the Hong merchants be commanded to consult together as to bow this object may be best obtained, and hand up the result of their deliberations for the approval or disaproval of said high offioers, &c., &c., &c. ; which having been duly received, I, the Hoppe, at that time in my turn im pressed the commands on the hong merchants, as is on record. Now, however, it app g ears that the Dutch foreigner , Teideman, spinhroiep dsetit irwhichitesm,ao nopndae arrived t ilh i v4 o aett r is dh , ladenDuy t outside ec i . n 1, withhst e3 ha 9 bought o, foreignuo bg n eht t bt h i Ba e n do oa 9 a t day La n dnedoe tnho.. des o zrd f e c.bl:a l ml i te i , s s.s of cotton, which ho took onboard and brought up to Wham poa all at the same time. Now, having already given the duly prepared bond according to law, and thereupon pro ceeded to Whampoa, this item of cotton, although it was received on board after that the port was abut (against the English), yet in the aforesaid petition it is distinctly said that it was done before he had received any authentic do cument to such effect ; there e fo n re he le r t: o h l e d, said that Hong user chants examine matters and instantly secure the ship,ia to be bgeindgoonferna:coP;drirangisgitOnlatwo open custom. But beyond this, e th oens l d 4 e th red dav th o e f e t o h m e m l c lt n h ce m p l o n n t, (l 6 9 e th s D a id ec. il l e rm eg o n ; t m h u e s ir t egliveeeliimeupcliieceit tohbeedcteenrecereticsetiet c r. o e n n te d nt y s i o e f ere th y e , ed e i e c d t of in r p e o al n o earnest u p puteee or mattersdecei deceive theAt the same I every foreign merchant he made acquainted wits this I Hasten ! Hasten ! A special edict. Taoukw c a e n ngt'onl9,llhoytheaDr'eclelmthbrner, 1 n 8 , 3 a 9 n . d 14th day. PETITION OF THE AMERICAN CONSUL. ; Goo. specially appointed Kwang-ehow.foo, Bic. &c., iS$ tl orders to the Hong merchants that they ma y e thOrciugtlY kriOW hod iitider§tthiet Whereas, I (the said Kwang chow foo) have just re ceived an edict from their Excellencies the High Commit:- sioner Lin, and Viceroy Tang, to the following effect. eCemti vith moon of the 19th 1839), the Amer "--”,-; were THE SEJN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1840. are the produce of any English possession, originally -hipped on board for the purpose of coming to Canton, and duly petition the Keun min foo, who will thereupon give a chop and a pilot, to the end that the vessel may enter port, &c.' Now I (the said American Superintendent) find, that any ships coming afterwards to Canton, it will be necessary for me first to examine, and then they will be permitted to enter the port. (By this regulation) I shall not be able to escape going backwards and forwards in my own person, which will detain me 10 and more days (at a time). (I have therefore to beg) that afterwards .vhenlany ships of my nation come to Canton, the said Captains may give the duly prepared bond, that they have brought no opium as exacted by the new law, and that they may request the Keun min foo to give them their chops and pilots and first proceed to Whampoa. Wait till they have arrived at Whampoa, when I (tbe American Superintendent) will, in accordance with the terms of Y. E.'s edict, clearly examine if the said ships have or have not within or without Canton waters been conveying cargo up fcr the English ships, when I will give a declaration to that effect under my seal of office to serve as proof. It is an established rule among all foreign countries, that in bringing goods to any market, so soon as these goods are discharged they pay duty. But our ships go to any place they please, and seeing goods or produce, hey buy such goods or produce, and so tong as they are not prohibited articles, no inquiries whatever are made as to how they came by them. The goods which my native country produces arc only suitable to the Canton market ee a very small extent; therefore it is that our ships go the ports of all foreign , countries, and there purchase goods or produce to bring to Canton, hoping thereby to gain a little profit. Now, however, that we have received the edict of Y. E. ' not permitting our ships to go to Singapore, Malacca, and Manilla, there to load cargo, &C. &c., we merchants from afar can tot prufit in the smallest degree 1 We therefore sincerely sope that Y. E. will graciously consider that we fo reigners have crossed over a prodigious ocean of several tens of thousands of miles, and exposed ourselves to the danger of wind and waves to come to Canton, and kindly concede to us that the ships of our country may go to any market and load cargo for Canton, giving us thus to earn a little profit for which we shall feel abundantly grateful, &c." Now this coming before us, the Commissioner and Vice roy, it behoves us to give the following reply. According to the petition it sa ys, " when the m er ch an t vesse l s o f our said country come to Canton, let them first give the duly prepared bond and then petition the Keun min foo to grant the chop and pilot that the vessels may proceed to Whampoa, waiting till they arrive there, when the said American Superintendent will examine clearly in accord ance with the terms of our Edict, and ifthe said vessel has not taken on board any goods for English vessels within or with out the Ladrone Islands in the Canton seas to transport them to Canton, then the said American Superintendent will give a chop under his seal of office as proof of the same," this proposal of his may indeed be pnt in force. After this, all the vessels of the said country arriving at Whampoa, let them be duly searched and examined by the said Superintendent, that they are not engaged in the afore-meetioned irregularities,and the sealed chopso granted them by the said Superintendent, the captain and super cargoes must deliver over to the said Hong merchants t o cave and to bold, and by virtue of which these may secure their ships. If afterwards it be found out that these ships lave been transporting goods (for the English), then ship and cargo will be wholly confiscated, and the said American Superintendent will find himself involved in veryunpleasant circumstances. Just then at this present moment,the said nation has got three ships—viz., Palik (?) Kowloo (?) and Keleetse(?) which arrived at Whampoa, on the 20th and 21st of this moon, let these then be duly examined and dealt with in the manner that we have just agreed upon. As to the products of the said country not being many, and foreign merchants going to the markets of every coun try, and as they see goods buying them and bringing them on to Canton for resale, this in itself is not what the laws forbid. Only having reason to fear that you may have clandestine connections with the English, falsely borrowing your own name to say that you mer e ly t ranss hip th em : an d hoist your flag and dispose of them for them, therefore it is that in our previous edict we did not permit you to touch at Singapore, Malacca, Manilla, and other places, and take on board goods en route. What we call taking on board goods en route, is only pointing,to goods transshipped from English vessels, and not meant to apply to those goods or products, which the said ( American) merchants may bona fide themselves buy there for the purpose of bringing on to Can ton. Such goods as these buy themselves must necessarily have original invoices and marks to serve as proof ; let the said American Superintendent declare the real circumstances of the case, saying that the goods which have arrived were shipped at such or such a place, and let him take the ori ginal invoice and deliver it to the Hong merchants, who will hand it up to the authorities for inspection and exa mination. We, the Commissioner and Viceroy, have al. ways the means of distinguishing between the truth or falsehood of the case by referring to the goods themselves, and seeing whether they were old or new—whether they have been laden on board ship for a long time, or merely ! temporarily. The said American Superintendent must in his turn show all the foreign merchants that they submis sively obey the laws of our heavenly dynasty ? Beware, do not blindly scheme after profit, thus bringing upon your.. selves unnumbered woes ! Exert yourselves to avoid them ! Expect them if you disobey ! We therefore unite the circumstances and issue this our edict, and when it reaches the said Kwang chow foo, let him immediately issue the commands to the Hong mer chants, that they in their turn impress them on the said Superintendent Snow, that he obey and act in conformity. Do not oppose I, the Kwang chow foo, having received the above edict, hereby make it known to the said Hung merchants, that they in their turn impress it on the said Superintendent Snow, that he may obey accordingly. Do not oppose. A Special Edict I Taouksvang, 19th year, 1 lth moon, and 24th day. Canton, 29th of December, 1829. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON Nobody can look back for a space of six or eight years but he must remember as a general notion pre vailing against the Duke of Welliagton, as a taunt often urged against us by our political opponents, often si lently conceded by ourselves—that, either from habits of long usage, or from original vice of temperament, he was too rigid and untractable in his political opinions ; in his demeanour too peremptory, too uncivic ; that with the highest virtues of the military character he combined some of its worst disqualification s for political life ; that his notions tended to impress too martial a character of discipline upon the public service ; that even his virtues of a civic order were alloyed with his spirit—his directness and plain-dealing being but an other aspect of that peremptory spirit which finds its proper place in a camp ; and that finally, as to the sub stantial merits of national wants or grievances, apart fr the mode and manner of his administration, not less by temper than by his mceles of experience, the Duke was incapacitated for estimating the spirit of his age, and stood aloof from all popular sympathies. Thus stood public opinion, when a memorable act of retribution was rendered to the Duke's merits, and a monument raised to his reputation, such as will co-exist with our language, in the series of his Despatches, &c., published by Col. Gurwood. The effect was profound. The Duke of Wellington had long been raised as far beyond the be nefits, as he is beyond the need, of any trivial enthusiasm derived from momentary sources or vulgar arts ; and this book was fitted to engage the attention of none but the highly cultivated. The reverence of the land for the Duke's character, the gratitude of the land for the Duke's services, scarcely seemed open to increase. But undoubtedly a depth of tone and a solemnity approach ing to awe, were impressed henceforth upon the feelings with which all thoughtful men regarded the Duke of Wellington as an intellectual being. Now, first, it was understood what quality of intellect had been engaged in our service, moving amongst what multiplied embar rassments, thwarted by what conflicts even in friendly quarters, winning its way by what flexibility of address, watching all obstacles by what large compass of talents, and compensating every disadvantage for the public ser vice by what willing sacrifices of selfish feeling. Were it not for the singleness of purpose, for the per fect integrity, for the absolute self-dedication, and the sublime simplicity, we should say—Here is a Machia velian subtlety of understanding ! With an apostolical grandeur of purpose, there is here combined the address of a finished intriguer ; and for a service of nations upon the grandest scale, we see displayed a restless and a versatile spirit of submission to circumstances and to characters, which, according to all the experience of thisiworid, belongs naturally to modes of selfishness the most intense. The wisdom of long-suffering ; the poli cies of allowance in matters of practice ; the spirit of indulgence to errors that were redeemable ; the tran scendent power to draw into unity of effect, elements the most heterogenous, and tempers the most incom patible ; in short, that spirit of civic accommodation to the times in which we had supposed him to have been most wanting, and that spirit of regard to the bold na tional temperament of the armies he led, which was held most irreconcilable with martial discipline ; precisely these were the qualities which the Gurwood correspondence has exposed as the foremost of the Duke's endowments ; in any case, the very rarest endowments ; and in this case, amongst an army so high-spirited, the most ope rative for the final success. In short, to sum up the truth by the sharpest antithesis, instead of ruling in his civic administration by means of military maxims, the Duke of Wellington applied to military measures and to the conduct of armies that spirit of civic policy which, in times less critical by far, had not been at tempted by generals of nations the most democratic. Such is the retributory service, late but perfect, ren dered to the Duke's character. The shades of even ing are now stealing over his life : and for him, also, that night is coming in which no man . can work. But as yet no abatement is visible in his energies of public duty. Tenderness, as towards a ward of the nation, is now beginning to mingle with our veneration. And, in the course of nature, the anxieties of a mighty people will soon be suspended on his health, as they have long been suspended on his majestic wisdom.—Blackwood's Magazine. THE LATE MURDER and SUICIDE. The neighbourhood of Compton-street has within the last few days been visited by hundreds of persons anxious to obtain a view of the place where the unfortu nate man, Gingell, perpetrated the two-fold crime of murder and suicide. It appears from inquiry that the quarrel which led to this result was as follows : Mrs. Gingell worked at the boot and shoe-binding business for a large firm on Snow-bill, the rule of which establishment was, that the work should be brought home on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. On last Tues day three weeks Mrs. Gingell took home her work, and returned as soon as able. When Gingell came home in the evening, he learned that she had been out, and demanded to know where she had been. She re fused to tell him, and words ensued, when Gingell seized her by the throat, and forced her to tell him by nearly strangling her, which he declared he would do if she did not. On the following morning she showed her neck to the lodgers, and it was much blackened, by the pressure of his fingers. She left the house on the following Saturday afternoon, leaving on the table a slip of paper containing the following :—" Gingell—This makes the fourth time that we have separated. This, however, is the final. You have conquered me—what no man should have done, and what no man shall ever do again. Adieu for ever." Gingell came home at nine o'clock on that evening, and finding her gone, and dis covering the paper,. became almost frantic. He cried bitterly, and praised his wife above all women, but took no notice whatever of the children. He went out shortly after, an it has been ascertained proceeded di rect to her father's house, where he created great dis turbance, and demanded his wife to be given up to him. The father resisted, but Gingell was ultimately permit ted to set her. He urged her to return with him, but she positively refused, and it was subsequently arranged that they should all go to Hatton Garden Police-office on the following Monday, and agree to sepa rate in the presence of the Magistrate. They went there, and met Gingell, but he refused to go in, and upon his promising not again to molest his wife, they separated. Notwithstanding this promise, Gingell was continually seen in the neighbourhood of her father's residence, and when she went out dogged her about from place to place. Mrs. Gingell left her father's house shortly after nine o'clock on the morning of 'rues dai, last, to take home some work to Snow-hill, and on leaving, said to her mother that she should call on her way back, and see John, meaning her brother, residing at 57, Compton-street. The father states his belief to be, that Gingell again followed his wife, and on Ler return towards he: brother's accosted her with a view to induce her to return home with him, when the sad catastrophe took place. Gingell was exceedingly jealous of his wife—so much so, that he would not take her out himself for fear the men should look at her. Gingell worked on the rail way, and appeared a very steady and hard-working man ; his wages were 18s. a-week. He occupied a back parlour furnished, and paid up his rent regularly until the last month. The unfortunate children have been received into the St. Pancras workhouse. CAPTAIN TOWNES' PETITION. Yu, by imperial appointment, Hoppo of Canton, &c. &c., hereby proclaims to Howqua and the other Hong merchants that they may thoroughly know and understand, Whereas, the said hong merchants have just presented to me a foreign petition, written in the Chinese c h aracter , from the Eglish ship Captain Tonglong (Townes) wherein is stated the f Alowing : Several months before, when I was at Macao, I peti tioned clearly the Keen min foo, and having already given the duly prepared bond according to the new law, I got his permission to enter the port. Hosever, being prevented by two war ships, one called Warren, the other called Smith, I could not proceed, and in consequence my ship has been lying at anchor in the outer seas for a long time, which has caused me to lose a great deal of money. At present all the cargo within my ship is utterly spoiled, but mere especially my foreign rice; its smell is insufferable, and as the people on board my ship inhale it, it is really to be feared lest it breed a plague among them. Now my said ship having already entered the port several says, I earnestly beg that your Excellency will command the Hong merchants promptly to secure her, so that I may speedily get rid of my spoiled cargo, for which I shall feel abundantly grateful," &c. &c. Now this coming before me, the Hoppo, I find that Townes' ship bad Already given the duly prepared bond according to law, and obtained permission to enter the port before that the port was shut against her, as I had duly then informed the Viceroy, who conjointly with myself gave orders to Howqua to proceed in person to Whampoa, and after clearly examining the vessel, cause one of the Hong merchants to petition me and secure her, as is duly recorded. Only, at just this moment is the time when his Excel. lency the High Commissioner has commanded these said Hong merchants to deliberate upon and fix certain regula tions, to be handed up to his Excellency for examination, by which, whenever any foreign ship arrives at Whampoa, the whole of the Hong merchants must give a joint bond, and in order to put them all on the same footing, the said Townes' ship ought to be dealt with in like manner. Cause, therefore, as before, that the said Hovrqua., elaug wit!► all.t4c other Hong- merchants, give instant obedience to tlle commands of his Excellency the Commissioner, and settle these nev. laws for giving the bond, which they must hand up to his Excellency, and then let them petition to me to open the said vessel's bold. Do not delay Be speedy I A special edict ! Taoukwang, 19th year, 12th moon, and 2d day. Canton, 16th January, 1840. ANTI-SLAVERY CONVENTION. This assembly will commence its sitting on the 12th of this month. Delegates are already coming in from various quarters, and announcements of more arrive every hour. America, the strongest hold of slavery, sends the greatest number of representatives. This is as it should be. Amongst the American delegates are the following :—James Gillespie Burney, Esq., of New York, counsellor at law,, a native of Kentucky, a slave State, and formerly a "holder of slaves, whom, on adopt ing the principles of abolition, he immediatly emanci pated, at the sacrifice of many thousand dollars. Such a man gives proof that he is in earnest. Henry B. Stanton, Esq., of New York, the secretary of the American Anti-Slavery Society ; James Dean, Esq., late Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in the University of Vermont ; Colonel Miller, a m em _ her of the State Legislature, who during the Greek Revolution carried the contributions of his country and gave his own services to the assistance of the Greeks. George Braflburne, Esq., of Nantucket, Massachusetts, Member of the State Legislature, James Mott, Esq., a Member of the Society of Friends, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; the Rev. E. Galusha ; also the Rev. Nathaniel Colven, Pastor of the first Baptist Church in Boston that admitted coloured men to sit in church with the whites. This example the other Baptist churches are silently and quietly following. Messrs. Darves and Keep, from the Oberlin Institute, one of the most remarkable institutions of modern times. From Jamaica there have arrived William Knibb, the Baptist Mi ssionary , and W. W. Anderson, Esq., a Member of the Legislature of that island ; from Barbadoes, S. J. Prescod, Esq., • gentleman of firm Anti-Slavery prin ciples, and editor of a Liberal newspaper there. From sprts from every part of the United Kingdom the friends of the negro are gatherin g to th e meeting. France is sending some ad o "c the a r European uorO plcibaenrtcyo,unwti h r o e , s, wi w tl i i il li a k s e generous - si.t to carry on this peaceful and noble enterprise. STANLEY'S BILL.-MEETING TN BOLTON.- The Reformers of Bolton Kehl a meeting. en Thursday last, at which the Mayor presided, when a resoiut‘on was passed ex pressive of their disapprobation of the 7ote given by their Mem ber, Mr. Ainsworth, on the division on Lord Stanley's Irish , - FOUNDLING, HOSPITALS AND THEIR EFFECTS. „•: The Report of the Charity Commissioners on the Foundling Hospital in London (the only institution of the kind, we believe, in the kingdom), affords several facts of considerable interest in evidence of the suffi ciency of the grounds upon which only a limited degree of assistance is afforded to charities of this class. The Foundling Hospital, possessing at present an in come of about:ls,ooo/. a year, and in which by the falling in of leases a very large increase may soon be antici pated, was founded in 1739, by a charter granted on the petition of Thomas Coram, the master of a trading vessel, who had for some years previously exerted him self strenuously to attain this object. There are some startling facts in the Report, which seem to prove beyond a doubt that the most effectual means of augmenting the number of foundlings, is a liberal supply of means for their maintenance in nu merous or extensive foundling hospitals. This, it is well known, is the common argument against such establishments ; and it is usually illustrated by the fact of the far greater number of foundlings and ille gitimate children in Paris than in London. This ex ample, however, is not unexceptionable ; for it remains yet to be shown, how far the numbers in the former city would be reduced if the indiscriminate reception of children in the charities were to cease, or if certain bounds were put to it. The history of our own Found ling Hospital affords much clearer evidence. The hos pital was opened on the 25th of March, 1741, notice having been previously given to the public that children would be admitted till the house (then situated in Hatton-garden) was full. The children were merely brought to the door, and if, on examination, they were found free from any communicable disease, they were admitted, without any questions whatever being asked respecting them. Under this plan, the numbers asking for admission appear gradually to have increased ; and, in 1742-3, it was proposed to enlarge the hospital, and obtain funds enough to admit all the children that were brought. At this time it often happened that there were 100 women with children at the door, when only twenty could be admitted ; and riots and disturbances often took place. A practice was then introduced of receiving by ballot ; and all the women were admitted into the Court-room, and drew balls out of a bag. wlnv firstola not commenced si l e ' clioiemni it entailed mei an of i continued 6, tellsntacaieli cieddft ofi indiscriminate ds nr n7ttcliesr purpose saiarly flpor t e e piunt oar slt admission, e ,hyaeetnaiotiri e sotwui;l hseei ca lo hn i ofd le hospital. vwti Commonsve thhe r s , oc la , no / ilt s t some others less important, was defrayed by the House of Commons, amounted to little short of 550,0001. A basket was hung at the gate of the hospital, in which the children were deposited, after ringing a bell to give notice to the officers in attendance. On the 2d of June, 1756, the first day of general reception, 117 children were received ; and, between that day and the end of that year, 1,783 children, and in the following. year, 3,727 were admitted. The governors directed, in') .1.1...m,:1757, that advertisements should be issued, ap prising the public of the privilege to which they had be come entitled ; and notices to the same effect were put up at the corners of public streets, and places of public resort. report) T he werer consequences indped of lamentable.hi s general admission P! ostcut Prostitution (says t was he greatly encouraged by the unlimited facilities afforded for disposing o f t h e f ru it s of illicit intercourse. The governors Caving neglected to prov ide themselves pre viously with prop er mea ns of rearing so man y children during the most cr iti ca l period of human life, b y far the greater number of the infants admitted died. Of 14,934 children received during the three years and tea months that this system was continued, no less than 10,389 perished in early infancy. Parish officers, in some cases by fraud, in others by force, sent in the legitimate children of pauper parishioners, to relieve their parishes from the cost of maintaining them. Parents also brought their children when in a dying state, for the purpose of ieriing them buried at the ex pense of the hospital ; strangers were em p loyed by parents to convey their children from the country to the hospital in London at so much per head, and many of them, through the wilful brutality or criminal negli gence of those to whom they were consigned, never reached their destination alive. This system was discontinued in 1760, but its short continuance was amply sufficient to show, in the above brief history, all its evils, and all those of the same plan, however modified in its details, in other countries. With increased facility, there immediately coincides increased licentiousness, and the strange anomaly is exhibited of charity engendering crime. The harm of such a sy s t em is incalculable, for as i t effectuall y re moves one of th e p r i nc i pa l res traints on the production of bastard c hildren—the fear of the bu rden of main taining them—it creates a d e mand for assistance which none but the most enormous funds can possibly meet. NEAT CALCULAT St. Louis Ga zette goes into a calculation to show the amount of tobacco a man chews in a lifetime. The Editor says--" Suppose a to bacco chewer is in the habit of chewing tobacco fifty years of his life--each day of that time he consumes two inches of solid plug, which amountsto sia thousand three hundred and seventy five feet, making nearly one mile and a quarter in length of solid tobacco, a half inch thick and two inches broad." He wants to know what a young beginner would think if he had the whole amount stretched out before him, and he were told that to chew it up would be one of the exercises of his life, ant) .lan lhaf it Would ,tax income to the amount of one thousand ana ninety-five dollars. We guess he would think it a pretty considerable job.- .Istio • York Evening Post. DOVER, JUNE 4.—The Earl of Durham, who has proceeded thus far en route to Carlsbad, finds himself tco unwell to undertake the journey, and intends, we hear, to H ry sunneer .reli,lerice. 'I he air cf the Isle of - estored his health, and we hope lie . _ FOOD MOBS. On account of the high price of grain, serious dis turbances have lately taken place at Limerick. Ac cording to a private letter, a numerous mob, on Tues day, succeeded in pillaging several stores, notwithstand ing the exertions of the dragoons and infantry who paraded the streets, assisted by the police. Some of the dragoons were knocked off their horses with stones. A great many persons have been arrested, principally women, who were the ringleaders in the attack. Another account, dated Tuesday, says : " The masses of people congregated were immense ; that several stores were broken open and plundered ; the Riot Act read in several parts of the city ; upon which the people, nothing daunted, threw open their coats, and cried out, Fire away.' At three o'clock, the Messrs. Russell sent two waggon-loads of flour to the market, which they sold in small quantities at half price. On leaving Limerick at four o'clock, it was one vast scene of confusion and disturbance." " Limerick, Five o'clock Wednesday evening. " I have seen the Mayor just now with two troops of Lancers. All the shops are shut—no business is doing—not a potatoe is in the market ; the farmers are afraid to come near the town, and, from the insuffi ciency of troops, nothing; I think, is, under Heaven, preventing the town from lacing plundered, but the agency of sobriety. At this hour there is a body of 5,000 persons parading George-street and Patrick street." HEBREW WOMEN.—Whertverthe women of the Hebrews are to be found (and where are they not ?) they still exhibit the type of that intellectual beauty which subued Egypt, and reformed the penal statutes of Persia, and their fine heads are cited by science as models of the highest moral con formation. Bright thoughts flash from their bright eyes, quick perceptions animate their noble lineaments, and if the force of circumstances is no longer directed to elicit the high qualities of an Esther or a Judah, the original of the picture drawn by the prophet king of the virtuous woman " whose price is above rubies," may be found among the Jewish women of modern as of ancient t►mes, for " they eat not the bread of idleness," and " the hearts of their husbands trust them."—Lady Morgan's Woman and her Master. TIIE FINISH.—The die is cast. Our deputies, after having gone to their posts, have returned to their homes. Men and money have both been mustered. The cry of the nation has been loud and long. The voice of calamity has been clamorous—articulated in the thunder of 1,500,000 British voices. Industry has toiled, skill has been exercised, and capital has been expended in vain. The warning of an increased expenditure rendered necessary to meet the rebellion of national discontent, and of a greatly diminished revenue, caused by the decreasing power of consumption in the people, has been disregarded. The wailings of the famishing, the mutterings of the mutinous artisan, the tears of the orphan, and the cries of wife and mother, have all been without effect. The Representatives of the people will not hear the people, and the ruin of the nation seems hastening on. To the state of China several nights' attention is de voted. Whether Ministers shall be in or out, farms the anxious debate of four long days ; and whether the people shall be fed or starved, whether England shall live or die, is a question which the Commons of Britain will not permit to occupy their time even for the whole Of oae short night. The countryman complained that he couldn't see tendon for the houses ; and the country gentlemen declare. that ti, e business of Parliament is obstructed by attending to the affairs of the people. —Anti- Corn-law Circular. WATERLOO-BRIDGE.—The half-yearly Gene ral Assembly of the Company of Proprietors of this Beate- wil e held, on Thursday, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Stra.rel - >- It was very numerously attended. The Rev. John Rush having been called to the chair, the Secretary read the report of the Committee, from which it appeared that the amount of tolls collected during the six months ended last February was 6,5741. ss. 6d. being an increase of 801. over that of the cor responding period of the previous year, and that notwithstand ing very unfavourable weather h a d p reva il e d . Th e reduction of ' the tolls at the horse-gate had not been attended with the success anticipated : for while in the eleven months envied June 1839, the receipts from this source had amounted to 2,984/. 12s. 7d., they had diminished in the ensuing eleven months, to' 2,9181 It was to be observed, however, that although the reduction had at first entailed considerable loss, the extreme point of depression soon passed, and was followed by an increase of traffic. A dividend of 2s. 6d. in the pound had been declared in February last, and there re mained a - balance of 1361. The Committee had taken a fresh lease of the Company's house, their former one having ex pired; and they had caused soundings of the bed of the river to be made from time to time, by which it was ascertained that scarcely any variation had taken place for six months. The struethre itself remained in a satisfactory state. The receipts for the half-year were stated to be 7,145/. 14s. 7d., including 6,5741. by tolls, 38:1/. by rent of arched vaults, and 351. b y di vidend on stock. The total expenditure was 7,0091. 10s. The report was unanimously adopted. On the motion of aproprie tor, it was resolved that the assistant clerk, in addition to his present duties, should be appointed surveyor to the Company, and that his salary be increased from 5501. to 200/. per annum. Sir John Rennie was then elected. Director in the room of the late Mr. H, Vbeape, and M r . W. Woodvar a member of th e COmmittee, in the place of Mx. J. P. Robinson. A vote of thanks having been giv.en, to, the Rev. Chairman, the meeting separated. M,ELANCH : OL.Y ACCIDENT IN THE ISLE OF -Tt is, with deep regret, in which we shall be joined by litany of• our respectable townsmen, that we have to record the death of James Crone, Esq., late of Glasgow. This mournful event took place at Douglas, in the Isle of Man, on Saturday, the 23d ult., under eircumstanssee, singularly affecting. Mr. M'Crone and part of his family hatJ, been at tending Divine Service in the Scottish Church at Douglas on the forenoon of Sunday, the 17th. After service, he, with his eldest daughter and a Miss Quaile, went into an open carriage to return to his residence at Rock Villa, about a mile distant from the church, and situated on an eminence which overlooks the town of Douglas. At the bottom of this hill, the road to Rock Villa takes a sharp angular turn. In descending the hill, the horse started off with such fury, that the driver was quite unable to restrain him. Most unfortunately, when turn ing the corner, the ladies got quite alarmed, and, hav ing unhappily made a movement toward that side of the carriage which had a previous inclination, it was overact, and the whole party were precipitated with great violence against Mr, Duff's garden wall. When taken up it was found that Mr. M'Crone had his collar bone and three of his ribs broken—that Miss. M'Crone, whose head came into con tact with the wall, had suffered severe concession of the brain —that Miss Quaile, her companion, had also her collar bone broken —and that the driver, to whom, we believe, no blame is imputable, was dreadfully bruised. The sufferers were imme diately tak' n into the mansion of Mr. Duff, which he and his family most benevolently resigned for their accommodation, and where everything was done that the kindest attention and the highest medical skill could devise for their comfort. Mr. M-Crone promised to do well up till Friday, when he took a fatal turn, and sunk under his accumulated distresses. Mi ss M'Crone, an interesting young lady of twenty-one years of age, I has little prospect of ultimate recovery. Miss Quaile, also a fine young woman of about the same age, has been declared out of danger, and the coachman is in the same state.— Glasgow Courier. - - AN AMATEUR HANGMAN.—There is now no permanent executioner in Glasgow. The person who ope rated in th e recent execu ti on of Templeton, is a tall, an d has been a st rong man ; h e i s a t least sixty years of age, and wore a long great coat and broad brimmed hat. Although he is an amateur, and not a fixed hangman, he had been lodged in Glas gow gaol for ten days, and after he had received the fee for his revolting work, he bolted, but in what direction no one knows, of course. He is or has been a tradesman, and, is not a resi 'denter in the ciV,ltext'always makes it his busineSs to be prc sent three times a year, viz. about the time of the Circuits, in the hope that something in his line may be needed. He will scent an aggravated criminal case from the heart of Yorkshire to the town of Inverness, and so soon as he hears that any un fortunate man has been " east," he either goes personally, or writes tc, the Magistrates of the place, offering his services at a reasonable rate; he states that he has " let down''-(3'19 is his ownplirase) a considerable !Amber I and PUNISHMENT FOR LIBEL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—l beg to correct what I think is a mistake, in your Leader of yesterday, respecting Lovett and Collins being the first persons that were convicted of libel—that were compelled to herd with convicted felons. The accom panying hand-bill will show you what I suffered in mind in 1833. I will tell you a little of what I suffered in body when I and my wife appeared in the Court at Taunton, to take our trials. I bad on a clean shirt and a shave. Immediately after my sentence of six months imprisonment I was heavily ironed by the leg, and at night securely locked by the leg to an iron ring in the floor of the prison, with not more than two feet long of strong heavy chain, with ten or twelve convicted felons. My shoes and coat were taken from me, and I had nothing but a little straw to lie down on. I had not thc least covering except the straw. I had the irons on when my wife came to the conversa tion-room the day after my sentence, to see me with her infant at her breast, and I was not allowed to have the child brought near enough to me to kiss it, although it held out its little hand, and cried to come to me. Just after my wife left the prison, I was put into the prison van, and chained by the leg, with twenty convicted felons, and taken to Ilchester gaol. As soon as I arrived there I was taken to a shed in the yard, and stripped, and brought, in the presence of eight or ten convicted felons, and compelled to go into a large trough of water—the same water that all sorts had washed in previously. When I came out my own shirt, and stockings, and hat, were taken from ine, and the prison shirt, and stockings, and cap were 'put on me. I was then taken to a ward to herd with convicted felons. (I could name them.) I had to live on the prison diet, skilly, and had to undress on a stone floor, in the passage, and stand to be searched, with nothing on but my shirt, shoes, and cap, previous to being locked up in the cell, at sun-set. I then had to turn down the straw pallet, and spread the blanket and rug on the narrow iron bedstead, without sides. All my clothes were taken from me at night, ;except as above named. I was compelled to empty the utensil in the morning, and carry it up with me to the cell at night. As for visitors, I only saw one during the whole six months I was at Ilchester gaol. A tradesman of Bath called at the prison to see me, he was told it was too late for that day. He has told me that the parish church clock had not gone three o'clock. He only asked to see me for five minutes, but was r efused. I have been told that this person's father was refused on the same plea.—Your's respectfully, J. COGSWELL, Newsvender. Chandos-buildings, Bath, May 28, 1840, The following is an extract of the hand-bill referred to in the letter : POLITICAL PERSECUTION, &c. In January 1833, an industrious, sober man, of the name of James Cogswell, by trade a shoemaker, opened a shop in Union-passage, Bath, for the sale of the London political publications. In the early part of March, the Corporation conspired to put down Cogs well, and Pat Quin purchased of the wife of James Cogs well, while the husband was present sitting at his work, a copy of a paper printed in London, entitled, " The consequences of having Kings, and Priests, and Lords," in which it was clearly shown that the consequences are all bad. The next. day Cogswell and his wife were dragged to the Town Hall, and after being kept there all day, she with an infant in her arms, and two other infants left at home in an otherwise empty house and open shop, they were both ordered to be locked up until they had given twenty-tour hours' notice of bail. Mrs. Cogswell begged Hall, the Mayor's officer, a great boaster of his religion, to let her go home with him for a napkin for her infant, and to see some care taken of her two other infants and the house ; this was also asked of the Town's Clerk, but it was refused. Bail was found the next day, and as the County Assize was at hand, both Cag mel! and his wife were bound over to appear at Taunton, on the 28th of March. The dis tance from Bath to Taunton is about fifty miles. Mr. Justice Park was their Judge. He obtained a verdict of guilty against both from a Somersetshire Jury. He sentenced the husband to six months' imprisonment, and fined the wife half a crown. The paper in question had never been prosecuted before. Mrs. Cogswell. on applying to the parish to have her sell and three children supported, was packed off with three shillings per week, and repeatedly told she should have no more, even when it was stated that she, the mother, was laid down on a bed of sickness. Under this shameful persecution, the poor woman became sick at the heart, with her husband in gaol, and her children with the bad prospect of wanting sustenance, and she died just a month after her return from Taunton. SUPPLY OF SUGAR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Liverpool, June 2, 1840. Sir,—l have read, with much satisfaction, the letter of " A Liverpool Merchant," which appeared in your columns yesterday. He omits the notice of a circum stance recorded in the Colonial Magazine, that, whereas the consumption of sugar in Britain was 301 b. a head in 1800, it has now fallen to 16. This is start ling, if true. Allow me to suggest, that if insurmountable diffi culties deter the Government from admitting foreign slave-grade sugar. that, the country might be relieved of its dearth of this necessary by allowing duty to be paid on the Refined Sugars and Treacle from the bonded refineries, which, being of British manufacture, cannot surely bear the odious taint of slavery. The benefit to the refiners in their present depression, especially at the outports, would be great. The duties might be 365. on their loaf-sugar, 28s. to 328. on their bastards, and lOs. to • 12s. on their. treacle. I believe this scheme would remove many objections that are urged against a change of our sugar sy s tem ; the advantage to te con sumers would be incalculable, as lump would be sold at d price so low that the poorest could indulge himself with refined sugar, as is universally the case with the more fortunate inhabitants of continental kingdoms. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, ANOTHER LIVERPOOL MERCHANT. TO TILE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 2, Union Passage, Bath, Jute 4, 1840. SIR—I • to draw your attention to a prosecution now pending against which, upon consideration, you will, I am swo, admit to of all the political prosecutions whickt Iwo marked rccent.he most unjust and un called-for. At the last Bath Quarter Scssio true bill wa3 found against Thomas Bolwcll and Robert n Philp (both being charged in the same indictment) u 'th u the Western Vindicator, a paper published by Mr. lib:my Vincent, and said to be of a seditious nature. What makes this affair the more notorious is, that the said Western Vindicator had, at that time, ceased to exist upwards of four months, and that it had been ye lantarily discontinued by the party publishing it for Mr'. Vincent, in conaequence of its having become obnoxious to the Government. The Vindicator bad been repeatedly spoken of in the !louse of Csmmons as a periodical of a dangerous nature, but no steps whatever were taken on the part of the Go vernment to suppress it. The VindicWtor was published throughout a twelve month, and extensively sold in every part of the kingdom. Bolwell was an agent for it from the commencement. But, up to the last three numbers I had scarcely ever seen it—when I, becoming connected with the person who pub lished it for Mr. Vincent, served a few customers with it in the way of business, without having the least interest therein. This representation of the case has been made to the Home Office, and the whole proceeding, referring equally to Bolwell as myself, has been loudly denounced as a gross piece of injustice. An official information has been conveyed to Mr. Bol well, that further proceedings against him are abandoned (unconditionally). Upon this I myself communicated with the Marquis of Noimanby, and by him was referred to the Bath solicitors for the prosecution, from whom I have learned—that if I will consent to be brought up, and plead guilty, I may escape by being' bound for future good behaviour (the in dictment charging me with being a malicious, seditious, and evil-disposed person.) But if not, I muu, be proceeded against. - Now, Sir, think over the facts of the case. The Vindicator is published for twe!ve months under the eye of the authorities without interference. Four months after it has ceased to exist, I am arrested on a charge of having sold it,—and, it would appear, although I was the least connected with it, I am the only person to be proceeded against for it. The affair has excited a strong feeling here, a n d I h ave been recommended to place the facts in your hands, in hopes you will deal severely with the instigators of such violations of justice. Of course I cannot consent to plead guilty to the charge, and must proceed to trial. No case ever called more loudly for condemnation, and, I trust, you will exercise your influence in my behalf. The above is a correct statement upon which you may rely, as you have hitherto done upon my communications. I am yours, &c. IL K. PHILP. SUICIDE OF AN AUTHOR.—Thursday even ing, about five o'clock, as one of the Regent's Canal barges was passing the lock situate between Battle-bridge and Camden town, the rope drew up what was found to be the body of a man of remarkably fine proportions, arid information being con veyed to the police-station in Phcenix-street, the sergeant on duty there, Grinham, 21 S, immediately had the body taken to St. Pancras Workhouse, where it was searched, and a number of papers found in the pockets written by, or addressed to, " St. George Gregg," author of a poem called " Ambition, another on " The Currency," and several others. There were also several copies of these poems printed in the present year. That oii -- Ambition" was ded!cated to the Queon, and amongst the writings were the author's manuscript of the dedicatcry epistle to her Majesty. It was apparent from his letters that he had but recently come from Ireland, that his expectations of sue cess as a writer and lecturer hail been blighted, and that be had exhausted his means of subsistence. The deceased, when found, was without shiet or stockings, which he appeared to have re -W.lloi disposed of, ..,..there was in his pocket a pawiihraer's elleLlALth . it d f..,, -. ~._.: QUESTIGNS AND ANSWERS. " When will our Learned and able Bishops assert the true dignity of the Church, by enabling her to be the helpmate of the Government in the Christian civilization of the people ?"— Vide Morning Chronicle. When will our Bishops with godly glee Assert Mother Church's dignity ? Manfully fight the sacred fight, Like the Saints of old, from morn to night ? Strictly endeavour, not only to preach, But practise, the ghostly truths they teach ? Assume a meek and a lowly air, And cherish their flocks with a shepherd's care? Bestow their superfluous cash on the poor, Nor turn aside from the cottage-door ? As tho' but to cross the peasant's floor, Were to derogate from their lefty station, And set, to the clerical part of the nation, An example of vulgar innovation ! When will our Bishops act thus, like men Commissioned of Heaven?—l'll tell you when I-- • When Peel shall cease, with uplifted eye, To laud his political purity; When Sibthorp inflamed with Chartist ire Shall wilfully set the Thames on fire ; When a•fierce and mischievous bigot stir Shall lose its attraction for Exeter; When Hume shall squander the nation's pence, And Ben the Y3unger talk common-sense; When Stanley and Dan, like birds of a feather, Shall consort in friendship and peace together; When Graham's thick, dull, ponderous bead Shall weigh in the balance less than lead ; When these strange things shall come to pass, ( Which, at present, are distant enough, alas I) Why, then, our Bishops, in virtue bold, Shall be, what they were in the days of old I I -- --- COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took an airing yesterday in an open carriag e. Viscount Mel bourne had an audience of ,her Maies t Y yesterday. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by th e Prince of Leiningen, and attended by Lady Portln a° ; Hon. Miss Cocks, Hon. Mi ss C aven di s h, Marquis 0 * Heatifort, Hon. Charles A. Murray, Sir William Low lo 2 Colonel Buckley, Sir Edward Bowater, and Mr. Franc': Seymour, honoured the It a li an Op era w i t h t h e ir prosenc' last evening, Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar, paid a visit yesterday to the Princess Augusta at Clarence House, St. James's. The Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke and Duchess jof Cambridge, and th e P r i ncess A ugustao f C am b r idge.vioil e ' • the Queen Dowager at Marlborough House, to take let/ 6 of her Majesty on her departure for Bushy Park. Shortly before five o'clock the Queen Dowager, the Duches s Id 4 of Saxe Weimar, the P r i nces an d Princesses of S a xe N ., Weimar, and her Majesty's Suit e , i nc l u di ng the lion. ' a s ' . Boyle, Hon. Edward Curzo n , an d t h e Rev. J. R. " s " left town in three carriages and four for Busby Park. The Prince of Leininge n v i s it e d t h e D uc hess of Ken t yesterday at Ingestrie Hous e . The Duchess of Glou ces t er an d t h e Duke of CO I " bridge visited the Princess Augusta yesterday, a t Claren ce House, St. James's. Prince Edward of Saxe W e i mar , acc ompanied by the Earl of Denbigh, left t ow n y es t er d a y morning fo r s b ; Ractt-course at Epsom. His Serene Hi g hness afterw r went to the Queen's Lodge, in Busby Park. be A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at t Foreign-office. It was att en ded by Vi s count Melbou rne : the Lord Chancellor, M arqu i s o f L a nsdowne, Earl f),l Clarendon, Marquis of Normanby, Lord John Russet', the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Mint", Si r John. Hobhouse, Viscount Duncannon, Mr. Laho ucue. "' Loaf Morpeth, and Mr. Macaulay. The Council sat an hour and a half. ]Lord Clifford and the Agent for Jamaica had with Lord John Russell yesterday, at the Colonial-ofS ce ,* : , IViscount Palreetstr,n left town yesterday m o rning for "'" seat at Broadlauds, Hants. in --- SPORTING I NTELLIGENCE. EPSOM RACES-FRIDAY. As 'a betting race, the Oaks has long been deprived of its interest to spurting people, •by the immense superiority of . Lord George Bentin e k' s f amous mare, Crucifi ithtt " million" howe ver , it i s no t o f so muc h consequence whee; as ate , am great h r , ac n eis e, to , bei s preserved h contested by gosoadoe. Ti or bad horses, ° se ",„ .„ t r uth : I T estahlished yesterd a y, f or w ith a sma ll b a d fi e ld, the ,7,45, attracted a numerous and highly respectable cornpan ad Y t , he 0 1 larger, indeed, t h an wou ld h ave b een t h e case h custi en of running the Derby on Thursday been in force. Till/. sides of th e course were aga i n li ne d wi th vehicles, the w had its far proportion of visitors, and the Grand Stand vial!"__ cateel its claim to the adjective, by the rank. and number of Its occupants. The betting ring was smaller and less nuisy t hat on Wednesday ; it was large enough, however, to Pre ko the utility of the enclosure for pedestrian speculators, !fir were enabled, at a moderate charge, to back ter fancie s without fear of being knocked down and trampled !° jelly. W e stated in our report on Wednesday's proceedsgt. that the Duke of Sussex was expected to be P resvn b!- - and our announcement proved to be correct, as his Royal Ilig ness, accompanied by the Duchess of Inverness, the Duchess!!! Some rset, Lord Torrington, and Mr. E. Byng, ac rived at th e Gram l Stand about two o'clock. 'clis Royal Highness wa s r !,‘, ceivk I by Messrs. Chad w i c k an d C oc kbu rn , and conducted w the a partments occupied by h.ar Majesty on Wednesda y His I loyal Highness remai ne d 'in the balcony the greater Pa; of the afternoon, and appeared to take g r e at interest in th e ra for the Oaks. Besides his 1 - 1 oyal Highness the Duke of Sussex and pi irty, we observed— Duchess of Thi, Duke and Duchess 'of Cleveland, Duke and Dtleh l „,. Beaufort, Duke of Rutland, Earl and Countess of Albeme.ro; Earl 4.nd Countess of Che,terfield, Earl and Countess d i r e .0 field, Earl ' Wilton, Earl :and Countess of Verulam, an" Mary- Grimston, Earl St radbroke, Earl Jersey, Earl of 1 1; lingtoei, Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, and the Ladies r a g et Earl c.f March, Earl of E rro ll, L or d K e lb u r u c, Lord Got, Bentinek, Lord AdolpYtus Fitzclarence, Lord Villiers, 133 .: 1 , 0 1 de Te's s ier, Lord M a id s t one , : L or d Alf or d, lion. Grosienor, Hon. G tpt. Rous, Hon. G. S. Byng ' Col. Anson, Hon. J.. Villiers, - Hon. J.. Macdonald, COl. p led" Wemyss, &c. The races commenced about three o'clock, and did not terms minati! until after six ; th e wea th er d ur i ng the whole of i Te xs ; time s7as fa.voarable, but chang e d i mme di a t e ly after th e race, and sent many home with wet jackets. 41bi Last mile; and half. The owne r -ur of the. Oaks Stakes of 50 sous each, h ft, f to receive 100 sort,. out of the Stakes, and the winner to Pk, 100 soya. towards the expenses of additional polic e cer s. (103 E übs. ) „) Lord G. Bentinek's b f Crucifix, by Priam ...... ...( J. D a y ) Mr.: l'a3ne's br f Welfare, by P 9 • ........(=fa t) 3 Priam.. ytrhse Tor; Mr. Wigraes ch f Teleta, by Plenipo. (Coil° ll Y Dukeiof Grafton's b f Currelic , r, by St: Patrick (Sterhens ° ",/, Lord jG. Bentinck's bf, by G1 enc0e ....... (W, D°P, 01 Col. Anson's bk f Bl ac k B ess, b y C ame l (scottr Ot Mr. 13atson's br f Plenary (Robinsen)' (Cotton) Lord Albemarl e 's c h f I r i s , b y C a i n (Co a n / Mr. ;Fowler's b f L a ll a R oo kh, b y Defence (Telnl"et fl 4ir F. Heatheote's bf, by 'Erailius.. ( cIiaPPV - 0 Mr. ‘7. - r , ...tre.x's b f. Pocahontas, by GI ene"••••••(Grou ch Mr.' !Bell's b f La Femme Sage, by GainsborouP -( kself:ne) ..... ........... ................. ......... . 0 Loyd Chesterfield's The Lister to Industry (C. Edrfa r ''" ) 0 Gbile T eal Grosvenor's f Diplarna, by Plenipo ...( Macdon ald) , 0 0 Cut. tYypdham's ch f. No r y, ense W a kefield/ I ' ; Rel:thig :-3 to 1 on Cr uc ifi x (t), 9 to 1 ag (st Black k 1 t 3 o -• 11 to I agst Pocahonta s , 15 t o 1 agst L a ll a R oo kh, • agst Welfare, 40 to 1 ag s t C urrency , an d 50 to 1 ags t L - $ llS' After fourteen to fift een f a il ures t h e race comme nced' t he' Rookh taking the lead, followed by Welfare and Tel e ,. ll '.o° • ruck lying close . to them with the 'exception of Cruclia' • was last off by two or three lengths ; the pace, howev er ' th° • so far from being goo d th at at the Craven post she took to running, and at the same time mended the speed'..,. t b til l ' Rookh waited on h er , W e lf are and Teleta third slid f°`", - Q the • they reached th e t op o f the hill, when Welfare ran 1";-bree,, second place, Tel e t a t a ki ng the third at the turn. These the, Lalla Rookh, and Pocahontas, were fairly singled out t_r°„lng•ol crowd as they commencedthe straight running, Crucifix lead of about a length and a half. At the distance the strugg"" c c. exceedingly,interesting, and at the Stand it certainly ris s 3 f k a et Welfare and T e l e t a b e i ng t h en at the favourite side ; theY ro be p r there to the finish, C ruc ifi x w i nn i ng b y half a leugth, boe cleverly, but not in the style in which her other triumPh,.s eat, by been achieved. Welfar e b ea t T e l e t a f or t h e seco nd P ic he m, about half a head, and L a ll a R oo kh, a l engt h b e hind t" oi. was fourth, with a t*ery slight advantage over 130e81 ";fred• Nothing was within some lengths of this lot, but the bth• • and Nannette fillie§ were sixth and seventh, and Iris e l a dly-; La Femme Sage f e ll sho r tly a ft er s t ar ti ng, cut herse lf " tA jed,• and bruised the jockey. Th e p ace , as we have before s ow , , was middling at first, and was on ly fi rst rate fr.on 700/1. corner. Value of the stakes, after the usual deAuctionsr'inile:. Handicap Stakes of two sovs. er,,,h, with 50 added. °641 Eight Subscribers. t 4 31 ) Colonel Wyndham's Pestonjee B oman j ee , 5 yr s, - a s I (Connolly) ............................ . Mr. Eddison's The Ruler, 3 yrs, 75t.... ..... .......... 3 Lord Orford's Petito, 3 yrs, fist 101 b ........................ 4 Mr. Dockeray's Zephyr, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b Sir G. Ileatheote's Bussorah, 3 yrs, 6st .•-•-•The Betting 7 to 4 agst Pestonjee Boman j ee-2 to I sig gi wasßuler—andverne3to headed, and lagstPetNivtoon. easilyTlie bywintnweo lengthy- f r cut the o work, Plate of 501. given by the Members for West Surrey,. free. any horse wilich was entered for any s t a k es at the. Illeets7;_ &c., three years old Est 121 b, four Bst 61b, five 84121 b, and aged 9st; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; the win''' . to be sold for 2001., &e. Heats two miles. Mr. Bristow's b c Alsdorf, 4 yr5..........(C1 apple) - •-fr ... • 3 Mr. Dockeray's b c Lyster, 4 yrs Mr. Monk's eh g Nominee, 4 yrs • ......... 4 Mr. Palchin's yrs g Munchaus en , 5 ...... ••• 4 Mr. Stirling's ch f Mis s Matilda, 3 yrs No betting. Alstivf made all the running in both heats, IP won in a canter. Re was claimed. The Derby and Oats Stakes of 50 sour,. each, for 3 yrs• 7st., 4 yrs, Bst 511, other weights corn .itions the same as for Mi:N t . h .l e ißle .N o l ao e nt m ide b sa e o r l s q : iag P r t l r t ea man, w s i y n: too be sold for 1 20 s o "' 1 ( Sly ) 1 Mr. Brick's b c Shaer, 5 yr 5..... . 2 Balchin' s b g Hunchausen. 5:Yr; 3 dr The first heat wtn by a head, the second cleverly', and the third easily. Match, 800, h. Derhy Coorse, Etst. 71b. each. --Lot& George Bentinek's Crey Milton, 3 yrs, received Wrfeit iro* Mr. Tbeobald7s Fetcooogia, 3 •1-s. DON . .;ASTER S.T. LEGER. 4 to 1 ngst Lord Westini ,, ,eter's Lat;Ocelot 9 to 2 ag,,t, Lord G. Bentintis'ACrricifix It) to 1 asst Geverai Yates's GN.il t „,._ ta k ert 20 to 1 agst Mr. Pa ne's Welfar, 40 to 1 agst Lord Westminsterst , f: , 7il Amin. Writ k a try kada 1144, Pit O ne Sit g 1 S ingl SiNo b T Of hi lie s , 4 414 4f pt. ,