The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-12-02 00:00:00

‘ \ FOREIGN IN SPAIN. By extraordinary express from Paris the following tele graphic despatch has been received : " Perpignan, November 2G. " 011 on and the environs have recognised the junta." " Barcelona, November 24. "The bombardment, which was to have commenced at noon, has been suspended. The junta has bad a conference with Van Halen, who demands the release of the regiments prfsoners. The French and other foreigners have embarked on board the French ships. The t onsnls of all the powers bad protested. Those of England and France were still on shore. " Barcelona, November 25. " The city is still threatened with bombardment. The na tional guards have consented that the regiments taken pri soners should rejoin Van Halen without arms. The foreign ers • still remain on board the French vessels. Campredon has recognised the junta. Ferradas has failed in the Lam pourdan." This express brings us accounts from Madrid to the 24th November. No fresh intelligence has been received from the provinces. All was tranquil at Madrid. A report pre -ciailed at Madrid that Mr. Aston had sent despatches of a very urgent nature to Gibraltar, which were supposed to re late to some demonstration on the part of the English navy in regard to the events of Barcelona. The Madrid papers publish the official report of General Van Halen, respecting the events at Barcelona. This report, however, does not contain any new fact. AFFAIRS OF GERMANY. The following is the speech delivered by the King of Sas ony on opening the chambers on the 20th instant : " Gentlemen,— " If on this solemn day I cast a retrospective glance on what has passed since the last session, I am persuaded that political affairs have been most satisfactory both at home and abroad. My relations with friendly powers have become more intimate ; tha German Customs Union has been ex tended ; the railroad to Bavaria, so important for our com merce, has been guaranteed by treaty, and other lines will be constructed in different directions ; the regulations of the land tax are so far advanced that you will have no difficulty in terminating this affair in the present session. Several omissions in our legislation remain to be provided for, and bills will be laid before you for this purpose. Several under takings interesting to the state will call for great expenses. The regular state of our finances, however, will allow you to provide for them without difficulty, particularly iu what regards works of public utility. Great misfortunes have afflicted the country during the past year; prudent measures and the spirit of benevolence which characterise the inha bitants of Saxony have in part remedied the consequences of those catastrophes. God will do the rest ; but every one must act in the circle which is peculiar to him by sacrificing his'individual interest to the general good. This is what I expect from my faithful states." UNITED STATES. Since our last, we have had the arrival of two of our At lantic steam-vessels. On Tuesday night, the mail steam-ship Caledonia entered the Mersey, bringing papers from New York of the 15th, Boston of the 16th. and Halifax of the 18th ult.—having made the passage from Halifax to this port in 10 days and 19 hours, after a very stormy passage ; and on Wednesday morning, at ten o'clock, the Great Western, which left New York on the I7th ult., arrived—having made the passage in 12 days and a-half. No intelligence of importance is brought by either of these vessels. Both the papers and inhabitants appear to be wholly occupied with the business of electioneering, which had sub sided, and subsequently business had begun to revive a little. There had not been apparently much alteration in the mar kets. Corn had slightly declined, but the demand for flour was great, at the rate of 4 dollars 37 cents to 41 dollars per barrel. The rates of exchange on England were 6i to 7, which, however, were slightly giving way. In Canada the liberal conduct of the Governor had drawn upon him the fierce invectives of what is called the British party. The press continued their invectives, and it• was rumoured that a new organ, to be called the Native Canadian, was shortly to be published, and that its denunciations would be still more fierce. It is to be edited by Major Richardson, author of "The War of 1812." Mr. Edward Gibbon Wakefield has been chosen a member of the Provincial As sembly. A shock of an earthquake had been felt at Montreal, and various other districts of Canada. It is stated that a strange sound was suddenly heard, followed by a rumbling noise, and then an explosive sound, like the report of a cannon. Then came a violent trembling of the earth, which caused the houses to rock, the walls to rend, and chimneys to topple over. The earthenware and glaes in the closets rattled, and terror and confusion spread frr and wide. But little damage was done. Sir Charles Bagot bad been visited with a severe and dangerous illness, the nature of which was not certainly known, but serious apprehensions were entertained of his life. The details from Mexico and Texas are various, and, though contradictory, sufficient may be gathered to render it certain that a beligerent spirit animates both parties. The sinews of war, however, appear to be wanting. General Woll is in the field, with large reinforcements, and, if we may at all trust the accounts, his army amounts to 6000 men. The Texians, according to an account, were about to cross the Rio Grande in great force ; all who conld bear arms having been ordered under heavy penalties to concentrate on its banks. They were to overrun the adjacent valleys, and carry off the wealth of their neighbours. Subsequent accounts make it appear that the Texian forces were suffering from want of provisions. The Texians had taken San Antonio, and had had a skirmish with the Mexicans, in which the latter were routed with considerable loss. On the one hand, we read of the magnificent designs the Texians for exterminating the Mexican army, and on the other, of the intention of General Woll immediately to recapture San An tonio, and pursue the Texians with fire and sword. The Congress of Mexico had a second time rejeoted a pro posal for altering the constitution. This was considered a blow at the popularity of Santa Anna. The latter had changed the seat of government to Vera Cruz. It was again alleged that Santa Anna was to command in person. Seven hundred American troops had landed at Champton, twelve leagues from Campeachy, and were forti fying themselves. A body of 1300 had been sent tp dislodge them. The Mexican squadron was hourly expected to ar rive before Campeachy. ''' 1°114 : 1 ", 1, / ' , ABSTRACT OF THE -LinicfAir '.TI-TRIALEDONIA. - D9l osobig iJ ' Nov. )1 - bus ; (lid? 41 : 11 j 1G7 ' 16.—Sailed from pli . stchYT:2oo. 18c ' d bino.a 17.Ruhning for 11aliCaa '_ " a 511 ' -- 18.—AI-rived at Halifat /I:50 a.m.; sailed again for Liver pool 9 p.m. 19.—Lat. 44 43, lon. 60 49 ; course, N. 84, wind S.W. ; distance run, 'll3' miles . (up to noon ;) strong gales and a heavy head sea. 20.—Lat. 45 3, lon. 55 27 ; course, N. 85, E. ; wind, W. by S. and variable ; distance run, 23] miles ; strong gales and squally, with a heavy sea. 21.—Lat. 45 49, lon. 50 24 15 ; course, N. 77 E.; wind, W. N.W., variable, and S.W. ; distance run, 222 miles ; strong gales and squally, with a heavy sea. 22.—Lat. 46 49, lon. 45 9 15 ; course, N. 76 E. ; wind, S. and N.W. ; distance run, 230 miles ; strong gales and hard squalls, with a heavy sea. 23.—Kat. 47 39, lon. 30 31 15; course, ,N. 78 E. • wind W.N.W., N.W. by W., N.W., and variable ; distance run, 230 miles ; strong gales and hard squalls, with a heavy cross sea. 24.—Lat. 48 26, lon. 33 50 15 ; course, N. 78 E. ; wind, N.W., variable, and W.N.W. ; distance run, 240 miles ; strong gales and hard squalls, with a heavy sea. ' 25.—Lat. 49 13, long. 28 2 ; course, N. 79 E. ; wind, N.W., and variable; distance run, 236 Miles; a.m., strong gales with squalls; p.m., strong breezes and squalls. 26.—Lat. 49 56, long. 22 26 ; course, N. 78 E. wind, variable and N.E. ; distance run, 236 miles •, a.m., light breezes and fine weather ; p.m.,. strong breezes and squalls with a heavy sea ; spoke the Cockburn, of Leith, from Grenada to Leith. 27.—Lat. 50 29, long. 17 33 45; course, N. 78 E. f wind, N'E. and N. by W. ; distance run, 191 miles; heavy squalls and cloudy. 28.—Lat. 518, lon. 11 1 ; course, N. 78 E. ; wind N.N.W., N.W. by W., and S.W. s distance run, 252 miles ; moderate and cloudy weather ; at 5.20 p.m., abreast Cape Clear. 29.—At 5.10 am., abreast of Tusker ; and at 3 p.m., took pilot on board off Point Lynas. •tsoii A correspondent of the Record tells us, that the Papists do not well know what to make of Mr. Sibthorp, as he is but an awkward convert. It seems the rev, gentleman will not pray to the Virgin Mary, and it is added that the case has been transmitted to Rome for the direction of the Pope. • The town of Thetford, in Norfolk, bas been thrown into a state of unpleasant ferment during the last few days, in consequence of a solicitor, hitherto considered of the highest respectability, having suddenly absconded, leaving liabilities - incurred by him to the amount, it is supposed, at the lowest, of .220,000. He had appointed Friday last for meeting some very heavy mortgage accounts, and for handing over the amount for a farm which he had recently purchased, and his ' non-appearance on that and the following days led to the above unpleasant discovery. His absence has almost created a:panic in the neighbourhood, as from his extensive transac tions in mortgages, conveyances, and other monetary mat ters, it is impossible to calculate at present the extent of his defalcations. ATTEMPT TO MURDER.—On Wednesday last, Matthew Waldron, shoemaker, applied at the shop of Mr. Egginton, itn "'""Tia--- fora brace of pistols, stating they were for his brother-in-law, Mr. Mackey, head gardener et Sir William Rouse Broughton's, Bart. He was asked what they were for; in reply, he said the vinery had been broken open and the grapes stolen. He was then shown three odd ones and a brace, but the brace was recommended as the best, which he agreed to take. They were wrapped up for him, after being proved, to show that they snapped the caps properly. lie then said he must have some powder, balls, and caps •, the young man told him they had no balls cast, but he would lend Mr. Mackey a mould, and he could cast them himself; to which he replied Mr. Mackey was not used to casting bullets, and he shenald be glad if they would cast ajew and enter them in the bill, which they did, loaded the two pistols in the shop, and gave them to him. On Thursday, he went to an acquaintance, and told him he should make a job with th e pistols that night. On the same night be went to his sister's (Mrs. Harley), at th e b ottom of Old-street, where into the hou se , th e o ld lady was in a room h i s mo ther relid b e e d e . nt O eedr ig the n door of whi c h h e b o l te d , an d b egan q uarrelling with her about .assistin g his wife with ' ols from his pocket, . mo ney to pay her expenses to Birmingham, to which place she felltl lock. was gone. He then drew m o o n th e e o r f . the n i p s is s t . it (not knowing and presented it at hisp and caught hold of Mrs. Harley, immediately jumped nipple of At the exactly what it wal)djuust ovethethnei same time he pulled the trigger upon that part d fast. A. Pee it remained younger sister of Cue hand between the thumb and . fore-finger, and was vented going off, where . r z i p' when immediately sprang 'Waldron unbolted the door and made his escap. Mr. to the window and called fo h , hen passing by, went ' ' Edmund Felton, heating the outcr o y us w e he found them much to see the cause : on entering the h alarmed, and the pistolfast to Mrs. llarleys hand, whieh . h e ' immediately took off, leaving the hand much hurt from the pinch. Waldron went to , his lodgings, in Raven - lane, to which place Fox, the policeman, followed him. Waldron's brother, James, accompanied Fox up stairs, but found his room-door fast, on which the brother insisted on its being f,reed open, which Fox did, and found him in his shirt, with 1, s back to the door. On entering, Waldron said, " Ah! i'ox, is it you ?" to which Fox replied, " Yes, Mat_ ithew,e it is me ; this is a bad job." Waldron said it was, and mm _ -diately presented a pistol at Fox, which he struck down and the cap snapped ; fortunately, the powder was not high enough in the nipple to ignite from the cap, or else there was some thing in the nipple which prevented it exploding, or the con sequence might have been of a serious nature to Fox. I'le was then secured and taken to the tower. He has had two -examinations, and was remanded until yesterday, when, it was expected, he would be committed to the county gaol, to take his trial at the next assizes. It is said that he- has at tempted to stab his wife On two former occasions. The pri soner says it was his intention to destroy his mother and child, a about two years old, and then put an end to his own existence. He had a shoemaker's knife, the edge of which had been made very keen, under his bolster when he was taken.--Shreicsbury Journal. ' ii-13 ~= In • GALES AT THE CAPE OF GOOD ROPE, LOSS OF PART OF THE CREW OF THE BARQUE WILLIAM MITCHELL OF LEITH. (From the Greenock Advertiser.) The severe gales at the Cape of Good Hope about the end of the month of August last, the pitiful results of which, in the destruction of property and the loss of human life, have of late so painfully excited the public sympathy for the suf ferers, extended, as might have been supposed, to ships a long way at sea. One melancholy instance, resulting in the death of three persons, part of the crew of the barque William Mitchell, of Leith, on her passage from Singapore to Antwerp, is narrated in the following extract of a letter, from a gentle man on board that vessel, dated Cape of Good Hope, Sept. 17 : " We sailed from Singapore July 1 with a full cargo of tin and pepper. The south-west monsoon was blowing, and the current with it, so that we could not make way against them. We were consequently blown away up the China sea, and six days after our first start we were not more than 25 miles from Singapore. We came down the Straits of Rhio, and after four weeks hard work we reached Java, having crossed over and beat down the coast of Borneo, with the wind in our teeth the whole way. We took in stock and all we wanted in four hours, and stood out to sea wifh a strong breeze. A fortnight after we saw the Island of Roderigos, in the Indian Ocean, and Boyrbon. We had very heavy weather, and the ship was leaking so much, that, in bad weather, half of the crew (or one watch) were at the pumps nearly fifteen minutes every hour, whiCh is very hard work. We lost a topgallant mast and sails Coming along. We made the African coast on the 29th of August, but met with gales from the N.W. On the Bth September, when off Cape Languilles, the. most southerly point'of Africa, and after a day nearly calm, a heavy sea got up all of a sudden, so heavy, that she was taking water on deck, and not a breath of wind. A person experienced on this coast knows this to be the forerunner of gales. We had no sail taken in ere the squall caught us at once, and laid us flat over before the ship paid off. It struck us by the lee. We all turned to to shorten sail ; got in all the light ones, and reefed the topsails: four hands laid out to furl the jibs, and were just coming in, when she took such a pitch that the jibboom broke short off at the cap, taking the fore-topgallant mast with it, and, what was worse, three of our shipmates. We could do nothing to save them. On the alarm being given, all were paralysed for a moment, and the next all were at the quarter boat; and, till it was manned and half lowered, it never struck any one that the boat must swamp the instant it touched the water, so heavy a sea running. It was unani mously agreed that it was of no use : and, besides, all the bodies were out of sight—sunk, before anything could be done. A muster was made immediately, and we found we had lost three —namely , James Reid, aged 48, able seaman ; Allan Lyndsay, aged 19, just out of his apprenticeship ; and Robert Greig, aged 19, an apprentice. The poor old man was the life of the ship, and this was his first time round the Cape. He has left a, wife and a large, family. Lyndsay was the best lad in the ship, both in' moral character and in knowledge of seamanship. The last was also a quiet, stout lad. We made an inventory of their kits, and had them nailed up fir behoof of their friends. " This gale lasted three days. We hove to all the time under reduced rnaintopsail, and the ship behaved well; only that she was so desperately leaky that our crew, j even before our loss too small, were very much fagged ; for with one hand lashed to the wheel, only three and a officer were at the pumps—an 4 they had to pump fully fifteen minutes every hour. I lent a hand at the heavy work till we reached the Cape here, when we anchored in Table Bay on the 14th of September. " In the newspapers you will read an account of the dis astrous work done by the gale (at the same time we had it) in Table Bay. These are the most severe gales which have been experienced here for fifteen years back. It is a dismal sight to see the ribs and trucks' of a majestic ship broken up. " I have nothing to sity to you at all about the Cape. The climate is splendid. It is early spring at present; temperature about 6G deg. F. The medical gentlemen complain ; but you. know that is a good sign of the state of health generally." \ NS" TRADE OF QUEBEC. The following is the usual comparative statement of arri vals, tonnage, and passengers, at the port of Quebec, in the years 1841 and 1842 : Vessels. Tonnage. Passengers. Oct. 28, 1841 .... 1240 420,687 28,279 Oct. 28, 1842 .... 851 302,824 44,388 Difference.... 117,863 1G,109 The schooners from the lower ports are not included in the above statement; and in the total of passengers, the cabin and steerage are added together. Comparative statement of the arrivals and tonnage from the lower ports in the years 1841 and 1844 : Vessels. Tonnage. Oct. 28, 1841 .... 96 5386 Oct. 28, 1842 B5 5968 Here again a most serious falling,oiiin the Canada trade is shown, notwithstanding the greater number of emigrants arrived out. The following statistics will serve to show the importance of the lake commerce, being the exports of flour, pork, and wheat, from the port of Clevel a nd, i n v essels, during the week ending Oct. 1, 1842 : Bris fir. Brls prk. Bus wht. United States ports Canadian ports... 23,422 55,835 Dollars. Value of flour, pork, and wheat to U. S. ports 88,220.79 17 79 79 ~ Canada Dollars 119,803.37 For a single week, and one port only, this seems a very con siderable return; and if Canada loses a part of its lake trade through the new restrictions, it will be questionable whether the loss to its merchants may not counterbalance any proba ble gain to its agriculturists. THE MARQUIS WELLESLEY.—The day after Lord Nor manby made his speech in the House of Lords in vindication of his administration in Ireland a member of the upper house called on Lord Wellesley,—" Well, my Lord, your friend Lord Nor manby couered himself last night with laurels." " Yes, indeed ; and where do you think he gathered them ?" " Can't say, indeed." "In the groves of Blarney." . A gentleman informs us that he purchased in our market, on Wednesday last, a prime joint of beef, weighing for Gs. that is, at about 41d. per pound. The Birmingham Advertiser states the prices in the carcase market in that town to be—prime beef, 4d ; inferior, 3d., by the side or quarter. side. Mutton. 4d.; superior, 4d. Lamb, sd. Veal, 5d.-- Worcester Flerald. One of the junior clerks of the London Joint Stock Bank has decamped with £19,715, the amount of cheques received by him from other banks on Saturday. He shortly after wards, however, repented of what he had done, for we learn from the Times of Wednesday, that shortly after he abscond ed he wrote to a friend upon the subject, expressing his re gret at what he had done, and his willingness to restore the property, and in answer thereto an advertisement from his friend appeared in the Times, urging him to do so without delay. Whether, however, he waited to see that advertise ment appears uncertain, as it is not at all known where he is; but at all events, in the course of the latter part of Tues day the sum of £19,415 was sent by him to one of his friends, who forthwith delivered the same into the hands of Ambrose Moore, one of the directors, and Mr. Pollard, the manager of the bank, about nine o'clock. The amount advertised as stolen is £19,715, consequently there still remains a deficiency of £3OO unaccounted for. Cot EXPLOSION OF FIRE-DAMP IN A COAL FIT.--TWO MEN BURNT.—On Tuesday evening last, two brothers, of the name of Jones, were let down a pit, which is called the Dead Work, near to Old Park, to work during the night, and after they were let down, those who had been working in the day (the engine man and all) went home ; but, la mentable to say, at about nine o'clock, just as they were beginning.to work, the sulphuric vapour fired, and they were both very badly burnt, though one of them, Thomas Jones, was not F 0 much injured about the body as his brother, from the circumstance of his having two flannel waistcoats on, whilst his brother had but one, yet he is sadly disfigured in his face, and his hands and arms are scorched sadly. What made the accident more distressing was that, there being no one on the pit bank during the night to hear their cries for help, they were obliged to endure their pain in their pit furnace till five o'clock the following morning (when the people came to their work), when they were drawn up, groaning, and seemingly but half alive. Hopes are enter tained that they will yet recover.—Shrewsbury Paper. THE • RECTOR OF FENITON'S CASE.—On Monday the Judicial Copatnittee of her Majesty's most Hon. Privy Coun cil held a meeting in the Council Chamber. The lords present were the Bishop of London, Lord Campbell, the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, and Dr. Lusbington, judge of the Admiralty Court. An appeal from the Arches' Court of Canterbury, "The Rev. Henry Erskine Head, clerk, rector of the rectory and parish church of Feniton, Devon, v. Ralpij Sanders, of the city of Exeter, gentleman, promo ting the office of the judge," came on for hearing. The 'Queen's Advocate was heard for the appellant. The appellant had been cited in the Arches' Court for writing and publish ing a certain letter in the Western Times on the 21st day of August, 1841, the said letter being headed " A View of the Duplicity of the present System of Episcopal Ministration, in a letter addressed to the parishioners of Fenition, Devon, occasioned by the Bishop of Exeter's circular on confirmation, by Henry Erskine Head, rector of Feniton, Devon." Mr. Cockburn, Queen's counsel, followed on the same side. Dr. Addams was heard for the respondent. Their lordships at the conclusion of the case deferred giving judgment. THE ScorriSu CONVOCATION.—The convocation sepa rated at Edinburgh on Thursday night, after a meeting to which the public was admitted. The tangible result of their deliberations is the adoption of two sets of resolutions. The first series consists in a general declaration of adherence to the views they have hitherto entertained in reference to the incompatibility of the law as interpreted by the civil courts with the fundamental principles of the Church of Scotland. it is signed by 427 ministers. The second accompanies a similar protest, with a declaration of the expediency of an immediate appeal to government and the legislature on the subject, and an expression of the determination of those who concur in it at once to resign the civil advantages which they now hold, if no measure such as they declare to be in dispensable be granted. There are 324 adherents to this set of resolutions, 21 of whom, however, qualify their adherence by explaining that it is only after a reasonable time that they , will hold the silence of the legislature as rendering it impera tive upon them, on the ground of christian expediency, to leave the establishment. We refrain from remark on these important resolutions in the meantime, simply expressing our regret that so extreme a course should have appeared advisable to so large a section of the members of the Scottish establishment. THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM PACKET COMPANY. — The shareholders in this company held their meeting on Wednesday in London, at which a dividend of 31 per cent. for the six months ending the Ist ult., or at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, was declared. The directors in their report, a luminous and well-digested document, congratulate their constituency on being enabled, by the steady increase of the traffic of the company, to maintain the rate of dividend they had before paid, and this at a period when all other establishments of a similar character have complained of a diminution of receipts from the unsatisfac tory_ condition of commerce. The company's fleet is repre rnetsd to be so complete, including the new iron steam-ship, !nraha, that for the future there will, it is hoped, be no necessity servica for the assistance of chartered vessels to carry on the increase discre tionarythe areth the insurance covered o for X 2 1 3 8 0 4 , 0 2 00, and whichl 8 4 . for the additio na l ward mails to Ind: rvce of calling at Falmouth for the out the Company £2,000 the per Gover nmen t have consented to pay rannum, so long as it shall last ; and as a boon, on the other hand, the Government has released the Company on liberal terms communication betwee n from keeping up the semi monthly Malta and the lonian Isles, since it proVed to be a very unproductive branch. The re port then alludes to the departure of thellindostan, which, from the advice the directors have received of her passage out, made way to the Cape de Verde from Gibraltar, a dis tance of 1,569 miles , in 163 hours, havingthe Bth October, and was ex p e cted to be at arrived altt there on December. The Bentinck , the sister vessel, will, it i a s said,early in launched about January next. The the total amount e be capi tal invested, and paid up , is set forth at £432,838, theand instalments not yet called foramount to £141,812. P-% 1 v. 4., ' LADY SALt. (From the Globe.) The British nation, which has heard with admiration of the heroic courage of Lady Sale—worthy to be the wife of the hero of Jellalabad—and which, as with one heart, has sympathised with her under the anxieties, privations, and sufferings she has endured in her captivity—would have re garded the triumph of the British arms as incomplete, had that admirable woman and her companions been left, even for a period however short, in what we may term her glori ous bondage—a bondage illuminated by her heroism, and ennobled more than Spartan devotion to her country ! There is something peculiarly touching. in the incident alluded to in the communication made by General Pollock to the Governor-General, of the release of the prisoners, and their approach to the camp. "The whole of the European prisoners are now quite free from the hands of Mahomed Akbar, except Captain Bygrave. I will make my official re port on the subject whenever they reach my camp, which no doubt will be to-morrow. I sent a lightly equipped force under Sir Robert Sale to meet them ; and the whole of the party as with him." The honour of a special escort was well conceived. To place that guard of honour under the command of Sir Ro bert Sale, the husband of the peerless woman who, from the prison of her tyrant, found means to communicate with her husband, and exhort him to hold his post to the last extre mity—both now found the reward of their bravery and devo tion in the meeting thus appropriately arranged. Who cap tell the influence which Lady Sale's letter to ber husband--while with difficulty sustaining the drooping spi rits of his troops under their privations and sufferings within the walls of Jellallabad—had upon the successful termination of the war? Had Sir R. Sale evacuated Jellallabad in pur suance of the orders be received, instead of bravely daring to dispute their necessity, and to postpone their execution, Cabal might yet be in possession of Mahoraed Akhbar, and the remnant of the British army within the Indus. What ever honours and rewards may be conferred by the Sovereign and the country on the brave commanders of this eventful expedition, Lady Sale must not be forgotten ; for she has well merited a grateful recognition by both. CHINESE DIPLOMACY. One of her Majesty's naval officers writes to the folfowing effect from Chin-keang-foo, 3lst August, 1842 : " Three high mandarins,—the emperor's uncle, Yung, the governor of these two provinces, Elepoo, and the Tartar general, Isaphen, commander-in-chief,—came off on the 20th, attended by a numerous train of mandarins of various classes, to pay their respects to the plenipo, admiral. and general. The Cornwallis was appointed the place of meeting. A steamer was in, attendance on them, to take them from the shore to the flag-ship. When they stepped from the shore to the steamer they were saluted with three guns from the Cornwallis, the number they fire themselves on such occa sions. When they came on board the big ship they were met at the gangway by' two - naval captains and the Secretary of Legation, who conducted them aft to the poop, or rather near the poop, on the quarter-deck, where the plenipo, ad miral, and general stood as stiff as crutches, in the full dress and toggery:of their offices ; when the fokies approached near our big-wigs advanced a couple of steps toward them, with majestic mein, the fokies chinchinned, the English took off their castors and bowed, and when both parties were sufficiently approximated, they shook paws most cordially, and then retired to the cabin to rest after so much labour. The marines were drawn up on quarter-deck as a guard of honour, the seamen dispersed around the upper deck, and the ship was full of naval offi cers, all in their full uniforms, which gave every thing a brilliant appearance. When they came on the side they had not time to recover from the dazzling effect of what they saw, when the band struck up " God save the Queen," and completed their bewilderment. They were really astonished . and amazed. They were afterwards shown round the ship, which they admired and wondered at much ; you may fancy people who never before saw anything larger than one of their own junks, brought for the first time to see a line-of battle ship. They had some tiffin, at which some of the mandarins got drunk on cherry cordial and brandy, and all then left highly delighted and pleased. Our people went a few days after to return the visit to the Celestials. They were received in a joss house outside the city wall. Nothing worthy of notice occurred. They had a guard of Tartar soldiers, a whole host of mandarins, a band, a tiffin of sweet.. meat and Sanchoo. A good deal of ceremony. This may give you some idea of the meeting."—Bombay Courier, Oct. 14. The Knoxville Post says :—At the temperance celebration on the " glorious forth," at New Market, Tennessee, a little lad appeared in the procession, bearing a flag, on which was inscribed the following :—" All's right when daddy's sober." A SIGN OF THE TnuEs.—A correspondent informs us that an auctioneer in this neighbourhood is under engagement to sell up 26 farmers on as many consecutive days.—Bolton Free Press. A female, of the name of Mary Ann Styles, was brought before the Lord Mayor of London, on Monday, charged with having obtained different sums of money, from one penny to one shilling, from multitudes of poor women, upon the false pretence of supplying them with blankets and warm clothing for the winter. The prisoner treated the poor dupes with much apparent commiseration, when she was the recipient of their mites ; but when the destitute creatures applied at the appointed place and time for their expected gifts, they discovered how grievously they had been cheated. The policemen had great difficulty in protecting the prisoner from the claws of the women. She declined saying anything in defence, but begged of the lord mayor with earnestness to send her out of the country. She was committed as a rogue and a vagabond for three months to prison. THE STORM AT MADEII A.—On referring to our tables of the state of the weather, and the altitudes of the barometer about the time of the great storm of Madeira, we find that the aerial wave progressed from London to Madeira in about twenty-four hours ; thus traversing, in that time, a distance of about 1,400 miles. The barometer fell very rapidly at London on the 22d, and passed its minimum, or lowest reading, on the 23d (28-783), a fearful storm- raging at the time round the southern coast of the island. It appears that the fall of the barometer did not occur at Madeira on the 24th, so that the wave must have swept with irresistible fury over the space between England and Madeira during the short interval of 24 hours ; (or what is much more probable) thelrough of the wave must have extended from London to a point about 360 miles west, or north-west of Madeira; the usual rate at which these storms travel being about fifteen miles per hour. An interesting point is presented by the minimum of the barometer occurring in September, on the 24th, and the curves of September and October, from the 15th of each month respectively, being identical, as both the mi nima were attended with bad weather. Upwards of six tenths of an inch of rain having been registered at the September minimum, it becomes not only interesting, but highly important, to study the barometric changes ; for were we able to determine the form and direction of these waves, a step would be gained in meteorological science, and in a department in which nearly all attempts to unravel the phe nomena presented have hitherto been baified.—Correspon dent of the Sun. A WATERSPOUT NEAR AYR.—A waterspout was seen in this neighbourhood, on the afternoon of Tuesday, the 25th tilt. The snow, which had fallen copiously during the early part of the day, had nearly ceased, but the mass of dark cloud was still sweeping along in a N.W. direction. It seemed to extend but a short distance seaward, but was exceedingly dense at its western limit, where it appeared very much agi tated by eddies. Fissures were sometimes produced, afford ing transient glimses of the snow-clad hills of Arran, bright with sunshine, in striking contrast with the deep gloom which intervened. The commotion of the elements became more distinct in consequence of the ceasing of the snow. A part of the snow-cloud approached the surface of the water, which then assumed a boiling aspect—appeared as if emitting steam —and rose vertically, in various places. In one instance the phenomenon referred to was distinctly formed. It appeared to rise from the surface of the water in the shape of a cone, communicating, at its apex, with an apparently aqueous column, ascending, perhaps, 100 feet. It expanded towards the top, forming an appearance very much resembling an in verted cone, placed on an upright one. The shaft presented a variety of aspects, at one time curving slightly in the direc tion of the current, at another assuming a serpentine form. The appearance was, visible for about a minute. The direc tion of the wind immediately beyond could not be distinctly ascertained. A vessel was seen to the westward, but so ob scurely as to leave the action of the wind on it indeterminate ; sbe seemed to be affected (at least in anticipation), having diminished her display of canvass. A steamer, however, which appeared at a considerable distance to the S.W., had the wind in a direction nearly opposite to that which pre vailed on shore. Such appearances are common in the Indian Oaan.—Ayr Advertiser. ANOTHER FORGER FROM ENGLAND.—We learn that a man named Joseph Burton, late vestry cleric of the parish of St. Luke, Middlesex, England, recently came to this coun try, after having obtained from the bankers, in said parish, by means of false or forged checks, a considerable sum of money, amounting to about £3,200. There is also reason to believe that he committed various other forgeries, and that'he brought the gross proceeds with him to the United States. This Burton arrived in the packet ship England, at New York, on the 9th of September, under the name of Richards. After remaining in the city of New York for a few days, and visiting the neighbouring towns, lie took board ing at Hoboken, with his family, consisting of a wife, five children, and a servant, 'under the name of Lord Williams. He remained at Hoboken about a week or ten days, and then came on toThiladelphia, and put up at Jones's hotel, Chestnut -street, under the assumed name of Alexander Adams. His family were divided among several private boarding-houses. On the 23d of September he purchased a house and lot at Mantua Village, and gradually removed his family to that place, where all the members, with the excep tion of himself, are now residirr , , he having disappeared on October 21, with the pretended' design of returning to Eng laed. It is • nevertheless believed that he is yet in this country, and that lie deemed it prudent to disappear, having received some information that his whereabout was disco verod by the agents of the houses plundered by him in England. Burton is a man about five feet ten inches high, rather stout in person, with a full face, inclined to ruddi ness. He occasionally wears large false black whiskers and a dark wig, his natural hair being inclined to gray, and some what thin on. the front part of his, head. He has a swagger ing military air, and carries his head somewhat back, being rather long th A reward of 200 dollars will he paid for his apprehension, or such information as may lead thereto, on application to 0. M. Lowndes, Esq:, New York, or Joseph Z. Hart, Esq., Philadelphia. —Philadelphia In quirer. TELEGRAPHS. We have much pleasure in commending to the attention and patronage of the merchants and ship owners of London, and of the nation at large, the proposi tion of Mr. A. B. Duckham, of Falmouth, who, it appears, by the munificent assistance of her Majesty's commissioners of the Admiralty, has been led to entertain a full assurance of establishing a line of telegraphs at and from Lizard, in connection with the port of Falmouth, and with her Ma jesty's guard-ship Astrea. It is a matter of plain fact that vessels going down the British Channel make the Lizard to take their departure for foreign shores, to commence sea reckoning, and to test their nautical instruments, Those homeward bound do so as a landfall, if possible, whence they shape their course up channel. British and foreign ship owners, merchants, and underwriters estimate the earliest reports of these occurrences as invaluable; and we submit to the consideration of these gentlemen, that by the trans mission of such reports from 10 miles west of the Lizard, in the short space of twenty hours to London, Manchester, Liverpool, and proportionately to other places (adopting the recommendation of the commissioners of pilotage for the Ealmouth district), " the importance and advantage of es tablishing a line of telegraphs from the Lizard to Pendennis, to vessels either from or for foreign ports, and to merchants in general, is quite evident; and, therefore, we have no diffi culty in recommending the same." Besides the mere de tails of vessels' names, ,valuable news from foreign countries will be much more speedily communicated than at present. In some cases ships after sighting the Lizard have, to our knowledge, been driven over on the coast of France, and have not again beaten up for several days. And as to a valuable ship and cargo with the' underwriters, how many thousands of pounds are pending on even the result of one hour's in formation from the coast. We are promised also, in as many cases as possible, " ships spoken with," and also those " l e ft in foreign ports," " freights," and other valuable infortna tion. On the whole, we heartily concur in the belief of the efficiency contemplated in Mr. Duckham's arrangements, inasmuch as we feel confident that to trade and commerce the telegraphs will be of inconceivable advantage and im portance.—Morning Herald. nit FIVE' °IV'S' PORTS OIL' CI NA: CANTON. The capital of Kwantung, the most southern province of China, and hitherto the only port with which any nation has been permitted to hold commercial intercourse, is in latitude 23'8 north, and 132'2 east longitude, and is distant 1,190 statute British miles S. by W. of Pekin. The city is finely placed at the head of a bay, into which flow two large rivers. Although nearly in the same parallel of latitude as Calcutta, the Chinese city is much cooler '• for though in summer the thermometer sometimes reaches 100 degrees of Fahrenheit in the shade, the average of the whole year is about 72 degrees. Canton Proper is surrounded by a wall, nearly in the form of a square, and is divided by a wall, running from east to west, into two parts; of which the northern and larger parts is called the old city, and the southern,, that nearest the river, the new city. The entire circuit of the walls has been vari ously estimated; but a writer in the Chinese' .Repository (an English magazine published in the suburbs of Canton) says— " At a quick step, we have walked the whole distance in lit tle less than two hours, and think the circumference cannot exceed six English miles." The population is also variously estimated at from a million to a million and a half. The ex ports, besides tea and raw silk, have been nankeens, a few manufactured silks and crapes, fans, ivory chessmen, fancy boxes, and other toys—soy, Indian ink, &c. The principal imports from Bombay and Bengal are cotton and opium ; from Great Britain, woollens, calicoes, lead, &c. ~ . .. AMOY. The city and port of Amoy, the capital of the island of that name, is in lat. 24.20 N., and long. 118'45 E. The island is about fifteen miles in circumference. The city is placed on the south of the estuary of the Huantong•can (about a mile and a half broad), opposite the island of Kolongsoo, at pre sent occupied by the British forces,) which forms a harbour so capacious that, according to the account of Lord Macart ney's embassy, it could contain several thousand vessels ; the water being so deep that those of the largest burthen may be i g close to the shore with ut danger. By a p r i v ate lette r re ceived by the last ov and mail, we l earn that man y j un k s sail thence to Form a (Amoy lying between that island ihd the main land), Tonquin, Cochin China, Singapore, and the Eastern Archipelago; that it numbers 150,000 inhabitants, and that its principal export is black tea. Its inhabitants were formerly eminent for their commercial character. We copy the following account of Amoy from Mr. Lindsay's voy age of exploration in the Amherst : " In Mandarin dialect, the name of the place is Heamun, which is pronounced by the natives Ha-moy. The district in which this flourishing town is situated, is one of the most barren in all China, and consequently yields nothing for ex portation. It is dependant, even for the necessaries of life, on the neighbouring island of Formosa, which is most aptly described as the, granary of the eastern coast of China, In spite of those disadvantages, no spot in the empire numbers so many wealthy and enterprising merchants as Amoy ; they have spread themselves all along the coast of China, and have established commercial houses in many parts of the Eastern Archipelago ; most of the junks comprehended un der the name of tsing-tow (green-head), on account of their being painted green at the bow, in distinction from the hung tow (red-head), which is the badge of distinction among ves sels from Canton, are the property of Amoy merchants. " Their shortest voyages are to Formosa, in order to pro vide rice, for the consumption of their native district. Du ring the S.W. monsoon, they freight their vessels at this place with sugar, which they sell at various ports to the northward, principally Ningpo, Shang-hae, Teen-sin, and various towns in IVlanchow Tartary, where they take in car goes of peas and drugs. Much trade is also carried on by them between Soo-chow-foo, in Keang-san, and the towns of Ting-hae, Keang-mun, and the capital of Canton pro vince. _ " The greatest part of the foreign trade is carried on by capitalists belonging to this place. Notwithstanding the ex orbitant duties and vexatious treatment they are subjected to in Manilla, they have continued to maintain mercantile rela tions with that island. Their trade with Tonquin and Cochin China is not extensive ; but no less than forty large junks annually frequent Bankok, the capital of Siam. The Fokien junks which go to Borneo, Macassar, Batavia, and the Soo loo Islands, are of the largest class, some of as much as 12,000 peculs, or nearly 800 tons burthen, where they take in extensive investments of what is generally denominated Straits produce. Many of these vessels annually stop at Sincapore to procure opium and British manufactures. " Little favour or encouragement appears to have been shown by the reigning dynasty to the enterprising inhabitants of the province of Fokein. They were the last who submit ted to their rule, and, from what I have seen, would be the first to shake off the Tartar yoke, which presses heavily on the commercial energy of the people. A systematic plan seems to have been adopted in order to check the rising prosperity of Amoy ; first, by removing the foreign trade from it, and latterly by laying the heavy exactions on native vessels. By the most accurate accounts which Mr. Gutzlaff's numerous acquaintances among natives of this place enabled him to acquire, small junks of 2000 peculs pay a little more than 1000 dollars regular duties, besides tribute to the em peror in produce, of birds' nests, &c., each time they enter the port, unless they bring a cargo of rice, when a consider able remission is made. The irregular and oppressive exac tions of the local government have of late years caused many leading merchants of this place to remove to Shing-hae, Canton, and other places, where they conduct a trade with junks and men from their native district. " During the afternoon, numerous boats, filled with well dressed persons came round the ship ; but several custom house boats cruised about, and drove them away ; yet they could not prevent several from coming near enough to make inquiries as to our nation and cargo, and object in coming, and both by signs and words expressing their friendly feel ings. After dark we landed a Chinese servant of Mr. Gutz laff, who is a native of this place, with directions to go and see some of the leading merchants, in order to arrange with them for trading outside, in case we found it impracticable to do so openly. " We subsequently visited the town, where we were warmly welcomed by the numerous inhabitants, who sur rounded us in great crowds, but were most kind in their manner. Their delight was great at the fluency with which Mr. Gutzlaff addressed them in their native dialect. We were soon followed by Le Laonyay, who assured us be merely came to prevent our being annoyed by the crowd, and for the purpose of showing us over the town. He also assured us, that, if we were desirous to see the tetuh, he would give us an audience to-morrow. With this I professed myself satisfied ; and, having rambled about the town for an hour, we returned to the ship. Although nothing could be more civil than the manner of the mandarin and his attendants, yet their object was evidently to prevent, if possible, any conversation between us and the people : in this, however, they failed, and we had the satisfaction of hearing people of all classes express to us their regret at being prevented from visiting our ship, and the anxiety they felt for permission freely to trade with us. Several more war-junks came in during the day • am ong others, one carrying th e flag of the tsnngning, or admiral of Kin-mun." Davis, in his " Chinese," states that Amoy (Hearnun) is a fine shelter for any number of large ships ; and Dr. M u r ra y, in his " Encyclopmdia of Geography, states, that Amoy affords a very fine harbour, whence the Chinese carry on a great part of their foreign trade. By Wyld's map it would appear that Amoy is not more than two miles distant from the mainland of Fo-kein. FOU-TCHOU.FOO. This city, the capital of the province of Fo-kein, is the most important place in the province, on account of its trade, and the convenience of its rivers and port. It is seated on both banks of one of the arms of the river Min, which, di viding, form an island. The principal portion of the city stands on the north bank of the northern stream, and there is a suburb within the river-island. The city is in 26.4 N. lat.. and 119.4 E. long. ; being 435 miles N.E. of Canton, 1030 S. by E. of Pekin. The river admits the largest ves sels, and is crossed by a superb bridge of 100 arches, built of white stone, with a double balustrade ; and the city has a very splendid appearance. The importance of this city may be inferred from the fact, that it is the seat of a viceroy, and has under it nine cities of the third class. By a private letter from China, received last week, we learn that its inhabitants are estimated at 400,000, that it has a large coasting trade, and that hitherto the best black teas were sent overland from this city to Canton, whence were obtained, in return, the English manufactures required by the inhabitants. NING-PO. This city, sometimes called by Europeans Limpo or Liam po, is an excellent seaport, and a city of the first rank in the province of Tche-kiang. It stands on the west bank of the river Ta-hea (at the mouth of which is Chin-hae.) Ning-po is in latitude 29.58 north, and longitude 12G.18 east, and is distant about 660 miles S.S.E. from Vekin. It is well si tuated for a trade with Japan ; and, according to one account, the silks manufactured at Ning-po are much esteemed in other countries, especially in Japan, where they are exchanged by the Chinese for copper, gold, and silver. In one of the accounts of Lord Macartney's Embassy, Ning-po-foo (as it is there called) is described as a large seaport, with a wall round it, built of free-stone, having five noble gates, besides I two large arched water-gates, for the admission of barges. The port is defended by a citadel on a high rock, at the foot of which vessels must pass within pistol-shot ; but the passage is difficult for those of burthen, as there is no more than 15 feet water on the bar at spring -tides. Still it carries on an extensive trade with Batavia, Siam, and Japan. Ning-po is the centre of a considerable commerce with the almost num berless group of Chusan islands, which contain many fine ports, the principal of which, the great Chusan island, is about 40 miles in length, and 20 in breadth ; Tinghae, its capital, (which has been compared to Venice, from its being completely intersected by canals,) carries on a considerable trade ; and the va rious channels between these islands are crowded with almost innumerable vessels trading between different islands and Ning-Po. By a recent letter from Chi na, we learn that the large foreign and export trade of this emporium was quite ruined by our occupancy of the city, which is said to contain 200,000 inhabitants. Its exports consist chietly of green teas ; and the imports are woollen cloths and cotton. I . , Ve copy the following .account of Ning-po from Mr. Lindsay's voyage of exploration in the Amherst : " On the 25th of May, we proceeded through the numer ous islands of the Chusan Archipelago, towards Ning-po. Dalrymple's chart, though it contains a considerable error both in latitude and longitude, gives a very g ood idea of thi s part of the coast, from the outer i s l an d s to Ke-tow, but all between that and Chin-hae is laid down most inaccurately; between Ke-tow and the small round island off it, we found soundings with 45 fathoms, where 100 are marked. From that we proceeded with a fine breeze and strong tide, inside the islands -called the Elephant and Tower, finding no sound ings anywhere with 50 fathoms. _ _ The following morning, we left the ship in the launch. The entrance to the river was about twenty miles in a wes terly direction from the ship. The town of Chin-hae is situated at the mouth of the river, the true name of which is Ta-hae. This town, which is the capital of Heen, is built on a peninsula, formed by the river on one side, and the sea on other ; against the inroads of which it is protected by a mag nificent stone embankment, extending five or six miles along the coast, which is a flat plane of some extent, and consider ably below the highwater mark of the sea. " The town of Ning-po lies about 12 or 14 miles up the river, which runs for the first few miles, in a south-west and west direction, and then extends towards the north-west, so the town bears about west from the entrance. The river in front of Chin-hae is nearly half a mile wide, with six and seven fathoms water, so as to offer excellent anchorage to ships of any size. The chart made by Captain Rees gives a much better idea of the entrance than can be afforded by description. It will be seen, that ships of any burthen can enter at half-tide ; the only difficulty is in the narrow passage close to Foo Isun (the Crouching Tiger;) where, if there was no leading wind, it would probably be prudent to warp about 300 yards. The anchorage between Foo Sun and Yew Shan is not good, owing to violent and irregular eddies. " The town is situated on the western or left side of the river, which here divides into two branches. The walls ap pear of great extent, and the suburbs cover both sides of the river. We made for the nearest landing-place, landed amidst a vast crowd, and walked directly into the city, saying we wished to go to the Che-foo's office. Several instantly un dertook to show us the way, and we proceeded through broad streets (comparatively speaking •, for the streets here are several feet wider, and the shops handsomer, than any other Chinese town ave seen) lined with handsome shops. stopped and looked into several ; and both Mr. Gutzlaff and myself addressed the crowd, telling them that we were their ancient friends the English, who formerly traded here, and brought great wealth to their town ; and that we had now come, hoping to re-establish the ancient custom which had been so beneficial to both of us.' " We visited several shops in the town in which European woollen manufactures were for sale, the prices of which were much the same as at Fuh Chow-foo. I was anxious to visit I tame tAtilesttie silk timeline, but only Imo. retail Both Mr. Clutzlaff and myself endeavoured to obtain some information as to whether any signs or remnants existed of foreign residence there ; but our researches were fruitless, and we had no time or leizure to pursue them. Every one, however, appeared perfectly well aware that foreigners had traded here a century ago, and that the greatest advantages had been derived to their city from that circumstance. Having walked right across the town, we ascended the ram parts, and from a tower over one of the gates had a good • view of the city, which appears very populous, there being no vacant spaces within the walls. The population, as col lected from various sources, I should state at from 250,000 to 300,000. The town and suburbs cover fully more than half the space of Canton. The river fronting the town was full of junks, mostly belonging to the province, and a good many from Fokien. The greater part of Fokien junks appear to remain at Chin-hae." It appears, from Davis's " Chinese," that, as early as 1736, efforts were made by the British to establish a trade at Ning-po, but without much success. In 1755 another at tempt was made; but the local authorities would not permit any trade, unless all the great guns and ammunition of the ships were first given up, and the charges and duties proved to be double those of Canton, while no residence on shore was allowed. The objection then made by the government to a trade at Ning-po was " the loss of revenue to the em peror, accruing from overland carriage of tea and other goods to Canton :" the very circumstance, of course, which en hanced the prices of those goods to the European purchasers. On their departure from Ning-po, on the occasion named, the super-cargoes were formally told by the mandarins, that all future trade was forbidden at that port ; and a public edict was shortly afterwards issued, confining the trade to Canton. In 1759, the factory once occupied by the English at Ning-po was destroyed, the merchants with whom they had dealt were ordered to quit the place, and the war-junks were directed to prevent any English ship from being sup plied with provisions at Chusan. One of the principal ob jects of Earl Macartney's embassy, in 1793, was to obtain, if possible, the permission of the emperor to trade at Ning po, Chusan, Tien-tsin, and other places, in addition to Canton ; but the emperor, in his letter to the King of Eng land, stated distinctly that the British commerce must be strictly limited to the port of Canton. Captain Horsburg, in his report to the foreign office, as to the harbours on the coast, stated, that " the Chusan group presents safe anchor ing ground in several places, exclusive of the fine harbour fronting the city of Chusan, with the river of Ning-po, a few leagues to the westward." ROYAL ASSEMRLY ROOMS, GREAT GEoitug. STREET, LIVERPOOL. ,HENRY RUSSELL, (from America,) Composer of " Woodman, Spare that Tree," " Some Love to Roam," and other popular Ballads, respectfully begs leave to intimate, that it is his intention to give his SECOND and LAST VOCAL ENTERTAINMENT, at the ROYAL ASSEMBLY Rooms, Great George-street, Liverpool, Tins EVENING, (Friday,) ,the 2d December instant, . when he will introduce " The Indian Hunter," " The Maniac," " The Founding of the Bell," "The Ship on Fire," " The Sea Fight," "The Old Arm Chair," " The Ivy Green," " Let's be Gay," &c. Tickets and Programme to be had at Messrs. Ilimn and SONS, No. 57, Church -street, and the principal Music Warehouses. Tickets to the Body of the Room, 2s. 6d. ; Gallery, is. 6d. Doors to be opened at Half-past Seven; Performance to commence at Eight. The New Horizontal Fonda Piano-forte, manufactured by Joseph Kirkman and Son, will be used upon this occasion, only five feet ten inches in length. SHANG-HAE. The Yang-tse-Kiang, or Great River of China, has its spacious estuary divided into two broad channels, by the island of Tsui4,--ming. The Shang-hae channel forms the southern mouth of the great river, and the city of Shang-hae is on the W. bank of the Woo-sung river, near its mouth. It is situated in lat. 31.10 N., long. 121 E., and is distant not more than 25 miles E. in a straight line from the Grand Canal, about 18 miles N.E. of Song-Kiang, and about miles from Nanking by the river navigation. . This city is in the fertile province of Kiang-nan. A recent letter from China thus describes the importance of this, the most north erly of the newly-opened ports -of China:—lt is the most important commercial mart next to Canton. Besides its external' commerce, including the Japan trade, it has the largest coasting traffic of any port, and more tonnage enters its river than that of Canton. The city is nearly as large as Canton. Its imports are English manufactures, especially woollens. Its exports are teas, raw and manufactured silks, sugar. &c. According to one of the accounts of Lord Ma cartney's embassy, it would appear to have once been a place of considerable manufactures ; for even at that time, it is stated, " In this town and the villages dependant on it, are more than 200,000 weavers of cotton cloth." As more re cent accounts are silent on this head, we presume the cotton manufacture of Shang-hae has almost wholly disappeared. On the adjoining seacoast are the salt-pits which supply nearly the whole empire. Song-Kiang (18 miles off) for merly carried on a very extensive trade in cotton cloths, and had four cities under its jurisdiction. Shang-hae was visited by Mr. Gutzlaff in 1831, and is described by him as the most considerable trading place of any on the coast. His, in fact, the nearest port to Sou-tchaw, famous as the seat of the manufacture of both silk fabrics and japanned goods. It is not more than 120 miles distant, in a straight line, from Hang-tchou, the city where the grand canal has its southern terminus, and which is also the great depot for silk and silk weaving. This city, it will be recollected, was taken by our naval force on the 19th June last; and its capture, followed by the advance of the forces to Nankin, doubtless contri buted in no small degree to procure the negotiation which resultedin the treaty which opens Shang-hae and the other ports named to our commerce. With respect to the two most northerly of the five ports, Davis, in - his " Chinese," says, " It seems to have been lately ascertained, that the entrance of the river of Shang-hae, in Keang-nan province, lat. 31.10, is available to small vessels ; and it can scarcely be doubted that the Foo-chou-foo, in Fokien, and the above mentioned port of Shang.hae, would be by far the most eli gible points for the establishment of /the British trade, in regard to both imports and exports." When we add that Kiang-nan ranks as the second province of the empire ; that it is the first in point of fertility and natural riches, its wealth being such that it pays an annual tax to the emperor of 32 millions of taels ; and that the whole country is intersected by lakes, rivers, and canals, and is celebrated both for its trade and manufactures ; it will be seen that the privileges of a good open port in this province are not easily overrated. A CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO ENGLAND.—There is an important announcement in the supplement to the Canton Gazette, that an officer of high rank from the court of Pekin is immediately to set out to represent his sovereign at the court of St. James's. The presence of the Chinese ambas sador, at the first drawing-room next season, would, indeed, create a sensation. Morning Chronicle. ARRIVAL OF CHINESE GUNS AT THE TOWER.—On Mon day afternoon, five brass cannon, captured by the British during the Chinese war, happily just terminated, arrived in a barge from the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, and were landed on the Tower-wharf. Four of the guns are of large calibre, one of them being a 48-pounder. and the bore about 20 inches. All of them are splendid specimens of workmanship, and do not appear to have seen much service. The treaty of peace with China will leave disposable a large land and sea force. A private letter from Bombay mentions that Sir Henry Pottinger had proposed to take advantage of those means, and to proceed to Japan and demand satisfaction for the long-continued insults we have endured from the Emperor, and to require admission for our ships to those islands on terms of mutual mercantile advantage. We can not say ,how far our correspondent's information may prove correct, but we have heard that this is not the first time the matter has been proposed to Government. The cruelties exercised against the crews of vessels wrecked on these islands demand that some steps should be taken ; and no more favourable opportunity has been afforded than the presence of our ships and troops in China, from which they can easily be directed upon Jeddo, and other ports of Japan.—Naval and Military Gazette. • There are no mail-packets from this country to China, and letters used to be sent by the private ships that occasionally sailed for that country. During , the Chinese war, correspon dence for China, if directed via Falmouth, has been sent out with the India mails, and transmitted to its destination along with the Government despatches, by ships of war running to and from Hong-Kong and Bombay. It is to be hoped that before the Government vessels leave the China station, a regular steam conveyance for letters will be established be tween this country and the consular ports along the Chinese territory, 'via' Egypt And India. Indeed, such an arrange ment will be indispensable, in consequence of the vast inter course that will immediately take place between Europe and the Celestial Empire. One shilling a letter has been charged on letters for China via Falmouth, being the same postage as on letters for India. MURDER OF MR. SCULLY.—On Monday morning letters reached town bringing the account of the murder of Mr. Scully, of Kilfeacle, in the county of Tipperary, which event occured on Saturday evening. The unfortunate victim of the assassin's aim was returning to his residence after enjoying a day's sporting in the neighbourhood, when he was waylaid and shot within a few yards of his own door. lie survived the discharge of the deadly weapon only fifteen minutes. This gentleman, now the victim of the blood-thirsty and lawless system that still prevades that wretched country, had a similar attempt made upon his life some time since, in which the miscreants failed. The " wild justice of revenge," how ever, does not easily forego its claims upon human life, and in this instance its decree, though slow, has proved sure.— Dublin paper. . " THE FATE OF AN ENGLISH TRADESMEN.--A deplorable instance of the death of a formerly wealthy and respectable tradesman of Ludlow, from starvation or some cause nearly akin, took place in that town on Monday, and has called forth the deepest sympathy of the inhabitants. Mr. Edward Phil lips, glover, Broad-street, Ludlow, has for many years been remarked as one of the earliest risers in that cheerful town. Before the glove trade left Ludlow, he was also a man of sub stance, and filled various public situations creditably. The decay of trade, however, gradually wore away his means ; and although he used every method to conceal his want, it was manifest he was in distress • but no idea of the ex t en t o f that distress was entert a i n ed, till the fatal discovery on Mon nay. His shop not being open at a late hour in the morning the neighbours became alarmed, and,. having procured a ma gistrate's sanction, burst open the door, when the poor man was found senseless and naked on the floor of his bed-room apparently in a fit, from which he never recovered ; and as neither firing nor food was in the house, nor the means left him of procuring either, the cause of his death could not be misunderstood, although a merciful providence had mitigated its horrors by throwing him into unconsciousness. —Shrews bury Chronicle. EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDES IN ONE FAMILY. — On Tuesday a most singular attempt at suicide was made by a man of the name of Dobell, a leather-dresser, residing in Elim-street, Long-lane, Bermondsey. What attaches par ticular interest to the attempt at self-destruction, arises from the fact that about a year ago a brother of this individual, a respectable butcher in Berniondsey-street, drunk a large quantity of arsenic, and taking an opportunity to go up-stairs as if to clean himself, nearly separated his head from the trunk with a large knife. Hardly two months elapsed after the inquest when another brother, a leather-cutter, living in Crosby-row, Long-lane, was found in a dying state in bed, having swallowed an immense quantity of arsenic. He was taken to Guy's Hospital, but did not live long after his arrival there. It appears that in the case on Tuesday, Mrs. Dobell had gone out on some trifling errand, and upon her return home found her husband in dreadful agony, and nearly in sensible. Mr. Wagstaff, the surgeon, of Long-lane, was called in, and ascertained that Dobell had also taken a large dose of arsenic, and that his life was in imminent danger. Having applied the usual remedies, he was afterwards taken to the workhouse, where Mr. Paul has been unremitting in his exertions. Dobell was so exhausted as to be unable to speak, and therefore to explain what could have induced the attempt on his life. Mr. Paul entertains some hopes of his recovery, but at present his case is one of great danger. It is feared that great distress, arising from depression of trade, may have been the cause of the attempted suicide ; but he could not be in actual want, as on the 9th of November, the parish advanced him a loan of £1 10s. DESPERATE AFFRAY WITH POACHERS.—Friday morn ing last, about two o'clock, a most desperate conflict took place between the keepers and assistants of Mr. Peter Ark wright (nine in number) and 11 armed poachers. It appears that the keepers had some suspicion, and proceeded with two large dogs to Littlemoor Wood, about a mile from Matlock, where they met with 11 poachers armed with guns, which they instantly presented at the keepers, who immediately let go the dogs and fell in with them. Here the battle raged most furiously for some time; three or four shots were fired by the poachers (as they say only to kill the dogs,) and, wonderful to relate, missed all the men, one dog only being killed. Not having time to reload, they fell upon the keepers with the butt ends of their guns, four of which were broken entirely to pieces. The encounter now began to be in favour of the keepers, every man on both sides being more or less injured. The poachers, at length gave up the con test, with the loss of four prisoners, one of whom was much worried by the dogs, as well as being otherwise injured. They were all taken to the Greyhound Inn, Cromford, and a surgeon sent for, when it was ascertained they were not so much hurt as was at first anticipated. Three of the poachers, John Travis, Edward Travis, and Samuel Smith, were sent off to Derby county gaol, for trial at the next assizes, and the fourth, named Robinson, formerly a most respectable man, is on bail. Mr. Harrison, the head-keeper, has five guns in his possession taken from the poachers, four of which are broken to pieces. On examining the ground where the en gagement took place, five hats were found, which the poachers left behind in their hasty retreat.—Derby Re porter. SINGING FOR THE MILLION ! JOSEPH MAINZER, ESQ.. Author of the P o p u l ar System of Teaching Vocal Music, will deliver TWO LECTURES; in the NELSON ASSEMBLY Rooms, Lord Nelson-street, Liverpool, on the Evenings of MONDAY and TUESDAY next, the sth and Gth December instant, Expla natory of his Method, which is adapted, from its pleasing simplicity and rapid effect, to render Musical Reading and Singing familiar to all ages and capacities. Tickets of Admission—To the Gallery, for a Single Lec ture, 2s. Gd. each, or for the two Lectures, 3s. Gd., including a Book, containing the Practical Course of Elementary In struction, sold at Is. Gd. To the Body of the Room—For a Single Lecture, Is. ; for the two Lectures, Is. Gd., including a Book of Exercists, price Gd. To be had of Mr. MARPLES, Lord-street; Mr. EDGAR, Berry-street; Mr. PALMER, Bold-street; I-limE and SONS, Church-street ; and MAGILL'S Musical Repository, London road. Each Lecture to commence precisely at Eight o'clock. TO CORRESPONDENTS. "A Lover of the Church" will, on referring to the STAN mut]) of Tuesday, find that his intelligence has been anticipated. " A Constant Reader" calls upon " the leading gentlemen in the mercantile establishments of this town to set aside the 26th instant as a general hoilday. We purposed at first to publish the principal facts furnished to us by " A Churchman," but on reconsideration we for bear at present. Perhaps our correspondent will favour us with another interview before Tuesday, when we can enter into more particulars. We have not been able to obtain the information desired by " A Constant Subscriber." We could not find room to-day for the letter of " A British Merchant." We have received from Mr. John Rhodes, of 21, Stanhope street, one guinea, as a donation to the Collegiate Insti tution. The gratifying communication from our Southport corre spondent has been handed to a gentleman, who is interesting himself in the matter to which he refers. Eibrrpool atanDarb. FRIDAY MORNING, DEDEMBER 2, 1842. Rumours have been afloat for some days past, touching an intended proposal, on the part, too, of some of our conservative town councillors, with refer ence to the system adopted in the Corporation Schools, whereby the whole question, with all its heartburnings and bitterness of spirit, must needs be opened afresh. We confess, we give little credit to the rumour, and our present remarks are elicited more by the enormity of such a proceeding in itself, than by any reliance we place on the credibility of the report. The immediate result of the movement spoken of, must prove as fatal to the party attempting it, (for success is out of the question), as it would be prejudicial to the momentous interests involved. The next meeting of the Council is looked for with intense interest. Should the hopes of our enemies be unfortunately realised, and the modification spoken of be suggested, it will be our painful duty to meet and grapple with it in detail; for the present it will suffice to glance briefly at the outline of the contem plated change. As the report has reached us, the' object in view is to admit the children of Romish parents to the benefits of an education purely secular, throwing religious instruction overboard altogether, and not requiring of them to read the Bible either in the authorised or the Douay version. Against this or any similar proposal, wholly irrespective of details, (and details are also hinted at, on which the radical party, in and out of the Council, and their conservative supporters, are not likely to agree), we enter at once a strenuous and uncompromising protest. Our duty to God, towards our neighbours and ourselves, demands this protest at our hands. We must magnify God's Holy Word ourselves, and teach it diligently to our own children. And this forbids us, for ever, to be consenting parties to the exclusion of any other child, or adult, from the hopes and blessings with which that Word abounds. 'Tis not that we grudge to the Roman Catholic child (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we do) the utmost benefits of a secular education—but, in order to that, we cannot become partakers of the sin of his priest, by consent ing to the barter of the child's birthright for a mess of pottage. The hardship to which the child is exposed is not fairly chargeable upon us, who are eager to give him both scriptural and secular instruction, but lies entirely at the door of the priest, who compels his victim to refuse both, because he fears and hates the Word of God. And they do not affect to conceal that their hostility is, to the free use of the Holy Scriptures, even in their own Douay version of them, without note or comment. This is the avowed cause of the absence of such Romish children as have been withdrawn from the schools. "Fis not that we have turned them out, but that the priests would not allow them to come in. It does not suit, however, the Radical and Revolu tionist to view the matter in this light, nor do we expect such candour from them ; but it is truly painful to find men, from whom better things might have been expected, led away by the hollow whine of mawkish sympathy, with which the alleged hardships of Romish children are commiserated by the selfish, the design ing, and the indifferent. To concede this point, is to give up the whole matter, for it underlies the entire question ; and to moot it, is to disturb again what was regarded as settled and sealed finally and irrefragably, in Liverpool, certainly, if not throughout the entire of England. The question of National Education has, of late years, occupied much of the public mind ; it has been fully canvassed, and, in consequence, the con clusions arrived at are more valuable, because more certain and approved. These conclusions are briefly enunciated. First, Education, to be safe to the community and useful to the individual, must be Scriptural. And public opinion has advanced a good way towards affirming, in the next place, that, to be certainly Scriptural, National Educa tion, is best administered on the principles of the national church. These principles have been boldly proclaimed and proved to demonstration in this town, at the commencement of this struggle, now more than six years ago, at the memorahie meeting in the Amphi theatre, of July 13, 1836. The report now lies before us of the proceedings of that meeting. The speeches of both the respected Rectors of Liverpool are samples of bold and manly eloquence; that of the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, for convincing argument and persuasive power, is still unsurpassed, and has never been an swered. Messrs. Hodgson, Horsfall, Sands, Samuel Holme, &c., &c., spoke in the same strain; and three thousand pounds were collected. The enthusiasm is still unforgotten with which these sentiments in favour of sound principle, and in support of scriptural truth, were caught up by the host of surrounding clergy and gentry on the platform, and applauded to the very echo by the vast concourse assembled in the house. This same feeling, majestic in the conscious rectitude of its purpose, is not dead, nor even asleep, in the right minded inhabitants of Liverpool; but is ready, in a moment, to arise in vigour as before, should the occa sion unfortunately recur to require its manifestation. But we deprecate the trial, even while we have no fear for the result, save unto those, whose infatuation may prdoke the contest. November will come again, and the lessons of West Derby and Great George's Wards can be repeated on a larger scale—rerbum sat. We have better hopes, however, though we write thus. If, as we have already said,"necessity compel us, we must return to the subject ; if, on the other hand ; as we rather hope and anticipate, this after all prove but an idle rumour, we have been but contending with a shadow, and shall no longer " Fright the town from its propriety." The absolute. wisdom of the Anti-corn-law League has of late directed its efforts to the task of enlighten ing British fanners upon the science of agriculture. Their journals are full of lessons and criticisms upon farming ; their . orators talk le arne dly a b ou t d ra i n i ng and manuring; ploughing and fencing; and if we might judge from the amount of information which appears upon the surface of their diatribes, they would experience as little difficulty in undertaking the culti vation of the tstates of our intniotiliers as in aPPtar li ating their rents, The amount of modesty displayed in this movement we shall not remark upon. Men who have nev e r travelled ten miles from the clatter of mill machine!): may be presumed to know something about theoretical farming—as much as can be picked up by the perusal of a treatise or two upon the subject ;—but the chances are that they know little, indeed, about practical farming. And such is the conclusion which we would draw from what we have seen of their commentaries upon the state of British agriculture. Most men, in . passing through a farming country, could poin t out deficiencies of management. Most men, when they see a farm where the fencing and the draining a re complete, could assure themselves that, there, ski ll an d capital were directed wisely to bring out the resou rce ' of the soil. Such is nearly the amount of the inforaw Lion conveyed to us by the League upon this subj ect. We are told only—what every farmers' hind knows perfectly well—that the agricultural wealth of th e country is not fully developed; that slovenly -man a g e ; ment and deficient skill limit the productive powers ° the soil ; but we are not told either the source of tlie deficiencies of the British farmer, or how those d eli ' ciencies can be repaired. And we much doubt whether one in a dozen of the people who prate so flipPan tl Y , know one jot more of the subject matter of their Pra te than the farmer himself knows of the internal economy of a cotton mill. We are assured that it would he an easy thing to double the producing power of the soil of Great 13ritsiaci It would be no such thing. Much, no doubt, ° i d be done towards a consummation so desirable; much is being done. But it is the reverse of an east task, or one which practical men will readily undertake. Vast capital must be sunk in. the effort—capital w ill % does not, like money spent upon the erection of factory or the improvement of its machinery, bring an immediate interest. Visit any of the model farms of the north of England, and ask their proprietors svu at has been their experience of the process of agricult erai improvement. You will be told at once that it ha been one which none except a capitalist—which co man dependant for support upon his yearly prof its could have gone through. You will be told, too, th the mere attempt to carry out the improvements, wu boasted of by theorists and by men who look only tili e , a the surface of things, has been attended with the N u ! of thousands. So notorious, indeed, is the fact tha' model farming—if we may so term it—is un remune rP tive, that thousands of practical and sensible farm ers have been deterred from the adoption of impro ved modes of cultivation by the examples which they h ave ; had before their eyes of the failure of the superla tive system, so boasted of by the Cobdens and Gregs ni .ta present day. It is a practical absurdity to speculate upon the improveable nature of the soil, under a scientific ri l°d of culture, as a resource upon which Great Britain c °ll depend for her immediate wants; and it is worse th an absurdity to suppose that any such improvement cali r take place except under an assurance of p r otection I% the capital embarked in it. No Man would under ta k e the reclaiming of a single acre of land, with the PI: pect before him of that free trade in corn, which t a ll League oracles hold out as the grand panacea f or the evils of the state; for such an attempt, he I °, oll fie would be sheer madness. If any thing is to be " ° , l - , for the improvement of the soil, it can only be d ° ' ll , whilst a reasonable prospect exists of a return for t ie d capital embarked ; and it *ill scarcely be contend that such a prospect exists as the result of a inea sn i which it is admitted will throw out of profitable c ll. ture all the richest soils of the kingdom. of The great difficulty which stands in the waY iiet extensive improvements in cultivation, and which me restrict such improvement t o th e Bat h e gra dual el iang he which has for years past been taking place, is The deficiency of means on the part of the cultivator. 3 abolition of the one pound note currency infli cted & serious blow upon the farmers of England. Afte r ' o t passing of this measure they no longer received tb aid from the country banker to which they had bee accustomed; and improvement, as a matter of necessi,lll; stood still. The establishment of the system die,' stock banking, in England, at least, has done n othing for this class, although in Scotland it has done so tnileii. The manufacturer and the trader are provided in t ' r joint stock bank with the materials for speculation w o d investment, because their returns are more speedy an t , more susceptible of being Calculated upon with c e d tainty ; but the farmer, who wants money to exP eti o in improvements, will not be favoured with it fr° o such a quarter. Whence, then, is he to get it ? $ his landlord. .His only hope is here ; and it is i , fallacious one, and is likely to be so, until agitationed abandoned and the possessors of the soil are relie v , from the threats of confiscation of their property' , ‘v illch are daily launched against them. the It is idle, then, to preach to the agriculturi st doctrine that his inability to compete with the f° T re grotver is the result of his own incapacity. N I °s o( ) are not reclaimed—barren commons are not conve y o f into fertile corn lands—in a day. A long eo urse 6l outlay and toil is required for these purposes; " rs , they will never be extensively carried out excep t g oo dually, and except some real protection be continu e the soil of the country. The oracular sages of the Anti-monopoly Assoei3li°ll: are professing, just now, an amazing fondness O r t o , interests of a certain class of their fellow-town slli t e e d towards whom, in time past, they were never stisP e li c i p , of entertaining an inordinate fondness. The 14 1 ; . wrights of Liverpool —poor benighted beings 1- 00 ; excited the compassion of the gentlemen in que eti : a t i t and are to be forthwith elevated to bask in the 1)11 . ,„ ° beams of the planets, large and small, stationarY i : f s erratic, which enlighten the exclusively wise men' be of the Anti-corn-law party. A flood of talk is t° t o poured into their ears. A world of lofty promise be held up before their eyes ; and, as the resul t, / 0 1 confidently expected that the strength and influen ce t o the entire body will from henceforth be direct advance the interests of the Liberal party iv parliamentary and municipal contests. ding We would not for a moment be guilty of sta ° o re in the way of so pleasant an arra n ge ment; b ut h ot really cannot avoid askin g of our operative friends sv d , has• this plausible faction ever done as vet for t he of vantage of the working man t We have gentlemen of " liberal" opinions, in Liverpool, extensive owe ell t be shipping; what have these men ever done I°l. a o f interests of the Liverpool shipwrights, or for th °s- i i c l , any class dependent upon the prosperity of the h t/ st i, ing trade of the port ? Nothin g . On the 0 11° 01 upon every occasion which has presented itself , rr a blow could be struck at the rights of their °l a ce tive fellow-townsmen, civil or political, they o r not held back their hand, but struck, with s li , o t. venomed malignity, alike unp ara ll e ll e d a nd unac e ;ise able. Need we point to the efforts ma d e to disfra oc hic i l the freemen of our town—to the rancour with IV t he our operative associations have been assailed ", of Radical press —to the slanders heaped upon t h°s ve ro the working classes whose religious principl e ; w oe those of the E s t a bli s h e d Ch urc h o f t h e l an d, and sq t be political p r i nc ipl es were t h ose o f t h e i r father s an d principles of loyalty and a tt ac h men t t o the 1 1 ° 1 : will the Constitution ? We need not. These slan de ,7 4 i4 not be lightly forgotten ; a nd th ou gh the g — t beir tempters come now, with hat in hand, to prate to w ith humble fellow-townsmen of their vast sympathy that their distresses and deprivations, the knowledg e b bnt the honied sentences fall from the same lips wh ffi ic ati s,'' yesterday spit upon them, railed at them, as "r" ott eci and denounced them as beings scarcely less be s ure d in their ignorance than the beasts, will, we fee l 2ss o ded be a shield which will effectually protect the inte f o rth dupes from the serpent wiles which are being ptlt to ensnare them. g e That the shipbuilding trade of our port is dePr..e6t6off at the present moment, we know and deplore; In l 4 . t o are far from acknowledging that the nostrums °¢ anti-monopoly quacks will either be effectua l I " sie r lieving, or are intended to remove , that depress tie The free-trade philosopher cares not one r ush f° interests of native industry or local industry . CV ,,Id co ps' be is the god he worships ; and if cheapness ops' be acc.omplished—if his merchandize could b e tf re igo ported cheaper , to or f r om foreign markets, in f ° oo o bottorns than in those of our own country , be Wotits not hesitate an hour to make the sacrifice of the % t ic' mass of British shipping, and to consign to the I/ hous( it for Up of ex strum seduc can o daciti The tune( ton, o THI COMP speett taken, liberal persoi Col 'whose eandii lnstit The Great Koff is cessfu Tremi • Am on W( who 1 States seen f return Wedn On Thom was ci of tha The tb bet sei foi .~` t , t . 1 '‘rti!+ i n t ; 9 11, ',l), • t