The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-11-25 00:00:00

, THE AGRICULTURAL 11 12 STS Several meetings of the friends of agriculture have been recently held through the country, and we extract the ing from a speech delivered at the Ilminsier Agricultural Meeting, on Wednesday week, by R. Escort, Esq., M.P., which comprehends the full exposition, and by consequence, a complete and satisfactory defence of the policy of Sir Robert Peel : - • " Great — and paramount as the landed interests of the country is, it is not the land of England alone to which we are indebted for our position as a nation : there are other lands more fertile. What is it, then, that gives such in creased value to English agriculture? It is the wealth of England. To what is the wealth of the country mainly due? To its trade and commerce. How is it that this little island has a power and wealth beyond other countries? Why, that her trade and commerce are extended over all parts of the world. What, then, was the object of the Government in proposing their late measures? It would have been useless to talk of supporting agriculture under the Circumstances of the country ; and, therefore, it was the duty of the Parlia ment and the Government to endeavour to encourage the commercial and shipping interests of the country, as the best mode of giving increased value to agriculture and of bene fitting all classes of the community. (Loud cheers.) Then there was the credit of the country, which also required some vigorous and active aid. When the late Parliament met there was no less than a ten million deficiency in the public revenue, which had to be made up. (Hear, hear.) And was this enormous deficiency to be made up by a paltry shifting of the burden, or by pretended reductions ? No. Was it not rather to be provided for by boldly looking the fact at once in the face, and devising a plain and powerful remedy, that should provide a fund to pay the money. (Hear, hear, bear.) It was only to be fairly and honestly met by the government telling the country that it was so much in debt, and that it must he paid by the money in hand. (Cheers.) This is the way an honest man deals with his creditors in private life. But it is a mat ter which is of the deepest interest to the agriculturists first, and all other classes after them ; for it is not merely to our colonies, our trade, or our wealth, that we derive our great ness and our safety, but to the national honour—and what is national honour but the paving of all our just debts ? (Applause.) Now, such was the situation of this parliament when it met, and what did it do ? The government and the legislature first adopted the plan of an income tax ; certainly not a pleasant thing. (A laugh.) You feel it, and I feel it ; a tax upon our pockets is not very agreeable at any time. (Hear.) But it should be remembered that this tax was not proposed as an agreeable thing in itself, and that this was an income tax accompanied by other measures which enabled the great bulk of the community to pay it, not only without feeling it much, but without feeling it at all. (Hear.) I know how some of you talked of this income tax—(a laugh)— but I tell you that, for your own sakes, the national faith must be kept. (Cheers.) You will, no doubt, say, if others are enabled to pay the income tax out of the reduced price of commodities, how are we, the agriculturists, to be enabled to pay it, when we are to sell our produce at a reduced price and to pay the tax also ? (Hear.) Now, I have stated it in the House of Commons, and I have stated it here, that the income tax will be paid by the great bulk of the community, who are all consumers, from the decreased cost of the neces sariss of life. (Hear.) lam glad to hear you assent to that ; let aay consumer calculate what he saves in bread, in meat, and other articles, and he will find that it more than coun terbalances his share of the income tax. But upon whom, then, will the burden fall ? It will fall first upon the hoard ers of money, upon those who have more money than they want to expend, and upon which surplus they will have to pay their three per cent. We have many excellent friends of this kind, and I do not find fault with them for hoarding money ; but really I have no compassion for them, as taxa ble subjects of the Queen; for, from the time I first thought on public affairs, I have felt anxiously desirous that some measure should be devised that would reach this class of saving people. And it is a fact that the income-tax is the first measure that has actually touched them, so as to make the great hoarders of money contribute towards the exigen cies of the state. (Loud cheers.) But there is another class upon which this tax falls ; it touches us, as landowners and occupiers of land. (Hear, hear.) The tenant, as you are aware, pays less, in proportion, according to his rent, than the landowner. Now, I have always been accustomed to speak plainly, and I mean to say that every landlord is bound to consider the circumstances of his tenant, and in the long run does consider it; and that in case the occupying tenant's proportion of 31 per cent. is too much for his means accord ing to his present rent, then the landlord should himself bear it. (Hear.) He must do it. I say that if the 3} per cent. upon the tenant makes his expenses more than his farm is worth, the landlord should bear it, inasmuch as the tenant was less a party to the arrangement. (Hear, hear.) Who, I would ask, enjoys the benefits of our great and free insti tutions, the protection which rank and property enjoys, so much as the landlords? I should be ashamed of myself if I said that the landholders and the moneybolders of England were not to be called on, in.times of difficulty, to uphold the national credit and the national resources. The landlords enjoy a greater value for their land through the laws and customs of the country, and they are called upon to support the government from which they derive so much in a time of national pressure. But a word or two to you, my friends. It may be said that from the income-tax and the new tariff a blight will be cast upon agriculture ; I have, however, come to a conclusion, after considering the whole bearings of the subject, that the great protective power of the agricultural classes of the country rests in the renewed prosperity of its trade and commerce. And, with respect to the corn law, if you look at the late corn law, which has been superseded, there was a much greater panic and much greater distress among the agriculturists when the old law was in operation, than there is at the present time. Call your attention to 1535.6, and ask yourselves what you then sold ybur wheat for ? Was it not is. or Is. 6d. lower than at present ? " Yes, it was.") Is it then fair to say that the measures of the present government have produced ruinous consequences to you? I certainly had entertained great doubts as to the propriety of conceding the extensive alterations proposed to be made in the corn laws, but at the same time I never enter tained the idea that a certain fixed scale of duties could be always adhered to; and who, when he heard of the state of the starving thousands in the manufacturing districts, and felt that something must be done—who was bold enough to take upon himself the responsibility of making no altera tion ? I confess I could not do it. Gentlemen, I remember, after having come to this conclusion, I was asked in the House of Commons how 1 should meet the farmers of West Somerset again ? I said I should them again, as I had al ways met them, honestly telling them what I had done, and giving them the reasons for having done so. (Applause.) As to the grazing department of agriculture, I know there are many suffering, who bought in their cattle at a high price, and are now selling them at low prices. This is an evil such as Ido not wish to palliate or deny. But I will ask you if the prices of cattle have not been such as could not be maintained in this country with fairness to the community? The fact is that unsteady prices are prejudicial to all. I be lieve, looking at all the circumstances of the country, that the late measures will give a great stimulus to trade and com merce, and that this will re-act upon the agriculture of the country. (Hear.) But to you—the operative agriculturists, if I may call you so-1 think that, although you will not have high prices, you will not have ruinous low prices, but that you will have the advantage of a more fixed price ; and should such be the case, then the late measures will be of the greatest benefit to you, the tillers of the soil. (Hear, hear.) But, supposing it should be found that the Government, in their measures, have gone a little too far, and that agriculture is now sufficiently protected—then, have we not a free parliament, whose duty it will be to repeal what has been done amiss ? We are bound to a corn law. What is the object of 'a corn law ? It is to protect the growers of the poor people's bread, by encouraging the home growth of our country ; but, if the home growth is not sufficient for the con sumption of the people, where is the farmer who would stand between an altered corn law and the destitution of the people ? (Hear, hear.) I have supported a corn law because I believe it to be necessary ; but, if the present law does not answer its object, then we are free to consider the corn law again, and to repeal it. (Cheering.) Let us not, however, as agricultu rists, think we can, in times like these, sit with folded arms. No ; too much has been done to allow us to sit still. We must take our parts in the progress of the great destinies of England, (hear, hear.) And happy are we that we are al lowed to do so. Think how high is the privilege to have been born a subject of the Queen of Great Britain (cheers) on whose dominions, extended through the energy and enter prise of our forefathers, the sun never sets, and on the ex tremest corner of which no man sets his foot, but he enjoys the sacred rights of liberty (cheering), —and then think that this is that country, and these are the privileges, for which we are called upon to make sacrifices. No, 'they are not sa crifices. (Great cheers.) I feel from this moment, they are the offering of free men, given with free hearts, who, despi sing the mean artifices of party politics, are resolved to hand down to their children's children the national glory which they themselves have enjoyed." (Vehement cheering, long continued. ACCIDENT TO LORD HATHERTON.—We regret to state that an accident lately happened to the noble Lord which might have been attended with serious consequences. His Lordship was struck a little above the eye with a shot from the gun of John Mott, Esq., of Lichfield. Considerable hemorrhage ensued, and the shot has not been found ; but we are happy to state that the eye has escaped injury, and that the wound is better.—Stafford Examiner. Last week a determined attempt to commit suicide was made by a young woman named Harriet Larby at Badding ton, near Midhurst. It appears she had been afficted for some time with:a spinal affection and jumped down a well 70 feet deep ; her clothes partially buoyed her up ; she went twice under the water, when she repented of the act and caught hold of a projecting stone about two feet from the water's edge. She remained in this state an hour, when her cries brought several persons to her assistance, and she was brought up from her verilous situation and the only injury she received was a good ducking. DESTRUCTION OF A LARGE STEAMER BY FIRE.—The following has been received at Lloyd's New Orleans, Oct. 1 2.—The ship Hero, Captain Ensor, master, which ar rived here yesterday, from Havannah, reports that on Thurs day last, at a b out 1 O'clock in the morning, they were sur prised at observing the reflection of an extensive conflagra tion in the horizon. They immediatelymade all sail in the direction whenc e i t proceeded, wh when, after going 10 or 12 miles, they discovered it to be a vessel on fire. Upon coming up to her, at about 7 o'clock, she proved to be a very large ship—unquestion a bl y a steamer. The fire by that hour had almost consumed th e d eck, the masts had fallen over board, and she was rapidly burningthe water's edge. They cruised round the w rec k for an to ;our or till she went clown, which took place almost instantaneously. two, Upon first coming up , no person appeared on b oar d, nor was any boat about. They, however, saw a bark bearing away to the westward, which it was supposed must have received the crew and passengers. From the mark of an anchor, which was hanging at the cathead, and th e appearanCe of several Orleansjudged t ß ha ull u e n ti ftu n or of n t a h t e e steamer to be Englis h.L spars which were overboard, they N th eiv ey 12th of last mouth contains a paragraph confirm atory of the above. PUBLIC ATTEMPT AT MultnEß.—At th e T own.ball, Cambridge, on Monday, Charles Triplow, a green-grocer, living in that borough, was c h arg ed with ha v ing attempted thr at in the unarkr • to murder his wife by cutting her throe, d, that o.la Saturday, on Saturday. Charles Wilderspen de p ose he was in the market between six and seven in the evening, if standing against their' when he saw the prisoner and his wife , ana usuea at her stall. The prisoner went up to his wife two or three times, as if angry, and they a eared to have been quarrelling. A woman called out to Witness, " He's cut her throat! lie hastened to the prisoner's wife, and saw her bleeding from the neck. The prisoner turned off, as if to run away, when witness collared him. Some one then.,.e,s said to the prisoner, w You have been cutting your it throat :" and he replied, " Yes, I'll cut her -- heart out before I've done with her." The prisoner was not d runk. Charles Gunn deposed to having seen prisoner and his wife wrangling. She struck him on the side of the head, to make him get away from the stall, when he went up to her and jobbed something into her neck. Witness saw a great gash in her throat. Another witness deposed, that the prisoner caught hold of his wife's threat, "as if he was going to choke her, and held her a short time, and then cut her throat." The woman was conveyed to the hospital. One of the surgeons of the hospital deposed that the wound was t ree inches in length, and one in depth ; the external jugular vein had been cut through. On his way to the station-house, the prisoner said he meant to kill his wife, and if she was dead he should be happy ; he intended, after killing her, to kill himself. The knife was produced with which the wound had been inflicted ; it was a very large clasp-knife, with a sharp point. As the woman was dangerously ill, and not able to give any evidence against her husband, he was re manded for a few days.— Globe. SUCCESS IN CHINA AND AFFGHANISTAN GLORIOUS NEWS. (Prom the Times, (2f . Irednesdag.) An intermediate Overland Mail from India, with news from Bombay to the 15th of October, has reached us by ex traordinary express from Marseilles. The intelligence which it brings is of the highest import ance, for while it adds increased lustre to the glory of the British empire, it is calculated to consolidate its welfare for many years. A treaty for peace has been concluded with the Chinese Emperor, and a commercial treaty was about to be signed. Ghuznee and Cabnl have been taken, and most of the British prisoners have been released from captivity. Akhbar Khan is a fegitive ; his adherents have been routed, and the British flag waves again over the Balla Hissar, or citadel of the capi tal of Affghanistan. The date of intelligence froth the expedition at China comes down to the Ist of September from Nanking, and the 10th of that month from Hong-kong and Macao. The proceedings of the expedition up to the 24th of July, including the storming of Chin-kiang-foo, are detailed by the British Plenipotentiary in the following circular : "TO HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SUBJECTS IN CHINA. " Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c. in China, has high satisfaction in promulgating for the information of her Ma jesty's subjects in China, the important progress and success of the expedition since the date of his last circular of the 24th of June. " The expedition was detained by bad weather and other circumstances at Woosung until the 6th of July, on which day it advanced up the river Yang-tze-kiang, and on the 14th reached a military position, built on a range of hills commanding the stream, where two small recently erected batteries, mounting 13 guns, opened the first fire since leaving Woosung on the leading ships, but were instantly silenced, and the guns, batteries, and military buildings, connected with them, destroyed as soon as men could be put ashore. " At this point the main body of the fleet was retarded by adverse winds for nearly a week, during which period some of the ships of war, assisted by the steamers, got up to Kishan' or ' Golden Island,' where the whole armament, amounting to 70 sail of vessels, assembled on the 20th inst., and anchored abreast of the city of Chin-kiang-foo. •` A reconnoisance having been obtained the same evening, the troops were disembarked as early as possible the next morning. It was at this time believed that the majority of the Chinese troops, which had been variously reported at from 1,500 to 3,000 men, were in a camp, which was visible from hills overhanging the river, at a distance of about three miles. " Against this camp the right brigade moved under Major- General Lord Saltoun. The centre brigade, led by Major- General Bartley, was directed in the first instance to co-ope rate with the right one in cutting off the anticipated retreat of the fugitives from the camp in the direction of the city, and the left brigade, headed by Major-General Schoedde, landed on the river face of the city, opposite the fleet, where it was instructed to escalade the northern wall, which the centre brigade was likewise appointed to do on the southern side, after it had performed the other duty assigned to it. " The Chinese troops in the camp did not venture to stand the near approach of our men, but after firing three or four distant vollies from their jinjalls or matchlocks, broke and dispersed all over the country, which was hilly, and covered with the jungle. By this time the left brigade had got on shore, when it became obvious that the Tartar garrison in tended to defend the city, from the walls of which they opened a heavy and incessant fire of cannon, jinjalls, wall pieces, rockets, and matchlocks. " As the left brigade moved up from the landing-place, the Auckland steam-frigate, which had been placed in position for the purpose, threw some shells among the enemy on the works with admirable precision, but was obliged to cease firing, owing to the rapid advance of the brigade to the bot tom of the wall, which was most gallantly escaladed under a heavy fire from the Tartar troops, who behaved with great spirit, and disputed every inch of the ramparts, availing themselves with great tact of their knowledge of the localities to gall our troops and screen their own. "The centre brigade got into the city (after some delay in finding a bridge to cross the Grand Canal, which runs along the western side of Chin-kiang-foo, and separates the walled city from very extensive suburbs) by blowing open one of the gates; but, even after the left brigade had received this large reinforcement, besides parties of marines and seamen who were landed the moment the opposition promised to be so stubborn, the Tartars manfully prolonged the contest for some hours, and it was late in the afternoon before they en tirely disappeared, which it is surmised the survivors did by throwing away their arms and uniform, and either hiding themselves till night enabled them to escape, or else mingling with the other inhabitants. " The city of Chin-kiang-foo is rather more than four miles in circumference, the works are in excellent repair, and the parapet, which is so thick and solid that nothing but cannon-shot could have made any impression on it, is pierced with narrow embrasures and loopholes, and flanked at a variety of spots with transverse walls. " It has hitherto been impossible to obtain anything like a precise return of the strength of the garrison ; but from calculations made with reference to the extent of the works, and the Tartar troops seen on them at the same moment, it is thought there could not have been less than 3,000 men. Of these, it is said that 40 mandarins (officers) and 1,000 men were killed and wounded. The Tartar General Com manding-in-Chief retired to his house when lie saw that all was lost, made his servants set it - on fire, and sat oil his chair till he was burned to death. His private secretary was found, the day after the assault, hidden in a garden; and on being carried to the spot, recognized the half-consumed body of his master, who was worthy of such a death. " It will be readily understood that a brilliant service, of which the preceding detail gives but a very feeble outline, could not be performed without loss on our side ; and her Majesty's Plenipotentiary is sure that all her Majesty's sub jects in China will participate in his feelings of sincere regret at the annexed returns of casualties of killed and wounded in her Majesty's combined forces. _ " Arratigenients are in progress for placing a strong Bri tish garrison at Chin-lciang-foo (which commands the en trances to the Grand Canal, ar.d is therefore of vast impor tance), and the remainder of the expedition will shortly m ove up this majestic river, headed by the Admiral's flag-ship Cornwallis, to the neighbourhood of Nanking (which ancient capital of the empire is about 40 miles distant, and situate about three miles from the Yang-tse-kiang, with which it Is connected by a variety of canals), it having already been ascerrained by actual survey that there is ample depth of water and no natural impediments. " GOD SAVE TUE QUEEN. " Dated on board the steam frigate Queen, Yang-tee-kiang river, at Chin-kiang-foo, this 24th day of July, 1842. " HENRY POTTINGER, " her Majesty's Plenipotentiary." LAND FORCE. KILLED. Colonel Driver, 6th M.N. I.; Captain Collinson, 18th R. 1. ; Lieut. Gibbons, 49th Regt. WOUNDED. Lieut. Bernard, 18th R. 1., slight. do. Baddely, 49th Regt., dangerously do. Grant, 49th Regt., slight. Major Warren, 55th liegt., severely. Lieut. Cuddy, do. do. Capt. Simpson, Rifles do. Ensign Trovers, 2d. M. N. 1., slight. Lieut. Waddle, Madras Artillery, severely. Zemidar Number, 2d. M. N. 1., severely. NAVY. KILLED. Major Uniacke. WOUNDED. Crouch, Lieut. ; Lyon, Mids. Killed and Wounded, Navy Army Total 169 The general order issued by the Commander-in-Chief on the occasion is as follows : " Head quarters, Chin-kiang-foo, July 27, 1842. " Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh Hough has never derived more satisfaction from the conduct of the troops under his command than during the recent operations before Chin kiang-foo, and the storming and capture of the place. " The spirit which animates the troops, men as well as officers, natives as well as Europeans, is most gratifying, and The Lieutenant-General's only difficulty is to particularize. " Sir Hugh Gough cannot, howeve-, pass without special notice the gallant manner in which Major-General Schoedde, availing himself of his discretion to convert his division into a real attack, carried the body of the place, which was obsti nately defended. The spirited conduct of Captain Pears, com manding engineers,at noon day, in forcing the great Gate of the Western Work, and the eagerness of the column of assault, deserve mention. The work of the column had been antici pated, Major-General Schoedde being unexpectedly found in possession of the inner gateway, but Major-General Bart ley was afterwards hotly engaged with the Tartars within the walls. " His Excellency must also notice the great fatigue in curred by the troops under Major-General Lord Saltoun, in their long and successful march to drive the enemy from his encampment on the hill. " The Lieutenant-General has only to regret the loss of so many gallant men, amongst whom are Lieutenant-Colonel Driver, of the 6th Madras Native Infantry, Captain Collin son, of the 18th Royal Infantry, and Lieutenant Gibbons, of the 47th Regiment, S. A. C.-General, who nobly fell in the performance of their duty as soldiers. " Sir Hugh Gough's thanks are offered to officers com manding brigades and corps, and Heads of Departments, who will be pleased to convey them to all under their respec tive command." The expedition soon after proceeded up the riverYang-tze, and, having anchored off Nanking, merle preparations for bombarding that part of the city near the river. A large division of the army, under the command of Lord Saltoun, landed to the west of the city, and took up a position on a hill about half a mile distant from the walls. The inhabi tants are stated to have declared their unwillingness to allow their houses and property to be destroyed. The garrison, consisting of about 14,000 Tartars and Chinese troops, be came terrified. A flag of truce was sent out to the British Plenipotentiary, praying for a cessation of hostilities, which was granted, as Commissioners having full powers from the Emperor were declared to be on their road in order to treat for peace. The assault on Nanking, which was designed for the 13th, was therefore postponed. On the 15th the High Imperial Commissioners arrived. They were three, viz.:- 1. Kee-Ying, a member of the Imperial Family, and Com mander-in-Chief of the Tartar troops in Konang-Sung. 2. Elipo, Lieutenant-General of Tchapoo, a former Go vernor of Tze-Kiang, but degraded last year iu consequence of his having liberated the prisoners. 3. Gnu, General-in-Chief of the provinces Keang-Sou and Keang-Si. of s They speedily communicated to the British Plenipoten tiary heir powers, which were found to be in due order. ceremony then took place, and, after various con ferences, conditions of a treaty of peace were signed, in the presencee of the Admiral and General and many other British officera. Copies of those conditions were immediately transmitted to Pe salute was fired, When i h n e n n a t n h d e t t n re e a n ty at w iv a e s s. signed, a royal restrictions removed on the inter course betwee n th e expe Annexed is the circ ula t r re p a u t b y li o s c h p e e d ac b e y . the British Plenipo tentiary announcin g the "TO HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SUBJECTS IN CHINA. eiotntip Plenipotentiary, &c., in China, "Her Britannic Majesty's has extreme gratification in announcing to Her Majesty's subjects in China , that he has this day concluded • and signed, with the Chinese High Commissioners, deputed to negotiate with him, a treaty, of which the following are th e most im portant provisions : " 1. Lasting peace and friendship between the two em pires. "2. China to pay 21,000,000 dollars in the course of the present and three succeeding years. "3. The ports of Canton, Annoy, Foo-chow-foo, Ningpoo, and Shanghai, to be thrown open to British merchants; con sular officers to be appointed to reside at them ; and regular d F, and just tariffs of import and export (as well asluland transit) duties to be established and published. " The island of Hong Kong to be ceded in perpetuity to Her Britannic Majesty, her heirs and successors. "5. All subjects of her Britannic Majesty (whether na tives of Europe or India) who may be confined in any part of the Chinese empire to be unconditionally released. "6. An act of full and entire amnesty to be published by the Emperor, under Hie Imperial Sign Manual and Seal to all Chinese subjects, on account of their having held service or intercourse with, or resided under, the British Govern ment or its officers. " 7. Correspondence to be conducted on terms of perfect equality amongst the officers of both Governments. "8. On the Emperor's assent being received to this treaty, and the payment of the first instalment, 6,000,000 Her Britannic Majesty's Forces to recite from Nanking and the Grand Canal, and the military posts at Chainhai to be also withdrawn, but the islands of Chnian and Kolangsoo are to be held until the money payments and the arrange ments for opening the ports be completed. "In promulgating this highly satisfactory intelligence, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c., purposely refrains from any detailed expression of his own sentiments as to the sur passing skill, energy, devotion, and valour which have distin guished the various grades, from the highest to the lowest, of all arms of her Majesty's combined forces, during the con test that has led to these momentous results. The claims which have been thus established will be doubtless acknow ledged by the highest authorities. In the mean time her Majesty's Plenipotentiary congratulates her Majesty's sub jects in China on the occasion of a peace, which be trusts and believes will, in due time, be equally beneficial to the subjects and interests of both England and China. " GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. " Dated on hoard the steam-frigate Queen, in the Yam:- tze-kiang river, off Nanking, this 26th day of August, 18-12, " HENRY POTTINGER, " Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary. " G. A. Malcolm, Secretary of Legation." This treaty of peace has given great satisfaction to the British in China and India. It was said that the Emperor had at first some doubts as to the propriety of opening a foreign trade at Foo-tchoo-foo, which is the capital of Fokien, and the nearest port to the country where the Bohea tea grows, but that he afterwards yielded that point. The commissioners are described as anxious to get rid of the British from the Yang-tze-Kiang and the embouchure of the Great Canal: they offered to pay down four millions instantly, but the British Plenipotentiary insisted on the full instalment being paid, and the ratification of the treaty, before he would withdraw. An apprehension appears to have been entertained lest the British Plenipotentiary should allow himself to be outwitted by the Chinese in the arrangement of the commercial parts of the treaty, but it is nevertheless to be hoped that the bad faith and chicanery and extortion practised at Canton will not be sanctioned in any manner. The payment of the opium claims will, it is stated, he adjusted according to the amount fixed some months ago by the British government. It was said that the Imperial Corn missioncrs had pressed the consideration of the opium trade on the British Plenipotentiary, but he declined to discuss it, stating, if the Chinese government was desirous of producing a stoppage to it, that it ought to be effected by their own internal regulations, and by imposing restrictions on their own subjects. The steamers were the objects of great curiosity to the Chinese, who called those vessels the " devil's ships." The Auckland steamer was under orders to start from Nanking direct for Suez as soon as the Imperial ratifica tion should be given to the treaty, and the various condi tions fulfilled. The removal of the expedition from the Yang-tze-kiang appears to be much desired, as the troops and sailors were beginning to suffer from sickness. The Chinese are carrying on a warm contest with the Sikhs in the neighbourhood of Ladakh. Both parties ap pear willing to conciliate the good will of the British Go vernment. Captain Cunningham remains still in Upper Kenawur, near Shealkur, where he is employed in observing the acts of both parties, and in sending reports to the supreme Government. CAPTURE OF GHUZNEE AND CABUL. The proceedings of General Nott, of which we had but a meagre account by the mail of the Ist of October, appear to have been highly successful. Shumsooden, the Affghan Governor of Ghuznee, having attempted to annoy the British force on its march, was repulsed on the 23d of August, and totally routed on the 30th. The loss of the British amounted to 36 killed and 68 wounded. Among the former was Cap tains Bury and Reeves, of the 3d Bombay Cavalry. On the sth of September Ghuznee was invested, and preparations were made to attack it on the following day, but during the night the enemy evacuated it. General Nott immediately entered it, and having planted the British flag in the fortress, made his arrangements, and within four or five days the fortifications were destroyed, both of the city and of the citadel. A number of the 27th Bengal Native Infantry, who had been prisoners since March last were released. General Pollock, who had on the 3d of September reached Gundamuck, 26 miles to the westward of Jellalabad, left that place on the 7th, and reached Soorkab, a distance of nearly 10 miles. On the 13th, on approaching the Tazeen Pass, about 16,000 Affghans attempted to oppose the British from a position of great strength. That position was soon turned, and they sere forced to retire. Again they sought to make resistance from another height, but they were equally unsuc cessful. Their loss was considerable : twelve Ghilzie Chiefs are said to have fallen, two guns, three standards, and a large quantity of ammunition and stores were taken by the British. The loss of the latter was 32 killed and 130 wounded. Among the former was H vder Allee, the Commander of the Jezailchees, and among the latter, Captains Lushington and Geils. and Lieutenants Norton and Montgomery. On the 14th General Pollock advanced to Boodkhah ; on the 15th he encamped on the race-ground of Cabul, and on the 16th the British colours were planted in the Balla Hissar. The Delhi Gazette of Oct. 3 states that Mrs. Trevor with eight children, Captain and Mrs. Anderson with three chil dren, and Captain Troass and Dr. Campbell, had come into the British camp ; that Cabul was quiet, and supplies plenti ful ; that General Pollock had expectations to recover the re mainder of the prisoners within eight or ten days, with the er ep tion of Captain Bygrave. who was carried off by Akhbar Khan, and that Sir Richmond Shakespeare, with 700 Kuz zilbashes, had proceeded to Bameean in search of the other prisoners. The Governor-General issued the subjoined general order on the receipt of the intelligence of the capture of Cabul : " SECRET DEPARTMENT. " BOMBAY CASTLE, OCT. 12. "The Hon. the Governor in Council has unbounded gratification in re-publishing for general information the following general orders, dated Simla, the 30th of September, published by the Right Hon. the Governor-General of India, announcing the occupation of Ghuznee, by the Candahar division of army under the command of Major-General Nott, on the 6th of September, and its entire destruction, and likewise the defeat of Mahomed Akhbar Khan, at the head of 16,000 men at Tezeen, on the 30th of September, by the forces under the command of Major-General Pollock, and the occupation of Cabul on the 12th of the same month. " The Hon. the Governor in Council is pleased to direct that these brilliant successes, by which British supremacy has been completely re-established throughout Affghanistan, be fully explained to all the troops at all the stations and garrisons of this Presidency, and that a salute of 21 guns be fired for the capture of Ghuznee, and a similar salute for the capture of Cabul, at each station. " By order of the Hon. the Governor in Council, "J. P. VvILLOUGH BY, " Secretary to Government." I with China in this utmost east for more than two centuries past; and during this time the English have suffered ill treatment from the Chinese officers, who, regarding them selves as powerful and us as weak, have thus dared to com mit injustice. The English, unwilling to enter into contest with them, had borne such treatment for many years, till, in the year 1839, the Emperor of China, having determined to prohibit effebtually the importation of opium, sent to a special commissioner, Tin Tsesen. to conduct the arrange_ ments for that purpose; and that officer, finding himself unable to seize the actual offenders of each nation, in place of consulting and concerting measures with the several n it _ tional officers residing in China (as it was his proper duty to have done), bad the audacity forcibly to confine it, Canton the English officer and people, at the same time threatening them with death. His object was, by extorting from them what opium there that year might be in China, to gain favour with his Emperor; and the English officer at Canton seeing this position of things, commanded the English merchants, in the name of their Sovereign, that they should deliver up, for the ransom of themselves from this position of extreme danger, whatever opium they might have in the Chinese waters. Here is one great offence 'committed by the Chinese officers against 'the English. " The Sovereign of Great Britain, in consequence of this and numerous subsequent acts of injustice, appointed as her envoys, the Admiral Elliot, and Elliot the Superintendent at Canton, to whom jointly full powers were given for the set tlement of affairs with China. And having in consideration the many past acts of injustice of the Chinese officers, Her Majesty directed the admiral to take command of a combined naval and land force, and to quarter it at one of the islands of the Chinese coast ; her instructions being, that if the Chinese Government were willing to admit its errors, and afford redress, a peaceful arrangement of affairs should be concluded ; but otherwise, if justice and recompense were refused, that the standard of justice should be raised and its claims enforced by war. The admiral, &c., hereupon pro ceeded to the Pieho, and there presented a letter from the Minister of Great Britain, which the Minister and Governor Keshen transmitted for the consideration of all the Ministers to Pekin;. after this Keshen wrote to the Admiral, stating that affairs which concerned Canton, &c., would proceed to Canton, it would not need long to arrange affairs there. The high English officers, still desiring peace, consented to this, and proceeded to Canton, where they met Keshen, and had frequent communications with him, both written and per sonal. Arrangements were not yet concluded, when the Ministers at Pekin, men without truth or good faith, induced the emperor to recall Keshen, and send instead a General Yihshan, to fight and war with the English ; so that the English were actually compelled by these proceedings to take the Bocca Tigris and the line of defences from thence up wards, and to bring Canton itself to submission, and to take from it a ransom for the punishment of such ill-faith. In this ill-faith of the Chinese Ministers we have a second grand instance of offence against England. " The High Commissioner Yukien, and other High Offi cers, Generals, &c., in the several provinces, in repeated in. stances, when they have found our people cast by the wea ther on their coast, or induced by evil men on shore, h ave, being dead to all good and honest feeling, dared to put the captives thus brought into their hands to a tyrannical and cruel death, and have deceitfully and falsely reported the cases to the Emperor, or published lying proclamations to the people, wherein they have invented tales of lengthened contest and seizures of vessels in battle with slaughter of many people. Thus falsely did Yukien declare last year the circumstances of the English occupation of Chusan ; thus did the General Yishan pretend that he had destroyed many vessels; the Governor Yen-Patao, that he had, by force of arms, recovered Amoy ; the Taotai on Formosa, when the shipwreck bad cast men on that island, he had gained a vic tory over them in battle ; and the General Yihking, in May last, that he had destroyed many vessels and killed a multi tude of men at Chusan, when not one vessel was injured, nor a single man killed. These multiplied false statements, mis leading the Emperor and people and hindering peaceful ar rangements, are a third great cause of offence against the English. " With reference to trade, the English merchants used to carry their goods to many places, and buy from and sell to the people—wholly a benefit, and in no sense hurtful. But the officers at. Canton, seeking to confine the profits to them selves, induced the Emperor, by false statements, to restrict trade to Canton alone, and permit 13 Hong merchants' to conduct it, not even allowing intercourse with any but them and the linguists appointed by the Government. Thus did these officers gain the power of meddling in every matter, extorting as they pleased, and disguising every thing under false statements to the Emperor. This is a fourth great cause of offence. _ " There are besides many minor grievances that excite indignation and wrath, but that here need not be enumerated. " Because of these grievances, the Plenipotentiary, &c., has been sent out by command of his Sovereign to demand redress and satisfaction. When these are obtained, peaceful arrangements may be made, and the former friendliness of intercourse may be renewed. But until then the high officers in command here of the combined naval and land forces will continue, as commanded also by their Sovereign, to maintain the cause of justice, and to contend with all their power for the enforcements of such redress. When the Emperor shall appoint a high officer with full powers to negociate and con clude arrangements on his own responsibility, and not till then, will hostile operations be saved. " Now, three principal things are requirdd for the redress and satisfaction above spoken,—namely, compensation for losses and expenses; a friendly and becoming intercourse on terms of equality between officers of the two countries; and the cession of insular territory of commerce and for the residence of merchants, and as a security and guarantee against future renewal of offensive acts. _ _ If these three things be acceded to, there will be no dif ficulty in the settlement of any minor points. " That the people may know our objects, and not be misled by the false representation of their officers to commit acts of hostility that would bring home to their own persons and familirs the horrors of war, the Plenipotentiary, &c. proclaims for general information this clear exposition. " Dated in Yang-tsze-keang, the sth day of July, in the yeer 1142. " HENRY POTTINGER, " Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary. " G. A. MALCOLM, " Secretary of Legation. " (True copy.)" RELEASE OF LADY SALE AND THE REST OF THE PRISONERS AT CABU L. We have the greatest satisfaction in laying before our readers the following official intelligence with which we have been favoured. It must be a matter of the highest gratifica tion to the British public that the noble Lady Sale, and her companions in captivity, have been at length restored to their relatives and friaids : SUPPLEMENT TO THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDI NARY OF THE 30TH SEPT., 1842. Head-quarters, Simla, Oct. 5, 1842. Since the public notification of the 30th ultimo, the Gover nor-General has received the gratifying intelligence of the safety of all the European prisoners but one, in the following extract from a communication from Major-General Pollock, C. 8., dated the 21st ultimo. Extract from a letter to the Governor-General from Major- General Pollock, C. 8., dated Camp Cabul, Sept. 21, 1842: " My Lord,—lt gives me great gratification to be enabled to state, that the whole of the European prisoners are now quite flee from the hands of M4homed Akhbar, except Capt. Bygrave. I will make my official report cn the subject whenever they reach my camp, which no doubt will be to morrow. I sent a lightly equipped force under Sir R. Sale to meet them, and the whole of the party is with him, with the following exceptions, who have already reached my camp : " Major Pottinger and Captain Johnson (arrived this morning). " Mrs. Trevor and eight children. " Captain and Mrs. Anderson. " Captain Troup and Dr. Campbell. " One European woman and four privates." By order of the Right Hon. the Governor-General of India. (Signed) T. H. MADDOCK, Secretary to the Government of India, with the Governor-General. EFFECT OF TILE PEACE WITH CHINA ON TRADE. (From Wednesday's Times.) The conclusion of a peace with China, from more conside rations than one, must have a beneficial effect upon the trade with this country. In the first place, the ruinous specula tion in the leaf, the great export in the Celestial Empire, the chief consumption of which is in this country, will now cease. This speculation has been entirely sustained by the interrup tion to the trade occasioned by the war, which having ter minated, business will return to the state in which it was prior to the commencement of hostilities, unless indeed the favourable terms of the treaty lead rto an increase in our sup plies hitherto unprecedented. This will be a vast benefit in a commercial point of view, for besides the unsettling of the trade in the article, which has ended in the absolute ruin of many speculators, including several persons of the highest respectability, the disturbed condition of the market caused the consumer to pay a much higher price than was customary. These evils will now be obviated by the satisfactory termina tion of the war, and there will probably be the further ad vantage to the public obtaining tea at a lower price than has hitherto been paid. In the second place, the trade in our domestic manufactures will be greatly extended by the open ing of the new ports in China, and the free intercourse es tablished between two countries, the prejudices of one of which have heretofore prevented commerce from being car ried on with anything like reciprocal advantages. In fact, this treaty is regarded as the precursor of a field of enterprise opened in Asia, which, up to the present, has not only been untried, but even uncontemplated. It was scarcely hoped. desirable as it might appear, that any concessions of territory would be granted, even in the event of a peace with the Ce lestial Empire, although it was thought that we might obtain compensation for the expenses of the war, and the value of the opium, the destruction of which at first occasioned the interruption of tranquility. The Emperor, it appears, was very unwilling to allow the British to be too near the " Bo hea country," at the port of Foo-tchoo-foo, which is a strong instance of his determination to adhere to the old exclusive Chinese policy, and to prevent the opening of a trade with the interior. From the open expression of his caution in this respect, the value of a trade with this spot may be ga d. therea. Among the capitalists who have long had large amounts of money lying dormant in their coffers, the abundance being too great to allow of profitable employment, the news has been received with the highest interest and gratification. The absence of commercial activity, protracted in a great measure by the position of affairs in the East, has caused the plethora in the money market which has been so often a sub ject of complaint, and which the opening of new channels of such high importance will in a measure obviate. The Treasury, having its expenses reimbursed by the successive payments of the 21,000,000 dollars—should no juggle be attempted by the Chinese authorities—will be relieved to a certain extent of the temporary embarassments with which it has had of late to struggle. A " juggle" to evade pay ment of the sum specified in the terms of peace is the only contingency that is dreaded, since no doubt is for a moment entertained of the resources of the Celestial Empire for the payment of a sum so insignificant compared with the sup posed receipts of the Imperial Treasury. The current joke in the city on the subject of this payment is, that it decreases the probability of the income tax lasting beyond the period first assigned for it by the Premier. On the whole, the intelligence viewed by persons of all classes, connected directly or indirectly with mercantile affairs, has created a complete exhilaration in the metropolis. The public, who were prepared for a series of harassing disasters both in Affghanistan and on the Chinese coast, and were therefore apprehensive of a continued stagnation of trade, now mid d9ly look forward to a new state of things, which they hope will repay the commercial world for the losses sustained during the last few years. No very extensive operations were conducted in the public stocks on Tuesday, the effect of the China and India news having been for the most part anticipated by the publication of the telegraphic despatch on Monday. Consols for money and the account were, up to the close of business, quoted 94 to k--a slight advance upon previous prices. Bank stock left off at 170 to 171, and India Stock at 264 to 265, the confir mation of the capture of Cabul having induced several pur chases. Three per Cents. Reduced closed 94 to i; Three and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 1001 to ; Long Annuities, 12 9-16 ; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 1011 to i; and India Bonds, 545. premium. The settlement of the six weeks' account in Consols takes place next Thursday, and'in the in terim the jobbers are preparing their books. It is not ex pected to be a heavy business. For the opening Consols are quoted 25k. " GENERAL ORDERS. t 1 ,4 " SizaLA, SEPT. 30, 1842. " The Governor-General announces to the army and to the people of India the occupation of Ghuznee by Major- General Nott on the 6th of September, and its entire de struction by the Candahar division of the army. " Major-General Nott bad the satisfaction of releasing, in the neighbourhood of Ghuznee, 327 Sepoys of the 27th Ben gal Native Infantry from the slavery to which they had been reduced by the Affghans. "The Governor-General likewise announces the complete defeat of Mahomed Akhbar Khan at the head of 16,000 men, at Tezeen, , on the 13th December, by Major-General Pol lock, and the occupation of Cabul by the troops under that General on the 16th September. " The British flag waves in triumph from the highest point of the Balla Hissar. "Thus have all past disasters been retrieved and avenged on every scene on which they were sustained ; and repeated victories in the field, and the capture of the cities and citadels of Ghuznee and Cabul, have advanced the glory and esta blished the accustomed superiority of the British arms. " The Governor-General has derived much satisfaction from the report made by Major-General Pollock of the ad mirable conduct of the troops of his Majesty Maharajah Shere Singh, acting in co-operation with the British army. The Governor-General rejoices in this new proof of the cordial good understanding which prevails between the British Government and that of Lahore. `• The report of Major-General Pollock leads the Governor- General to expect, that long before this day all the British prisoners taken by the Affghans will have been brought into the General's camp; those who had been left near Cabul were already at liberty. " The Governor-General, in the name of the Government and of all the people of India, offers to Major-General Pol lock and Major-General Nott, and all the officers and troops under their respective commands, his grateful and heartfelt acknowledgments for the important services they have per formed. " The Governor-General directs that the recent successes obtained by the armies in Affghanistan be fully made known to all the troops at all those stations of the army, and that at all those stations a salute of 21 guns be fired for the capture of Ghuznee, and a similar salute for the capture of Cabul. " J. P. WILLOUGHBY, " Secretary to Government." The British troops have evacuated Quetta, and retired be low the Bolan Pass. In the interior of India tranquility and contentment pre vail, all dread of scarcity haring been removed by the abun dant rains of the monsoon. The prospect of an advantageous trade with China had raised the spirits of the merchants and growers of produce. The Doab Canal was ordered to be resumed, and two lacs have been given over for the purpose. The Governor-General, after having so speedily established pea a with China, and having effectually secured the north western frontier, will have henceforth to dedicate his atten tion to the consolidation of the empire and to its internal improvements. There can henceforth be but little opposition to those improvements even from the Mussulmans, for the decided defeat of the Affghans proves that they are not fated again to rule the East. A merchant ship, the Eleanor, was set on fire near Alep pee. The vessel was consumed, and the Lascars are in prison for trial. In a postcript dated Sunday, Oct. 16, our correspondent states that the steamer had been delayed in consequence of the non-arrival of the express despatch on the sth by the Governor-General from Simla. We have also received copies of the official despatches from Generals Nott and Pol lock. General Nott had also made his appearance at Cabul on the 10th of September, after having completed the de struction of Ghuznee, and performed his extraordinary march through the enemy's country, and having routed an army, and taken and demolished the renowned capital of Ghilzee. Every hope appears to be entertained of the libe ration of the prisoners. The payment of the money due by the Chinese is, it is stated, to be effected in the following manner :—lmmediate payment, 6.000,000 ; in 1843, 6,000,000 ; in 1844, 5,000,000 ; in 1845, 4,000,000. The Auckland steamer, from Nanking, may possibly ar rive at Suez before the Zenobia from Bombay, but it will not bring the news of the final defeat of Akhbar Khan, who is, as it is asserted, to be hanged, on the murder by him of Sir W. Al 4 Naghten beidg fully proved. The following document is interesting, as showing the mode adopted by Sir H. Pottinger to show the Chinese their erroneous policy : "Pottinger, her Britannic Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c., makes this clear exposition for the information of all the peo ple of the country. " Under the canopy of heaven, and within the circumfe. rence of earth, many are the different countries ; of the mul titude of these, not one is there that is not ruled by the Su preme Heavenly Father, nor are there any that is not bre thren of one family. Being then of one family, very plain is it that they should hold friendly and brotherly intercourse together ' and not boast themselves one above another. But England coming from the utmost west, has held intercourse 1 (From the Times of yesterday.) The public securities maintain their former buoyancy. India Stock has advanced to 264 to 266, and Bank Stock is 179 to 172. Consols for money and the account closed 944 sellers. In the arrangement of the settlement, which to-day occupied principally the attraction of the brokers, eve -v facility was obtained in the abundance and cheapness fmo ev. The improvement in the value of stock is taken at about 14 per cent. on Consols, and a rather greater rise on the Reduced Securities. during the period the present account has run. Exchequer Bills closed to. day, 565. to 58s. premium ; India Bonds, 525. to 545., premium ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 94; Three-and a-Half per Cent., Reduced, 1004; New Th ree and-a-Half per Cents., 1014 ; and Long Annuities, 12 9-16 to 4. It is a fact worth notice, connected with the dealings which have occurred in India Stock, that so lately as March last its quotation was but 245 to 246. In foreign securities transactions were limited. The Penin sular and Mexican markets are much depressed by the adverse state of things which has arisen out of questions now current respecting their stability. Spanish slightly recovered to wards the close of business, but Mexican remained heavy at the full decline of the dav, nearly another 1 per cent. The latest quotations were, Spanish Actives, 174 to 184; ditto, New, 224 to 4; Mexican, 314 to 32; ditto, Deferred, 9 to 4; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 524 to 35; Dutch Five per Cents., 101 to S ; Colombian, 214 to 4 ; Brazilian, 65 to 66 ; Belgian, 102 to 4; Portuguese Five per Cents., 374 to ; and Danish, 83 to 84. IMPORTANT NEWS FROM SPAIN. (From the Morning Herald of yesterday.) We have received by extraordinary express from our Paris correspondent the following telegraphic despatch, which ap peared in the Moniteur Parisien of Tuesday night : " PERPIGNAN, Nov. 19. " A courier which left Barcelona the day befiire yesterday has just arrived. The diligence of Barcelona had not reached Figueras. The evacuation of Barcelona by the troops is con firmed. " The General Zavala is in the hands of the insurgents. They speak of three officers and five hundred men having been killed. _ . " A popular junta bad been installed. It is composed of men but little known. The president is Don Juan Manuel Corsy. It has published a proclamation, which recommends to the workmen union and constancy, and does not say one word of the Queen, Espartero, Don Carlos, or of the aim of the insurrection. " Montjuich, occupied by the troops, fires upon the town continually. The citadel is in the power of the rioters. " They write on the 17th, from Valencia, that troops have been sent for the Maestraz. " BARCELONA, Nov. 17. " The troops were engaged in the streets on the 15th at eight in the morning. After three hours' fighting, and a loss of 500 men, killed or wounded, the captain-general seeing that the windows and terraces of the houses were occupied in all the city by the armed National Guard, retired into the citadel with his staff and two regiments. The other regi ment and the artillery have gone to Altarozanas. The re mainder of the day was employed in making preparations on one side and the other. " The 16th there was a firing both of musketry and cannon a great part of the day. All the streets were barricaded. The garrison of the citadel was without provisions. The citadel threw shells into the town during the night. This morning, before day, the troops evacuated the citadel, and went out of the town, leaving the place in the possession of the insur gent militia, of which the number was increased by the militia of the neighbouring towns and villages. The fort of Mont juich had likewise thrown shells into the quarters of the municipality. " A junta has been formed, and it signed a capitulation with the regiment of the Guadalajara, which had remained shut up in the building of the university. The general com manding the military force had asked of the junta what the intentions of the people were, and he proposed to come to an understanding, for the purpose of avoiding greater disasters, and to stop the destruction of the city. The overtures thus made succeeded. They are negociating at present. " No inhabitant had been menaced in person or property. All the French inhabitants had been respected, and the con sul had received assurance that he had nothing to fear. The royal brig Le Meleager had given an asylum to several Spanish refugees. The commander had received on board the family of the captain-general. It is thougbt that the move ment, the object of which is not yet known, will spread to all Catalonia, at Saragossa and Valencia. The members of the junta say that there is no conspiracy, and that the people had spontaneously taken up arms to defend their rights, attacked by the imprisonment of the editor of the journal called the Republican, and by the orders given by the Government to submit to the military enlistment. _ _ " The provincial deputation had been called by the junta to take measures of order and security from the very com mencement of the revolt. " The seven constitutional alcaldes had taken refuge on board the Meleager. " The surrender of the Altarozanas has taken place, and a proclamation to the inhabitants of Barcelona was published by the political chief on the 14th, in the evening, on the sub ject of the troubles which commenced the previous evening." The proclamation, which was issued by the political chief Gutierrez on the evening of the 14th November, after allu ding to the disturbances, forbids any assemblage of the armed force or the national guards, unless convoked by the local authorities, and also the assemblage of more than ten persons in the streets. It also contains several other provisions for the maintenance of public tranquillity. AMERICAN M.A.RKi;; S. (From the New York Herald of the Ist.) COTTON TRADE. The state of the markets in all the ports has had a down ward tendency. At New Orleans there has been a good de mand for the English and French markets, but the low state of the exchanges renders it almost impossible to operate. The principal transactions are made in specie, and the holders of that medium make purchases almost on the same terms. This state of the currency at the head of the market for pro duce, operating with the great abundance of the new crop, causes the general decline in prices. The receipts of the new crop, and the exports, are seen in the following table:— RECEIPTS, EXPORTS, AND STOCKS OF COTTON IN THE UNITED STATES. 1841. 1842. Decrease. Increase. Receipts.... Exports to G. 8... 14,772 29,157 14,585 ~ France 12,356 8,732 3,624 „ other places 6,186 2,864 3,322 Stock 96,676 110,370 13, 6 94 This gives an immense increase in the stocks, and in the exports to Great Britain, notwithstanding the necessity of paying specie for the raw material. The following are the prices, Liverpool classification, of cotton at the leading ports : PRICES COTTON, LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION. New Orleans. Mobile. Augusta. Ordinary 44 to 51 to 44 to 6 Middling 5l ~ 64 7 ~ 7/ 6 1 ~ 64 Middling fair Fair.. Good fair 8 „ 8/ —lt - 7 ~ 71 Good and fine .. „ P, - '--- It - The transactions at the several ports for the week previous to date, have been as follows: — Stocks. Sales. Prices. Remarks. New York, Oct. 30 10,000 3,710 64-a9l falling. New Orleans „20 60,311 13,300 41a9i decline 4c Mobile „21 10,114 1,200 4aBl decline lc Augusta „22 7,045 300 4a7i declining Savannah „22 13,731 2,612 siaB decline *c Charleston „22 16,591 8,567 4a8.1 firm CORN TRADE. There has only been a fair demand for broadstuffs since our last report. We notice no material alteration in prices in this market. Following are the present quotations : Per bbl. Per bbl. Genesee flour, dols 4,25 a 4,31 Georgetown 4,25 a 4,25 a Bushel. 4,18 a 4,25 Genessee wheat, 87 a _ _ Michigan, 4,18 a 4,25 Illinois wheat, 85 a 87/ Rye flour, 3,18 a 3,37 Northern rye, 61 a 221 Buck wheat, 2,62 a 3,70 Corn, 50 a 54 Corn meal, 2,75 a 2,87 Barley, 47 a4B New Orleans flour, 4,12 a 4,19 Canal oats 27 a2B Supplies are now to a fair extent, having reached to up wards of 650,000 barrels for the season. This only includes that received down the North River. We have had an aggre gate supply this year of one million barrels. Extensive sales of wheat were making in Buffalo on the 26th, at 63 cents. Best brands of flour 3,50 dollars, al though inferior miscellaneous samples have been sold as low as 3,30 dollars. Corn is out of request at 34 cents. Oats 15 cents on the 28th. A cargo of 5,000 bushes wheat from Monroe was afloat, which was contracted for to arrive, but the purchaser failed to meet his engagement. It will proba bly bring 67 cents. An advance of freights on the canal has thrown corn out of the market. There was one cargo afloat but no offers to purchase. The best samples of wheat were offered freely in Cleveland, on the 26th, at 60 cents, at which some sales were made. There was no particular price for flour, holders being un willing to accede to rates corresponding with the New York market-3i would be given. The potato trade in Wiscasset, Me., appears pretty well under way. They were selling quick at Is. per bushel, cash, and 20 cents in exchange for goods. The crop in that sec tion was heavy. The farmers in Canada will probably not have to complain again this year of the want of rain to facilitate their fall ploughing. It has rained considerably there lately ; and on the 19th there was a sprinkling of snow for the first time this season on the distant highlands. There has as yet been very little frost, and the crops have been gathered in without ma terial injury from the weather. The wheat crops in those parts of the country where this grain is still sown suffered by rust. The injury by the fly has been less general than for many years past. It is to be seen by these facts that flour cannot rise, but continue to decline for at least two weeks or a month longer. Even now prices are as low as they have been known for the last half century,—as low as they were in 1808. We do not believe that the average price all over the country will reach four dollars a barrel : we believe that it is certainly ls. under that point. The Courrier Francais contradicts the report which ap peared in a morning contemporary, that Louis Phillipe was about to abdicate in favour of the Duke of Nemours. Among the miscellaneous news from Egypt as collected from private letters, it is stated that the mortality among the cattle continued, and was supposed to have destroyed 150,000, from which cause and the slow rate at which the Nile was subsiding, the labours of agriculture were almost suspended. The importation of mares is being carried on with great ac tivity, to augment the breed of horses for the purposes of agriculture. Four Egyptian frigates have been devoted to this service, two of which have lately returned from Silesia with a cargo of 370. The mystery which prevailed yesterday concerning Mexi can stock is not yet cleared up to the satisfaction of the parties concerned. The agents had, it appears, from time to time been asked so many questions as to the amount of stock, that they declined answering any more ; and the last in quirer having failed in obtaining the answer he desired, he made the question an affair of the Stock Exchange Commit tee, who wrote to Messrs. Lizardi, requesting to know the amount of Mexican stock which they bad issued. The re ply of the agents was sent to-day, and was to the effect, that they knew of no precedent for an agent of a foreign govern ment answering such inquiries without the authority of the government which he represented. They added, moreover, that the conversion being yet incomplete, an answer could not as yet be given as to the amount of stock issued, but that when it was finished they had no doubt the Mexican go vernment would authorise its publication. The committee of the Stock Exchange, under these circumstances, intend to push their inquiries further.—Times. • The opening of Queen's College, Glasgow, for the educa tion of ladies, took place on Friday last in that city, before the Lord Provost and a number of clergy and gentry. INTERESTING LETTER FROM CHINA. We have been favoured with the following communication, which was received yesterday by a highly-respectable house in this town, from the chaplain of her Majesty's ship Belleisle, off Nankin. The letter contains some interesting particulars connected with localities which have been lately brought much before the public, and several minutia; relating to the individuals whose TIMMS have been frequently men tioned as taking part in the occurrences in question. The few remarks resuecting the winter dress of the people are important, and we are sorry the intelligent writer bad no the means of furnishing more information on the subject. "H. M. S. Belleisle, off Nankin, 1911 i Any., 1842. " GENTLENtEs;,—You will probably remember hearing my name mentioned by Mr. Dickinson, to whose kindness and friendly attention I am indebted for much comfort and happiness during the time my ship was stationed at Rio. " A steamer leaves this to• morrow with despatches for the Governor-General of India, which will probably anticipate the mail by which the public despatches to England will be forwarded about a fortnight hence. I trust a sufficient apo logy for the liberty I take in addressing you will be found in the feeling that every one connected with our commercial interests must be deeply interested in the issue of our war with China. I cannot, however, tell you any thing on au thority, but I trust you will find the reports prevalent in the squadron not without foundation or interest. "This ship joined the squadron off Vs oosung on the 21st June. We brought out the 98th Re g iment. Woosung is an insignificant place in itself, but it had a battery, I .believe, of upwards of two hundred guns, partly facing the Yang-tze- Kiang and partly the canal leading to Shanghai, a place of great commerce. It had fallen a day or two before we joined. We left the North Star to blockade the canal, and as soon as our surveying ships returned from exploring the river, we started for Tchaing-Kiang, at the entrance of the Grand Canal. (I cannot answer for the correct spelling of the names of places, as authors differ, and they are enough to puzzle any one.) It was a strong walled town, and a large force of Tartar troops were assembled outside. We took it on the 21st July. The casualties, I think, on our side were about 150, but a very great part fell from the effects of the heat. The navy had little to do with it, why, we cannot tell, as we could have shelled the place without losing a man, as they had scarcely any guns. One steamer only threw a few shells. We left some of our troops occupying it, and vessels blocka ding the Canal, as well here as at the entrance of it into the Yang-tze-Kiang from Pekin. We then moved on to this place. From the anchorage we see nothing but hills, along the base of. which runs the city mall. The artillery and the greater part of the troops have been landed, and are in a po sition to shell the city, mine the wall, and take it, while the ships and steamers are in a position to throw shot and shell at the Water Gate, (as the entrance from a canal is called,) on the other side. We were all, however, very much grati fied yesterday by a notification from the Plenipotentiary, to the Admiral and General, that the High Officers of the Em peror had acceded so far to the terms proposed as to justify him in directing them to consider hostilities suspended. The reported terms are the cession of the island Hong-Kong to us as a salve for the insult offered to her Majesty's Repre sentative. An indemnification of 21,000,000 dollars, to be paid by instalments, we holding certain places that have fallen into our hands, and relinquishing them when all the instalments are paid—trade allowed—the abolition of the Hong monopoly—and a Resident Ambassador at Pekin. It is said that the following 'persons are to repair on board the flag-ship to-morrow to sign the terms (at least the names are as near as I can get them) :—Gnu. Governor of Kien-Tu and Kien-Le Key-Ying, uncle of the Emperor, General of Canton Forces and Chief High Commissioner ; Elipo, Lieut-General of Chapoo, and High Commissioner, and Gik Tartar General, commanding at Nankin ; and the places at which we are to trade are Canton, Amoy, Ningpo, Fou-choo-foo, and Shang hai. The treaty will then be sent for the ratification of the Emperor, and we hope to get it in a fortnight. We trust, however, more to his fears than any thing else. If lie refuses to sign it Nankin will be a heap of ruins in three hours; and it is generally reported that the Chinese are so exasperated at the war having been protracted so long that in a very short time there would be a general revolt against the Tartar dy nasty. We all anxiously hope the war will end, as every one is tired of it, besides which, the squadron is very sickly. We cannot but expect sickness in a river whose banks are all marshy, paddy, fields; and in the autumn too, when there is so great a decay of vegetable matter—of our own crew about 250 we have nearly severity on the sick list. The flag-ship has considerably more than 100 out of, I think, about 700. We have had several cases of cholera in the squadron, but the prevalent diseases are low fevers, and ague, and dysen tery. I saw the commissioners on board the Flag-ship; they certainly presented a very poor appearance, arid were very dirty. The officers in attendance did remarkably well with out chop-sticks. I never saw men use a fork and spoon more energetically ; and there were one or two who took care to leave nothing but the smell in any bottle they got hold of. "22nd.—The visit of the commissioners to the Flag-ship turns out to be only one of ceremony, which was to have been returned to-day, but the weather has prevented it; I suppose it will be to-morrow, and then the business meeting. I shall give this to Commander Richards, of the Flag-ship, who takes home the Admiralty despatches, and he will put it in the mail-bag, so tbat when you get this you may be assured that the treaty is signed by the Commissioners. " August 30th.—The signing of the treaty did not take place till yesterday. The reason assigned is, that although no doubt existed in the mind of Sir Henry Pottinger that the Commissioners were duly authorised to treat, yet he insisted on their commission being signed by the Emperor himself, showing them that his had the signature of his Sovereign on it; that in consequence a messenger was sent off to Pekin forthwith to get a new commission, and taking a rough draft of the proposed terms. I believe that lam quite secure in saying that the Emperor expressed his agreement to very nearly every thing, and seemed highly gratified at our show ing him that we had more confidence in him than any one else by requiring his signature. Poor old Hipo was obliged to be carried along the deck of the Cornwallis: he was ex ceedingly ill. A Captain of a French man-of-war arrived up just in time to see the treaty signed. The impression on the minds of every one seems to be that this treaty is really made in good faith—not that I think the Chinese understand what it means as we do. I believe we shall remain here till the ratification of the Emperor comes down: The squadron is still very sickly. "This is certainly a wonderful river. The distance of Nankin from the mouth is not exactly ascertained, hut cer tainly notless than 200 miles ; we had 10 fathom and no bottom a long way in our passage up to this place; and from all the information we can collect, there is no reason for supposing that vessels may not go up as far as Poyang Lake, certainly more than 200 miles further. If the treaty is not ratified, and we advance so far, we shall have cut off the trade of the tea districts. If the treaty be ratified, and fairly carried out, it will open a most extensive market for our manufactures. The winters are said to be very severe, and the dress of the people furs, which I hope very so o n to he a r are su p erse d e d by our woollens; but my means of getting any sure informa tion on topics connected with commerce are not nearly so ample as I could wish. _ _ I must now conclude this, as the sentry warns me that the time for putting all lights out has arrived, but if any thing more transpires before the mail-bag closes, I will add a postscript. " Believe me to remain, Gentlemen, " Your's very truly, "'E. S. PHELPS, Chaplain H.M.S. Belleisle." THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO NVALAIER CASTLE. 1 1 Monday being the birth-day of the Princess Royal, by day-break the Thunderer and another of her Majesty's ships ( which had come into the Downs) put on their gayest colours and fired a royal salute. Three gun-boats from the Thunderer came in close to the castle and fired similar sa lutes. About ten o'clock, the Deal and Walmer band drew up on the meadow in front of the castle and played " God save the Queen," and other favourite airs, while the entire population, as well as the visitors assembled in the vicinity of the castle, cheered most enthusiastically in honour of the occasion. The day was uncommonly fine, with the wind blowing a brisk gale, and the sun shining most brilliantly. By far the grandest sight of the day was a sailing excursion of the Deal and Walmer boats, which was got up spontaneously by the boatmen in honour of the birth-day of the youthful Princess, and also to gratify the Queen, who is passionately fond of aquatic display. The boats, to the number of about thirty, with every stick of canvass they could carry, run down from Deal in procession (if we may use the term) under the castle walls. Here they braced up and proceeded to sea, standing out to the westward till they had measured some three miles towards the South Sand Light. They then turned in on the other tack till they came close in shore under Walmer Cas tle, where they drew up, and each man standing up in his boat, off hats, and gave three or more hearty British cheers that resounded many miles. At this time, her Majesty, Prince Albert,. and suite were on the ramparts witnessing the interesting spectacle, and both the Queen and Prince most graciously condes c e n d e d t o acknowledge the devotion of the brave and hardy boatmen of Deal by repeatedly bowing. The band then struck up a national air, and the loyal fleet again stretched out seaward, rounded the Thunderer, and about twelve o'clock returned to Deal in beautiful order, after having traversed some twelve miles in something less than two hours. The wind was not particularly strong, but there was a capital sailing breeze, and the boats did their work in excel lent style, and much to the delight of the Queen and Prince Albert, if we may judge from the expressions of high appro bation they made use of respecting this nautical treat, which, we may say, much exceeded any regatta we ever witnessed. The Queen had intended, we believe, to go to Ramsgate on Monday, but her Majesty's visit to that place has been post poned to a future day. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked on the beach this morning in front of the castle and in the adjoining fields for an hour and a half. During the afternoon, the gun-boats of the Thunderer got up a sham fight between that vessel and the shore, which ex hibition drew together a large concourse of spectators on the beach. George Luth, Esq., Walmer, fired a royal salute from his house, and entertained the band at his board to dinner. The people of Deal and Walmer are in ecstasy at the pro spect of the Queen remaining some weeks longer at the cas tle ; but no definite term has yet been fixed for her stay here. Walmer, Deal, and Dover, vied with each other in illumi nations in celebration of the birth-day of the Princess Royal. About six o'clock the Thunderer was magnificently illumi nated with blue and other lights, which were hung all over the vessel, from the top-gallant mast-head to the lower deck. Many discharges of cannon and small arms were fired off, while the display of rockets and other fireworks from her sides of oak illuminated the sky for many miles round. The Fearless steamer and two other of her Majesty's ves sels were also illuminated, and let off fireworks. At Deal and Walmer many convivial parties met in the evening in honour of the birth-day of the Princess Royal, while the streets were paraded to a late hour by the loyal inhabitants of these places, bands of music being in attendance We understand that Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert and Court will remain at Walmer Castle until the second week in the ensuing month. It is doubtful whether the court will remove to Windsor before the 14th of next month. We hear that her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent contemplated, before the Queen's departure, passing a few weeks at Walmer ; but, although a gentleman placed his mansion on the beach at her royal highness's disposal, the intended visit was given up on the part of her royal highness. What is the fastest teetotaller in existence: The steam engine, which takes nothing but water, and can go sixty miles an hour. THE POPE AND THE PASHA.—Seven Egyptian workers in mosaic (who are about to repair Rome at the expense of their government, to perfect themselves in the art) are to be the bearers of a new gift to the Sovereign Pontiff from Me hemet Ali,—viz., four large granite columns, recently found in the neighboushood of Thebes, and covered with hierogly phics. REMARKABLE TENACITY OF LIFE.—On Tuesday morn ing as the workmen were digging up the rubbish caused by the late fire on the premises occupied by Messrs. W. S. Ramsay and Co., 154, Upper Thames-street, they heard the mewing of a cat underneath some portions of a cask, which lad fallen across her body, and rested against the wall. On removing these poor Grimalkin issued from her hiding place, having been incarcerated for 19 days, during which period she could not by any possibility have tasted food, She was immediately supplied with milk, and, though thin, appears likely to recover. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The lines entitled " The Lament " are paltry in the extr eme ' Surely our correspondent did not expect we should oblige him so far as to give then, insertion in our columns. We cannot comprehend the hieroglyphics in the last verse of " The Deathbed." and, even were it otherwise, the lines have not sufficient merit for publication. The communication of " G. L." is under considtration. Ebr iLitlrrpool &tantarZi. FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25, 1842. The intelligence communicated by the last mai l from India and China has been received by the coin' munity, in which we dwell, with almost unbounde d satisfaction. We were about to say, with pride; bu t we cannot conscientiously say that such has been the unalloyed feeling of any Englishman. Pride we (1° feel in the unconquerable valour of British troops, a s evinced in the triumphant conclusion of the wars in China and Affghanistan. But that the moral character of our country has sustained any increase of which Engtishmen can be proud—that one moral wreath has been added to the hitherto stainless laurels of Great Britain—we do not believe, and we therefore utterly deny. We rejoice, then, in the conclusion of thes e struggles; we value to their fullest extent the na' vantages which, as a nation, we derive from the con clusion of one of them ; but we value victory in th e other only so far as it goes to maintain the prestige of the British name in India, and as it has secured to us the lives and lib er ty o f our f e ll ow - countryme n and countrywomen, held in captivity by the ruthless chief s of Affghanistan. We congratulate our fellow-countrymen upon the termination of these UNJUST WARS. We hesitate no more to call them such, in the hour of victory, tha n we did in the hour of defeat. By the terms upo n which. British valour has been able to insist in China" we have as yet only the approach to such terms in A..ffghanistan—a vast market is opened to our com merce. Just or unjust as may have been that war, the opening of four new ports to our commerce—fou r kingdoms we may call them, if we bear in mind the extent of territory and population commanded by th e concession to us of the right to trade to those inlets to the Chinese Empire —cannot be viewed as an unim portant concession, or as worth less than all which t late war has cost us in blood and treasure. But whilst rejoicing in these victories and their fruits, we cannot lose sight of the means by which they have been attained ; and whilst, therefore, we congratulate our country, we have no thanks to bestow upon the faction by whose aggression British valour has been driven to wring them by violence from an unoffending people. We are released, however—the commerce of the empire is released—from the distractions which, for the last two years, have impeded its energies in our Eastern dominions. An impetus will thus, we trust , be given to our domestic industry, and to our foreign trade with those possessions. Already it has been felt in our own community. It has unlocked the fetters which have during those years been imposed upon us, and given revived hope to the enterprise of our merchants' It has done this, however, not solely because of th e success of our arms in India and China; but, mo re than all, because our fellow -townsmen trust that, by the present Conservative Governor-General of India, success will not be pressed into aggression upon the rights and liberties of the conquered. It has done this because of the confidence of our fellow-townsmen' that the power of Great Britain will, from henceforth , be directed, in the East, to that peaceful extension of the capabilities of our mighty empire in that quarter of the globe, and to the cultivation of that peaceful inter course with the Chinese Nation, which are alone calculated to advance the interests of British cow' merce, and to add honour and permanence to British influence in those countries. That a mighty change has, for the past twenty years' been working in the minds of the British people, no observant man can have failed to notice. Twenty years ago, the noxious weeds of dissent threatened to sap the foundations of our Established Church, and to defle her pure doctrines and observances. The con venLiele reared its unsightly form by the side of the ve nerated tabric of our ancestors. The ravings of the lay preacher overpowered the voice of the educated minis ter of our holy apostolical religion. Rampant schism, full of the bad passions which it engenders in the heart of man, lorded it in vestries and at parish meetings ; and the conviction was abroad, and openly boasted of, that the reign of mingled fanaticism and " liberalism' was about to be established in this land. But how altered is the present aspect of things ! How changed the state of national feeling in which we live! Dissent, allied, as it has become, with the move ment party in politics, has lost its hold upon the respect of the right-minded body of the people; whilst a sound and reverent feeling of Church of England' ism has spread and is spreading amongst us, deepening its roots in, and overshadowing with its beneficent in fluence, the heart of the nation. Not the educated por tion only of society,—not the wealthy or the frivolous only,—but the poor as well, have turned with loath ing from the hollowness, the insincerity, the frantic passion, and the unchristian factiousness, which make up the very being of dissent. Men are no longer sneered aside from their allegiance to that church , beneath whose roof their fathers worshipped, and beneath whose green graves they found rest. They fly no longer from the devout observances of that church, to find license of thought and action in the rant ing worship of the conventicle. They shun no longer the pure doctrines and faith of that church for the more highly-spiced meats administered in the "whited sepulchre" of dissent; but rather cling to them, after their wanderings, with the renewed affection of the returned prodigal. We have our own deep convictions of the inducing causes which have produced this gratifying state of the national mind ; but we forbear, at present, entering upon their consideration. Our object now is to n otice its bearing upon the important question of NATIONAL EDUCATION. For years past, it has been the darling object of dissent to get possession of the young intellect of the empire,—to control and pervert to its own aggrandizement the education of the rising generation. In our own community we have witnessed the tem porary success of its efforts, as well as the revulsion of public feeling which has since driven it with indig nation from its usurped position. Nor is this feeling confined, at all, to this or any particular locality. The conviction has circulated throughout the empire, that such education as dissent would give —that mere utili tarian and secular knowledge—is absolutely worthless; and reflection has brought about, in the minds of the great mass of the people, the well-grounded belief that, under the supervision of the Clergy of the Established Church of England, and in the principles of that church, the education of the youth of the empire ma? with the greatest safety and advantage be conducted. We have been led to remark upon this cheering revolution of public opinion, by a pamphlet before us, which affords us the additional gratification o f ob serving that, if the nation be sound upon a question so vitally important to its best interests and the interests of the whole human race, the means will not be found wanting to carry out into efficient practice its deliberate convictions. Our readers are perhaps aware that , somewhat more than a year ago, an extensive establish ment was founded by the National Society, at Stanley Grove, near Chelsea, as a " Training College for Schoolmasters," under the superintendence, as its " principal," of the Rev. Derwent Coleridge, M.A. A very able letter has just been addressed, by that gentleman, to the secretary of the society, explanatory of the progress of the institution and the nature of the training pursued, from which we purpose offering to our readers a few extracts. The following will serve as an explanation of the society's views ; and, whilst quoting it, we cannot but accord to them our sincere app: oval : " The object being to produce schoolmasters for the poor, the endeavour must be, on the one hand, to raise the stu dents morally and intellectually to a certain standard,-- while, on the other hand, we train them in lowly service, not merely to teach them hardihood and inure them to the duties of a humble and laborious office, but to make them practically acquainted with the condition of that class of the community among whom they will have to labour. I say, ' on the one hand,' and ' on the other,' not that there is any' real contrast either in the means taken or the ends proposed. The labours of the house, the field, and the garden, are in tended to elevate, not depress : the studies of the school room, not to exalt, but to humble. floth alike may be made th e si a gain ei ~Pei col or lahot ti on Thul to develoQe t ful knowledg rue humility by which knc will be allowe our first and hoped, tempe what might e might tend tc duty lie amor lowered, to h " This leaC hdapted for t stances, they society. Bo higher expect reodate them: still less to it: In the lowes never to be fr Prepared by Childhoods E after occur rn middling far office-clerks, to be preferrc domestic adv: feeling of self• or such as an indigence, an tan of penu father or wid, him in this sPect of a goo livelihood he an upward-lo aory idleness, of dependent Cord the less( and I would anxious to pr the same time sum which th a youth of si Will be far, fs ferred upon t: teral object, any way prep Perhaps, full) lbe folio a view of system. 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