The Express.
London, England, 1848-10-28 00:00:00

toughed breeches, be absolute. The won't will then
stand pretty nearly as follows :—Total capital (u
mused by the direetors), 26.662,0121. ; for whin's, if
we allow a margin. my 26,600,0001. The total mums
mailed to be raised in order to complete it are elated
Satteiradirestems at 4146261., width, a is
ke essueltise may, perhaps, up to four
millimmertbersaboute. The future hummed
n, the y will be receivable on the capital thus re-
; r and it will be seen that, even al/owiag the
amount, but taking into consideration that it
Pat the company in possession of 600 miles of
railway, and a share interest also in 600 more, the
amount of roes revenue required to return on the
whale a dividend equal to what is now paid will not
be much in mess of the average gram receipt of the

lest year.
Sappoeieethe capital called up as far as
to raise the amount stated by the directors, there will
bee diminution of the sum now borrowed of nesrly
one half; or if the loans remain as at pre-
sent, then the capital liable for dividend will
be proportionably reduced. The estimate is given at
full in the °facial paper; its result is to show that a
groin weekly income of 48,6181. will muffle° to pay 7
per cent. on the whole capital, if it is called up, and if
the loans aro eat down aocordingly, with an allowance
for working expellees of 40 per cent. The average
receipt for 1847, from 'sneezy to December, we lately
made out, from published returns, to have been about
42,0001. per week; so that, supposing the scheme of
the whole future capital expense to be earnest. these
can be little reason to foar the decline of ddividends.
when the many additional miles opened will art be
required to raise altogether more than 0,0001., or
7,000 L, or say even 10,0001., per week.
Meanwhile, with a still large margin of errata,
both for ander-estimate of capita), and for over-caku-
ilations of receipt, i: will be seen how completely the
production of matters of actual account disposes oldie
exaggeration which have lately been put forth as to
the extent of the company's liabilities, and as to the
terms on which its dividend mry be maintained here-
after.
The directors appear to be duly impressed at
length with the necessity of prudent management
and pacific ewers for the future ; and this
circumstance, if confirmed by their practice, will
of itself do as math to restore confidence in
the pospe cts of the company, as the maul
eibibitr ion of figures, in reply to the Mavis* of
Mr. NASH and the insidious strictures of the noses.
Mass have shown how far both assailants have de-
elated from truth and fairness; bat this is by *el
inane all that is necessary to be done in order to re-
place the London and North Western Company in the
high volition from which it has descended of late. Nothe
small care will be needed to verify in the result
data here given of unfinished outlay. And to preserve
the proportion of working expense to receipts at the
percentage set down in the estimate, there most be
the %boost ablation paid to the arrangements of the
soviets,t and the atm ictest control must be exercised to
preven all unnecessary show or unremunerstive
outlay.
Some of the items in the various tables have sug-
gested questions of account, or comments on past
transactions, to which we may perhaps advert on
another occasion. But we have not thought it need-
ful to pause upon them in this rapid survey, as we are
inclined to aaseut on the whole to the tenor of the
directors' statement; and this being the most impor-
tant consideration just now, we have not thought it
proper to turn from it in pursuit of incidental or
minor points.
There is one point, however—that, namely, r
certain recent treaties with adjacent companies7tgoll=
the report indistinctly alludes—which we believe tube
of no subordinate importance. It is, indeed, if we are
rightly informed, of great moment in many respects;
both as it concerns the particular interests affected by
it, and as throwing a strange light upon the comes of
public legislation for the last five years on railway
business.

The proem of this document presents the following
rapid review of the actual state of affairs :
The Reides•Topciallod by your confidence to the peaceable
eau of eunablishing one common liherties, haa by the force
of aunts been suddenly placed in the midst of hostilities.
The Reicha•Tog mast in these ciretuustanus seek above all
things to remain nue to its pacific vocation; and As this
aesoent It sow strains every nerve to prevent the tattle of
brute fome from: breaking loose, and rendellag Whsle to
the path ot reconciliation and peace iisposibis. Its
efforts have hitherto been fruitless. It is true
that the gallant citizens of Vienna have restrained their
exasperation and miasma foe battle, end desisted from an
attack upon the troops which approach with unquestionably
hostile intentions; it is true that the Emperor has expressed
gratitude for the exertions of the Midst-Tag to p t
violence ; but it is equally true that Vienna is mill threatened
with a military occupation, and that this alone perpetuates
the danger of a bloody struggle, and the destruction of
law and order. The march of the foreign Croatian
troops on the constitutional territory of Austria threatened
the gates of Vienna. In vain the !Leiria-Tag, with
the co-operation of the coestitutional minintry, endeavoured
to obtain the witharamen of those troops. They have, on the
untrary, been but the vanguard of military manes which
have already surrounded the city. Their advanced rats are
thrust for ward into the streets of the suburban villages and
the boulevards. The national guard of the environs of
Vienna, legally organised in conformity with the Emperor's
orders, has been disarmed ; peaceable travellers have been
arrested ; letters hove been broken open and detained ; the
introduction of provisions into the city has been prevented;
cannon balls have peen fired upon the suburbs ; and mem-
ben of the ReichoTog have been arrested and themefully
mal-treated. With every dsy Vienna approaches more
nearly to the coeditlon of a besieged town. In this state of
affairs the Reielsi Tog is comulled to acknowledge that the
efforts of the citizens of Vienna to place themselves in e
state of defence is a work of necessity.
Accounts received ince the above was in type
state that the troops of Windiechgratz were sta-
tioned on the " Bi tickenkopt" (sconce of the bridge)
at Fiorisdorf, and they allow no one to enter or, save
in a few miser, to leave the city in that direc-
tion. It was officially annoucced that the
Hungarian army was in full march on
Vienna, in order to attack its assailants. The last
accounts in Vienna, from Feel, left Koeguth on the
eve of his departure for the Hungarian camp, in order
to urge the army to cross the Rubicon, and thus act in
unison with the wish,. s, if not of the Ann
trian Diet, at least of the majority of
the inhabitants of the Austrian capital. The
pnblicatii,u of the proclamation announcing the rp-
preach of the Hungarians, and signed by four Hun-
garian gt nerals, called forth even extravagant demon-
strations of joy in Vienna. The Hungarian force was
set down at 50,000, including 8,000 irregular troops.
'they were to have arrived on the 21st at
Schwachat and Simmering. Enormous barricadeshad
been erected on the north side of the city in
the direction of the Tabor bridge. Vienna was fully
provisioned for a fortnight. It is stated that the
French ambassador has declared that be would look
upon the bombardment of Vienna as a mess &Ili.
PRUSSIA.—Dates from Berlin to the 24th 'tee
that General Von noel still remained in oflice,.but did
so only until a successor could be procured.
HAMBURG.—Our correspondent writes on the
24th inst.:
In Schleswig-Holstein everything is settling quietly,
which melees a favourable impression on our exchange.
Travellers who arrive from the Austrian dominions and pro
cud to England, exchange th.ir moneys for English beak-
motes and sovereigns. There are a good many arrival., or,
more properly speaking, transits of this kind, all flowing
into the ocean of your metrop lu. Mut remittent, s from
all parts of the continent—end even from Turkey and other
eastern countries—are made in cash, which roves the want
of confidence in the commercial world. The reports of the
state of cholera made within the last three days by the phy-
sicians to the Board of Health are :—On the 21st. 18 came ;
OD the 22d,15 ; on the 23rd, 13. Since the commencement
of the epidemic upwards of 3.000 cases have been reported.

CHINA AND THE EASTERN
ARCHIPELAGO.

CHINA.—Our Hong-Kong dates are to the 30th
of August. The sickness among the troops in that
settlement had increased during the month, but this
increase had experienced a check during the last
week. Of the cases which had occurred among the
police force, few hod terminated fatally. Sickness
among civilians had not been above the average.
There was a good deal of sickness in the naval force
stationed in the harbour ; 70 men and officers were
on the sick list by the last accounts; but there had
been only one death from fever—the chaplain of the
Cambrian. The Chinese are said to have suffered
severely. but it was difficult to procure correct
information respecting their sanitary condition.
The prevailing illness among the seamen wan
a kind of influenza—that which affects the soldiery
differs, it is stated in the China Mail, from what used
to be call d the Hong-Kong fever. "It is now said
that, in many casts, eruptions of pustules on the
face, arms, and chest, together with a tendency to
congestion about the head, suggest the idea that it
has some affinity to small-pox." The following para-
graphs from the China Mail and the Friend of China
leave little doubt that this disease, which has been
almost entirely confined to the soldiery, is owing to
the unhealthy situation of the new barracks.
The China Mail says:
uss rash about 100 convalescents of the 95th were art ce Wad
the Ale. sal the melt has Wee very twoureble. The
he
hive im-
posed Tepidly, though cogwheel new of relapse hew m
ono tee
d,
swiss assets were Mort to the MOM Maw sum Mee I
OM; bas Os repertka eves of tree niused men Imo ease loss
Ma is ohm. It was resommtut ley the sad his seeseal
mobs see that the satire nerast shesdt es dormell MI board
bat ma. Ouvrey, It sumo it wit astatiss 16•4442mq each
as ies;sehathe her le Om rya
resreedMity s 4 5. be rat-
ters a }seated
hose mud so. Iserseeer • rat ar . m area It }seatedprat at rem seesttibm ham Um ellorel; osi wow thst it has
her boa importe le amid the brae. ea Orb Ma Sion
wirer the Clore Moe art the CM" hese been
dremsd. sessmasiatisa ter about IN ma serloaaL
The grater I. ear rhveMes soma Om usa who
wart:aely Ma the aserrilo smi blooralmg
is soh ems Wag mat arms; mitre is saither Oft
al the diem. Midi sum to Omer pmelleg la Om
Mr Mee sees mot of ; sad yet it Ms ember my miter
tease/o—es has else the trosteased, we bike% wain
.4td ga
rate. Wiekr the hat kw gets the siderm hal hot a
*miler borrowers* Ms bemerly takaashadaheamer the has
blows Wes the ewe ee agedrowt. wide lewelbe oppe4te quarters it
boa Wes beweehly Mewed ia aggrawilhe aril—than who
were am Mersa warm sat =my err mos casaning.
But It is war,' at Ms, Uhat ths err nags et Mme.
the
one seat worst as the sou yMA was trot readeed. at late
the brio lus relleertralmtelythroareat the mesh quarters.
The Ana qf CAina says :
, As sa MOM reswedras doe are varier rouslatios as to the
Meta eta Wormir Issoczli=eils dee harraolu;
IP-ma ..,,,::. sed
wheal' a ravine aid th tee
e Its
w. liretraks
ary swarm limit lbw hem rand! 4241441. awl the
t lithe SWIM Mid. drag the east air of the amp laid
I with mart& warm ha. Ws usumair warm ;hr mealy
Me sicaths as Met Wow bass seal M wee, Os Onsets
were sot hoar hy
.tts tolseweet harm • samirrable
ridge te the or, sad hir Ms le wie mak term which
orsedo • arm at all mom vat ire . The
More ardor kr the llormelea of a reale has arose*
Is a MOM sae a lope IMAM et asalh, km
a wesosfler e. a
samosa
ei? sest term ado NM Fro thw
It is dr WO the pay al • Mir la ibis =il=
agg SENO Ml* Wm with orb s dist se the
• bers redo at the ruder woe 1111W11111 Mem=
M the ism r set oessWeb r im
prsims. Theis is rear alMullser he we deer the shear
sass era is weal Oars h. base hspiderla to its tem
~Aft sea raessrfses a s eta pieveat W recurrence—ii
ark a Wag ta parr
The wallowed daddies et the sickness among the
tamps are from the Chia Mail:
The sitars wog. lbs Est Are Maps imatkost last mark
hr eve era sure Mal Orbs the lariat ass Is July die O-
bis respr* Win alma Oh seel the &Ms St ;
ttst=
Ors her te the rant Ms (WO) lessa mama OM
awl MI MOM We me sr aware was was the amber at arstwers
Y Jo has Me MOB Orme rat sloth or U t Oaths turl is
km re wreesaft dere Me his to The meter, Ms Ms um
Ira steasstily to the rommidereel altos and privates
at the Mk • Pew ors *sly harm mows* meelle the settler
sod err Berm as* oda Meer moat &Mo. Its vormesi. sum-
Web, newly Oa mak May err at For Emir steely
100
me mate et swam sow eras, win we wow Misr* from
111111111611. NM WM tem oar at to Imersh+g,essloisodat,
sal=—the era* ors Os Mks.
an dissims, Os rams re 11110 Mee the
ISh Mime Mr hies let r the MIS as wed ••••slitiis are
his only 6. The bilowlag table, WOW( the fintlei al um
art affirm la the gurisem as* the slot se arm= of wiry de.
ori•lbu tM Mort err, shows a writer, berreveren dr-
ier prt wed. The ware taraissintirs• Ilowrllseg, with
the ~lee gill Osplea Lissa casimhe end le et Ifearao.
age gnal. 00 eq whis:Etka of as 116 awl IN I* Is to be let
Wawa %the prier
jam Eck Mg. N. WO, Aug. 19.
Artillery
3 2
happen and mein
Sim treesl4 12
ileth Merest . 479 11$ 170
Ceylon Baas

not ransomed. The question in whether a Ruttish vessel can be bbed
to bestir merchants for such a repots ; and it is desirable that this
should be settled se thee:brew are ansinusth hire our saki, boll
convoy to their trading junks, sad Ise service similar to tat in wakig-
the Spec was assied. la the saamiastlice of the crew of the les&
the Amoebae scree exhibited that lipannes of jadeite! duty which
is so marked in warty all the sensals la China. The promether
(Capt. Pitman) waste wort chag the whole of the proinedings, aid
alter 'Whig bin own wither he Wed the consul in eree.q
' the witeethes. O.e Chimaera wee natnieed whew, evidence
W hem erranged awl mitten dews in ftglish mad Ctn.
mem Mine the emit epee* ; and what W highly see.
mow. large migibil were made to the demel.
Vane ppm eke& the grime's are to be tried, not even ha' fag
las WIWI of theism& t the depositions tbeneelvee are in four silt.
herr hinds, them Ming grouade to believe that part we tilled in
' sear the mosimastad In another particular Mr. Atomic blundered
met egregireely. The inernlar courts are branches of the Seem*
court if cmgmmg. but not of the High Court 01 Adiniralty or the
Vim-Admiralty Come; prey comes s lOW the jurisdiction of the
High Court of Adnekeity, and the awed erred in sending them to be
tried before the eagemis Court of 11 tag-Kong, which has no hawk.
on In each meek Ateenfams le the Merchant tissamens Act, meth
, are required ee send miles abased with piracy ta England• bee
neither under this eat, nor aav consular methane°. was Zee*
warranted in mouniftiog the mew of the Spec to be tried here,:
Mr. Alcoa is not to be allowed to engross all the
honour of acting in defiance of the laws of England:
the following notice from the China Mail of Aug.
-0-
shows that the Hung-Kong authoritim will be
nibbling too:
The Spec, under charge of lint Graham, R.N., arrived in the
Barbour on Saturday, July 29, and Copt Cole and his crew base heat
committed to poi on a charge of piracy, and will take their trial it
the next admiralty scesions. Ao examination of wituesses, re ear
derttand, was pito; on yeeterelay before the chief etoristeare, tate.
what purpose ere we et es low to pereeire, eta acme of Me ?name
were present.
Tne other case in which Mr. Alcock has enacted
the part of Mr. Justice Averdo, is that of Mr. Mee•
donald, secretary to the Shanghai Chamber of Core.
merce. Mr. Macdonald and others had hind a boat
to take them to So-chaw and other places not pre.
vionaly, or rarely, visited by foreigners. Of the
fiat act of the drama we give the -.vision of a corre-
spondent of the China Mail :
A few days since one of two boats which had been employed by
foretellers some de weeks ago, for the purpose of visiting the taterne
(ouch visitation being winked at by the consul) was seed by the
Filleted iestruetioir of Basque, the 'faoutae pro ton Thr ewer's t
the boat compleined to Mr. Moodosald (one of the foreigners in gua
eon) of the detention, signifying that it woo not suppotted by the
Chinese Authorities, but was an attempt at velum by
pare.s at the shop where native boats are registered. To
alternate the truth of the cane and to wel
the bole
the recovery of their property, Mr. hiecaonald. omen an
aocomelithed Chinese scholar, went Moue to the shopenen. and taid
them that if they did not deliver up the boat he would make a faced
complaint to the weed, and adroonithed them that extortion er an
offence by the Chinese law, which, &filtered, might lead to therm*
Alton of the offenders. The boat end the efforts of the boatmen were
given up, with the ceception of same bridled said to be in power*
of a person then present. Mr. Maedonithl took the last named pine
by the arm, end told Sian he had better restore the property, or ha
(Mr. Macdonald) would appeal to the British • ease/
The bedding was at once teetered, and the matter wee
considered to have been amthablyland definitively settled. lint
ea. however. The intimation by Mr. hi .cdonald that in ems
of non-restitution of the boat, he., the matter would be led Mere
the Width COllB4 was CollatrUed by that official into a assepaffm it
" his high perceptive ; " for on the 25th instant Mr.
(who, by the way, has for some time past, for divers Mane blear
understood bete than appreciated, been marked as an especial them
of coosalar wrath) remind a summon to antler( at the COlllasate a
chap of " having by force and violence taken portage of a
mat legally detained by the Chinese autholities." The utter ab-
surdity of each a charge, Mr. Mairdonald considered would op.
pear so obvious to the consul, that he took no native wit.
armee to prove his peaceable demeanour in the Meta; me
did be trouble any, personal friend to attend with him sad
hear the use Wound into. On the trial, nodes WVAtella
were called on the part of the complainituts, who brad
that a single foreigner, pointing to Mr. Macdonald, did by intim&
&doe and foree reocue and deliver up a beat then under legal
.canon by by the Chinese authorities." The allegation of " force and
rieleltee" was thorned by the eh cumetanee of Mr. Macdonald laying
bold of thee= at the man who detained the bedding alter the one
tution of the boat by the people In the shop. The intimidation the
made out to the clear perception of our cowls' upon the usuy or
trimmers, who affirmed that they were ID bodily fear of decapioa,
which Mr. Macdonald threatened them in the name of her lintanala
Majesty's corstil. Austen in the woos of Rutherford Alsock, Face
tem appeased by the efiiction of a tine of 80 gols. and ireprarearala
foe seven days, and Mr. Macdonald bound over to keep the peset.
Mr. Macdonald wee immediately locked up.
Ths dinoument is sopplied by the Friend of China:
Some days after being method one of the clerks of the consoles
celled on the meaner and read his -entente, to which an addition had
been made after helms peen In charge, holding him revealable for
the value of the boat, If or MOM'S by the peace. On the Jed li.
start Mr. Macdonald was released, and at nice went to the eon:rate
with his securities, when to his and their astonishment the enters
had spin been altered. In the revised reading, the
fine at fay dollen was struck out, end the rtsponsibility
for the boat Weeded. Such gross irreguarity and inatten-
tion to the established forms of judiAal proceedinp is
unpardonable. If eenteaces, deposition., and documents, are
to be einloged, enlarged, or Ousted, after CALKS are ad.
tufted, to suit the views cf the magistrate, any set of injustith
may be perpetrated. The Shanghai Consular Court has long been a
reproach to the Supreme Court of H.-ng-lione, of which it la a
branch. and it Is daily getting "name. We are not tufficiently
acquainted with law to say whether there is now an appeal to the
Supreme Court from its unjust decision", though we know Sir John
Davis endeavoured to hedge In its iniquities with several weer
Grantham ; but if there Is no imp,' we predict that Mr. Machined
will of be the only victim offered up before thc thrice of magisterial
igvoranoe and incapacity.
A vessel freighted with furs by the Russian For
Company had arrived at Woosung. The China Mail
thus comments upon this event :
Ammer the vessels recently arrived at WooBoog is the Pries
Menseaked. Sbe belongs to the Rumen Fur Company, and thimt s
smell but highly valuable cargo of furs, with the view of trying whe-
ther, by opening a node at Shanghae, teas fur the Russian market
could not be procured on more favour hie tettristhun by the usual way
M Irkutak. It is doubtful, Ithweeer, that the Cleanse will permit the
Rusin= thus to avail themselves of the Ranking treaty, while they
enloy exclusive privileges under that of Machu, which may be held to
nrec(ude the Russians from participating in any trade on the sea
board. Permission to do so might afterwards give rine to difikaltiee
with otter countries, which the Mega mutt tonere and desire to
&Tied. This Is not the first time a similar attempt has been frus-
trated. In 1808 two cargoes of furs were brought to Canton
and disposed of ; but whilst the veers were taking In tea, orders
arrived from Peking to put a stop to the trade, the imperial edict n-
ue little surprise that a people who enjoyed a special prid-
=o Mae overland, should dare to enter the port of Canton when
hotte
dita=" Unir thersecret treaty which h realsians b:Asea*trobfln the
French papers two years ago, as being proposed by Ruda, ma hem
concluded, securing extended privileges to its trade, the same Oleo.
Lions may ?till be raised by the Chinese sa in 1806.
SINGAPORE.—Our correspondent's despatches
from this settlement are dated the 9th of September.
They are as follow:
By the Braganza steamer, which reached Singapore the
7th ult., there arrived his ixcellency Rear-Adm. Bir F.
C. 8., who immediately hoisted his flag in H.M.S.
Leander, 44, and assumed the duties of naval commander.
iwchiet on the East India and China station. His excel-
lency has taken up his residence hem until the arrival of
the Hastings, tlag-ship, and, from what has fallen from his
excellency, it is probable that Singapore will generally be pre-
ferred as a naval rendezvous. The ship Mary Louisa, Capt.
Currie, which vessel left +Singapore July 7 with a valuable
cargo for London, struck on the Western Discovery Shoal, in
the Carimatta Passage, July 20, and shortly after foundered.
All hands were saved by the boats, which reached
Batavia, and the persons came up to this port
by English vowels. The English echoonor Triumph,
Captain Bing, also struck upon a spit, 60 miles from Macas-
sar, sad shortiy after went down. This casualty happened
on the evening of the 26th of July. Toe captain m nel crew
took to the boats, in which they reached Macassar. On the
22nd of July the investiture of Sir James Brooke with the
insignia of K.C.B. took place at the public rooms, with all
due ceremony, by Mr. Napier, the Lieutenant Governor of
Labuan, her Maesty's commissioner. Sir James was most
heartily cheered by his old friends and acquaintances, after
the ceremony was completed. In the evening the event was
celebrated by a ball and supper, at which the elite of the
settlement were present, including -his Excellency Sir F.
Collier, C. 8., Sir James Brooke, K.C.8., Ceram the Hoes
H. Koppel, Colonel Carthew, the Hon. Lieut. Yelverton,
R.H.A., etc. &c. On the morning of the 29th of August her
Majesty's ship Leander departed for Sarawak and
Lebuan, conveying . thither his Excellency Sir James
Brooke met suite. The Lieutenant Governor will quit this
on the 9th inst. by the honourable company's steerage
Auckland. so that by the end of this month the
colony will he fairly in progress, es far as an official
goes. Oa the 4th inst. her Majesty's war stea mer Ranee
was launched at Singapore, in the presence of the naval ems-
wander-in-chiet and staff. The Ranee is a small vessel, 60
feet in length, intended for immediate service, for the sup-
preesion of piracy up the rivers of Borne. and Suloo, end
will accompany her Majesty's ship Leander in cruising
after the pirates. This steamer was constructed (engine'
excepted) by Chinese workmen, built of the best teak
pwletedood, and
not exceed 26 inches. The steamer Achillee
arrived here on the sth inst. with the English mall
of 24th July, and her Majesty's steamer Inflexible with
the mail of July 7. The news from China was of
so startling a character, that the Spanish steamer did
not wait for the China msils, but quitted immediately for
Manilla ; nor were the Dutch less alarmed at the successful
consolidation of the German empire. Instead of waiting
until 24 hours after the arrival of the last (China) steamer
as heretofore, the Dutch war steamer Etna also started, and
it would appear that in the anxiety to mach Batavia with all
practicable speed the Etna did not wait to land the Dutch
mail at Rio. His Excellency the naval commar.der-in-chief
has hoisted his flag on board her Majesty's steamer In-
flexible, and will leave this in • day or two either for Ceylon
or Labuan.

Ibe Qtourt.
WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The unfavourable state of the
weather prevented her Majesty and Prince Albert and the
royal family leaving the Castle this morning.
The Queen will hold a Privy Council on Tuesday
next, the 31st inst., at Windsor Cutle.

Dr. Bowring, M.P., had interviews with Sir 0.
Grey yesterday, at the Rome-Mace ; and with the Chancel-
lor of the Eichequer, in Downing-street.
Earl Grey left town yesterday for his seat, Howick
, Hall.
' Sir T. Fremantle, Chairman of the Customs, and
Mr. Thornton, Deputy-Chairman of the Stamps and Tams,
had interviews yesterday with the Chancellor of the ilk
chequer.
The Earl of Clarendon had an interview yesterday
with Sir G. Grey.
Despatches were sent off yesterday evening from
the Colonial-office for the Governors of the North Amelia:
Colonies.
Despatches from the Governor of West Australia
were received yesterday at the Cslonial-office.
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The British consul at Shanghai appears to have
been exercising his jurisdiction in a somewhat
peremptory manner, on at least two occasions. The
first case is that of the brig Spec, whose captain and
crew (as reported in our despatches of last month) I
had been committed by him for piracy. The merits
of this case are thus stated in the Friend of China.
We mentioned last mouth that the beg Spec bed Dena
wieerth4id
the captain and mew committed by Mr. Ousel A'co* ce a
of murder and pirac&l/41is Smo dam arrived in Amp of Lieut.
Graham, of HAL& cat her ogee sad wow me in Al
wsiting their teal, which take peso bolas the nigh On of e
Admiralty after the arrival of Captain Pitman. of MILL Mama,
and the other when 8011. The thopresice Is tied tbregh CapelaCola
of the Sp e. acted imprudently in Let buss a last, bilelag her to
be a pirate, he Is perfectly Innocent of ins aims Ile wide\ is hes bees
committed. the same Ming was does a few w oaths sus by H.M.S.
Scout, the Chinese authorities declaring that theme* tapered were
peaceful trader& in °Wein Wee we thee le ad &at lbat lho Lord Brougham arrived in town on Sands]
noel he attacked wee actually tenoned in peach* pursuit& . from hie
int Bl
rrdah iu 'Pun intended4t andto make
ealletraumuceempof tipheyedpartbYcleszbe Mime( pintsonsrehan; no tewtserithf atrningli°7o of their teraPdethers
having been captured the previous year, and the sews murdered If et route. since departed ewprotuerdnfio:
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