The Sun.
London, England, 1839-12-02 00:00:00

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N E.DITION,
DE WITH CHINA.

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(From the Sunday Tints.)
The East India and China trade was in a state of
4,, gat excitement yesterday. The merchants complain
me •st loudly of the backwardness of Viscount Palmer-
; ;to. a, in communicating to them the intentions of the
vernment on the subject of Chinese affairs. Tie
con. Inittee of the China and East India Trade Asso-
,iatio, a addressed his Lordship for information on.this übject on the 26th ult. The Chairman requested to
now, as there were British ships and property in the ( ;hiaa Seas at present, of the value of several millions
s :erling, wheth,er "if it would not be altogether iacou-
si stent with the views of her Majesty's Government, and
ifurious to the public service, such a declaration of
tl icir intentions as to a- blockade, or otherwise, of the
C !hina ports, may be notified before the 4th proximo,
Is may regulate the communications which the finer-
( :bards connected with China may deem it expedient to
nake by the next overland mail." To this conuntuai-
t ration the following reply was returned • •

" Foreign Office, Nov. 2g, 1839.
" Sir,—l am directed by Viscount Palmerston to ae-
nowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th inst.,
is which you submit, in behalf of the East India and
'Mina Association of London, that if it be net Ow
gb ther inconsistent with the views of her Majesty's Go-.
varnment, and, injurious to the public service, such a
declaration of their intentions as to the blockade
or
• otherwise of the Chinese ports, may be notified before
' the 4th proximo, as may regulate the communications
which the, merchants connected with China• may deem
it expedient to make by the next overland mail ; and,
in reply, I have to request that you will state to the_
lefties interested, that. Lord Palmerston cannot make
ts ey declaration of the nature of that alluded to in your
le tier, and that the.merchants-must judge forthemselsek,-,
as to the orders which they, may think it -expedientio-
„th to their correspondents.
• " I am, Sir, your most:trbefliant
F,04.-)6t4Z4NG WAYS."

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NEWARK tLECTION.
. (.FrOin the _Lincoln difercury.)
Mr. Sm. _
s.. 40 Itakiag burn appointed Solici-
lii
tor-G.:.-.leral, 'b .0 tno .I.nrein paying liis. respects to
till constituents aikl)ovark,. to solicit a renewal of their
' suffrages. The lipar rie,..Terit.'enip, accompanied -by
.2i.a.,1); Hid, iisq.,4 Q4ceil's cocnsei, ,arrived at the
G'astle and Falcon an Saturday last, aPciliiss ,Psception
was most gratifying. On'his acceptant' of office being
.'„niade public, ,he Fory parry promptly set out in search
or a candidate; and T. S. Godfrey, Esq., was first ap-
plied to, but he prudently declined ;• a mesh senger was
_then' „dis"patiehal ..i.d, Et IVAP:fiurnell, Esq.,' of Wink-
buine, iivfio also refused ;.and;at two o'clock
~on Sun-
day morning a deputatiirni'-%tareed for Lontlt. ° to
amply to the Carlton Clab, wilio7have sent dewo"-„Mr•
Tliesiger,, it, imitiAtr4rrii^:thiik iieciiki. _' Ii as .rX't
the slightest ehilkoi3O;fpneej : this breack by this.
Tory-:part;• iift nri arrangement entered into at
the last 4iectioel-7-tliattstlie'r-epi'eseniation of Newark,
As 1 ',then det.ertitined,-:•uhauld not he - disturbed:—
•
hatofig disgusted hhe, respectable part.of, the C4onseriii-
fives., Tt is*Well und,e'rstood that even the, Duke 4
,n4vic,i,tie,-;:WlioS.lllaCie of "'ling what he likes with his
owin:". has hecome•t,proverly; refuses to identify himself
ifitithe factious pfforts-of a, feF ptshand bigatted parti-
sa s,'arid that his Grace distinctly, repudiates all oppo7
dotO•the re-election of lief Mujesty's..SolicitorrGene-
-- :.i.e.p.Thtoisr,scooinvNicet,sioen btk.ei:tnh.getestilltrae'batilishnettiino tThoel..ymfioandsionof
o,haid no other erect than to elicit..tho heart It at-
nt of the e --i'eat bulk of the red party for Mr.,
igtot'-,General Wirde ; Offers' upon offers' having been
de to 114104- thoskwho.On former; octa.eioris had been
1;404 t.O :TOrX tlictetiPilr .. •A'r. :174ksigbr.Arrived, -in
rwaik on Monday, andfhis first
,appealitnip-.was any-
rg btutnBheiSng- ; all'thelfe said` hstlesali:, on the
,anaactztuldupriti.ilo,lleart. He was evidently dis-
DTd,,,yand.the, reeeptioa he ;hail rna with during his
canvass, has-been such as to ,convert that dismay into
hoPelis'desTalr. ' ' '
kitilonfist tht4iiicks :reidr,te'd to,. was an attempt to
zefcittk...W. CLHandlefitEsq-., to divide 'the Liberal
patty, ~ T;he,condait 174 tbiat likeptlefolip, however, has 1
besn'''PeOncf •air pr,aise";.ifi?nnurably abiding the deci- ,
sion of theffrie'nds by whttir on former occasions he bad
ricers. supported A no scroner was their -decision known '
thoinfhe camp forward. heart and ktand in support of .
M. Soilator-General PVilde.
...His appearance struck •
terror into the Tory faCtion; who then had recourse to
tbe pitiful attempt of falsely asserting that Mr. Hand-
ley; ryas canvassing for 111 r. Tbesiger. This falsehood
was promptly and spiritedly met
.by, the following
handbill :-:-,

AGI

' u•TO THE ELECTORS OF NEWARK.
`!Fellow Townsmen,—l have heard with the greatest
surprise that it.has been industriously reported I have
been canvassing for Mr. Thesiger.
The state of my health precludes me from giving
the report that. contradiction in person which I should
desire. -I am, tberefote, compelled to adopt this means
of expressing my regret that, after the implied trader-
standing-at the two last ieneral elections that each of
the parties sh6uld he represented, 'lt now should be
thought tlcqeMar.Va....disturliAlle-Teoapoi,:tite towu by
re-eleedbn of Mr. Sergeant Wilde, who
has twice been returned to Parliament without uppo4-
tiori,.who now 'presents Himself to us with (to me) the
additional recommendation of being the chosen legal
officer of our gracious Queen, and who has my support.
" Believe me ever iaithfully yours,
" Newark, Nov: 26, 1839. "W. F. HANDLEY."

- The result of the Solicitor-General's canvass bas been
successful beyond the most sanguine expectations. Sir
R. Heron, Bart., M.P. ; H. Handley,Esq., M.P. ; S. E.
Beeston, Esq. (a former candidate); J. Hale, Esq., of
C'aunton, and many other leading gentlemen of the
neighbourhood, either accompanied Mr. Solicitor-Gene-
ral on his canvass, or otherwise rendered effective aid in
support of the Liberal cause.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF Fog-

GERY.

A charge of forgery which is of an extensive na-
ture, as to the number of forged deeds and signatures
and the sum raised, has been examined before the
County Magistrates at Chandos House, and is brought
against a whale faintly of the name of Candy, including
-a mother and three sons, who carry on the farming
business near Frome. The names of the prisoners are
Hannah Candy, aged 50, Thomas Candy, the younger,
aged 53, Francis Candy, aged 32, and Theophilus
Candy, aged 23. From the evidence of Whittington,
Esq., solicitor, of this city. it appeared that on the 22d
of January, Thomas Candy, one of the prisoners, came
to his office to borrow money on the mortgage of an
estate at Marston Bigot, in this county, about three
miles from Frome, where the mother, who is separated
from her husband, has for some time past resided
with her sons. She is a good-looking woman, and -has
received a tolerable education, and on her coming of
age was entitled to the sum of 7,000/., left her by her
father, which she received. The father of the prisoners,
Thomas Candy the elder, is now living at Cloford,
about five miles from the residence of his sons.

Upon the production of the necessary deeds, and the
prisoner, Thomas Candy, taking out letters of adminis-
tration in the Prerogative Court of Wells, Mr. Gib-
bons, of Bath, who is a client of Mr. Whittington's,
agreed to advance the money. The mortgage was
executed by the whole of the prisoners, and the deeds
were delivered into the custody of Mr. Gibbons. Sub-
sequently certain circumstances came to the knowledge!
of Mr. Whittington, bywhich his suspicions were ex-
cited that all was not right, and a warrant was obtained.
The whole of the prisoners were apprehended.
The examination was continued for several days, and
among the witnesses to the forgeries were Lord Cork,
Mr. Batt, one of his Lordship's tenants, and many per-
sons of great respectability.

The prisoner, Thomas Candy, jun., said the deeds
were brought to him by a person named Sealy, formerly
an attorney's clerk, instead of the papers of the estate,
which he had entrusted to him. The other prisoners
said they signed the documents without knowing what
they were, and had no intention to do wrong.
Several professional gentlemen said they bad exa-
mined the deeds, and found them so exceedingly well
executed, that they were thoroughly convinced that no
blame could attach to Mr. Whittington. One gentle-
man in particular observed that he had had considerable
experience in conveyancing, and after having examined
the deeds with the minutest care and attention, he had
not the slightest hesitation in saying that they were pre-
pared with skill and ingenuity so consummate, and so
artful had been the completion of every document, that
he was certain they would have deceived even the Lord
Chancellor himself.

The deeds have certainly been executed by a master-
h Ind- Although they must have been executed since
March last, they bear every resemblance to old deeds ;
the parchment having having been discoloured, the wax
wearing the appearance of having faded from age (two
of the respective deeds bear the date
,of 1798 and
1802), the tape having completely lost its colour, and
some very old stamps have been affixed to the parch-
ments. The engrossing- also is in the old-fashioned
style. A better deception was, perhaps, never practised.
The prisoners were all fully committed on Tuesday,
for trial at the Assizes.—Bath Herald.

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THEEPOST OFFICE.—A meeting was held in
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the Exchange Room, on Thursday evening for the
purpose of addressing the Postmaster-General, pon th
personal inconvenience and serious injury to business,
arising from the late hour at which the Londoulnetttehre
subject letters
were delivered in this town. An answer has been re-
ceived from the Assistant-Secretary, by the Chairman
of the meeting, S. Been, Esq., similar to that which was
received by S. Newham, Esq., stating that the Post-
Master-General was in communication with the Direct.
torsof
of a o
the Nottingham and
of the ai
Derbyßais.il upon Railway,
—Nottingham
Review.
SHEEP STEALING.—On Sunday night last,
fourteen sheep were stolen from the farm of Mr. Rey-
nolds, of Wing. We have not heard of the discovery of
any clue to the offenders.—Aylesbury News.

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