The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-04 00:00:00

TIM SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1841.

Colonel C' ;IN OLLY could not understand how it could have
been possible for the Right lien. Baronet. Cie Member for '
Tamworth, having characterised the Budget in the tei4n- he
had done, and having demonstrated the financial incapacity of
Ministers, to refeain from bringing forward 'he present motion.
The Ministers had got the county into eitliculties' and con-
fessed they could not get it out of them. How could any con.
fidence be placed in them ? And then because the Hight rt on.
Baronet refused to state his intentions until he wes in 101 l
possession of the requisite information, the Gentlemen opposite
arrogated to themselves the prerogative of the Crown, and
said that he should not be Minister. He believed the present
Ministers to be destitute of all principle. They had given up
their appropriation clause, they had given up their colonial policy,
they had, with Conservative principles on their lips, brought for-
ward a measure dictated by the agitators of Ireland. How
could any confidence be placed in men whose actions were so
contradictory to their words ? They were not, at least the
present Mieistry were not, entitled to any credit for the abo-
lition of slavery, and they attempted to interfere with that
great experiment by bringing forward a miserable, dilapidated
measure of finance, the good to arise from which was doubt-
ful, the evil certain. They had thrown every branch
of our manufactures over, simply because they had heir'
beaten in the late divisions. 'they were setting fire to
the premises before they were ejected. They were prac-
tising that agitation to which they had served a seven years'
apprenticeship, and were trying to set the lower orders against
the upper—the manufacturer against the landowner—by asper-
sions as calumnious and gross as had ever been uttered. What se-
curity had they that the Ballot, Universal Suffrage, and every
thing might not be granted? The Ministers had administered
the affairs of the country in an execrable manner.—(Cheers
and laughter.) They had got the country into a state of in-
solvency, as regarded the year, and the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer had completely demonstrated his incapacity. What.
private gentleman would continue in his service a steward,
had who
had acted as the Ministers had done? Their incompe4,,eney
been fully demonstrated, and their imediate eje`.:cfnent was ne-
cessary.
Mr. SHIEL then moved the adjourf:antent of the debate till
to-morrow, which was agreed to.
The Copyhold and Custowtry- Tenure Bill was read a third
time and passed.
The CoH AN CEt. SugarLLsi Tt
Duties o thef
BEZI CHEQUER brought up
the
The other cjiders of the Day were then disposed of, anti
the House adjourned at a Quarter-past Twelve.

THE INDIA MAIL.

'e received by extraordinary express another por-
tion of our East Indian Mail, with BOmhay dates of
the 31st of May,; Alexandria, to the 21st ;• Constanti-
nople, to the 17th ; and Malta, to the 24th tt!t.,
from which we have made the following extracts. A. 4
only a portion of our papers have been received we
expect to receive a further supply by anaber ekpress

NEWS - FROM. CRIN
T mcnt in the city. Official . accounts may be expected in 1
k_ AA-• '• A few hours. The Calcutta Courier states that th
forcing the passage between the Bogue and Canton wa..
gallantly effected. The Chinese lost four hundred men.
The British had only six wounded.
We have been favoured with private letters from Bin-
kapore to the 10th ult., Macao to the 28th, and Canton
to the 26th March. From these we learn that Canton
was almost deserted. The Hong merchants remained on
the spot, but said that the people were afraid.to trade
whilst the men of war . remained in the river. The
Chinese at Canton now believe that no traffic of import-
ance can be carried on until the whole question is defi-
nitely settled.
No despatches had been received in Canton since
the Emperor's reply to the announcement of the cap-
ture of the Bogue forts. The imperial chop • breathed
nothing but vengeance and defiance to the English.
This induced the Commodore to start immediately
for Calcutta. Ile at. the same time ordered her
Majesty's troop-ship Jupiter to proceed to Cannamore for
the 94th Regiment. A report WPS prevalent among the
Chinese that the Emperor's nephew had arrived in Can-
ton and ordered all the chops about the opening of the
trade to be cancelled.
Three Englishmen, two of them officers of the. Ble-
nheim, were carried off from a passage boat near Macao on
the 26th March, and have not since been heard of. It. is
supposed they were captured by order of the mandarins.
The Commodore's principal objeet in coining to Canton
is said to be the expediting the despatch of reinforce-
mentos, his Excellency being of opinion that matters can-
not be satisfactorily arranged without another visit to the
Gulph of Petehell.

PROCLAMATIONS OF THE CHIEF SUPERIN-

TENDENT.
In the first proclamation dated 6th March, 1841, Cap.
Atilt Elliot says—

PEOPLE OF CANTON.

" Your city is spared, because the Gracious Sovereign
Of Great Britain has commanded the High English Offi-
cer to remember that the good and peaceful people must
be tenderly considered.
"But if the High Officers of the Celestial Court offer
the least obstruction to the British forces in their present
stations, theta it will become necessary to answer force by
force, and the city may suffer terrible injury."
In another, dated the 20th March, he says—
" A suspension of hostilities at Canton mid in'this pro-
vince has been this day agreed upon between the Impe-
rial Commissioner Yang and the undersigned.
" It has further been publicly proclaimed to the peoplel
under the seals of the Commissioner and the acting Go-
vernor of the province, that the trade of the port of Can-
ton is open, and that British and other foreign merchants
who may see fit to proceed there for the purpose of lawful
commerce shall be duly protected."
These are the most important facts in the proclamations
of Captain Elliot.
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