The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-20 00:00:00

DISPUTE WITH CHINA.

A meeting of the East India and China Association
was held, on Thursday last, for the purpose of taking
into consideration the late prccecdings in China. The
result of the deliberations of the Association was the
adoption of a letter to Viscount Palmerston, in which
the members express their dissatisfaction at the recent
arrangements entered into by Captain Elliot with the
Chinese authorities. The letter was signed, on Satur-
day, by all the houses engaged in the trade with China,
and forwarded, in the evening, to London. We sub-
join a copy of the document :
" To the Right Ilon. Lord Viscount Palmerston, her
Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
" My Lord,—We, the undersigned merchants of Li-
verpool, engaged in the trade to India and China, ven•
tore to address your Lordship on the subject of the in-
telligence which has reached us by the last overland
mail, announcing that a preliminary treaty had been en-
tered into between her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and
the Chinese Commissioner ; and we do so under deep
feelings of disappointment and alarm.
" In the treaty to which we refer, as officially com-
municated to the British residents in China, on the 20th
of January last, we cannot recognise the fulfilment of
any one of the-great and important objects avowedly
sought to be obtained by her Majesty's Government in
the mission of the formidable armament which pro-
ceeded to the coast of China during the last year ; nor
can we trace in its provisions any thing calculated to
afford a prospect of redress for past loss and suffering,
or to allay distrust, and apprehension in entering upon
new dealings with the Chinese.
" We refrain from alluding to intelligence, however
worthy of credit, which has reached us from private
sources in China, and abstain from speculating upon the
nature of the details that are stated to remain to be
negotiated ; but we find, in the contents of the circular
itself, issued by her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, ample
reason for approaching your Lordship with urgent en-
treaties that her Majesty's Government will not ratify
a treaty the avowed and prominent conditions of which
arc calculated to degrade the British character in the
eyes of other nations, and which cont tins neither that
reparation for the past nor that security for the future
which the country was led to expect she had a right to
demand and was in a situation to enforce.

" We have the honour to remain, my Lord, your
most obedient servants, Kc._

" Liverpool, April 1(i, 1841."—Liverpool Albion.

ELECTIONS IN CANADA.
(Extract of a Letter.)
In Friday's Globe we gave a full account of the pro-
ceedings in Canada. We subjoin an extract from a
letter swe have received from a correspondent in
Montreal :
" Of the it members of the Assembly, 71 have been
already returned, of whom 5 at least arc Unionists.
In all Upper Canada there is not a single opponent to
the Union ; In Lower Canada, the opposition are prin-
cipally members of the French counties. Returns of
13 members arc still to come in, of whom six or seven
at least will be supporters of the Union ; in short,
there is no fear that Lord Sydenham will have an
efficient majority in the house.
" As I mentioned in my last, there have been some
disturbances at the Lower Canada elections, The acri-
mony produced by the long antagonism of the two races,
broke out when they met face to face at the poll ; and
in this county (Montreal) one or two Irishmen were,
on the first day of the election, killed by the French
Canadians. el he excitement in the town whoa this
became known was excessive, and the Irish and English
population went to the poll the next day, fully prepared
to resist the violence of the French Canadians. The
latter, however, took fright, and their member retired,
and thus all disturbance was prevented
" In the county of Terrebonne the French Canadians
came down to the poll in a body of about two thousand,
headed by their candidate, Lafontaine, and armed with
bayonets, dirks, and loaded sticks. 'They were, how-
ever, so much frightened at the sight of the English and
Irish voters, who, to the number of about six hundred,
were on the ground, that Lafontaine retired without
a struggle, stipulating only to be allowed to leave the
ground unmolested. Some of the knives and bludgeons
taken from the French at Terrebonne have been sent
to the Government, and they are said to be moat mur-
derous weapons.
" Every effort is of course made by the French party
to throw on their opponents and on the Government
the odium of the violence at the elections. Nothing can
possibly he more unjust, The feelings of both parties
are exasperated to the utmost degree. The French,
where they have been able, as in the county of Mon-
treal and in the counties of St. Maurice and Berthier,
have committed the grossest outrages ; but wherever
there was any considerable body of English or Irish,
their superior energy, strength, and courage, gave them
the advantage immediately a riot commenced. This
party being natural adherents of the British Government,
has given a sort of colour to the accusation that the
Government have interfered, which would otherwise
have been altogether absurd.
" In Upper Canada the elections generally have gone
on quietly. At Toronto there was no disturbance
during the election ; but when Dunn and Buchanan
(the Government eendid-ites) were being chaired, a
quarrel arose between those forming their procession
and the inhabitants of a how() called Allan's Tavern.
What was the origin of the quarrel is not very clear,
but stones were thrown at the house and the windows
broke!), on which shots were fired from the windows,
and one mean killed, and three or four more wounded.
The persons „he: were in the house have been arrested,
and tile ttiattc° is undelezoing judicial investigation. It
is the only case in which firti-arms have been resorted
to. In another county there has been a disturbance, in
which the p6l.A.Yooks and writ were destroyed, but no
lives, I believe, Icet.
" Hitherto the military have been kept almost en•
tirely out of the elections. They were called out in
St, Maurice and Berthier, in the former by the Go-
vernment candidate, in the latter by the Opposition
candidate. In no case, however, have they been re-
quired to fire. In Quebec the election is now pro-
ceeding with the greatest, industry on both sides ;
voters have been sent for from this piece, and are gone
down. That election, however, and all others, will be
over before the middle of next week. The latest
Upper Canada elections must have closed yesterday,
although the returns have not arrived here ; but in
Lower Canada there is no limit. to the duration of the
elections, the proceedings of which are governed by
the ell la.vc, aria cot 17 the Unien

which appears the likely
of any yet presented to the
COAL MONOPOLY.--i-e project is or, foot,
1 and at the same
public, to get rid of the eon, . is to the naviga-
time, to remove the existing impedimu:.
onopo
Thames
tion of the Pool—.we allude to the propose,.. •
Coal and Steam Dock and Railway CoMpany, *hien
only seems to be most useful, but also a practical Eltid pro.
fitahle undertaking, avoiding the errors of those who have
projected similar schemes at too great and too small dis-
tances from London. Up to Woolwich, from the sea, the
Thames is wide, and the navigation unimpeded ; hence, if
a Dock and Harbour be made opposite Woolwich, vessels
may enter and discharge immediately ; and then, as a very
cheap railway may be built from the Docks to London, a
vast saving of time, diminution of labour, preservation of
bulk, and economy of expense will be ensured.
A MISAPPREHENSION.—The Commerce con-
tains the following anecdote a proms of the fortifications of
Paris:—" At a soiree given at the Tuileries prior to the
passing of the Bill, relative to the fortifications of Paris,
an exalted personage, having perceived amongst his guests
a person of distinguished appearance wearing several
decorations, determined not to .lose so favourable an
opportunity for securing a vote for his favourite pro-
ject. The conversation was long, or rather the mo-
nologue, for the exalted personage alone spoke, and spoke elo-
quently, upon the advantages to be derived from the fortifi-
cations of Paris. The person so addressed took the opportu-
nity of apause in the conversation to express his regret that he
dill not belong to the Peerage, as in that ease he would have
voted for the project.
What., Sir,' was the reply, ' y arc
pot. a Peer of France ?' and the exalted persona
iipassed(u
but he took the precaution of informing himself, through the
aide-de-camp on duty, before he again entered into conversa-
tion,n in order that he might not uselessly expend his eloquence.
Commodore Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B , has
arrived in England trout ;Malta, and will reach his seat Ilittr-
ehistoun Hall, Horndean, on Monday or Tuesday next. 'F he
gallant officer will not return to the Mediterranean, but suc-
ceed Rear-Admiral Ross in the command the Pacific. On
the arrival of the Oriental, steamer (in which the Commodore
came home passenger) ;it Liverpool, he was invited to a Public
dinner, to be given in honour of his ex ploits on the coast of
Syria, which invitation he accepted, a aid the dinner, it is un-
derstood, takes place to-day. A simile r testimony to his gal-
lantry awaits him here; as we have been requested to state
that arrangements are making to invite: him to a public dinner
at Portsmouth, perfectly distinct from all political considera-
tions. —HampaMre Tetegraph.
LOG OF THE CALEDONI A..—The following
extracts from the log of the Royal mtLil steamer Caledonia, on
her outward passage to Halifax, will st tow the severity of the
storm on the 12th and 13th ult. rch 12, lat. 4'7. 10.,
hail
3a9t fresh gales and squally, with showers of
8, strong and show ers, wind veering and
hauling; at noon, strong breezes and heavy rain; up foreyard
and set the foresail ; wind hauling- to the southward. ;
hard gales avid heavy rain ; in fore arm]. aft sails ; the wind sud-
denly hauling round, and increasing •to a perfect hurricane ;
kept. the ship away before the wind; could not attempt to take
in their foresail. At 5 the foresheet broke, and the sail blew
to pieces ; rounded the ship to the 'vim' with tarpaulings in
the rrezen rigging. At 8, hard gale gs and heavy squalls, thun-
der,sq, I,IIS, with showers of hail ;
lightning, acid rain, with a t remcndous sea ; stove the
galeshi
starboard quarter boat, and carried. her away. Midnight, hard
gales and heavy squalls. March 1: 3, lat. 46. 30., long. 41.4.0.
—A.M., hard gales aiftlath.:attiaryd g
heavy sea running. r. • ales and heavy squalls,. with
P pitching heavy ;
snow showers; heavy he.ad.
carried away the jibboom
to 2earn, that the petition now
selll.l.idng.thtB;continuing, with
heavy snow squalls.
in course of signature in tlois city for a total and immediate
We are gratified
repeal of the Corn-laws, had, last night, 22,000 names attached
to it. When it is considered that that great number of signa-
tures had been obtained in ►)ne w eek, it must be evident that
the inhabitants of Edinburgh hays at last become keenly alive
to the enormous magnitude of the evil of taxed food.—. Edi-
nburgh Chronicle of Saturday,
The adoption of the Turt,`l police force in the
eastern division of the co' anty of Sn ssex has driven such a
host of thieves and vaga
,bonds into the western division of
the county, that in sel f.defence the magistrates will be
compelled ;to institute a rural police force, to rid them-
selves of the nuisance., c.. ,Herald*