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LONDON,
_MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1811.

IBBLE NAVIGATION.
q' Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of an Order
of the Directors, the Proprietors of Shares in this Company are
required to PAY a CALL of 51. per Share on each of their re-
spective Shares in the Capital Stock of the said Company, on
or before the 4th day of November nest, at the Bank of Messrs.
Pedder, Fleetwood, and Pedder, in Preston ; and that from
and after that day, interest, at the rate of 5 per centum per
annum, ,riil lie charged upon all such sums as shall remain un-
paid, until payment thereof.
RICHARD PILKINGTON,
Secretary to the said Company.
Preston, Ribble Navigation Office, Bth Oat., 1841.

S PORTING IN TE LIGEN tB.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC jOtiItNA.LS.

NEWMARKET SE6OND 'OCTOEIM MEETING
thiTshmectiiitZiParliiiidoishacgaQeati:
PIRST DAY..
day:--
501. for 3 yrs old, 7st 71b; 4 yrs Bst 71b; 5 yrs, 6 yrs,
50L for 2 yrs old colts, gat 871
rnouetnleites• 'tils2fi-stdhacya:p_pointments for
t 121 b. A.F.
16, and fillies Sat
51b. T.Y.C.
Har..dicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs, each, for three yrs
and upwards. T.Y.C.
• Th.e Garden Stuks of 100 sovs. each. T.M.M.
De_ke of Rutland's Flambeau, 5 -yrs, 9st 71b—Lord
I:o..tter's Caution, 4 yrs, 7st 111b---Lord Albemarle's
Tixlph, 3 yrs, 7st 71h—Duke of Rutland's Sir Hans, n
yrs, Est 121b—aud Duke of Portland's c by Mundig out
of Thebes, 3 yrs, Gst.
Duke of Bedford's John o'Gatint, Bst 71b, agst Lord
Exeter's Abydos, 3st 41b, D.M., 200 h ft.
Mr. W. S. Stanley's Flambeau, Bat 121 b, agst Lord
Lichilelti's The Corsair, Bst, A.T., 200.
Col. P.sel's Camelion, Bst 51b, agst Lord Exetor's Ce-
sarewitch, 7st 91b, 200, h ft, D.M.
Du) A of Bedford's King of the Peak agst Mr. Good-
man's Rensnant, Bst 41b each, T.Y.C.
I. is thought that only Flambeau and Ralph will show
foz the Garden Stakes, and that the Corsair and Cesare-
witch will pay forfeit in their matches.
TUESDAY.
The Ccsarewitch Stakes of 25 sous. each, 15 ft, with 300
added by the Grand Duke Cesarewitch ; the second
to receive 50 out of the stakes, &c. About two miles
and a quarter.
Francis, G yrs, 9st 101b—Flarnbeau, 5 yrs, 9st 71b—
Orelia, 5 yrs, Bst 111b—Wardan, 4 yrs, Bst 91b—Cruis-
keen, aged, Bst 71b—Roscius, 5 yrs, Bst 71b—The Currier,
5 yrs, Bsl 716—St. Martin, 6 yrs, Bst 41b—Rory O'More,
5 yrs, Bst 41b —The Corsair, 5 yrs, Bst 31b—St. Lawrence,
4 yrs, Bst 31b—Retriever, 5 yrs, Bst 91h—Welfare, 4 yrs,
Bst —l)riz,flower, aged. 3st —Remnan f, 4 yrs, Bst Johnny
4 yrs, ist 121b—Pocahontas, 4 yrs, 7st 121b—Wee Willie,
6 yrs, 7st 12lb—Bob Peel, 4 yrs, 7,1 121b—Ernest the
First, 5 yrs, 7st llib—Bellissima,' 6 yrs, 7st 91b —The
Genius, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—Brondwath, ijrs, 7st 51b—c
Bentley, °Lauf Emma, 3 y rs, 7st—Mi*-'elllton,•3 yrs, 7st
—The Squ' yrs, ist-• -Zelmvra, 4 3*s, Gst 131b—Iliona,
4 yrs, Gst !lib—Bosphorus, 5 yrs, 6St 1 lib—l-am-not-
Aware, G yrs, Est I 11b—Diana, 4 yrs, Gat 11th—Oakley,
3 yrs, Gst 1 1111—Barbara, 3 yrs., 6st I Ilb—E, 0., 3 yrs,
fist 1011-, —.Y. Quo Minus, 3 yrs, Est 91b—I3nicelet, 3 yrs,
6st 91h—Belgrade, 3 yrs, Est 71b—The Ruler, 4 yrs,
Cat 'flb—The Duke of Wellington, 3 yrs, Get 71b—Stam-
boul, 4 yrs, Est 71b—Thirsk, 3 yrs, Cat 71b--The Young-
'nu 4 yrs, Est 71b—Taurida, 3 yrs, Gst 71b—Wirrestrew,
3 yrs, Est 51b—Ermengardis, 3 yrs, Est 41b—Silistria,
4 yrs, Est 41b—c by Mundig out of Thebes, 3 yrs, Gst
21b-lEllf-caste, 4 yrs, sst 131b—Huon, 3 yrs, sst 91b
—f by Emilius, out of Miss Mary Alin, 3 yrs, sst 91b.
Of the above all are at Newmark, except Roscids,
The Currier, St. Martin, St. Lawrence, Brizellower,
Wee Willie, Ernest the First, Belissima, Broadwath,
Iliona, Bracelet, Duke of Wellington, Half-caste, and
ltrardan. Boscius, Iliona, Half-caste, Wardan, and
Prizetlower, are co:ring. A field of at least twenty is
expected.

F1:331 THE motoetxa PAPERS OF THIS DAT.
CHRONICLE.—Some of our contemporaries are rail-
ing., apparently very meth at random, on the Chinese
subject ; one of them with a violence which naturaily
puts people on their guard, and those who are put on
their guard, will be disposed to ask—Do these writers
who have objected in turn to the coor:o Taken in every
vicissitude ,of Chinese affairs know what they would
themselves have done, or what is the aim, end, and pur-
pose that they would keep ia view!' According to them,
when Captain Elliot took possession of Hong Bong,
but without immediate payments of cash, it was not an
island that was wanting-' it was money-=it was in-
demnity, Now that he hag sent six.millitins of dollars
to Calcutta, he is no better than a robber and plun-
derer fur taking the money, and it is the city of Can-
ton that he ought to have taken. When there was
some doubt whether the trade of the season, would be
got through, the question was a purely commeMal
one, and nothing itt the World could compensate fur
the evils of delay ; anything ought to have been
hazarded rather than interrupt the trade, in comparison
with which (and this is perfectly true) the value of the
opium sinks into insignileance. But, when Captain
Elliot manned to tact hostilities suspended till all the
tea was sent home, he was a Wretched teaohonger, who
bartered the honour of his country. for mere trading
considerations. It is easy to assail an officer who is
serving his country, in most critical circumstances at the
other end of the world, and who, for his country's ser-
vice, may find it his duty to oppose the . interests of
many parties, both on the spot and in this country, and
whose transactions are communicated to tie by Indian
newspapers in the interest of his opponents.
Those who have read the despatches of Captain
Eliot, laid before Parliament in March, 1E440, cane
nut but know that if he has committed errors, they
can he no other errors than such as an able, pru-
dent, and resolute man is capable of. It is very
possible that Captain Elliot May have committed
errors, and since he was recalled ' by his Govern-
ment, that was clearly their opinion; but what tiids6
errors were, and 'What may be his vindientiOn. no one
can know who has not had access to his. despatches, and
the last of his despatches which has been -printed for
Parliament is that of the IGth of November, 1839. The
present complaint is, that he has not suffered Canton to
be taken by assault ; and we ask again, what are the
objects which his duty and the interests of this country
require him to keep in view? Military glory is an ex-
cellent thing, and very satisfactory to the people at first,
and until they are called upon to pay for it in taxes.
Promotion,. in the • army and navy are pleasant, and
prize-money is precious to those who get it, who are
generally the lawyers engaged in the litigations. But
these were not the immediate objects of the expedition
to China. Neither was slaughter the object; nor was it
intended to lay the foundations of an Anglo-Chinese
empire. And if these were not the objects, Captain
Elliot may have had very good reasons for not taking
, Canton by assault.
HERALD.---The quarter's revenue ending on Satur-
day 'evening, the tabular returns of which will be found
in another column of to day's rleraLi, shows a slight
improvement in the public receipts, the increase on the
three months being two hundred and forty-one thousand
seven Hundred and twenty-one pounds ; and that on the
preceding twelve months being two hundred and forty-
eight thousand one hundred and forty-eight pounds.
Although the increase in the Customs is but small, it is
satisfactory to remark that the augmentation in the im-
port duties has e been from sugar ; thus con-
firming the predications of the Conservative party
during the debates on • the budget propositions.
The principal increase on the quarter has however
been in the Excise, and on the cause of this increase we
• cannot congratulate the public, as in all probability it
has arisen out of the profusion, the treating and the im-
morality of the general election. If we be correct in
this supposition, this very augmentation may be taken
as affording some estimate of the injury done to public
morals by elections as at present conducted, and is a
strong practical. argument for the necessity of repressive
legislation on this important subject—to which indeed
Sir Robert Peel has pledged himself that his Go-
vernment shall turn their attention during the re-
cess. It will be remarked that the Post-office reve-
-1 nue continues to decrease, to the utter discomfiture
of the prophecies of Messrs. Warburton, Villiers,
Cobden, and • Rowland Hill, and the other great
political economists of the age. The decrease on the
year is two hundred and sixty-eight thousand pounds,
and on the quarter seven thousand pounds. The annual
decrease in this department shows the complete financial
error on which the absurd postage scheme was based.
The cacactlip scribendi, or epistolary mania, caused by
the cheap novelty being now almost over, we may anti-
cipate a gradual falling off in the Post-office receipts,
until their amount as a Treasury contribution is unwor-
thy of notice, and the conveyance of the mails becomes
a source of expense and not of revenue to the nation.
Two facts are now almost universally admitted, that the
reduction in the rate of postage was made to a ridicu-
lously low rate; and that Mr. Rowland Hill is at present
an extremely well-paid servant of the public, for having
seriously damaged the revenue.
TIMES.-- The military honour of Great Britain, not-
withstanding his sportive feats at Canton, has been
brought by him into such contempt, that in proportion as
Elliot has dallied with the Mandarins, the Emperor's
• manifestoes have risen in impudent bombast. Then, as
to the expense of this protracted buffoonery, we beg our
readers to recollect that, apart from the opium-coniisca-
tion, for which no adequate indemnity has yet been re-
ceived, this country has long been obliged to maintain in
China a costly armament, consisting of ton ships of war,
with propertionable complement of land forces.
Look, too, 'at the hopeless prospect of continued
bloodshed. All the human life heretofore expended
.
in the contest has gone for nothing. A renewal of
hostilities must ensue, and perhaps a deadlier slaughter
than any that has yet occurred. Whereas, by a vigorous
and unyielding prosecution of former successes, the
whole dispute might have been finally adjusted more
than a year ago. Our trade interests, too, have been in-
jured in an equal degree; nor, in consequence of Captain
Elliot's invincible folly, in having once more withdrawn
to Hong Kong without securing a satisfactory or ra-
tional compensation for the past, can we possibly fore-
see to what extent our interrupted commercial relations
may yet be destined to suffer. But Captain Elliot has
at length actually forced a compensation from the Chi-
nese. To an extent, let us ask, that will either cover
the opium confiscation, or re-imburse the British Go-
vernment for its enormous outlay in obtaining it ?—No
such thing ; he has contented himself with a mere frac-
tional composition. And upon whose authority has this
composition been actually allocated and applied ? By the
authority of her Majesty ? No, but at the sole pleasure
of her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, Captain Elliot. And to
whom has it been appropriated by that wise and potent
arbiter ? To the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the
purpose of helping to liquidate a portion of the nation's
expenses ? No, indeed ; bat out of the six millions of
dollars agreed for, five millions haVe been given to the
opium smugglers at Canton, and the residue is kept in
hand, to be used as Captain Elliot pleases.
POST.—The revenue of Excise has always been re-
garded by statesmen as the most certain index of the
general condition of the people. But we find from the
comparative receipts in this department during the years
ending respectively on the 10th of October, 1840 and
1811, that the people were in so much worse a condition,
wore so much more restricted in the consumption of the
various articles which contribute to the Excise revenue
during the year 1840, as to keep the receipts under that
head 872,000/. below the amount to which they have at-
tained during the present year. The questions must na-
turally occur, why did the Whigs withhold their finan-
cial and commercial experiments for the relief of dis-
tress during the year 1840, when distress was at its
height ?—why did they then propose no other measure
of relief than a direct increase of the rate of taxation ?
why did they defer the exhibition of their pretended
sympathy with the sufferings of the people until those
sufferings were evidently alleviated by circumstances
wholly independent of any measure of theirs ? These
'questions admit of but one answer. The position of the
Whig-Radical Government in Parliament and the coun-
try had made it n matter of party necessity with them
to attempt to create an agitation in 1841 which in 1840
they had thought it expedient to avoid. It is thus only
that their course can be rationally explained. Their
desperate projects of the present year, in relation to corn,
sugar, and timber, were adopted in the hope, not of re-
lieving the people, but of saving themselves.
ADVERTISER.-By the official returns of the
quarter's revenue this day before our readers, it appears
that there is an increase for the year, as compared with
the preceding, of 248,148/., of which 211,7211. is to the
credit of the last quarter. In the Excise there has been
an increase fur time year of 872,547/., of which
244,6171. is for the quarter; and in the Customs for
the year the decrease is 657,5221., though the quarter
shows an increase of 74,3401, which last item may
be attributed to the inundation of upwards of one
million• and a half quarters of corn, which took
place when the gambling . speculators of Mark-lane,
and not the fair average price of grain, .had reduced the
dnty.to its lowest level of one shilling. Since, therefore,
the increase of Customs is solely attributable to the
forced and fraudulent introduction of corn, it furnishos
in other respects no cause of congratulation to the com-
merce of the country. So much for the sliding scale !
The farmer is compelled at the very season when he must
sell his produce, to pay his rent and general expenditure,
to compete with the grower of foreign corn, or rather
with its BritiE h importer at a duty of one shilling—while,
for the rest of the year, the greater part of the home
growth corn being thus forced into the market at
nost unfavourable prices, the bread-eaters are in a great
measure left at the mercy of corn-jobbers, more reckless
and unprincipled in their speculations than the most des-
perate gamblers on the Stock Exchange ! Yet this is an
affair upon which the present Cabinet requires four
months for deliberation, before it can even hint an opi-
nion, much less arrive at a conclusion—and, accordingly,
legislators arc dismissed to shoot; while the jobbers
swindle, and the people starve. Such is the present as-
sped of our political and social system under the sliding
scale—that ingenious device of official knavery !

Tlie Clearweil Stakes of 30 sous. each, 20 ft, for two yrs

T. Y.C.

Lord Orford's .Aldegund, Newton's f by Jerry, out of
Franchion, Mr. Byng's Ca Ira, Mr. Morgans c by Agree-
able, d by Sam, Mr. Wreford's Wiseacre, Mr. Colman's
Guiselle, Lord Bruce's c by Glaucus,. out of Rosalie, Mr.
Payne's c by Sheet Anchor, out of Lady Fulford, Lord
Albemarlc's Robin, Lord Exeter's Albion, Patchwork,
Revulsion, and Reversion; Colonel Anson's The Puncher,
and Attila ; Mr. Connop's My Pet, and Marshal Noy ;
Colonel Peel's c by Camel, out of Jason's dam, brother
to Vulture, Rochester, and c by the Colonel, out of Hes-
ter; Captain Williamson's The • Ramble ; Duke of
Grafton's f by Jerry, out of Whizglg, and Era; Mr. Gre-
ville's Edgeworth Bess, Lord.Liehtield's c by Bay Mid-
dleton, out of Miniature, and t by Bay Middleton, out of
Sister to Portrait, Lord G. Bentinck's Misdeal and Pelo-
ponnesus.

- Wiseacre, Attila, Robin, one of Lord .Exeter's, Ga-
zelle, and perhaps another, are likely to run ; the Hes-
ter colt is doubtful.

Lord Kelburne's f by Jerry, dam by St. Patrick,
against Colonel Peel's Palmyra, Bst 71b each ; A. F. ;
200, h ft.

Mr. Greville's Per Jens, Bst 71b, against Lord Albe-
marle's Janus, Bst ; D.M.; 100, h ft; off by consent.
Captain Rous's Nicholas, Bst 71b, against Mr. Treen's
Benedetta, 7st 101 b ; first half of Ab. M. ; 50, h ft.
Mr. Coornbe's Rosalind, Bst 71b, against Mr. Shelley's
lola, Sst 41b ; D.M. 50, li ft.

WEDNESDAY.
The Oatland Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 10 ft if declared
by ten o'clock on Monday evening, for all ages (two
year..-old excepted) ;B. M.
Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added, for all
ages ; winner to be sold for 13C/, &c. ; T. Y. C.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each ; for two years old, 7st
31b; and three years, 9st ; fillies allowed 31b ; winner to
be sold for EitL, &c. ;
Mr. Payne's Welfare, 7st 131 b, receives from Lord
litlburne's Pathfinder, Bst 71b ; 100, h ft.
The Town Plate of 501., fur three years old, 7st 41b.
4 yrs, Bst 41b; 5 yrs, Bst 111 b ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st llb
winner to be sold far 2001., &c. ; T.D1.31•

THURSDAY.
Handicap Plate of 1002, for 3 yrs old and up-
wards ; A.F.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for 2 yrs old colts, Bst 71b,
and fillies Bst 51b ; winner to be sold for 1501., &c. T.Y.C.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for 2 yts old colts,
Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 51b; winner to be sold for 401., &c.
First half of Ab M.

Mr. S. Stanley's Flambeau, 9st 21b, agst Lord Exe-
ter's Cesarewitch, 7st 21b ; A.F. 200, h ft.
Duke of Bedford's John o'Gaunt, Bst 71b, agst Lord
Chesterfield's Knight of the Whistle, Bst 41b ; D. 11.,
500, h ft.

Colonel Peel's I-am-not-Aware, 6 yrs, ngst Mr. Booth's
Colchicum, 5 yrs ; weight for age ; T.M.M. ; 100.
The first of the three matches is not expected to
be run.

FRIDAY.
Handicap' Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, for 3 yrs old
and upwards. T.Y.C.

_ -
Handleap Sweepstakes of 15 says. each, 10 ft, for 2 and
3 yrs old. T.Y.C.

The Prendergast Stales of .50 sous. each, h ft, for
2 yrs old colts, 83t 71b; and fillies, Bst 5 lb. T.YC.
Lord Bruce's c by Glaucus, out of Rosalie ; Lord Al-
bemarle's c by Plenipotentiary, out of Ally ; Mr
Wreford's Wiseacre, Mr. Payne's Lady Fulford, Mr.
Byng's Ca Ira, Mr. Sadler's Passion, Duke of Grafton's
Canadian, Lord:G. Bentinck's Misdeal and Pelononnesus,
Colonel Peel's Brother to Vulture, and c out icif Jason's
dam ; Lord Exeter's Albion, Jest, and Revulsion ; Lard
Orford's c by Jerry, out of Petulance; and gr f by
Clearwall, out of Chapeau d'Espagne (wrong nomina-
tion) ; Mr. Green's c by Wiseacre, out of Zany's dam ;
and Mr. Wilson's Sister to Yorkshire Lad. A very
small field for this stake ; Passion is amiss.
Mr. Groville's Pakemon, 7st 71h, received forfeit from
Lord Kelburne's Pathfinder, Bst 71b. D.M. 100.
Duke of Bedford's King of the Peak, Bst 71b, agst Mr.
Payne's Welfare, 7st 10th. A.F. 200, h ft.
A great number of arrivals have taken place, and every
thing promises well for an excellent meeting. The
ground is in a bad state for running, a vast quantity of
rain having fallen since the last meeting.

YORK OCTOBER MEETING.-FRIDAY.
SATURDAY.

The All Aged Stakes of 5 sm. each and 20 added, for
2 yrs old, 6st 101 b ; 3 yrs, 3st 101 b ; 4 yrs, 9st 51b ;
5 yrs and upwards, 9st 121 b ; winners once this year,
31b3, twice 51bs. Mile and a quarter. (8 Subs.)
Mr. Gascoigne's Jack Sheppard, 3 yrs (Oates) 1
Lord Zetland's Tamburini, 5 yrs
Mr. King's Cattonian, 3 yrs 3
Mr. Plumncr's Alice Hawthorn, 3 yrs
Mr. Osbaldiston's fby the Saddler, Elberston's d, 2 yrs 5
Mr. Winn's The Dwarf, 4 yrs
Betting-6 to 4 agst Alice, 5 to 2 agst Elberston's
dam, 5 to 2 agst Cattonian, 5 to 1 agst Tamburini, and
5 to 1 agst Jack Sheppard. Won by a length.
Match, 50 ; half a mile. Mr. Lapish's b f Empress,
5 yrs (Mr. Johnson), beat Mr. Boynton's gr p
Creeping Jenny, 6 yrs. 6to 4 on Empress. Won by
ten lengths.
Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, with 20 added, for 3 yrs,
9st ; 4 yrs, lOst 41b ; 5 yrs, list ; 6 yrs and aged,
llst 71b ; winners,-&c. extra. Mile and a half heats..
Mr. Bell's Sister to Ferneley, 6 yrs (Lamplugh) 1 1
_ _

Mr. Simpson's ApTessor, 3 yrs 1, 0 ,
• r
Mr. Grevnwood's f by Muley Moloch, 3 yrs 3 dr
3tol on Sister to Ferneley. Won easy.
&c., mile and a quarter, was won, in two heats, by Col.
Thompson's Hamlet, beating Mr. Wilson's Showlad,
Hail Bank, Kingston Robin, -Aggressor, and two others.

A CHILD KILLED.--On Friday evening Mr.
Higgs held en inquest at the Three Elms, St. Anne's_
street, Dean-street, Westminster, on the body of
Sarah Simpkins, an infant, aged two months. It
appeared from the evidence that deceased's mother
was extremely addicted to intoxication, and that
during the whole of Monday last she was out
drinking. Oa coming home about eight at night, she
took the deceased away from a fellow-lodger, who had
had the care of the child, and went to bed with her,
being herself at the time in a state of extreme inebria-
tion. About an hour afterwards the child's father, who
had been out at work all day, came home, and 011 goin,
up to the bed, found his child lying dead by the sideltvingdeer evidently
ti);tubpeiefyn smothered by'
ing influence of
of
her
its
accidentallynloth er
whilel un
liquor. The Jury, after expressing their regret that the
evidence was not of such a nature as to render the case
cognisable by a Criminal Court, returned a verdict that
deceased "Died from having been smothered by being
overlain by her mother, when the latter was in a state of
intoxicatio::." _ .

WORCESTER, OCT. B.—At our market on
Saturday last, we had a little over 3,000 pockets of new
Hops offered for sale, of which 1,674- were sold, and 73
brown
old, with the addition of 542 new, and 72 weighed in the
of colour ; but the
week. The quality of the general run of samples was
001. s. t0P11.1413.; choice, 150 s. to
much inferior to those-offered the previous market, which
lots a
brrui sl
ruled dheemaavnydatfs°l.s.. hilvorps.cwt.pdeercelliNntc.,
)IttliN‘e,,rlsooorsts.
tfiornll,;oDs.rilynle4;olo3
1605.; 1839'5, from9os. to 1265.; 1837'5, from 60s. to 845.;
Bp 111)11
very few old Hops left.

A deputaticn from the Manchester Short Time Corn-
inittcc, consisting of Messrs. Doherty, Dawson, and
Turner, hid an interview with the Earl of Ripon on
Saturday at the office of the Board of Trade.