The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-09 00:00:00

PRICES OF CANAL,DOCK, ASSUR.
ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. So, &C.

LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 8.
Number Dividend

Price

of pet C A NALS. oer
Share'. Annum. Paid. Share.
1,7'9 7 per cent. Ashton & Oldham...Average97l:lBs.sh. 110
1, 482 41. Ashby.de-le-Zouch ..... A.nrage 1131.1 h, '72
1, 60 Basingstoke 1001.0. 5
1,01,5 51. Brecknock and Abet gavenn y- - 150/. sh. 93
F,OO-i I.lGth. 101, Birmingham, 1.16 th share ....Mi. & 711. 200
4,, 09 Ditto & Liverpool Juuct.l2.ol. sh .100 pi 25%
558 3/. Bridgewater and Tatinton.loo/. eh. all pi -
100 M. Chelmer and 131ackwater lOOl. sh . 101
500 32/. C..ventry 1001.8 h. 600
Croydon. ..... ...., A ye:Age 311.25.10 d. sh. -
2,0E0 51. Os Dudley .... 1001. sh. 96
600 13.. Derby - lool.sh . 120
20,000 4 per cent. Danune and Mayne 411.135. 4 ci.pd :12%
3,575 f 4' EllesrnJre and Chester Avenge 133;.sia. 81
231 621 Ercwasn '091.s h. 750
1,297 • 301. Forth hncl Clyde...Aver:4e .1,n01.165. an. 6`o
11,00 8/. Grand Junction 1011. a n 130
4F-41/1 255. Grand Union 1001.6h . 26
1,500 - ... Grand Surrey
1,0001 4E:percent . Ditto (optional) an 1001.
2 196
600 131.121. lid. GI amorganibire, Aver. cost 1721.133.1 d. 220
749 Hs. Gran ths•r.
.1,238 21.05. Hudde.sSeld Average i. //. 6s. fid. sh 27
100
25.323 11.10 s. Kennet end AvonA Av. 39/. [Sc. 10.1.5 h 24%
11,699 f 11. 7s. Lancaster Average 471.65. 8d 27%
2,8974 301. Leeds and Liverpool lOOl. sh 750
5151 111. Leicester 1401.11 146
1,897 51.05. Leicester & Northampton Aver 03/. i OE' '73
2.400 101 Monmouthshire lOO/.81. 200
150 101. Melton Mowbray , ....... • leei.ell . 200
500 25!. Mersey and [resell lOOl. sh . 550
3,0i10 21. 10s. Macclesfield • lOlll. sh. all pd 34%
217 171. Neath lool.lh. 325
2,400 51. Peak Forest Avei..ge about 70/. sh. 75
21,418 63. Regent's (or London) Av. 33/.165.8d. sh. 10
5,669 61. per rent. Rochdale ....... ..-.........Average 85/..h. 85
500 Eq. Shropshire 1251. sh. 137
900 10/. Os. Somerset Coal l5Ol. sh. 180
.3,130,,/, 41 percent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 121. 10s. sh. 114
• 700 3fl. Stafford and Worcester 140/.3h. 650
00 S 5/ Shrewsbury . 125/ sh. 280
300 9 Gtaurbridge................ , 145/.sh. 396
3,647 21. Os. Strat ford-on. Avot, A ver.....91. Os. .sd. sh. 35
533 1211 Sw.inica 1,101.5 h. 265
3,703 2/. 81. Severn ;:nd Wye and Railway Ar. 351. sh. 45
0 (10.10;, al. 10s. Trent and Mecseyjd share lOO/.3h. 590
8.149 ... ...... Thasnes an,l Medway Av. 191. 53. 8.1, eh. 2
1,0005h.1 ,m. Warwick and 13'rrningham 1001.3h - 242
1,10043 h. '-
PO 13: Warwick and liapeßn" 1001. sh. 170
7,000 41'
5,10(' 325. Worcester & Birmingham Av.7oLBs.sh. 55
Wilts ai.d Berks Avitt.re 67/. 103 Bd. sh. 27
COI 6,, Willey and :Arington 125/. sh 74
46 ..„... W:ineacn ,........ .......... -.?:.1. eh. 30
905 I. Wey and A .11,1 1101. in. 22%
[Kw KS.

1:f0115()it.ls Sp. C. Commere al 5OOl. sh. 6:”.2
East and West India
,;138,31011. 60s. p.ct. London Stock 671 i
Ditto Bonds
2,4209 31.65. sd. Bristol Average 14'1.95. sh. 75
68,324/. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lOB
352,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 94
500,090 4k per cent. Ditto Bonds
200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years
Deptford Pict 001. so. 20!. pd 10
BRIDGES,

,1106 los. Hammersm Ai 501. A. 21
1,231 Sot,thwark, Old Av. 031. 2.. Bd. sh. 2%
1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, of 7?., per cent . 50/. sh. 13
„ono
5,000 2.25. Od. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/ 601. psi 21
5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. 4Ol. pd 18%
:0,0001 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds
5,R41; 26s Vauxhall .......„Average 70!. 10s. U. sh 26
ASSURANCF COMPANIES.
'2,000 3/ lOs Albion 5OO/. sh. 504. pd 72
0,000 61 'nerd elesV'l Alliance British's Foreignloo/.sh. 111. pd 14%
•)0,000 0 per cent. Ditto, Marini. WO/. ski. Si. pd 5
4,000 il. per sh. Atlas 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 14,34
I,2ooish. 51. Birmingham l' ire.. 5O/. sh. 55/. pi 107%
20,000 4/. percent. British Fire 2501. sh. 50/. pd 40
12,000 61 per cent. British Commercial 5O/. sh. 51. pd 5%
5,000 51. per cent. Clerical & Medi ..411.if e,lCol.sh. 2110 s pd •i•M
4,000 3! Os County lOOl. sh. 10!. pd If
20,000 ds. Eagle
200 f 5 per cent.l Economic Lit,: 10001. sh. 2501. pd 406
(and 30i bs.)
2,271 22s.percent. European L' .0/. sh. all pd 22
50,000 2s, Ditto, New 20/. sh. 21. pd 1%
1.000,000/. 6/.per et Globe Stock 119
20,000 51' Guardian
30,000 a. fid. Hope
2,400 51.75. 6d. Imperial Fire 5OOl. sh. 501. pd 133
7,500 9s. Imperial Life lOO/. sh. 101. pd 10
13,459 5/. percent. Indemnity Marine lOOl. sh. St. pd 29
2,020 31 10s Kent Fire 5O/. sh. all pd 92
3/, Ditto Life 5O/. pd 66
10,000 16s, Law Life lOOl. sh. 10/. pd :30%
5,000 IN. London, Fire .5/. sh. 121. Ills. pd 1104
3,900 10s. London, Ship 25!. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 19%
1,000,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 1001. sh.
590,000/. - ..... .. .. 2/. ss. pd 2
30,000 5!. per cent. Palladium Lifc 5Ol. sh. 2!. pd 2/ es
50,000 41. per cent. Protector Fire .01. sh. 21. pd 18s (id
10,000 4 per cent. Protestant Dissenters .... 80. sh. 51. pd 5%
2,500 11. Provident Lire
210,000 7s. Rock Life 54 pd 4
89,220/ 51. per cont. Royal Exch.mge Stock 189
6,009 5 per cent. University Life 100/. sh. 5/. pi 51
50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100/. sh. 5/. pd 7U

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JOINT STOCK BANKS.
25,000 A gric, and Corn. of I reland 25/. sh. 10/. pd
5,000 8 per cent. Australvia 401. sh. 401. pd -
10,V06 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham 504 sh. 10/. pd 13%
10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5Ol. sh. 101. pd 20
31,000 6percent. London & Westminster 100!. sh. 201. pd 22%
60,000 51. London Joint Stock 50/. sh. 101. pd 12 lii
3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster lOOl. sh. 201. pd 30
25,000 Liverpool lOOl sh. 101. pd 20
50,000 7* per cent, Manchester and Liver.] 50/.sic. 15/. pd 10%
pool District
20,000 7 per cent. Manchester lOOl. sh. 25/. pd 43%
20,000 Provincial Bank of I reland lOW. sh. 25/. pa 424
:0,,103 6i er cent National Bank of Ireland 504 sh, 17i1. pd 15
10,000 5 per cent National Priv •,,elal Eng.loo/, sh. 35/. pd 31 y,2
10.006 Ditto New... lO. sh. 101. pd 10
Klooo Gloucestershire 'AN. sh. 10/. pd 32
6,000 caper cent. Hampshire 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 9
GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
2,500 16s Od Bath - 201. sh. 161. pd 22
5,000 ...... ... British 4Ol. sh. 16/. pd 184
25
ercent.
5 000 15:4 Bs. 66.1 201. sh. 19/. ppdDitto Provincial
928 5/ lOs Birmingham 50/. sh. 96
1,250 .21 Os Bristol 2o'. sb. 06
2,250 3/ 103 Brie, ton 2O/. sh. 13%
750 31 108 Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. Id!. pd 9
2,471 4i percent. Brighton tietietal 2O/. sh. all pd 9
4,000 71. Os. Continental Consolidated ....751, Nil. pd 110
1,000 101. City of London.. ....... ..... oot. sh. all pd 195
1,000 61. Ditto, New .............. 1001. all. 75/. pd 150
s,OOO 3/.os. Equitable 5Ol. pd 20
)9,000 2} per cent. Imperial 50/. sh. 57
800 5/. per cent. Isle of Mallet 251. sh. 201. pd 1,,,yy
2,350 II!. per cent. fndependeut V/. sh. all r, 49
3,000 4!. per cant. Phrenix 5O/. sh. 391. pd 34
1,000 I/. per cent. Ratcliff lild sh. 80/. pd 63
1,000 South ndropolitan .........50/. sh. 19/. pd 1:7
9,000 5/, per cent. United General ... . 50/ sh. 471. pd 30
240 51. per cent. Warwick 5O/. sh. 50
400 5/. per cent Wakefield
VIII 3!. Westminster Chartered .... 5O/. sh. 58%
,
6 000 12s, Ditto New gf 1. sh. 11)1. pd 11%
780 3 per cent. Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. 181. pd

WATER WORKS.
4,800 31s. Birmingham 251. sh. 25/. pd 21
1,434 71. Fast London 100/. sh. 16434
5 , 500 21 Iss. • Grand Junction Average 411. 13s. 4d. sh. 60%
1
• ,000 2/. Kent \ lOOl. sh. 413
372 10/. Liverpool !tootle 2201. sh. 3213
1,500 2 1101 Kew River London Bridge Water Ann... 60
;,4,4; 2/ ids Manchester and Salford 1001. sh. 5534
I,oon i per cont. South London lO9/. sh. 19.134
4,2111 4}l. West Middlesex Average 631. 12s. 9d. sh. 101
1,360 11 Its York Building f,o. Lessee Prop. 1001. sh. 35

IRON RAILWAYS.
6,300 Birmingham and Derby ..... lOl/ pd 69
9,5„0 Birmingham and Gloucester !CO/. pd 78
;5,i.0 0 Bristol and Exeter lOO/. sh. 60 pd 3i
7,500 Cheltenham &G. Western ICol.sh. 62,11. 41
Clarence,ooQ lOO/. eh. 1001 pd 30
8,000 Dublin and Drogheda 1001. sh. 5/. pd
-m.fint. Eastern Counties 251. sh. 23!. pd 914
10,000 Great North of England 11011. sh. 70i. pd 66
10,9:8 11 per cent. t, rand Junction lOOl. sh. all pd 200
2 ',ON. Great Western ISO/. sh. 651. pd 143,i
2 \OOO Ditto New .. V/. !..h. :W. pd 6344
3,000 per cent Gosport Junction.. 5Ol. sh. 40!. pd 413 t
9,0110 5 per cent. Hartlepool
100/. sti. lOW pd 1451 i
8,000 Hull and Selby 5Ol. sh. 504 pd 4i7%
2,100 41. per cent. Leeds and 5e1by....... lonsh. 655
5,100 !ti per cent. Liverpool & Manchester lot Lab. lOW. pd 185
7,0,18 if, per cent. Ditto Half Shares 5ll. pd 90
11,395 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares "5/. pd 45
46,000 ...... ... London and Brighton....,. 50/. sh. 50/ pd 45%
94,000
10,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich ...201. SU. 2(11. pd 1313
•25 000 8 per cent. London k, Birmingham 100/. sh. On/. pd 156
2'1,000 Ditto Quarter Shares ....25/. sh. 5/ pd 23
31,250 Dit 0 New Shares ........ .32/. sh. 321. pd 52
a(1,000 5 per cent. London and S. Western Av. 38/, 17s. 9d. 56
33,000
Ditto New Smp.... As.
13/ 15s 9d. 13N
I.H
13000 Manchester . .
15:600
North?,iidi.rid and Leeds...loo/. sh. 70/. pd 67,
13,000 Ditto I lalf Shares 501..'51. Pd 2EI
10000 ...... ~. Manchester and Birmingham lash. 40/. 20
,
......... Ditto Extension '7l. pd 2%
10 000 ......... Midland Counties ioo/. sh. 1011. pd 13 ),,,,
LW. sh. 100/ pd 77
Ditto New 4O/. pd 37)4
.........
Northe,n nd Ear' .100/. sh. 501. pd 31

5,108 ......... -.. am, _stern . an. aut. pa _
:,..601.1 Preston anti Wyre 5O/. sh. ON, pd 36
45,000 ,.. South Eastern and Dover 331. pd 18
1,000 101. per cent. Stockton and Darlington .........1001. sh. 275
0,000 Thames Haven 5O!. sh 51. pd
6.000 York and North Midland 50 . sh. 50/. pd 6054
MINES.
8,000 Albion Copper 51. s ti N/. p 4 12
4,000 11. ss. A iten l5/. sh 12!. It rpd 10
10,000 ........ Anglo Mexican.iss. 5/. pm.lool. sh. al lid 1%
Ditto Subscription
2,000 104 Bolanos l5Ol. sh all pi 35
0,000 11. 105 Brazillanlmp. iss. 51. pro 35/.5h. 201. pd 6
6,000 Macailbas dc Locaes United 25/ 5h.25/. pd 6
.1,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 204 sh. 141 pd 24
iCI,OOO Bolir,r Copper Company 20/. sh. 201. pd 1
10,000 ......... Ditto Scrip lO4 sh. 101. pd 2
20,000 British Iron lOO/. sh. 601. pd
Ali British Copper 51. sh. 941. pd 1%
C t.. 1 Branca 94 pd 7
Candonga .....
16.9h15..71 Cis 1.., ppp ddd 961 x
10,000 1 1 Copiapo , 2O/. sh. 131. NI 9%
8,500 ~. Columbian, iss. Ji. pm... 55/. sh. 55/. pd ON
'2,850 31. English
20,000 ......... General MininpgaAnyssociatiloonol2o.
s/h
10/. sh. 81. pd 4
Real del Monte, Unregistered l%
1,500 .........
Ditto Loan Notes, 150/. pd 160
United Mexican, iss. 2 pm. 40/. sh. all pd 2%
....... ..
DWI.. Scrip 3
Ditto New Scrip ' 6:l,llrti .................. Pitelxbiecraonu Company
51 psi 4
West Cork ..... ........ ...... 501. sh 501. pd 38
LITER A ItY 1 NSTITUTIONS.
000 London, with Bronze Ticket ...75gs. sh. 16
London University t
,500 lOO/. sh. all pd 8
700 ... Russell 25gs. sh.
King' College lOOl. 1934
MISCELLANEOUS.
155, Australian Agricultural.loo/. sh. 28/. pd
tit, NY:• P
LK,u,,,,lidso°nn'Csoßmay.SBatloce kßooms ....AY. '754 sh. 19
160,,ocYJC,c
81.: 'reit, cent.
ceHt. BritishcanadaAcTfrgany Lan d Cwouni.psahn.y332ll:
pd 31
31
)O,OOC 51. per cent. Bonds,pCatiVa Loan
City 4 per cent. ....... .......
1/. (is. 0 eneral Steam Navigation 151. sh. 19/. pd 25%
254
,000 In/. pd 12
,600 1041711:cent.
New Brunswick Land Compatry...sol. pd 12
;54 5/. per cent. Reversionary tnt. 50c...100/. sfi. 1001. pd 107
',133 51 per cent. Ditto New 1004 sh. 100/. pd 107
4.000 Caot.,.cheutt Company
Thames Tunnel 5O/. sh. all pd 10
0,00 6s. Van Die.ner.'s Land.... 1001. sh. 174/, pd 8

'lll,BllO

20,01)0

LIST of.SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES
MARCH 31, 1841.
BANKS.

o,li lonlo. 01, p. ct. Bank of ,cotland ...M. 6s. Bd. sh all pd 162
2:100,0M1, 6 p. ct. 11( yal of Scotland 100/.sh. all pd 151
500,0001. 8 p. ct. British Linen COMPany 100Lth. all pd 22,1
500,000/. 61 ?. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 100/. pd 169-
500,000 i. Jn. a. National IOC/. sh. 101. pd 145 i
500,000/. 71. p. ct. Glzsgow Union 2501. sh. 501. pd 83
1,11';Q000/. 6P. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 40!. pd 73
INSURANCE COMPANIES.I
.25t.,0005h. 6} p. ct. Scottish Union ...............201. sh. IL pd 252.01
7,500 7p. ct. Hercules 1001. sh. 10/. pd 14
400,0(0 sp. Cl. Insurance Co. of Scotland .10/.sh. all pd 141„
50,000 Bp. ct. North British 230/. sh. 101. pd 18,2
1,000 BP. ct. Caledonian Fire 100!. sh. 101; pd 20
5,1100 op. ct. Ed triburgh laire lOOl. sh. 101. pd 145
1041,000 3} p. tt. W est of Scotland .......... .......... 101. pd
MISCELLANEOUS.
4,818 ......... Ethyl. and Was. Un. Canalsol.sh. all pd 10
Ditto Allocatedi. . . .
• , ....... 961.-sh. all pd 47
5,40( 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Steck Water.osl. O. all pd 35
2.0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron. Younnere 50/ liti 481. rd 50
10.000 3 per cast. Edinburgh & Leith Glass.2o/.sh. 16/. pd 3%
4.500 10 uer cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas. ..... —25/.0. all pd 49
4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas .254 sh.
all pd all pd b 2
7311 71 por cont. Leith Coal Gas 2aah. Si
1110 ~...„ pijnburgb pod Dallioit h tisilwoY M. 54

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

?ROM TIIE DAILY FAPERS DP YESTERDAY.
(From the Morning Herald.)
Well ! The Ptiseyites, after a desperate struggle, have re-
ceived a check, and are brought to a stand. No. 90, as we
predicted, has become, " a pillar of salt," and has sealed the
fate of the " Tracts for the Times." But whoever thinks that
the Puseyites will give up their mad attempt to revolutionise
the Church of England will find him-elf wofully mis-
taken. The declaration of Dr. Hook is alone decisive
of this point. He says he will nail his colours to the
mast,
.and sink or swim in this sloop of war this
Poseyite catamaran. Convinced of this fact, we shall not
relax in our endeavours to expose the tricks and artifices
of this most dangerous anti-Protestant party whose
object it now is to represent themselves as persecuted on
account of their High-Church opinion, and thus, if possible, to
produce a fatal schism amongst the Bishops. " The mystery
of Puseyism" is so much akin to " The mystery of Jesuitism,"
that the wit and argument of " The Provincial Letters" may,
with verylittle variation,be equally applied to both. The doctrine
of open questions,' as explained by Mr. Newman in his defence
of No. 90, is, in fact, nothing but what Pascal terms that
viper of all morality—the doctrine of probable opinions.'
According to the aphorism of Emanuel Sa, the cele-
brated Jesuitical casuist, " a man may do what he con-
ce:ves lawful, according to probable opinions, though the con-
trary be more safe. For this the opinion of one grave doctor is
sufficient."—Pascal, Lett. 5. Now, this is exactly the line of
argument which Mr. Newman pursues in respect to what he
terms " open questions." Dr. Lloyd, the late Bishop of Ox-
ford, it seems, wrote a review in the E>ritish Critic, in 1825,
in ehich " he thinks the Roman Catholics are not what they
once were"—" that they themselves see, with sorrow, the dis-
graceful tenets and principles that were professed and carried
into practice by their forefathers." He then proceeds to say,
" that in the public formularies of their church there is no-
thing of idolatry," &c.'; and because Bishop Lloyd held these
strange opinions, Mr. Newman would have them placed in the
category of "open questions"—that is, opinions which the
members of the Church of England may, or may, not receive,
in spite of all the Articles and Homilies may say to the con-
trary.
(From the Globe.)

It will be perceived that within a month after the date
of the last intelligence from China, the " unsatis-
factory" tenor of which called forth animadversions
on the British Government and on those it had
commissioned to act in its name, with, or against,
the Chinese Government, the negotiations Were brought
to a close ; an island appropriited as the future resi-
dence ofthe British, and the scat of our commerce with
the empire ; an indemnity of six millions of dollars for
the losses sustained by British subjects by the confisca-
tion of their property by the Chinese authorities ; and,
what is of supreme importance to our future com-
merce with China, the absence of which was a con-
stantly recurring source of interruption and annoyance,
the commercial intercourse between the two countries
will be superintended by ministers responsible to their
respective governments, and officially recognised as their
representatives. To have effected this important arrange-
ment will prove an advantage to the commerce of
this country which may well compensate the amount
of loss sustained by the temporary cessation of our trade
with China by the now terminated dispute, or the ex-
pense of the expedition by the presence of which it has
been procured. The substitution of Hong Kong for Can-
ton, as the mart of commerce between the two countries,
will also greatly increase the facilities of trade, and re-
duce the expense at which it has been carried on. Of all
the other ports of the empire, Canton was the worst
adapted for the purposes of our trading intercourse with
the Chinese, for the simple reason, that the staple articles
of export, tea and silk, are brought from the northern pro-
vinces at a heavy expense, while the equally heavy charges
of conveying our woollens to the north, form an insuper-
able barrier to any great increase in their consumption. A
new and brighter era is about to commence in the history
of China.

(From the Standard.)
The Reform Bill has not put down election bribery,
that is certain ; would it were not certain, also, that the Re-
form Bill has greatly extended the practice of corruption.
Yet ten years ago we were told very confidently, that after
the passing of the Reform Bill elections could be no longer
venal. Pretty generally the same parties who amused
us with the delusive hope of the purifying influence
of reform, are now hawking their second nostrum " the
ballot," just as confidently as if the first quack article had'
not proved an utter failure. But the ballot, as every re-
flecting man knows, would only increase the facility for
purchasing votes, by shrouding the transactions in sg-
crecy. The truth is, that the rule of the Greek
proverb strictly applies here-4. You can never make
your house so fast that a cat or a corrupter shall
be unable to find admittance." If we would exclude
the practice of bribery, it is not by shutting doors, and at
the same time abutting our eyes upon the interloper
and his purse. Our only hope of success is in opertring 1
upon his fears and the fears of his hirelings. We
must watch them vigilantly, and, having detected
them, punish both without pity. If the pillory
were revived for their benefit, it would be a salutary display
to exhibit the bribing Peer, his bribing agent, and the
bribed electors, all in the same neck-yoke. The punishment
of this crime ought to be in policy an infamous punishment
—for pecuniary penalties, and even imprisonment, have
few terrors for very rich men ; and in justice the
punishment of an offence which involves fraud and
deprivation of morals, and subornation of perjury,
ought not to be less than infamous, while simple swind-
ling is punished with infamy. Let the people be taught
to associate political corruption with infamous crimes, and
it will become as unfroquent and as unpopular as crimes
doomed to an ignominious punishme at now are, instead of
being the subject sometimes of boasting and praise, rarely
of anything harsher than light raillery.
(From the Courier.)
The important intelligence from China will be perused
with the deepest interest and, would we could add, with
unmixed gratification. But, assuming the premises to
be correctly set forth in the statement transmitted by
the French Consul at Malta, and telegraphed from Mar-
seilles to Paris, we are painfully compelled to the con-
clusion, that in the negotiation of this treaty with China
Mr. Superintendent Elliot has fallen into the same in-
consistencies and inconsequences which have so justly
been urged against him during the whole course of his
official connection with Chinese affairs, which ought
long since to have insured his discharge from further
concern with them, and so would, in the case of any
other person less immediately mixed up by the acci-
dent of birth with that extraordinary family which,
despite the absence of all such qualifications of per
sonal merit, long service, or even of large baronial pos-
sessions and ancient standing, which each separately or
together constitute a general title to consideration, has
risen to so much distinction, and monopolised so many of
the first or most lucrative ot'Uces in the State in these
latter years. As it is the peculiar good fortune of Cap-
tain Elliot to be an offshoot of the Minto house, so,
under favour of the protection thus insured, he has been
left free to pursue the bent of his own wayward fancies,
safe to be absolved hereafter from all consequences as
so liberally before. With all this conscious se-
curity of impunity, it is difficult to conceive how the Super-
intendent could venture, with all the game in his own
hands, thanks to the energetic demonstrations of Commo-
dore Sir Gordon Bremer, to conclude any arrangement
upon the basis of an indemnity, which cuts down at one
' stroke of the pen the claims of British merchants by more
than one half of their usually accepted and stated amount.

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