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

No 15,208

SAINT IVIARYLEBONE, MAY 29, 1841.
TO BUILDERS, BRICKLAYERS, CARPEN-
TERS, SMITHS, PLUMBERS, AND PAINTERS AND
GLAZIERS, residing in the Parish.
Persons desirous of Contracting with the Vestry Men of the
Parish of St. Marylebone for Bricklayers, Carpenters, Smiths,
Plumbers, and Painters and Glaziers' Works, at stipulated
Prices, for One Year from Alidsummer-day next, for all such
Works as may be required to he done from time to time at the
Churches, Chapels, Court-house, &c. (the same to be done
under 'the direction of the Surveyor to the said Vestrymen),
are requested to send in their propo.als, sealed up, to the
Court-house, Marylebone-lane, on SATURDAY, the 19th day
of June next, before Eleven o'Clock in the forenoon.
Further particulars may be known, and forms of Tender
procured, from the Surveyor, Mr. Robert Scace, at the
Court-house, daily from Twelve till One o'Clock. No Ten-
der will be received except upon the printed form. The Vestry
do not pledge themselves to accept the lowest Tender.
By Order,
C. FLOOD, Vestry Clerk.

LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 18-11

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM TUE MORNING PAPERS OF TIT'S DAT.
CHRONICLE—The debate on the motion of want of confl-
deuce must have enlightened Sir R. Peel on several matters—above
all, on the truth of the good old maxim; that " honesty is the bast
policy." The palpable dishonesty of attempting to cheat two con-
flicting interests into a belief that he is faiourable to each, has
over-reached itself. The frionds of free fraile,say, why, if you are
not against us, oppose the measures of Ministers without offering
any of your own ? The friends of monopoly soy, why, if you are
really on our side, speak as if your only object was to keep a loop.
hole open for throwing us overboard ? The whole nation says
For very shame's sake, speak out like a man, and tell us what
you really mean ; and do not stand for ever trimming,
and ba'ancing, and equivocating bctwezii the fear of displeasing
monopoly, and the fear of losing Manchester. As Mr. Handley
well told him, the heaviest of the agriculturists of Lincoln is not
dull enough to be deceived by his clumsy device of a sliding scale,
by which he may at any moment, when it suits his interests, let
protection to the farmer slip through his fingers. If he means to
protect the farmer, why not say so ? If he means to sacrifice the
Brazils market to the interests of the West India planter, why not
say so ? If he means to put on a house.tax or an income tax, why
not say so? For one reason, and for one only—that he looks to
the petty temporary interests of party, and is guided by no more
exalted motive than the wish to catch as many votes as possible
at the next election.
TlMES.—Within the last month the Ministerial Journals have
been incessantly engaged in describing the abolition of the Corn.
laws as a great act of justice, more important than the Refcrem
Bill, and necessary to the completion of that measure. The; have
stigmatised the system which Lord Worsley and Air. Handley
are pledged to uphold, as an "accursed," " inhuman" " monopoly."
and those who hold Lord Worsley's and Mr. Handley's opinions,
as " hardhearted monopolists" who "condemn the starving work-
man to hunger," " a comparatively small class, who derive all their
importance front that manufacturing industry which they have long
laboured to ',paralyse," " foes of justice," men who are " in the
same position as if they stole a slice from their neighbour's
loaf," and who, in praying for their daily bread, " cannot
repeat the Saviour's words without hypocrisy" (a thought of
which the original invention is due to Lord Morpeth), supporters
of a " worse and more monstrous': evil than slavery"—" uli.
garchists"—" parties whose object it is to plunder the people of
England"—" enemies of the working population." All this, and
much more, has been said of them by the mosti nfluential organs
of the Government which they support : and Lord J. Russell
himself, the leader of that Government, has even accused them
of "intercepting the beneficent designs of Providence." Never-
theless, such is the incomparable gentleness of their disposition,
that even this language excites no irritation in their minds, but
they continue to honour with their confidence, and assist to main-
tain in power, those who regard them, and speak of them, as little
better than demons in human form.
MORNING ADVERTISER.—We do not trouble ourselves to
speculate on the issue of this debate. Whether it be for or against
the Government, another contest, more decisive, remains behind ; a
contest in which the whole nation wiil be engaged, for the mainte-
nance of public interest, Well might Sir Robert Peel apprehend
agitation, with the avowal, on the part of the Government, that
the safety of the State requires the abolition of monopoly ; for this
orderly people, who are even servile in their attachment to their in.
stitutions, good or bad, when the Government defends them, are as
ready to reform and correct when it denounces them. There is,
too, in cheap bread, a solid and immediate advantage worth con-
tending for; an advantage too that will be confessed by all the
people, in spite of the attempt to persuade them that dear bread is
an excellent thing, and cheap bread an evil of the deepest dye. The
people are well aware that whether bread be dear or cheap it is of
no use to them unless they have the means to pay for it ; but they
readily recognise that if we make goods for the foreigner, to ex-
change for his bread, the additional trade thus created will occa-
sion a greater demand for labour, and give them the necessary
means of profiting by the greater abundance.
MORNING POST.—Reluctant as we certainly are to come to
any such conclusion, we yet cannot avoid the conclusion, that Mr
Handley's peculiar manner of addressing the House on Wednes-
day night—partly frolicsome and partly blustering—was assumed,
for the purpose of divesting attention from the treachery of whi. h
lie was conscious. He must have been aware that he was betray-
ing those interests to which he'has bet n hitherto supposed to have
a strong attachment. Except as a supporter of the agricultural
interest, Mr. Handley is in public life a mere nothing, Because he
was understood to be sincere in this support, the uncouth and noisy
habits of his advocacy were pardoned. It was considered that he
could not help being disagreeable, and that even his violence might
stand excused, as being an excess on the right side. Much as
men are said, to lack self.knowledge, there are none but mere fops
(to which fraternity Mr. Handley does not belong) who are without
tolerably just notions upon the real nature of their position in so.
ciety, whether political or social, and the real grounds upon which
they are received or tolerated. We are, therefore, of opinion that
Mr. Handley was pretty well aware of all we have just been saying
about him.
HERALD.—The present Administration in its gasping state,
proffers to every interest the destruction of that which justly, or
unjustly, may be suspected of interfering with its prosperity, and
by this sacrifice of each for all, hopes to clutch all into its grasp.
As to any general or statesmanlike views—any views, in short,
beyond those of retaining power—no, not power, for power• is gone,
has long departed from the house of Melbourne—but the pay, and
patronage, which accompanies even the show, and shadow of power.
There are few so ridiculous as to imagine that they will find them
in the Whig Cabinet—none so inane as to suspect that they will
be found in the speeches of the Whig debaters.

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ing up. The PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS, MICRO-
SCOPE, COSMORAMIC VIEWS, numerous Novelties in
Working Models, and other Works which display eminent art,
science, and ingenuity. The Diver and Diving Bell, Popular
Lectures, and Experiments.
Opens at Half-past Ten o'clock, Admission, One Shilling.

AINT MARYLEBONE, MAY 29, 1841.
1.0 CONTRACT for FLINTS and GRAVEL, HOGG-
ING, and ONE-HORSE CARTS.
The Vestrymen of the Parish of Saint ll'arylebone, in the
County of ;Middlesex, hereby give notice that they will meet
in the Board Room of the Court House of the said Parish, on
SATURDAY, the 19th day of June next, at Eleven o'Clock in
the Forenoon to receive Tenders from persons willing to Con-
tract for the Supply of Flints, Gravel, Hogging, and one-Horse
Carts per day for one year from the first day of July next.
Further particulars may be known and forms of 'render
procured from the Surveyor, Mr. Robert Scace, at the Court
House from Twelve to One o'Clock daily.
All 'renders to be upon the printed forms, and to be deli-
vered sealed up before Eleven o'Clock on the said 19th day of
June, and Samplos of the Materials will be required with the
Tenders. The Contractor to pay the expense of the Bonds
and Contracts (Stamps and Engrossing only). The Vestry
do not pledge themselves to accept the lowest Tender.
By Order,

,rHE THAMES TUNNEL is Open to the
Public every day (except Sunday) from Nine in the
Morning until dark.
The Entrance is on the Surrey side of the river, dose to
Rotherhithe Church.

The Tunnel and Shield are lighted with gas, and Visitors
can walk under the entire breadth of the River, up to the
Shield, which is now advanced as far as the Company's Wharf
at Wapping.—Admittance One Shilling each.
J. CH RLIER, Clrk to the Company.
Company's Office, Walbrook Buildings,
Walbrook, May, 1841.

C. FLOOD, Vestry Clerk.

AW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
Fleet-street, next St. Dunstan's Church, May 10,1841.
Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL
MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of this Society will be
held at their Office, Fleet-street, on SATURDAY, the sth
day of June next, at Twelve o'Clock at noon precisely, for the
purpose of declaring a DIVISION of the SURPLUS of the
Assurance Fund of the Society; and notice is hereby further
given that a Second Special General Meeting will be held at
the like hour and place, on the following Saturday, the 12th
day of June, for the purpose of confirming the Resolution
which shall have been agreed to at such first Meeting, in pur-
suance of the provisions contained in the Deed of Settlement ;
and notice is hereby further given, that any person who shall
have been assured by the Society for two whole years, may, on
the production of his policy, and of the last receipt for the
premium thereon, be present at such meetings.
The Chair will be taken at Twelve o'Clock precisely, at
each of the said meetings.
By order of the Directors,
GEO. KIRKPATRICK, Actuary.

TAW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE,
. Fleet-street, next St. Dunstan's Church, June 3, 1841.
Notice is hereby given, That a GENERAL MEETING
of the PROPRIETORS will be held at the Society's Office,
in Fleet-street, on THURSDAY, the 24th day of June inst., at
Half-past Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, pursuant to the
provisions of the Deed of Settlement, for the purpose of
ELECTING SIX DIRECTORS and TWO AUDITORS,
in lieu of those who will go out of office by rotation, and for
General Purposes. One of the Auditors will be chosen by the
Proprietors, and the other by the Assured of two years stand-
ing, in the sum of 1,0001. and upwards for the whole term of
life. By order of the Directors,
GEORGE KIRKPATRICK, Actuary.
N.B.—Business will commence at Twelve o'Clock precisely.
The Dividends for the year 1840 have been in course of pay-
ment since April last.

THE COMMERCIAL MARINE
ASSURANCE COMPANY, Cornhill and St.
Michael's-alley, London.
Capital, 100,0001., in 5,000 Shares, of 201. each.

DIRECTORS.

Morton Balmanno, Esq. James Tomlin, Esq.
John Garnet, Esq. Joseph Underwood, Evi.
Wm. Simpson Potter, Esq. John Yates, Esq.
William Thornborrow, Esq.
With power to add to their number.
TR USTEES.
Patrick Kennedy, Esq.
I Joseph Underwood, Esq.
BANKERS.
The Commercial Bank of London.

John Taylor, Esq.
John Garnet, Esq.

Messrs. Ladbrokes, Kingscote, and Company.
The Directors, desirous of giving entire protection to parties
effecting Insurances with this Company, offer the following ad-
vantages upon all Vessels not being Steam Vessels.
Ist. Upon taking the Insurance, to admit the Seaworthiness
of the Hull of the Ship.
_

2d. To indemnify the Owner to the extent of Fifty per
Cent. in the event of his Vessel doing Damage.
3d. The risk upon the Ship to continue until the Cargo is
discharged, provided such time does not exceed Ten Days from
the Date of the Vessel being reported at the Custom House.
4th. Upon all Time Policies cancelled, the Assured not to
be charged with Premium for the month last commenced, un-
less the period exceeds ten days.

In order to remove the endless difficulties that have so long
existed as to the constitution of a Strand, a clause is introduced
into the Policies of this Company, setting at rest all doubts on
this most important point.
The Directors have power to advance cash on the Mortgage
of Ships, &c.
All Losses will be paid in Cash, within ten days after ad-
justment.

Any disputed Claims may be decided by Arbitration.
It ls agreed that all Slaps Insured by this Company, ren-
dering aid to any Vessels in distress, that such shall in no
instance be considered a deviation.

The terms for doing business with the Company (subject to
such alterations and amendments as the Directors may from
time to time think fit) will be as follow, viz. :
Upon effecting Insurances, all parties to be allowed 5 per
Cent. Brokerage, and 12 per Cent. Discount for Cash.
Current Credit Accounts may be opened with this Com-
pany ; the same to close on the 3lst December in each year,
and the Balance be paid on or before the sth February follow-
ing, then 121. per Cent. Discount will be allowed on the
Balance, such Discount to be forfeited if the Account be not
then paid.
WILLIAM TIIORNBORROW, Managing Director.
London, 1841.

ESTABLISHED 1821.
riIHE LONDON MARBLE and STONE
WORKING COMPANY, are enabled with their
PAT ENT MACHINERY, to execute Chimney Pieces, Mo-
numents, Tablets, Slabs for Furniture, and every description of
such Work, with an accuracy, rapidity of execution, beauty
and durability of Polish, and reduction of cost, which cannot be
obtained elsewhere.

The Public are invited to inspect their extensive SHOW-
ROOMS. containing the largest stock in this country.
The Trade supplied with every description of Rough Slab,
Blocks, or Scantlings; or Blocks sent to the Works cut to order.
Esher-street, Holywell-street, 'Milbank, Westminster.
Please to be accurate in copying the Address, to prevent im-
position, the Company having no connexion with any other
Establishment but that in Esher-street.

TO THE ADMIRERS OF ART IN CONNECTION
WITH BIBLICAL LITERATURE.
BOWYER'S BIBLE, in 45 Folio Volumes,
(with upwards of 6,000 Illustrations—the Works in
Etchings and Engravings of the Greatest Masters, ancient and
modern—including 113 Original Drawing 3 by De Louther-
bourg), is about to be DISPOSED OF upon the Plan adopted
by the " Art Union " in the disposal of their prizes. The
Tickets are limited to 350, and they cost Ten Guineas each.
The moment the Subscriber's Nsme is enrolled in the list, he
is entitled to select from the splendid Collection of Historical
Engravings, published by Mr. Bowyer and Mrs. Parkes, Prints
worth the entire sum expended on his Ticket.
The chance for the Illustrated Bible is therefore gratuitous ;
hut the liberality of (the scheme extends still further ; for, as
the Bible falls to the last drawn name, so the first drawn will
receive a Picture (painted by W. Hilton, Esq., the late cele-
brated Keeper of the Royal Academy), representing the
" TRIUMPHAL ENTRY OF THE DUKE OF WEL.
LINGTON INTO MADRID."
For Ten Guineas, then, the Subscriber, immediately on the
purchase of his Ticket, selects Ten Guineas' worth of superb
Engravings, and that Ticket gives him one chance for Hilton's
Picture, worth 500 Guineas, or for the Unique Illustrated
Bible, valued at THREE THOUSAND GUINEAS !
Amongst the large and valuable Stock of celebrated En-
gravings from which selections may be made are, " Laudseer's
Pillage and Destruction of Basing House ;" Hayter's " Inte-
rior of the House of Lords," and his " Trial of Lord William
Russell ;" Davis's " Magna Charta ;" Leslie's " Lady Jane
Grey Refusing the Crown," &c.
The following distinguished individuals amongst the Sub-
scribers have kindly consented to form a Committee to act as
a Board of Trustees for the Public upon the occasion of Draw-
ing the Prizes :
The Bight Hon. Lord George
Paulet, &c.
Rev. H. J. Knapp, D.D., Sub-
Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral
and Priest in Ordinary to herl
Majesty,
William Upcott, Esq.
Robert Smirke, Esq., R.A.
Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq.,
F. R. S. and F. S. A., &c.
John Young, Esq.
Further particulars may be ha
22, Golden-square, of whom
view the Prizes and Specimens

The Rev. Richard Cattermole,
8.D., Secretary of the
Royal Society of Literature.
John Landseer, Esq., F. S. A.
and A. R. A.
George Godwin, Esq., F.R.S.
and F. S. A.
C. Landseer, Esq., A.R.A.
Lewis Pocock, Esq., F. S A.
Charles Robert Elliston, Esq.,
Secretary.
td on application to Mrs. Parkes,
may be obtained permission to
of the Engravings.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY,
FOR GRANTING
LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c.
No. 26, CORNHILL.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parlament.
EIRECTORS.
T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman.
J. Elliotson, M.D., F. R. S. John Rawson, Esq.
John Griffith Frith, Esq. Jehn Riddell Stodarl, Esq.
Hunter Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq.
George Lungley, Etq. Joseph Thompson, Esq.

AUDITORS.

Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. I Professor Graves, A.lll. F.R.S.
ACTITARY—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewens, and Omman-
ney, 6, Basinghall-street.
LIFE ASSURANCE.

Besides the perfect security to the policy holder of a large
paid up capital, and accumulating funds, the following is one
amongst many of the advantages which belong exclusively to
the princinles of Life Assurance and Deferred Annuities ori-
ginated by rh. Society, viz.—Power to borrow (without de-
lay, expense, or forfeiture) Two-thirds of all premiums paid
upon a Policy of Assurance.

The annexed is a short Table, showing the Annual Premium
for assuring £lOO on the Whole Life, or for a Term :

PUBLICATIONS.

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THE FIRST ADDITIONAL SUPPLE.
MENT TO LOUDON'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
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the first publication of the work in 1529, and January, 1840.
With a New General Index to the whole work.
Edited by J. C. LOUDON ; prepared by W. H. BAXTER,
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IRELAND: SOCIAL, POLITICAL, and
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By GUSTAVE DE BEAUMONT.

Edited by W. C. TAYLOR, LL.D , of Trinity College, Dublin.
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MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS PAY 7 "*".•
TlMES.—Since the announcement that hostilities had recom.
menced with the Chinese the tea trade has been in an active state,
especially among the speculators, wha operate upon the chances of
the market for a rise or fall, in the same manner as " time bar-
' gains" arc carried on in the Funds. The advance gained in the
first instance was about lid. per lb., which brought the price of
Company's Congous (the speculative article) to ls. 11d. To-day,
when the details of the accounts by the overland mail were pub.
lished, they had a still greater effect upon the market, for although
previously the speculators were inclined to place every reliance in
the facts stated, they being so circumstantial, and in accordance
with the view of the case generally entertained, still the very marked
contempt with which the Emperor of China has treated the Bri.
tish Plenipotentiaries leads to the belief among some persons
that there will be a protracted conflict before the dispute
can in any way be arranged. While this is the case on the one
' hand, there are others who have of late watched the movements of
the snarket, and who still persist that the speculation is premature.
They notice the fact of the trade of Canton being still open at the
date of these advices, which was to continue till the Emperor's fur-
ther opinion was known, and they likewise contend that whatever
difficulties may present themselves with regard to a final settlement
of our rights with the Cninese Government, the export of teas will
be sufficient to meet the wants of consumption, notwithstanding
any edict or prohibition that may be issued to the contrary. In
fact, this party believe that if we do not get teas on British we shall
on foreign bottoms, or through other sources equally available to
those engaged in their export. A conclusion of this hind doubt-
less led to a great reaction in the market, which took place in the
course of the day, for whereas, on the first publication of our se-
cond edition, Company's teas rose to 2s. 3d. per lb., they declined
on chaste to 2s. per lb. for cash.
HERALD.---The following notice was posted up in the Bank
to-day : " Bank of England, 3d June, 1841.
" At a Court of Directors held this day,
Resolved,—That until further notice the Bank of England
will discount bills of exchange and notes not having more than 95
days to run."
Although in respect of the rates of interest or discount no varia.
lion is observable in the terms of this notice as compared with the
last which appeared for the regulation of this portion of banking
business, yet an important alteration will be remarked in the ex.
tension of the dates at which bills will be admitted to discount ; as
by the former regulation discounts were limited to bills not
having more than sixty-five days to run, whereas by the
present notice a supplementary month has been conceded.
There are two reasons why this measure of the Di-
rectors will be regarded with satisfaction ; in the first
place as, pro tanto, evidence of the improved and improving posi-
tion of the Bank; and, in the second, as a very material accom.
modation to the trailing interests of the country, at a I'mb:A of
severe pressure otherwise, arising from the depressed condition of
the manufacturing trade which has naturally led or competed the
banking interests of the districts more specially affected to restrict
the range of their operations and issues. This seasonable accom.
modation, moreover, is afforded in a shape much more available and
advantageous for the trading community at large than what a re-
duction in the rates of discount would have amounted to ; for
such reduction would solely have benefited the larger capitalists who
already overlay, drain, and oppress too greatly the more humbly pro-
ductive of the industrious traders; whereas the concession of an addi-
tional month's credit for discounts is equal, with all prudent and cal-
culating individuals of the class, to a pro rata increase of means
or capital, for holding superabundant stock where sales cannot con-
veniently be pressed, or for creating it under more favourable cir-
cumstances. It may be hoped that the effect of this extension of
discount limits by the Bank will gradually be to communicate a
greater degree of confidence generally throughout the districts and
trades now most labouring under depression, and a confidence
which may be accepted as the harbinger of better times. As
evidence of the increased and increasing strength and resources
of the Bank itself' this notice is really more remark.
able if not more satisfactory still, always assuming,
what indeed may be taken for granted from the long
continued wariness of the Bank management, that the
directors are fully satisfied as minutely conversant with
their own position. . For it must not be forgotten that the
Money Market is threatened at this particular conjuncture with
invasion of loans from various quarters, and above all with the giant
loan of some eighteen or nineteen millions sterling from France,
It is proLab!e that, on this head, the Directors are ii. possession of
information, or have received explanations, of the intentions of the '
French Minister of Finance, not accessible to the public, which have
served to calm any particular disquiet for the future or alarm for
the present on that head. The effect of the Bank notice, and of
the considerations adverted to, was, as might be expected, of a
favourable nature on the funds. Consols improved to 90 for money
and 901 for time.
SUN.—The account by the Fortitude respecting the "large
arilstea ma
reprr,
0"a
cwhich, y likenon
et,li the
has
phantom-ship oof
a goldo, isod
seen by all
deal
of ex-
citement again, and the arrival of tke Britannia, now over-
due and hourly expected, is looked for with increased interest.
It is curious that Captain-Arbuthnot should declare his perfect
acquaintance with the appearance of the President, and his
impression that she was the steamer he saw in his voyage home
from Buenos Ayres.
Another change seemed to be coming on in the Money
Market to-day, similar to those we have been subject to, with-
out any one being able to assign a positive cause for them,
during the last six or eight weeks. Discounts which hadbeen
easier since Thursday, when the notice was issued at the
Bank of England, were to-day tighter again, and Stocks and
Shares have felt the influence of this increased scarcity. The
following notice, however, which appeared at the Bank of Eng-
land this afternoon, may relieve the Money Market again.
Consols for Money were at 90 to 894, and for the Account
at 901,4 to 901 buyers. The news from China and India had
also a slight effect upon the market, in addition to the suspense
prevalent on account of the debate this evening in the House
of Commons. The Unfunded Debt was affected by another
cause, viz. the rather increased scarcity of money. The pre-
mium was los. to 7s. India Bonds dropped to Is. and 3s. pre-
minim,
Bank
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IMPORTANT
NEWS FROM CHINA

FROM AN EXTRAORDINARY
GAZETTE.
(PUBLISHED LAST NIGHT.)

INDIA BOARD, JUNE 3.
A despatch has been this day received at the Ea,t India House,
from the Governor in Council at Bombay, dated May 1, 1841, of
which the following is an extract :

The accompanying Cakuttrz---&ernrizent Gazette Extraordinary,
dated the 20th ultimo, has Peached this Government, conta,ning
a notification issued under the orders of the Governor-G,neral of
India in Council, publishing for general information the details of
brilliant successes which have been recently achieved in China,
ending in the entire destruction of the defences of Canton, and in
the placing of that city at the mercy of her Britannic Majesty's
forces,

Secret Department, April 20, 1541.
NOTIFICATION.
The night Honourable the Governor_Gemeral In Council has
great satisfaction in publishing, for general information, the fol.
kming details of brilliant successes which hare been recently
achieved in China, ending in the entire destruction of the defences
of Canton, and in the placing of that city at the mercy of her Ma.
jesty's forces.

His Lordship In Council has directed a Royal salute to be fired
in honour of this occasion.

T. H. MADDOCK, Sec. to Gov,

Wellesley, off North Wangtong, March 10, 1841.
TO THE RIGHT LION. GEORGE EARL OF ♦UCKLAND, G.C.8., &C. &C.

GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA,
his Lose,—lt is with feelings of gratification I have the honour
to announce to you that the forts of the Bocca Tigris, together
. with every other of the Chinese defences with which we are ac-
quainted, have fallen to her Majesty's arms; the British flag flying
on the fortress of' Wangtong, in which is a garrison, and all the
other batteries have been blown up and utterly destroyed; and as I
am aware of the intense interest which is felt by your Lordship, I
avail myself of the earliest opportunity of forwarding to you a de-
tail of the events which have led to this result.
On the 20th of January the preliminaries of a treaty of peace
were agreed upon by her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, under the seal
of the Chinese Commissioner, one of the conditions of which was
the cession of the island of Hong Kong to her Majesty, and
the restoration of Chuenpee and Tycocktow to the Chinese,
together with the evacuation of Chusan at the earliest
possible period. His Excellency in consequence requested me to
move the force from the immediate neighbourhood of the Bocca
Tigris, and, having made the necessary arrangement with the
Chinese Admiral Commanding in Chief, the forts were delivered to
his officers, under the usual salutes, on the 21st, and the fleet pro-
ceeded to the anchorage off the west end of Lantao Island.
Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and the Imperial Commissioner
having arranged to have a formal meeting at the Second Bar in
the river, on the 26th, I detached the Calliope and Lame, and
Madagascar and Nemesis steamers, to the Bocca Tigris, under the
immediate command of Captain Herbert, of the Calliope, a guard
of honour, composed of one hundred picked men of the Royal
Marines, under the command of Captain Ellis, R.N., of the Wel_
lesley, and the band of that ship were embarked. Captains the
Honourable R. S. Dundas and Maitland, of the Melville and Welles-
ley, together with as many of the officers of the fleet as could be
spared, accompanied his Excellency; the party was received with
every possible mark of distinction and respect, the troops were
drawn up on the ramparts of the forts, and salutes fired from all ;
a sumptuous entertainment had been prepared, to which the officers
were invited, after having been presented to the High Commis-
sioner, and the negotiations proceeded in a satisfactory trimmer,
the particulars of which have been stated by the Plenipotentiary
to her Majesty's Government.
On the same day I proceeded to Hong Kong, and took formal
possession of the island in her Majesty's name, and hoisted the
colours on it, with the usual salutes and ceremonies. By the
terms of the Treaty, the port of Canton was to be open to the
trade of all nations, on the 2d of February, and as a proof of the
sincere desire on the part of the British functionary, to evince good
faith, I had, at his request, sent the Columbine to Chusan, and an
overland despatch, by the hands of a Chinese special messenger._
directing Brigadier Burrell and Captain Bouchier, of her Majesty's
ship Blonde, to use every effort to embark the stores and troops,
and to restore the island to the Chinese authorities.
The proclamation for opening the port on the '2d did not appear,
and on the 11th the two Ministers again met at the Bocca Tigris,
and after a discussion of several hours, on this day and on the next,
her Majesty's Plenipotentiary acceded to a further delay (not to ex.
ceed ten days), in order that the definitive treaty might be fairly
prepared. I must confess that from this moment my faith in the
sincerity of the Chinese Commissioner was completely destroyed,:my
doubts were also strengthened by the reports of the officers I sent
up to the place of meeting, who stated that military woks on a
great scale were in progress, troops collected on the heights, and
camps, protected by entrenchments, arising on both sides of the
river, and that the island of North Wangtong had become
a mass cf cannon. These indications being decidedly war-
like, I determined to move the light division of her
Majesty's ships at once to Macao roads, and proceeded
thither myself on the 13th, to confer with his Excellency the Ple-
nipotentiary, and await events. I found that the treaty as agreed
upon by the Commissioner and her Majesty's Minister had been
sent up to the Bocca Tigris, for transmission to Canton, by the
Nemesis, with orders to await an answer until the night of the
18th, the period the confidential person employed by the Chinese
Commissioner had named for the purpose. The accounts daily
received by merchants and others at Macao, from Canton, were of
the most hostile character, and an edict purpol ting to be from the
Emperor, calling on all his officers to extirminate us, was pub-
lished, together with a proclamation, the authenticity of which
I have, howCver, been unable to establish, offering fifty thousand
dollars for my head, and a like sum for that of the Plenipotentiary.
On the morning of the 19th, the Nemesis arrived from the Bocca
Tigris, without any reply, and all doubt was at an and, a shot
having been fired at her boat from North Wangtong. I instantly de.
Lathed the light division, under Captain Herbert, of her Majes.
ty's ship Calliope, (who was accompanied by her Majesty's Pleni-
potentiary), with directions not to run any unnecessary hazard
until the body of the force came up, but to prevent, as much as
possible, any further defensive preparations on the part of the
enemy. I proceeded at the same time to Hong Kong, and weighed
with the ships of the line, the Queen and Madagascar steamers,
leaving the Druid, Jupiter, and transports, to follow.
Captain Herbert, with the ships under his orders, took up a
position on the Western Channel off South Wangtong on the 20th,
and on the 22d he proceeded in the Nemesis, wills some boats of
the squadron, to the channel at the back of Anunghoy, and de-
stroyed a masked battery of twenty guns, which opened on them
whilst employed clearing the passage, which the Chinese had been
endeavouring to obstruct by driving down poles and mooring rafts
across; this service was performed without any loss on our side;
the guns in the battery were disabled by knocking off the trun-
nions, together with sixty found dismounted; the magazines, &c.,
were burnt. The enemy left about thirty of their number dead,
and their colours were taken by Lieutenaut Bowers, senior officer
other Majesty's ship Semarang,

From the prevalence of light winds, the line of battle ships and
Druid were not collected until the 24th. On the 25th I arranged a
plan of attack on the formidable batteries in our
front, and of which it may be necessary for me to give
some description. Partly surrounding the old fort of Anung-
boy, and in advance of it to high water mark, was
a new and well-built battery of granite, forming a segment of about
two-thirds of a circle; on it were mounted forty-two guns, some of
them of immense weight and large calibre; several strong entrench-
ments extended to the southward of this battery, and the ridges of
the bill were crowned with guns, up to a camp calculated for about
twelve hundred men ; at the north side was a straight work of
modern erection, mounting sixty heavy guns ; about one hundred
and fifty yards of rocky beach intervenes between the end of this
battery and the northern circular battery, on which forty guns were
mounted. All the works were protected in rear by a high wall ex.
tending up the till, on which were steps or platforms for firing
musketry, and in the interior were the magazines, barracks. &c
On the east end of the Island of North Wangtong is a battery
with a double tier of guns defending the passage on that side,
and also partly flanking a number of rafts constructed of large
masses of timber moored across the river (about twelve feet. apart),
with two anchors each, connected by and supporting four parts of a
chain cable, the ends of which were secured under masonry works,
one on the South Wangtong, the other on Anunghay ; on the
western end of North Wangtong is a strong battery of forty guns,
flanked by a field work of seventeen ; indeed the whole island is
one continued battery ; on the extreme western side of the channel
was a battery of twenty-two heavy guns, and a field work of seven.
teen, protecting an entrenched camp, containing one thousand five
hundred or two thousand men. South Wangtong was not occu.
pied by the enemy ; it was an excellent position, and I therefore
caused a work to be thrown upon it during the night of the 25th,
and mounted two eight-inch iron and one twenty.four pounder
brass howitzer; at day-light on the 26th, Captain Knowles of the
Royal Artillery opened this battery with admirable effect, throwing
shells and rockets into North Wangtong, and occasionally into
Anunghoy, which fire was returned by the Chinese with great
spirit, from a battery immediately opposite, having also kept up -a
fire during the greater part of the preceding night (during the ern-
Lion of the work), which slackened towards two A.M., and finally
ceased.

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a few minutes masters of the island, without any loss ; 1,300 Chi.
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Our casualties are trifling, five wounded, slightly, in the whole
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the Calliope wa.s struck in several places, and the other ships
had merely a few ropes cut. The loss of the enemy was severe,
but not so heavy as at Chuenpee, 1,300 (as before stated) having
thrown down their aims. I should estimate their killed and
wounded at '250 In Wangtong ; probably as many in Anunghoy ;
at which place the Chinese Admiral Kwan, and several other
Mandarins of rank fell. The body of the Admiral was recognised
by his family, and taken away the day after the action, under a fire
of minute guns from the Blenheim.

On the morning of the :27th, the light squadron proceeded up
the river, under the command of Captain Herbert, of the Cal.
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despatch from him, reporting, that on their arrival off the first
bar, the enemy were observed strongly fortified on the left bank
of the river, close to Whampoa Reach, with upwards of forty
war-junks, and the Cambridge (formerly an East lndiaman of
900 tons), on Lpproaching within three miles, the Madagascar
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the Chinese troops, and killing nearly 300. In about half an hcur
after landing, al: the defences were carried (though in several
places brave and obstinate resistance was made.) In the mean time
the Cambridge was boarded, and earth,' by the boats of the Calli
one, Nemesis, and Modesty, and almost immediately set on file.
'roe explosion of this vessel's magazine must have been heard at
Canton. The fort (mud) mounted on the river font forty-seven
guns—on tie left fla-k three ; a field work four; the Cambridge
thirty-four; besides ten mounted in a junk, making altogether
ninety-eight guns.
The war junks scraped up the river, where the ships were p: e-
vented pursuing them by a strong raft placed across the passage.
The guns and other munitions were destroyed. In this gal ant
affair the casualties (considering the opposing force) are few : one
killed, three dangerously, and five sli,htly wounded.
On the morning of the fat instant I proceeded up the river to
join the advanced ac:oadron in the Madagascar steam, r, taking the
transport Sophia in tow. Captain Maitland, with the boats and one
hundred small-arm men, together with the marines of the Welles.
ley, accompanied me. The Queen taking the Eagle transport :n
tow, on board which ship I had embarked the marines of the Blen-
heim, Melville, and Druid, also attended by the boats of those ships,
all being armed with their guns and howitzers.
On arriving at Whampoa, I found from Captain Herbert's re.
port, that the enemy were its considerable force at the end of
" Junk Reach," hay.ng as usual sunk several large junks in the
river, and further protected themselves by a strong double line of
stakes across it, and large bamboos and branches of trees between
them. On the following morning I detached Commander Belcher,
in her Majesty's ship Sulphur, up Junk river to reconnoitre, that
ship being taken its tow by three of the Wellesley's boats, under
command of Lieutenant Symonds, Senior Lieutenant of the latter
ship ; on rounding a point on the right bank they came in front
of a low battery of twenty. five guns, masked by thick branches of
trees, which opened a heavy tire on them ; Lieutenant Symonds
instantly cut the tow-rope, and gallantly dashed into the battery,
driving the enemy before him, and killing several of their number.
The Sulphur anchored, and some shot from her completely routed
them from the thick underwood in the vicinity in which they had
taken shelter, the guns were destroyed, and the magazine and other
consumable material set on fire. The number of troops was pro.
bably two hundred and fifty, and they were of the chosen Tartars ;
their loss was about fifteen or twenty killed, ours was one seaman
of the Wellesley mortally wounded (since dead) and the boats were
repeatedly struck by grape-shot.
As soon as a cursory survey of the river was made, the Herald,
Alligator, Modeste, and Eagle and Sophia transports were pushed '
forward within gun-shot of 11ov/qua's Fort ; and thus, for the first
time, were ships seen from the walls of Canton ; on the 2d the
Cruizer joined me, having on board Major-General Sir Ilugh
Gough, who took command of the land forces. The Pylades and
Conway also joined from Chusan, and the two firs:-named
vessels were sent its advance. On the 4th, in concert with the
Major-General, an attack was planned for the next morning, but
on approaching, the fort was found to be abandoned, and the British
colours were hoisted ; a garrison of the 26ris was placed in it, and
a company of Royal Marines, under the command of Captain Ellis,
R. M., took possession of a large joss-house on the left bank (which
the enemy were beginning to fortify), and rendered himself secure,
whilst the seamen soon removed some of the stakes and other im-
pediments, and made a clear passage for ships. I may here de.
scribe the position.

On the right bank of the river, on the point formed by the
mouth of a meek (which is a boat-pass ige to Whampoa), was How
qua's Fort, a square building mounting thirty guns, from the
northern angle; the stakes mentioned extended to the opposite
batik, the ground on each side below being low paddy-fields, cut
and intersected by canals in all directions. The joss-house
rather projected into the stream, and consequently was
a good position. The river here is about five hun.
Bred yards wide ; two thousand yards in front is a
long low island, which divides the river into two
branches, and on the extreme eastern point of which stood a fort,
mounting thirty. five guns, built to commemorate the discomfiture
and death of the late Lord Napier; from this fort, a line of well-
constructed and secured rafts (forming a bridge), extended to both
sides of the river; on its right bank, flanking Napier's Fort and the
raft, was a 'nod battery, intended for thirty-five guns, on the left
was a battery, also flanking Napier's Fort, on which the enemy
had forty-four guns, meet of which they withdrew on the night of
the 4th. In addition to these defences, stone junks were sunk in
all parts of the ri tr, between the stakes and the left of Napisr's
Fort, which raft also rested upon sunken junks, secured on either
sides within piles.

The position seemed formidable, and on the sth the Major-Ge.
neral and myself prepared to attack it. He landed at the Join_
house, having with him the Royal Marines and the detachment of
the 2tith, for the purposes of taking the battery en the left
bank ; the ships weighed, and dropped up with the tide ; on the
approi.ch of the first ship the enemy fired all their guns, and
tied across the rafts and in boats. The British colours were tha❑
hoisted.

A paper was issued calling on the people to place confidence in
us, and to avoid hostile movements, in which latter cases rot& c-
tion was ensured to them. At noon the Kwang-Chow-Foo, or
Prefect, accompanied by the Hong merchants, came down, and
alter a long discussion with the Plenipotentiary, admitted that,
Keshen having been degraded, and the newly appointed Commis-
sioners not having arrived, there was no Government authoriped to
treat for peace, or make any arrangements ; they confessed the
truth of the reports we had heard, that the greatest consternation
existed in the city, and that every person who could quit it had
done so ; in fact, that it was at our mercy, and it has so remained,
a mrinumeht of British magnanimity and forbearance ; I fear,
however, that the forbearance is misunderstood, and that a fur.
ther punishment must be resorted to before this arrogant and per fl.
dious Government is brought to reason.

Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary being, however, desirous to try
the effect of another proclamation, and to show his desire for an
equitable adjustment of afr.,irs, addressed the 'Major.General and
myself, requesting that we would make no further movement
towards the city, until the disposition of the provincial Government
officers wa► put to the test, as far as regards their noninterference;
And we have, consequently, remained in static you, but reports (on
which wo can rely) are daily reaching us, which state that fire ves-
sels are fitting out about seven miles above Canton : forts, in the
rear of the city, in course of erection, and the people are forbidden
to bring us supplies, while the teas and silks, and every otter vale.
able, are removing from it.

These proceedings, so directly contrary to the assurances of pacific
intentions (which they are ever really to deal forth In profusion) lead
me to the conclusion, that we shall have to proceed even at the risk
of the destruction of the second city of the empire—an event
exceedingly likely to occur from its abandonment by the authvri-
rities. and the excesses of the lower classes of a community pro.
verbially bad. The responsibility must, however, reat on the heads
of those authorities.

I this day returned to Wangtong, accompanied by the Major_
General, in order that the arrangements in that garrison may be
carried out, and plans devised for our further operations.
I have the honour to be, &c.
J. G. GORDON BREMER.
Commodore and Commander-in Chief.

TO THE lIIOIIT uoNoustAnu: GEORGE EARL OF •T•CE.LAND,G.C.D., &C..

GLVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA IN COUNCIL.

Wellesley, off Wangtong, March 27, 1 f 41.
My Lord—ln continuation of my letter of the 10th instant, I have
the satisfaction to inform your Lordship that on the 15th 1 re.
ceived a report froni Captain Herbert, of her Majesty's ship Calli-
ope, detailing a well-executed attack on the only remaining fort pro.
testing the approaches to the city of Canton. This fort is situate
about ten miles from the anchorage at Whampea, up a narrow and
intricate channel, which ends in the Broadway or Macao passage
from Canton. The attack commenced about five P.M. from the
Modesto and Madagascar steamer, with the boats of the squadron,
and in half an hour the works were in our possession, and the
Chinese keeping up a well-diretted fire until the boats' crews were
in the act of scaling the walls, when they gave way and fled in all
directions. They were devoting the whole of their attention to the
strengthening of the defences of this post, and had rendered it
cue
of the most formidable which had been encountered; I am, there-
fore, happy that it is in our hands; the loss of the Chinese is not
correctly known, many were found dead in the fort ; our own
casualties do not amount to more than three wounded.
The zealous desire of every officer and man in the squadron to seek
occasions in which to distinguish themselves has led to the perform-
ance of various well executed services; amongst them is the forcing
the inner passage from Macao to NA Nampo t, which was deetneol by
the Chinese impenetrable to foreigners. Her Majesty's Plenipo-
tentiary having represented to the senior officer in Macao road the
great advantages likely to accrue by this step, his views were at once
acceded to by Capt. Scott, and preparations made for carrying it
into effect. At three a.m on the 13th, the Neine,is,
with the boats of tl.e Samarang in tow, weighed from Macao
roads and proceeded over the flats between Tweelieu-
thaw and Toi-koke-tow Islands to the Broadway river,
S. A. M. they came in sight of Motao Fort, and the steamer having
taken up an enfilading position, where not a gun of the enemy
could bear upon her, opened her fire, whilst the boats proceeded
to the attack; on their approach the Chinese abandoned the
place; thirteen guns were found mounted, which were com-
pletely destroyed, the buildings set fire to, and a train laid to the
magazine, which exploded before the boats returned to the Ne-
mesis. On reaching Point How-Hoak-Tow the river is divided
into two channels; that to the right takes a sudden sharp turn,
and becomes very contracted in its breadth ; here they de co-
vered Tai.yat-kok, a field battery, (very recently constructed) of
fourteen guns, very strongly posted on a rising ground, situated
on the left bank of the river, (surrounded by overflowed ;:aidy
flelds,) which enfiladed the whole line of the reach leading up
to it; as the steamer appeared round the point, the enemy opened
an animated fire upon her, which was smartly kept up; it was
most effectually returned by the two guns from the Nemesis,
which vessel threw her shots, shells, and rockets admirably; the
boats advanced under the slight cover of the bank, but before a
landing could be effected on their flank they abandoned the guns,
when possession of the work was taken by a narrow path-
way, which could only be passed in single files • the guns
were destroyed, and the buildings and material 'consigned to
the flames and blown up; meanwhile a detachment of the boats
had gone over to the opposite side of the river and destrovei a mili-
tary station cr depot. At noon nine war junks were seen over the
land, and ehace was immediately given. On entering the reach in
which they were, Captain Scott observed on the right bank of the
river a new battery, scarcely finished, with ten embrasures, but
without guns, and Hechang fort close 'to It, well built granite,'
astwoetf ao,,ndhieniscutiliteiyng fourteen guns and six
sgumriraolui,t.ided bAbryea
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flanked) the river was
strongly staked across, through the centre of which the last junk
had passed, and the opening again secured. The enemy Imme.
diately commenced firing from the fort and junks, which was re-
plied to by the Nemesis with good effect, while the boats opened a
passage through the stakes, and dashed on to the attack of Hoehang
and the junks. The &liner was secured by wading the ditch and
entering the embrasures, and the latter, seeing the fall of the fort,
became so panic.stricken, that on the approach of the boats seven
got on shore, their crews jumping overboard immediately they
grounded, two junks alone escaping. Lieut. Bossier, in pushing to
cut them oft; discovered Fieshahok on the left bank of the river,
within one hundred yards of the advanced junk aground, which
fort, mounting seven guns, opened a heavy fire of grape upon him ;
observing that the junks were abandoned by their crews, he turned
all his attention to his new opponents, whom he drove out of their
stronghold by passing through the adjoining town, and taking them
in reverse.

In the meantime Mr. Hall dexterously managed in getting his
vessel through the centre passage of the stakes, which fortunately
was just sufficiently wide to admit of her passage. At thirty mi.
mutes atter two the boats returned to the steamer after having de-
stroyed all the guns, and set tire to Fiesha.kok fort and the seven
war junks, which all blew tip within a quarter of an hour ; chase
to the two escaped junks re-commenced, during whi •h they passed
two dismantled forts ; at four P.M. they arrived off the large pro-
vincial town of Iliangshan, one of the large war-junks preceding
them about a mile; the dense population thickly crowded the
banks, boats, junks, bonze-tops, the large pagoda, and surrounding
bills ; both sides or the river were packed by the trading craft of the
country in the closest possible order, the centre of the river,
which is very narrow here, having merely sufficient space to allow the
steamer's paddleboxes to pass clear of the junks moored to its banks ;
not the slightest fear was manifested by the people, but several :nand,
rins took to their boats and followed the war junks, which were
closed so rapidly that one of them ran on shore, the crew jumping
overboard; the steamer brought up abreast of her and destroyed
her ; while thus employed the fort of Sheang-chap, within two I
hundred yards (hut hidden by some intervening trees), opened its
fire, which was instantly returned, and the boats, with the ma-
rines of the Samarang, stormed it; its eight oils were dcAroved ;