The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-07 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—Tbe Queen and Prince Albert
promenaded this morning in the Little Walk and Slopes
for some time. After lunch, her Majesty and his Royal
Highness. accompanied by the Prince of Leiningen, drove
out into the Park, attended by the ladies and gentlemen
of the Royal Household.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken an
airing to-day in a carriage.
Viscount Melbourne left this morning
The Rev. Dr. Hodgson, the Provost of Eton, will have
the honour of joining the Royal dinner circle at the Castle
this evening.
The Court willleave to-morrow (this day) for town.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the
Foreign•ofce. It was attended by all the Ministers.
The Council sat two bourn. Viscount Melbourne arrived
in town a short time previous. to.lhc meeting► of the Council,
from • visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle.
A Deputation from the India and China Association,
consisting of Messrs. Lail eat, Crawford, M. P., thistle,
M. P., and Gregson, bad an interview with the Chancellor
of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in
Downing-street, relative to the Sugar Duties.
Colonel O'Rellly and Mr. Lynch, M.P.. had an inter.
view with Lord Juhn Russell yesterday, at the Colonial.
office.

The Russian Minister transacted business yesterday at
the Foreign-office.
The agent for Jamaica, and Mr. Dean, Chair Ilan of
the Customs, had interviews with tLe Chancellor of the
Exchequer yesterday in Downing-Ntreet.
Mr. Alston, M. P.,. had an interview with Lord John
Russell at the Colonial-office yesterday.
Mr. Thomas Green, M.l'., had an interview with the
Marquis of Normanby yesterday at the Home-offee.
Despatches from the Governor of Ceylon, and also from
Wept and Snuth Australis, were received yesterday at the
Colonial-office.

SUGAR.—From a return moved for on Wednes-
day night by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it appears,
amongst other things, that the quantities of sugar imported
into the United Kingdom in the year 1840 were a, follows,
viz. :—British plantation sugar, 2,202,833 cwts. ; Mauritius,
545,009 cwts.; East India, 482,836 cwts. ; Foreign 805,167
cwts. Total, 4,035,845 cwts.; and that the total quantity
retained for actual consumption in the United Kingdom in
1840 was 3,594,834 cwts. The net revenue arising from
the duties on sugar in the same year amounted to 4,449,070/.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT THROUGH SONINAM-
BULISNI.—A female servant, in the employ of Mr. Betts, who
keeps a boarding-school in the village of 11ollingbourne, Kent,
in going into the back yard early on Monday morning, dis-
covered a lad named Wildish, one of the boarders, ling un-
dressed, senseless, and bleeding from wounds on the lace and
head. She gave the alarm, aml it was found that this lad, who
had on the previous evening gone to bed early and in good
health, had got up in his sleep and opened the window of his
bed-room and walked through it. lie fell a distance of forty
feet, and it is miraculous that he was not killed on the spot.
There are but slight hopes of his recovery.

POOR• LAW COMMISSION.—We find from a
return lately moved for by Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bart..
M. l'., that the total sums paid for law expenses by order of
the Poor-law Commissioners from 1635 to 1840, inclusive,
amounted to upwards of 5,000/.
SLAVE VESSELS.—The total number of slave
vessels which have been captured under the late treaty with
Spain, and in pursuance of the Act 2 and 3 Victoria, from 1837
to 1840 inclusive, appears, by a return lately moved for by
Captain Pechell, M.P., to have been 79.
MARCIIMONT PEERAGE.—The claim of Sir
Francis D. Home, Bart., to this Peerage, the final hearing of
which was postponed till after Easter. is now to come immedi-
ately to issue. It is worthy of remark that this case was or.-
ginally drafted by Lord Brougham at the time when his talents
and fame first began to dawn upon the world. and now, in its
complete state, forms, beyond all question, the finest specimen
of research and propinquity ever produced at the bar of the
House of Lords.—Caledonian Mercury.

ROBBERY IN AN Ontmuus.—Two well-
dressed men, who gave their names John Williams and John
Wakeling, the former about thirty, and the latter apparently
about eight or ten years older, were brought to Marylebone
police office yesterday, charged with having stolen a purse,
.containing nearly thirty shillings in gold and silver, from Aliss
Hester Stanley, a young lady, residing at No. 28, Berkeley-
street, West. Miss Stanley stated, that on the same after-
noon, about three o'clock, she got into a Paddington omnibus
in Berkeley-place, Edgware-road, intending to be set down in
High Holborn ; the prisoners entered the vehicle at the
Regent's-en-ells, and otter proceeding a very short distance,
they both alighted ; a gentleman, who directly came up to
the omnibus door, inquired if any of the passengers had been
robbed, and on her examining her bag, the discovered that her
purse and money were gone ; the prisoner Williams, who had
a great coat banging upon his arm, had been sitting close
to her, and the other man, Wakeling, on the opposite
seat exactly in front of her ; prior to their making their
egress, she had taken sixpence from her purse to pay her
fare, and then returned the purse to the bag. Joseph Leat-
hart, 19, Park-piece, said he observed the prisoners no-
tic;ng the various omnibuses as they passed, and at length
saw them get into one at the place named by Miss Stanley,
He imagined from their manner that they were thieves, and
having hinted his suspicions to police constable George, 114
11, they took their seats upon the top of the vehicle, when wit-
ness crawled over the root, and spoke to the conductor. They
(the prisoners) got out at the end of Wells-street, and on
witness ascertaining the lady's loss he ran forward and seized
hold of Williams, who made a most violent' resistance. and in
the scuffle which ensued, he dropped from his hand a purse
into the road. A gentleman then came up, and with
his assistance he (Williams)
.was conveyed to the sta-
tion-house. He said that he was a respectable person,
and that he (witness) would find himself mistaken. The purse
and its contents were hero produced, and identified by Miss
Stanley as her property. Police-constable George said that
the prisoners were talking together at least five minutes before
they entered the omnibus ; he collared and captured Wakeling,
who exclaimed, " 1 have taken nothing from any one myself."
Williams said he should decline making any statement at pre-
sent. They were remanded till Tuesday.
CORN-LAWS.—Requisttions are in course of
-. signature for public meetings to petition against the Corn
laws and support Ministers, in the borough of Southwark, St.
James's Clerkenwell, Southampton, Lyme Regis, and vast num-
bers of other timus throughout the kingdom. The proceed-
ings of Friday have excited a general commotion.
STORM IN GALWAY BAY.—The following
awful account has been received from Galway, extracted
from a letter written by a person on the spot :—“last Satur-
day was a woful slay in thisibay, from Galway to Connemara.
Between Costello Bay and Thiddaw, not less than twenty boats
were wrecked. Forty boats escaped into Thiddaw harbour,
and eleven boats were lot between the town and the Salmon-
leap at Costello, below the Lodge. The loss of life is not yet
known, hut it is very great. It blew a hurricane, and it was
beto see so many men floating on the sea who could not
be relieved. There was not so much damage done in this bav
in the memory of man.
A FEW QUERIES,....." What is the latin for
Quakeress ?—Quassatri.r. Who were the first
people
who said nay ?—The .Naintl.t. Who first sold bacon —The
Hama dryades? Whore did the dentists
originally come
from Tuscany? Which is the most celestial part of
the British empire ?—The Isle of Sky. In what greet
work do we find the best account of eels?--The Iliad.—
Fraseeo Magazine,

CHINA NEWS.

OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE ACTION IN
CANTON RIVER.
GENERAL ORDERS.

Fort William, Secret Department, Feb. 24.
The Right Hon. the Governor-Genus,' of India, hav-
ing received an official communication of the destruction
on the 7th of January of Chuenpec and Ty-coek•tow, in
an attack made upon those fortifications by the sea and
land forces under the personal command of his Excellency
Commodore Sir J. J. G. Bremer, C.B. and K.C. H.,
Naval Commander-in-Chief on the coast of China, is
pleased to order the publication of the following official
account of the action.
By order of the Right lion. the Governor-Gencral of
T. H. MADDOCK,
Secretary to the Government of India.
" At eight o'clock this morning the Royal Marines of
the squadron, the detachments of the 26th and 49th Regi-
ments, and the 37th Madras Native Infantry and Bengal
Volunteers, were landed, accompanied by the detachment
of R net Artillery, with one twenty-four-pound !Aylmer
and two six-pound field guns, together with a division of
seamen belonging to the Wellesley. Blenheim, and Mel-
ville, in a'l about 1,400 men ; the bind forces under the
command of Major Pratt, of the 26th Cameronians, copy
of whose report will explain the details of military opera-
tions, which were admirably executed.
" The Queen and Nemesia steamers were placed in po-
sition for throwing shells into the upper fort by Commander
Belcher, of the Sulphur, and soon made an impression. A
division of ships, consisting of the Calliope, Hyacinth, and
Lure, under Capt. Herbert, attacked the lower fort off
the sea face, and in less than an hour silenced the guns,
although a number of troops remained within the walls.
By ten o'clock the troops had advanced and carried the en-
trenchments with their field batteries. Major Pratt himself
and two or threb marines were io posses-ion of the upper
tort, and the British colours hoisted. The lower fort was
speedily surrounded, and stormed by the entrance, as well
as the wall, by a party of Royal Marines, and the union
jack displayed on the ramparts.
"The management of Ty-cock-tow was entrusted to
Capt. Scott, of her Majesty's ship Samarang, accompanied
by tt.e Druid, Modeste, and Columbine, and in one hour it
was silenced; but the Chinese remained in it until it was
stormed by the boats, in which operations Lieut. Bowers,
senior of the Semarang, was severely wounded. The guns
in all the forts have been destroyed, the magazines blown
up, and the barracks and houses burnt. Eleven large war-
junks were anchored in the shoal water to the ea. tward of
the position ; the Nemesis, under Commander Belcher, ac-
companied by Lieut. Killett, of the Starling, attacked them
in admirable style, assisted by the boats of the Calliope,
under Lieut. Watson, senior of that chip ; they were all set
on fire and blown up ; one with all her crew on beard, a
rocket having gone into her magazine. This ended the ope-
rations of the day.
" His Excellency the Naval Commander-in-Chief ex-
prep es his high admiration of the gallantry and zeal
which animated every officer and man in the force, re-
turns his thanks to Captains Sir Le Fleming Senhouse
of the Blenheim, and the lion. It. Dundas, of the Mel-
ville, and Captain Maitland of the Wellesley. Captains
Herbert and Scott carried their divisions into action with
their accustomed gallantry, and they were ably seconded
by Captains Smith and Blake. and Commanders Warreu
Byres, and Clarke, under their immediate orders. The
Commanders Pritchard, Paget, and Fletcher, of the
Blenheim, Melville, and Wellesley, the commanders of
the steam vessels, and every officer and man employed,
deserved the highest praise for their zealous exertions on
every point. Major Pratt, of the 26th, conducted the
operations on shore in the most able and gallant manner.
He speaks in the highest terms of the conduct of every
officer and man employed.
" This service has been performed with trifling loss on
the part of her Majesty's forces, although it is but justice
to the Chinese to say that they defended themselves, espe-
cially in the batteries, with the greatest credit and devo-
tion. They have suffered severely ; their loss, including
that on board the war junks, cannot be estimated at less
than from Svc to six hundred, out of a force calculated at
two thousand men. The slaughter in the lower fort, when
carried by storm, was considerable."

TO HIS EXCELLENCY SIR J. J. GORDON BREMER, C R., K.O IL,
COMMODORE OF THE FIRST CLASS, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF,
&C. &C. &C.

Her Majesty's Ship Wellesley, Chuenpee,
January 8, 1841.
Sir—l have the honour to report to you that the troops
under my command, consisting of a detachment of Royal
Artillery, having one 24-pounder howitzer and two 6-
pounder field guns, aided by a party of seamen from het
Majesty's ships Wellesley, Blenheim, and Melville, de-
tachments of the 26th and 49th regiments, a battalion of
Royal Marines, the 37th Madras Naive Infantry, and a
detachment of Bengal Volunteers, in all 1,400 men, landed
yesterday at nine o'clock, two miles below Chuenpee
Point, for the purpose of capturing the several forts and
bateeries on Chuenpee,
The troops landed w ithout opposition, and having formed
them, I bent forward an advance of two companies of Royal
Marines under Capt. Ellis; the guns acre then moved on,
supported by the detachment of the 26th and 49th regi-
ments,_folloe (l in column by the Marine battalion, the
37th Native Infantry, and the Bengal Volunteers.
After advancing a mite and a half, on reaching the
ridge of a bill, we came in sight of the upper fort, and of a
very strong entrenchment, having a deep ditch outside,
and a breast work round it, which was prolonged upwards,
connecting with it the upper fort ; it was also flanked by
field battelies, having deep trenches in rear of the guns
fur the purpose of shelter; the wholi was strongly lined
with Chinese soldiers, who, immediately on seeing us.
cheered, waved their flag. in defiance, and opened a fire
from their batteries ; our guns were promptly placed on
the crest of the ridge and commenced firing this was
duly returned by the Chinese for about twenty minutes,
and indeed in this, as well as our other encounters with
them, it is but justice to say they behaved with courage;
during this time the advance crossed the shoul ler of the
hill to the right, driving before them the Chinese, who had
lined it in considerable numbers, then descending into the
valley, took poasesidon of a field battery placed there. I
had previously ordered two companies of the 37th Native
Infantry, under Captains Bedingfii Id and Wardroptr, to
scour cound a 11711 to the right of the advance, where they
encountered the Chinese in some force, and drove them
away with much loss. Captain Duff, commanding the
corps, speaks highly of the conduct of these companies,
which he had supported by another under Lieutenant
Hadfield.
Seeing that the fire from our guns was causing the
Chinese to fly from the entrenchment and t eat.ere., 1
moved the column down the slope, causing the two leading
companies of Marines, under Captain Whitcomb, to clear
the wooded hill in front; I took a sub-division of them,
got into the entrenchment, and proceeded up, inside the
breastwork, to the upper fort, in which there was still a
number of men; these were speedily dislodged by the two
Marines who first reached it—the fort was entered, and
the British ensign hoisted by a Royal Marine.
The lower foil, which had 16 guns facing the sea, and
wits surrounded by a high wall, and a small battery be
tskeen, was from this completely exposed ; but the fire of
these, as well aat of the upper fort, had been slimmed
by the ships attaching on the sea lice. They were still
in considerable numbers in the lower part of the fort, and
had locked the gate; a fire was therefore kept up from
the bill, and the advance coming round the lower side of
the gate fereed it by musketry. On reacting they met
with considerable resistance, which was speedily subdued;
some men then entering an embrasure on the flank, the
fort was taken and our flag hoisted,
The whole of the forts and batteries being now in our
possession, we proceeded to render the guns unserviceable
and dismantle the fort, setting their encampments on fire,
and on re-embarking, the magazine in the lower fort was
blown up.
I ten happy to say that the loss on our side has been
small, and would have been less but fur the explosion of
an expense magazine in the fort after the capture. The
Chinese, however, suffered severely; between 300 and
400 were killed and wounded, including amongst the killed
" the Heptai," an officer with rank equivalent to our
Brigadier-General : about 100 prisoners were taken, who
were released at the close of the day.
I have great pleasure in stating to your Excellency the
admirable manner in which the whole force behaved, and
I beg to recommend to your notice Major Johnson, 26th
Regiment, commanding detachments of the 26th and 49th
Regiments. I must particularly mention Captain Ellis,
commanding the Marine battalion, an old and previously
distinguished officer, who conducted the advance during
the whole day with the greatest gall letry and judgment,
and be speaks in the highest terms of the men kilning the
advance. Captain Knowles, R. A., who placed his guns
admirably, and dismantled the f alter their capture;
Captain Duff, commanding the 37th N. 1., and Captain
Button, commending the detachment of Bengal Volun-
teers. From Li utenant Stransham, Adjutant of the
Royal Marines, who acted es Brigade Major, 1 received
most valuable assistance during the day, and gladly
availed myself of the services of your military Secretary,
Lieutenant Stewart Mackenzie, 90th Regiment, who vo-
luntereed to act on my staff, and took charge of a party of
skirmishers of the advance the better part of the day.
Lieut. Wilson, of her Majesty's ship Blenheim, com•
manded the seamen ; and the guns were dragged forward
in good style, and th disembarkation and re-embarkation
of the troops was ably managed by Lieut. Symonds, of
her Majesty's ship Wellesley.
I enclose the list of guns captured and destroyed, and
also the return of the casualties —I have, &e..
(Signed) J. L. PRATT, nijor, 26th Cameroniare,
Commanding the Force.

LIST OP CASUALTHIs IN THE PoRCE iEMPLOYED AT TIIE
ASSAULT r:ND CAPTURE OP THE PORTS AND BATTERIES
ON CHUENPEE, ON THE 7TH JANUARY, 1841.
Wounded.
Second LieutenantlWhite, keydl Marines, slightly.
Auistant-Surgecn M'Pherson, Bth Madras Light Ca-
valry, burnt by explosion.
Mr. Arthur V) her, mate, R.N. ( H.M.S. Blenheim),
severely.
Royal Artillery-1 gunner and driver, slightly.
Royal Marines-2 sergeant', 7 privates, severely ;
privates alit htly.
18th Rosa! 11411—'2 piivater, ditto.
37th .11adras Nati% c Infantry-2 havildars, i nakrie'
10
privates, sevel sly.
3 officers, 2 sergeant, 11 privates. 1 gunner and driver;
2 havilders, I naique, 10 privates—. Total. 30. ,
( Signed) A. 11. STRANSIIAM, ACIg. 1
Calliope—one seaman, severely. Ligane major.
Semarang— Lent. Bowers, severely; l boy, first claw,
severely.
Hvacintli-2 seamen severely, 3 slightly—Total 8. Of
tile force employed on shore, 30-38 grand total wounded.

(Copy.)
11cr Majesty's Ship Blenheim, off the Bocca
Tigris, Jan. 8, 1841.
11ETURN OF ORDNANCEMuUNTRD IN THR FORT AND EN.
TRIINCHISIENTS AT CIIVENVEK WHEN STORMED AND CAP.
NOW ON THE 7TH JAN. 1841.
In the upper fort, guns, iron, 9.; lover fort, guns, iron,
19 ; in the entrenchments, guns, iron, I b ; guns, iron, not
mounted, 23—Total, 66.
The suns in forts were nearly of the same calibre

EvEN'ING

i‘; the British 18 and 12-pountlerg. Those in the cn •
trenchments 6-plunders.

The guns were all rendered uniervicezNe, and the car-
rages destroyed.
(Signed) J. IClvotvuts, Cama;ii, Commanding
Royal Artillery.
On Ty-cock.tow
There guns were of the same calibre as those on Chucn-
pee, also rendered unserviceable.
In the junks about 82, from 12 to 4 pounders.

RECAPITULATION. .
On Cbuenpee and its dependencies 66
On Ty-cock-tow 25
In the junks B2

Grand total

TO COMMODORE SIR J. J. 0. BERNIE, e. IL, C H., CNC'
MR/UM-IN-CHIEF, &C., &C., C.

obedience to your instruction of yesterday, I
proceeded with the ships placed under eiders off Ty-cock-
tow. The fort commenced its fire upon us at about 20
minutes past ten o'clock, which I did not reply to until I
teak up my anchorage 10 minutes aftmr abreast of it, about
200 yards' distance, which was as near as the depth of
waver would permit of oar approach. Tne Modeste,
Druid, and Columbine, anchored in sucession, and in a few
minutes, so destructive and well-directed was the fire of
the ships, that that of the enemy was silenced, with the
exception of an occasional gun or two. At 11-20 A.M.,
observing that we had effected a practizal breach in the
southern end of the fart, I directed the boats to be manned S
and armed, to proceed to storm it. Lieut. Bowers (first
of this ship) immediately landed, support, ] by the boats
of the Modcste : those of the Druid and Columbine,
under the command of Lieut. Goldsmith (first of that ship)
proceeded to the north end.
An attempt at resistance was made by the enemy at the *
breach against Lieut. Bowers and his party, but was in-
stantly overcome by the gallant and determined rush on-
wards of our men, which so appalled the garrison that they
instantly made a hasty retreat over the hill wall, leaving us
masters of the fort.

The guns, amounting to twenty-five longs, of different
calibre, were then spiked, the trunnions knocked off, a shot
wrapped round with wet canvass driven hard home in etch,
and they a ere then thrown into the sea, their carriages
burnt as well as the whole of the buildingt, and mag,rnes
blown up, previous to which latter operation all the
wounded of the enemy were carried away clear of the fort.
Their loss, judging from the number of killed lying in eacry
direction must have been most severe.

My best thanks arc due to CaptAin Smith and Commar-
ders Eres and Clarke, for the efficient and able supp,,rt.
they hive afforded ale. It is impossible to say too much
in favour of aq those under my command, their conduct
merits my, warmest approbation. Of Li7ut. I3owers (first
of this ship) I cannot sprak too highly. In the attack of
the hreach he received a severe sabre wound across the
knee, which I fear will deprive me for soma time cf his
ices. I beg leave to recommend him most Etrortgly to
your ftvourablo consideration, as well as Mr. Luard, mato.
who behaved molt gallantly in the breach ; thi zealous
conduct of this promising young officer has repeatedly
drawn for th my commendations.

Our damages are very trifling, being merely tom° of the
standing rigging cut away and a shot tbrougi► our bull, the
fire of the enemy passir,g all over 11:1.
Enclosers I beg leave to return a list of wounded 04
board the Samarang. I have, &c.,

(Signed) JAMES SCOTT, Captain.
Her Majest3's ship Samarang, Canton River, Jan. 8,
841. (True copies.)

. ,
T. H. MADDOCK, Secretary to the
Government of India.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, 21tar 6.
COURT OF CHANCEItY.
In answertnaquestion from Lord EI,LENBOROUGN.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, tint in pursuance
of the Act for improving the proceedings Its tke Courts
of Chancery, certain rules had been framed by himself,
v,ith the assistance of the other JuOvs, but they acre
not yet in a fit state to lay before the House, as required
by the Act, nor could he state with certainty when they
would b.:.