The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-03 00:00:00

PROCLAMATIONS OF THE CHIEF SUPE

TENDENT.
In the first proclamation dated 6th March, 1841, CO'
tain Elliot says—

PEOPLE OF CANTON.
" Your city is spared, because the Gracious Sorer,.
of Great Britain has commanded the High English ",slt
cer to remember that the good and peaceful people 111—
be tenderly considered.
" But if the High Officers of the Celestial Court °fr°
the least obstruction to the British forces in their preset
stations, they it will become necessary to answer force by
force, and the city may suffer terrible injury."
In another, dated the 20th March, he says— 0.
" A suspension of hostilities at Canton and in this Pr
vince has been this day agreed upon between the Dupe
rial Commissioner Yang and the undersigned. let
" It has further been publicly proclaimed to the peo,P„,
under the seals of the Commissioner and the acting "',
vernor of the province, that the trade of the port of Ca
ton is open, and that British and other foreign increhan
who may see fit to proceed there for the purpose of lawful
commerce shall be duly protected."
These are the most important facts in the proclamations
of Captain Elliott.

THE PUNJAUB. •
The Punjaub still continues to be the theatre of dis;
sension and bloodshed. Three Europeans holdirtg hid
rank in the Scheik army have been murdered by the dsd,
contented and mutinous soldiery. Their names are F`rhe
Foulken, and Monton—the two latter Frenchmen, t,
former an Englishman, and one paymaster of her 31,e;
jesty's 16th foot. There appears to be good reason iv
supposing that the discontented Nobles at the Court e(
Lahore are endeavouring to compass the death L"
Shore Sing. By the latest intelligence from that
it seems the Maharajah was taking an excursion on the,
river, and that the boat in which he was embargel
foundered, without any apparent cause. This could
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only have occurred through treachery on the part °f
some of his attendants. Shore Sing, however, succeeded
in swimming to the shore. The whole of his suite Well
also saved with the exception of one Sirdar, who ho• an-
since been heard of.

SCINDE AND AFFGHAXISTAN. h
Nothing of importance has occurred since the de-5133-c;n
of the last overland mail. Major Todd has arrived
safety at Candahar. There are various reports in eill;
lation as to the propriety of his conduct in so hob!,
quitting Herat. Some of the Calcutta Journals st3'
that the Governor-General considers him to have been
too precipitous, and is therefore much displeas.op
This is however mere rumour. A large lx)rti b !''.
of -the Bombay troops have advanced throug,
the.. Bolan pass. The head-quarters under 31'ti`tf
General Brooks arrived at Quettah on the 22d ,"""' :!14,
and will remain there until the receipt of further instrilc.;
tions from Lord Auckland. A few weeks will thereibih
determine whether Herat is to be left to the care of 5111,1
Kamram and his Minister Yar Mahomed, or to be ue
by a British garrison. The adoption of the latter nlCa
sure would certainly be the most effectual means oche
stroying the Persian influence in that quarter. Ile,
young Khan of Khelat is still amongst his own pooped
The political authorities, notwithstanding his
surrendering repe:!ti.i,
disappointments, are still in immediate expectation of
surrendering himself.

CEYLON. It.,
Sir Colin Campbell arrived at Ceylon on the 6th
and was immediately proclaimed Governor of tha
island. On the 7th the flight Hon. Stewart
embarked in the Seaforth steamer for Bombay. He ar-
rived
here on the 16th, and proceeds this day to Suel" • 4

I.lfGil'
NEW COACHES THROUGH THE L'°;‘,o
LANDS.—On Monday last, two four-horse coaches, in addit'io
to the daily mail, sterted from Perth, for Inverness, by
Highlard road. One of these is the Duke of Wellingtoo:io,
connexion with the Defiance Companyfrom Aberdeen to E 'th•
burgh and Glasgow, and the other the Pt incess Royal, bY
present mail contractors. Both were got lip in first-rate s
in every department. The Princess Royal had the start of to
road, setting off from the George at half-past five i" h'
morning, and driven throughout by Mr. Davidson, of Togo°
a first-rate whip. The Duke of Wellington followed at a Var.
ter to six, and M.. Ramsay, of Barnton, held the ribb"ll.'he
considerable part of the way. The Princess Royal koPLif-
lead of the road throughout, and arrived at or soon after ".-/hs.
past three, being a pace unexampled, perhaps, for such "'on
tance, in Scotland. The Duke of Wellington set off agalnAf
its return at ten o'clock the same evening, and arrived s 4-4,1
in Perth about twelve o'clock next day. The Princess irlo
leaves Inverness at the same hour of the morning as
Perth. The public have thus every accommodation orinti•
northern road, both as to time and conveyance ; and we 2.-
cipate for the ensuing season a traffic proportioned to tte op'
portunity.— Perth Courier.

POPULATION 'OF THE UNITED STATES....:
The census of the United States-is at length - officiaPY
nounced, so far as refers to the population.; although a fob
important countie, have been estimated, from a want of Prcireed
returns. The number of inhabitants is 17,100,572,
in which are 2,359,553 slaves, and 371,606 free coloured c.!-
ple. The population in 1830 was 12,856,407.
A UGSB URGH, MAY 29.,—We have just recc.-
a mail from Constantinople of the 12th of May. ,The.Prii,
had not yet issued its final firman respecting Mehemet'
because the actual submission of the latter had not yet bhp
completely made. Mehemet himself had contracted a L,e,
for millions of dollars (piastres), and, at the same In-tis
made great sales of cotton. The cruelties exercised togih t
the Bulgarian Christians had been censured by the Porte ; "ti
it has, notwithstanding, invested Hussein Pacha with 11e
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limited full powers. It appears that the Turkish Pacbidi„ey
again to'have the administration of the finances of which
were diprived by Reschid's reforms.
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TEL EFFECT.—On Saturday and Sunday last an inVe., "
was held at Crossmolina, on Margaret O'Rorke, a wiLl'is: I°o
A man named Peter Flinn had been paying his addresso }Ol
to the daughter of the deceased ; a marriage had beta
determined on, but under some pretence was deter t,
by the faithless wooer. Some few days after he: *
tended at the market of Crossmolina, and sen"let. 21 t'
person named Hopkins for the deceased widow, in or o0„5
that he might give her what is commonly called a tre3,,o
The treat consisted -of some mulled beer, and, waii
left before them, Flinn observed that it was not proPer,:tioir,..
mulled, and took it away for the purpose of having it bell
prepared He shortly afterwards returned and ,
goblet with the beer for the deceased, and two other gow(0 9,;
one for himself, the other for his friend Hopkins.
that
pressed the widow to take another, observing
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the sugar and pepper. mere lying at the bottom 0'
goblet. She . consented, and, having stirred 11:1d
the ingredients, drank them off. SLe immedi"tein
imagined that every place around her Nvlsrti
a blaze. She then . went home and remained inch .
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very painful state up to the time of her death,
did not. occur for three weeks afterwards. A number
witnesses were examined, and amongst the rest Dr. :51`,,.541
who held a post mortem examinatio'n on the body. *4.l' h -
his evidence it would appear that cantharidcs,
flies, were the cause of the death of the deceased. Al evato
diet, aeordingly IVMS returned, but the Jury-would tais,
it upon themselves to say by whom they were atnel,
tered. Flinn, who was in custotly, was further Irc:mra;te-' 0'0,4
and it is supposed that, being prepared to start for
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rice, he had determined to marry the mother in P.rc,,.
ence to the daughter, fur ..tho purpuse,, of
large fortune.. litibr, aware that could he secure flat;'•
affectious, he would inevitably succeed; it is-though!
he mixed the eantharides with the beer, there bolt
vulgar impression abroad that such in 0
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a female will instantly obtain for the giver lies at"
ment and love.