The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-26 00:00:00

TRANSLATION OF CHOP.

" Li, the acting magistrate of the distr!ct of Nanhai,
issues these explicit and urgent commands:—
"On the Bth instant a wrangling quarrel broke out
between the English and the Chinese, and it proceeded
to such a degree that three of our people were killed
and six wounded. Though the English were certainly
in the wrong, yet it is my duty, as magistrate, with a
view to prevent lawless men from plundering the houses
and shops of our people, to lead out the troops for the
...ppression of disorder, and for the protection and de-
fence of the place.
" The bodies of the dead and of the wounded have been
examined, and the several cases duly reported to the
superior authorities, instructing the English Consular
officers to search out the murderers and punish them ac-
cording to the laws.
" We, the officers of the Chinese, are to our people
what parents are to children. If you are wronged and
injured, the exercise of justice (in your behalf) shall
not be withheld; but there is reason to fear that some of
you, seeking to vindicate your cause,' should again by
your wrangling assemble the multitudes, and excite
quarrelling, so that those who are in the right will find
themselves among those who were in the wrong. More-
over, should the mob once assemble, it will be difficult to
prevent vagabonds from improving such an occasion to
commit acts of depredation and violence, and the cala-
mities may extend to your own shops and dwellings;
then it would be difficult to discern between the good
and the bad, and should you be once seized, you may be
stricken by that just indignation which is due to the

vagabonds. Crimes ought to be redressed; for, alas!
they are not without cause. How much to be deplored
would it be, should any of our good and quiet people, by
giving momentary vent to anger, and currency to ru-
mours, involve themselves with the vagabonds, and then
be left to suffer as being alike guilty with them.
" Right it is, therefore, to issue these commands. Un-
derstand, ye people of every class; that it behoves you to
await the examination and decision of their Excellen-
cies the high officers regarding all that has transpired.
Each one must keep quiet, in his own sphere, and attend
to his own affairs. Do not, on any account, renew the
wrangling, and so create new disorders that may lead to
grave consequences. -
"I, the magistrate, in preserving the local peace, and
with a view to the protection of your persons and pro-
perty, have again and again instructed and admonished
you, and you ought to look up and regard the feelings
of my heart, yielding obedience without opposition.
"Canton, July 11, 1846." AP

DREADFUL FIRE AND MELAN-
CHOLY LOSS OF LIFE AT BRIDPORT.
On Monday night last, soon after eleven o'clock, an
alarm of fire was raised in South-street, which was found
to proceed from Tucker's circulating library and fancy
depot. It appeared that the servant girl, who had
shortly before retired to rest, was alarmed by the pre-
sence of smoke in her bed-room, and a strong smell of
fire; she immediately rang a bell to alarm her mistress,
and called to her, and screamed for assistance, when
Mr. Charles Tucker, druggist (son of Mrs. Tucker at
the library, and whose premises communicate internally
with it), went to her assistance, and by means of a
ladder rescued her from a window at the back of the
premises. He then went through his shop to the
library, and on attempting to ascend the staircase lead-
ing to his mother's bed-room, found it giving way, the
fire being beneath. He then retreated to the street and
placed a ladder against a front bed-room window where
she slept, and, on opening it, had a difficulty in enter-
ing, but, on calling his mother, received no answer,
neither could he feel her in 'the bed. On
returning to the street he got in at another
window ,to an adjoining room, but she was not there.
By this time plenty of assistance was at hand, and
the bed-room was again entered by Mr. T., who could
proceed no further, the landing-place being by this time
in flames. The most intense anxiety prevailed for some
time, in hope she had escaped, and was in the back
garden or in some of the back premises ; but about six
o'clock in the morning the melancholy forebodings of the
bystanders were realised by the appearance of one of the
thigh buses protruiing from the ruins ; and in abOut
two hours, after great exertions, a large portion of the
remains wevo extrica6d and placed in a shell. Mean-
while the fire burnt' with great rapidity, and the shop of
Mr. C. Tucker was entirely destroyed, with a portion of
Mr. J. Gully's, hair-dresser and seedsman, above the
latter. Mr. Chick's, spirit merchant, was twice on fire ;
and but for the most strenuous exertions would have
shared a similar fate. The George Inn, and Mr. R.
Ebdon's general grocery and china and glass ware-
house, were for several hours in the most im-
minent danger, the stock and furniture from each,
with that of some other parties, having been re-
moved for security to the premises of the neighbours,
who lent every assistance in securing a great deal of
valuable property. Had the wind been any point from
the southward the destruction of property would have
been immense. Towards the evening a heavy storm of
rain came on, which stayed the further progress of thn
fire from the ruins.

An inquest was held on the remains of Mrs. Tucker
on Wednesday morning, at which no clue could be
obtained as to the origin of the fire, and a verdict of a
highly respectable jury was-returned of "Accidental
Death by fire."

Mrs. tucker had been a widow 19 years to a day, and
was most deservedly respected for her integrity and assi•
duity in business, and her death in this most awful man-
ner has cast a deep gloom over the town in general. We
hear that the parties were fully insured.
But for the spirited exertions of Mr. Cornick, Mr.
Samson, Mr. Vatter, Mr. Ebdon, and some others, who
knew the adjoining premises well, and assisted the fire-
men in directing the engine-pipe, the whole of the corner
of the street on both sides would have been destroyed.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING,
Lorrnox, SEPT. 25.—Wind W.S.W., light breeze, and
cloudy.
DEAL, SEPT. 24.—Wind W.S.W. to W.N.W.—Arrd.
Aden, Waddell, Hobart Town; John Woodhall, Launceston;
Lady Howden, China ; Humayson' Cameron, ditto; Princess
Royal, ditto ; Exeter, Calcutta ; Castle Ellen, Reed, ditto ;
Oriental, ditto ' • Schella, Coleman, ditto ; Emma, Singapore ;
Ostrich, Smith, Madras ; Herefordshire, Richardson, Bom-
bay ; Iris, Trevett, Mauritius ; Mary Ann, Grey, Algoa Bay ;
New Express, Hewitt, Cape of Good Hope; Stately, Prise-
man, Cobija ; Romulus, Algoa Bay ; Rio Packet, Wmke, Rio
Janeiro ; Cadet, Cukey, Trinidad ; Adelaide, Dovell, St. Vin-
cent ; Susan King, M'Lean, St. Lucia ; Castle Lochlan, Bruce,
Jamaica ; Duke of Manchester, Murray, ditto ; Jubilee, ditto ;
Patriot, ditto; Ruby, Allen, ditto; Commodore, Moyle, ditto;
St. James, Meyer, New York ; Eight Sons, Morrison, Halifax ;
Oronoco, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Robert Rankin, Doyle,
ditto ' • Florida, Quebec. Arrd. from the River, Tory, Young.
Norfolk Island; Lady Kennaway, Avery, Algoa Bay; Lud-
low, Watson, Jamaica ; Industrious, Weeks, Charleston ; Jane
Duflus, Thomson, St. Joint's, New Brunswick ; Exeter,
Prieston, Halifax. Sld. Prince Albert, Sebor, New York.
The Antonia, Rogerie, reported as on shore on the Goodwin
Sands yesterday, has become a total wreck.
LIVEILPO L, SEPT. 24.—Wind W.N.W., fresh. Arrd.
Benjamin ooper, Launceston, aid. May 22 ; Patriot King,
-Rodalick, cutta ; Mary Somerville, Johnson, ditto; Grind-
lay, Perkins, Madras; Camillus, Ashton, Bombay; Fame,
Rio Grande; Mary, Withycombe, Brass River, sld. July 6,
and Fernando Po 11th•' Castries, •liiiid, St. Lucia; St. Law-
rence, Ilageden, New Orleans; TinnWsee,Pray, ditto ; Dublin,
Skotield, Mobile; Remittance, Prince, Charleston; Siddons,
Cobb, New York ; Liverpool, Eldridge, ditto; Columbia
Rathbone, ditto, sld. Ist inst.; Anglo-Saxon, Gordon, Bose
ton,
ton, and. th inst. Off port, Millicete.
HULL, SEPT. 24.—The Isabella, Campbell, from Arch
angel, upset and sunk in the old dock this morning, having
about 200 quarters of oats on board.
The Great Britain steamer, Hasker, hence to New York,
ran on shore on the Main in Dundrum Bay, near Tyrella,
22d inst ; passengers landed safe, and vessel expected off.
GREENOCK, SEPT. 23.—The North Esk, Alier, from Cron-
stadt, caught tire at Port Glasgow, 22d inst. ; masts and
materials totally destroyed, part of hull and cargo damaged.
AYR, SEPT. 21.—Arrd. Minerva, Parker, Pugwashr
DARTMOUTH, SEP. 23.—The Foreningen, Blidberg, from
Gothenburg to Seville, was towed into the harbour this
evening, with loss of masts, rigging, sails, and everything
above deck, and other damage, having been in con tit witll,
a barque about eight P.M. yesterday.
CONISBAY, SEPT. 21.—The sloop Spring, Glen,l4 Fort
William, from Peterhead to Ireland, got on shore do the
island of Strome yesterday, but was assisted oft' apparently
without damage, and proceeded to Stromness.
SHIELDS, SEPT. 24.—The Equity, Smith, of and for this
port, from Rouen, in entering the harbour last night, got,
on the rocks near Tynemouth, and is considerably damaged.
BRIDLINGTON, SEPT. 23.—The John and Ann, Seymour,
which was on shore near the new pier this morning, has
been got off with damage, after throwing part of cargo over
board, and brought into the harbour.

The Earl and Countess Somers have during the
last fortnight received much company at Eastnor Castle,
the family seat in Herefordshire.
SALE OF THE WIIITTLESEA ESTATE, CAMBRIDGE..
SHIRE.— On Thursday, the freehold estate of Whittlesea,
situate in the county of Cambridge, was disposed of by
auction by Messrs. Smith, at the Auction Mart. The pro-
perty comprised the manors of Whittlesea, St. Andrew,
of Whittlesea, St. Mary, and of the rectory of Whittlesea,
St. Mary, which extended over nearly 25,000 acres, in-
cluding the fines, quit- rents, royalties, &c. ; also, about
2,100 acres of land, and the freehold, rent-charges, in
lieu of tithes, reaching over 19,000 acres, with the
perpetual advowson of the vicarage of St. Mary. The
whole, which was of the value of nearly 6,800/. per annum,
was then put up in one lot, and was bought in at
169,000/. It was then put up in three lots. The first
lot comprised the freehold rent-charges of about 17,000
acres, yielding 3,034/. Os. 9d. per annum, exclusive of
2401. parochial rates, 701. stipend to the vicar of St. Mary,
1001. also during the incumbency of the present vicar,
and 1331. 6s. Bd., an annuity of one-third of 4001., pay-
able to the heirs of Lord Eardley, &c. This was sold
for 68,0001. The second and third lots included the
manors with several freehold farms, containing about
2,136 acres, producing an annual income of 2,9561. 195.
6d., subject to 71/. Bs. land-tax, and 8/. 10s. fee-farm
rent, with also the patronage of the advowson, returning
2461. 4s. Bd. per annum. They were sold for 99,5001.
The population is about 7,000. There is an extensive
fishery within the manor, and the country was hunted
by Lord Fitzwilliam's hounds. The timber was to be
disposed of at a valuation.
PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.—The Ocean coach, run-
ning between Cromer and Norwich, left Cromer at eight
o'clock on Tuesday morning with a full load, and had
proceeded to Aylsham, a distance of some ten miles,
when the horses were changed. The coach had not pro-
ceeded on its journey with the fresh horses more than a
few hundred yards when the off-wheeler, a spirited mare,
not long accustomed to harness, commenced kicking
furiously, and caused the remaining horses to take fright
and gallop furiously down the hill. The coachman
vainly endeavoured to pull up, and in the attempt the
" quarter rein" of the restive mare was broken; There
were three ladies seated in front, and although the
coachman and several passengers implored them to re-
tain their seats, in which they were held by force for a
few seconds, two of them contrived to throw themselves
off, and were precipitated over a wall about six feet high
into a field. Singularly enough they sustained no in-
jury. The coachman now perceiving that the vehicle
would be upset unless speedily stopped, contrived to pull
one rein suddenly, and with such force as to swing the
horses round and to dash the coach against the wall over
which the ladies had leaped. Two of the horses were
severely bruised by the contact with the wall, and re-
mained perfectly still, but bleeding and exhausted. A.
labourer who was engaged repairing the road then ran
up and secured the leaders. On the passengers descend-
ing, it was found that the bar of the coach was smashed,
and that the mare, which had originally caused the mis-
chief, was seriously injured.
The Earl and Countess of Sefton thave, sines
the commencement of the shooting season received tl
constant succession of visitors at Achnacarry Castle
North Britain.

SINGULAR DISCOVERY IN A GRAVESEND STEAMER.
—On Tuesday afternoon a man, named Smith, one of
the crew of the Emerald Gravesend steamer, observed
a brown paper parcel in the cabin, and as no one applied
for, or claimed it, he took it to the booking office imme-
diately after the vessel reached Gravesend. There being
no name or address upon the parcel, after a short delay
it was considered advisable to open it and see what it
contained, when, to the utter surprise of all, the body
of a newly.born female infant presented itself. It was
shortly removed to the custody of the police at the
Town-hall, and a. letter was forwarded to Mr. Carttar,
the coroner, informing him of the circumstances. It is
' about two years since a similar parcel was left on the
seat of a Gravesend steamer, containing an infant in 6
state of decomposition.