The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-06 00:00:00

MANCHESTER COMMERCIAL

ASSOCIATION.
A memorial has been addressed to Lord Palmerston
by Mr. Turner, the president of the Commercial Asso-
ciation, on the subject of the recent disturbances at
Canton, which, with the reply, we subjoin :
(Copy.)
" Manchester Commercial Association,
September 25, 1846,
" My Lord,—The directors of this association, by let-
ters received from China per the last mail, have been
solicited to co-operate in calling the attention of her
Majesty's Government to the serious outrages which
have been recently committed against the persons and
property of British subjects in Canton by the native po-
pulation ; and to point out the necessity which exists of
guarding against a recurrence of similar disturbances,
by the presence of a British ship of war in the imme-
diate neighbourhood.
"The association, however, judging from what has
already transpired in the public prints, doubt not that
your Lordship is in possession of full details, and that
the matter receives your careful consideration.
" They, therefore, only deem it necessary (as parties
having a deep personal interest in the subject) to express
their anxioas hope that her Majesty's Government will
adopt immediate steps to afford greater security to the
lives and properties of British subjects in the Chinese
empire.—I have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lord-
ship's most obedient servant,
(Signed) "J. ASPINALL TURNER, President.
" The Right Hon. the Viscount Palmerston,
&c. &c., her Majesty's Principal Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs, London."

" Foreign-office, October 1, 1846.
" Sir,—l am directed by Viscount Palmerston, to ac-
knowledge the receipt of the letter dated the 25th ult.,
signed by you on behalf of the Manchester Commercial
Association, referring to the late disturbances at Canton,
and requesting that further protection may be afforded
to her Majesty's subjects residing in China ; and I am
to state to you in reply, that her Majesty's Government
will not fail to take such measures in this respect as will
insure, so far as it is in their power, a full protection to
the lives and properties of British subjects. —I am, sir,
your most obedient humble servant,
" H. M. ADDINGTON.
" J. Aspinall Turner, Esq., Manchester."
In reply to a memorial to the Board of Trade, praying
for interference on behalf of the merchants at Gibraltar,
the following letter has been received :
" Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade,
Whitehall, Ist Oct., 1846.
" Sir,—l am directed by the lords of the committee of
Privy Council for Trade, to acknowledge the receipt of
the memorial of the directors of the Manchester Com-
mercial Association (addressed to Lord Clarendon).
praying for the interference of her Majesty's Government
on behalf of the merchants of Gibraltar, to free them
from the injurious position in which they are at present
placed in their dealings with Spain ; and I am to acquaint
you, for the information of the said directors, that my
lords have brought the subject under the consideration
of Lord Palmerston, with the view to her Majesty's Mi-
nister in Spain being instructed to bring this matter
under the favourable consideration of the Spanish Go-
vernment.—l am, sir, your obedient servant,
" J. A. Turner, Esq. " J. MACGREGOR.
Manchester Commercial Association."

HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—On the night of Saturday
last the following daring highway robbery was com-
mitted on the Great Western-road, about midway be-
tween Knightsbridge and Kensington. It appears that
just after midnight, as Mr. Osborn, of Pimlico, was re-
turning Home along the Great Western-road, from the
direction of Kensington turnpike, he was suddenly at-
tacked by six or eight men, dressed as labourers, who
demanded his money. Mr. Osborn called out for the
police, but one of the men instantly tore open Mr. Os-
born's coat, and snatched from his waistcoat pocket a
silver watch, with which they ran off. Policeman Froud
bearing Mr. Osborn's cries, hastened to the spot, pursued
the thieves in the direction pointed out by Mr. Osborn,
and shortly came up with four men answering the de-
scription, two of whom ho secured. They were imme-
diately conveyed to the station-house, Kensington, but
Mr. Osborn being unable to identify either of them, they
were liberated.