The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-30 00:00:00

TIE KIDDERMINSTER BANK.

The affairs of this bank are to be wound up
a notice has been issued requiring through the agency of the Court of Chancery, and
prove their debts on or before Feb. g 25: rnetedhelertyo4rst hto
March being the day appointed for adjudicating
upon claims. An adjourned meeting of the credi-
tors was to be held at Kidderminster last night. A.
statement of the position of the bank has been pre-
pared by an accountant. This shows the amount
due to creditors on deposit and current accounts to
be 32,000/. ; the notes in circulation, 6,1551. ; mis-
cellaneous and private creditors, 1,000/. ; trust ac-
count, 5,8001. ; and due to savings-bank (to be paid
in full), 765/. ; making a total of 45,720/. ; while
the estimated assets are 32,1191., which includes
2,2451. in cash, bills, and securities in hand ;
20,2941., debts on open accounts ; a policy of in-
surance on the life of a debtor, 1,700/. ; money at
London agents, 2,6501. ; and 3,5001. value of private
property. In addition to the above, there are free-
hold properties to be given up to the estate valued
at 2,5751., making a total in round numbers of
34,7001. At the time the bank stopped payment
the amount of bills under rediscount was nearly
40,000/., while the bills and securities actually in
the house amounted to only 1,0001. It is under-
stood that there are settled estates in Northamp-
tonshire which are not available for the creditors.
The present estimate is that if the assets turn out
good, and litigation is avoided, the dividend will be
about 12s. 6d. in the pound. A petition by several
creditors, adverse to the winding up, has been
. dismissed.

TfIE SUN, LONDON,
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FRIDAY EVE'NING-,. JANUARY 3O, i
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THE; CHINESE WAR. , Excellency Ceti Plenipotentiary, insists that there shall suffering to which the people have been subjected without your Excellency repudiates my words of peace and THE MANCHESTER PARTY. ' Countr; Markets
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btrb -'billrot E e benceferth uurestrictedfreedontof intercouree between a cause, they are even more averse to the eloncession friendship,
the native authorities within and the foreign representa than they were before. I meet now leave to his Excellency the Naval Comman-
poTlithiecalan,
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HONG KONG. MANCHES I ER, THUttSDAY NIGHT. ,
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lives without the city. This simple and reaeonable re- It were best, then, to adhere to his Excelleney Mr. der-in-Chief the measures which a painful necessity may DERBY SMITHFIELD.-Jena 27.
The riotous disposition displayed by the Chinese•, There was a short supply of fat beasts tn-day, and high
pTrhieces numberwee
eue,tt the Governor General has mixed up with the past Bonham's policy. With my long experience of your i compel him to take, and to spur Excellency all the re.
night. It was a numerous, but not a crowded gathering.
SUN OFFICE, 'F. even o'C/ocle. mob in Hong Kong had caused serious disquiet.to-(31
obtained as ihneeedp and auncluseaulaaing
small,
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e discussions regarding the Treaty right. Petitioners will Eecellency' intelligence and justice, I have spared no sponsibility which belongs to those whodisregard treaties, ,
Several heavy flees hate been imposed under a local do well at mice to move his Excellency with all speed pains to make my reply both clear and speetific. Let and visit epen people the unhappy consequences of their
Mr. George Wilson presided •; and there were present
Messrs. Gibson, Heywood, Cheatham, and Hadfield, sold. Fat calves scarce.
3a.,
•,s Day.) ! nuisance ordinance ; and this, in conjunction with ito abandon this false and dangerous position. If they your Excellency give careful attention to it. own obstinacy. last week's rices. A short s -
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a general ee ing of disc=ontent against the police, nee- ;sect to make this appeal tohimthey will share not Pelting of the
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members of the Legislature.
7tdOsf'o6clBlo;nlasmObl'per score ;rough fat, 5s 6 . to Pus
t . . produced an excitement which vented itself by the only the calamitous censeqnences of stubbornness, but at wish your Excellencyprosperity and peace. needless miseries your Excellency has brought upon the
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The following were the quotations ;-Beef 6d to 64dt
P imply of fat pigs and well
The following appointments were made at the Admi -d to Od ; veal, 7d tc 81 per
v• I voluntary closing of all the shops- The excitement, the same time the serious responsibility of not averting A special communication, addressed to his Excellency city and tieighbourbood, all of which might easily have
rally this afternoon :-
however, would have speedily subsided of itself these in due season. His Excellency has tested the Sir J. Bowring. her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c., &c. been averted.-I have, &c..
-`3 JOHN BOWRING,
long parhantentary services. pee 141 b. ; hides, 41d to 6,d per lb ; ealf.skins, eed - Gil
with which he has to deal ;he must have seen Bien-Fung 6th year 10th moon, sth doer (12th No To his Excellency Yeh, Imperial
t• Lieutenant-M. G. Jackson, to be Chief Officer of but for an endeavour on the part of the idle vaga- Power The folloaieg letter from Mr, Bright was read to the per lb.
Coast Guard. bonds with whom the colony teems, to turn the with what y certaint that which is threatened is accom- vernber, 1856). High Commissioner, itc. • '
meeting :-
olishen ' • Let petitioners reflect that more sudden and Translated by THOMAS WAD; Chinese secretary. --- ---
Master- William L. Scarnell, to the Colombia. state of affairs to account ; but their schemes were - • " Rlchdale, Nov. 5, 1856. EDINBORGH GRAIN.-JAN. 28.
terrible things are yet in its hand to do, and let them ---- YEll, IMPERIAL COMMISSIONER, GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF , .
frustrated as much by the moderation of the betterMy dear -r
e Naval Cadet- P. C. Johnstone, to the Indus. earnestly press their chief authorities to yield while it is /EEL impEBIAL COMMissioNEB, auFFBNOKGENERAL OF THE TWO KWANG, &C., &c., MAKES COMMUNICATION IN ' - -., Wilson, - meni •ned ti yu a few days Fair supplies of grain to-day, Sales heavy for ever!'
classes as by the appearance of the military patrol- yet time. THE TWO KWANG, &C., &C., MAKES COMMUNICATION IN REPLY• ago that I was about to leave England for a considerable kind, and prices easier, with the exception of oats.
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lam in receipt of your Excellency's communication time, probably for several months. My health, as you Wheat, on the top, 3s down, and on the average 28 en
ling the streets, and beyond the throwing of a few • REPLY.
LONDON GAZETTE—(This Ev3nincr ) .
the 20th inst., in which you state that "my repudia,- know, is greatly improved dear g the pa•t six months- clown. Barley, Gd down on the top, and is 4.t li the
_ _ '__ ___• . stonea nothing has occurred, while the issue of a SIR JOHN BOWRING TO YEH, THE IMPERIAL COMMISSIONER. On the 16th inst. I received your Excellency's letter ofp on
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, , . —....—...... proclamation by the Lieutenant-Governor had the Superintendency of Trade, Nov. 10, 1856. of the 14th, and acquainted myself with its °entente. tem of your worde of peace and friendship has caused 40 much so as to alien.' strong reason for the belief ilia', overage. Oats on• the top ls 6.i down-on the average
math disappointment and distress." a further period of relaxation, and change of etij cte and 41 up. Beans on the top 3.3 down,. and on the average
t WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MA.LL, ;TAN. 30. effect of calming the minds of the shopkeepers, so Sir,-His Excellency the Naval Commander-in Chief In my reply to an earlier letter I showed, by a de• you
In a late reply I communicated to you
a copy, re• interests, will so far restore me as to enable rue again
• 2d down.
. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards, Assistant-Surgeon that, after a meeting of the principal men, held at Sir Michael Seymour has communicated to me copies of tailed and specific statement of the whole case, that the
John Harrison Robotham, from the 7th Dragoon Guards, the joss house, the shops were opened and business his late correspondence with your Excellency. " -d on board the lorcha was a Chinese cri-
prisoner seiz. spectfully made, of an Imperial decree, in which his ,to at'end to public business I have coesuited physi- AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER.
to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Smith, who exchanges. • resumed. In the hope of preventing a recurrence of the present micas. The letter under acknowledgment tells me " the Majesty the Emperor-on the representation of myself, Macs of extensive ;roc ice, and eminent in the pr )fession, Wheat L 1 19 5 0-12th.
3,1 Dragoon Guards-Captain Conyers Tower, from the unfortunate state of things at Canton, his Excellency has lorcha without doubt lawfully bore the British flag, the then governor, and Seu, the late commissioner, that and their opinions ad concur in this-that a cemplete Do. new
•Lieut-Colonel Caine,
.the lieutenant-governor ofßarley
negotiations (retpecting the City queetton)had been closed rest from public labour fora longer period, is neeeteary ' 117 10 2-12ths. •
b C t • • Hunt, who
6th Dragoons, to e ap lain, vice exchanges. Henryroposed that, as elsewhere, there should be free inter- under a register grantee by me." This attests the truth Oats 1 5 3 0-12th,s.
sth Dragoon Guarde-Capta.in Edward Octavius Pearse, zi, Kong, had issued a proclamation, in which it by the late Plenipotentiary,, Mr. Bonhatn-had signified ,=nd ttat t the it may be eoped and believed, sill glee me
conree between the authorities within and foreign repre. of what was stated in evidence before the officer sent to Beaul
late of the Durham Artillery Militia, to be a Paymaster, is notified to the residents of this colony, that her sentativee with ' out the cit This proposition your conduct the examination in the case of the lorcha-viz , his pleasure that the request made was not to be snot- rerewed he eth and etrength. Acting upon the., advice,
vice Ricketts, appointed to the Ceylon Rifle Reg, as Lieut. Majesty's Government having reason to believe that Excellency declines to entertain, -
• you insist not only in that having
' been built by Soo Aching, a Chinese, a re. tinned. The mercantile communities, native and foreign which my oan judgment entirely approves, I:m about
7th Dragoon Guards-Assistant-Surgeon Opie Smith,BOSTON-JAN. 28.
I argued), were well eatisfied, and the tea between to leave home for some months, and I shall, therefore,
the large influx of sus icious characters from the confounding it with the vast discussions of the treaty gister was pprchased for her for 1,000 dots., and that she (
from the 2d Dragoon Guards, to ba Assistant-Surgeon, . -
main . P . . ,We had a good supply of wheat, but the demand Was
Chinese which bad taken place during the last right of all foreigners to enter the city, but in maintain- fratmuleutly astumed the flan of your nation. I have them ever since, a pnriod of some yearS, had, in conse- in all probability; not be able to attend the House of
vice Robotham, who exchanges.extremely dull, at a decline on the currency of this dal
6th Dragoons-Captain Augustus Hunt, from the 34 few weeks, and the seditious and treasonable demon- icg that the right itself is shown to have been definitively always understood foreign flees to be each one d inprosperity • andthis
peculiar quence, daily increase . was a Commons during the next session of parliament. week of is to 2s per qr. for the best dry qualities, whilst
Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Tower, who ex- strations of this date in the streets of this city, bad abandoned in a despatch from my predecessor, Mr. to a nation-they are never made so little of as even toof safety. t words of true policy
changes. been occasioned by the direct agency of secret emis- Bonham, dated 9th April, 1849. be lent ; bow, then, could a foreign nation do anything " words of peace and friendship," write to yon in your capacity of chairman bf the COM" kinds of spring corn sold sloelly at unaltered • a price
9th Light Dragoons-Lieutenant Francis' Richard Chas. series from the persons (Commissioner Yeh arrd the The paesage cited is not quoted in full by your Ehcelt so irregular as to sell its flee to Caine ? This appears As I have in several replies explained, minutely and matte which undertook the management of my electien prises :-Wheat, red, 468 Od to 57s Od •• new -s to -let
Grant to be Adjutant, vice William Hamilton, who re-with law; detailedly, his Majesty the Etnperor refused his sanction in 1852. lam very sensible of the kindoess shown to white, 563 set to 59s Ott . extra, 620 Barley,' I"
Cantonese) carr • • t 1 lency. • Referring to the non fulfilment of the engage to your Excellency a proceeding in accordance
carrying on a lawless war agains ier 3Bs Od to ,
sive the Adjutancy only.moot 'entered nit° in 1849, Mr. Bonham proceeds- I all I min say ist that lam not aware that foreign netions (to the demand made), because he knew the temper of the me by my constituents, inaernuce ae I believe they freely Od. • ' tett 183 to 265. Peas, 36 to 423 rat Beans, 30
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards-Henry Arthur Majesty's fences in the ,neighbouring province of
"Although entered into by Keping, and confirmed by have any such 'law. As I have said before, therefore, Canton people so thoroughly as to be aware of tbeir aver- consented to my absence from parliament during the Ott to 47s Oct per gr.
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Hereon, Gent., to be Xnsign and Lieutenant, vice Sir W. Kwang-tung,-it was the determination of her Islat, to it ; the late Plenipotentiary, Mr. Benham, re gnat session. In absenting myself for another sessicn,
r Etn eror it (the engagement) has not been carried had the flag belonged bona fide to a British merchant
Forbes, Bart., who retires. Majesty's goverement within the colony of Holy, Y" P '. .* . resented this to his government, and the British go- however, I feel that lam bound to enter into a more NEWARK-JAN. 28.
3d Foot-Rohl Burdett Morony, Gent., to be Ensign, by ea to take • eta t for putting in
Kong in- n measures
b out; the question at issue rests where it was; and must vessel, it would have been proper to follow some other P
vernment, also kttowing the temper of the Canton people public and definite explanation with them.
P°
rchase, vice Hotchkin, who retires, remain in abeyance. The discussion of it canna, at course than the one pursued ; but the fact being tbat a At our Corn Exchange to-day we had a good attendance
4th Foot-Capt. Cuthbert Eccles, from half-yay 4th revisions of the Re • '
the p Registration Ordinance No. 7 present be further prosecuted between your Excellency Chinese bad fraudulently assumed the flag why should and their aversion (t° the proposed measure), therefore " IncaPaLl',, as lau at present, of performing any of of farmers, and a liberal supply cogent, on alldescription&
Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Thomson, of 1846 ; and that so soon as the said ordinance and myself. .1 can but repeat my regret at the unsatis- Mr. Consul Parkes have put himself forward as his ad• c!osed negotiation:, respecting it. the duties of their representative, it would seem to be Both wheat and barley met witha heavy sale at is per ttri
promoted to the substantive rank of Major, unattached, should be brought into full operation,'all unregis- factory report which this evasion of the treaty will compel vecate ? Simply because he wanted a pretext for making It is your Excellency who " repudiates," (6)- not I who my duty to resign my seat in parliament, and to give under last week'. rates. Damp samples of wheat CO
under the Royal Warrant of 6th Oct., 1854. tared Chinese would be required to depart from the me to make to my Government." trouble. am "obstinate. the opportenity of elec ing my successor. I feet, how not be turned into money.
Wheat, white 63s to 66s red 58s to •barley,mania
, 695,
21st Foot-John Urquhart, Esq., late Paymaster, Bri- colony. Your Excellency seeks to construe as declaratory of As to the entry into the city, after a long correspond- In 1850 Mr. Bonham sent an officer to Tien-tsin with a ever, that the wishes and convenience of the constituency
4ess to 50; • ' grinding 383 to 425• oats 24st 353 to 378,
-e",40;
tide Swiss Legion, to be Paymaster, vice Hawker, a - 'The • request that he might be admitted into the city, and his ought to be, consuttect before I decide. If we were at
• ted to Depot
pointed aßattalion. " P China Mail complains that the piracies in its cessation for evermore, words simply signifying that epee upon this question between the late Cemmiseioner 303 to 32s'• beans, 48s to 529 1 • • n•"-
t 78s to 80s ; peas,
Majesty the Emperor signified his pleasure that it should the beginning, instead of being, as we are, very near the
and around, and especially in the moons or en- discussion of our treaty right was suspended until reports Seu, and the late Plenipotentiary Mr. Bonham, the dis-to 423; tares, -s to -s ;ma
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per qr.
of its repudiation could be made to her Majesty's go- cession of the matter closed net definitively. The letter not be sanctioned ; again, in 1854, when your Excel• end of a parliament, the interests of all concerned would
trances to the harbour, had latterly become more ll---
BANK OF ENGLAND.vernment. Pending their reference, Mr. Bonbam called now under ackno'rledgment says, "Mr. Bonham never lency came forward earnestly repeating that request, his probab'y be best promoted by my immediate resigns- .
numerous and daring than had ever before been ex-LOUTH-JAN. 23.
An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth 'Victoria, cap 32, fo • ' • • on British 'subjects to abstain from attempting to enter did so close, and never was authorised so to close, in" Majesty again signified his pleasure that it should not lion ;but as a general election is likely to take, place
d
perience . The " rebels' were running riot, per- .to-dsP
the Week ending on Saturday the 24th day of Jan., 1857. Canton. • If ha did not so close it, why did Mr. Bonham issue abe sanctioned ; and the fact that the request made on dutiog the year 1857, it may not be thought desirable The attendance was small at the corn market to
I.BBVE DEPAITMAIIT. fectly nninterfered with and uncontrolled by our • these two occutions was on both refused, proves that it to have two elections for Mancheeter during the. same with ,
•th a dull trade at lower • prices. Wheat deolined'es
government ; and Hong Kong was literally in a That the British Government never abated an iota of notice at the factories, which was put in the papers, to qt., and barley and beans each about is.
is not the case that I, individually, am " repudiating." year. This is a point which lam anxious to refer to my per
Notes Issue ...... .• 23,911,695 Government debt,... 11,015.100 its claim, is shown by Mr. Bonharrint letter of the 21st the effect that foreigners were not to go into the city t oat.'
Other securities...... 3,4 t 9,90 n state of blockade as far as the native traffic was. August, 1849. This was written under instructions of West is this but proof that he had definitively closed The city is quastion is the provincial city of Kwang• friends in Manchester before Ido anything which Wheat, 49s to 53s ; extra, 558; barley 44e t 0,465; 0
23s to 27s ; berms, 40s to 455.
a:lid bullion 9,466,695 concerned. Innumerable instances of seizures of Lord Palmerston, then Principal Secretary of State for it? His despatch at the same time stated that he had tang ; the people are the People of Kwang-lung ; nor would make an immediate election unavoidable,
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•• •• •• •• trading and market-junks were known-many Foreign Affairs, and his Excellency Seti was requested reported it to his Government, and on this I, then go- can any parallel be drawn between them and those of "You will greatly oblige tie, therefore, if you will -
, other provinces. take such steps as appe.ar to you best, to ascertain the
X 23,941,495 , .C23,941;95 more than were reported to the police ; and even to transmit it to Peking. The assumption of Seu bins. vernor of the province, and the late Commissioner Seu, LOCAL SHARE HA RKE TB.
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. the stone junks, with building materials' for the self in his reply, dated 27th August, 1849, that the die. represented
Dtted the 29th day Of January, 1857. colony, were only allowed to pass into the harbour cussion was no more to be renewed, was at once re- bad definitively closed their negotiations respecting which your letter speaks, have been brought upon them take. I Oat' be guided by their decision, either to ..—miommm.
BANKING DETAaTstENT. ected by Mr. Bonham ; and your Excellency must admissions into Canton, and had the honour to re- by the wanton mid hasty acts of Admiral Seymour. I vacate my seat in Parliament on the opening of the LIVERPOOL, JAN. 29.
. x ' on payment of " black mail "to these pirate pa- i h nothing to do with them. How can all the re
Have g - coining session, or to retain it till the dissolution of S ;t ai TOOK EXOHANGE.-the market continues qu.e ,
Proprletors'capltal .. 14,553,000 Governmentsecnritles triots. Two sugar laden junks wer© taken by them be well aware that ever since my return to this stelae in reply the following decree:- ol
Rest . ......... 3,389,140 (includg.DeadWei,lht on the morning of Nov. 26 • ; and, besides them, on country as Minister Plenipotentiary, the subject has " The purpose of walling cities is to protect the pen- ibilit ef them belon to me ? spone y g the Perliament, which may come in the spring, and is lower prices. Blackburn, 8.13.9.-South-Eastern, sed ne '
-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 33e- LaDOSSbI
Public deposits (in- Annuity).......... 11,569,431
been foremost amongst those of. which I have had occa• plc ;in the protection of the people lies the security of . In short, when things are done otherwise than is almost certain to come in the autumn of 1857.
chiding Exchequer, Other securities— 15,829 IS. the 17th inst. a cargo boat was taken as she was . n
ito adviseyour Excellency the British Government the state When the people of Kwang-tung are unani- consistent with what is due by man, an offence is corn- " I hope lam not too sanguine in believing that a few 'and Yorkshire 064-London and North Western, 061
Commissioners of Notes •• .. .......... 4.851,73, leaving
o the harbour (the boat has since been re- 8 °
National Debt, Say- Gold and silver coin.. 64 ,587 looked for a satisfactory adjustment. mously determined against tee admission of foreigners g , s more of rest-rest of the
covered), a trader was seized off Sa-chow ;and twocellency, by command (7) of your government, has come had almost no rest during 5 • n 1 log's Banks, andl bee to ref • • ' •• •• • • laid
refer you particularly to my communications into the city, can an Imperial injunction beon them g the pact 1 years-WL re-
Dividend Accounts) 4,122,9'21 fishing boats off Chek-chu. On the 19th a cargo of the 25th April,4 10 hJ 1 d 27 h Dec.,854 d bdwhether they 11 1I •
t ti y, an t ea., ,an y proclamation so to o, ey will or no tis to Canton (or Kwang-tong), to exercise general super- store to me the power, as I dill have the will, to MANCH ESTER, JAN. 29.
tetocx Exoneeoe.-There was a steady market, 1. t VA
Other deposits ...... 9,915,005 boat,-while at anchor off the village of Chim-sa- of the 11th June, 1855. not in the power of the Government of China to cross vision over all things pertaining to trade. The chief labour in that field in which so much of my life has•
SA,en Day and tithe.only two sales were ' d rea e. Dovers, 25 5-16 /1.
Bins.. ...• .. 1t49,836 chuy, on the opposite side of the harbour. On the :The tenour of your correspondence with Sir M. Sey- the wishes of the people out of deference to those of the authority being thus its your grasp, why have you been spent. If lam permitted to recover my former _
-- ------ 21st, a trading junic in the Capsuy-moon ; three of mour, obliges rue once more to remind you, that the men from afar; on the otter hand, it behoves foreign na- allowed Admiral Seymour to carry hostilities to this strength before the occurrence of a general election, LEEDS-JAN. 29.
£32,899,902 , £32 859,902 length ?
•er. MARSIIALL, Chief (molter. the pirates have since been apprehended. On the treaty right of British subjects to be admitted into Can- tions to study the temper of the people ;to the end that I shall then hope for a continuance of the confidence Smont EXCHANGE.-The market has been flat, the 010
Dated the 29th day of January, 1857. 22d, a passage boat at Chun-chuy. On the 24th, a ton has never been abattdoned by the British Govern- the capital of their merchants may work free from risk, I have myself long since transmitted to Peking an which the enactors of Manchester have so long placed transactions being North-Westerns, 7i n., 7g, 11.16ths•
large Chinchew trader, off Tae-p'ung. merit. But this right is not at the present moment &c. Respect this." account of all that has happened, and of the present in me ; if renewed health be not granted to me, I
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AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. Her Majesty's brig Acorn, Captain Hood, which under discussion. The admiral is simply insisting on It seems plain in my humble opinion that the reason state of things here. shall then withdraw from public life,' remembering, as BIRMINGHAM., JAN. 29. ther
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, corn- left Singapore on the Ist Nov.for Hong Kong,
ov. certainty of access to the local authorities ; and with why his Imperial Majesty refused [what was asked] was I therefore reply to you, availing myself of the ones- long as I live, how much I owe to the kindues. aml STOCK. EXCHANGE. This market was doing rs 0
puled from the returns made in the week ending Jan. good reason. Had the British Consul been able to ob- that he had, on his part, so studied the temper of the sion to wish your Excellences increate of proeperity. forbearance of those in whose teatime and on whese lees business to-day, and prices were about the saraltel
was looked for he hourly. re A necessary communication, addressed to EL B. M. behalf, I have acted for nine years past in the House yesterday. Great Western, ices Guaranteed, 10
27, 1857, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid orlain such access on the day that the lorcha's flag was Kwang.tung people as to appreciate their aversion to it; -London and North-Western, 106, 106 - ninninghlo
payable thereon, on the impottation thereof into Great On the morning of the 26th Nov. the Russian torn down awl her crew unlawfully seized, the affair and your excellency, to judge from your letter, where Plenipotentiary Sir John Bowring, &c. ef Commons.-Believe me, very sincerely youre
Britain :- s. d. frigate Aurora saluted the British flag, and the might have been settled in a single interview ;as it was, it speaks of " the opposition of the gentry, and the tur- , Hein-Fung, 6th year, 10th moon, 24th day (21st " JOHN BRIGHT '
e Banking Company, 34 -Birmingham Waterworks, no°
61 prom.-Bit -Miolends, 824 4.
From the British Possessions in America 37 Oi salute was returned by the Murray Battery. OnNovember,
ester after letter had to be addressed
to your Excel- bulent violence of the people of Canton, would seem The following resolution was next moved by the - ' i
Muscovado, the produce of the Mabritints 37 5 on--
the 27th n Salute was tired by the frigate in eonse- tents ; severe! you allowed to remain for days without a had also eumneenstudiedf the K Translated by THOMAS WAnn,Chinese Secretary. Chairman ;-
y the temper o e wang-
Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 36 6e
.Average of the above three descriptions l6 11e quence of a visit from his Excellency the Governor. reply ; and to this hour you have neither apologised for tung people. The people are looked on by the state as - Resolved-" That this meeting, in expressing its pro- SEABORNE
the misconduct of your executive, nor have you given its foundation. When the ruler loves his people there is (6) Who will not accept what is tendered to you, viz., found regret at the circumstances which unhappily ne•
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BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE ENGLISH any sufficient assurance thit henceforward our flag and some prospect f their their Thus, o obeying ruler. as a the aalain truth that admission into Canton has been cessitate the absence of Me esteemed representative, J.
[When the date for making up a mail falls on a Stull
John Bailey, cotton manufacturer, of Oakenshaw Clay- AND CHINESE. jurisdiction shall be respected. general rule, has it ever been. To run counter to the refused you from first to last, on account of the temper Bright, Esq., M.P., desires to record iis unatiated con the mail remains open until the day following ; except in of
ton-le-Moors, Lancashire. (From the Hong Kong Gazette Extraordinary of N0v.28 ) Your Excellency's pertinacity in ignoring your oblige• feelings of man is to disregard what nature teaches is and unwillingness of the people. viction of the signal ability and high moral courage, case of the India mail, via Southampton, which, on ell
BANKRUPTS. ADDRESS OF THE INAHABITANTS OF THE WHOLE CITY TO tions on these points has rendered necessary a series of right before Heaven. This has never been the policy of (7) 'This is not properly phrased : " your government" universally acknowledged, with which he has hitherto occasions, is made up the previous evening.]
George Groom, boot and shoe factor, Norwich, to sue- HIS EXCELLENCY THE PLENIPOTENTIARY OF GREAT coercive measures ; and it is to avoid the future neces- China, and I assume that your excellency's Government is kwei kwo, honourable nation, but " command," royal represented this great metropolis of industry in Parlia t _.----e'''
render, Feb. 10, at half.past two, and March 10, at one, BRITAIN (SIMILAR ADDRESS PRESENTED TO ADMIRAL site, of a course as opposed to our interests as it is offers- no less recognises ai paramount the obligation of con- commission, being, in effect, intended, should be other- ment ; that it hereby begsmespectfully to express its
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at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, SIR MICHAEL SEYMOUR). sive to our feelings, that the admiral has made to you forming to what is right before Heaven and due by man. wise worded and placed. admiration of the undeviating consistency and uttflinch- •
Basinghall-street ; Jay, Bucklersbury ; Jay and Pilgrim, Every question has its rights, every position its con- this simple proposition. Now, ever since the arrival of Admiral Seymour he has ing firmness with which lie has adhered to those great Made up sit Whence - ay AO
Norwich. tingencies of advantege and disadvantage. We cannot I have only to add, that I heartily concur with his been attacking and demolishing houses, both in city - principles on which he was elected, as well as its warmest tha des. by what when onion.
Vessel. expected '
James Fell, tea dealer, Liverpool, Feb. 23 and Marchgratitude for the eminent services which he has rendered
refrain from stating thoee incidental to the present one Excellency in the necessity and propriety of what he has and suburbs. He has also demolished a number of forts. AUSTRAtIA. Post-Office. patched.
........
16, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan,to the nation; that, while deeply sympathising with him —•--- for the benefit of Excellency's• your nation. proposed.-I have, &c., These forte, again, were constructed at the expense of ____o,________Lisbon.... - 11116°P
official assignee, Liverpool ; Duke, Liverpool. under the serious indispetition which has compelled hitnN lth,l7th,tol
South- Atham.
John Jones, tailor, Pressen, Feb. 16, and Marsh 2, at We, ,
the Cantonese, who have been born and brought (Signed) JOHN BOWRING. the gentry and the people of Kwang.tung, to pro- w
We have received Melbourne papers to the 31st swan
twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official up in this pace, some of us in the public service, some —..... test them against pirates. Will they, when they m , to retire, for a season from t I dpui ic duties it it tied% ee the Gibraltar
, . October, and we regret that on this occasion the eincerest satitfa i coon 'from the prospect that e oil els 1 b Gibraltar -1
assignee, Manchester; Bray and Gilbertson, Preston; of us in trade, whatever our vocation, have each one all YELL IMPERIAL COMMISSIONER, GOVERNOR GENERAL OR find them one day attacked and destroyeu-will
prominent topic is not the gold, he advancing while Malta
Rowley and Sons, Manchester• our properly, our very fetid and raiment, in this city; THE TWO KWANG, stio , MAKES COMMUNICATION IN they be disposed to desist from hostilities; and .ofl e or t g able ere long to re-enter upon them ; and that, of „
on
I stn & 20th 4th and _ii,
William Doeg and John Skelton, timber merchants, and to all ot,us, hundreds of thousands in number, the REPLY, yet, when, in addition to all this, the trade of Prosperity the co ony, but an incident which has cheerfully cenceding to him the interval of repose hi h
w--c-- Ceylon •• - Bp„.n. bent 2 0 olow—
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Feb. 11, at eleven, and March 11, city is our base and our foundation. Oa the 11th instant I received your Excellency's every mercantile house has been stopped by these occurred in H. M.'s 40th Regiment, ample particu- may be nece-sery for the complete restoration of his - - month. amPton en • t
month:
at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Your nation has traded at Canton for mere than a letter of the 10th, with the contents of which I have ao- operations, begun without a cause, your Excellency still lan of which will be found below. health, it requests him to allow the continuance of his Mauritius-ilra ,
1 ylon)J
Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Chafer, century, during which it may be said that, between you einzinted myself. says, in speaking of the city question, "I cannot fora The financial position of the colony was never Parliamentary connection with this city, in the earnest chi„,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne. and ourselves, the Cantoneee, there have been relations Your Excellency addressed me on the 12th, and again moment admit," &c. in a more healthy state. The banks were doing 0, hope that the cause of popular rights, of social progress, Penang .. - N the a
South- Ripon t Feb. 4.•
mpton
Edward Crowther, merchant and commission agent As to another passage in the letter under acknowledg- large and steady business. Shares generally were and of international concord, may soon regain the Singapore month. of
' of friendship, and net of hostility. on tae 14th ult., respecting the seizure made of a Chinese =a] / south , go
Manchester Feb. 13 and March 6 at twelve, at the Man- 1 assistance of his disinteretted and distinguished advo-
' " The late atfeir cf the Lercha was a trifle-it was no criminal on board a lorcha ; and my replies to these moot-c' -" were it to be admitted that the unruly spirits at a premium. The land in cultivation was equathe Cape) l%l ..... ••• • i ampton '•'•••• lac. 31 1-1311‘
cheater District Court. Hernarnann, official assignee, in the House of Commons."
Manchester ; Boole and Jellicorse, Manchester, case for deep-seated animosity ;no great offence that letters, of the 21st and 22d respectively, in which the of a nation (4) might be permitted to disregard the su. to 143,000 acres, and a bounteous harvest was ex- ca" - Cape of Good
James Butcher, liceused victualler; Church-street, could net be fergotten. Yet you heve su'ddenly taken circumstances of the capture and conviction of the crimi- proms authority," &,.... As the merchants of your Excel- petted. The yield of wheat was Mr. BARLEY seconded the resolution and it was car. Reps ••••••
27 bushels per • • l . ' Mauritius - Ilarbin- j 25 1131°Sle•
Hackney, Feb. 10, at one, and March 10, at two, at the np a-nas, and for several days you Lase been Meng shell, nal were clearly set forth, will, I presume, have received lent 's nation have come to Penton in the hope of find- acre, of potatoes 6 tons. The imports of goods mad unanimou, y.• month gee
an'
M.P.,_ , Ceylon
Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Alderman- neon pit have burned dwellings, and destroyed people, your Excellency's careful attention. jog a flourishing trade, so has the mercantile community
were large, but a brisk demand was looked for. A dressed the
The Right Hon. T. MILNER GIBSON, as.rthen al-
., India ••••••
bury ; Chidley, Baeinghall-street. in untold numbers. It cannot be, either, told how many It was shown on trial of the prisoner, that the lorcha of " every nation" come in the hope of finding a fhurish-
correct census was to be taken ' D in. December. On . meeting. Adverting lei the late war he said Lisbon
John Ados Pervanogin, ncerchane, Union-court, Old •old people, infants, and females, have left their homes iti was built by Soo Aching, a Chinese ; a register was pur- in trade. Is it then reasonable, I would ask, to expectthat opinions differed as to whether the results' of that Madeira
29th October 2- 54" CapedeVerds ,
Broad-street, Feb. 13, at one, and March 18, at half-past affliction. If your cmintrymen have not seen than they chased for tier of the merchant Block for 1,000 dole., and that " every nation" will be satisfied at this stoppage of, i, ,J ounces of gold were entered war were glorious or disgraceful to the country •• hut we Brazil 3l Feb, 9,... South. 12 AcB°
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Nicholson, °a:" a - have surely beard-have they not-O•at such is the case? she assumed the British fine without being entitled to their trade ! at the customs for the Heather Bell to London. ]Crew with certainty that'an increased ,l'' expentature and BuenosAyrei 1 ampton Medway Feb.
signets, Basinghall-street ;J. and T. Gole, Lime-street. As to your propoeal in the same letter that we " should Sugar was scarce, and in demand. The prices of increased What offence has been c,stnm•tteci h the eo to of Can. it. (1.) She was lying, at the time ol the seizure, ofl the taxation were among its consequences. He Falkland Is-
William Woods, hook and, eye manufacturer, tonUoion-
that h 1 'shouldb 1 the
?1) P - i
street, Southwark, Feb. 10, at half-past one, and Marchhate been practicable in the first instance, but do the its origin, Balaarat taking- the lead. Nuggets are tore. He objected, on
Again, it Isla come to our knowledge that yon are io• ensign flying ;it being, 84 it appears, au established law priuciple, to a large standing .ia..„,;;
10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. ts.nsfeld,• . .
si.sting on official receptions within the city. 'This is with Briti,h vessels to haul down t`.-sir ensign when they proeeedinge of Admiral Seymour, Mho has...nnmene.ed reported. of 7lbs. weight i 134 ounces, (tc„ Army. AR there could he no great reduction in the civil .vans so.
official assi.nee • Turner and Scn, Mount-place, White-
. , _
doubtleas wall a view to amicable relations ; but, when erop anctscr, and not to hoiet it again until they get hostilities without cause, show any acquaintance with In Tasmania, the Fingal gold fields continued expenditure we must look mainly to economy in the Bonnuras).
Idand 17th ist and i
chapel-road.
William White, miller, Now Crane Mill, Shadwell, Feb. your only proceeding is to open a fire upon us which under way. what " becomes ?" (5) He has come to Canton, and at to engage and attention, the quartz was believed arrny, navy, and ordnance departments to lessen the • '4!;erenyeenr:L; .ti
of the ,
4,,uth- 16thof
_4Ol.
month.
ampton Parana the Au.
6, at one, and March 10, at twelve at the Court of Bank- de:.troys ne people-surpoising that you were to ob- Had it been shown on the trial that the flag was bona a moment's notice he has destrayed habitations without to be very rich. • burthens of the country. He observed, it had been said New Granada.
ruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldernsanbury ; Marten, tarn *emission into the city-still, Iha sons, b others, fide ;hat of a British merchant vessel, ir, would have been number, with considerable loss of life. The sufferers the yieldofgold, Melbourne ;.hat we mint not be unpreparel for war as
.we were Chili -•• •,
month. '
. /
, • Respecting 'the , unprepared before b be denied
; utthat the disasters in Peru
Thomas, and Hollaws, nlinciug lane• and kindred of the people whom you have burned doubtless c rrect to follow some other course than the are crowding to my court, complaining of their distress, Herald says, in its summary, that the receipts by California
the Crimea had resulted from a want of the necessary
Eleanor,
Porter, grocer, Newmarket, Suffolk, Feb. 13, out and killed, will bes rear' Icl I• 1 b d
yto ay even I mit Ives to e orte pursue ;but lebeing, a lunetteas- 16th of , ;
escort had manifested a falling off in quantity on means. Those disaster.; took 1. b Honduras •• Sonth- -
at twelve, and March 20, at one, at the Court of Rink- moment is " the opposition of the gentry and the turbo pace because although isa„at,
~ „ Al Feb. .. - • the ...
aveneed en your countryraen, nor will t'Ai autntetiei sinned the flag without title, what need was there for Mr. ampton
ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; -e - • the third d e it- quarter of i
the year, as compared with the the peop.e of this country could eupply immense sums month:
Richardson and Sadler, Old Jewry-chambers. be &Ile to prevent them. Tile authorities are atl3 to Consul Parkes to put himself forward as his-advocate ? lent viblence of the people," that not only would your ...
Joseph Thomas Lawrence, upholsterer, Shoreditch, accord you admission into the city, but they are not able Again-the twelve men seized were all taken tech by - Exeeliency have some difficulty in entering the city, but returns for the corresponding three months of 1855, of money, they .would not supply those who had the Mexico ... 2, South- 1 Aunts
Havana .... eb. 2.... ampton
Parana Feb.
for the time being I myself should have equal trouble in amounting to 3,561 ounces. This decrease, how- management of it with brains. (Cheers.) He did not
Feb. 13, and March 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bark. to assure to such of '3O it countrymen as do enter Hem assistant magistrate of Nanhae, on the 22d tiVinlo;
ruptcy. Pennell, official assienee, Essingtall-street ; a perfect immotilty from him. It, then, your country- but Consul Parkes declined to receive either of them, or getting out of it. It is the admirals wanton proceeding ever, is accounted for by the long continuance of join in the cry now raised against the income tax. The Madeira •••• 7
.. Feb. 23 ..} Ply- Feb 6 &Woe
Lawrence, Plews, and Boyer, Old r Jewry-chambers. men were a knitted, could :Fon always have a large firm) a de:, patch sent with them from me. The letter ureter tbat he. ' i provoked all this irritation. Let your Excel- wet weather and the unsettled. condition of the indirect taxes were nearly forty-two millions sterling, w.aCe.OtAetrica S mouth '• •••• ,Feb
George Baskervalle, innkeeper, Talk-on-the llill, Stan here for their proteo ion ? A protecting force cannot acknowle igment says that had the authorities been ac- lency once again well consider it, mining population, caused by the " rushes," as levied upon the great mats of consumers, or nine-tenths British North
Liver- Aga
fordshire, Feb. 13, and March 6, et halopast eleven, at remain here any great length of time, and, if death and cessade to the consul the affeir might have been disposed I therefore reply, availing myself of the occasion to they are called, to new auriferous districts. Al- of the people ; and as these taxes were paid before the America .. 1 Every Fri.} Europa Feb. Z
United StatPs pool
the Birmingham District Court ; Whitmore, offich,l as- wounds were to be the condition of entering it, what of in a sinele interview. . wish your Excellency prosperity, Sec. though the quarter thus manifested a balance articles reached the consumers, ten millions more might United States Feb. 3 and SO
signee, Birmingham ; Hodgson and Allen, Birmingham. noon %count admissieu into the city be, even were you Toe assistant magistrate Hen, was Rent twice with A necessary communication, addressed to Sir J. Bow- against the colon • d •h'
y, as compare with the third be added as the cost of collection, and as deducted from BrltishNorthi alternate 1 Liver
-
Ericsson Feb, 19 Erica
William Butt, builder, Saint Stevens by Launceston, i• • 2 the men to be surrendvd• it is throw h him that (f• ring, Ste• the profit and interest upon capital employed in trade. America .. fuesdays. poet
to ontein it . .
.quarter of 1855, there was an increase on the year United States
Cornwall, Feb. 10, and March 5, at one, at trio Exeter
' • g (..
Hien Fang, 6th year, 10th moon, 20th day (17th No. He aid not d th t • • te • the Sea a there was an in ice to mode
There is another point ; although snells lave been fly. reign) correspondence with me is always transmitted. amounting to 421,824 ounces. The export of gold - •British North 2.1 Feb. 25 ../
,South-
Fier n Feb. 19 Arsg°
District Court. ilirtzel,officiel tosignee, Exeter ; Gurney comber, 1856.) of levytng the income tax •; but it was the only means America .. ampton cal -
Mg against the city f. r teveral days, burning buildings Now, the assistant magistrate is a commissioned officer for the fireit threequarters of the current , 08
and Cowherd, Launceston; Stoedoo, Exeter. Translated by THOITAS WADE, Chinese Secretary. - 1.
and destroying lite, no fire has been returned by the of the Chinese empire. Heretuiore any foreign bust Canada .... I E Feb. 24 - I pool Indian Feb. 41 tic
also an advantage ever the corresponding portion and it ought not to be wholly abandoned. He moved
--- me••

11

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-- Tins DIY.
5mAtercum............ 1 i 14 tlibraltar .............. --
Ditto, three months .. 11 17% Leghorn .. •• • ..... .•• 29 45
Rotterdam ............ 11 175;, Genoa . . '..5 72%
Antwerp .............. 25 27% Milan ...........„ ...
Brussels .............. 25 27% Venice.... — ,
Ramburgh •• •• •• •• ~. 13 634 Naples •• •••• •••• •• •• 41
Altona •• • • •• .• •• •• •• •• --• Palermo •• ••
rarts.• •• .• • • ••••• - • .... 25 20 'Messina ... . . 129%
Ditto, three months .. 25 62% Llsiio- ..
Marseilles ............. 25 65 Oporto .............. •• 51%
Bourdeaux ........ _ _ i Rio Janeiro ..... .•• .....
irrankfort-on-:laine • ... 119 Buenos Ayr05..........
Berlin ......... ..... New York ,60 days' sight
Vienna ........., • • .... 10 36 Philadelphia ......
Trieste........ —.... ~. 10 :,ii ?awes or Bruin's, pO5 oz.
Petersburg ...... .... 37% Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9
Madrid ••• —. .• .• ~ •• .• 49% Portugal Gold Coin .• 0 0 0
Cadiz ......... • • ..., .. 49% Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0
Barcelona .• •• •• •• .• ••• I New Dollars ....... 0 0 6
Seville— .• ........,.. !Silver in bars

The inhabitants of Placentia have sent 1,6401 r. to the
committee for the subscription to the guns of A les,,an-
dria, with a request that one of the guns may bear the
inscription—" Placentia to Piedmont."
According to direct advices of the 17th from St.
Petersburg, County Morny and his bride will hardly
leave Paris before the month of May. The newly-
married couple were to have left soon after the marriage
which took place on Wednesday, the 21st, but M. de
Milroy received instructions to postpone his departure.
FOG BELL AT .HOLYHEAD.—IMPORTANT TO MARINERS.
—LIVERPOOL, WedneAday.—A letter was received by
the Admiralty agent at this port t. -day, from the secre-
tary to the Trinity House members, announcing that
body, in conjunction with the B iard of Trade,
bad placed a gun of heavy calibre on Holyhead
Telegraph Mountain, which is V-) be fired on and alt-r
the Ist of February next during the foggy weather each
half hour, Greenwich time, from 5 p.m., until the arrival
of the passenger brat, and every quarter of an hour from
11 30 p.m. until the mail 13,-.at arrive=.

The boys of the Duke of 17.: rk's School yesterday
visited the Great Globe, in Leicester-square, and were
present at the exhibition of the New Diorama of Russia,
which was crowded with a fashionat'le auditory. 'FL()
following of the nobility and gentry have lately visited
the Great Globe :—Priore of Surat and suite, Lay
Boswell and Party, Lady Elliott and party, Lady Ilawcs
and friend Lady Clarkson and party, Admiral Cater
and family, Lady Clarendon and family, Colonel Napier,
Marchioness ef Bute and family.
THE WEATHER IN THE BALTIC.—B,LDERAA, Jan. 20.
—The roadstead is free of ice, and the seaward channel
and month of the river are now open. Copenhagen,
Jan. 23.—The fairway off the Zollbude is now navi-
gable. Rambnrg, Jan. 27.--Last night there were
about 4 deg. frost ; to-day it is snowing ;in the river
there is old and also young floatina. ice. Cuxhaven,
Jan. 26.—The harbour and the roadstead are to-day
completely full of drift ice.
MURDER AT LIVERPOOL.—Another atrocious child
murder has taken place here, under circumstances of a
very painful character. A young woman, named Mary
Ann Wright, who has been living in the ,a of
housemaid at the boarding-house of a Mr. T7orn. Y
62, Bedford-street South, was for some time
suspected
of being in a state of pregnancy, and bad given birth to
a child. The dead body of a child was discovered in her
box. Its bead was smashed almost flat, every bone
being broken from external violence. The witnesses
were then bound over to prosecute at the assizes.
A letter from Stockholm of the 19th, in the Con-
gitutionnd, rays the accounts which reach
us from the small ports at the bottom of the
Gulf of Finland and the northern frontiers draw a
sad picture of the misery which_ prevails among
the unfortunate inhabitants of Lapland and Finmark,
bordering the North Cape rf Norway. Their crops of rye
and barley completely failed in consequence of the con-
tinuance of wet weather.
Letters from Poland affirm that General Gortschakoff
will in a short time relinquish the government of that
country. It is said that his views, as far as regards the
administration, are far from agreeing with those of the
Emperor Alexander, which are known to be favourable
to extensive liberal improvements.
The Piedmontese journals state that Sing Victor
Emmanuel will return to Turin from Nice on the 29th.
The Grand Council of Lucerne, in its last sitting)
rejected by 53 votes to 23, as it had done bet', a-e, a pro- 1
position for an amnesty to M. Siegwart Muller, formerly
bief of the Sonderbund.

Tire is another point ; although shells have b.,en fly-
ing a,fainst the city f. r :everai days, burning buildings
and de,:trc,ying bte, no fire has been returned by the
troops; this is friendly and conceding. It is enough
to content you ; and as you resorted to bosLilities for
a small matter, so now—(tat is, having now tukeu such
ample satisfactirm)—for the sake of the people's lives,
you may suspend them ; and, considering what has
been achieved at the present stage of proceedings, there
allow them to terminate. Why add another difficulty
to the existing one, and so cause an interiup•ion of the
friendly understanding between our countries ?

To conclude : it is not well to trust one's own might
too fel., neither is it right to let a fend so centirm i:self
that it cannot be ended. There is one point of which
you lose sight : you do not remember that our auLtio-
rities are subject to promoteen, translation, and similar
changes of office, which may remove them from K.,vang-
tong. In the twinklin4 of an eye its whose estabieh-
went may be chan.,_ ed ; but the native trader has been
()ere, generation after generation, from father to son,
from grandsire to grandson, for hundreds and thousands
of years, without interruption of the line. Yell do not
erefiect upon the distant future—teat to inflict injury
on the Canton people is to make enemies of ineee,l,lB
and millions of men ; that the longer the tend endures
the deeper rooted it wi 1 he ; that the mere protracted
the struggle the in re ieiretuous will be the z al for it.
It is in your power to go the extreme leteeth of irjury
that can be inflicted. To resolve on this is trneu:e:itly
to contemp!ate the eltterrnioation of every living being
in Canton—is to centemp'ate the total abandonment of
its tr ide. What in that case would be your gain ? Aud
if resolved to go this length, how are you to dispose of
the French, the Americans, and other foreign nations'?
Tois is the neanienous declaration, made with sincerity
and earnestness, of the Cantonese. We submit it in the
hope that your Excellency will deign to consider it, and
we respectfully pe,ent our wishes for your Excellency's
peace and prosperity.
Representation made by the whole population of
Canton.

Trawiat€ d by

THOMAS WADE,
Chinese Secretary.

REPLY OF H E.M. PLENIPOTENTIARY TO THE FOREGOING
ADDRESS, PCupoRTING TO BE FROM THE WHOLE POPU-
LATION OF THE CITY OF CANTON.
Hong Kong, Nov. 10, 1856.
His Excellency Sir John Bowrirg, Kt., &c., has re-
ceived an address purporting to be from the whole popu-
lation of Canton, deprecating a continuance of the ope-
rations of the British naval forces now before that city,
and, in particular, objecting to the demand made by
his Excellency the Naval Commander-in-Chief for un-
restricted intercourse between the native and foreign
authorities.

The operations in which the British navy are engaged
have been rendered necessary by the obstinacy and dis-
courtesy of the Governor-General Yeh. His executive
having insulted the British flag, and seized persons sub-
ject to British control and protection, he has neither ex-
pressed regret for what was done nor has he promised
that the like shall not be done again. He has conse-
quently compelled the admiral to proceed from one coer-
cive measure to another ; and, although every care has
been taken by his Excellency the Admiral to spare the
lives and property of the people, many doubtless have
suffered much. The responsibilityol their suffering must
be laid upon the governer-general, and on him alone.
As to the admission of foreigners into the city, this is
a treaty right, undisputed at the rest of the porta. The
petitioners themselves do not dispute it, for say they,
"the anthrritiea can concede it." Were it other than a
treaty right, no such concession could be made by the
authorities. But they add that " the authorities having
conceded it, cannot protect those who avail themselves of
it against the people." This is to entail on foreigners the
necessity of teaching the people that if interfered with
by any one in the
.exercise of a right conceded by the
government they can protect themselves. The interests
of commerce which, according to the petition, are to he
so seriously prejudiced by the enforcement of this claim,
must derive their main security from a faithful observ-
ance of treaty provisions. It is by the violAtion of these
ialonee
stthea
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nToht
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national honour is involved.

Consul Parkes to put himself forward as hie-advocate ?
A4ain—the twelve men seized were all tak# n hack by
lieu, assistant magistrate of Nanhac, on the 22d utOneo;
but Consul Parkes dec:ined to receive either of them, or
a de:patch sent with them from me. The letter urvier
ace.nowle igment says that had the authorities been ac-
cessible to the consul the efftir might have been disposed
of in e single interview.
Toe assistant magistrate Heu, was sent twice with
tt,e men to be surrende cs; it is through him that (fo-
rei,en) correspondence with me is always transmitted.
Now, the assistant magistrate is a commissioned officer
of the Coineso empire. Heretofore any foreign busi
Dees that has bad to be transac'ed by deputy has been
traesacted by officers eimiiarly deputed, and the present
was a case of all others requiring common conference,
but Consul Parkes had made up his mind not to consent
to whet was proposed.
On a subsequent oeeesion I sent Tseang, Prefect of
Luy-ehow-foo, to the foreign factories, to consider what
steps should be taken, but the consul now insisted on
something more than the rendition of the men captured
on board the lorcha. There being in ad this no inac
cessibility on the part of Chinese cfficials, what was
there to make an immediate adjustment impracticable ?
Yet, on the 3d, 241.1), and 25th ultimo, the different
forts of the city were occupied or destroyed, and, from
the 27th ult, to the sth inst., a cannonade was kept up,
by which numberless dwelling-houses in the new aed
old city were o meumed, with conkiderable sacrifice of
life. I still ferbore, remembering how many years you
have been at peace with us; but the people were now
gnashing their teeth with rage at the terrible suffering to
which they had been subjected.
Imaeiee it—tkat the simple fact being, that a seizure
was made by the Chinese Gov( rnment of Chinese offend-
ers, whom it was a duty to seize, it is pretended that
the British ensign was hauled down ; and this is followed
up hy a movement of troops and a cannonade, to the in•
fliction of terrible suffering on the people. I must beg
your Excellency to pass an opinion on such a slate of
things.
To come to the question of admission into the city. On
your Excellency's arrival here as minister in 1854 you
addressed me on the subject. I replied in plain terms,
that the real truth w .s, that the whole city population
was opposed to it, and that there was not, on my part,
either fiction of statement or design of obstruction. On
the last occasion (that it was discussed), the British ple-
nipotentiary, Mr. Bonham, saw that the trade of every
house was (or would be) stopped ; the foreign mercan-
tile communities, as well, became alarmed lest the trouble
incidental to this question ehould be productive of other
troubles. A letter was received from Mr. Bonhate,
stating that it could be no more discussed, and a notice
was issued by him prohibiting foreigner; from entering
the city, which was put in the papers. If admission into
the city was practicable in 1849, Mr. Bonham need
neither have written this letter nor issued this notice.
Mr. Bonham having so written, a representation was
made to that effect to his Majesty the Emperor by myseF,
then governor of the province, in concert with the late
Comani stoner Seu. Mr. Bonham, as I have undeistood,
addressed (2) your Excellency's Government to the same
effect; and thus it was that there was not a native of
any nation unaware that there would be no mere dis-
cussion of this question.
I have understood, too, that some time after this, in
1850, Mr. Bon eam despatched an officer to Tien-tsin,74hon
an earnest request that admission into the city might be
conceded, and that his Majesty the Emperor did him
the honour to signify his pleasure that it should not be
conceded. It will be hence apparent that this (exclusion)
is the result of a feeling participated in by all ranks, of
a common sentiment of the whole city population, and
not of any private opinion individually edtertained
by me.
In a letter from his Excellency Admiral Seymour, re-
ceived some days ago, be says that the present proposi-
tion is in no way connected with those of former years ;
that his demand is simply for admission of the foreign
representative. The proposition made before was ob-
jected to by the entire population of Canton ; the people
affected by the present proposition are the same Canton
people ; the city is the same Canton city. How, then,
can it be said, that there is no connection whatever
between the two propositions ?
But, more than this, the Canton people are very
fierce and violent, differing in temper from the
inhabitants of other provinces ; admission into the
city was refused you in 1849, by the people of
Canton, and the people of Canton of the present day
alCdainffittecnultyotintmheootyinegarthelBq4u9e;staionnd
tahreeret'ethipse aodpdleitiocin
of admitting British subjects into the city now—namely,
that the strong feeling against your Excellency's
countrymen having been aggravated by the terrible

11. B. M.'s Consulate, Canton, Nov. 18, 1856.
Sir,—l have ieceived your Excellency's letter of yes.
ter lay.
I do not think it necessary to say more than I have al-
ready said in reference to the past. But my present object
is to advise your Excellency that I am still willing and
des'r 'us of meeting you in your own Yamun, to discuss
in the spirit of peace and harmony the means of putting
a stop to the miseries which the existing state of affairs
has brought upon the people, and the still greater miseries
which are impending over them.
It is the obligation of all governments to .receive and
protect those ambassadors properly accredited by their
sovereigns; but I wish your Excellency to understand,
that while f claim your attention to all the laws of cour-
tevy, which your nation has the credit of properly appre-
ciating, I am quite in a position, if you cannot cLmtrol
the people, to protect myself in an official visit to your
Excellency, and to punish those who shall dare to inter-
fere with my purposes of peace and stieedsbip.
If you consent to a meeting in the manner I propose,
I shall reque4t his Excellency the Naval Commander-in-
Chief to suspend hostile operations.—l have, &c.,

JOHN BONTH/NG,
To hia Exc3lJenny Yoh, Imperial High
Commissioner, &c.

TEII, IMPERIAL CoMMISSONER, GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF
THE TWO /MANGE, ito., &C., MAKES A COMMUNICATION

IN RrI'LY.

I am in receipt of your Excellency's communication of
the 18th instant, and have acquainted myself with its
contents.

So far as an interview within the city is concerned, I
communicated to y,u in my last reply a copy, respect-
fully made, of his Majesty the Emperor's decree. Having
bad the honour to receive this intimation of the Iwpe•
rial pleasure (that that which was proposed) was not to
he sanctioned, dare I, even were there no other olrjec-
tion, act contrary to the will of his sacred Majesty ?
Mr, Bonham's reason for laming a notice prohibiting
foreigners from entering into the city, was that he rightly
understood what policy consisted with safety. The native
and foreign mercantile community have in consequence
traded together without a ►uisunder,tanding for many
years. No w,thecauseless operations of Admiral:Seymour,
by the damage they have inflicted on the people, have
excited on the part of the inhabitants of the whole city a
feeling of animosity, which is daily increasing. You say
in your letter that you are quite able to provide for your
own safety ; it is, I think, but too probable that so far
from having your safety is your own hands, you are in-
curring mortal danger. Would your Eaelleney but fol-
low the course of the late Plenipotentiary, Mr. Bonham,
ydu would in so doing be following the policy of safety.
Your Excellency during your service [here] as consul,
must hare seen with your own eyes the real condition of
things.
To conclude, I "aped your Excellency once more to
ponder well on this, that in the management of all mat-
ters we must act as reason teaches is right before Heaveu
and due by man, before we can arrive at acy satisfactory
result.

Respecting the yield of gold, the Melbourne
Herald says, in its summary, that the receipts by
escort had manifested a falling off in quantity on
the third quarter of the year, as compared with the
returns for the corresponding three months of 1855,
amounting to 3,561 ounces. This decrease, how-
ever, is accounted for by the long continuance of
wet weather and the unsettled condition of the
mining population, caused by the "rushes," as
they are called, to new auriferous districts. Al-
though the quarter thus manifested a balance
against the colony, as compared with the third
quarter of 1855, there was an increase on the year
amounting to 421,824 ounces. The export of gold
for the first three quarters of the current year has
also an advantage ever the corresponding portion
of 1855 to the extent of 361,309 ounces. Prior to
the sailing of the Red Jacket, the quantity of (cold
exported during the current year was 2,151:251.
ounces. Since that return was compiled the fol-
lowing shipments have been made :—Per Red
Jacket, to Liverpool, 136,000 ozs. ; per Triton, to
Batavia, 1,013 ozs ; per steamer, to Sydney, 26
ozs. ; per Montmorency, to Liverpool, 85,723 ozs. ;
per John Temperley, to Calcutta, 6,410 ozs. ; per
Intercolonial, 45 ozs. ; per Argo, to Batavia, 1,229
ozs. ; per steamers, to Sydney, 3,500 ozs. Ship-
ped during the preceding nine months, as already
calculated, 2,151,251 ozs. Total quantity of gold
exported during 1856, 2,485,197 ozs. The quantity
of gold brought into Melbourne by the various
escorts between September 26 and October 25
amounted to 188,882 em., which,- at 80s. per oz.,
would. make the value of its gold receipts for the
last month amount to 755,5281. If, notwithstand-
ing rains and " rushes," the yield had continued
so large, there seems little reason to doubt that by
the 31st December the outturn would fully make
up the. average fer the twelve months of one mil-
lion Per month.
In a Victoria gold circular we read :
" From all accounts we expect to find a consider-
able increase in the yield of the Ovens field this
season, as great preparations are being made to
take advantage of the interval between the periods
of the floods ; the tin ore, or the black sand of the
diggers, has now risen in value to 451. per ton on
that field, and large quantities are obtained by
toming ; this branch of industry will soon become
of importance."
While the yield of gold thus keeps up, the wool
trade is declining. The following extract is from
the summary of the _Herald :
" From an official return recently published it
appeari that the number of sheep in the colony on
the 30th March, 1856, was 4,577,872 as compared
with 5,718,180 in 1852, showing a falling off of
759,692 sheep in three years. Our export of wool
has also diminished 3,437,4111b5. This is attri-
butable to two causes—first, a large amount of the
wool which used formerly to be shipped at Mel-
bourne is now forwarded down the Murray into
South Australia ; and Guichen Bay, a port recently
opened in the South Australian territory to the
westward of Portland, is beginning to have an
effect on the quantity of wool exported at the latter
place. Probably 1,500,0001b5. are thus lost to the
list of exports of this colony annually. In the
second place, the prevalence of scab has not only
deStroyed a large number of sheep, but, combined
with the comparatively high prices of meat, has
inclined many stockholders to give more of their
attention to cattle, and we accordingly find the
number of the latter has increased from 320,485 in
1842, to 534,114 in 1856. The present year's clip
is likely to be larger than that of last, and now that
the scab is beginning to subside, our export of wool
will soon rival that of 1852.

I accordingly reply, availing myself of the opportunity
to wish that your Excellency's prosperity may daily
increase.

Petitioners hare been misled on this cccasicn. To
prevent the recurrence of small misunderstandings, which
experience shows may grow to serious consequence?, his
Excellency the Admiral, with the full concurrence of his

A necessary communicatinn, addre=ired to H. B. M.
Plenipotentiary, Sir John Bowriog,
Hien-Fun, 6th year, 10th moon, 22d day (Nov. 19,
1856).

Tr'anslated by MOS, WADE, Chinese Secretary.

the profit and interest upon capital employed in trade.
Re did not deny that there was an injustice is the mode
of levying the income tax ; but it was the only means
of fairly reaching the fundholder and the landowner,
and it ought not to be wholly abandoned. He moved
—" That in the cipinion of this meeting the re-esta-
blishment of peace renders it the imperative duty of
the Government to diminish at once the existing load of
taxation, which, by injuriously affecting the industrial
interests of the country, is seriously detrimental to the
material well-being and social happiness of all classes of
the community';- and that while pledging itself to relax
none of its exertions to produce a wise, efficie.t, and econo-
mical expenditure of the national resources, it looks to a
just and comprehensive measure of parliamentary reform,
as the only adequate means by which the acts of the
legislature may be brought into permanent harmony
with the convictions and interests of the people."
Mr. CHEETHAM, M.P., seconded the motion, which
was carried.
Mr. HADFIELD, M.P., and several other gentlemen,
also addressed the meeting.

STATE OF TRADE.

M—Morning. E—Evening.

NOTTINGHAM, JAN. 29.

Superintendency of Trade, Canton Consulate,
Nov. 20, 1856.
Sir,—l have received your Exceliency's despatch
dated yesterday.
It has cauEed me much disappointment and distress :

(3) The word used in the Chinese version ef Sir J.
Bowring's letter sent is pa, meaning final cessation,
namely, from insisting on the right. Sir J. Bowring's
English is " never surrendered."
(4) A nation ; in Chinese, each or every nation, any
nation, or different nations. The Commissioner chooses
to read it " every nation," for the simple purpose of em-
ploying the argument that our acts are calculated to
provoke the rePentment of "every nation.."
(5) Lit., " Forinei and ("Wet vance,s. Sir J. 13.mrizig's
words were, "meeting as becomes the representatives
of great monarchs,"

There is a slight improvement in the lace trade,
although the demand for home consumption continues
inactive, only a few jobbing orders being in progress.
We have something for the German market, but, buyers
from the continent are not yet operating Goody
for the United States are in course of completion. A
good business is doing in hosiery, and the trade is in a
very healthy state. Stocks are being cleared off, and
there is no doubt that all fresh orders will be taken at
an:advance.

f ADVICRTIBRMENT. SION? AND HEARING SPICCTA,(III;'
POWERFUL TELESCOPES, OPERA, RACE, AND Pintall—kipir
Gr.Agans.—Messrs, S. and B. Solemons, opticians, 39,
~,'";tel
marle-street, Piccadilly. Obse i'
•ve—opposite the York (1
(W.) 13y loer Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuabla :12-4
extraordinary improvements in the most powerful ro•
brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and
pe°
epoctive Glasses, to know the distances. These telesceo
possess such extraordinary powers that some three and %eV
inches, with an extra eye-piece, will show distinctly Jur..,00
moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars. With the .
telescope can be seen a person's countenance three miles
half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They ateY
larger anti a l sizes, with increasing powers accordinEll%noil,
Royal Exhibition, 1851. Valuable, newly-invented, verY:,,,loil
powerful waistcoat-pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by
nws;of
a person can be seen and known 1i miles distant; y isaeusee,
every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera " isu
country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 331 to
They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, ya ehtiutt
sports', en, gentlemen, gamekeepers, .and tourists: ul":41
-sce-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonde'"l.
p,;eer. Newly-constrr.zted Spectacle Lenses of the %Li
est transparent poWer. The valuable advantage dePA
from this invention is, that vision becoming im pairs It
preserved and strengthened, and very aged persona cis
enabled to employ their sight at the most mint its °eye
pation—can see with these lenses of a much less raarge6
tug power—and they do not require the frequent au,..„e.
le, the dangerous effects of further powerful asidei'4l,
Persons can be suited at the most remote part of the/P.o;le
by sending one of the glasses out of their spectacles 100
letter, and stating the distance from the eyes they call ir,
001avo
small news Paper print with it; and those who .
not made use of spectacles by stating their age. „i'
US& New Discovery. The Organic Vibrator, ant
traordinary powerful, small, newly-invented instrumeo
deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass aye,
thing of the kind that has been, or probably ever can et.
produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not Prdi
deptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at chaipo
and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of sin.go,,,
noises in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords a1i,46.
assistance that possibly could be desired.-39, APAelaryi,)
street, Piccadilly Oheerve—opposite the York 11.* .1

(1) Or fraudulently.
(2) The words are put so as to lead the reader to
suppose that the prefect was to confer with the consul.
He had been sent to confer with the admiral, as appears
from Yeh's letter, of the 31st Oct., to Sir Michael Sey-
mour.

BIRTH'S.: I
or A OM
On the 23th inpt ,at Devonport-street, Hyde-park, the
wife of John Richard Wood, Esq.
On the 28th ingt., at Wimpole-street, the wife of Ale%°
Atherton Park, Esq.

OP A DAUGHTER.
On the 28th inst., at Highgate, the wife of Charles
Keene, Esq., it Lineoln's.inn, barrister-at-law. of
On the 28th inst., the wife of William Pearson, Ds's'•
tag Bergholt.

MARRIED.
Toteo
On the 29th inst., at St. Pancras Church, Edward 4
Jones, Esq., of Heathfield, Norwood, to Adelinet !J
only daughter of William Smith, Esq., of Tavis tiv""r
square.
or
On the 29th inst., at St. Mark's Church, Ham:t" cf
terrace, John Henry, third eon of Johp Barnes, Esq''
Portland-place, and Charley Wood House, Herts, to A 0f
Jemima, eldest daughter of Aubrey A. Hoghton, 8844
Abbei -road, St. John's-wood.

D I E D-
On the 28th inst., at 31, Eastcheap, Mr. B DP-
Hornby, aged 58.
On the 29th inst., at Goswell-road, Mr. Wm. AiLtgef'
aged 76. at
On the 28th inst., at Stratford, Essex, Georg '—i3e
Hadden, Esq., aged 39.
On the 27th inst., at 25, Compton-terrace, Islingt°lll
Edmond Berry, Es., aged 33. AO.
On the 27th at Morden-hill, Lewisham,
Simpson Prockter. oged 57. a•
On the 26th inst.. at 1, Grosvenor-square,the,
Clara Louisa Vanneck, second daughter of the Right
Lord 11 un tin gfield. „bre,
On the 26th inst., at Montagu-street, Ruseell•eq—
Edward Whitmore, Es aged 72. iCer
On the 25th inst., at Hanford, William Horace
Seymer.

LEICESTER, THURSDAY.
We have little alteration to report in the state of the
hosiery trade. Material c)ntinues at an enormous price,
and manufacturers, in justice to themselves, ought t
receive a proportionate rise. Were it not for tl ehi Ji,
price of material we should certainly have a better trade.
However, as the season advances, buyers will be neces-
sitated to give more money for goods. •

61'
r,OllDO2i : Printed and, Pahlifshed by 51UR1)0 Y° 2'l' lio.
of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun, Oilia; if
112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the 43010
of Middlesex, Fli.lfty, .Tamary:6o, 1857.

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