The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-25 00:00:00

CITY IMPRO V EMEN TS.

The opening which presents itself by pulling down
the houses from 'Wood-street, through Lad-lane and
Cateaton-street, to Moorgate-street, shows at 'once
the great advantages which the public will derive from
widening that frequented thoroughfare, as well as the
beauty which will be given to it if the style
of building is continued, which has already been
completed, and in progress, from the Gresham
Hall at the corner of l3asinghall-street to the Guild-
hall Hotel in King-street. This greatly enlarged
establishment presents a beautiful frontage in Cat-
eaton-street ; it reflects credit on the spirited pro.'
prietor, Mr. Walters, for the substantial manner in
which it is erected. The internal arrangements are
of the first order, and from the base to the
• attic comfort and accommodation is exhibited.
The wine shades in the basement is a spa-
cious apartment, handsomely fitted up, and is
very attractive. The coffee-room will vie with any
in the City for its elegance and good taste, while
the state -dining-room above it is suitable for the
accommodation of a snug party of 80 to 100. The
sleeping apartments are well ventilated, an agreeable
size, and uniformly furnished, which giveS the whole
an air of comfort and respectability so much to be de-
sired in hotel establishments. We are not in the habit
of noticing these things, but when so much has been
done in the spirit of enterprise, we are not unwilling
to express the approbation so well merited ; and we
shall be glad to see, throughout this whole line of
improvement, the same determination to render
Cateaton-street, worthy of the greatest city in the
world.

KEEP SOBER.—Luke Booth, a plasterer, was
brought up at the Borough Court, on Monday last,
charged with:having been found in an improper state
in the street, during the hours of Divine service on
Sunday last. The Mayor— Vhat have you got to say
to this charge ? Defendant—Why, aw reckon aw
wur doing wrung ; but there wur folk there wur
drunker than me when they brought me. The Mayor
—You must pay five shillings ; that is our rule as to
persons who get drunk on the Sunday. Defendant—
Well, aw reckon its law (taking out of his pocket two
half-crowns) ; but, before aw pay it, aw should like
for't know where it goes to ? The Clerk—You will
have another half-crown to pay, for the conviction.
Defendant (scratching his head, and staring with as-
tonishment)—Eh, say G—, what's that for ?—ex-
penses ! Is it for drinking Belmont water ? ..for
had nowt else ith' dungeon.—(Laughter.) Eh, dear'
my ! "SVIly, bless my days ! Johnny Mangno (agent
for the Water Company) doesn't charge above three
shillin for a quarter of a year, un you chargen" hawve-
-a-crown a neet. Eh, Johnny's a foci to you awever.
—(Laughter.) " Take him down," said the inspector
of police • and the defendant was removed from the
Court. —f.
Courandester Paper.
Yesterday a special general meeting of the New
Brunswick Land Company took place at the George
and Vulture Tavern, for the purpose of forfeiting
various shares upon which instalments had not been
paid up. The measure was carried by a majority of
the proprietors, and the Chairman gave a favourable
report of the prospects of this Company, and stated
that sales of land in their settlements had considerably
increased since the settlement of the boundary question.
STRAWBERRIES IN NOVEMBER.—There were brought
to our office the other day two or three strawberry
stalks, bearing both blossom and fruit, full grown, and
perfectly ripe. They grew in Mr. Osborne's garden
at Dalscone, on the Carnsalloch estate.—Glasgow
Chronicle.
THE NEW HOUSES Or PARLIAMENT.—We under-
stand that her Majesty the Queen will shortly lay the
foundation stone of the Victoria Tower of the new
Houses of Parliament. It was expected that her
Majesty would have laid the stone previous to the re=
moval of the Court to Walmer Castle.

EXTRAORDINARY SPATE.—A Bognor boat caught,
off Littlehampton, on Sunday morning, a skate which
measured six feet over, and weighed nearly two cwt. It
is not a little singular that this fish had swallowed a
cod of nine pounds weight, which had taken one of the
hooks of a cod line, and was in that way made captive.
The skate had, by its great strength, removed the line
to a distance, so that it took ,twelve hours to find it.—
Brighton Gazette.

ACCIDENT TO LORD BURGHERSM—Yesterday even-
ing, about a quarter past 11 o'clock, Lord Burghersh
while crossing Wimpole-street, on his way to his re.
sidence, 12, Upper Harley-street, was suddenly seized
with giddiness in the head, and fell into the middle of
the road, cutting his face very severely. Being un-
known, his Lordship was conveyed on a stretcher to
the station-house in Marylebone-lane, and Inspector
Tedman, who was on duty, then sent for medical
assistance. Restoratives were applied, and his Lord-
ship so far recovered as to be able to walk home,
assisted by Mr. Richardson of the Imperial Gas Com-
pany, New-road, who was passing when his Lordship
fell, and accompanied him to the station.-how. He
understood that his Lordship has formerly been sub-
ject to fits of the like nature.
It 'is stated, in regard to our great fishing-banks,
that the only limit to the supply of fish is bad wea-
ther ; otherwise any quantity may be caught and
brought to market. The late Lord Liverpool was
accustomed to state, that at the time the bounties
to the herring fisheries were abandoned, he addressed
to persons conversant with the trade letters 'of in=
quiry as to the quantity which could be supplied.
The answers he received from well-informed persons
were " Let us know how much you want and you
shall have it, no matter the amount."

TRUE PRINCIPLES OF ORATORY.—The following
advice of President Witherspoon, to his pupils, might
be a benefit to some orators of the present day :—" In
the first place, take care that ye never begin to speak,
till ye ha' something to say ; and, secondly, be sure
to leave off as soon as ye ha' done."—New York Ob-
server.

The mail from Worcester to Ludlow, after running
for half a century, made its last journey on Tuesday,
thus leaving the public without any official convey-
ance for letters between Worcester and Tenbury.
MAILS STOPPED DT SNow.—Late on Monday night
last and all the day on Tuesday the Counties of Lan-
caster, Westmoreland, and Cumberland, were visited
with a most dreadful snow-storm, accompanied with
a strong tempestuous south-east wind, which was so
furious that the snow drifted up the railway, between.
Preston and Lancaster, which delayed the mail train
for nearly three hours. However, every possible exer-
tion having been made to clear the rails, ultimately,
with much difficulty, the mail reached Lancaster, and
thence to Kendal, meeting with little or no obstruc-
tion ; but, on approaching Shap Fells, that dreary and
mountainous district, commonly called. the " West-
moreland Alps," the snow was so drifted and the
storm so boisterous, that the coach was, after upwards
of an hour's loss of time, with difficulty got over that
wild region, and arrived at Penrith about four o'clock
in the afternoon, being near four hours behind its
usual time. The weather since has been somewhat
more favourable in the north.

The workhouse of the Stourbridge union contained
on Friday last 250 inmates, being a greater number
than at any former period since the formation of the
union. The trade in that district is still in a woeful
condition.-7 Worcester Journal.
ALLEGED DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT TO BURN 15
HOUSES IN BELFAST.—The Belfast police-court was
crowded on Monday morning, even to suffocation,
in consequence of a trial that was expected to
come on, in which two persons, one of whom was
understood to be in comfortable circumstances,
were charged with having entered into a conspi-
' racy, and made an attempt to set fire to no fewer
than fifteen houses, for the purpose of defrauding the
County Insurance-office of London. The circum-
stances of the Case are as follow :—On Saturday night
last the watchman on Stephen- street station observed
fire issuing from some empty houses in that street,
and haling gien. the alarm the flatnes were subdued.
On examining the premises, in order to discover
the cause of the fire, a quantity of carpenters'
shavings and sticks, piled and covered with tar, were
found, and amongst these were placed several lighted
candles—the entire arranged in the most judicious
manner possible for speedy combustion. The houses
were insured, and had been occupied by improper per-
sons, who were dispossessed at the last Quarter Ses-
sions of Belfast, and since then the premises have
been unlet. The houses intended to have been con-
sumed, had the diabolical arrangement taken effect,
belong, we understand, to Hill Hamilton, Esq., from
whom they were held on lease by William Mill aster.
It appeared that • the latter individual onered
certain sums of money to Samuel Boyle, his own
agent, and-a carpenter named Nicholl, if they would
set fire to the premises in question. Nicholl had,
however, after helping to set fire to the houses, and
fearing an arrest, turned informer, and was a material
witness in the case. McMaster and Boyle were com-
mitted to the assizes.—Ulster Times.

THE 92D HIGHLANDERS.—The officers of the above
distinguished Regiment gave a sumptuous entertain-
men t,and afterwards a ball, at Dudhope Castle,last week,
on the retirement of Lieut.-Colonel Winchester, K.H.,
from active service. The houour thus conferred on their
commanding officer was in every respect merited, for
he ha 3 served nearly forty years in that gallant corps,
and shared with them the dangers of the protracted
war in the Peninsula and at Waterloo. The Colonel
was equally beloved both by officers and privates, and
his retirement is the source of regret throughout the
regi went.

SUICIDE AT BRlGllTON.—Yesterday (Thursday)
naming the housekeeper of Mr. Lock, a gentleman
residing in York-place, was discovered in an out-house,
behind Mr. Lock's residence, with her throat cut from
ear to ear, and a razor, with which she had committed
the act, lying by her side. The name of the deceased
was, Ellis, and she had been in Mr. Lock's service 22
years, and was treated almost as one of the family.
She had lately evinced considerable absence of mind,
but we have not heard any cause assigned for her put-
ting an end to her existence.

THE VICTORIES IN CHINA

AND
AFFGIIANISTAN.

The Gazette of last night contains dispatches
from the official authorities in China, India, and
Alfghanistan. Those from China we publish
this day at full length. They contain the cor-
respondenze between the Chinese. Commis-
sioners and Sir HENRY POTTINGER, Admiral
PARKER, and Sir HUGH Govan, on negotiating
the treaty of peace, together with ample details
of the operations at WToosung and Shanghae,
the storming of Kinshan and Chin-kean-foo, and
the assembling of the land and sea forces before
Nankin.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY.
DOWNING-STREET, Nov. 23, 1842.

Copies of dispatche, addressed by Lieutenant-Ge-
neraLSir Hugh Gough, 1CG.C.8., to Lord Stanley, one
of her Majesty's Prin2ipal Secretaries of State, of which
the following are copies, have been this day received
from the Governor-General of India in Council:--

THE OPERATIONS AT WOOSUNG AND
SHANGSHAE.

TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD STANLEY, PRINCIPAL SE-
CRETARY OF STATE, COLONIAL. DEPARTMENT.

My Lord,—l have the honour to apprise your Lord-
ship, that the fleet, from various naval causes, which I
am persuaded were unavoidable, only reached the an-
chorage cf Woosung, within the bar of the Yang-tse-
Keang, on the evening of the 13th inst.
The following morning I proceeded with his Excel-
lency the Naval Commander-in-Chief to reconnoitre the
long line of defences on both sides of the Woosung river,
those on the left bank extending from five to six miles of
the Yang-tse-Keang, while the defences on the right
bank consisted • of a tower, with flanking batteries on a
tongue of land formed by the bend of the river, which
here runs from two to three miles parallel to the course
of the Yang-tse-Keang. The main object, therefore,
was the occupation of the left bank with its defences, at
the southern extremity of which the village of Woosung
is situated, while the walls of Paonshaw appear a short
distance in rear of the embankments, on which the em-
brasures are constructed, about two miles from its termi-
nation to the north-west.

We had failed to obtain satisfactory information as to
the points of debarkation ; one of the principal objects,
therefore, of this reconnaissance, was to establish the
practicability of landing, so as to turn the defences ; one
point alone seemed adapted for this purpose, about half-
way between Paonshaw and Woosung, unless we were
to effect a landing some miles up the Yang-tse-Keang,
ill which case it would be necessary to take Paonshaw
before we could co-operate with the navy. It was, there-
fore, determined that this supposed landing place should
be examined during the night, and that if not found
practicable, the ships of war should silence the batteries
that covered the regular landing place near the village of
Woosung, when the troops should land from the steamers,
which, after towing in the ships of war, were to return
for them to the transports.
During the night Commanders Kellet and Collinson
sounded along the shore, and reported that the water
shoaled to three feet about 200 yards from the banks,
and that boats could not approach to land troops any-
where near the spot proposed.
It was then decided to resort to the alternative already
mentioned.

The 15th was employed in examining and sounding
the entrances into the Woosung river, and six o'clock on
the morning of the 15th the ships of war were towed in
shore by the steamers, under a heavy, and, for the Chi-
nese, a well-directed fire, not returning a shot until each
ship had taken her appointed station, when they, opened
a fire that must have appalldd the enemy (though he
was not entirely silenced for a considerable time). The
details of this very animating scene will no doubt be
fully reported by his Excellency Sir 'William Parker,
together with the deviation from our preconcerted plan
of operation, occasioned by the steamers having all
grounded, except the small steamer Medusa. The troops
were thus prevented from participating with their gal-
lant comrades of the navy in occupying the river line of
batteries, which were, by half-past seven o'clock, in pos-
session of the naval force.
The troops were not landed until twelve o'clock, when
having understood that a portion of the enemy, said to
be about 1,500 men, had retreated on Paonshaw, I im-
mediately moved on that town in two columns, having
directed Major-General Schoedde to move his brigade is
rear of the place, so as to intercept the Governor of the
province, who was reported to be in that town. Upon
reaching it by the sea-line I found it was in possession
of Major-General Schoedde's brigade, who had entered
it without opposition from the rear, the Chinese troops
and the greater part of the population having fled when
they 'blind their retreat likely to be cut . off, leaving
'everything behind them, with about 50 guns, 17 of which
were • brass.
The enemy's force consisted of 4,000 to 5,000 men,
under Admiral Chin, who fell in the batteries, in which
from forty to fifty dead bodies were found. A portion of
this force is stated to have fallen back upon a city within
ten miles of Paonshaw, and disbanded themselves ; the
remainder, with the Governor, had fled to Soochoo. We
have taken altogether, at Woosung and Paonshaw, about
250 guns, with quantities 'of powder, shot, gingals, and
other munitions of war, all of which have been destroyed,
with the exception of the brass guns.
Wocisung is a wretched village, and Paonshaw, al-
though surrounded by a wall and rampart in good re-
pair, is a poor place, and the country around it by no
means so populous or so fertile as wo have hitherto found
in China. The Tang-tse-Keang is a magnificent river.
Having • arranged' with the Admiral to proceed to
Shanghae, a large commercial town, about sixteen miles
up the Woosung river, Sir William Parker pushed on
the light ships of war on the 17th instant. Captain
Watson, who was in command, finding the batteries six

miles up the river deserted, occupied them, destroying
the iron and embarking the brass guns. I propose that
one column shall move along the left bank of the Woo-
sung, while I proceed myself in the steamers with the
remainder of the force.

The 2d Madras Native Infantry, and detachments of
artillery and sappers and miners, from that Presidency,
joined the fleet on the 17th ; they will accompany the
force to Shanghae.
I am most thankful to be able to inform your Lord-
ship that 16 of our kidnapped men, seven of whom are
Europeans, have been restored to us by Elepoo, of whose
letter* in reply to the one addressed to him by the Ad-
miral and myself, I beg to enclose a translation. This
act of reciprocal good feeling portends well. I have,
Sze., H. GOUGH, Lieut.-General,

Commanding Expeditionary Land Force.
Ilead•quarters, Womung, June 18, 1842.
(True Copy.)
H. GOUGH, Lieut.-General.