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Borough of Belfast.-James Emerson Tennent and
David Robert Ross, Esqrs. the former election for the
said borough having been declared to be void.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Chester.
J. D. Maddock, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant • C.
Potts, Esq., to be ditto; J. Bruckshaw, Esq., to be ditto;
August 27.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire.
The Queen's Own Regiment of Worcestershire Yeo-
manry Cavalry-M. G. Grazebrook to be Cornet, vice
Foster, resigned, Sept. 3.
WHITEHALL, Auo. 27, 1842.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Dewman,
jun., of Sudbury, in the count) of Suffolk, Gent., to be a
Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, SEPT. 3, 1842.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent
to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity
of a Viscount of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland unto General Rowland Baron Hill, G.C.8.,
and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the
name, style, and title of Viscount Hill, of Hawkstone,
and of Hardwicke, in the county of Salop ; and, in de-
fault of such issue male, the said dignity of Viscount to
Sir Rowland Hill, Bart. (nephew of the said Rowland
Baron Hill), and the heirs male of his body lawfully
begotten.
The following places have been duly registered for
solemnizing mareiages therein, pursuant to the Act 6th
and 7th William IV., cap. 85 :-
The Baptist Chapel, Oswestry, Shropshire.
The Independent Chapel, Middlesburgh, Yorkshire.
DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
JOHN JAMES ISELIN, merchant, St. Bennet's-
place, Gracechurch-street, London.
JACOB SIMMONS, corn-dealer, Longwick.
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
JOHN HUDSON, sen., and JOHN HUDSON, jun.,
curriers, Swallow-place, Hanover-square.
JOHN M'INTYRE, oil cloth manufacturer, Man-
chester.
SAMUEL QUERSTED, corn-chandler, Harrow-
road, Paddington, Middlesex.
BANKRUPTS.
CHARLES HOLLOWAY, victualler, Stockbridge,
Hants, to surrender on September 19, at twelve, and Oc-
tuber 18 at four, at the George Inn, Winchester. J. L.
Wright, South-square, Gray's Inn, London ; W. French,
Stamford.
WILLIAM CRIBB and BENJAMIN CRIBB, lucifer
match manufacturers, Regent's-canal, Regent's-park,
Middlesex, Sept. 13, at half-past one, and Oct. 18, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, official
assignee ; Ashley, Shoreditch.
EDWARD PARKER WEST, grocer, Stamford, Lin-
colnshire, Sept. 26, and Oct. 18, at twelve, at the office
of Messrs. Thompson and Son, Stamford, Lincoln-
shire. Thompson and Son, Stamford ; Clowes and
Wedlake, King's Bench-walk, Temple, London.
MARY GILBERT, innkeeper, Lawrence-lane, Sept.
13, at half-past ten, and Oct. 18, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Murray, New
London-street, Fenchurch-street.
MASON DOUGHTY, miller, Southorpe. North-
amptonshire, Sept. 26, at ten, and Oct. 18, at two, at
Stand well's Hotel, Stamfbrd. Wright, South-square,
Gray's Inn, London ; French, Stamford.
HENRY BAKER, merchant, Mark-lane, Sept. 15, at
half-past one, and Oct. 18, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Green, Alderznanbury, official assignee ;
Murray, New London-street, Fenchurch-street.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Ba.singliall-street.
0. Greenwell, J. B. D. Bearberg, and W. Whitehall,
silk manufacturers, Fore-street, Sept. 27, at one.
In the Country.
J. Smith, joiner, Nottingham, Sept. 29, at one, at the
George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham-T. It Waters, li-
censed victualler, Towcester, Northamptonshire, Sept. 29,
at twelve, at the Angel Hotel, Nertharnpton-J. Ilicklin,
printer, Nottingham, Sept. 27, at eleven, at the George
the Fourth Inn, Nottingham-E. Jenkins, tailor, Leo-
minster. Herefordshire, Sept. 27, at one, at the Wa-
terloo Inn, Leominster-T. Treanor, hardwareman,
Birmingham, Sept. 28, at twelve, at the Waterloo-romns,
Birmingham-NV. Daglish, joiner, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
Sept. 28, at twelve, at the Bankrupt Commission-room,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne-J. Rawlings, innkeper, Glouces•
ter, Oct. 3, at twelve, at the Office of E. Washbourn,
Gloucester-B. Redfern, gun maker, Birmingham, Sept.
28, at one, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham-J.
Porter, builder, Wiggenhall St. Germans, Norfolk, Sept.
28, at one, at the Globe Inn, King's Lynn-G. Guilford,
shipowner, North shields, Sept. 30, at twelve, at the
Bankrupt Commission-room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne-J.
Rigby, J. Marriner, and T. Wright, hide merchants, Li-
verpool, Sept. 27, at two, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liver-
pool-T. and J. Scott, merchants, Birmingham, Sept. 30,
at twelve, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham-E. and
T. Oldham, builders, Chalford, Gloucestershire, Sept. 29,
at two, at the Royal George Hotel, Stroud-J. Bolshaw,
sail maker, Liverpool, Nov. 1, at two, at the Clarendon-
rooms, Liverpool-M. Marshall, money scrivener, Chew
Magna, Somersetshire, Sept. 27, at one,.at the Commer-
cial-rooms, Bristol-H. Beale, grocer, Liverpool, Oct.
10, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool-T.
Wallace, grocer, Pentwyn Iron-works, Monmouthshire,
Sept. 27, at two, at the Westgate Hotel, Newport-R.
Jones, block maker, Liverpool, Oct. 10, at eleven, at the
Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool.
CERTIFICATES--SEPT- 27.
G. Mobbs, plumber, Northampton-J. Dobson, dry-
salter, Liveepool-W. Donald, furrier, Brighton.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
T. Adlington, J. S. Gregory, G. Faulkner, and R. B.
Follett-H. Charlesworth, sen., H. Charlesworth, jun.,
and W. Charlesworth, card makers, Huddersfield, York-
shire-J. Bishop and H. Groves, spirit merchants,
Dorchester-E. and J. Wilkinson, ale dealers, Liver-
pool-E. Zitzmann and E. Perkins, jewellers, Soho
Bazaar-I. Rolla, J. E. Rouch, and W. H. Reynolds,
timber merchants, Bristol-J. Williams and H. Jones,
timber dealers, Liverpool-J. and R. Butcher, grocers,
Norwich-J. Rayner, J. Scholey, and G. Rayner, dyers,
Leeds (so far as regards G. Rayner)-T. Brameld, G.F.
Brameld, and J. W. Brameld, Rockingham China Works,
Yorkshire-L. Simpson and J. R. Hall, chemists, Chorl-
ton-upon-Medlock-E. 11. Campbell, E. H. Campbell,
jun., and H. Henley, rectifying distillers, Newcastle-
upon- Tyne-W. Morgan, T. Gratrex, W. Morgan, jun.,
J. Parkes, J. Lawrence, R. Morrison, J. Morgan, N.
Price, and J. W. Roberts, brewers, Abergavenny-J.
Hudson, sen. and J. Hudson, jun., Swallow-passage, Ha-
nover-square-Jn. and J. Varty, shawl warehousemen,
Old 'Change-G. and H. Parkinson, linen drapers, Lan-
caster-A. Guthrie, sen., and A. Guthrie, jun., New
Bond-street-C. and D. Smith, woollen manufacturers,
Broad-carr, Yorkshire-W. Best, J. Roberts, and B.
Jackson, web manufacturers, Leeds-E. F. Davis and J.
D. Weston, ironmongers, Bristol.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
WILLIAM CHA PM AN, shipmaster, Brough ty ferry,
Forfarshire, Sept. 14 and Oct 8, at twelve, at the Cham-
bers of W. Kerr, Dundee.
JAMES PILE and CO., merchants, Glasgow, Sept.
14 and 30, at twelve, at the Chambers of Macdowall and
Hotson, Glasgow.
WILLIAM MILLAR, merchant, Johnston, Renfrew-
shire, Sept. 10 and Oct. 3, at two, at the Office of J. Craw-
ford, Paisley.

CHINA and INDIAN DESPATCHES.
DOWNING-STREET, SEPT. 5.

"TO THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF AUCKLAND, G.C.D, &C.

" Head-quarters, Ningpo, March 19."
" My Lord,—l have the gratification to inform your
Lordship of the total discomfiture and precipitate retreat
of that portion of Commissioner Yih King's force which
had been sent forward to exterminate us, and I feel
most thankful to say, with wonderfully small loss on
our part.
" My letter of the 11th will have informed your Lord-
ship of the attacks on this city and Chinhae, on the
night of the 9th and morning of the 10th. I deemed it
right promptly to follow up these successful repulses,
taking the attacking columns in detail, and understand-
ing that General Yu-poo-yun was advancing from Fung-
wa with from 6,000 to 7,000 men, I moved out to meet
him on the 13th, with 600 men of the 18th and 49th
Regiments, and Madras Artillery, with 2 guns and 50
sappers, flanked by the Sesostris steamer, which moved
up the river parallel with our route, having on bo ird
three companies of the 26th, and a small hod; of seamen
and marines. Until I reached the village Litso, about
7 miles hence, where I understood the enemy had been
posted on the 12th, I could obtain no satisfactory infor-
mation of his movements ; but I had the mortification to
find, on my arrival, that the Chinese had retreated over
the hills the preceding night, apparently moving on
Shan Hißg.
thus got rid of this column, although not in
th
could have wished, and being joined by Sir
William Parker, who on his arrival from Ta-Shan, with
the zeal for which he is so conspicuous, at once followed
e' Nsil'attyving
me up the river with the two small steamers, bringing
with him 950 marines and a party of seamen, I deter-
mined upon moving on Tsekee, where I was informed
that the Chinese were in considerable force under
Generals Twan-Yung, Yang, and Choo. It was reported
that they had two intrenched camps on the Segaon hills,
about half a mile north of Tsekee : that several guns
had been placed on the walls, and at the gateways, and
large stores of provisions laid up for the army in the city,
and that seven miles north-cast of these encampments
another force of from 5,000 to 6,000 men, under Com-
missioner Min, with the military chest, was posted in a
fortified camp in the hills at Chungkie-pass.
" The necessary arrangements having been made with

Rear-Admiral Sir W. Parker, the following troops were
all embarked by eight o'clock on the morning of the
; 15th, on board the steamers Queen, Nemesis, and Phle-
; gethon .--Madras Artillery, with four light field guns
guns, 83 ; 18th Royal Irish, 201 ; 26th Cameronians,
156 ; 49th Regiment, 305 ; Rifles, 36th Native In-
fantry, 54 ; Sappers, 66. Total, 865. Sir W. Parker
placed at my disposal 350 seamen and marines, making
up about 1,000 bayonets. At twelve o'clock this force
was landed about four miles from Tsekee, whence we
had a perfect view of the enemy's encamments, and I
immediately pushed forward on the city. I feel it
right here to observe, that Sir W. Parket...accompanied
ma throughout the operations I am about to detail, and
from his sound judgment and excellent arrangements I
received the most valuable assistance.
" Upon our approaching Tsekee and occupying a hill
which commands the southern face of the walls and
south gate the Chinese fired all the guns and gingals
they had for the defence of this gate, but with so little
effect, and at so great a distance, that it led me to believe
that they (most unaccountable) did not purpose to
defend the city ; and I was confirmed in this conclusion
by observing that the ramparts nearest us were unoc-
cupied, while the Segaon hills at the opposite side of
the town, on which were their encampments, appeared
crowded with troops. Lieutenant-Colonel Montgomerie
having with his usual promptitude brought up his guns,
I determined at once to take the city by Storm, pass
through to the north gate, there re-unite my force, and
carry the enemy's encampments. I was led to this line
of operation by the conclusion before-mentioned that
the Chinese did not intend to defend the city, as well as
with a view to expedite the attack on the heights, as
it would otherwise have been necessary (to provide for
the possible case of the enemy's being in force within the
walls) to make a detour out of range through the paddy-
fields, but my principal object was to prevent the
enemy from falling back on the city, when driven from
the hills. In furtherance of these views, I directed the
naval brigade, with a party of sappers, covered by the
guns and the Madras Rifles, if opposed, to escalade the
walls in my front, assemble on the ramparts, and move
along them to the north gate. The 49th I instructed to
move on the south gate, blow it open, and join the
naval brigade on the ramparts. I had previously or-
dered the 18th to dislodge a body of the enemy that oc-
ed a hill to the north-east of the city, after which cupi
they were to move round the walls, out of gingal
range, and threaten the north gate. Should the naval
brigade and 49th meet with opposition, the 26th were
tpelcatcete gi
placed
in
urensse.rve, and were directed to move and pro-
" A few minutes placed the naval brigade on the walls
unopposed, and the whole promptly formed on the ram-
parts. The-Royal Irish meanwhile dispersed the enemy
in their front, and rapidly moved on the north gate. I
accompanied the 49th, but finding that the bridge over
the canal, close to the south gate, was destroyed, and that
it would take some time to replace it, the corps passed
along a canal under the walls, and I directed the naval
brigade to move parallel with it upon the ramparts. The
whole force thus soon arrived at the place of assembly,
the north gate.
" The city of Tsekce is surrounded on three sides with
precipitous hills, and the north gate is on a low spur of
one of these hills, which terminates in an eminence with
the walls. At the north-western extremity of a range
of high hills, being a branch of the mountains that skirt
the coast, are the Segaon or Siguen.hills, on which were
the encampments; both were Of considerable extent, and
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jast.uraTlhdeireccualmtiepss,
which, as well as the summits of
of the position strengthened by
the hills beyond them, were thickly occupied, were within
long range of the walls, the intervening space being a
tract of paddy-fields, with a few scattered houses. lat
once perceived that the position was faulty, as the hills
on our right commanded their left, while their left com-
manded their right, and I made my dispositions accord-
ingly. The 18th, with a Rifle company of the 36th
Madras Native Infantry, were ordered to move up a
ravine and occupy a hill to the left of the position. The
naval brigade was instructed to move. under the walls,
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and occupy two rather large buildings in front of the
right encampment, making a lodgment under cover
summit
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posed to attack at the same moment the largest, encamp-
ment in my front, my great object being a simul-
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all communication with the city. So rapid were our
movements, that only one gun could be brought up,. not-
hyen's ltehfet.
withstanding the praiseworthy exertions. of Lieut.-
Colonel Montgomerie, who dashed his gua into. the
canal, and entered the city by a water gate. This gun
was ably brought up, and did good execution under the
direction of Captain Moore, of the Madras. Artillery
who, with his party, merits great praise for the extra- I
ordinary exertions in dragging it through paddy-fields
and across canals.

The steepness of the mountain-gorge by which the
Royal Irish and Rifles ascended, notwithstanding the
enthusiasm of their advance, occupied more time in sur-
mounting than I anticipated; and, finding that the naval
brigade might probably suffer more by the delay than in
an immediate attack, and that the enemy appeared to
gain confidence by this delay, I ordered the advance to
be sounded, when the 49th, with their accustomed spirit,
rushed up the hill, overcoming all opposition, and
crowned its height within a few minutes, driving every-
thing before them. From this height it afforded me no
small satisfaction to witness the spirited rush of the ad-
vance of the Marine brigade, led by their gallant chief
(I am persuaded Sir William Parker will excuse this ex-
pression of my admiration), who was ably supported by
Captain Bouchier, commanding the naval brigade, Cap-
tain Richards, of her Majesty's ship Cornwal!is, and
Captain Watson, of her Majesty's ship Modeste, com-
manding the Seamen Battalion. The whole brigade
soon reached the summit, carrying the enemy's works.
At the moment when the Admiral bad nearly gained
the height, I perceived a large body of Chinese ascend-
ing the back of the hill which he was attacking, appa •
rently ignorant of the conjoint attack, and I directed
Major Gough, Deputy-Quarter-Master-General, to push
forward with the Grenadiers of the 49th, supported by
a battalion company, to cut off their retreat. The car-
nage at the foot of this hill was extraordinarily- great ;
the 49th in the rear and the naval brigade in the front
almost annihilated this body, while the remainder of the
49th pressed the retiring enemy, I cannot say his
columns, as the whole plain was covered with the dis-
persed and flying foe. The 18th and Rifles. finding that
they were too late to participate in the attack on the en-
campments, rapidly dashed into the plain and cut off the
Chinese from their only safe retreat on the Changki
pass, killing numbers ; and one company, under Lieu-
tenant Bernard, followed up the pursuit for several miles
towards Yuyaun. The 26th Cameronians, having left
one company to protect the guns, pressed forward into
the plain, and joined in the pursuit. It was eight o'clock
before the force re-assembled, when we occupied the
enemy's encampment, where the men found ample bed-
ding and comforts.
"Sir William Parker has brought to my notice, in ad-
dition to the Captains of the navy Ihave already named,
the spirited conduct of Lieutenant C. E. Tennant (Flag
Lieutenant); Lieutenant G. Elliott (slightly wounded) ;
Mr. G. H. Hodgson, mate (slightly wounded in a per-
sonal rencontre with a Chinese) ; Mr. W. Bowden, Vo-
lunteer Ist class, and Mr. 11. 1). C. Cunningham, Secre-
tary's clerk, all of her Majest3r's ship Cornwallis ; also
of Lieutenant Harriott, Royal Marines, of her Majesty's
ship Blonde. The Admiral also noticed (and it came
under my own observation) the judicious and well-di-
rected'fire-rockets of a party under Lieutenant J. Fitz-
james and Mr. C. K. Jackson, mate, both of her Ma-
jesty's ship Corwallis. These officers accompanied Sir
W. Parker with the advance. Lieutenant A. J. B.
Hambly, of the Royal Marines, Was severely wounded
at the head of his company in the advance to the hill.
express
" I cannot too strongly my entire approbation
of the enthusiastic manner in which the whole force
maintained their character. Our loss, under Divine
protection, was wondedally small, but the enemy's
troops stood well and retained the hills until in many
instances our officers and men Caine into personal con-
tact with them.
" The conduct of the 49th came more under my per-
sonal observation, and I witnessed with reat satisfaction
the zealous exertions of Captain Reignold (wounded) ;
Lieutenant and Adjutant Browne ; Lieutenants Ramsay
and Mitchell, of the Grenadier Company ; Lieutenant
Lane (whose left arm was amputated on the field); and
Lieutenant Montgornerie (severely wounded in the thigh).
I must also mention, with much approbation, the con-
duct of Brevet Captain Balfour, of the Madras Artillery.
I also feel it invidious to name these officers when I am
conscious that every individual zealously did his duty ;
but as their conduct came under my own eye, I consider
it a duty to express my sense of approval.
"The exact strength of the enemy I can hardly esti-
mate, as various accounts give it at from 7,000 to 10,000
men. I conceive it to have been. about 8,000 men ; they
were the elite of the Chinese army, including 500 of the
Imperial body-guard, remarkably fine men, the Kansush
troops from the frontiers of Turkistan, a strong and mus-
cular race accustomed to border warfare, and reputed by
the Chinese invincible, and the Shause troops, for whose
arrival Yih King gave out that he had delayed the at-
tack. Their loss must have been very great ; not less
than 1,000 were killed
upon the field or in the pursuit,
and drowned in the canals ; a great proportion of
man-
darins fell. These troops
not having before met the
English, apprehended presume, that we should give
no quarter ; and although
to h
the. officers and men showed
great forbearance, calling e Chinese to surrender,
very few prisoners were taken. We have, however,
three mandarins, two from Kansuh, and one a Lieutenant
of the Imperial body-guard.
"Fatigue parties from the several corps, together with
the available native followers, were occupied in collecting
guns, gingals, and matchlocks, left in camp or thrown
away during the flight, until twelve o'clock on the 16th,
when I set fire to the encampments and to the several
houses that the Chinese had occupied as arsenals. At
daylight in the morning I had sent to the town
to open the grain magazines to the populace, which
eagerly flocked to them, and upon visiting them next
morning, I found they had been completely emptied.