The Sun.
London, England, 1827-09-08 00:00:00

CHINA.

The following details are derived from the
Malacca Observer of February 13 :
By the latest accounts of the Tartar affar, it ap-
pears that the rebels are carrying every thing before
them. A document just received, dated Canton,
January 2, informs us, that Ele, Keu-chang, and the
Cashgar, have been lost; that the high officer, King-
Tseang, has been killed, and the Imperial army anni-
hilated. The rebels are said to be very numerous,
amounting to tens of tens of thousands. The following
Royal mandate, which refers to this affair, chews the
gracious disposition of his Majesty towards his faith-
ful servants, and how liberally he rewards the merits
of those who die in the defence of their eountry,

" IMPERIAL EDICT.
" KING-TSEANG, commandant in Ele, was twice
sent to Cashgar to examine into the rebellious con..
duct of Chang-Kih-L.Trh. He managed the affair so
unskilfully, that he was unable to penetrate to
the bottom of it, and, consequently, to transmit
to us a correct statement. We have thought
upon his daily conduct in Ele, which has hi-
therto been distinguished-by diligence and attention
in the discharge of his duties ; in consideration of
which he was afterwards appointed Resident of
Cashgar. Six months elapsed before he inquired
into, or made any report of, the real circumstances
of Chang-Kih-Urh, then wandering without his
host, at the expiration of which time the rebels ac-
tually became possessed of the city. It now ap-
pears, according to the statements of Chang-Ting
and others, that the rebels surrounded and attacked
Cashgar, upon which King-Tseang led out his
troops, and opposed them to the utmost of his
power. In about two months the rebels dug a sub-
terraneous passage to the city, and by that means
entered it. Afterwards the royal troops attacked
them, and killed many persons. But although al!
the ammunition of the Imperial Army was expended,
and the Resident's resources entirely destroyed, he
determined to sacrifice his life for his country, by
maintaining his position till death. We weep over
him, and deeply commisserate his fate. We com-
mand ydu to confer upon him the posthumous title
of Guardian of the Prince during his minority.'
%%Te command the Board to consult and decide upon
the manner in which our favour shall be extended,
and inform us of the result. It is further our Royal
pleasure to command you to introduce the Resident's
eldest son at Court, and allow his family to return
to the capital, after a hundred days of mourning are
completed. We likewise command the Governors
of the four provinces of Kan-seuh, Heen-se, Ho-nan,
and Chih-tae, to appoint officers to take charge of
his family, and also to show our abundant liberality,
by rewarding them with a thousand taels of silver.
" Let the Board know this. Respect this."

The original, of which the above is nearly a lite-
ral translation, omits the circumstances of the Resi-
dent's death, and is indeed, throughout, remarkably
obscure. It is pretty evident, however, that the
whole of the officers and troops in that engagement
have been killed by the rebels. Other accounts
mention the capture of the city, and the loss of
several of the troops on their way to succour it.
How the disastrous events which agitate the northern
part of this great Empire will terminate, is unknown.
The Emperor seems to be determined to reduce the
rebels to subjection, whilst they, on the other hand,
resolve as firmly to shake off the yoke under which
they groan.
Little Bucharia, the seat of the revolt, extends
from east to west more than a thousand miles Bri-
tish, and from south to north, upwards of five hun-
dred English miles. The population is thin. In
D'Anville's. time it was reckoned more than one
million. If, therefore, Taou-kwang, his Imperial
Majesty of China, will grant these people inde-
pendence, it is likely the affair will be accommo-
dated. But if he will not allow a dismemberment
of his grandfather's and his father's empire, he is
likely to waste the resources of China Proper, and
afford an opportunity for the disaffected at home to
rise up against him.

SUMMER ASSIZES.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.-GLOUCESTER, SEPT. 6.

MORO A 1,7 V. LEONARD.

This was an action brought by the father of a boy,
named Henry Morgan (as his prochain anti), to re-
cover from the defendant, a millwright at Stroud, a
compensation in damages for assaulting and horse-
whipping the said Henry Morgan.
Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE having summed up, the
Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, .51.
The Oxford Circuit concluded here at a late hour
this evening. _

Sarah Crpin, aged 50; Kezia Orpin, her daughter,
aged 18; and Henry Pym, aged 20, were indicted
for feloniously stealing, at the parish of Stroud, a
quantity of coal, the property of George Warner.—
The Jury found the prisoners " Guilty."
The Learned JUDGE then said that the sentence
of the Court was, that Sarah Orpin should be con-
fined in the Penitentiary for the space of twelve
calendar months, and kept to hard labour; and
Kezia Orpin and William Pym be confined in the
same place for six months, and kept to hard labour.

SALE OF THE AREOPAGUS.—MT. Burrell
yesterday sold the building in Cannon-street, formerly the
chapel in which Dr. Collyer used to preach, but which has
lately been converted into the Areopagus, or arena in
which the disciples of the Rev. Robert Taylor used to as-
semble weekly, under the name of the Christian Evidence
Society. Since the imprisonment of the Rev. Orator it
has been closed, the disciples not coming forward with suf-
ficient spirit to meet the expences. The sale took place at
Garraway's Coffee-house, in the large room, which was
crowded with persons, many of them the orator's-disciples,
especially about half-a_dozen females. The lot consists of
the Chapel, which is entered from 86, Cannon-street ;
there is also aecess from Oxford-court. The interior is
fitted up with two galleries, in a neat chaste style, with
balustrade fronts to the upper tier. The ascent to the pul-
pit is immediately from the vestry-room ; the basement is
occupied with roomy brick vaults ; over the chapel there
are a spacious airy achool-room, and six smaller rooms. It
is held on a lease for 93i years from Midsummer, :827,
at a clear ground-rent of 65/. per annum ; she vaults un-
der the chapel are let for ell. per annum to a tenant at
will, and the lease contains a covenant that the lessee shall
insure to the amount of 1,500/. The sum it brought was
7501. It was built about eight years since, and cost nearly
4,0001. .
SALARIES OF PERFORMERS.—Mrs. Butler,
who was introduced to the stage by Charier the Second,
and was the daughter of a decayed knight, rose afterwards
to great estimation, and she played the pi incipal characters
in Dioclesian, The Chances, and in Arthur and Emme-
at the English Opera-house. We
a contemporary to show that she was
li
havene ,
theno now performing
" a hired actress," and that she had only a salary of 40s.
per week. When she wished to obtain an advance of ss.
ready as much as any member of the company, and that
left the Kin_ g's Theatre, and
per week, it was refused, on the ground that she had al-
the managers could not afford to allow her more. She
accordingly, in a fit of anger,
went to Dublin. The profits of what were called the
"sharers" of the different companies, of course depended
upon the receipts at the doors. Colley Cibber tells us,
that regular salaries to actors and actresses began under
Swiney, at the Haymarket ; but the fact is otherwise, and
stipulated weekly stipends to performers, who had no share
in the property of the house, were known as long since as
the reign of Elizabeth. Thomas Heywood, the old dra-
matist, who asserts that he either wrote or had a hand in
220 plays or dramatic performances in 1599, was a hired
actor " to Philip Henslowe, at a salary of ss. per week for
the first year, and 6s. Bcl, per week for the second.