The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-07 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE Three o'Cloch.

The importance of the intelligence from
Affghanistan and China, warrants us in giving
the details at great length. We rejoice to state
that it is generally of a very favourable character,
and that the British forces in both these coun-
tries are carrying on operations with great spirit
and success. By the latest accounts General
NOTT had marched from the west on Caubul
by Ghuznee, and General POLLOCK, with Sir
ROBERT SALE, from the east, for the same
place, with powerful and well equipped armies,
anxious to avenge the treachery of the Aff-
ghans and the cruelties inflicted on our
unfortunate countrymen and allies, and no doubt
can exist that the capital of Affghanistan is now
in the possession of the British forces. A-ge-
neral opinion seemed to prevail In that quarter,
from the great preparations made by General
POLLOCK and the firm determination exhibited
both by the officers and men, that they would
meet with little resistance. The Affghan chiefs
were divided amongst themselves, and the con-
test would be not with the English, but between
one another, in order that the more powerful
might make their peace with the British
Commander,_ by betraying and delivering up
their comrades. It is gratifying, there-
fore, to contrast this aspect of affairs,
with scenes which would certainly have
occurred had the orders of Lord EL-
LENBOROLIGII been carried into effect, and
our troops been ingloriously withdrawn frean a
country which honour, policy, and character
alike urged us to retain. We trust that opera-
tions all along the banks of the Indus, and in
the interior of the country on the west, will now
be carried on with vigour; and that this great
and navigable river will be made the highway to
the regions in the north of Hindostan, as well as in
the direction-of Candahar and Caubul. By means
of small iron steamers, it could be opened up as
far as Kalabagh, a distance of 1,500 miles, and
afford easy passes into the Affghan territory,
from the ports of Dera Ghazee Khan and Dera
Ismael Kan ; the latter of which is only 150 miles
distant from Ghuznee, and Kalabagh is less than
200 from Canbul. These two ports are the best
commercial marts on the west banks of the Indus,
and might be of vast service in ()toning rthe
trade with the populous regions in the north, as
well as centrclling the restless and warlike tribes
on the west of cur Indian.possessions.
For the intelligence from China we must reeer
our readers- to the numerous dispatches published'
under that head, which they will find well
worthy of perusal. Sir HENRY POTTINGER is now
frightening the " Bright EYE," in good earnest,
and convincing the " Celestials" that they have
entered into a contest.pf no ordinary character.
Our forces had proceeded up the river Yang-tea-
Kiang, and captured the forts at the month of
the IVOOsung and the city of Shang-hae, with a
vast number of tuns, having sustained a loss of
only two killed and twenty-five wounded. The
troops, on. oectipying the city, destroyed the
public buildings, and gave the extensive grana-
ries to be distributO among the people. . The
Mandarins in the two most fertile provinces of
China were dreadfully alavnied lest Wang-choo-
fol.l, :Ca n ia , and other im.portant.places, should
be takea and sackedraud. the-month of the Great
Canal seized, ThQ, 6.01.&2:d a wish to nifike terms,
and 'sent for a son'nf-ifo WRI: to act as interpre-
ter, but as the BrlM:ire'iiiiiontiary snspe.cteil.
their object was only to'" retard operationsi. arid
their overtures were not 'based on conditions
which lie considered satisfactory, he refused to
treat with them. Sir HENRY very properly
seems to think that the EmrEnort is not yet
brought sufficiently to his senses, and that the
only way to accomplish this is to communicate
personally with himself. A proclamation, is-
sued by his orders in the month of June,
breathes the most decided hostility to the " bar-
barians," but makes no allusion to victories or
the valour- of his Generals and Admirals. The
capture, however, of Shang-hae, and the
near approach of our troops to the Great
Canal, by which the entire coininunica-
tion with the most wealthy and populous
cities of the empire might be cut off, may open
his eyes, and finally compel him to accede to our
just demands. It is said the Russians are busy in
exciting the Chinese against our claims, and even
assisting them with officers, The United States
and. France have sent frigates to the northern
parts of China to watch the movements, and
expect, no doubt, to profit by oar victories. The
scene altogether is one of the most remarkable
on record aad may well attract the attention and
interest of civilised nations.

We gave in our last intelligence r:*-Inl China
to the 7th June, containing a short notice of the
captUre of Chapoo, the Gov3rnmeitt Gazette ;Ac-
count of which we now publish. Our present
dates extend to the ;26th July, and notify
further operations, and other all but bloodless
victories. We have also given the Government
Gazette account of the operations in May.

We have received Lisbon news to the 31st
ult„ brought by the Montrose steamer. The
latest proposals of the Portuguese Government,
which were looked upon, indeed, by some as its
ultimatum, had been forwarded home by Lord
HOWARD DE WALDEN. They were not consi-
dered as satisfactory so far as their contents had
transpired, unless they were to be viewed (as
they. were, indeed, in the highest quarters), as
merely furnishing a basis for future negotiation.
The French Princes had set off on a tour to
Alcobaca, Batalha, and Coimbra, accompanied
by M. ROUEN. There was a military parade, in
honour of their visit, on the 27th, on Campo Pi-
queno, where the KING and French Princes re-
viewed about 3,000 troops of the Lisbon garrison,
Sir C. NAPIER being present amonr, the General
Officers in the Royal cortege. The QUEEN and
Duchess of BRAGANZA were present in open car-
riages.

The Portuguese manufactures appear to have
progressed under the encouragement they have
received: the old convents form excellent fac-
tories, particularly as they get them nearly or
quite rent free, and very little money is required
to adapt them for the purpose required. Machi-
nery is allowed to be imported free of duty. It
was believed that • a special alteration would be
made in the tariff as regarded Madeira. It was
expected that there would be warm debates on
the tariff question when the Cortes met.

The Paris papers have been received, but with
the exception of the following announcement in
the Sentinelle de la Marine, their contents are
unimportant :..._

" Eight ships of the line to remain armed—viz.,
l'Ocean, le Genla
Vi tie-Marseilles P(o-Peish rAlger, le Marengo, la
l'lntt4ithic, in the Levant and passage to Rio Janeiro),
, and two others amongst
those itiel are at Brest.
said whether Admiral Ilug,on will re-
ma • head of this reduced fleet.
44-514: 9 pining twelve ships of
theline will re-
main 60,i mission within the harbour;'
Our private letters state, and are borne out by
the Ministerial. papers,.
although the that idea of

a Customs' union between France and Belgium
had for the moment been abandoned, the KING
was resolved that it should be resumed, and the
measure carried.

The Journal des Debats states that, according
to the official returns made to Government on
the Ist instant, the population of the kin.,dom of
France amounts to 34,494,875 inhabitants divided
amongst 363 arrondissements, 2,846 cantons, and
37,040• communes.

The KING and the QUEEN of the Belgians left
Paris for Brussels on Thursday evening last.
The Tunisian brig of war Scheieu, commanded
by Reis MAttomn r DJERRI, cast anchor in the
Toulon Roads on the Ist inst. This vessel waits
the arrival of the BEY'S Envoy, at present at Paris.

BOURSE—PARIS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5.
First Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
Prete Five per Cents. 118 95... 118 95... 118 95... 118 95
4% per Cents. 105 75... 105 75... 105 75... 105 75

Igiraper Cents. 101 25... 101 25 .. 101 25... 101 25
3 per Cents 89 39... 80 35... 80 30... 80 35
Bank of France 3272 ...3280 ...3272 .. 3280
Belgian Bank 810 ... 810 ... 807 50... 807 50
Belgian Fives lo3i ... 103* ... 1034 ... 103 i
Spanish Active 22i ... 22 ... 22 ... 224
Neapolitan..
Boman

CHINA EXPEDITION.—To all those who wish to
understand the operations of our forces in China, we
'recommend Mr. Wyld's admirable map of the scene
of war, where they will see and comprehend the scope
of our movements a thousand times better than by
newspaper descriptions.
Mr. Wyld's map of Affghanistan, Caubul, and the
adjacent countries, where our Indian armies are em-
ployed, will also well repay the curious (and who are
not ?) in these heart-stirring and momentous enter-
prises.

A Cabinet Council is summoned to meet at three
o'clock this afternoon at the Foreign-office, at which
all the Ministers are expected to be present. Lord
Fitzgerald, President of the India Board, is expected
to leave town after the Council for Windsor Castle,
on a visit to her Majesty.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

In the Liverpool Cotton Market the sales on Satur-
day were 4,000 bales at steady prices. Railway Shares
were quiet, and no material alteration had occurred in
prices. Eastern Counties were 811-; Edinburgh and
Glasgow, New, 4i.• Grand Junction, 174; Birmingham,
181 ; Brighton, 34 ; and Paris and Rouen, 22k.
The arrival f the express in anticipation of the gene-
ral Overland Mail, furnishes very interesting accounts
from India and China, for the consideration of our City
politicians. The movements of the army in Affghanistan
are looked upon as favourable, and in China, also, our
progress is believed to be fastly bringing matters to a
crisis. The state of the commercial markets in India
is certainly not worse as regards Calcutta than by the
previous letters, and at Bombay there was an improve-
ment in the demand for British manufactures. The In-
digo planters are stated to be severely crippled by the
short crops and the low price of their staple, while of raw
silk the yield also appears to be limited.

The Slinister of Tinance is stated in the accounts re-
ceived from Antwerp, to have returned to Brussels, and
the speedy exchange of the treaty between Belgium
and Holland was, therefore, anticipated. The British
Queen had brought the satisfactory intelligence to Ant-
werp, of the intention of the United States Go-
vernment to remit the heavy charges upon Belgian
vessels arriving in the ports of the republic, and should
this be established as a precedent, we suppose the Mi-
nistry of Leopold will also revoke the order for extra
tonnage being levied upon American ships entering into
the Belgian harbours. Insurances had -been done on the
British Queen at 25 per cent., and one journalist inte-
rested in commercial matters is accused of -having in-
serted gloomy predictions with the view to profit by the
alarm, and secure this high premium.,
The accounts from Lisbon are satisfactory- in regard
to the advances obtained from the Bank by the Govern-
ment.

From Hamburgh the exchange comes 4 mark lower,
viz., 13 8, and the price of gold had droppedto 4321.
-We have an arrival from New York by packet ship,
but the dates are only to the 10th instant.
_

The 'favourable intelligence received from India and
China thi4'inornino• has had a beneficial effect uppn the
market for ite public securities. Consuls for Aecount,
Ivhich left off on Saturday all but nominally at 934.94„
ve touched 0, and up to the present
hour the advance -has been well , maintained..
The great abundance of money continues to be,
a matter of conversation irr the €ity ; but how should it
be otherwise ? The accumulations orcapital are rapidly,
progressing without any corresponding vent for it
in the shape of trade and commercial liperations
of any importance. Consols for Money have
obtained precisely the same value as Consols for
time. There is, however, no movement upwards in the.
Three-and-a-Hall per Cents. Reduced. This shows Unit
a belief is entertained that the reduction of the interest
will, at no very distant period be announced. The .pre-
mium upon Exchequer Bills remains firm at 58s. GOs.
Bnnk Stock has advanced to 170, and India Stock is
'firm, at 255. The ;Old These-and-half per. Cents.
of 1818, have been quoted this moining at 100 - • ,
The Brokers for the Savings Banks bought about
10,0001., stock (lAree per Cents.) this morning;.
There has been a good demand for Foreign Borich to
(Thy, and at unvaried prices. MexiCan Stock ha's -reaclied:'
`I:4 (a further remittance having been rcceived'fin:!.
iinividend.) .Peruviena, 174- •, Colombiani.
21 : Spnisb Three per Cents, -22+ ; Dutch Five perr
Cc:its., 00-4 I ; Balgian, 102 ; and Spanish Consols, 18 N-
-184. The New Three per Cent. Spanish Bonds have
been in demand at 221 ; Deferred Stock wa, sla,st done
at
,14.0.1 k. •

. No`!: many transactions were reported in the Railwa3'
. Shares to-day, but, taken on the whole, we cannot (peed,
an improved Market. The Birmingham and Gloucestctr
have realized 59 discount ; the Eastern Counties, 14-V,
dis. ; Gnat Western, 19 prem. ; New Ditto, 111.;
prem., the London and Brighton, 14* dis. ; the •Soutl)
Western, 18k prem..; the -Sonth Eastern Scrip, 2-1 dis. ;
'find the York•and,North•Mialand, New, 17i prem. ktp
the Joint-stock Bank• houses, only a • 'few transactiony
have occtrrred.• r
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. -,
R A ILWAYS.. :fa id. Per Share. - m
Birmingham and Glou&ster' - 100--4 ~.... 41" to i
Eastern Cont‘ties - ii.
Croat Westerg
Ditto New .4. - to ,
London ant'. Brighton ...... ...,.. SO ..,,.. 36*i
London and South Western ... 41% ... .. 60 to
Midland Counties... 100
Swath Eastern and Dover - - 50
Ditto Scrip ~.. ..
fork and N firth :Midland bo. . .. to i
Ditto New Shares....
JOiNT STOCK BANKS.
Aubtralasia( New ) - -:.. 10 ... . 155 to
NationalProvincialofEngland... 35 354 to
Ditto New
National oflreland lii lO to 4.7
MANCLIESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. s.—We have
had rather more business doing to-day, without im-
provement in prices. The sales comprise—Mancheiret
and Birmingham, 191 19 11-16 ; Manchester aad Leeds
Quarters, 4* ; Manchester and Liverpool District Battik,
10* ; Manchester Assurance, 9 1-16.
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CHURCH-RATES, STEPNEY.—We have just re-
ceived the final state of the poll from one •of }the
scrutineers. There were
For the rate
Against it
q
beingaMISCELLANY FOR NVE3
balancein favour of the LiboeralsißEß of —Eal24u7
BENTLEY'S
to the best of the preceding Numbers of this most-enter-
taining of our periodicals. " Mr. Ledbury's Adventures"
continue with unabated interest, and we predict before
they terminate will place the gifted and humour-
some autho;•, Mr. Albert Smith, in the frod rank
of writers of light and amusing fiction • !indeed,
the character of Jack Johnson is alreaClyl. on g
par with some of the best sketches of character pour-
trayed by Charles Dickens. The illustrations By Leech
are gems, especially " Soiree dansante," Cruikshank can-
not surpass it. H. R. Addison contributes three papers,
brief, but inciting, and written with first-rateßowers of
description; they are, " Placing a Nuwaub on the Mus-
nud," "A Traitor's Doom," and " Malay Vengeance."
" Her First Visit Afloat" is a dialogue between two Tars,
by the author of " The Naval Sketch Book," &c.," The Life
and Songs of Anacreon," is a graceful posy of poesie, some
of the odes very beautiful, and the adaptatian of others
to the most popular Irish Melodies, felever and
sprightly. " The Haunted Mine," a domestic story
by R. B. Peake, is well written, forcibly in incident
and dialogue. ".A. Monumental Pic-Nic" has some good
bits. In the " Ballad Literature of Ancient Greece,"
the talent and learning displayed by Dr. Tailor, are cre-
ditable to his industry and mind. " A Campaign with
the Christinos" is fraught with incident, and will both
instruct and amuse. " The Dying Child" is a poem far
above 'wily that appear graced with old-established
names—the two last verses are beautiful. "Paddy Car-
roll, the Piper," is a prime Irish story;, placed on paper
with spirit, and worthy of the best writers of the legends
of Erin, or tales of Irish life. " The. Persian Spy," by
J. B. Fraser, is a capital story.' Last, not least,
comes Alfred Crowquill, with "The Philosophy of
Fighting ;" the reading matter Tis good, but the
illustrations, eight in number, beyond all praise.
With the talent displayed in ' every department
connected with the Miscellany, it must continue in
the front rank of our light literature, and command the
patronage of all who delight in cheerful reading, flashes
of merriment, and side-shaking -laughter.—Shropshire
Conservative.
STATE OF THE POOR.—The condition of the poor
in this town and district has undergore little improve-
ment since this time last mr. Work is certainly
not more abundant, nor have wages been at all ad-
vanced; the only improvement is in the reduced price
of provisions, which to those who are in employment
makes their wages produeb about one-fifth more of
the comforts of life than they yielded at the approach
of last winter.—Leeds Mercury.
Lord MountthciasshmelorapnidngCaptain FBirtuzghesrwailedk, R.
Pier,.N
had a most splendid passage in the
having
gNavigation
BlackGarni le-er
Idavlaelal ltrleaaNm.
Company's stew-ship
Wilberforce, Captain John Stranach, of only eighteen
hours from Antwerp.