The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-05 00:00:00

"Of raw silk the quantity which has just reached Canton „ilk jr
small, and held at exorbitantly high prices. - HC.-. is 00101
.„,
" Freight to England is scarce at 41. 109. to 5/. -..m..1 44.
"We have no recent news from Amoy or Chusan. Sir H. -'. Imil
Pottinger remains here, waiting the arrival of the December: li'l
mail from England, daily expected.
" The depression in our opium market continues. Malvra is},
selling at 325 dol. to 330 dol.; New Patna, 400 dol. ; and wr Alf
Itenares at 390 dol. • la:49°
" Our latest dates are from Bombay to the 15th, and Crile.:l?
cotta to the 22d January." J,:. .-:::, P:-.;..
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The following letter from our Ningpo correspondent -was ""
:10 •
ceived this morning : t -
A private of H. M. soth has shot his corporal, and the „..
latter has since died.
A most melancholy occurrence took place on the night Of
the 1 &th of February. The launch of the Ernaad transport
was on shore at a small creek close above Chinhae, filling
water casks. Towards evening the boat grounded and could • '
not be got off owing to the fall of the tide. The consequence
was, that Mr. W—, the officer in charge, and eleven
Lascars, forming the crew, had to remain with her during the!
firs: watch. Ni hen dads, two Chinamen and a boy came down
to the beat, and by signs, intimated' that they could procure
some " !emale society " for those who wisl.ed for it. Most
unfortunately, Mr. W— was tempted to accompany these,
and took with him two Lascars. As has come out in evi-
dence, the Chinese arranged their plans admirably.
W-- went first, followed by a Chinaman carrying a lantern.
then a Lascar followed by the other Chinaman, then the other
Lascar, and the boy bringing up the rear. When they had
gone a little way, the Loy disappeared and his place was ter
plied by a Chinaman, who made his appearance from ocene
of the houses they had to pass. they all walked on
for some distance, until they were beyond the village, whirls
is olose to the watering place; the first Chinaman then handed
his lantern to Mr. W—, as if to enable him to see the path
more distinctly, and thus leaving his own hands free; and in
answer to an exclamation of poor W—'s, pointed to a house
surrounded by trees as the place they were going, ter soon after i; I
some signal was given, and about forty or fifty Chinamen rushed !I,
from all sides on their victims. The Lascar who made bis
cape saw 111 r. W. holding out his pistol, when he was hirnseil -, •
knocked down; he rose again, and in some way or other, he
does not know how, made his escape to the boat. As soon as it'
was light, a party was sent ashore from the Blonde, to the place
where the attack had taken place., Poor W—'s body was
found in a small lake, without the head, and above thus,
wounds on his body. He seems to have fought to the last ra--
the, than be taken :live. However, some of the wounds seem
to have been inflicted for the purpose of torture, the wrists and
knee-joints being cut into, and cuts being made between each
n,,eer up to the wrist. The other Lascar seems also to have
been we`inded, but from the traces for some distance, he ha,: •
been carrier. If alive.
The Jacks pla,-sel the devil amongst the inhabitants of the

lace, where this sea! catastrophe occurred—every one the" -•
came athwart, up with the butt end and on his head. ThirtY . ST.
Chinese were brought on boars.' the Blonde, and they say eleven ',..,ikfi'
have confessed to have had a share in the murder. These ' )1
fellows of course should swing. The General has issued es: S:',,
proclamation that if the 2d mate's head is not produced be :14
will burn the village. The authorities must be here in disguiser: •
as very few people are to be seen, and Bourchier has ordered s:
,
that no one should go ashore without arms. '''r,
Not long back rewards have been promised by the Chinese „si
authorities for barbarians, dead or alive, and the above is one
of the proofs how little the Chinese are to ha trusted, althoo 4L' .!.:
psofes.ing gratitude for the kind manner in which we invarisol
treat them.
Not long ago a butcher, belonging to the 49th Regiment' ~
was taken away at Chusan, or at least went in search of a bo. ''s
lock which was missing, and has not been since heard of. f"a l'
!
Another party of two or three officers and some men wen' ''l
out to Chusan to procure bullocks. One of them strayir g fro.
the others, was suddenly attacked and knocked down, but Ws° 1,
' ,s.
rescued by the approach of the others. , ,t
We have heard that Corporal A hite (who came to Ninge s,il
to intimate that a Commissioner (Shoo) would make his apt
~.
pearance to treat), although fed from the General's table, V' .:7
taken up in a man-of wars boat, close to Takee, made a repore. ,
that he had been most cruelly treated, and just escaped with his ,Pfr;
~i
life.
It is said that the only terms about which we will treat at pre'
sent are the payment of 20 million of dollars, half to be paid be'
fore we leave Ningpo, and farther that Sir H. Pottinger is, so • ;
be received at Pekin. P s
Ihe Chinese troops seem to be collecting round us. The 3 4
are said to be in force at You-Yaou-Seikee, and Fongabei'. - fl:',o
there has been also an appearance of some force on the rigs`ip
bank of the Tahseen, not tar from Chinhae. There is alto 1
report that soldiers have been embarked at Chapel, to
O. be• 10,4
landed en Chusan ; so that, if there is any troth in the A
account of their movements, the Chinese seem to have 214° •
of attacking Ningpo, Chinhae and Chusan. at one time.
Yih.kin, the Emperor's nephew, and Generalissimo of the
.;.t1
Chinese forces, is said to have arrived in the neighbourhood.
eo , „Ai
The large quantity of mace (the Chinese brass vein) whi ~fir
was found in Ningpo, has been embarked on board our ships
-
rather a bulky medium of exchange, seeing that one thoussn' i,
dollars' worth weighs about ton tons. hi! ?j,104
About 70,000 dollars' worth of silver goes round in ts ',,,,)
Miriam transport, to Calcutta. rt eiFol
'f he Mysore transport is to be discharged soon, and I base
__ ;,, 1
their master has bought a quantity of the sugar seised nn ' gi
and which she intends taking either to the Sydney or EngliAn.-141,,17
market. t
An accusation of rape was lately brought against the
blnfise',ll
jackets at Chinhae, by a young married woman, residing nf..„11!--',"4.iff
that city. That she might have an opportunity of idennf9,l7,.(''
the culprits, the crew of the Blonde were drawn up on ",.."" 4
deck; and the woman (who alleged that she had been t"-,,e,"
i
much abused to walk ), was paraded round the decks On b_lt ;',, of
husband's back, taking a good look at the Jacks as she paot,:4
butfound them all so much alike that she could notidentify_anSil, - 1
The latest reports state the Chinese forces in all, not 0.744
40.000.
We are training a number of the stout ponies, found{Atis,,
Ningpo, to pull the light field-pieces. This will be.sll7:ol/1
assistance when we take the field. • .) 4,
The weather is improving, but not yet settled fine. Our ...g if?'
keep in very good health.—Bengal Reckon'. May 9. : ,-.111/'
The quiet of Canton is again likely to be disturbed -bpd /
accident wnich occurred in Whampoa reach on the night it,'
the 9th inst. ; a well known Chinese smuggler was approach? di
one of the opium vessels in a tanks boat, to make a partihOt i:i!'
the drug; he was hailed, but did not answer, and the* -„." AIA
on deck of the English vessel fired his musket and ,shot-11115Pi
#l..
dead on the Fret This much to be lamented and .eersed, blsi(
proceeding happened just after the beat's crew of ;the EtY!' ;:egai,
ship Autumnus had been seized, maltreated, wootitioo6'.-* for
- ' .0 /
carried to Canton. ss .
• - rte,
'I he officer of the boat had mistaken the channel leadioga4l4
Canton, and hail gone through the Junk River •• he -was istas`”t'l 4,
and fired at, when he immediately turned his'boats'-hen ,
~,,,,
wards the shipping at Whampoa ; he was chased by .a uoll'Vl
of Chinese boats, but still kept a-head of them, ands's i,
fist nearing, the vessel lying a-head of Whampos ree,Ved
when one of his oars broke, and he was overhauled e
captured ; the Chinese cut at the unresisting and enertl c,
-,,oyi
crew with their swords, and wounded some of the men Ow sal',"*.
boy severely. They were taken to Canton, accompanied'
great number of Chinese, and carried before the 14•1414, 004
chowfoo ; their captors reported they bad come to the
where they had been hailed, with hostile intentions. ' ,!,,,•'
well," said the Kwangchowfoo, " as you have taken the '7! 5,1t,00,4
you have, of course, also taken their arms ; bring them hithrositor,,,,
No arms were to be fiund; the boat was unarmed. 410 S'ef
Chinese soldiers then changed their ground of accusation, i,r:,q,
said the boat had come to sound the river, and "spy ab°1101,541
a Well," said the Kwangchowfoo again, " they could not aflosiSo
the depths of the river without a lead and line • bring tb of;;.
hither." But none were forthcoming, for neither sere
cos..;
board the boat. The Kwangchowfoo, finding the charge 0,,,,. 1
false and his own people in the wrong, dismissed the Autun':ll:pol
officer and boat's crew, returning the boat to them, at aben' ..',1,:
p.m. the same esening.— Canton Register, March 18. ',.teli
. ,

MALTA. ~
THE DEFEAT OF THE ARAB FORCE UNDO
50* D-EL-GELIL. E
" OFFICIAL DESPATCABH
FROM HIS XCELLENCY .4 08
ALI PACHA,GOYERNOR..GEISERAL OF TRIPOLI IN BAOA rot
" I have the gratification of announcing to the Governroe
of my Lord and Sovereign the Sultan the total defeat 4
0. ' .
rebel Arab chief, Abd-el-Gelil, than which a more decis"
triumphant affair it has never been my lot to recount. , tba ,
" It was on the Ist of the month of Mocharern, r", yr'
year 1258 of the Hegira (corresponding to the 12th e' that
bruary, 1842), that intelligence reached this RegesteYei C
the noted Arab Sheik Ahd-el- Gehl had for° coer
camp at Fezzan; that notwithstanding it had beef" b 0
municated to him that the people of Socansaigli",
placed themselves under the protection of his ie.
ness the Sultan, he had marched a force against the place'sorl‘
on reaching its vicinity had actually commenced his...„selt,'
of devastation by destroOng a number of trees. SOl
had these sad tidings reached us, when justly le, 0/14.!.
at this piece of daring audacity on the part nifoOli:
who bad, on several occasions, been already by oar; Vi'"
severely worsted, I despatched Assan Bey Ali Cnnieli 40
vernor of Misurata, then here, with the garrison I;l,nel+
place, with orders to seek and attack the Arab enesrefitiet
On the Ist of Saphar (the 12th of April), this exritbn,' /
marched from Misurata, and on the road ascertain; bal:
Abd-el-Gelil had reached Sird with his camp, where Pora 0
joined his brother Sef-Elnasar (or the chief of the 1010001.
triumph), the Shiek Mereid, his son, and the son of _..i1l
Aga, who were holding a council of war. Our forc ;!: Of
1,
rected their march accordingly, and a few days aftert, Aro ' . ;
vicinity of Deffa, they had the satisfaction of falling .1-ithe,i.; ,i'
the enemy, who made a stand to retain possessiri cell tiO
wells, from which, by the valour of our forces, 1"1,,,,ec od,
after an obstinate resistance, routed, and the wir7oe) 10,,
camp, headed by Abd-el-Gelil and his brother. .k,,
.vie
sword of triumph) fled, and took up - a POlif lea: 011yef
neighbouring height, called Gara Albalga, l'-1 ,--.4110/„ im4
were immediately closely followed up by tllefrthile,'",
Commander-in-Chief, Assan Bey, between whose AittriS ;0,1
that of the enemy several skirmishes took place : but l 10 'T. -41
of the month of Rabin (2) Elteni (the 28th of WO :1, lt t`.'" ~,
A.M., Assan Bey resolved upon pushing In' ;0011 ,c-
-by bringing the enemy to a general ell, r.y lii,..,ie
which he accordingly did, and after a sane, had liie'
obstinate battle, which lasted three hours, he, Aill g. 0 ,?11
satieaction of totally defeating the Arabs, i;i'1.,1.00, ',.,,k,
...pe,
whole of the survivors prisoners, including 14,00i$ , ‘ l
and his brother, Sef-Elnasar, whose heads were the , ibis'
taken off, and sent to this place. Thus, under._ve lin ,„i iiriii
protection of the Almighty, the Sultan's forces
.Ilitiod, I.',"' I
regency of an enemy who has for so many years der , ; - '
its commercial intercourse with the interior. .„ , poi*`-"
" Governor
Joh.Phop",e,- 010091"
b,l
" Tripoli in the June 5, 1842."
• Genec‘aAl oSfiCthAeßStAatLe lofPTArCiptiSir% the. ./
West,. ecrilibi Olt
FIRE-R,AisiNG.—On Friday night,
weaver, Darvel, set fire to his own dwellingwoia hnn,
but for the activity of the neighbours therevho je -AV,. 40
been a loss of life and property. Wilson, ;
_..,;ti, hib._*•
oF about seventy years of age, had a quarre_l„."reeftgefetot{
a lad about thirteen years of age, who to°.l`..ma pnqeo-0.
garret of his father's house, and the unnakt"toity se,ores„,f,t
to obtain revenge upon his own offspring,'
"th e 110 I,Lees
to the thatch of the house, in order to drivei_,icioasee_`),
his hiding•place. The perpetrator of the n,Zr undar. •
was taken into custody on Saturday, and ani.....-.o'
in; examination was transmitted to .Ayr ~j," ~ ,of
, ,-1 0116 ,
nod: Journal. 6)% asNe .- „,,r fr-
A POSER FROM A CITILD.—A --: •,,hp,- nue'
ilt:ithe g:ed the' •
his father's guests who his next 6.00 r
and when he heard his name, asked hial if
lead,
sei bot i
man was not a fool. ~ Not my littler rle wan ;little
cbiu .d tbo u.,t
guest, "he is Teo fool, but a vera, -. o said peA
~,
why do you ask the question ?" " Wl*, .0, were 001, ;P
boy, " my mother said, the other da5.).',211,
,1104 • ',., „46
door to a fool, and I wanted to 'kilo w Abe ~,,,
~
...„,h
door to you." • 011'1- ieene
7th lnowe febietigilt
A Constantinople letter of the
Ma lta Times, h r dg, si°
says :...,.. The 0t..0 .in_ tog 0,.
_.,,,,,„1.-..
but it was sumo 20 or 30 feet long, :, capactPu_''ottie,,i;.,f
~
caught a `big fish' here. I had not
a. ut of "',,h „shoe n-
with immense scales. Its mouth was,,,orfeb,alllol_l:o;:ePC)„.,
so must have been, its stommen,
1 thing g, were taken the leg of a °1"1... I.°e:7;e-of tAh-4cet, bl:','3
a pair OF sailor's trousers 1 _ - AVll,''e_"ouctit, sale':for their
whom the breeches belonged the :I.l'. ~e totieP:._ ;.• -
ticoe-erecl, "5_7, 001
the fish couA hardiy have select 'ci t,
' own good eating.
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