The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-09-24 00:00:00

BONUS.

At the Annual General Court of Proprietors, held on the
20th June, 1839, bonuses were declared to the assured in the
Fire Department of £lO per Cent. on the Premiums received
during the five years previous to the 25th March, 1839, to be
paid on all Insurances of two or more years standing : and
to the assured in the Life Department, on all policies for the
whole duration of life, of four or more years standing on the
25th March, 1839, of very nearly 26 per Cent. on the amount
of the premiums received thereon, improved at compound
interest, to be added to the sum assured by such policies
when they become claims, or an equivalent reduction to be
made in the annual premiums upon them, at the option of the
parties entitled thereto.

SCOTTISH UNION
FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER.
CAPITAL FIVE MILLIONS STERLING.

Offices in Edinburgh, No. 47, George-street ;
f f London, 449, West Strand ; and 78,
King William-street, City ;
„ Dublin, NO. 52, Dame-street.
UNQUESTIONABLE SECURITY, combined with Low
V Rates of Premium, are distinguishing features of this
Corporation.

IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT,
Losses by Fire are immediately paid ; and property of every
description is insured on the most advantageous terms.
IN THE LIFE DEPARTMENT,
Assurances may be effected at Reduced Rates, without Profits,
or at a higher premium, with Participation in Profits, of which
Two-thirds are returned at regular periods, without being
subject to any deduction for charges of management.
Prospectuses containing the Tables of Rates and conditions
of Assurances, may be had of the above-mentioned Offices,
or at any of the Company's Establishments throughout Great
Britain and Ireland.
BRODIE & HAMILTON, Bretherton's
Buildings, North John-street,
Liverpool.
THOS. FORSYT H , Exchange-court,
Exchange-street East.

IMMEDIATE BENEFITS OFFERED TO THE PUB-
LIC.—Life Annuity Rates calculated on Equitable Prin-
ciples.—For example—for every £lOO deposited, this Asso-
ciation will grant the Annuity placed opposite the age of the
party depositing; from .f;5O and upwards in proportion.

. .
Aug. a a
30 to 40 to 45 to 50 to 55 to 60 to 65 to 70 to 75 to 80

It
' e. s. es.e s. s. es.l x si .e es. s. xs.
9 0 8 10 9 0 910 10 10 1; t 15 10 20 0 25 0
pr ct. pr ct. pr ct. pr ct. pr et. pir,./Et. pr et. pr et. pr et.

Life Insurance Rates reduced 30 per cent. per annum. ,
LIFE ASSURANCE RATES.

Age 20 to 25 to 30 to 35

39 to 45 to 50

Premium .4'1.11 kl 15 £2 0I £2 6 I .4.2 10 I£2 15 I£3 5

This Company make no charges for intermediate ages
under 50 years.
FIRE INSURANCE RATES.

Common insurance.—Private houses and shops (not ha-
zardous) ls. per cent. ; hazardous, 2s. ; double hazardous,
3s. 6d. ; farming stock, Is. 6d.

INDEPENDENT and WEST MIDDLESEX ASSUR-
ANCE COMPANY, opposite the Bazaar, Baker-street,
Portman-square, London ; South St. David-street and High-
street, Edinburgh ; Ingram-street, Glasgow ; and Sackville-
street, Dublin. Established and empowered under the several
Acts of Parliament of 14th Geo. 111. c. 48 ; 22d Geo. 111. :
53d Geo. 111. c. 141; 3d Geo. IV. c. 92; and Ist Vic. cap.
10. Capital one million, in 20,000 shares of F.. 50 each.

MANAGERS.
James, Alexander, Esq. H. R. Perkins, Esq.
George Anderson, Esq. Thomas Price, Esq.
James Drummond, Esq. William Reid, Esq.
Samuel Eyre, Esq. Wm. Edward Taylor, Esq.
Robert Ferguson, Esq. John Wilson, Esq.
Thomas Hope, Esq. William Whittaker, Esq.
J. D. Hustler, Esq. George Williams, Esq.
Thomas Knowles, Esq.
Auditors—Samuel Eyre, Esq. ; John Wilson, Esq. ; G. E.
Williams, Esq.
__

Secretary—Mr. William Hole.
Bankers—The Bank of England, Bank of Ireland, and
Western Bank of Scotland. _ • _

Surgeon—James Devereux Hustler, Esq., Park-street.
Surveyor—Simon Thurston, Esq., 9, Southampton-street,
Bloomsbury-square.
Solicitors—Messrs. Williams and Son, 2, Hart-street,
Bloomsbury-square.
AGENTS :

Liverpool., Mr. C. HUISH, Company's Office, Water-street
, .. Messrs OKILL and COOKE, Dale-street.
Manchester, Mr. H. C. Mor- Chorley, Messrs. Morse and
ris, Company's Office, Clayton.
Fountain-street. Lancaster, Mr. J. Taylor,
Blackburn, Mr. Js. Hopwood. Land Surveyor.
Bolton, Mr. T. Blundell. Oldham, T. Kershaw,High-st.
Burnley, Mr. A. Sunderland. Preston, Mr. Miles Myres.
Bury, Mr. J. Villing. ff Mr. Blackhurst.
„ Mr. C. Crisp. Warrington, Mr. Stevenson.

It is currently reported that Lord Glenlyon, future Duke
of Athol, is shortly to be united to the fair and accomplished
Miss Home Drummond.

Sept. 7, 1839.

A man of the name of Jackson was declared bankrupt
some short time since. There was little or nothing for the
creditors expected, and all was passed off without suspicion.
In the course of last week it was ascertained that the bank-
rupt had taken apartments, and the messengersenger in bankruptcy
thought it would be worth his while to visit him, and see how the
occupant was getting on in the world. When he arrived there
it was said the bankrupt was out ; and he then asked the
female who attended him whether the bankrupt had any pro-
perty, she replied, " Only that box," pointing to a small
box—which the messenger carried off to the official assignee.
The box was opened, and under sheets and other bed-linen,
there was discovered a large amount of money to the extent
of nearly £1,500 in notes and gold.

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[PRICE FIVEPENCE.

Under the Patronage of The Worshipful the Mayor.
EVERTON AND KiRKDALE FRORAL AND HOR•

TICULTURAL SOCIETY --
.
THE Third Meeting for the Season will be held, in a
spacious Marquee, in he Gardens, at the DERBY
ARMS, KIRKDALE, TS DAY, (Tuesday,) the 24th
instant, for the SHOW ?if DAHLIAS, PLANTS, FRUITS,
and VEGETABLES.

Tickets may be had by applying at the Bar of the, said
House ; at the Secretary's, Mr. J. GRAHAM, Kirkdale ; at
J. and J. MAWDSLEY'S ; and at all the principal Seed Shops.

GREAT COUNTY MEETING

OF THE
SOUTH LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE
PROTESTANT ASSOCIATIONS

UNDER THE /DIRECTION OF THE
LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, WARRINGTON,
WIGAN, AND NORTHWICH COMMITTEES.
THE above MEETING is proposed to be held at the
THEATRE ROYAL, FOUNTAIN-STREET, MANCHES-
TER, on THURSDAY next, the 26th instant. Doors open
at Ten, and the Chair to be taken at Eleven A.M.
The Rev. MORTIMER O'SULLIVAN, D.D., Rev.
HUGH M`NEILE, Rev. HUGH STOWELL, Rev. Dr.
COOKE, and several distinguished Noblemen and Gentle-
men are also expected to attend.
TICKETS MAY BE HAD (GRATIS) AT
LIVERPOOL :
Mr. J. CRISP'S Office, 38, Church-street.
MANCHESTER—Mr.- PRATT, Bookseller, 23, Bridge-
street.
WARRINGTON—The Rev. JR WRIGHT. Latchford
Parsonage.
WIGAN—Mr. GRIFFITH, 4igain'axette-office.
NORTHWICH—The Rev. D. VAUDREY.

LIVERPOOL ANNUAL EXHIBITION.
TIME EXHIBITION of the LIVERPOOL ACADEMY
of the WORKS of MODERN „ARTISTS IS NOW
OPEN, at the GALLERY, CHUeCII-STREET, from Ten
o'Clock in the Morning till dusk. Admission, One Shilling.
Catalogues, One Shilling. Season Tickets, Five Shillings.
SAML. EGLINGTON,
Secretary to the Academy.

SUBSCRIPTION BETTING ROOM.
LIVERPOOL SEPTEMBER MEETING.
TN consequence of the great inconvenience to which attend-
ants-1 at the late Race Meetings were subject for the want
of sufficient accommodation at the Betting Room of the Tal-
bot Hotel, arrangements have been Made, at the suggestion
of several Noblemen and Gentlemen.; for opening the Large
Room of Lucas's Repository solely Lis a Betting Room.
Refreshments suppiied by Mr. 'THOMAS, of the Talbot
Hotel.

Subscribers' Tickets, lOs. each, may be had on application
at the Repository, Great Charlotte-street
LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING.
THE RACE BALL will take place, at the WELLINGTON
Rooms, under the patronage of the Racing-Cormnittee,
011 WEDNESDAY EVENING next, the 25th jeistant. Doors
to be opened at Ten o'Clock.
DANCING COMMIT
The Earl of Derby. Lord Ro
The Earl of Eglinton. Honou
The Earl of Wilton. Sir J.
The Earl of Sefton. Sir T,
Lord G. Bentinck, M.P. ISir
Lord Stanley, M.P.

rt Grosvenor, M.P.
ble E. M. S. Mostyn.
errard, Bart.
omas S. M. Stanley.
Ichard Bulkeley, Bait.
Hornby, Esq.
STEWA S.
The Earl of CI4ErSTERFIELD.
The Earl of SEFTON.
Hon. R. B. Wilbraham, M.P. Sir John Gerrard, Bart.
John Ireland Blackburne,Esq. E. G. Hornby, Esq.
Robertson Gladstone, Esq.
William Earle, Esq. Hardman Earle, Esq.
James Aspinall, Esq. J. Rigby, Esq.
Nicholas Blundell, ESq. Humphrey Trafford, Esq.
B. H. Jones, Esq. J. B. Neilson, Esq.
Thomas Moss, Esq. Jacques Myers, Esq.
Raymond Houghton, Esq.

CHESTER & BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY.
THE next HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the Pro-
prietors will be held pursuant to the Act of Incorpora-
tion on SATURDAY the 12th day of October, at the Clarendon
rooms, Liverpool. The Chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock
precisely. _

And in further pursuance of the said Act, the transfer
Books of the Company will be closed on Monday the 7th day
of October and will not be re-opened until Monday the 14th
day of October.

WILLIAM DIXON,
Chairman of the Board of Directors.
24, Fenwick-street, Liverpool, Sept. 16, 1839.

TO THE CURIOUS !

MR. COLLES'S Apartments, at FOX'S, PERFUMER,
63, BOLD-STREET, -
(Exactly opposite Mrs. Rickman's,,Confectionerd
are NOW OPEN for the EX7TION and SALE of
his celebrat
MAGICAL DISSO ING BALLS,
a beautiful deception, price £1 Is. and £1 Bs.
CHANGEABLE CARDS,
is. Gd. per pack, or two packs for Half-a-Guinea.
MAGIC TELESCOPES,
price £6 6s. and £6 16s. 6d. each.
MAGICAL DANCING FIGURES,
price £1 Is., £1 55., and LI lls. 6d._each ; ss. additional

if purchased by a lady.
ENTHUSIASTIC VIOLONCELLO PLAYERS,
MAGIC CIGAR CASES;

with 250 other curious and amusing novelties, from ss. to
30 guineas.
Hours of Business from Eleven to Five.
ADMISSION HALF-A-CROWN, which will be allowed in the
purchase of any article amounting to ss. or upwards; Chil-
dren Is.

Parties who hare once been Purchasers, or paid for ad-
mission, are at liberty to revisit Mr. C.'s Apartments as
often as they please, without further expense.
For particulars see Circulars.

CONTRACTS FOR BOOTS AND PANTALOONS.
BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL.

THE WATCH COMMITTEE HEREBY GIVE NO-
TICE, that they will be ready, on SATURDAY, the 12th
October next, to receive TENDERS for supplying, by Cox-
TRACT, the following Articles for the Constabulary Force,
namely,

1, 590 Pairs of CLOTH PANTALOONS, and,
2, 526 Pairs of BOOTS.

gample Patterns of the foregoing may be inspected, any
day, between the Hours of One and Three o'clock in the
Afternoon, at the Office of the Head Constable, until the
sth October.

The Contractors will be expected to enter into a Contract
to complete and deliver the Goods on the Ist December, to
be paid for, on approval, in cash, at the expiration of one
Month from the delivery.
The Committee will not retain any Sample Patterns,
except those approved of by them for the Contracts.
Sealed Tenders, accompanied with Sample Patterns, must
be left at this Office, not later than FRIDAY, the 11th Octo-
ber, addressed to the Chairman of the Watch Committee,
and marked, " Tender for Clothing."
By order, CAPES ASHLIN, Secretary.
Watch Office, 23rd Sept. 1839.

MR. THOMPSON, PRIVATE TEACHER, enables
ADULTS to acquire a good, free, and expeditious
style of WRITING, in a few Lessons of one hour each, at
his ESTABLISHMENT, No. 8, Clayton-square, Liverpool.
BOOK-KEEPING, by Double Entry.
SIIORT-HAND WRITING, &c. taught as usual.,
For Card of Terms apply as above, where a CIRCULAT-
ING LIBRARY is kept, containing upwards of 2000 Volumes
of Choice Works.

4USTRALIA, VAN DIEMAN'S LAND, oa. INDIA
GENTLEMEN, LADIES, or FAMILIES proceeding
to any of the above-mentioned Places, or OTHER
PARTS OP THE WORLD, may be promptly accommo-
dated with EVERY DESCRIPTION OF CLOTHING
required for the Voyage, and for use in the Country on
arrival.

Prepared BEDDING, BLANKETS, SHEETS, COUN-
TERPANES, COTS, and HAMMOCKS.

Ladies' and Gentlemen's LISTS. OF OUTFITS, with
Quantity and Prices attached, calculated for any part of the
World, by applying at the
CORINTHIAN ESTABLISHMENT,
GENERAL OUTFITTING WAREHOUSES,
65 AND 66, LORD-STREET.

AfONS. LE DRAY, SURGEON-DENTIST, from the
Firm of LE DRAY and CO., London.
SCURVY in the GUMS EFFECTUALLY REMOVED.
ARTIFICIAL TEETH SUPPLIED
WITHOUT WIRES, SPRINGS, OR CLASPS.

LOOSE TEETH FASTENED.
And filling Decayed Teeth with Mineral Marmoratum.
MON s. LE DRAY and CO., Surgeon-Dentists, respect-
fully inform the. Nobility, Gentry, and Inhabitants of Liver-
pool and its vicinity, that they have opened an Establishment
permanently at No. 70, SEEL-STlciEWr, eight doors from
Berry-street. They continue to fia- hp the cavities of De-
cayed Teeth with their Mineral Marmoratum, without the
least pain, heat, or pressure ; it is placed into the cavity in
an almost liquid state, and in a few seconds gets hard, pre-
venting and curing the Tooth-ache,- arresting all further pro-
gress of decay, and rendering the operation of extraction
unnecessary. The Mineral not only converts a mere shell
into a sound and useful tooth, but, by completely stopping
up the cavity, prevents effectually that unpleasant taint of
he breath which invariably accompanies a decayed tooth.

Among the various disorders of the Teeth and Gums. there
are none more destructive in their effects, or more generally
prevalent, than Scurvy ; and it is well known that the loss
of Teeth arises more from this cause than any other. It
affects individuals of all ages and of all constitutions, and is
the primary cause of Tooth-ache and decay. To those so
affected, Mons. LE DRAY and Co. have to inform them,
that they can effectually remove this destructive complaint
by a single application, without the slightest pain.
Artificial and Natural Teeth, of surpassing beauty, fixed
from one to a complete set, without extracting the roots or
living, any pain, without springs, wires, or ligatures, an-
swering all the purposes of Mastication and Articulation,
remaining perfectly secure in their places, and may be taken
,out and replaced by the wearer with the greatest facility,—
at the following Paris charges :
A single Artificial Tooth £0 10 0
A complete Set 5 5 0
A complete Set of Natural Teeth, on fine
gold plate
An entire Set of Natural or Terro Metal-
lic Teeth, highly finished, in the first
style, with fine gold sockets, usually
charged 40 guineas
Loose Teeth fastened, arising either from age, disease, or
mercury, and deficiencies of palate effectually remedied.
Artificial Teeth out of repair, remodelled to fit the mouth,
and restored equal in beauty and durability to their original
state. Attendance from Nine till Seven, and on Sundays
from Nine till Two.
No. 70, Seel-street,
Tight Doors from Berry-street, Liverpool.

THE KING OF THE FRENCH AND TEMPERANCE SOCIE-
TIES.—Some of the Paris journals have discovered a terrible
crime on the part of the King of the French. It seems that
some time since his Majesty received an envoy from the
American Temperance Societies, who came to represent not
only the pernicious effects of spirits, but the diabolical results
of wine.bibbing. The worthy envoy wrote home that the
King of the French was a decided enemy of wine, and very
anxious for the decrease of its consumption even abroad,—
Times.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]
7, Exchange-street East, 18th Sept. 1839.
10. r.
• MY DEAR SlR,—Having heard that a letter which appears
in this day's Courier, signed " a Shopkeeper," has been at-
tributed to you, and that some threat of an action has been
held out by the Editor of " Robson's Directory," to which
that letter alludes, I think it righrto state at once, and with-
out hesitation, that the book having been shown to me as a
curiosity, and finding that (what I fully expected,) my own
among other names, was left out, I wrote the letter in ques-
tion, which I believe to be a fair and honest critique, upon a
work in which every inhabitant of Liverpool is interested.—
I am, my dear Sir, yours, very truly.
. .
Mr. James Mawdsley, Castle-sM treet.M M. G. DOWLING.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
SIR,—I beg to call the attention of the subscribers to
ROBSON'S COMMERCIAL DIRECTORY or LiViTIIIIOOL to the
above letter of Mr. M.' M. G. Doteling, Coi,pifi3Oioner of
Pollee, wherein HE states that the. AuTrion, of a letter
signed " A Shopkeeper, insertg in the' Lirerpobl Courier
of the 18th instant, and that, " eis lie expeigtid," his name
had been omitted::

I shall content, myself by simply referring tlnkt iinportaut
person to the work, page 493, and leave.the,publie to
of the motive.which could induce him to assertisuch an un-
truth, and toiarrogate that HE was a subscriber.
Mr. Dowling, if the authornf such letter, in his first pa-
ragraph asks what is the best mode of proceeding to obtain
redress! What redress can Mr. Dowling for, as lIE IS
NOT A SUBSCRIBER? In the second parr.grapl) he alludes to
our prospectus, and the advantages that would accrue from
the work. The prospectus was a faithful rep:wentation of
the work we intended to compile ; and in additioni,itheiv.-o,
we have, (without extra charge) added the towns of Pre,;cot
and St. Helens, and the coast of Cheshire, between Easalam
and New Brighton. Mr. Dowling. further' states thin ss
became a subscriber on the understanding that the work *as'
to be delivered at_an earlier period. - The delay was occa-
sioned by our desire to afford the most correct commercial
information, combined with the ne-,i'Doek dues, and other
important matter. In the third pnagraph Mr. Bowling
states; that a few days ago, the work *di tiellVaidfati +ma
shop." We are .not aware where it :is sitneatottil Fled he
been a subscriber, our agents would, as early as our exten-
sive delivery would permit, have left him a copy.
Every Directory is open to errors, Which even from death
and other causes, occur during the peribd '
Referring cur subscribers and the public to the work. -
We remain, Sk-lours, mSrAX.,I ;- '
ILLIAMIUM'SON
30, Hawke-street, Liverpool, and 4, Cloak Nee,
London, Sept, 20, 1839. .
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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

DONCASTER RACES, THURSDAY.
The GASCOIGNIE STAKES of 100 sot's. each, 30 ft. ; for three
year old colts, Bst 71b • Bst -21 b ; the winner of the St.
Leger 51b extra. St. Leger Course.
Lord Westminster's ch c The Lord Mayor (Scott) 1
Col. Cradock's br c The Provost, by Tire Saddler. 2
Duke of Cleveland's b c Kremlin, by &titan
2tol on The Provost.—A good race, won by a neck.
SWEEPSTAKES of 200 sovs. each; for two-years old colts,
Bst 51b fillies, Bst 21b. T.Y.C.
Duke of Cleveland's 'br c by Emilius—lNlaria,.. (T. Lye) .1
Lord Westminster's hr c Launcelot,
Mr. Howard's ch c Fitzroy, by Belshazzar..... (Alzu'son) 3
Mr. Parkin's br c Naworth, by Lil'erpool .
Lord Kelburne's ch c Retainer.. ' - • .c; 1.4 ()
Mr. Osbaldeston's ch f by Belshazzar .
Mr. Bowes's br c Black Beck..

Mr. Bell's f by Gainsborough
Duke of Cleveland's ch c by Lang,ar. ,,_
Mr. St. Paul's 1, f Calypso- ,• ' ' - -;,-, •--•;; ';-;,.•,;: iiil7,' 101
2 to 1 agst Launcelot, 7 to 2 •agst; colti by Ilaillar Z !tO 1'
agst Fitzroy, and 20 to 1 agst the winner: - A S-p-i'indid -race; •
and won by only half a neck. - , -
A Cur or PIECE of PLATE, given by the S.tc-ri,.-ardx., with 50
sovs. addedby the. Corporation ; three-year Okla; 7*;. four,
Bst 31b ; five, Bst 101 b-;. six and aged, 9st ; the winner of
the St. Leger 3 extra. ' From 'the' Red- House and (Mee
round. Two miles 5 furlOngs. • •
Major Yarburgh's h c Charles XII., 3 yr 5...... (T. Lye). 1
Mr. Ramsay's br c Lanercost, 4 yrs.
Mr. Orde's b m Bee's-wing, 6 yrs . - . '(1-1olines 3
Mr. Denham's Compensation, 4 yrs. (Whitehouse) 4
6 to 4 on Charles Twelfth, 2 to 1 agst• Bee's-wing, and
5 to 1 agst Lanercost.—A very .severe race, and won by only
half a head.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

IMPORTANT NEWS FROM CHINA.

We have been favoured with copies of the Canton papers
to the 28th of May, inclusive. They contain news of great
importance. The Canton Reg' 'or of the 28th of May con-
tains a " Public Notice to He: '-nnic Majesty's subjects"
from Captain Elliot, C• ~uperintendent of the British
subjects in China. This document, after briefly recapitulat-
ing the events which had occurred at Canton, in reference to
the surrender of British property, and describing the course
which he had pursued in maintenance of the honour and dig-
nity of this country in its relations with China, proceeds as
follows :

" Thus situated, then, and once more referring to his pub-
lic notice dated at Macao, on the 23d day of March last, he
has again to give notice to, and enjoin all her Majesty's sub-
jeets to make preparation for quitting Canton before, or, at
the same time, with her Majesty's establishment ; which de-
parture will take place as soon as the Chief Superintendent
has completed his public obligations to the government For
the general convenience, he will afford the best information
in his power, from time to time, concerning the probable
period of that event.

" And he has further to give notice, that British subjects,
or others, thinking fit to make shipments of property on Bri-
tish account, on board of British, or any other foreign, ship-
ping actually in this river, will be pleased to regulate their
proceedings, in these respects, upon the understanding, that
such shipments must be made at their personal risk and re-
sponsibilit7 after the date of this notice.
"And he again enjoins all her Majesty's subjects in Can-
ton to prepare sealed declarations and lists of all claims what-
ever against Chinese subjects, to be adjusted, as nearly as
may te, to the period of their respective retirements from
Canton, before him, or at the same time with him.
" And whilst it is specially to be understood, that the
proof of British property, and the value of all such claims
handed in to him before his departure, will be determined
upon principles and in a manner hereafter to be defined by
her Majesty's Government, he has to recommend, with a
view to uniformity and general clearness, that claims for
British property left behind should be drawn up, as far as
may be practicable on invoice cost.
" And he has now to give notice to, and enjoin all her Ma-
jesty's subjects, either actually in China, or hereafter arri-
ving, merchants, supercargoes, commanders, commanding
officers of ships, seamen, or others, having control over, or
serving on board of, British ships or vessels, bound to the
port of Canton, not to be requiring, aiding, or assisting in
any way in the bringing into the said port of Canton any
such British ship or vessel, to the great danger of British
life, liberty, and property, and the prejudice of the interests
and just claims of the crown, till a declaration shall be pub-
lished under his hand and seal of office, to the effect, that such
bringing in of British property, in foreign shipping, is safe
in the premises.

" And the Chief Superintendent, making these solemn in-
junctions for the safety of British life, liberty, and property,
and in the protection of the interests and just claims of the
British Crown, reserves to her Majesty's Government, in
the most complete manner, the power to cancel and disregard
all future claims whatever, on the part of her Majesty's sub-
jects or others, preferring such claims on account of British
property, either to be left behind or to be brought in, if any
such British subjects or others preferring such claims shall
disregard these injunctions now put forward, respecting
the keeping out of British shipping and property, till the
declaration aforesaid shall be duly published.
" And he has once more to warn her Majesty's subjects
in anxious terms, that such sudden and strong measures as
it may be found necessary to adopt on the part of competent
authorities, for the honour and interest of the British Crown
cannot be prejudiced by their continued residence in Canton,, beyond the period of his own stay, upon their own responsi-
bilities, and in spite of the solemn injunctions of her Ma-
jesty's officer.

"Given, under my hand and seal of office, at Canton, in
China, this 22d day of May, 1839.
"L. S. (Signed) CHARLES ELLIOT.
" Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British Subjects in

China.
" True copy, EDWARD ELMSLIE.
" Secretary and Treasurer to the Superintendents."
" Canton, 23d May, 1839.
" The Chief Superintendent will leave Canton for Wham-
poa to-morrow forenoon at about eleven o'clock; and the
persons lately detained by the commands of the Government
are requested to be ready to accompany him.
•• It is also particularly requested, that there may be no
general assemblage of her 11Iajesty's subjects at the period
indicated.

" EDWARD ELMSLIE,
" Secretary and Treasurer to the Superintendents."
The same paper contains two long edicts issued by Lin,
High Imperial Commissioner of the Two Keang, and Tang,
Director of the board of War, &c. to the Hong merchants,
giving them full instructions respecting the manner in which
foreign vessels were to be received on their arrival in the Can-
ton river, and detailing the measures which were to be taken
to prevent the importation of opium. These edicts had been
circulated for the information of the American merchants.
Another edict banishes by name, ten " original mer-
chants" who had been guilty of dealing in opium. These
persons are Dababhoy, Framjee, Henry, Daniell, Stanford,
Bomanjee, Inglis, Green, Keasze, and Ilberry, " natives of
England and other countries," who had all been habitually
accustomed to deal in opium. T y are never to return ; and
if they should attempt t o —ider other names, they
are to be punished v The edict concludes by
calling upon the said original merchants " to proclaim the
favour and majesty of the Emperor, and with earnestness to
enjoin these commands."
We subjoin an address to Lord Palmerston, on the late
aggressive conduct of the Canton government, which had
been signed by a great number of the resident merchants.
The Canton Register states, that " the paucity of signatures
is accounted for,by the fact of the retirement of many British
and Parsee merchants from Canton."
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD VISCOUNT
PALMERSTON,
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS,
Sze. &c. &c.
Wei the undersigned British merchants, tradingat Canton,
consider it our duty to address your lordship_ regarding the
recent acts of aggression on tl,t part of the Chinese govern-
ment.
These acts of violence, which will be officially communi-
cated to your lordship by her Majesty's superintendent,
consist :-
1. In the stoppage of the whole legal trade of the port,
even of vessels fully laden, and waiting only their port clear-
ances, and against which no ground of complaint is alleged.
2. In the forcible detention in Canton of all foreigners,
including her Majesty's superintendents, in order to compel
the supposed holders of opium to the surrender of property
belonging to themselves, and others in India and Europe, to
the value of from two to three millions sterling.
3. In the open and undisguised threat to hold foreigners
responsible with their lives for this surrender, and for any
future infraction of the Chinese Custom Laws.
4. In the attempt to force foreigners to sign bonds, ren-
dering not only themselves, but all others coming to China,
over whom they have no control, liable to the same penalties ;
and on the refusal on the part of foreigners to sign such
bonds, in the promulgation of an edict by the high commis-
sioner, declaratory of the determination of the government
to enforce such penalty.
We may be permitted to state that all foreigners reside in
Canton on sufferance ; that they have no means of ascertain-
ing the laws except from the acts of the provincial govern-
ment ; and that the opium trade has steadily increased from
an import of 4100 chests in 1796, to upwards of 30,000 chests
in 1837, with the open and undisguised connivance of the
local authorities.

The importation of opium into China was at one time
allowed on payment of a duty, but discontinued in 1796.
Its admission was again strongly recommended to the im-
perial government in 1836. No penalties have ever been
enforced against foreigners bringing it to China, and the pro-
hibitory laws have never been a rule to the functionaries of
the Chinese Empire, who should have administered them,
nor to the Chinese people on whom they were intended to
operate, which facts are openly admitted in the recent edicts
of the imperial commissioner, under the date the 18th March
last, in which he states : " that the prohibitions formerly
enacted by the Celestial Court against opium were compa-
ratively lax,'Y and that " the foreigners are men from distant
lands, and ha re not before been aware that the prohibition of
opium is so severe."
We may further state that the peculiar character of the
opium trade was distinctly recognized in the report of the
Select Committee of the House of Commons in 1830, and
that in the subsequent report in 1832, the committee express
their opinion : " that it does not seem advisable to abandon
so important a source of revenue as the East India Com-
pany's monopoly of opium in Bengal."
We conceive it will therefore be admitted that British
subjects have carried on this trade with the sanction, implied,
if not openly expressed, of their own government; and at
the same time with an advantage to th. 3 revenue of British
India, varying of late years from one to one and a half mil-
lions sterling.
We do not attempt to deny the unquestionable right of the
Chinese government to put a stop to the importation of
opium, and have readily signed an agreement to abstain from
that trade at Canton on the first requisition of the government
to that effect ; but we think your lordship will perceive that
long pre.scription had hitherto given foreigners ample reason
to question the sincerity of the Chinese government with re-
gard tt the discontinuance of the importation, and that under
any circumstances, that government cannot be justified, by
the lax observance of prohibitions, and open connivance of
its officers, in at one time fostering a trade involving several
millions sterling, and at another rendering its pursuit a pre-
text for spoliation.
There seems no reason to doubt, from the late proceedings
of the local government, that they have always had the power
most materially to check, if not totally to put a stop to, the
importation of opium when disposed so to do ; but that power
has seldom hitherto been exercised, except for the purpose
of exacting higher fees for its introduction.
The proceeding of the high commissioner since his arrival
in Canton, will be fully reported to your lordship by her
Majesty's superintendent ; but we may observe that his de-
;nand for the unconditional surrender of the whole of the
opium in the depot ships, was one with which foreigners could
not comply, the great bulk of that opium being the property
of others in India, and elsewhere; and they were equally
unable to give the bonds required.
The high commissioner finding at the expiration of three
days, the time within which he i; I ordered the whole of the
opium to be delivered up, and' to be given, that his
orders had not been oh d. 'he hong merchants in
chains to the foreign f ~,,.eatening to put them to
death before our doorz., and at the same time commenced
other menacing preparatiels against the foreigners them-
selves.

At this stage of the business her., Majesty's chief superin-
tendent arrived in Canton.
We feel it our duty to express to your lordship our deep
sense of the public spirit which induced this officer, at no
inconsiderable risk, to endeavour to rescue British life and
property from a position of fearful jeopardy ; and we may as-
sure your lordship that but one feeling existed of the extreme
peril of the whole community at the period when he suc-
ceeded in forcing his way to Canton, and took charge of all
responsibility in the negociations with the Chinese govern-
ment.
Although the measures of her Majesty's representative
have relieved us from all responsibility in surrendering so
large an amount of property, we may still be allowed respect-
fully but earnestly to entreat your lordship's mediation to
obtain the earliest possible fulfilment of the guarantee given
on behalf of her Majesty's government, and thus be the
means of saving many of the owners of the property from
'nevileile ruin, and all of then, from heavy loss.
We deem it also an imperative duty to assure your lordship
most solemnly of our firm conviction, that the public ap-
proval, on the part of her Majesty's government, of the prompt'
interposition of her Majesty's representative, and the early
adoption of such measures as the wisdom of her Majesty's
advisers may determine on with regard to our future relations
with the Chinese Empire, can alone avert the occurrence of
similar, or even more violent outrages.
We beg further to state to your lordship that, independently
of the opium now ♦iolently seized, there was at the same
period British property of other kinds in Canton to the value
of upwards of one million sterling, besides a large and valu-

able fleet of shipping lying at Whampoa, consigned to our
care, but totally beyond our controul ; and although this pro-
perty was not alleged to have incurred any penalty, the high
commissioner never attempted to distinguish the participators
in the one trade, from those in the other, but placed both
under one common suspension, and the whole body of foreign-
ers in arbitrary confinement.
After the completion of the delivery of the opium sur-
rendered, the high commissioner has expressed an intention
of opening the legal trade, under new regulations, but cir-
cumstances do not justify us in entertaining the expectation
that these regulations will afford any security for our life or
property.
We therefore think your lordship will be convinced that
some serious alterations in our relations with this Empire
are indispensably necessary ; and that British commerce can
never safely be carried on, and certainly can never flourish
in a country where our persons and property are alike at the
mercy of a capricious and corrupt government.
In conclusion it only remains for us again to urge upon
your lordship and her Majesty's government the great im-
portance of an early recognition of our claims on account of
the opium surrendered for her Majesty's service ; and the
pressing and paramount necessity of placing the general trade
of British subjects upon a secure and permanent basis.
Canton, 23d May, 1839.
Dent and Co. Lindsay and Co. Bell and Co. Macvicar and
Co. Dirom and Co. Gibb, Livingston and Co. Charles S.
Compton, D. and M. Rustomjee, Jamieson and How, W.
and T. Gemmell and Co. Bibby Adam and Co. Tuernr and
Co. Robert Wise Holliday and Co. Heerjez,•bhoy Rustomjee,
Hormasjee Framjee, Shawuxshaw Rustomjee, Cowasjee Pal-
lonjee, Bomanjee Hosongjee, Plaonjee Nesse r; anjee, Cowasjee
Edulgee, Cowasjee Shapoorjee Taback, Burjorjee Manuck-
jee, Daniell and Co. Framjee Dadabhoy, Bomanjee Maneck-
jee, Sackhusson Budwoden, Burjorjee Sanabjee, Nesservan-
jee Dorabjee, Nesservanjee Bomanjee Mody, Dossabhoy
Hormusjee, Pestonjee Ruttonjee Saroff, Abadin and Sum-
soodin, Framjee Jamsetjee, Cooverjee Jeevajee, Pestonjee
Nowrojee, Jamsetjee Rustomjee, Hormusjee Byramjee, Cur-
setjee Shapoorjee, Jamsetjee Eduljee, Cowasjee Sapoorjee L.
for myself and Partners.

FRANCE.
The Paris papers of Thursday have been received. Their
contents are interesting.
The disturbances occasioned at Mans by the export of corn
recommenced on the 16th with redoubled violence. The au-
thorities, it appears, had taken no efficacious measures to
prevent their recurrence, and when the disorders reached
their height they evinced an unpardonable weakness. The
Mayor, M. Besse, permitted the populace assembled on the
market-place to divide among themselves a cartload of wheat,
after, however, paying its value into his hands.
The Monileur Parisien of Wednesday evening states, that
in the morning of the 16th a Hussar, having strayed behind
the patrol to which he belonged, was assailed and ill-treated
by the crowd, and that a troop of horse charged and dispersed
the aggressors, and took three of them prisoners. The peo-
ple immediately congregated in large numbers in the market
square and in the adjoining streets, and erected barricades in
different parts of the town. The first, placed near the bar-
racks of the Gendarmes, was shortly abandoned, and levelled
by the soldiers, but the crowd succeeded in constructing a
strong one near the Pont Royal, with the materials of some
works going on at the river side, and intrenched themselves
behind it. The King's attorney and his subst tute summoned
them to disperse, but were received with vollies of stones,
and compelled to retire, the rioters declaring that they would
hold out until their friends who had been taken into custody
should be liberated. The troops of the garrison were not
employed to carry the barricade. At four o'clock the com-
mander of the National Guard presented himself at the head
of thirty men, and after some parleying promised, upon his
own responsibility, the release of the. prisoners. The rioters
then left the barricade, followed the officer to the Palace of
Jnstice, where the municipal council was sitting, and the pri-
soners were actually liberated on an order of that council.
The mob, emboldened by this success, traversed the streets,
pelting the Hussars with stones wherever they met them,
and towards six o'clock a body of between 400 and 500 per-
sons marched out of town for the purpose of destroying a
mill worked by machinery at Huisne ; but, finding there the
perfect and the commander of the National Guard, with a
detachment of troops of the line and armed citizens, they
were unable to accomplish their object.
Whilst these scenes of riot were going on at Mans similar
disturbances were taking place at Mamers, in the same de-
partment. Upwards of 200 workmen collected in the mar-
ket, opposed the removal of the corn purchased by the
millers of the neighbourhood, and then proceeded to the
houses of all the bakers and innkeepers of the town, and
obliged them to send all their corn to the public stores.
The authorities of Mamers, having only a few Gendarmes
at their disposal, vainly endeavoured to calm the mutineers
by persuasion.

The ministry, alarmed at these disturbances, and dreading
the consequences of their impunity, held an extraordinary
meeting on Wednesday, to deliberate on the expediency of
dismissing from office the prefect of the department, M.
Bruley Desvarannes, M. Basse,' the mayor, and the king's
attorney, and of dissolving the municipal council and national
guard of Mans. It appears, however, that they only deter-
mined on sacrificing the prefect and the king's attorney, and
that M. Basse, who, according to a letter published by the
Courrier Francais, behaved with the greatest cowardice on
the occasion, will escape unpunished. This individual has
several times appeared before our readers. He was surprised
two years ago in a clandestine gaming-house with a certain
English lord, and because of his being a deputy, and support-
ing the Mole administration, was suffered to continue in his
municipal functions.

SPAIN.
Private letters from Bayonne of the 16th instant, state
that the civil war in Navarre and Guipuscoa might be con-
sidered at an end, the queen's troops being masters of the
whole country and of the entire line of frontier of the two
provinces. General Espartero had not yet left Urdax on
that day.

Don Carlos and his family were conveyed, immediately
after their arrival on the frontier, to St. Pe, within four
leagues of Bayonne, where they were lodged in the house of
M. Goyeneche, the mayor of the village. Three carriages
were sent to meet them at tistaritz, and they passed through
Bayonne in a close carriage and under a strong escort. Some
believed that they were to be removed to Limoges, and others
to the fort of Ha. General Espartero reached thefrontier an
hour after Don Carlos had crossed it. The Carlist refugees
were in a state of the most absolute destitution. Their num-
ber amounted to nearly 4000. A commissary of police, ac-
companied by two agents, arrived in Bayonne on the 16th,
with the cure Echevarria and Basilia Garcia, whom they
lodged in the city prison.

CONSTANTINOPLE.
A private letter from Tenedos says—" There is open dis-
cord among the diplomatists at Constantinople. The Russian
Ambassador has been ordered to abstain from all participa-
tion in the conferences of the other Ambassadors, and we
cannot be sure that those of Austria and Prussia, even should
they not openly act with M. de Boutenieff, may not paralyze
the efforts of the representatives of England and France.
The cordial co-operation of the two last-named powers,
therefore, wai never more necessary than now. The officers
and sailors of the two fleets, I am happy to say, are upon the
best terms."

BRAZIL.
Her Majesty's packet Magnet arrived at Falmouth, on
Thursday, from Brazil. Her• dates are from Rio Janeiro to
the 21st of July, from Bahia to the 7th, and from Pernam-
buco to the 14th of August.
The Magnet has brought home from Rio the mate, steward,
and three seamen, lately belonging to the barque Sec:et,
charged with the murder of their captain, while on a voyage
from Guayaquil to Santander.
From Rio, little information of any interest has been re-
ceived. The exchange had risen to 31 and 31k, and bills had
even been drawn by the Brazilian government on this country
at 32. Nothing new or favourable to report either from Bu-
enos Ayres or Rio Grande, affairs in those quarters remain-
ing in the same unsettled and disaffected state as they have
been for a long time past.
Just before the packet left Pernambuco, a steamer arrived
from Maranham, with the news, that Caxias, the next city in
the province, had been occupied by the insurrectionary force,
said to amount to from 15 to 20,000 men. Some new police
law, recently enacted, was said to be the cause of the out-
break. Troops were on their way to suppress the revolt,
but, should their numbers prove to be so formidable as was
represented, it was feared that they might give the govern-
ment some trouble, and that, at all events, the trade between
the coast and the interior might suffer some check, Caxias
being the great country mart.
The Magnet has brought about £9,000 in specie.

EAST INDIES.
By the East India Company's steamer Zenobia, via Suez,
overland despatches were received on Saturday morning,
from Bombay, to the lst August, and from China to the 30th
May. The Bombay despatches announce the important in-
telligence of the death of Runjeet Sing. This event, though
for some time expected, may produce results throughout the
dominions which he acquired by his personal prowess, and
which he has kept together by the personal intelligence and
vigour of his administration, of the highest importance to
our East Indian government. We learn that the death of
his Highness took place on the 27th June, at which time he
was in the sixtieth year of his age. By an order of the
Governor-General, dated Sinda, July the 4th, the obsequies
of Runjeet Sing were observed by the English troops and
residents with the utmost respect.