The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-10-22 00:00:00

Texas, &c. &c

We recommend the conductors of the British Farmers'
Magazine to give, by way of postscript, each quarter, an ac-
count of the state of the country and its agricultural pros-
pects. If well done, it would be much looked at and re-
lished. It ought to bring the farming operations and har-
vesting to the date of publication.

AMOUNT OF POPULATION REPRESENTED BY
THE LATE AND PRESENT GOVERNMENTS.

WHIGS.
Sir W. Clay and Col. Fox, Tower Hamlets
T. B. Macaulay, Edinburgh ..
Lord J. Russell, London
R. M. O'Ferrall. Kildare County ..
J. Parker, Sheffield .. .. • •
Captain Dundas, Greenwich ..
Sir J. Hobhouse, Nottingham ..
F. T. Baring, Portsmouth
Sir G. Grey and H. Tufnell, Devonport
A. Rutherford, Leith
Lord Dalmeny, Stirling • • • .
Sir T. Wilde, 'Worcester
Fox Maule, Perth ..
G. S. Byng, Chatham ..
R. V. Smith, Northampton
D. R. Pigot, Clonmel
Sir T. Troubridge, Sandwich ..
H. Labouchere, Taunton ..
J. H. Plumridge, Falmouth ..
Lord Palmerston, Tiverton
R. L. Sheil, Duruarvon
E. Horsman, Cockermouth
C. Buller, Liskeard
Lord Seymour, Totness

Population
359,864
162,165
122,799
108,494
91,692
65,917
50,680
50,389
44,434
38,068
37,769
27,313
20,016
19,000
15,351
15,134
12,183
12,148
11,805

CONSERVATIVES.
H. T. L. Corry, Tyrone
Lord Stanley, North Lancashire ..
J. Young, Cavan
Sir E. Knatchbull, East Kent
Hon. W. Gordon, Aberdeenshire ..
Lord Eliot, East Cornwall .. . ,
Lord G. C. Somerset, Monmouthshire
Hon. S. Herbert, Wiltshire South ..
Lord Lincoln, Nottinghamshire South
J. E. Tennent, Belfast ..
Sir W. Follett, Exeter .. .
M. Sutton, Cambridge ..
Sir W. Rae, Buteshire
Dr. Nicholl, Cardiff ..
J. D. Jackson, Bandon ..
Lord Jermyn, Bury St. Edmund's .
W. E. Gladstone, Newark ..
G. W. Hope, Weymouth ..
Sir R. Peel, Tamworth
Sir G. Clerk, Stamford
A. Pringle, Selkirkshire
Sir G. Cockburn, Ripon
Sir H. Hardinge, Launceston .
H. G. Boldero, Chippenham .
H. Meynell, Lisburn .. .
Lord E. Bruce, t Marlborough
H. B. Baring, 1
Sir T. Fremantle, Buckingham
J. M. Gaskell, Wenlock
Sir F. Pollock, l Huntingdon
Colonel Peel,
Colonel D. Darner, Portarlington .
Sir J. Graham, Dorchester .. .
H. Goulburn, Cambridge University .

Total ..
Population represented by the late Whig mi-

nisters

Difference in favour of the conservatives

9,766
6,519
6,022
4,042
3,442

1,295,032

300,953
258,190
227,933
186,834
177,657
146,275
98,130

4,186
3,610
3,481

1,978,419

1,295,032

3,091
3,033
2,780

683,417

NEWSPAPER REPORTING IN CHINA

(From the Canton Reporter of Jane 15.)
LOCAL NEWS.

The following is a brief statement of the late important
affairs, drawn up by a caterer for the Chinese public. It is
interesting, as it shows the ideas prevalent among the bulk
of the people regarding what so recently took place, and is
on the whole tolerably correct. The account of matters
sent up to Court, however, will be widely different from
this :
" On the first day of the present (4th) moon, during the
third watch (Friday, 21st of May, 11 to 1 midnight), the
great Generals, Yihshan, &c., ordered the officers and soldiers
from every encampment to take fire-rafts and fire-ships, and
attack the rebellious foreigners lying at anchor in the Tai-
wongkaou (Macao passage). The battle lasted till daylight,
during which time several boats belonging to the foreign
ships were burned, seven devil's imps (foreigners) were taken
alive, several tens of them were killed, and a part of the
company's hong was destroyed. The gates of the city were
kept most strictly shut, and the people were not allowed to
pass out and in.
"On the 2d day (Saturday, May 22), at 10 o'clock, the
devil'steamse ),imps embarked on board a fire-ship (Nemesis
and sailed up to Neisheng (near Ssangpoo), where
they made use of fire-arrows (rockets) and great guns, with
which they attacked and smashed Neisheng, and burned
several tens of carrying vessels.
" On the 3tl day (Sunday, May 23) the devils were early
off the Fa-tee creek(thewhere they seized and carried off seve-
ral passage-boats
12,osemmweenrecedfoar
stihmenlctoannevoeyoasnacettnoofk theon
s
troops). They then
the Leipaontoy, or ameen fort, the Hoychupaontoy, or
Dutch folly, and along
which the side of the river. They used
sllieels
their fire-arrows, with wthey burned several hundreds
of houses, shops, and sheds, to the inhabitants
on the banks of the river, the eastern, southern, and wes-
tern quarters outside the city walls. The fire lasted unin-
terruptedly for two days.
4, On the sth day of the moonacier(lTrsday, May
attacked
tow2asrd)stitlheY
and captured thee
landed above Neisheng, and m
great northern gate, where they
square fort and the round fort; then directing their course
to the small northern gate, they burned an encampment.
tampment.
attacked
(ilie usingli,i their
" On the sixth day (Wednesday, 26th m
and stormed the Tangpoutoy (French folly), afire-arrows, they burned all the custom-houses and
houses along the banks of the river. Thus, whethoerrbsycthlraon
or by water, the devil's imps took possession of all u
places. Towards evening the Hong merchants and linguists
begged his worship, Yu, the Kwangchowloo, to meet Elliot,
and treat for peace. Elliot wanted them to pay the price of
the opium, 6,000,000 dols., and limited seven days, Within
which the full amount was to be paid, when his war-ships
should leave the Bocca Tigris ; and he also insisted upon the
island of Hongkong. Just now the great General (Yihshan)
has consented to the payment of the stipulated sum of
6,000,000 ; and on the ith day (Thursday, 27th of May) he
delivered 1,000,000 to account. Regarding the question of
the territory, we must wait till he has made a due memorial
to the Emperor on the subject, and got his commands, when
he will be able finally to decide.
on the Bth day (Friday, 28th of May) the city gates
9 -veil a in opened. and people allowed to paps out and in,
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