The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-08-24 00:00:00

CHINA

Amongst the papers brought by the Great Western, from
New York, is one which contains the following intelligence
from China, which is 19 days later than that brought by the
last Overland Mail :

" We learn from Captain Dumaresq, of the ship Abkar,
arrived this morning, 109 days from Canton, that immedi-
ately after the fall of the Bogue Forts the city of Canton
was evacuated by all who could afford to leave, taking with
them their families and property, and when the Abkar left,
China-street and business part of the suburbs were deserted,
sbops closed, and scarcely one to be seen. On the news of
the attack upon the Bogue reaching Pekin, the Emperor or-
dered three Imperial Commissioners (one a near relative) to
proceed to Canton, and to exterminate the English, swearing
in his edict that both powers could not stand, and one or the
other must conquer or perish. Keshen was ordered in chains
to the capital to be tried as a traitor, for having degraded
himself so much as to meet the Plenipotentiary or to listen
to the session of Hong Kong. Two of the important cha-
racters reached Canton in time to behold the success of the
British arms, and to sign the truce and to sanction a tempo-
rary trade.
" Captain Elliot was at Canton, protected by a military
guard, waiting the arrival of Yishan, the Emperor's nephew,
who was hourly expected, and who would be compelled, by
force of necessity, to sanction the arrangements made by his
colleagues. Four men-of-war are stationed in the Macao
passage, above Canton, three a few miles below, and six at
Whampoa, where they will remain, to insure the safety of
the foreigners, and to check any treachery on the part of the
local authorities. The other vessels are at the Bogue, Macao,
and Hong Kong.
" Major-General Sir Hugh Gough arrived on the 21st of
March, as Commander-in-Chief of the laud forces.' Sir
Gordon Bremer was gone to Bengal for reinforcements, but
was expected to return about the Ist of June, when the fleet
would go north again, to make another demonstration upon
the capital, Pekin.
" The loss of the Chinese in the various engagements was
estimated at 2,500 or 3,000 men, and about 800 pieces of
cannon. The Chinese admiral, Kewang, fell in defence of
the Bogue Forts, as did two other mandarins of high rank.
The captain of a British transport, arrived at Chusan after
the surrender of that island to the Chinese, was slain on his
landing. The day after the fall of the Bogue Forts rewards
were offered for the capture or destruction of British ships
—lOO,OOO dollars for a line-of-battle-ship, 10,000 dollars for
a steamer, 20,000 dollars for the admiral or Captain Elliot,
if taken alive, and 30,000 for either of their heads.
" Teas were high and scarce. The Hong merchants would
only deal for cash, and insisted on being paid before the teas
were delivered. It was believed that the arrangements for
trade could not last long, and that the foreigners would be
again compelled to leave for Macao. A large encampment
of Chinese troops was visible from the factories, at a little
distance from Canton, and the number was daily increasing.
" Green teas were very scarce in market, having been
kept back, and large quantities sent away when the British
approached the city. The current report on the 14th April
was that the Chinese government had laid an embargo on all
boats, intending to use them for the conveyance of troops.

EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY OF A MURDER
COMMITTED ELEVEN YEARS AGO.

(From the Sunderland Northern Times of Saturday.)

In the month of June, 1830, considerable excitement was
caused in the neighbourhood of Hutton Rudby, in the North
Riding of York, and in the whole vale of Cleveland, by the
sudden disappearance of a man of the name of William Hunt..
ley, who bad a considerable sum of money on him at the
time. He had been accustomed to keep company with a set
of men in that neighbourhood, who were in the habit of
poaching, and committing depredations on the hen-roosts in
that part of the county. On the night of his disappearance
he was seen in the company of two men named Robert Golds-
borough and George Garbutt; on themorning of the follow-
ing day a suspicion arose that he had been murdered by those
two men, and every search was made in the neighbourhood
for his body, but without success. Goldsborough's house
was searched, and very strong suspicions were excited by
finding the watch of the missing man in the house, and
several other things well known to have belonged to Huntley.
By some strange and unaccountable neglect, all these things
were looked over, and the man Goldsborough was left to his
own measures, and never brought to any account, except by
the neighbours, to whom he stated that he had received them
as part payment for a debt which he wanted of Huntley. and
that he had gone to America. The case was passed over in
this way, although, before the disappearance of Huntley, he
was in the most needy circumstances, and afterwards was in
the possession of a considerable quantity of bank-notes ; he
subsequently quitted Hutton Rudby, and went into the West
Riding of Yorkshire, where he took another name. The
other man, George Garbutt, had been concerned in the
robbery of a barn, and was obliged to quit the neighbour-
hood; he has since been seen at Sunderland, in the occu-
pation of a coal-trimmer.
In the month of June last men were employed in cutting
a new course for a rivulet which runs through the town of
Stokesley, in the direction of Hutton Rudby, near a bridge
called Tame Bridge, where the water took a considerable
curve. The cut was commenced for the purpose of making
a straight course from the bridge, which, after cutting for
30 or 40 yards, again crossed the old course. When the
workmen arrived at this place, on the opposite side of the
water, they found a quantity of bones, which they at first
thought to be those of a cow ; but they afterwards found a
skull of a human being.
A coroner's inquest was held on the remains, when the
jury came to the decision, after hearing Mr. Strother, sur-
geon, pronounce his opinion that the bones were those of a
male subject, and that he had received a blow on the back
part of the head, by which the skull was broken in, and
also the bones of the nose, " That the bones were those of
some person who had come to his end by foul means."
Gernon, the policeman for the district of Cleveland, with
his accustomed promptness, made every inquiry in the neigh-
bourhood of Hutton Rudby, concerning the unfortunate
Huntley. and elicited sufficient information to warrant his
going in search of the man Goldsborough, whom he found
at Barnsley ; and upon going to the house, taking the skull
which was found along with him, found him at home, sud-
denly placed it before him, asking him if he thought it had
any resemblance of William Huntley ? Goldsborough was
exceedingly agitated, and with tears in his eyes, after a con-
siderable pause, declared that he knew nothing of it. Ger-
non again returned to Stokesley, and after everything was in
a proper tram, Goldsborough, and a man named Thomas
Grundy, were brought to Stokesley ; and on Friday and Sa-
turday, evidence was heard before Sir William Foulis, Mr.
Turton, and Mr. Mauleverer, in the National School-room
of that place.

Several witnesses were examined, including the brother of
the deceased. Dr. Strother deposed to the cause of death
as follows .—The skull has not been broken by a sharp in-
strument, but it cannot have fallen into the present state but
through the effects of a blow. He should say that the teeth
had not been forced out, the lips would naturally have pro-
truded a little, occasioned by the tooth ; the person when
living has had an indentation in the forehead, and a broad
flat nose ; the pelvis belongs to a male person.
The witness deposed to a number of suspicious circum-
stances coupling Goldsborough with the death of the de-
ceased.

Gernon, the policeman, stated that he had visited Barns-
ley, as before stated ; that the prisoner Grundy had con-
fessed to having been called up on the night of Wednesday
after the murder, by Goldsborough, who took him to Weary-
bank-wood, and there showed him a large parcel, saying that
he had got embarrassed in the world, and he was going to
America. He wanted Grundy's assistance to take the bundle
down to Stokesley ; Grundy then took hold of the parcel,
and found a man's head in it; he was quite frightened, and
asked Goldsborough what he had been doing ; he was very
much agitated, and it was about five minutes before he could
speak; at last he said that he had shot Huntley by accident,
and he would shoot him if he ever disclosed it. Grundy
then made his escape from him, and left him at the place.
Gernon also states that Grundy went with him, and James
Berthram, constable, to the place where this had happened.
Thomas Grundy was examined, and admitted the truth of
what Gernon had said ; also that he had been afraid to be
out at night during the time Goldsborough had remained at
Hutton.

The prisoner was then asked what he had to say in his
defence. He stated, that on the Thursday previous to the
Friday spoken of, Huntley came to him, and they went and
sat down in Wearybank wood. Hunsley took out his money,
and asked prisoner what was the reason Mr. Garbutt, of
Yarm, had not given him the whole of the money which he
had belonging to him. Huntley was no scholar, and prisoner
told him the reason ; he then pressed witness to go to
America with him, which he declined doing, as he had two
children, whom he thought it was his duty to support ; he
saw him again on Saturday, and he went to Stokesley with
him. On the Thursday following he saw Hutley again ; he
pressed prisoner to go to America with him, but he would
not ; Huntley sold his weavers loom to a person named
George Garneby, and that night prisoner shook hands with
Huntley, and never saw him more; declared his innocence,
and had nothing more to say than that his life was sold.
The magistrates then committed Goldsborough to take his
trial at the nest York Assizes, and also the prisoner Grundy,
but would admit him to bail in the sum of £3OO, if lie could
procure it. Goldsborough was committed to the care of thegovernor of York Castle on Sunday.
Garbutt has not yet been apprehended ; be was seen in the
month of May last in this town, when he stated he had been
a trimmer, or something of the kind.
Grundy has since committed suicide by hanging himself in
his cell in York Castle. A coroner's inquest has been held
on the body, and a verdict of Fe 10 de s e" returned.

CONSERVATIVE GAIN SINCE THE GENERAL ELECTION
OF 1837.—A statistical paper now in our possession shows,
that since the general election of July and August, 1837, the
Conservatives have gained an increasein the number of
members returned to parliament of about 45, equal to 90 on
a division : in the number of electors the increase in favour
of Conservatism has been nearly 133,000: and in the amount
of population represented by those electors, the increase has
been full 2,000,000.