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of Macao, although the Chinese had no such scrupl,
not only was the joss-house on this side of the barrie

therefore on Portuguese ground, but tt
:upied it, marched to it -from the town of
The forbearance of Captain Smith in not at-

soldiers that oc
Macao itself.

•eatestpart of th

tackin

the enemy on neutral ground arose, no doubt, from
due consideration of the very peculiar position in which
Macao is placed with regard to the Chinese, and we hope
that his conduct will in future be imitated by the Chinese,

who can have no reason whatever for complaining of the Por

tuguese in this affair, when even their soldiers, although en-
gaged in active hostilities, were spared because they were on
neutral ground. _

The English had four men badly, and two slightly wounded ;
a marine had his arm shattered by a ball, and had to submit
to amputation of the limb; another was shot in the body, and
two, as we had alrea4 said, badly injured by the explosion
of the powder magazine. The loss of the Chinese cannot be
known with any degree of certainty. Those connected with
their mandarins state it at only four killed ; but other state-
'

merits are about 50 or 60 killed, and aOuble the number
wounded, and are probably more correct. One shot was seen
to strike a tanka boat plying between the junks, and pulled
by two women ; the boat was shivered to pieces, and nothing
was seen of the poor women, who, it is possible, however,
may have escaped, they being all expert swimmers.
We hear that the Chinese soldiers ascribe their defeat to
the cowardice of their officers, who they say were the first to
run away, and that they were therefore obliged to follow their
example. What the result of this affair may be it is difficult
to foresee, but we hope that having received this severe lesson,
the Chinese will hereafter refrain from troubling Macao. The
Chinese population here have been very quiet ever since, with
the exception of many families removing. The Taoutae, it

In Affghanistan the attempts of Post IVjahomed to master
that country have failed. He was totally defeated on the 2d
of November by Major-General Sir Robert Sale, and having
escaped from the battle, he fled to Cabul, and surrendered
himself to the British Envoy (Sir W. M`Nagliten). Several
excellent officers have fallen in the conflicts—viz., Captain
Conolly, Dr. Lord, Lieutenant Broadfoot, and Lieutenant
Crispin, and others were wounded. The surrender of the
Dost will, it is hoped, secure peace to Schah Soojah.
In Scinde there has been some fighting. Misseer, the
young Khan of Beloochistan, with 5000 men, attacked, plun-
dered, and burned Dadur, in sight of an intrenched camp of
400 British sepoys, who dared not hazard themselves out of
their fortified position. The Beloochees took their plunder
to the hills, but before they left Dadur, one of their chiefs,
who had the care of Lieutenant Loveday, the late British po-
litical agent in Khelat, had him murdered beside a tree, to
which he was tied as a prisoner. The body was found warm
by the British troops under Major Boscawen, and a faithful
servant who attended Lieutenant Loveday to the last told the
details. General Nott, at the head of a corps of the Bengal
army, entered Khelat on the 4th, but he found it undefended
and empty.
In Lahore, Maharajah Kurruck Singh, the son and suc-
cessor to the tar famed Runjeet, died on the sth, as it is said,
of the effects of poison and bad treatment. One of his wives
and some female attendants were burnt with his body. His
son and heir, Nou-Nepal Sinah, a violent opponent of the
British, on returning from the funeral met with an accident ;
the great beam of one of the gates fell on the elephant on
which he was riding, killed one of his friends, and so severely
injured the young king that he lived but a few hours. His
death, has lessened the risk of war in Lahore. The want of a
lawful heir was much felt. Shere Singh, an illegitimate son
of Itunjeet, has been raised to the throhe. One of Non-
Nehal's wives claims it for a child, of which she states herself
to be pregnant three months.

EGYPT.

The Advices from Alexandria come down to the 24th ult.,
ou which day the Great Liverpool sailed with the India mails.
The plague had appeared at Alexandria earlier than usual,
and several deaths had been announced. Ibrahim Pacha was
still at Damascus with his army, to which he had returned in
ill health, in the expectation that the Napier convention
would have admitted of his returning to Alexandria by sea.
Mehemet had again written to Admirail Stopford, offering to
expedite the return of his son. Sir Charles Smyth arrived at
Alexandria in the Hydra on the lith ultimo, and after an in-
terview with the Pacha, placed that steamer at his disposal
for the purpose of conveying his dispatch to Marmorice. Sir
Charles left Alexandria in the Great Liverpool. Sickness
prevailed at Acre to an alarming extent.. The absurd conduct
of the new Turkish governor had "greatly exasperated the

mountaineers • indeed; there seems to be no hope that the
Porte will be Ale to govern the Lebanon. Mehemet Ali con-
tinued still to make preparations defence, in the event of the
rejection of Admiral Stopford's proposals by the Porte.
ALEXANDRIA, DEC. 24, Noon.

The Great Liverpool is starting with the Indian mail and
passengers, and I have only time to me*tion that the Pacha
has received intelligence (through the French Consulate at
Damascus) that Ibrahim Pacha had a desperate engagement
with the Druses on the 4th of this month, at Zahle, in which
he had defeated them, with the loss of 5,000 men and 20 of
their chiefs. The latter were put to death after the battle.
Ibrahim's force is estimated at 70,000 men, with 30,000
women and children. He had put his troops in winter
clothing, and was intent on resuming his march southwards,
to enter Egypt as soon as the weather permitted.
The mails and passengers from Suez having crossed the
desert in safety under the Pacha's escort of horse, arrived
here an hour after midnight, and were taken on board with-
out delay this morning.

Sir Charles Smith is also on board the Liverpool, going
certainly as far as Gibraltar, perhaps to England. He leaves
Colonel Mitchell in command on the coast of Syria. Rein-
forcements are spoken of as absolutely necessary to compen-
sate for the sickness experienced there by the British as well
as Turkish troops.
The Cleopatra steamer left Bombay on the Ist of Decem-
ber, and arrived at Suez on the 18th, at three, p.m., and at
Alexandria on the 24th, at one, a.m.

MALTA

The Great Liverpool steamer arrived off the harbour last
night, and came into the port this morning, having left Alex-
andria on the 24th ult. She brings a mail from India, dis-
patched from Bombay the Ist ult., by the Cleopatra steamer,
which arrived at Suez on the 18th.

(From a Co*respondent.)
MALTA, DEC. 28
MEHEMET ALI'S SUBMISSION.

Up to the moment of departure of the Acheron for Mar-
seilles, the steamer expected from Marmorice, with the result
of Captain Fanshawe's mission, has not arrived, but, we may
venture to anticipate it, by stating that we have strong rea-
son to believe that the Sultan will not receive the subplission,
and consequently refuse to reinstate Mehemet Ali, in which
case the Pacha will resist to the last, and will, if pressed,
retire into the interior, even as far as Sennaar, with Ibrahim
Pacha and his army; but it appears doubtful whether the
troops will remain faithful; in a contrary case, Mehemet Ali
and his son will be obliged to surrender, should they escape
with their lives. Unfortunately for him, his submission was
only nominal, and not accompanied by acts.

EXTENSIVE & CALAMITOUS FIRE AT DUBLIN

(From the Dublin Evening Mail of Monday.)

On Saturday morning a most calamitous and destructive

fire occurred at the extensive premises of Mr. John S. Folds.
The entire of his splendid printing-office, with its valuable
stock of type, is burned to the ground. The printing-office
was situated behind Mr. Fold's dwelling-house, on Bachelor's-
walk—the rere of the premises reaching the South Lotts.
The tire was first observed by the policeman on duty in the
Lotts, who perceived a flame issuing from the rere of the
printing-office about four o'clock on Saturday morning ; the
alarm was instantly given at the dwelling-house ; in a few
minutes Mr. Folds himself entered the printing-office from
the other side—he was met on his entrance by a burst of
flames proceeding from the staircase, a quarter of the pre-
mises at a considerable distance, and completely separated
from that in which the policeman had first observed the fire.
The flames burst forth simultaneously in different parts of
the house, and all attempts to save the valuable property from
the devouring element were in vain. Some delay occurred
in the arrival of the engines. On their arrival the supply of
water was abundant. The police force exerted themselves
with the most praiseworthy zeal, and by nine o'clock on Sa-
turday morning the fire was got under, not, however, until
the whole of the building, and all the valuable stock of type
on the premises had been utterly destroyed. Mr. Carleton
of the Sun, Mr. Eiffe of the Caledonian, Mr. Robinson of
the Patriotic, and Mr. Studdart of the Atlas Insurance Offices,
were especially active in their efforts to extinguish the flames ;
great praise is also due to Mr. Baillie (of the house of Messrs.
Wilson, type founders), who made gi•earexerttons to save
such portions of the paper and printed work as could be
reached. Th 3 loss of property is immense-- the value of the
type and paper consumed, with that of the building, exceeds
at the lowest consumption £5,000, and we regret to add, that
this heavy loss falls entirely on Mr. Folds, who is not covered
by insurance. The only portion which escaped is a separate
building, in which the machinery stands, which was insured;
but on the printing-office, which has been burnt to the
ground, the insurance had been suffered to expire ; Mr.
Folds had actually taken steps to renew it, and this day,
we believe, the policy would have been completed. For-
tunately a great deal of valuable property belonging to
some of the booksellers had just been withdrawn from the
store-room under. the printing-office, or the loss would
have been still greater, as nearly all its contents were con-
sumed. Messrs. Curry and Co. had a narrow escape of
losing the entire impression of this month's University Ma-
gazine and Charles O'Malley' which, had the fire occurred a
week earlier, must have been destroyed. The origin of this
calamitous fire is enveloped in mystery •, it is strongly sus-
pected, 'and not without reason, to have been the work of an
At • ••

as usual,

In another heavy storm, when a number-of pilots' cobles
were between the piers attending upon several vessels that
were coming in from sea, on the last vessel arriving, one co-
ble, containing four men, ventured out near: to the pier end,
where the sea was exceedingly boisterous. The coble was
upset, and the men clung to her while she was bottom up, in
'which situation they remained for near an hour. None of the
other cobles' crews would venture out into the heavy sea,
lest they should also be upset, as it was thought that no boat
could live, and there was then no life-boat. Mr. Douglass
was on shore' at the time, but being informed of the occur-
rence, he and three of his brothers instantly manned their
coble, and proceeded to the scene of danger. They found the
men nearly all exhausted; but, however, they succeeded in
rescuing them from their perilous situation. Two of the
crew were brothers—viz., William Thurlbeck, now of the
Granby Arms, in this to*rl, and Michael Thurlbeck, the
latter of whom was drowned. The other men, together with
the four Douglasses, landed in safety.
About twenty years ago three ships, viz. the Lady Anna=
bella, the Mary and Susazi, and the Billy Pitt, sailed out of
this harbour, partly coal-laden, and took in the remainder of
their cargoes in the roads. A very heavy storm came on,
with the wind at north-east. During the night, all the three
vessels dragged their anchors, and drove near to the South
Rocks, till brought up upon the foul ground among broken
water. Great fears were entertained that, on the falling tide,
the ships would beat to pieces, if even their anchors should
hold", which was considered verp unlikely, from the distance
they had previously dra 4 It was therefore considered

necessary to send off bail the life-boats to bring
_the crews
on shore. They were therefore brought out and manned ;
Mr. Douglass being in the second boat that put off from the
shore. At this juncture, the wind shifting from N.E. to
N.N.W., Mr. Douglass considered, that if the change were
taken advantage of, not only might the lives of the crew be
saved, but the vessels also rescued from their dangerous situ-
ation. The first life-boat had gone alongside the Lady An-
nabelle, and the crew were seen going into her, with intent to
abandon the ship, in which case she must have become a
wreck by violent beating bejore, the next flood tide. Mr.
Douglass hailed the Annabeila's crew from the second life-
boat, and told them to take the advantage which the change
of wind afforded, and to use their endeavours to save the
ship, by putting a spring on their cable, and on getting out,
to run for the southward, and bring up near to Hartlepool ;
which instructions were attended to, and proved successful.
The second life-boat proceeded to the Mary and Susan, when
Mr. Douglass and four of his crew went on board. The boat
then proceeded to.the Billy Pitt, with instructions from Mr.
Douglass how to act in order to get the vessel out to sea.
Springs were put in each of the cables, and the vessels were
got off, and, though the gale was violent, they were enabled
to keep off the land. By these efforts of skilful pilotage, all
the three vessels were preserved from becoming wrecks. •
On another occasion, under the additional disadvantages
of its being a very dark night, and in a very heavy storm
and boisterous sea, the cries of a ship's crew were heard on
shore, as if proceeding from a direction among the rocks,
to the north of this harbour. The life-boat was launched,
and a public alarm given ; but the prospect being so dismal,
for some time no person then present would venture off. At
length Mr. Douglass arrived at the spot, and hearing the
cries, though no vessel could be seen from the darkness of
the night, he manfully proposed to go off and invited a crew
to man the boat, which with difficulty he obtained. They
proceeded and nearly reached the vessel, which they could
scarcely see, but knew from hearing the cries of the crew
very distinctly, that they could not be far off. A heavy sea,
however, broke over the boat, and nearly turned her over,
when several of the oat's were driven away. They were
therefore obliged to return to the shore for more oars, which
were soon procured, but the crew, all but Mr. Douglass,
stepped on shore and would not again return on board, so
that a fresh crew was then required. Mr. Douglass's bro-
thel' happened to be on the beach at the time, and volun-
teered to go into the boat. After some time, a crew was
obtained and the boat again proceeded. On coming near to
the vessel, they found that she was nearly on her broad side,
on the N.E. extremity of the rock, and that the crew were
In the main top. To avoid the danger of being dashed upon
the rock, by which the boat might be broken to pieces, they
proceeded round to the weather side, on the N. E. of the
vessel, where they had much difficulty to keep the boat from
being stove against the ship's side. The ship's crew were
desired to descend the rigging on the weather side in two
divisions, and on the word drop' being called, to drop
from the main chains ; which arrangement proved successful.
The whole of the men got into the boat, and were landed in
safety. The vessel proved to be the Betsy and Ellen, or
some such name, of Shields. In the morning her wreck was
strewed all along the shore,

HOWQUA, THE HONG MERCHANT.—Originally a menial
servant, Howqua has arisen to be one of the first merchants
in the world, and his integrity, honour, and good faith, as a
commercial man, cannot be surpassed by any merchant on
the Royal Exchange. His teas to this day are superior In
quality, and in the quality of their excellence, to those of the
other merchants ; and tea-dealers in England, who have his
name marked on the chests which they receive into their
warehouse, can speak to the even nature of the quality con-
tained in each chest. As a merchant, his word may be relied
on to a greater extent than can perhaps be believed by those
who know him not. He would tell me any day of the week
the rates of exchange at Hamburgb, London, or New York,
Bombay, Madras, or Calcutta; and a capacious memory
and a cool head enabled him to calculate, without difficulty,
the probable profit or loss of any investment in goods or
money. Regularity, system, and attention, seem to be the
leading characteristics of Howqua's commercial life, whilst
a mature judgment, aided by a retentive memory, and a quiet
insight into the general business of the world, seem to have
led him onward from a humble place in life to the station
of the head Hong merchant of Canton
Upon once asking one of his countrymen to what he attri-
buted Howqua's succesl„ and how he- accounted for that
portion of respect and influence which Howqua appeared to
have acquired over his countrymen, the answer was—" With
Howqua everything is of iMportance ; in whatever he is
engaged—in whatever he has any interest, however small—
that affair is with him of consequence. I have had many
conversations with Howqua, and I seldom left him without
feeling that I had been conversing with an intellectual per-
son—with one who was superior by far to the majority of
his countrymen—with one whose opinion was worthy of at-
tention, and whose word as a merchant was equal to his
bond.—Sketches from the " Bristol Times," by a late Re-
sident in China.

PORT OF LIVERPOOL

Number of Vessels, with their amount of Tonnage, Reported in-
wards at the Custom-house, from the 25th Oct. to the 24th
November, 1840, viz.—

British. Foreign. TOTAL.
Vessels. Tons. Vessels. Tons. Vessels. Ton
6 1792 1 100 7 18i

56 32077
0 0
0
1 103

an d...,t ~the. wezi,sgeseNcenrien evening
shut
tt
utphe; i British America
workmen had left the office,
um
Mr. Fold's confidential caretaker before closing them havingl(3illitia
gone through the whole of the apartments without Guernsey
a light, and Mr. Folds himself turned the main cock of the East Indies
gas pipe, which effectually prevented the possibility of any France
risk from gas ; all was then perfectly secure, the fires in the -RGermany
stoves of the printing-office perfectly extinguished, and it is Iceland
a singular fact, that on this day these fires had been by ac- I Isle of Man
cident permitted to die out, so that the men in the office to- Jersey
wards evening complained bitterly of the cold; the only fire Mediterranean 1;
kept up on the premises was one in the reader's room ; and I Portugal 6
it is strange that this room, though situated off the printing- Prussia
office, has escaped the conflagration, and is still standing Russiaswed en, sz,
o
uninjured. At two o'clock Mr. Folds retired to rest, and South America 23 t
there was then not the least appearance of fire about the Spain
printing-office, the front windows of which look towards the United States
dwelling-house. Two hours afterwards the entire of the West Indies l2 2744
building was enwrapped in flames. When the fire was got Ireland and Coastwise 786 108829
under the premises presented a most melancholy appearance,
masses of the molten metal of which the types were com
posed lying among the ruins, all that rema ned of the Talc- Vessels
able property in type. No clue has yet been discovered as and Tonnage entered the Port of Liverpool, in the Month
to the strange circumstances connected with this lamentable • ending 24th November, 1839 and 1840.
1840 Liverpool.... 1042 vessels 188912 tons
destruction of property. All was safe at five o'clock in the Runcorn .... 172 8521
evening, when the premises were locked up, and no one in
Mr. Fold's employment could have bad access to them after
that hour. There is nothing to account for the extreme ra-
pidity with which the fire burned in opposite parts of the
premises, almost at the same instant ; and when is added to
this the singular ill-fortune that the devouring element
should have as it were selected that portion of the premises
which was not protected by insurance, on which, however, f Decrease

36 1575

3507 -
712 -

4 566
o o
o 0
o 0
/ 128
O 0
1 116
O 0
O 0
O .0
O 0
2 259

6 1925
2 650

24 13570
0 0
0 0

0 0
1 103
13 5755
4 540
2 459
1 116
0 0
36 1575
1 59

17 3507
8 971
2 388
31) 7554
2 850
23 5434
10 725

- 27 14768
- 12 2744
- 786 108829

1001 171398 41 17514 1042 1.88912

1838 Liverpool,
Runcorn .

127-4 vessels 197433 tons

1320 vessels 1972d4 tons,

169 tons increase

breaking over the vessel. the boat returned to the shore
with those of the crew rescued, who were landed in safety.
Mr. Douglass, nothing daunted, prevailed upon his three
assistants to go off with him again, to endeavour to save the
remainder of the crew. They again reached the vessel, and
a few more of the ship's crew got into the boat with great
difficulty ; the whole, however, could not get into the boat at
that time, as she was driven from the vessel and swamped.
She filled with water and drove to the beach, and all on board
the boat landed, in safety, except the gallant Martin Doug-
lass, who still remained in her. The assistants being
completely drenched with wet and exhausted, would not
venture off again. During the second attempt, one of the
boat's crew, named Michael Watson, was washed overboard,
and had a very narrow escape for his life, but he was caught
hold of by Mr. Douglass, and hauled into the boat. After
some delay and great persuasion, Mr. Douglass obtained a
fresh boat's crew, who proc'eeded with him to the vessel on
his third attempt, when the whole of the remaining crew
were taken from the vessel. But the custom-house-officer,
Cuthbert Hall, being an infirm old man, could no' get into
the boat, as the violence with which she was dashed to and
fro gave no opportunity to any but the most active of parsons ;
he therefore unavoidably perished. The boat returned safe
to land, and the vessel became a total wreck. Those efforts
being performed as above described, amongst rocks, in broken
water, in an extraordinary violent sea, an in an open coble,
have been considered by the oldest of our seafaring inhabi-
tants to be the most daring and adventurous ever attempted
on this coast.

Wave, Dench, hence at Newfoundland
Brothhes, Lewis, hence at Leghorn
Jane & Jessie, Campbell, hence at ditto
Cisar, Mierinck ; Joseph, Potlich ; Industrie, Zellein, and Jupi
ter, Schroeder, hence at Ostend
George Fyle, Pike, from Siucapore, at Deal
Liverpool, Potter, from Para, at ditto
Sir John Franklin, Renthwick, from Rio Janeiro, at ditto
Albion, Valpy, Irom Quebec,. at ditto
Evergreen, Henry, from Quebec, at Portsmouth
Espadarto, Situaliel, from Lisbon, at Beaumaris
In consequence of the N.E. wind cutting off the tide, the Co.
lumbia (steamer) for Halifax and Boston, was unable to get out of
dock this morning, but will proceed to sea this evening.
H.M. Steamer Merlin and the Earl of Bridgewater (steamer.)
were in contact this morning off George's Pier, where the latter
sunk. The Merlin was enabled to proceed with the Dublin mail
The bowsprit, beam knee, and bulwarks of a vessel, apparently a
smack, have been washed on shore at the Magazines
Wm. Sharpies, —, hence for Bombay, was spoken 14th Dec
in lat. 50 0, long. 19 30
Mischief, hence for Ar
49 28, long, 17 20
CAPE TOWN, Oct. 13.—Vixen, Tinley, from Liverpool, which
arrived here 10th October, was fired into by a brig on the morning
of the 31st August. The Vixen saw the brig a-head at noon on the
30th, topgallant sail just visible above the horizon, and both vessels
on the starboard tack. At one a.m. 31st August, the Vixen came
up to the brig, and it being very dark and squally, determined to run
to leeward some distance, and then had her wind again. This was
done to avoid giving any uneasiness on board the brig, from the
near neighbourhood of such a clipper looking schooner. The brig,
however, much to the astonishment of Captain Tinley, bore up and
ran down towards him, and when within ball, fired a gun from hig
taffrail at the Vixen, and, on passing her stern, endeavoured to
rake her by firing a very heavy shotted gun, which very nearly
dismasted her, the shot passing through the Vixen's spars.—Mem.
The Vixen will, no doubt, be the schooner that was fired at by
the Magnet on the supposition of her being a pirate.
DOVER, Jan. I.—The Harmonic, Schabeling, arrived here from
Liverpool for Rotterdam, leaky
BEAUMARIS, Jan. 4.—The Beverley, from Quebec for Liverpool,
went on Red Wharf Sands this morning, and it is feared will be a
wreck : crew saved

ona, was spoken 31st Ded. in lat.

LYTHAM, Jan. 9.—The Isabella, Brodie, from Glasgow for Liver.
pool, was wrecked on the Horse Bank yesterday; crew saved

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6.—Wind N.N.E,

ARRlVED.—Wakefield, --, from. Quebec.
SAlLED.—Brilliant, Webster; Josephine, Scott. and Lotus,
Head, for Barbadoes—Charlotte, Davidson, for Jamaica—Tiber,
Lamb, for Bahi,a—lsaac Allerton, Parry, and Clinton, Little fo
New Orleans—Superb, Nlowatt, tor Messina—Young Queen,- Chal
niers, for Rio Janeiro—Roseland, Ball, for Palermo—Per

Bate-
son, for Marseilles and Monte Video—Elizabeth, Stone, for 'Genoa
—Beiram, Wooluer, for Constantinople—Currency, Parker, for the
Cape of Good Hope and Calcutta—Villa de NapOli, Martino, and
Dishon, for Naples—Pauline, Boer, for Rotterdam—Jupiter, Carter,
for Boston—Wilton, Wilson, for Port-au-prince—Prompt,: Mortcn,
for Charleston—Helen Jane, White, for Batavia—Mary Jane,
Wood, for Trinidad—John Bentley; Desbro, for Savannah—Visiter,
Lock, for Lisbon—Novo Felix, Trinidade, for Oporto—Valerosa,
Mera, for Havana—Kate, Nickleby, Hamilton, for Cuba—Fenella,
Wakeham, for Malaga—Frances Ann, Thompson, for Calcutta—
Gazelle, Lamzed, for Newfoundland—Dragos, Obelovich, for
Trieste—Favourite, Harvey, for Havre—Britannia, Volum, fox
Leghorn—Promptidas, Leas,•for Lisbon.