The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-04 00:00:00

CHINA

Canton newspapers to the 26th of April have come to hand
by the Aden steamer, Captain Ponsonby, which arrived at
Falmouth on Monday. They state that, in the event of the
English attacking the Bogue, it is the intention of Governor
Lin to destroy the suburbs of Canton, and to put the city
itself in a state of defence. The city is surrounded by a wall,
turreted at irregular intervals, of 10 feet high, without ditches
or any other works of defence. The population of the sub-
urbs is larger than that within the walls, and comprises the
most industrious portion of the inhabitants. All its foreign
trade, manufactories, and warehouses, are in the suburbs,
circumstances which render this rumour extremely im-
probable. The notion of sacrificing one-half the popu-
lation of Canton, on the supposition that by so doing the
safety of the other half may be secured, is even too
absurd for the barbarous obstinacy of the Chinese. An
edict has been issued by the Canton authorities forbidding
any ship to enter the Bogue whose papers have not been pre-
viously forwarded to Canton and a formal permission to
proceed to Whainpoa received in return. The dreaded com-
missioner had not arrived. Private advices by the Aden
state that the consignees of the American vessels remaining
in port had given notice that they would bring no more tea
for transshipment. They designed to complete the cargoes
of their vessels, and then wind up their affairs. Freights
♦aried from 1:6 to £B, and even £9 per ton. The exports of
tea from China to Great Britain during the year have been
estimated at from 25 to 30 millions of pounds.—Standard.

COURT CIRCULAR—TaUftSDAT

The Princess Augusta was visited yesterday, by the Duch-
ess of Gloucester. Sir Henry Halford attended her royal
highness, yesterday morning, and Mr. Moore was in con.
stant attendance on the princess during the whole of the day.
The following is the account of her royal highness's health
issued yesterday

Princess Augusta continues much in the same state
" Clarence House, Sept. 2.' _

•
Amongst the inquirers after her royal highness, yesterday,
was the American minister, the Netherlands minister and
Madame Dedel, the Brazilian charge d'affaires and Madame
Marques Lisboa, the Duchess of Inverness, the Duke of
Dorset, the Duchess of Cannizzaro, Viscount Templetown,
Lady F. Somerset, and Lady Pultney.
The Duke of Sussex was pleased to inspect, yesterday
morning, in Kensington Palace, two of Mr. Stidolph's newly
invented writing machines, made by command of his royal
highness for the Princess Sophia and the Crown Prince of
Hanover. His royal highness was pleased to express his ap-
probation.

WINDSOR, WRDNISDAY.—This afternoon her Majesty,
accompanied by the Queen Dowager and the Princess
Hohenlohe, drove out in the park in a pony barouche.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Princess
Therese and Princess Ida of Saxe Weimar, followed in a se-
cond carriage Lady Charlemont and Baroness Spaeth in a
third carriage ; and Lady C. Dundas and Lady Barrington
in a fourth carriage. Prince Albert and the following gen-
tlemen accompanied the royal party on horseback :—Lord
Denbigh, General Bowater, Mr. Seymour, Viscount Mel-
bourne, Viscount Palmerston, Sir Henry Wheatley, Earl of
Surrey, Sir William Lumley, and Lord Lilford.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge rode through
the town this morning on horseback.
Baron and Baroness Poelnitz and Lord John Russell ar-
rived at the castle this afternoon.
Colonel Bouverie left the castle this afternoon.
The following will be included in the royal dinner part
this evening :—Her Majesty tre Queen Dowager, her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Royal Highness the Duke
of Cambridge, the Prince and Princess Therese of Hohen-
lohe, the Duchess Ida of baxe Weimar, Lady C. Dundas,
Viscountess Barrington, Lady Charlemont, Colonel Jones,
Hon. Misses Pitt and Spring Rice, Lord Lilford, Lord Den-
bigh, osnierl
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s, Mr. Seymour, Col.
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merston and Melbourne, Madame de Hugel, Baroness Spaeth,
Bbiogwh tSeirr, WE;r Lumley,
of Surrey,
Baron and Baroness Poelnitz, Lord John Russell, Baroness
Lehzen, the Rev. the Provost of Eton, Hon. G. Liddell,
Hon. J. E. Anson, Earl of Uxbridge, and Mr. Anson.
Lord Paget and the Ladies Eleanore and Constance Paget
will have the honour of joining the royal party in the evening.
Madame Dulcken had the honour of performing some ad-
mired airs on the piano-forte before her Majesty and the
royal party this evening.