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, ment sums of money! "lug form condition in favour o the Brifish flag in Canton, Warime thawan the filth-of May. that on

,_ the miserable ina,‘ i‘ii’pidly drawing toa

ct ., andwere we it could approve ofthe acts ,of

wretched Plenipotentiary, we should despair-flit

the name of England weir-agai ‘ of Canton capito- late on the 27th of ‘May, and on the same day Captain Elliot-delivered it up to the Chinese for a ransom of six millionsof Dollars, as if the only object of England in making War upon China was to extort fi'nm lie Govem‘ In fact, fiir was be from stipulati

the ‘ofJun‘e f0 lowing he finds himself called upon to Win} l ltit'l’iution to British merchants and traders, worn in; .t cm of the danger of entering the Canton river,

animatingthem‘tofleng Kong, where he can alone pro—“rim 5 ms. , mise them protection. At

. that ti no it was known at Macao that the Chinese authorities lta'd’ 'iolated all the condition“. ofthe capltulatioa-i that Clinton was filled with troops ;tbat Win the vicinity of the city were all in the course of Mellon i Mid that, to excite the most furious passions

' oplefthe head of an unfortunate Englishman “’us i. , "it role in one of the princioal streets ofcantou,

N ' the'Jbulest indi nities were cred to it. IIiibis last

'90 flirtation, Captain Tilliot threatens CantouI witha fresh

lockade, if any attack be made upon the British at Hong. KoMAre we-to inter from this that Elliot fancied that he could squeeze another six million of dollars out ofthe Cldnese? Must we indeed bear the reputation of being a nation of buecaneers, who make wnraonly to fill our coffers with the plunder of those whose wealth and weakness tempt our 'apidity ?.,......Biit Captain Elliot was'so impatient to gulf mail, that he did not wait for the entire icrlbrmaiice of!!! glut of the stipulations of surrender. T to three lin-

~peri ommissioners were to withdraw sixty miles from Chm/but Elliot was satisfied when two of them retired outside the Walls. The third never quilted Canton at all. The troops were to remove an equal distance, but Canton was delivered up before they had marched five miles from the city, to which they returned a few hours afterthc Brit- ish evacuated it. The five million of dollars iiill short of the Comoo duty on ten, paid by British merchants since 1839, over and above the usual duties paid by other nations. These duties amounted on the 1st of May, 1841, to 1,888,888[. sterling, so that, in reality, Captain Elliot did not receive Sikoone million ofdollars for the evacuation of Canton!

fthe'sum actually paid to the Superintendent, it was the general impression at Macao that a large quantity ofthe cee was so mixed with alloy as to be of little value, so

"here again the wretched Captain Elliot has been the dope of the Chincse.........For the Spanish schooner Bilbaino, the Chinese have paid sixteen thousand dollars. Iliit why was thefoul murder committed on board the English schoo- ner, tbe'Blnck Joke, overlooked? Had Captain Elliot so short a memory that he could recollect nothing ofthe inu- diction of Mr. Mess ? But Captain Elliot was too cugerto figure as the beadle of all Europe, to attend to such petty cancerous the violation of the British flag,nnd the mu- i I ‘ "ofa British subject ......... .A more deplorable, disgrace- f than that to which Captain Elliot has reduced the

name in China, it would be impossible to conceive. To be shut out from a city, from the walls ofwhich British hands had voluntarily removed the British flag, never before befel'tle. It is the first instance in our bistoryin which a military expedition was undertaken in the name of the British Crown, for no earthly conceivable purpose but to extortaIreneom. But from the oufline which we yesterday gave of the instructions given by the late Government to the new Plenipotentiary, Sir ll. Pottiuger, and from the Com- miuloner’s own knowledge of the light in which the fathom- leli'imbecility of Elliot was regarded in England at the ditto of his Iowa appointment, we feel the fullest confidence thet_no_ time will be lost in wiping away those stains which at present attach to the British name in China. This, indeed, constitutes our only consolation under the affliction of the disgrace which Captain Elliot has persei e ‘ingly ii iflict— ed upon the Government ol‘tliis country-Sou.

‘ We calm 0t remember having ever experienced such feel- i of shame and indignation as were excited by the peruSal o the recent dispatches from China. We doubted, yester- day, if the 6,000,000 dollars would ever be roalised, at least under Captain Elliot’s management. We' doubted, in nectar capacity to efi'ect anything of a higher order than the “running ofa,cargo often.” But be has proved that we had formed an erroneous estimate of his powers. Ilu- potditt as a child' lbr any noblo or manly purpose, be has yet contrived, in what our private correspondence terms “his wpalhomablc imbecility,” to sink this country to a depth of in itmy which may command the pity of the civilised world. He has placed Great Britain in the dignified position of-rtanding at the head of the pirates of the ludiau seas l.-...... There is nothing, we suppose, more indisputable or better understood than this—the civilized nations, and above all,

I ' ' nations, make War merelyto conquer peace. While on the other band, savages, Mala 's, and pirates make war simply lbr the sake of booty. Whatever one nation, in time ot'war, takes from another nation, she holds, if' it is in her

wer to do so,‘ until the signature ofa treaty of peace.

ut.wbotevera gang of 'rates seize upon they hold—not until peace is procluiinet , about which they care nothing, but until it sufiicient bribe or ransom is oflbrcd to induce them to surrender their prey.........Now, iii the present instance, it is abundantly clear, li'om all the accounts, that this commissioner Elliot, whose name has now acquired an imperialisble, but most 'unenvmble, immortality—this tea on opium negotiator—bad ordered to the walls of Canton

a British expedition, consisting of several ships of war, and sea and'ls‘nd forces, amounting to more than 5,000 men. It is also certain that their occupation of this great city, almost without aIcontest, was inevitable ; and that this blow must hatje rpcedtl and. finally ended flu: war.........Such was theIpoeition of a airs; and the very moment ofattack had arrived, when the uplifted armof the British commander is suddenly arrested, and he is required, fiist to pause, and at last to retire ignominiously from the walls of Canton, Com- minioner Elliot informing him, (to use this same Elliot’s felicitous expression,) that he is “in communication with the oficIers of we Chinese Government renaming the settlement q‘fdyfifullm in this vmcc.”.........In former uffrays, while enacting the part0 a'tea Broker, Captain Elliot's conduct was usually that ofa more dupe. In his character of'a free~ booter, he evinces a talent for “making the most of an oppor- tunity,”wbicl1 would have done no discredit to Paul Jones himself—Truss.

That most imbecile and wrong minded creature that ever cursed the service of a country has at length capped the climax of his folly. He has taken Canton, and sold it again for Ii‘rionIer ; and he has applied that money to the discharge ofliabilities which had become personally his own. life cdpngt trust ourselves to speak our resentment at the acts of this indiwdual. It is not possible to speak or to think calmly while such acts astliese are doing. A fine army “d a 83mm fleet, ever upon the point of decisive victory, and, ever paralyzed at that moment by the incomprehensible interference of the man who was placed in authority, not to prevent, but to use their victories. We cannot but picture to ourselves what the result must have been had any other men but an Elhot held the position which he disgraces, and “but?! but remember with bitterness, that while the tid- lug-"of disgrace are being walled to us, Lord limo is standing lathe House ofLords and re udiating the charge of ne-

,lsjm.‘ For better had the‘ w iole fitmin of Elliot never

/ n,than it should have given birth to this Mneful impo- tence, this opprobrium of England—Arms.

'rnn cainss orricui. BULLETIN or ran ATTACK oroa

" canon. - I_Report of Yihsban, the imperial nephew and commission- ' er, dated the 81st of May, sent by couriers at the rate of 600 I Is per day.—-“ Since my arrival in Canton province the forts ol'IQo chung (first bar), Ty-wong-kow (Macao passage fort), ,Tung-wong-kong (Swallow’s nest fort),- and other places,

. I that‘h'is succeprwvill -, - Imb , care cl to convince the that Great Britain‘fiieve'r

~point of bringing up his soldiers,for‘dbeir‘exterminationi

commissioneliér.»

sitcces'sion, eII V I ,

tish troops hm H v IIIIéII “awe In ,We Shainingfln ,li cha- M and soldiel‘efguar _ item,

e (pet' ion ga . at ' arouii -w,e , I Entities tind’bnlls; we moreover dug trenchesfpr the WC- tion ofthe soldiersflVo'alswplaced sand-bags all around the city walls to iiialte‘tliem stronger, and I myself, WitlrthIa assistant-coinmissioners, went round to reconiimtre and iii- spect the works in different places. Begideskwe embodied some of' .1 " brave l’okecn ilors, tdthe number ofiinore thshllJJQO. en,‘-“nml"-.pvepaied .rai‘is a‘nd straw to make at— tacks by fire. On the evening of the lIst day of tIheIéIlth~ moou'fllst'uffiay) thesgrcat conflict With the barbarians commenced at the western fort. ~We attacked them with our guns, burning instantly five oftheir liOtltS,‘ breaking “lo of their “US, and. smashing magi-cut masts ol.the.baItba- . » They were now all rCtlli'tllll", wheIii y'oiti'Iniiilis-

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ter, at the 5th watch (3 o’clock to 5 a. iii.)?\\"tts MP0" 'tll

but all on a sudden the number ofItlieii'Ivassels wasiuvrea- sod by sixteen ships, eight Stcain- ;-):it.~3, boats, which all pressed ibrward. I I _ ofthe bard fighting during the might, wereall fatigued, then-I guns were few, and, although they had fired several tons of rounds, yet, the barbarian ships being: strong!y and numerous, they could not beat them back. Their soldiers fiiiafl)l got on shore, and rushed to the plunder ofthe city, cntoiaug-the forts at the small and largenothcrn gates, and aitpcking 1116' town on three sides. Their rockets were thrown in masses; their balls bit the people’s houses, and they caught fire: all our own soldiers had not a place to stand on; their cannon: was melted by the fire ofthe lmrluiriaus; and the boildingsv destroyed (magazines blown up?). 1 cannot yet accurately

that were killed and wounded. “'e were hard pressed, and returning into the city—myriads- of" people were \Veel’mg' will “'“lll’llli the number of those-who invoked Heaven and begged for peace covered the roads. \Vlicii your Mi- nistei‘ looked with his own eyes upon this, his very bowels were torn asunder. ln steeping down limit the wall, 1 made inquiries from the barbarians; they all said, ,that several millions of’tacls for the surrendered opium had not yet been paid, and therefore they requested the sum of],000,OGOItaels in liquidation Ila-roof, and then they would immediately withdraw their soldiers, and retire outside the Begun; that they had to make no other request; and that then the peo- ple might go out in their customary way. ltheii asked them about the surrender of the whole territory ofllong- koug, and they replied that Koshan had given it them,- and that an authenticated paper from him to this eflbct had been placed on record. Your minister thought that the city was in danger: that there had been repeated disturbances, and that the whole people were pi‘ostrntcd in mud and ashes; 1 therefore agreed to this pro [ampere ; moreover, I consider again that this was a solitary city to be fought against, and that both the flit and liver were greatly injured. There was, moreover, no battle field for deploying a great army, and I could not do otherwise than beguile them to go out ofthe Boguc. Then we shall repair our forts, and again endea- vour to attack and exterminate them, and recover our old territory of'llougkong. Your ministers beseech your Illa- jesty to deliver us over to the board that we may be punish- ed, and also to direct that lie, the governor, and E, the lien- tenant governor, be severely dealt with. Respectfully, We present a petition from all the people asking for peace. Your minister is conscious of not being guiltless. A res- pectful memorial.

lxsrnucriozvs 'ro Sin HENRY I’O'r'riNGER.—-The following is said to be an outline ofthe instructions which Sir Henry Pottingcr has received from her Majesty’s Government for his guidance in the settlement ofthe British claims on the Chinese :—lli.~i Excellency is to demand fifteen millions of dollars, as an indemnity for the opium seized byLiii, the ex- peuccs ofthe war, and the llong debts. Immediate pay- ment ofa portion ofthe above stun, equal to the estimated value of the opium, is to be required, the remainder to be paid by instalments within five years, and to beat" interest in the meantime at the rate of five per cent. per auuuin. Sir Henry has further- been instructed not to negotiate with any mandarin who does not hold plenary powers from his sovereign. lie is also to insist on a British envoy beingallow- ed to reside at Pekin, and hold a direct communication with the Emperor. All the principal ports to be thrpwn open to foreign trade, and at each ofthcm grouudsufiicient in extent for the erection of fhctorics to be ceded to the English.» llong Kond'is to be retained by the British as a permanent settlement. The home Government appears to have resol- ved on bringing the celestials to their senses. Energetic measures have been adopted for this purpose by despach- iiig additional troops and vessels of war to China. The policy thus displayed towards that country is not likely to )8 affected by any change which may take place. in the re- lutivc situations ofthe great conflicting. political parties in England.

Co odtue Sir' James Brcmer arrived at Macao from Calcutta on the 18th of' June, and immediately ordered the departure of the squadron forthc North, for the purpose, it is said, of attacking Ai'noy. '

labiA.-—Nusseer Khan, the young chieflain of Khelat, has at length come to terms with the British agents, and has surrendered himself to their protection. This is looked up- on us an important fact, as it will contribute to the tranquillity ofthe districts west of the Indus, besides p’lacingri large force at the disposal of the Government for fully settling disturbhiices in Schab Soojah’s domiiiions. Those disturb- ances are likely, to be diminished from another cause—viz, the surrender by Shore Siiigb ofthe province of Peshawur —a valuable one—to the British. The troops in Alfgltenis-v tau will then have to protect this new acquisition, which will be a pleasant task..........'l‘ho Sikh districts are described as comparatively under the government of Shore Siugh, which appears to be consolidated,particularly as the young widow of Now Nebul has brought forth a son still-born....... \Ve have the official account ofa conflict with some of the refractory tribes in Afl'ghanistan. The British Wore trium— phant. The results, however, are as usual—nothiua: a rebel chief beaten, but not subtitled. An expedition ointo' the Nijrow country is just about, it is said, to be undertaken, and seems to meet with ‘measurelcss disapprobation fi'om all military men. Everything must be carried by the bay- onet; the country is so feat-fully ruvged and mountainous, that baggage can‘ouly be transportc with difficulty; guns cannot be moved at all ; and the mountain tribes can bring 10,000 men, accustomed to irregular warfare, into the field, or rather into the passes and ravines, against our troops ....... .. In Birmab some disposition has been exhibited by Thara- waddie, as if tending to disturb the present pacific arranve-' ments; but he is aware that all his acts are watched, god that he will not be allowed to break faith with impunity.

Stunt—Vile lament to observe the commencement of another civil war in this fine, butdista-acted country, and the more especially as it seems to have originated in French intrigue. General O’Donnell, whit left Paris with large sums of money, contrived to corrupt a portion of the gar- rison of Pampeluna, with whose assistance he manaan to obtain possession fof the citadel of that place, whizh he now holds in the name of the ext—Regent, Queen Christina; He has issued a manifesto, in which,‘besides minor matters oi'tyranny and falsehood, he does not scruple to charge Es- partero and the existing Governinen'twith a desian to mm. der theI youthful Queen. It appears that Villa, Fran Atun,Victori1, Bilboa, and other places, have declared in favour of O‘Donnell, and it is reported that Generals Jar- reIguy, (El. Pastor,) Urbistende, and Iturbide, mean to join him: In Paris it seems to be the universal opinion that Louis Philippe is at the bottom ofthis movement and, um opinion derives considerable force from' the fuel, that that dissolute, abandoned woman, Queen Christina alias Mrs Munoz, has been lodged in one of the.roynl pangs and re.- ceived other extraordinary marks of royal favou’r Th .7 Carlists Will, of course, join in this movement, and the cor:

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-' Accounts were received inul’aris. on Friday afternoon, .nd eighty, ship’s ,datcdllladipd, on the evening or The soldiersgfmi' account -

ascertain the number of all the soldiers aiulgreat ofilcers .

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n.3,. ’t‘II “ecu VII I to. Lom- tqbe Don's willingito II I owlIrIi pgetlfIlIli 0 'g‘tlirone. According to‘anotbe‘r igpprt, can It the ..Im‘ a- ions to obtaimthe hapdgflsabellgpnnfd W , _ i crown, the eff-*oF-Jiis 'own sodgtI' I (Iiiloiily with the malponttiigts ofSpIIsin, r‘ r of‘hisxbili ' to bring atom promptly t IF I II 0 itfithey ate‘réal )acke’d by,Frai1ce,Iand for rent: II 3 genes the insurrection 'may be but the commencementFo IIe IIUI oilevenis, which will shake not only Spam and iI'anBII,IItIsII Europe, to the centre. The extraordinary fall oft ieI OIItI funds on Friday andSaturday, is symtoImatic e impl d It incépflttachcd to these events on the stock exgh IigtéhaII beemsito us that that importance is note}: all OVcrraItII I. II at The Paris correspondent of the .llornmgijpt, wining, h N Thursday, gives the lat-est news of Spams =" -‘ i .

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the 8th instant. IThey Igive further details of‘the events Iof the preceding night. Finally, the palace was surrounded byIiEsparterinu tI c the and theslaughter was horrible.’ During all- t is" im IIIIIIII queen and [my sister remained on their knees louII cat :I a f’omssistan-ce. ~Madame Mina, who was on sIeiniep a I is palace, tookcvery precaution to-proIteot them fioui t io‘mus: ket balls which penetrated into their apartment. I During the entire ofthe 8th, vast crowds Visited the pp app, to see the scene of action, which was rendered moIiIe mirt- l)le by the dead bodies ofthe insurgents which Isti remit; there; On the afternoon of the 8th, Madrid remain .

perfectly tranquil.

the cx-Queen Regent of Spain took’place in that city about - ‘rr'sin‘cc. . " I I _ a f3l‘llig":Tlctmps asserts that the confronting WithIQllefllisg ‘t’f sundr‘v individuals implicated in the late affair, hasIe I0 the discovery ofa plot of a wholesale regicidei as "1 Fl“? event ofthe success ofthe attempt on the Duke of Auma e, n numerous party was to proceed to the Tutlleries, effect an entrance, and slaughter the King, the Queen, ll“? (10mm de Paris, and whomsoever else of the Royal Family was on , , . . th‘i’llsliigtdisturbnnces had broken out in the provincial towns on account of the census. AtIThurinIs, Canton dc Vauque— rav, in the Lyounais, the opposmon of the inhabitants cIom- pelled the fiscal agents to return to I Lyons. At Painters, also, all the houses were closed against the cm‘npti‘ollers. There is a bad feeling growing up between 1* rancIe and the United States. The tariff adopted by the PreSidcnt, which imposes an additional duty of20 per cent. on foreign goods, is regarded by, France as an attempt to ruin her trade. . ‘ Aletter from, Romestates that the JeWs of AnIcona gave the Pope, during his visit in that city, a Bible, With clasps mounted in diamonds. A letter li‘om Rome in the Leipsic. Universal Gazette states that serious fears are entertained concerning the health of the Pope. I I . 'I‘Jie Belfast Vindicator says that his Holiness Gegory XVI. in a lengthened interview with a distinguished Irish Priest, expressed himself delighted beyond measure to find that the catholic clergymen of this kingdom were, as an order, taking the teetotsl pledge. “ Nothing more,” observed his holiness, “is required to make them the best and most elli— cieutly zealous priests in the world.” The Pope is himself a teetotaller, in the literal acceptation of the term—he never tastes wine. ' A Protestant Bishop is about to be consecrated for Jerusa- lem. Negotiations have been on foot on the subject. for some time with the Prussian Government, and his Majesty the King has come forward in a mouificent way to co-oper- ate with British Christians who feel an interest in the pro- gross ofCIbristianity among the ancient people of God. ’I‘iir. REVENUE—By the quarterly returns ‘ it appears that there is an increase on the year, as compared with the last, of£243,148—aiid that the increase on the qiiarter,.as com- pared with the corresponding quartcr of last year, is £241,-» 721. .' INCREASE or THE Nana—For the last 25 years the dock- yzirds at Deptl'ord, VVoolWicb, Sheerness, Chatham, Plymouth, and Pembroke, have not presented such a scene of activity as they do at this present moment, there being no less than '26 to 30 ships of different rates fitting out for active service, in consequence ofthe unsettled state ofour relations Iwith the United States and China. ‘