were capable of walking six miles; this was, however, rather too great a distance for two ladies, and by direction, we sought shelter at a house a mile and a half distant, where, we regret to say-through a female oracle, we suppose a landladyadmission was refused the party, benight

Curry, who is a veteran aeronaut, this being his thirty-third ascent, delighted the company with the favorite ballad of "The jolly young waterman," with many other little flashes of amusement, which he called sky-larking. We had "nectar and ambrosia" in abundance. Now to the descent. Mr. Green's anxiety sus-ed as we were; showing not only a want pended all these pleasing pastimes; and, of common courtesy, but a complete lack having arrived at a place that he thought of humanity, and more especially to those would be suitable, he encountered a diffi- of her own sex. Baffled in this reasonaculty from the sudden springing up of a ble appeal, we retraced our steps to the ground breeze. The grappling iron was hospitable cottage of Mr. Alexander Dodthrown out; but, from the nature of the dington, a few minutes' walk, whose surface, a hold could not be retained, whole family vied with each other in until after two or three attempts, when, ministering to our wishes. One of his with the assistance of the country people, sons was immediately despatched on the iron was properly planted, and we horseback to furnish us with such stores owed especial thanks to sundry little ur- as he was himself deficient in. Our eventchins, who bounded over hedge and ditch ful career was finished in comfort before to our assistance. We were sorry to find a blazing fire, lighted for our especial the balloon considerably injured, from benefit, and every other accommodation having been a short time entangled in the was at our service. It is pleasing to conembraces of a solitary ash-tree. Our de- trast the warm-hearted kindness of this scent was, however, effected scathless, worthy family with the unfeeling brutalbarring sundry bumps and thumps, which, ity of the other. A post-chaise was obhowever, formed but a slight alloy to the tained shortly afterwards, and we reached pleasure of our trip. The gentlemen of town in the morning between nine and the party then assisted us to alight, pre- ten o'clock, delighted with our excursion, cisely at twenty minutes to nine, having nothing the worse for an adventure or been in the air exactly an hour and ten two, and looking forward with much minutes. We were now on terra firma at pleasure to our next trip to the Isle of Knavestock, near Brentwood, in Essex, Sky.' I have the honor to remain twenty-three miles from Vauxhall. We yours, &c., JOANNA FORREST, Bloomswere kindly invited to the house of Mr. bury.' J. Crouchman, by his good lady, who was LONDON, Aug. 31. BRITISH AND FORattracted to the ground; and to her kind- EIGN POSTAGE. The British packet sysness, and the efficient services of her hus- tem, including the line of steam packets band, we were much indebted. Finding between Boston and Liverpool, the overwe were in a part of the country abound-land mail to India, and the various other ing in cross-roads, and the cattle being engaged in the harvest, it was three hours before a conveyance for the balloon could be obtained. A very unpleasant incident occurred after landing; some one having abstracted the ornamental drapery of the car; but, through the vigilance of the police, a fine young fellow was presented to us manacled as the thief. Mr. Green had previously handsomely rewarded him, and to share with his fellows. It was our own opinion that the poor fellow did not wish so much to take it for its value, as to obtain a relic. Then comes the price of pleasure. There were Mrs. Green and myself, Dr. Locock, Captain Curry, Mr.lows:Dally, a gentleman whose name we did not learn, and Mr. Green, driven to our wits' end. We called a council of expediency. We found ourselves six miles from any post-house. The gentlemen

steam and sailing packets from England, together with the treaty arrangements with many of the European governments, affords so great facilities of communication with almost all parts of the world, that we deem it important to keep the reader informed of the regulations which are promulgated from time to time, in regard to it. Two Treasury warrants, under this date, published in the London Gazette, announce certain additional rates of postage, now established. For the rates previously established, see Mon. Chron. vol. II. pp. 57, 307, and 382.

The rates now established, are as fol Between Bremen and any place in the United Kingdom, on any letter not exceeding 1-2 oz. in weight, is 6d., and to any place in foreign countries, from Bremen through the United Kingdom, it is the rate previously established from the

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President of the Board of Trade-The Earl of Ripon.

Secretary at War-The Right Hon. Sir Henry Hardinge.

The Duke of Wellington, it appears, does not hold office, but will be the leader of the ministerial party in the House of Lords.

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The Earl De Grey-Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

Lord Eliot-Chief Secretary for Ireland.

The Right Hon. Sir Geo. Clerk, Bart. -Chief Secretary to the Admiralty.

The Right Hon. Admiral Sir George Cockburn, G. C. B.-One of the Lords of the Admiralty.

Lord Ashley-One of the Lords of the Admiralty.

Sir Frederick Pollock-Attorney Gen

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Sir Wm. Follett-Solicitor General. Sir Edward Sugden-Chancellor for Ireland.

Lord Granville Somerset-Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

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chequer was authorized to raise this sum, either by selling stocks or exchequer bills, as the state of the market might render expedient.

On the 21st of September, the Chancellor of the Exchequer published a plan for funding £5,000,000 of exchequer bills. His proposals were not closed with with great alacrity. On the 4th of October, only £3,500,000 had been funded.

REPRESENTATIVE PEERS OF SCOTLAND. Aug. 6th, the following Peers were electas the sixteen representative peers of Scotland: - The Marquess of Tweeddale, the Earls of Morton, Elgin, Airlie, Leven and Melville, Selkirk, Orkney and Seafield; Viscounts Arbuthnot and Strathallan; Lords Forbes, Saltoun, Sinclair, Colville, (of Culross,) Reay, and Rollo; and the Marquess of Queensbury. The only alterations were the substitution of the Earl of Seafield and Lord Rollo for the Earl of Home and Lord Gray, who retire by their own consent.

PARIS, Aug. 21. SAMUEL WELLES, Esq., formerly of Boston, for many years the head of the firm of Welles & Co., died, after a severe illness of several

Lord Steward of the Queen's House- weeks, in the 64th year of his age. hold-The Earl of Liverpool.

PARIS, Sept. An ordinance was publish

Master of the Horse to her Majesty-ed in the Moniteur for the loan of 150,The Earl of Jersey.

000,000 francs. This sum was much less

Master of the Queen's Buck Hounds-than was originally anticipated. The The Earl of Rosslyn.

In the absence of the Earl of Ripon, the Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone was appointed President of the Board of Trade.

Lord Hill is to retain his situation as

Commander-in-Chief.

On the 3d of September, several of the new officials, who had not already received the honor, were sworn in as Privy Counsellors.

conditions were, that it should be paid in monthly instalments of seven and a half millions in October and November, eleven and a half millions in each of the four succeeding months, and fifteen millions in monthly afterwards, till November,

1842.

CHINA. Within the last month, news has been received of operations in the vicinity of Canton of a good deal of interest. The arrangement which was made The new writs for the re-election of by Captain Elliot, at the end of March, those members of the House of Commons with the local authorities at Canton, for who had received places in the cabinet, the temporary opening of the trade, conwere moved in the House on the 6th of tinued in force through the month of September, and the House then adjourned April and the first twenty days of May. to the 20th. During that period a large quantity of After the adjournment, the proceed-teas, and a considerable quantity of silks, ings of the session were of comparatively were shipped in British and American little interest. All proceedings on the ships. The quantity of tea shipped to corn laws and other important measures Great Britain in April and May, and inwere postponed till the next session, on cluding vessels which left Macao to June the ground that the new Ministry had 16, amounted to 18,432,757 lbs. black teas, not had time to digest their plans of pro- and 2,487,387 lbs. green, making a total ceeding. The deficiency in the revenue of 20,920,144 lbs. The quantity previ for the year, as left by the old ministry, ously exported to Great Britain from July was reported as amounting to several mil- 1, 1840, to April, 1841, was 3,993,363 lions, and the Chancellor of the Ex-black, and 2,546,015 green, making a

total of 27,459,522 lbs., besides 1,488,548 | Chinese vessels. The fight began during lbs. on board ships which had not yet the night between several of the British sailed. The exports to the United States ships and the fort of Shaming, which was amounted to 1,524,244 black, and 6,030,- silenced in the morning. Eight new 103 lbs. green, making a total of 7,554,- brass guns were found in it. During the 347 lbs. engagement a fleet of war junks came out of a creek. The Nemesis moved towards them; but, afraid of her thirtytwo pounders, they retreated into the creek. Thither the Nemesis pursued them, and during three hours the sailors were busy in setting fire to at least forty junks. Having completed the work, the steamer emerged from the creek, deco

On Sunday, the 23d of May, the squadron and the troops arrived, and the chiefs, Elliot, Senhouse, and Gough, held a conference. They then sent Capt. Belcher, of her Majesty's ship Sulphur, to reconnoitre the river, and to find a place for landing on the north side. This reconnoissance was attacked, but beat off the assailants and burned twenty-eight of their boats. An excellent place for landing the troops and guns was then discovered.

In the mean time, the Chinese were busy in making preparations for war. Troops to the number of 50 or 60,000 were assembled at Canton and the vicinity; cannon were cast; and great efforts were made to place the forts in a state of defence. In addition, several fleets of small fire vessels were prepared, for the purpose of destroying the British men-of-rated with the flags and pendants of the war. On the 10th of May, Capt. Elliot junks. The sailors, too, presented a comwent in a steamer to Canton, where he ical sight. They were dressed in Chinese saw the vigorous preparations which the robes, some with Mandarin caps, and Chinese were making, and had an inter- others, particularly one boat's crew, had view with the Mandarin Governor. On each a Chinaman's tail hanging at the his return to Hong Kong, he counter- back of their necks. manded an expedition which had been meditated against Amoy, and which had been appointed to proceed in five or six days. On the 17th he proceeded again to Canton, and orders were issued to the fleet, with the troops on board, under the command of Sir Le Fleming Senhouse, and Gen. Sir Hugh Gough, to proceed up the river, and to anchor near the city. On the 20th, the Mandarin Governor Yee issued a proclamation declaring that there was no ground of alarm; but on the following day Capt. Elliot issued a proclamation, announcing the probability of hostilities, and recommending to all foreigners to leave Canton before sunset. The English and American merchants accordingly collected their effects as expeditiously as possible, and by means of boats proceeded down the river to Whampoa, with the exception of two American merchants, Messrs. Coolidge and Morse. As soon as the foreign factories were deserted, the mob broke in and were with difficulty resisted by the soldiers. The two gentlemen who remained were in great danger. They were carried into the city and detained there three or four days, but were then set at liberty. The Chinese proclamation was supposed to be intended to lull the British merchants to security, with a view of seizing them during the night, as every thing was prepared by them for an attack. At 11 o'clock on the night of the 21st they began the attack, by firing at all the British vessels within reach of the forts. The fire-ships were let loose, but the British men-of-war were on the alert, and the steamer Nemesis towed off the

On the 24th, at two o'clock in the afternoon, the troops being in the boats, the steamers proceeded to tow them to their destination. The Atalanta took the right column, under the command of Major Pratt, of her Majesty's 26th regiment, to seize and hold the factories on the bank of the river to the south of the city, while the Nemesis towed the left column towards Tsing-hae, five miles up the river. The guns were landed during the night. The right column, under Col. Mountain, arrived at their destination in time to prevent, for the present, the foreign factories being destroyed, the inhabitants and soldiers (Chinese) being engaged in carrying off whatever came in their way; but the Dutch and British Hongs were completely plundered of every thing they contained, amongst the rest a large quantity of woollens, stored in the company's godowns, before their arrival. The left column, under Sir H. Gough, comprising 117 officers, 2,276 rank and file, and 13 guns, arrived at the village of Tsing-hae, their point of debarkation, about dusk. The general and the 49th regiment, consist

ing of 28 officers and 273 rank and file, | commander of the British forces, he landed for the purpose of reconnoitring, would treat with no other than the combut a few straggling parties alone were mander of the Chinese army; but that seen. During the night guns were land- he would suspend hostilities for two ed, and the next morning the landing of hours, to allow of the Chinese general the remainder of the column was effect-meeting him; that if he did not receive ed, and the whole moved forward a little a communication from her Majesty's after day-light. The commander, having plenipotentiary, (who was with the cautiously advanced within range of the squadron south of the city,) or had not a forts, and every thing being prepared for satisfactory interview with him during their attack, about half-past nine the or- that time, hostilities would be resumed. der was given to advance; and in a little The Chinese general not making his ap more than half an hour the eastern and pearance, the interval was made use of western forts were in our possession, and to bring up the guns, &c. During the our troops looked down on Canton with- night of the 26th, every thing was prein one hundred yards of its walls. A pared in the British camp; orders were spirited fire was kept up from the city prepared to open the batteries at seven, walls from heavy ordnance, zinjalls, and and to commence the attack at eight next matchlocks, during the greater part of morning in four columns. On the mornthe day. After the troops had landed ing of the 27th, when our troops were and proceeded on their way, a large body about to commence operations, an officer of Tartar troops thought of capturing the of the royal navy arrived in the camp, Nemesis, and made a rush to the water's who had been travelling all night, having edge for that purpose; but her command- lost his way, with a communication from er allowed them to approach within range Captain Elliot, containing instructions to of his guns, when he opened such a suspend all hostilities, as the inhabitants volley of grape upon them that they were of Canton had agreed to ransom the city. fain to retire, leaving a great number In compliance with these orders, (though dead behind them. To the northeast of greatly to his mortification,) Sir H. the city was a strongly intrenched camp, Gough was obliged to countermand his containing about 4,000 of the enemy, order for the attack. The conditions which was separated from the heights by upon which Captain Elliot agreed with a tract of paddy land, from which repeat- the Chinese for the ransom of Canton, ed attacks were made, and as frequently were,repulsed by her Majesty's 49th regiment. About 3, P. M. it was evident a mandarin of rank had reached their camp, (afterwards understood to be Yang, the Tartar general,) and that the Chinese meditated a fresh attack; in consequence of which Major-General Burrell was despatched to repel it, and follow up the enemy across a narrow causeway, and destroy their encampment, which duty was gallantly performed by her Majesty's 18th and 46th regiments, and a company of Royal Marines, though not without considerable loss, from the troops being exposed to a heavy fire from the north-east face of the city wall. The enemy fled; the encampment was set on fire; several magazines were blown up, and the permanent buildings destroyed. The general now determined to carry the city by storin, for which every necessary measure was effected; but a flag of truce appearing the next morning on the city walls, Mr. Thorn, (the interpreter,) was deputed to ascertain the cause, when a mandarin stated that they were anxious for peace. The general had it explained that, as

1. That all soldiers other than those of the province, with the three imperial commissioners, should quit the city in six days, and retire sixty miles.

2 Six millions of dollars to be paid for the use of the Crown of England, counting from 27th May -one million payable before sunset of that day.

3. For the present, the British troops to remain in their actual positions; no additional preparations for hostilities to be made on either side. If the sum agreed upon be not paid within seven days, it shall be increased to seven millions; if not within fourteen days, to eight millions; if not within twenty days, nine millions. When the whole shall be paid, all the British forces to return without the Bocca Tigris and the Wangtong, and all fortified places within the river to be restored, and not to he rearmed till all affairs are settled between the two nations.

4. Losses occasioned by the plunder of the factories, and by the destruction of the Spanish brig Bilbanio in 1839, to be paid within one week.