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tho depths of poverty and despair.?Merchants' Magizine. From the National Intelligencer. the power ok the Veto. We took occasion in a recent number rf oar paper to go somewhat at large into j *n examination of that anomalous feature. engrafted into our Constitution | from monarchical forms of Government, "which confers upon the Executive Magis- ! trnte of this free Republic the power of, negativing and forbidding laws solemnly and deliberately enacted by the Repre- > pentatives of the People and of the Slates J in Congress assembled. We. do not recur to the subject now for t . ? the purpose of submitting anv further ; suggestions of our own on this mische- | vous principle of the Constitution; but it i t< for the purpose of introducing, in sup - . r.i. ..._ }>Oft ot tfl0 VICWS WHICH WP Hftvc mav.ii j 4>f it, an authority of which we were then unapprized, hut one for which we enter-1 tain great respect, and consider entitled , to?much weight with our readers. It was remarked hy E Imund Burke j that "when popular discontents are very prevalent, it may well be affirmed and . supported that there is generally some- i thing found amiss in the constitution or in the conduct of government. This re.! * I mark, philosophically true, is practically applicable to the present circumstances of this country, and precisely descriptive of ats condition. Never was popular . dis contentmore prevalent, and nothing can j t>e more certain than that this discontent Jias its origin in "something amiss in the ' 'onstitution,'' and in the conduct ofj <ioverninent." That something is *he i * r power of the Veto conferred on our Executive, and its unwise exercise. This is the position which we assumed in our late argument on the subject, and it is to , strengthen this position that we ask .1t. " tention for the authority which we now i present. It may ho found in a volume j published during the last year, from the Jun)innus pen of the present distinguished i Secretary of the Navv, entitled " 4 brief1. Enquiry into the true nature and character of our Federal Government." For the j extract from this volume, which we subjoin, we are indebted to the Virginia papers. Our readers will be struck, as wo have been with the forcible and truly j Republican views which it presents in ! regard to the powers of the Executive, j We confess our satisfaction at finding j our own humble opinions sustained bv , such distinguished authority. TUB EXTRACT. 'Another striking imperfection of the i Constitution, as respects the Executive. Bepartmenf, is found in the veto power. The right to forbid the people to pass whatever laws they please is the right to sl?itrivA them of self, government. It is a j r c power which can never be entrusted to one m m, or any number of men, sh?>r of the people themselves, without the cer. Jtuin destruction of public liberty. It is "true that each department of the Govern rnent should be armed with a certain power of self protection against the assaults of the other departments; and the Eve cutive proliablv stands most in need ol such protection, liut the veto- power, n> it aftinds in the Constitution, ?oes far Ivyond this object. It is, in effect, a power in the Executive Department to forhiu all action in any other. It is true that, notwithstanding the veto of the President a law may still tie passed, provided twothiixLs of each House of Congress agree therein; hut it is obvious that the cases, areverv rare in which such concurrence' J \ could he expected. In cases ol plain j necessity or policy the veto would not Ik* applied ; and those of doubtful necessity or policy would rarely lie carried bv a ma. jnrity so large as two-thirds of each House. And vet in these it may he just M I.! as important that the public win sikmhu j lie carried nut as in cases of less dbuht and difficulty. It ma\ be, also, thai a President may oppose the passage of laws 1 of the plainest and most pressing necessi. 1 ty. And if he should do so, it would certainly give him a most improper powei over the people, to enable him lo prevent the most necessary legislation, with only one-third of each House of Congress in his favor- There is something incongruous in this union of Legislative and Executive powers in the same man.? Perhaps it is proper that there should he a power somewhere, to check hnstv and illfonsidered legislation, and that that power may he as well entrusted to the President as to any, other authority.? But it iti not necessary that it should f>e | great enough to prevent all legislation,' nor to control in any respect the free exercise of the legislative will. It would no quite enough* for the security of the rights of the Executive, and quite enough to ensure temperate and wise legislation, j to authorize the President merely to send , ^ack to the Legislature for reconsidera- j lion any law which ho disapproved* By j thus affording to that body time and ?P- j portunity for reflection, with all the adJi-j timial lights which the President hiinsel/. could throw upon the subject, we should cAfiiriiir fKo Atlt* I flilVe VCry irasunauiviivvuiity .... v?.i? | exercise of the legislative wisdom and a j fuir expression of the public will. But if alter all this, the Legislature, in both its,1 branches, should still adhere to their i .opinion, the theory and the sound prac-1 iiee of all our institutions require that llieir decision should be binding and ti- j ?ai." Georgia Election ?Our correspondent **Curtius.'' furni.tics belcw a kf,y to the IWI Jfll.imMMHIjMH?HH??i^?BEfSHSK ecent democratic victory in our sister. State. The Whigs have been defeated realise they taxed the people to preserve :he faith and credit of the Slate?the Democrats have beeen v.ctorious because ihev promise relief from taxation, in disregard ofthe faith and credit of the State. Wj fear we liave indeed fallen on evil ti nes, and that democratic ascendency will he attended with faithless misrule. It is remarkable, too, that it is the so styled hard-monev party which has succeeded in Georgia; and yet relief laws, state bonds, and the worst of paper currency are likely to be the fruits of its victory, " It is much to he apprehended that we are on the eve of beholding the wreck of State credit. The test applied in many of the elections now in progress, is whether the candidate for favor is or is not friend Iv to direct taxation, to sustain the faith of the States. In Maryland, in the recent canvass, the people have given their suffrages for none of the candidates who were favorable to increased taxation. We fear that such will he the case also in Pennsylvania. Now there is but one escape from the disgrace of a deliberate infraction of State engagements, and that is the voluntary assumption of those burI hens by the people, that they seem willing to avoid by a sacrifice of honor in all lime to come for present ease. Nothing else can restore confidence in State obligations?can give them any value in the eyes of foreign or domestic capitalists. But unfortunately the faith, as well as the credit of several of the States, appears on the verge of ruin, fro n the preva'ence of counsels that dread | popular disfavor and truckle to democracy."?Patriot 9th inst. There is startling truth in this. Whether the direct uss'ie has been any where m ide?whether the people have fairly iin.-fprv/n^rJ ihnt the faith of their State | was involved in the question of increased taxation, we are not prepared to say. But this much we do know?that in several of the recent elections, whenever the democratic ticket has been signally triumpnant, all measures based upon an increase of taxes as the onlv honest and effectual means of liquidating the debts nnd sustaining the credit of the States? measures which should have consolidated the integrity and patriotism of all parties have been pro-tituted to electioneering purposes, an l rendered odious to the people as tvrrauy and misrule. ' This is especially applicalTle to the recent Gubernatorial contest in Georgia. The indebtedness of that State has grown out of a system of Internal Improvement, originated and prosecuted during the su- J pre.iiucv of what is now known as the Demooratic Party. The Legislature of J 840, in w hich there was a decided Whig majority, lest the permanent stigma of a dishonored credit should attach to the .State, made provision for the extinguishment of her obligation hv direct taxation, as the proper mode, and that to which she j would sooner or later be obliged to revort. This honorable nv asure, the only eirnest f I ... :..U C'nfo /-/-killrt (JT| ve 01 gOOU IHIlll, W ?I'.;u lliru.uiu n :o her creditors, and the burthen of which is so lightly borne, that it would not have heen sufficient to have attracted public attention, but for the clamor ofde. ogning politicians, has been stamped as IVhig, held up to the people as the first fruits of \\h:g administration, and, with | ill the eloq::ence of partizan malice, ex-I iiibited as fastening upon the party and! 'heir candidate a system of policy, grind- j :ng and crushing in its operation. That j if was brought to bear powerfully upon the ^ popular inind during the contest was evi- j lent to the most superficial observer. If j the honest payment of State debts by di- j rect taxation is a financial expedient, pe- | cuiiarly Whig, and repudiated as such ! by the Democracy, let it be proclaimed ( ;ar and wide. If the party is to be over- j whelmed under the ruins of State credit, j let it not be without a desperate struggle ; ' ' l-l-L .1 I to avert the evil destiny wiucri wnrmcua the country. CURT1US. FRINGE DK JOIN V1LLK. Prince de Joinville is on a visit to the Southwest. He has left Buffalo on his j way to Cleveland, thenco to Detroit and and along Lake St. Clair and Lake Huron to Creen Bay. At the town of tireen Bav at the mouth of Fox, sometimes called Nenah River, he will doubtless cross the stream and visit Fort Howard, in mediaiely opposite to the village. From thence he will pass, if he goes hy water up Fox river, to Lake Winnebago and l oad d ie Lac. He will then go to Fort Winnebago, where he will stop and , receive the civilities of our officers stationed at that outpost of defence. Here iie may be able to reach Prairie due Chion, hvgoing down the Wiskonsin River if there should be a steamboat at Winne. bago, at the time of his arrival. We passed down that river from the Fort about 4 y ;ars ago and found the country bordering on it magnificently picturesque and fertile. On our journey we tarried a day at Prairie du Chien. where the Prince proposes to stop a short time on his way to St. Louis. Fort Crawford is located at Prairie due Chien. The o..? route tie takes from ureen ouy, unwUS? , Wiskonsin Territory, is one of great tieautv. It is over the same region of country tiiat Capt- Marryatt travelled, and which lie dusciibes to be of unsur> pacing beauty. He will go trough fifty | ini ev, of a reaeh, of the most enchanting p ii k scenery, with deer and prairie fowls, i sjiC' ies of grouse, frequently crossing lis p'ltfi, in this I and rich in its native grandeur. His father wi.l be delighted to hear the letails of his journey along the distant loumiaries of our ex tensive Republic; next o his o-A-ri France, A?n ?.ri ca in our judgeuent. stands in the kin I recollections of Louis Phiikppe. His early life here dan led a number of pleasant reminivenc. ia in his memory, not forgotten even viie> ~<? satiricl* I ggrcggggggggg aB?oi?m JWcLeod in Montreal.?The Montreal Herald of Monday announces McLnod's arrival there on the previous Saturday forenoon in the steamer Princess Victoria, and gives the following account of his reception : % On the arrival of the steamer at the wharf, the anxiety to get a peep at the lion' was intense, notwithstanding the presence of a body of police stationed at the landing place to prevent confusion and overcrowding. The great feeling seemed to be who could soonest shake hands with the political and national martyr, and congratulate him on again returning to the ark of safety and freedom. D As he proceeded from the boat to a cab, he was loudly cheered amid the waving of hats and handkerchiefs, and his progress to Rasco's hotel was marked like a triumphal procession. Mr. McLeod is very unassuming in his manner and address, and appeared to feel a diffidence and distress at the attention and in some cases rough courtesy shown him, which were th? outbreaks of the warm hearts of his fellow countrymen. He looked pale and sallow, which his "long confine, ment sufficiently accounts for." Taxgo Waxgo.?The Philadelphia i u. S. Gazette gives the following account of a new practitioner in the healing art. " A colored doctor named John Claws, was yesterday brought before Alderman Redmin, under the following circumstances: p appears tnut he had visited unsolicted, tiie complainant, a colored wo., man, who was seriously ill, and had told her that he could cure her quickly, and without doub\ but that it was necessary1 for the success of his practice, which he termed the 44 Yango Wango" school, that hi; should have four silver half dollars. These were obtained for him, and those he placed with a number of herbs, in an iron pot, and boiled them ; hut after this ceremony he took care to put them in his pocket, and in addition to them, five dollars in silver, winch he found in a hureau. The patient getting no better, and thinking the taking of the seven dollars a very had practice, determined to have the professor of the " Tango Wango" school before Alderman Redman, who, after a hearing, committed to prison the doctor to answer for the misdemeanor at the General Sessions."?N. Y. Sun. Highway Rohuery.?Mr. G. Bates, a drover, of Ohio, wiio had just completed 1 n 1 j -^1' kotiv.ipn thrpp the sale 01 a mr{j?ur?vc ?! and four hundred head of cattle, for which ne had received the money, and was en his way to Philadelphia to pur. chase goods, was waylaid and robbed of between sevt-n and eight thousand dollars on Sundav night on the Strasburgh road, a short distance above Marshallton, some twenfy-seven miles from Philadelphia. Ibid. WAR STE OIKRS. Instructions have been issued for build, ing at our Navy Yurds the following staarn vewels : At Norfolk, one of medium size, say between six hundred and seven hundred tons; and one of three hundred tons, to he propelled by Lieutenant Hunter's paddle wheels. The engine for the latter is to bo made at the Washington Narv Yard, where it is understood work equal to any in the country has been turned out. At Philadelphia, one of six hundred tons, to be propelled 011 Captain Stockton's plan ; and one of medium size. At New York, one of medium size, six hundred to seven hundred tons. The description of engines for the medium steamers has not vet been determined upon. The Commissioners of the Xavy have opened n correspondence witn the most experienced anil scientific gentlemen in the country, as to the hirst models. and have collected a large amount of information upon the subject, which will be increased by further communications before the time arrives for making a decision. They will by these means have the aid of the best experience the country can afford. Captain Stockton and Lieutenant Hunter will each have, as a matter of course, a general superintendence of the building of the vessels on their respective plans. Army and Navy Chron. A MOVEMKNT IN THE WEST. It is in contemplation in many of the Western States to hold a Convention this fall at Cincinnati, to take into consideration the subject of the Currency and the present disordered condition of the exchanges. Tile following resolution, among others, was adopted not long since \w * meeting of citizrns at Columbus. "J O " -- - Ohio: Re soloed, That it bo recommended to the several Western and South Western States to appoint delegates, equal in number to their representatives in Congress, to meet at Cincinnati, or some other central point, at such time during the present fall as shall bo thought best, and take into consideration the present deranged state of the currency and of exchanges iv. rf c r,P TTninn nnrl UUItVCVJII Ullltivm |"nia wi ...v- .......J to devise and recommend the host means for correcting these serious evils. It has been elsewhere proposed that the Convention meet on the 25th November next, and that it be composed of delegates from Ohio. Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama and Kentucky. The proposal for a Convention, as intimated above, is urged by the leading presses in Ohio. Kentucky, Indiana and Missouri, it will be favorably regarded throughout the whole region of the West P ?.. and South West, and it wfi! be remarked ! generally in the language of one of the pi journals: We wonder why the YY7est th hare not heretofore held such a Conven- qi tion."?Pha. Sentinel. ^ : . P The Commission which sat some time th during the last summer in New York, by in appointment of the Executive, in exam* at ining the affairs of the New York Custom- cr house, is, we understand, about to resume = that investigation. There will be one change in the composition of the Com- c mission, namely, William A. Bradly, Esq. 1 of this city, in place of Mr. Kellev, of Ohio. The latter gentleman returned to Ohio, we believe, soon after the Commis. *h sion closed its examination in SepteuTOer'. se Nat. Intel!. to ' ? ~ The Statue of Washixgton was yesterday removed from the Navy Yard, w i and such progress had been made in the course of the day that at sunset a jjart of the difficult ascent of the Capital hill had been overcome. The Statue is verv mas- |-( sive?weighing, with its casings, it is said, ^ near twenty tons. It was brought from the Navy Yard to Maryland avenue Pc - nr through the canal, and thence on move- r able ways, bv means of capstans, <fcc. along Maryland avenue to the Capitol The removal of the Statue is under the direction of our enterprising fellow-citi- it.1 zen, Mr. William Easby; and, so far, in his delicate task has been accomplished without accident. Ibid. ta disaster ry the storm. A young friend of ours, observes the ^ Salem Gazette, who is master of more fr< leisure than we can find, has examined the shipping lists, since I he late storm, and finds one hundred and ninety-tiro vessels gr reported as injured by that disastrous tempest. Doubtless there are some which have not yet been reported, and others va which will never come to light?all vest- n( iges thereof being " in the deep bosom of m the ocean buried." VV tri effect of rail roads. j That our Itail Road has exerted a most rv beneficial effect in stirring tlip people rip y*j to greater exertions in fanning matters, is plainly perceptible to all who have occasion to visit any of the counties, within its influence, either direct or indirect. For instance, we learn that in several coun- w\ ties, quite distant frotn the Road, many, ar very many, are raising Tobacco and Grain 0| this year, for Market, and in the counties n, of Person and Granville, it is said, more {} Tobacco has been planted than ever be- pj forp. and crops fair. The simple fact that a Rail Road exerts a direct influence on ()| the energies of the people for nearly fifty miles on either side of it. should convince the most skeptical of the advantages of (j such arteries through the country. rn Raleigh Register. \\ (Correspondence of th: Savannah Gsorgian. E\st Florida. 20tJi Oct. 19*1. Dear Sir.?The glad tidings has come ^ to hand that Tiger Tail's brother, E-noc- ^ tho-la-math-la, has come in to Tampa Bay, and reports that Tiger Tail is on his way in, with the most of his people or , band. Should he comG in, and there cannot now be a possibility of a doubt, but j. he will, it will be glorious indeed, for the settlements will he immediately relieved i Wi from these infernal savages and narrows i iii I down the line of operation, to hut a short ^ | space, comparatively the Fiverglades. C1 n.no nf nrorrnnna arp to OIX vuilipniiics ui leave Florida for Fort Jesup and Towson, i *r on the Arkansas Frontier. Their move I ' will be immediately. A Company of the 2d Infantry relieves the Company of Dra goons at T.ader's Hill; nnother Company of the same Regiment, relieves the Com. sn pany of Dragoons stationed at Fort jl/bn> iac. Yours, w U. S. Hank notes are si lling in Now. '*11 York at 50 per cent, discount. , a? A NATIONAL BANK. Bicknell's Reporter, of this morning, a tc neutral paper in politics, in noticing the ai scheme of a Rank or Fiscal Agent, pre- ^ sented in the Madisoniun, says : 44 We j " " -? a rt begin to be of the opinion, However, mar ? we shall have no National J3ank. The results of the recent elections may be regarded asauti-bank. and although we are of those who think that some institution _ calculated to facilitate exchanges and to regulate the currency, would be found exceedingly useful in a commercial sense, , the popular prejudice seems so strong now, that we much doubt the ability of ^ Congress to agree upon a measure likely c to be enacted into law. Every scheme will find opponents." r) THE SABBATH. . I' The new Postmaster General has en- " tered on the discharge of the duties of his ft office. We Iqprn from the Washington . ? .L? XT V^rL- f'nm. '' correspondence ui mo ., mercial Advertiser, that he has *4 directed the doors of his departments to be closed P on the Sabbath day, in respect to both the public sense of propriety, and to the higher obligations of the day itself, and not in any spirit of fanaticism." A TIGEK AT LARGE. At Louisville, on Thursday week, a ri tiger at the JWenagerie and Circus got out ^ of his cage, sat some time upon the top of it, and finally entered the ring of the ^ "* ~ L- ?-?L. ' ? - - knmnrr cirrus, wnt;re nu was sooi, vviiuuui u?? ix^ injured any ono. p RAILROAD FARES. r A committee was appointed some time b since, by the Government in England, c to make inquiries in different parts olf Eu- a K?pe concerning the comparative ndvan- p tage of high and low fares on railroads, h The result of these inquiries, with all the tl details, containing the answers to up- b wards of eleven thousand questions put ii by the committee, has been published by s< the British Parliament, and has uniformly n esented, in every case, the conclusion j ii iat a low rate of" freight creates great j d jantities of goods to be carried, and p lerebv becomes he most profitable; that : n eat masses of passengers are created by w ie low fare ; and that a rise of fare has ti variably diminished the nett income, l< id a reduction of fare has invariably ineased it.?Phil. American. ti s CHEaiW GAZETTE. a . - O WEDNESDAY, November 3, 1S41. f v Owing to the carelessness of a hand in f ie ofiiee, last week some of the papers ( nt by the mails were so badly printed as f i be in part illegible. r i The Camden Journal records the t eight of a pair of Berkshire pigs, owned c i Majt A. H. Boykin, of that vicinity, a 5 months old ; which exceeds any f ing we recollect to have seen in shote ie, unless there was some mistake. The * to 'fngs weighed/bur hundred and ticqjvc mnds, or 206 a piece, being about one * >und and one third for every day of their ^ V u Ohio.?The Democrats have a major. ^ v of 2 .n the Senate of Ohio, and 0 or 6 ( , the House. f, 1 1 The Hon. John Forsyth, late Secre- f ry.of State, died in Washington on the 1st. October, after a protracted illness I ^ orn an attack of Congestive fever. 0 We subscribe to the following para- J. aph from the Southern Chronicle : ^ chivalry. tl We never knew a nation or State grow J ii tin of its character for Chivalry that did ! n >t experience an early decline of every anly virtue. See Spain for example, a rhen men begin to blow their own y Limpets it is strong evidence tuat their a ind is better than their credit. Cbival- n , by the bye, is but a windy sort of a t rtue at best. j o > j n From the Southern Patriot. a GEORGETOWN. (S. C.) Oct. 19. s Gentlemen:?Our town was visited r ith a dreadfull fire last night, su pposed v id I have no doubt correctly, the work s * an incendiary. The fire commenced $ ear Mr. Benjamin King's wharf. All t le buildings from the Market to J. G. a enings & Co.'s wharf, aredistroved on v o water side of the str eet. The princi- t ft sufferers are Est W. Chapman. R. mg, 11. Frisbie, J. C. Porter, John Ral- o on. S. Kirton. Colwoll & Lathers, G. 3 . As \V. J. Monro. Jacob Wayne, J. Far- f iw & Son, C. A. Magill, B. J. Cutino, r IcKcnzie.; a It is impossible to say who are and who c e not insured, nor what amount of loss, j 1 all was in confusion to-day. r You will be be pleased to learn that the ( ank is in no way implicated. Yours, t 'C* I The Committee appointed by the town Id on the 10th inst. to investigate the / gin of the event full fir? of that mornin g l. srhnrged the duty the day following and 1 ere unanimously of opinion that the fire f as accidental and that it had its origin t ost prohahlv from a stove used in one 1 ' tho stores. si The losses by the fire, though severe, t e not so great in the way of morchan- f ze, ns was supoosad. The loss in the v ay of cotton, did not exceed thirty-five d lies in nil. f Co'iccH Lathers, we are happy to a iV, are not heavy lossers, as th?:y had t iceived hut a portion of their fall supply 1 . . Th?,, I ?. Kl n<VJ insurance on uh-h i.i? r\. , ?vj k ill resume business as soon as they can i I ii|> another store. s We are advised that we have greatly i moderated the losses of the merchants, t -Messrs. S Farrow & Son are said not have lost more than $14 or $15000? I id so in proportion to others?and in- r ?ed one merchant vesterdav said to us < mt he was satisfied that 840.000 would j overall the loss of merchandize.? Win- It iw Observer. i { from the xew york american of J saturday. t 'HE BRITISH AND THE CHINESE. , IMFORTAN r PARTICULARS. , Macao, May 29, 1841. | We stated last week that every thing { t Canton horn so warlike an aspect that ( 'e should probably have to report the ] ommenecment of hostilities in this day's , wuo. We shall relate seriatim the occur- j mees at Canton since Friday, the 21st, | remising that up to the moment of our j | writing this, no lator accounts than of ( ie 25th have been received from Can- ( 3n, and of the 26th from Whampoa, but : is probable that we shall have to add , ?ter intelligence before our paper goes to | ress. i On the 21st. Captain Elliot issued at ( "anton the following circular: j 41 In the present situation of circum- | tances Her Britannic Majesty's Plenipo- , sntinry feels it his duty to recommend , hat the British and other foreigners now j emaining in the factories should retire j " ? r J rom Uanton ueiore suunm. CHARLES ELLIOT, | Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary. | British Factory, May 21, 1841." Even without this notice the warlike i reparations made by the Chinese in evey direction were so apparent that it had : ecome but too palpable that the Chinese ontemplated commencing hostilities probbly on that very day. In many of the ackhouses, and even on their roofs, guns ad been planted ; every street leading to he river's edge had become a masked attery, and pennons and flags were flyng over every one of them; soldiers were een everywhere, and even in the Hong lerchunts' warehouses while teas were be ng weighed. A party returning Frilay from one of these Hongs saw, Whilst assing to the foreign factories in a boat,^ aanv of the batteries, the soldiers ii?^ rhich, for amusement's sake, pointed heir guns at them, without, however, mo2sting them. The whole river from the French Folljr o the most northern end of Canton pre* ented one continued line of fortification, nd a large number of guns were planted n Dutch and French Follies. A new ort had been built at Shaming, and it vas known that an immense number of . ire-raIts had been prepared in many ;reeks in different parts cf the river. Enact the marrnirnrto ?f th? rthinnM uraot. n r~ ~? ation9 prove that they were now bent off iinst determined resistance, and to drive * he English out of the rive* without muck greater loss of time, and that to offect thia i simultaneous attack on the different >ositions of the English was ibtejyled. How far the late arrangement, in pro'idihg the Chinese Government with arge sums of money, may have enabled hem to prepare thus formidably, it would >e a somewhat curious calculation to nake. Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary rill probably be Vile to throw some light ipon this subject; ho has, indeed, proved imself a most generous enemy, and the Chinese have no reason to complain that air play has not been given them. Pursuant to the above notice of Capt. Elliot, all foreign merchants then at Canon, with the exception of two, left their ictories, the last embarking at about six 'clock in the afternoon ; and, from what ccurred after, we have little doubt that : was intended to have surprised all the -X M mofiihnnta iKot VAfV niuhr. and IIICIlvllUIIH Miaip TVI^ H>0lt?v 3 have carried them off prisoners, had hey escaped deathsrat the hands of the ifuriatcd mob. They have iudeed had a. Dost providential escape. ^ Owing to its being nearly calm, and to- W strong ebb tide, the schooner Aurora, /ith several British merchants on board, nd Her Majesty's cutter Louisa, renamed anchored right opposite thef Faeories. and it was observed that the suburb* >f Canton presented an appearance of nore than usual quiet. All the innumerble boats which are in peaceful time*, cen on the river, gaily lighted up, were 10 longer there, and the foreign factoriea rere, with the exception of two, dark and ilent. Soon after six. Her Majesty's hips Modeste and Algerine moved from f heir anchorage, in the Macao passage, ,nd anchored as close to the town as the vuter would permit, nor did this seem for he tune to attract much attention. At a little pest feD, however, a blaze >f light in the direction of Futee was oherved, and was soon found to proceed rorn several fire rafts or junks, floating lown fast with the tide upon the cuttpr ind Schooner, which were in considerable langer, the tide still ebbing, and weighng anchor would have brought them learer to the range of the guns from-the Company's garden, and others which had >y this time opened upon them, and kept i,) a smart fire, by which the cutter was bit wice and the schooner once. 1'he two small vessels were therefore bliged to remain at anchor, exposed to he fire from the battery at Shaming, the Milter returning the fire gallantly, and breing by her firu fix large cargo boats, hat bore down on her in the wnko of he fire ships, and probably filled with oldiers to board her, to sheer off, when he steamer Nemesis came down upon the ire ships and towed them out of harm's vay, opening at the same time a tremeo* . Ions fire from her two 82 pounders. * dor Majesty's ships Modeste, Algerine, ind Pylades. had meanwhile also opened heir fire, and a brisk cannonade ensued, naintained chiefly against the new fort at Shaming. The firing was kept up dung part of the night, and the cutter and chooner were at last, by the tide's turnng, enabled to move out of the range of he shot in the Macao passage. Her Majesty's ships Alligator and Pyades were at one time, we learn, in imnoilent danger from the fire ships, but the opportune arrival of the boats of her Maesty's ship Herald, which towed them \n ?hr>rp. ssvad them. In the morninff ;arlv of the 22d, the work of destruction it Shaming was recommenced by .Her Majesty's ships Modeste, Pylades, and Al*erine, and steamer Nemesis. The fort, vas, after a heavy cannonade, silenced ind destroyed, and eight very tine new >rassguns found in it. Meanwhile a num. )er of war junks wvre seen issuing from 4 :reek opposite Fa tee, and the steamer Xemesis went to meet them; but they,, unwilling to have any thing to say to so formidable an antagonist, retreated again to the creek, and the steamer again gave tier assistance at Shaming, which no soonsr being perceived by the junks, than they came out a second time. This time, however, the steamer waa not content with merely driving them back, hut followed them into the creek; what passed there was, from the position, nf our informant, hid from his view ; but loud reports and volumes of white andulack smoke rising into the air at intervals, but too plainly told that the work of destruction was actively going on there. In less than three hours upwards of 40|unks were set fire to and blown up, a sight which can have been any thing hut pleasing to Yiksham, the rebel-quelling general. The return of the Nemesis from thin successfull expedition, followed by the Herald's and her own boats, is described as affording a sight in the highest degree -1 : -onmir-nl at the HAIfie Clltrci lllg? Oliu JW VV""VW. ?r time. The steanrrer was covered all over with the and pennants captured from the junks; the boats crews were ali a rayed in handsome mandarin dresses and caps, and the crew of one boat, in order to be pcrfectin their new costume had each Ol^n of them a tail, more sinico,.danghng.f/orp. under their caps, which we hope spoils from living Chinese, .who saved