28 MARCH 1840, page 9

Topics Of The Day.

THE OPIUM WAR. " ft is not by force and violence that his Arajestn intends to establish a com- mercial intercourse beetween his subjects and China."—WELTANarou to Lord Namr:n.......

Money Market.

STOCK EXCHANOE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. There has been considerable demand for money during the week, and this circumstance has checked the disposition to improvement in the English......

Births, Marriages, An1) Deaths.

BIRTHs. On the 20th inst., in 'Mansfield Street, Lady JENKINS, of a son. Os the 1 1th inst., at Edgbaston, near Birmingham, the Lady of Captain Mmernoz, Rifle Brigade, of a son.......