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J. M. B. S. Barracuda urrived on Monday Frening last, from the Mueno Pasange Barrier. She brings no news of importance, save on al- Lept on the part of the Chinese to blow up if. M. Sloop Cosuus on the night of 20thuli. Two large Junks, filed withrombustibles of siivous, were sail down Joan Adams' Greek and, owing to the dathiness of t'e night, were put observed ill within a few yards of the ship. They were then descried by the guard boat, which at once opened fire on them, and caused their operations to be precipitated and to burst jpto futes. One Junk caugin the ship's stem, the other her box, bu: were quickly towed nway by the boats of the Horact wad Comas, before any materini damage was done.
In order to teach the villagers a lesson, the Steamers Sir Charles Purbes and Curomaldeh with some boats of the squadron, proceeded pext day to the village from which the Junks were sent, and was fire to it. The large squa- drou of Wur Junks have movet nearer in Fa
ban, having received some damago drown the fire of the Niger. The Niger and Bracnuta kavu been erizing in the river. Recently they visit en Waumpon, where they found that all foreign property has been destroyed except the granite dock aud cassoun. The worshipping place of the Parsees has been razed to be gioca
A large fiect Jurks is drawn up before the town of her hung, completely out of reach of any ship drawing uucit water. The bouts of the Borracan cut out tire Janks from under the guns of this Heet and comitted them to the flames.
The Nonkin and Sybille are at the Bogue -the Niger al Powder Island-Avon below Macao Passage Barrios-Hornet and Conus of Creeks above the Barries-cognter, Cure pante! and Sir Charles Forbes at Teetalu Fort, he guns of winch w coinsandae river up to the Shaineen, and can, if necessary, send shot into the suburbs. --Febuary 4
In the proclamation by the Heangshan lies, Fablished in our No. 2 of the 10th fasions, the inhabitants of Tu te, the large fling village, or town, in the Typa, were wind against supplying their neighbours of Manso. with provisione. This warwig being disregard, ed, on Tuesday last the place was burst to the ground On Monday there is to be an attempt Jiere, it is rumored. –Jamory. U.
THE USS Frigate Sin luento, steamed out to kenting on Thursday, for the purpose of ascer aining the character of a fleet of Cinest ves, sels seen there by the Steamer Lily on an ex- Jubitery trip the day before. Un getting whh in lou: dred yards of them, a boat else of with two blue silk gowned, yellow rezisted gentlen.to, who presented their cards, and pros ased themselves to be officers of the Rubel Jorees. Seeing un reason to dout this Center modore Arinstring pur abour and remord via Maceo. Mr Caldwell, we are told, cons have sent men with Commodore Armstrong, had he waited e Eule, who would have awern to cerai piration acts by the squadron in question; und Bris, no doni, Mr Caldwell could have done. But, whilst these gentry do hot interfere with the trade of the port, we, do not see why we should constitute burst Ives Conet guard for the the Empetus of China Taking prisoners one day and releasing thera; the x-January 81.
Broars have reached to foreign auchorage of Aga's Hill, of the wreck of a Amricar Ship on the south end of Formosa in the fall af 1855, of the massacre of the crew by the indigenea and of the burning of the buli. The vessel, we ex reet, was the long locked for clipper Highfiger, freni California-February 1,
By recent arrival to Ningpe we hear that early all the Missi-maries have left that place for Sangme-that ships in nt single sacher, ready for slipping at a men's warning the Swainer Pushyun night and day with her steam up) and that foreign resitente, ganerally. pre in a state of alarm; some of them having Leen without sleep for several nights-Februa
1.
The French Ship Port de Bordemg leh Ma. pa two or three weeks ago, bound to Havasal; with a cargo of Chineze apprentices. Waen
one day a, an alarm of fire was given from the beseen decks forward, and in fruntie basze
the officers and crew ran down to put it on.
OVERLAND FRIEND OF CHINA.
puestion, and on the report tours upon the len of it proof of having been drawn up by a person wei Clanese ap-quointed with fecal terms and pins dogy. I re-
quest you to give me the mune of the grade who furnished you with it. My resons for making this quest ate that the statement us perished by yan is (ohhoogh tan ceriatu dagana tree) in the
the at a whole utterly miras l'hose pars which you have printed in Trading, so as the bettur erase anion to them, are ahogether fintitious, Neither the Attorney General, or mys for male the statements, we are there reported to have ne 1 am in no way averne string teatarie apan by newapaprs Editors ne freely as possible, but hard ria when Editors are unisal by other pouple repes in quastion to Mr Alex inder le Registrar Ja konw who such people to I have slawa tie
of the Sapte nn Cauer, who substantiales pression as to the paragraph a falies,
Pout, she saw there, high and dry, the French hip Aanis. This vessel was despatched from Swatos, recently, with a cargo prentices for Havanal The day after tanging the master was cut down with a hatchet, and the other offers and spine of the enw dee patchel in de nit. The vessel was afterwards
ashore when ssen by the AI crops, anteriorded with flaginoda and misrepresentations the Chinese, mid to seabor anus Suured, went their ways. The rest of the crex are i the hauts of the villagers, and, under the au position that thay are Riglish, will be mas sacred, unless speadily rescu›d.—El brary 4
y
some stored in a portion of my gadawna Lat to Me Poster: this wir in placed at my dispat about a month ago, la recoved when I deposed of it. Happing to want it, Str Fuster offered to deliver on lay garantee. bi fght it would he ns well to have All's sanction and that in the presence of an ital. 1 consequerly ap nied it on the day of his arrival from Macao through Mr Cluf, when I told Alter, is his pre- sence that the Flour I het nougat ? wished to teks delivery of the said criainly and this to rub will be sentif d by Mr Cle to whom I have aut thong paper to apply Front is it will be seen on no Justica of the Peace was applied in. No Jed:9-34 onder was signed by way J. P. mu salu wus made while the mac was in pržen, and titer rerogatorylan. Yes, uv, urvini, for all guessta as the euljeet are mutirely sup-
wibruary 4,
Ocs attention has been drawn to an omission of $300, the cost of provisions, in our slettoh the other day of the approximate dishorsement for the Seamer Sir Chris Fares, when con paring the hire of dan vessel by the P. & O, Co. with hat of the Biglet by Governmeal.chlige me by an iomciliate answer to a letter, Notwithstanding the omission, boweger, the and by ale ing ring it in your issue of to day. fizos are suit heurdy high for such as Your obedient servant, vix $25,206 per annu, and all her expenses
W, T BRID023. - craft which in smooth water en dy do an average of five kits an hour! Why, for donola 25,000, that ethcent and in every wag de dira. ble Steamer the Zy could be bought out unf out, we expect the Canton river trade was pen, the dy crald earn all her expenses by occasional tagging-Petra ry 4.
Tirs trist of the B-ing possonora will not g of 'li Monday na, and, unless commandat earlier than mo, is likely to trench deep ly on the bowels of the night, The Hig kong Register will not ad it the error of tho assertion that Ale and his fenity wars detain
Our first reply to this it is necessity to gire, Tus reply to a seed remonstrance
Fan,--
Stander night and to raply bag long that unc I received yesterday morning your not thecal is over ffaclan atering the sujet du mot kan hy on live arrived at ile eviction that was to in Cotntang them Weluesta? Lust, or that may paid reporter was unt there throngs on the hearing ipizid, Asregula Use pars prija elises, which you ind me Me Alex der any is nut correa, per ir nealling at the Alany Generala state. Et 19 framed on vis 14 which I inband a refereure; mad if I have heen erraneously impressed shit! Jave no time in ink report. Enve the arms of yarned th, no the whɔim, it is fair May-Ann M Goue Turner, neatuly, big ofthiopia
We dechel entering an the salį sut, be
emurve of las reial still in progress, fits would appaœ wisex, m thensctro, wed confirm all that and lea reported; eo rendering all guess,eutice.
supererogatory,"
C- Red
od en bored the Shamrock at the Engaging earrection. A time as tin, in fnatice to tas Police arrived; and the Cow Meil er dicating the error, goes just a far wrong is another way.
Ain-the Mal tite uses mained Fotonly with what wer will be for the jury to decid❞ Nue w have taken seine mains tu fj od mat the tea in al the matter, and this is the ocultam spesi have fel direty the Shamok fist riched Meso at about one n'clock, but was daaredly by the circumstance of the Jorge on towing. After that w concluded, and the fires were out, the Captain went on thorn. We have this on the testimony of the chic! mate, wie aids - had no order to derin Alain-I don't kuow whether he want our share or not he "might have gone "and Mr Tait the Ee gineer says he batieras he did go on shore.
Well, we have asserted that an dl-but he came back again; for travelling ovosed to be native place. Hoangshan, is nx customary by night-hough had not Mr Robinet akon the precaution of requesting Captain Crosay
show no light on going in, and to make as little noise as possilale the Spark even- mally slipping into an anchorsys behind a Beat of Shing boats so quially that on shore knew of her arrival, the chances are that Alum's spies would have givse na bint to be of, though it was dark, and once away it would have been catch me if you can."
Both Mr and Register ton have seen fil to express apinions regarding the pablcation of the facts of a Criminal case before it is tried. On this head we hold to the option that the cause of trucannot be prejudiced by the mast thorngit difcussion and so far from agreeing with The bourse often pursuet in Courts, of carllenging Jurors with have you read such and sucf a paper7" by wich it is inforon an option has been formed we would say better ork Furore to read ́a!! that has been published-and then tell the to take the facts worn to, and give a verdict accordingly. To do tais, however, would be
f
H. T. DE SILVER,
Today we publish part of our reportar's notes of the arial of the Chinese charged with the erine of pofanaing the cussounity, and intend furnishing a animation in ne Extraordinary early next week. Sufering at the hoods of the pinals, it is not to be wondered as that, throughout the wacla of the procendings in connectius with this ease, o have evinced a wast of impasiating. Wo modest,
indeed, najodical investigation to satisfy us that, as exprassed by His tonship the Jadge, there was n prima frase care-and we would have summarily executed on the principal and his accessories th same violent rod they intended for us. We would have had it so, and so much from a desire for you- gennes, as from a wish te de that which, in one Filement, would be the best calculate in prevent a verserease of the atrocions dead. Well, we have been defarel-ait desire: have ot been grante.
the criminala bave been declare Not gality" and we are left a realization si the total want of seen ity in which we and our fellow citizens ata id, The boasted law of Raglan is poweriess, and wo must saab! After this then will be wrints ing those who will de Fre that line-of ouse gail there was 9: for day was a meandered man!
But railing is of no availed wa feel in- elined, now that the verdict is givsa, tu feel a satiy- verdics is calculated for the bost-it is the set of taction that it is as it is;ve feel satisfied that lois
wise being who has said "Be go, and know that fac Glow." fo what way this will even
nate it is not a faite senes to perceive; but wo may nuicipate the early establish meat of a milis lary despotismntho sapercession of a government -sales- mischievous contemplibis! - Fedy T
In order to assist us in this bawi be intent of doing his justies, Dr Bridges's fira motions atun ever rating Providence--the volee of that Al The car weesinant of the trial was that all the witness sinald be directed to save the Court, and though others similarly stated asked and lagined permission betw particularly, were ingred to retir the tal, and the whole of the facts are surel the public will have further appropunity of guessing" how true was the report con plamed of
Aller
floxox xa, 17th January, 1817, Ta WH BUSTer, Jr., Eng
Dza Stu,-The Eleur for when we had Alum's permission to take from yan at maytime, we fiber received Alua's persuasion yesterday is presenes deliver some, and we granice to hal yan of a Police light are. Will go therefore
leas from a consegasuses-We ars, pour's faiths fully,
DE SILVER & Ch
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG. loging v. Creag Acewal nine offers, eath and gay be followe
I, Philip Coles of Hongkong, Merchan make
time of his arrest upon the charge in tas nase First The prisoner & ang Allan was, at the
SOLILOQUY-HONGKONG
A CENTURY HENNE.
I da minember me a wondrous tale, Which I have board may father's fate tell, Of a great poising effort; made to say My necese, and ani spol cis iste Who were pet of cutestial origin: Aud eftmtimes my youthful Blend mould tarilt At such covenption of human heart.
do remember as the comments made, The virtuos indig sation of expressed
By these who lived in that eventful time; The pros and cons of philanthroper mea, The trial-and its issue Most of all.
1 de semanther ig-for at it sink
Dempty into x mind imaginative.
A mind that loved the wild and wonderful;
Feeling en things unustural, and strugu. The sury ran about a baker's susp,
Wherein a baker, and his fiendish, gangs
(At least trys thought a) emuingly dispense
pune certain mere, ugnantered ioares,
and stiti is justly and truly do we thi(Chief hem at the anal cuties sum of Threeo a.dred and fifty ve durs or tagrendrents,
Seally-balluve from general enner that
ao destroy that remnant of barbarisma and chi. Cheong Alam was then, and such is alan canery for which conservative Barristerk aro
largely indebted to other persuus in Hangkong be such great sticklers. No the gls to throw
sides evil”, — dust in the eyes of a Jury-in get a verk for their client at the expes of honour and on mon honesty, must ut be me cry! - Ju my 31.
To day we furnish the letter from Mr II. Theid Be De Silver; the ad Boar hing the
De Silver which is gs last we declined pub Eling Our principa reason for anj-eting to is publication on Saturday was because we wished to gve with it the aghorities on which the passage objected to was based, and we then had not time to obtain them. Some of these authorities will, bet und below, and the public can judge, on the peresai, how far the report was wrong in the particular complained ul,
Mr De Silver being unwilling to wait for
Third ve bain isler ned by 3r W. Buster of this City, and zerily these that ones the arrest of the said Chang Xin, the su pri soner had given wato Mr. Du Silver, also of City, an order on the said Me Pur Bar the let Mary of qurity of Flour in nis possession, nato property of the said Cosong Alion, and that the said Cheng Allum whilst in cost dy
aid andere signed before a Magistrats by the
i
(Signed)
P COVER. swore at the Coan Ilouse Victoria. the enly seven h of Inary, A. D. is
L. 8. j
Before the
(Signed) ND MASSON
A Communiocer ge
Ne sooner were they there than a large number | our to dos's paper, la receive from us the Exumined and certified tre cupi
other of as many proof sps no he wished, cir.
of the Chinese west sit and took charge of the
arins, and then zierly the Master that
The alarm was a ruze devised for the purpose of
culated his letter with the fallowing head ag-
The following letter bus hoo suluser inser
procuring his return to Mação. Some fifty ortion in the tomat of thing of buty, ter the
Editor ad esented yesterday to solish it, therefore prieted in a furm of a Circular,
general inforassen,
-February 4.
g
N. H. MARSON. Depty. Rey's rar
F the Eilerical of China,"
Iloxanove, 30th January, 1657. Sin-En the report of a rasa The Queen
Ky of them, they said, bad taken their pas gee no board, chunking the vessel was going to fe Susits only-they hari tot agreed to go to. Havurah, and go they would not. Of course, having no cluice in the matter, the Master Are about immediately, and on reaching Ma Cauthrew up his charter. The scual appelghe whole troth-and not ing bar the truth.rectly rectif is simply omrust is the fif
rices Aude to dampur as being trans-shipped md are since left in a Dutch ship The late ve to us og what we believe to be excellent author y, appears incredible. It is incredible Dal Europeon Agents, alter so many warnings, should still exbit so anush laxity sending Coplin away-and no less merudible that Cincae should exhibit so muply wisdom and
aiseworthy forbearance.
After the above was in type we learnt by e Schomer Muzeppa of olier Co HORROR As the axeppa passed Breaker
Same, on reading this, mas think, peelings, that we buke our praise wębout sufficent cou-ede pro: being made matter con classy that Me Silver would write as the Bloeil hour for publicam come, how cter, werrerived Litounati el a Brisges's loudly expressed objections to other paris of the re
Lott, and about five. the folowing letter
cube in our hands,-
To the Editor of the “Friend of Chino."? Hongkong, Saturday, āļs January, 1857. SAH. this morning my attention wie drawn by D. H. T. Biler to a report in gaur trecand paper of yesterday earned the Queen yhe Poisoners." At you were pri in Cout your cfduring the hearing of the action in
The Pers in your Overland paper is 1 a 12- mea: le by the Attorney Gmail which it cor
lows effet. Thut stuen his (Alma's), anex *he be honoured by some Fartice of the Peace, whose name was unknown to the deponent tai
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For the digestion of each houseand clan. That memorable more each leaf was meant
To bear a fatal mission - but did not- Yes, eve digestions process.hed begu Strange qualma-inicroal, came, and dolofi. sounds Isenet from out the eavernous breast of man, Never before was seen.co great desire, Or universal, toast up weers Even the ultra-biliaus cou: I not help But join the sympathetic overtor, And then-tout, hearty menon that same mort Aud faintly gasp-Ekow far it with your Frien 17- World greek each other with a giusty look, You do not seca so well at yesterday-
Have you been sufing? t is passing strunge Dail my bousehold, there is not a goud But speaks of spigastrie miseries Men fou would gather in all enterica About the thongblares, and wonder whence
It cu no, this strange, contagio is malady.-
*Tili kun, eagazious beyond all the rest,
Tomiled forth, will goes accompanime
I think 'tis l'oison" And the story goo
How at the ward, thers went a fratic rash,
Of multitudes, for and penfessional,
And uid contabutar Alustas Cort, From Justice down is hapless constable Were all alike. Parth to their doors.
answer to repented locks, ndvaned The chief phgalcians with their visages White as the paper they prescribe upon: While some, with stomacha of en aquian strength, Sallied to gift the font comparsey. Houses were searched, and low sabordiantes Were brought to justice, but the chiefs were gone. They say this island then, was wisely rated; Who, avea chury of his resign's purse, A peaceful man, and notable, held seray-
Studied the coat to prosecute pursa
And long before His History and dearcad
To dole as rowessary cot - behold!
sand a delivery order for 200 13urels of nur in who blenty we may shrewdly is a A smer ooglede ware, without the aid. Mr Fear, whats they wore, in liver of Mr De 3.1ver, to whom he (Allen) had sud frem while is pron for ti ofiars the Bit. when order lang skened by the Jance has ter nly exested by Mr Foster and the ur den livered."
Very eight enquiry would have elicited the frels
which were asilaw My drea, as every one kusowe, bus had expensive dealage with Allu. He had
any hat a private merchant's purse, hink 'twas this my fatherla. Sither told. However, ere the shadow passed noroer The do, rembring a scour flour, Were brought the assassin chiefs Not under mantiui šam, p- thera had been
Short, chap, decisive work but be it bold;
then,.
The isle was
To England's Inns, and that noble man's
The Governor, my anunstors revored. Whe followed in the great King Alfred's steps
And said—fet jazztien be accorded thein, Try then ne Englishmen or not at ull. Alany an hour the weary jury ant, And listened to the desils of the plot,
f evidence, conflicting and most year Bot all impartial.*
It has been inferred,
By the historians of but present time, That in the long, slabarite summing up. In which his Lordship was innst fair and clear, There sometimes would peep out a word or two, As il conviction in that good man's mind Ware somewhat cermin of the prisoners' guilt. Howe'er, it be, the gentlemen with whom The fiat ostud, or for death, or life, Chose, ne dout wisely, to accord the lust, The Chief ratand high his most celestial cup, And bowed his gratitude, -both far himself, And martyr-cusindas He could he polite- (So too enn eat-urets)But, was not polito For one anfaeling rascal to roar out,
As he, the fine conspévalor, passed down The court-house stops, ye Gods! I wish, That we could know, but för cas single hour, The Vigilance Committee, or Judge Lynch'
G. M. R.
OVERLAND FRIEND OF CHINA.
ia domestic polities as in Foreiga relations, - indead
Obserra, sacod, how guarded that Minister was. their aberritions in grateamanship are more glacia deference to the hostily at Cantan, on the Eng in hoass than in foreign affairs; und auch was appathy with it as Peking, wet to altid to sha conditions of the Treaties site to posiraally incat the nature of the is with England at Canton in 1842 that there is no doubt the whole ar
cale an idea of a consequent gainful malitz.
When it is considered that rob #fter mob acril- pet of political affairs would have been changed.
ed by Fumiguers, and that ther only securey and the aperor's role more firmly established-
was their prested ability to defend theme'ves'; possibly even the Revolution geerial for a tine, at
that the public Placards of the people (mgruntly basif Sir Henry Pottinger could have affordal-
threatened life, and prevented the resing of the ly recessed le infractions of the trace by curling
British Enstories, which the pob hac the socond the botila spicit of the Cantonese, - which in re
time lestrayal, that again, at a later period, the- asioce of the Treaty became afterwael, in eifact
violence of the populace compelled Sir John Davis God prima facie, as much Rebellion against the
la move upon Chmonzo taich a lesson to its peo Imperial Governant as hude of the reignet.
ple; and yet that this energetic procesting did Bui there was underlying all the professoŭ rand-
not present the still more refa: agedy of Wang- puss of the Government to fulfil the Treaty,e which was no doubt so far sincere that it lunged robb-ut the encoding DecemberWan,
the war band wo and sunk a course of conduct the restoration of Chassa especially, cherish t
- the part of the fuperial Governmeat in cone liking of this nota mable spirit of das Canton people
stant effort to evade ite Treny engagem in, and as exhibits against the Foreigners
a disposition to counteratres if art to ferer the
and on the orbee hostile spirit of the Cantonese, haud, observe the disqusition tó terbong conciliats, 903 assist; --wo eau bon deplore the obstinate obi fuseness of the tufare of China, white we al aire
i
It was the old policy reflected back upon Peking, and gladly welcomed there as in srest of the Bootinaed loyalty of the Province nearest the con Jaminating Aidance of the rule of the feared and fated English
The legacy of the traditional and cherished po liny of exclusion, waves chossu neponat, Lin, bad vacuudly so pridently used the prejudices boat op with to form as it were so many inflammablo bits to throw into the hands of tho people, it was blindly welcomed at Peking.
Er the last noil we received a proof sii; of a long article loaded Eute of's Reforser a long hong-State of that Celong" intended, apparently, for ons of the London dayles, and over a goût many tiuer-very inter inthe, and some, as the Times will en Banku wa fine the falconrgy of Ellot; gathering but again fruch the
lowing singular remarks on tho sn satury nanditiara of the place--
A resten granitn" formation is supposel br sinne to he the caven ut exceeding unhealthiness.
Pomily, the temperature and date may alsa un kako into unasidation Ther: y eatery roigns ungo na, who The saw who benro acclimatized Easy & Paint sale a physi cal and moral at luni asiilates them to their neighbours 4h Chin
it was than that this infpirable spirit, barn of the submissions of a foreser period; sagineled by the words and acts of Lin; checked a while by the
19mins or inability of Sir Henry Posuger: --became, at leagth, formidable to both the For eigners and the Emperial Gwerntecas, and ons this day prevented the fulfilmens of the ungage- moals of the batter
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the spirit of torbearance evinced by Ingland; a spine that, so far me in was laen one of muconstrain e choice, she has herishel not wisaly but too mail"
Again and again it had seemed me if the Bristol Government had adopted the Laureate's thought :-
More soluble in this beat" Like almost all the rest, if man were wise, By gentleness, than Wer:"-
But that this policy had been exhau-ted long sire in the vain march for the Poeta requisito of wie man among the Rulers of China !
sunity exr be investested midweis nocivas of preferind power, used which is matters
Chian, thefox, ruszka šis legitimate foute maa *It may be hope that the coality vine of th "nigten wie of End Arziena the youth's
ing base extru commed the to thy come sah "mmit of the present track to city serall *enigistered wind; and that it remiks i pel to UTVAVIORE * "Com el to reprezúve emanczies Sisal than an e-
CQNCIA DE LA MATE 10 Bciál Doiny
SUPREME COURT. Crimunal Sessions,
THE QUEEN miros Tan Pronare
Friday, February Ellio
Firm Day.
T
Concluded from Supplcatrat page 23, ther from Americo, which has alan arrived
his supple Nery with biaruit, and vulg hetsty he has repaired the premises, and yet the three mar chines nt work. Alue is here reminded that sil the above has nothing to do with the poisoning he proceeds]-On the 28th of the 11th th a notice wa paleed up in his native phce by the atchtrition, ordering all persons in Hongkang 19 ! return; if they did ant, they would seiard and punished a traitors. On 10th of the 12th, en 100, Léomo eoldiers went to his grandmother's houve, tryi ing to extort money from ber, paying that hot grun zon had not returned; the promised that he would return in a few days. On the 15th she wrote to his father, who was living with him, informing bim of this, and requestkan kimny raturn with all
In truth, War was always impending and rele family, except himself; and that he was not
peatedly hiinent,- Wimess, for exampla merely, the words of Sir John Dar's in his Notification of April 4th 1947 at Caston: --
The way of Naoring, then, was a Treaty of Penta in buy a limited songs, an i we see the sum maty of Trade at Canton with Wir at the North, Suta, corruption, meaning, Valiut, and seance A
succeeded by another which is little less than its horn the wiluation and woziered in the locality. We can initiae ue British westernent equally lasteful, aľkups exitojal-
reversal, Penza at the North und Warst Otstow ing Norfok telad, sova Adya. Sa to the climate... and the significant funt for our consideration to Now we bere ne dosire to cavit as this wholesale day is, that this recommencemeat of war at Canton
was a distinct protest against the tranny depression of the fear who have become accli.
Ta Pro est against the Treaty involves the Instisuck-we "euter no protest at the sweeping impulation-we but wish to record the fset her double or mixed question, already noticed, of the authority of the Imperial Government and its re- ja fifteen years and a half, or thereabout, wi Inve been in no higher latitude than that of the ilations to Foreign Powers, and confers upon a nat White cloud nro'nlains (a few miles from Canton) for which is of perfect simplicity in well governed --West than the Straits of Singapore-or East tinneuries, neba netar of complexity. The quest pail be has placed matters on fat ng consistent Manila--and in nearly all the period mentioned tion that first occure in regard to it is, obviously, have been living over the rollen granitaan whether the Sovereign who claims exuneration yet, ter all this, fow we think will undertake to under such a principle as that leis rasponsibility is Say that we do not appear as hearty as any for to cease where the jataones of the turbulent poring our long care of interpreted forbearan Lanter who throughout that time has been insition of his people begins is to be recognized, or
whether these propia are to be dealt with direc gorating his system over the downs of England. One fact is worth a dozen insionations, and we iy the term Sovereign being in sach case a mis- Bply reel this to stand for as much as it is worth.
But our main reason for nestioning this fact bas yet to be bad. Our readers will admit that offer o long a stay in the south we are not unreasonable i wanting again to pay a visit to the porth of Chi- na, and a medien friend telling as lost the best era- dicative of the effects of the arsenic (of which we Jad a full dose to the Jath nit) is a trip award, we intend acting on his advice; and have to request that during the mainder of the month wlt who wish to cołomunicate wath the Editor will address their inters to the publisher dirge. We luve reasou believe that our Subscribers wil
have to use for complaint of the ability of the gentleman in whose hands we shall leare the edi turial pen.
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THE SECOND WAR WITH CHINA,
Continued from No. 3 page 14.
GLANCE AT THE ONGINS OF THE FIRST AND
SECOND WARS WITH CHIRA
Pointing cut, as we do, tint in a retrospective view of philosophical breas, the several movement of England down to the repadiation of Re-Sher's Treaty take their placce as appropriate prelimina ries of War, we cannot exelaide from such a com- prehensive survey the want of adequate provision for this alternative of the choice affired to Chinc
a want hy ohandes itself at every step after the Ja peal Court had thus clearly indicated the course which in ind elected to pursue
Domer.
The second question that arises is has that Clar ernautes called, in respect to its Treaty engage ments, dealt with the issae made by such portion of its people in perfect good faith) The want of a practically distinct sawer to the Besi question bus ad múch confusion, not to say coudint of opinion, Appazzing as it does to leave a great deal : to be said upon both sides of any argument in ro spen to the international obligations of the impe- rial Gure nment, the bias of the civilized reind if the time favoring an induigoat view of soch ques tione
Obviously, direct responsibility should rest somewhere, in justice to the Forei ner, for he is constantly prejudiced by the anomalous nature of the subsisting relations. Ai every point ac is met by the Imperial Government by evasions, by calls for concessions, for randevation, or for direct assist ance, une the question arizas ague and againy how long shall it abuse the disposition to reconcila these departures from the sede of Western entity? But these lashes, for which a prescriptive cha racter might almost be cisimod, are and to be ondary infeantions of the obligations of Teuaries when the inquiry required by the mend question pursued through the period from the Treaty of Naulting to the present time, for the answer dens bisined is unsquivocal, and has long been pasal to all observant persons in China.
Responsible as the Imperial Governannt was for the ngitia pat apei Tel Napier, the vio last unta vil lufumatory wards of Lin; the ernal ancharine of Yihsan and his flows, ila infraes
ions of the Teree at Cantus as a Inter period- not to mention its systomatic wat inquent insu'ca- One of the greatest of ever in war is the despistons of headling in oraigners in vari zas ways for a long period of time; --what step aid it over ing or underva.ning of the enemy because he can
take to allay the whirlwind of passion, wad preju- not stand before you la the open fald; and it is all
dize that it had raised at Canton against the For- the greater his name is Lægive" and you bare
eigners? Who ofthe Imparial Oder over & lurs9¬ to estuck bio upon his own sell:---1f canipelli to
ma themselves in the task of amidienting Que puson he, bu will be only the more basy and sobte in plasting in the dura. Neither could be for, thus ad ministered to the meals of the rationa?
ILO dropped a few brand exhortations and gene- Batten That the kiements often fight well for tho variest cowards; and that runs dowanle are for its open the woubled waters, which served to avail traseires of this assistance, in their bhad rather as indicatione of a work will ny a vont of
er simulated superstition, to claim, itens such superpower than a determination to compel chodianca, natural agency prestige decied to the'r own sene and may be dabunt if they did not embolden
It was thus that on the evacuation of the heights stead of deferring the evil disposed v Canton in 1541, the Mandarins claimed that the
KYING, sions, showed anequivocal sincerity interposition of the Gludy, clearly soon in the light
this spect; but along with it are the
which betrugal want of coaft fence in the centi. ments of the Coneto a want of Imperial power in Province. And when we remember that Ke- so was called And So appointel in die prac,
"Piperstie Deparmant "GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Hiraculaney Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c, hem the satisfaction to push for the lachenation of Etish jects in Chisa, thin annexed ter from the mantle che Slow-Gewral vasen ding fler Majest, ja fuzore, ju e promi- ved in the aerival of the expedition at Gabras. The capa and agerential cuverne of operatie. Deguu and corela withus & period at 36 hours, by the punalt miray fores under the direction of Major-generat D'Águilar and Cat MacDonald, the senior nasal afficer, is exfeuisted in Leach a lesson to the people of Canton which they will no xson Reges, and it is He Excellency's intentum angust with Trente ens, and worthy of the Pearl walio. He feels that the moderation jaslice of all his for dealings with the mernet (hinn lends a perfect can rise to measures which he has been rehtetenlly conspelled to
-and that in the succeeding Docenotes a more scri- ous need of retaliatory hostilition arose, the gravity of which may be briefly shown by the following exact of o públic comment of the time-
1 sùmwely trust that Sir Joha Daris will not make another lear. His only eurhavoar should be ta indyre thes Cerase mutlurities to now kun ko dorojarata tela treni is destroying the villages. If they will not esment to this, to strike the Mag (after a monald's haticaj, Blockals the party
wait one from Lume.
At this period the situation of affairs in Europe deterred any extended exercise of force by Eng land; and the policy of conciliation, den fenoate a more dangerous, was continued.
What this was lauding to the temper evinced by SE WIB LO HALLost; bot Revolution jatervened, and 40 complicated the relations as to obscure the i'sue, distract the attention of the Manduring and the Chinese gewerly, and postpone the crisis.
The time was ripe for War in China before it was in Europa, bet hat Revolution came, here, to hold the two Governments, really in contact, in cheek: -cos 13s a spectator, the odise as an seter; and fust the batter did not abdicate its asa emptious or modify impracticabloness, many incidents and judications at various points us well as the impressions derived by the Onteers of the thres Treaty Powers from their visit at the port of Pek- ing in 1834, have clearly shaw. hin enport to our friends we then gunel brily at the state of affairs ander date of Canton, December 7ta 1859, as in the following words:
The snurity of this city has long depaulud chiefly spm the protective effucked by the past of the Bush and American resorts of war; and no corapistaly powerless topl the hoperiai ellisons beto ve, that so no taustas ago they invoke the case active aid of foreigners. The reaga "to elitador dica sut it ve bera espertal in various forms; lat is car is ex que vivimus, roce Luan :
tita Theliticsi Tastes in thig Cuntry, alfish pt slagvs.
wen general, mak t've coughs of orgaggio decay to an extant radiculing the penunts of Rending, the malonios ed Jindand and the Unius States public collect one ** to dig inele la locis, respectiva alizos, "reqating then is Caimarka en oplete ubainen a fi interference in the ovat
Tag dieptes borvoon the peste, zato tera: both parties Pas vitten de alone right dise on ledige roads in a pubite ais sera, ivvvver, thad a far tre than passive po- key thus deciuri soing as mong apartiality to warde the respective putin, it has been practicity of the gove assiques beri anul al other poenis to las fuperial Carverne Minett, since au long as the fur, en of meei in hitiens maintain
at the parts the gas of the reitituus te roman and candies. the do, so long do they add que aoral s prt to s Imperial cau
ning and tempest bad driven the English away apparent and desire to concitate the disaffected, And this was teen the need to make every step forward a sure and sustained one, in order that the people might feel the real weight of England's ar, and that the truth might pererate to the per- sonally inaccessible Cours of the Emperor in despice who after the successiv) Tila ni Cinton, amí
Falsifying Mandarins.
the murder of sus six Englishman at Wangchu Tu shar, the fundamental crtar of the Corconi, erected the Triumphal Arches to commemorato ment was in forgetting the tenching of their own the expulsion of the English can we dono: that experience in India with a similar enemy, which the Cooling at the Cour was responsive to the bos may be comprised the antithetical proposition exalted --is any commcat necesarey, he eats powers the daty of ela, wag for their crinurus resto | ila wats al Canton ? - Ko-Yo "degraded and Se
that not in wieance is la resade.
Sach was the experienen in the Sret war, and not the entire period from the conclusion of Ke- such, too. has marked the, so-called, perind of isola Treaties handel with incons of in- peace:—In 19a, China never knows when or singerity at the Imperial Coun" and of a degrad- Where to yield; lu Peace, har Mandarine racetation to pursue a te-actionary policy toward. Pur every friendly advance with a reuil--Always ¦ eigners ? | impractical le- generally obtusaly obset'nate; a kind of aby leads them on to pay w no lege, to the g of of the people, if to their own des trucida
*Werced, indeout, to relivet, bat a anent to be reminded
that or who the As of the mobs at Canton in 1811 came from. Peking in woamtent 1750 te pavision in tan American Treatyr Concreries, afensively unpring Por inal this we see the Tarters as much at Kultaigner with Feses, and courte fusing a bogad of ayonnem * Ufega Hu pridence la here alinded to.
gut al carly period between the Qvast and thus Foslije Cantores.
return vieler any circumstances as reward of 85,000 had been stored for bi-a; that lie warte fis very exteful, while here, where he went to, and how he went oùt ; and thei he was to be very end- Ghat, as it was supposed that, in code quence of his applying breat, his place wost bed. He and his teher then agreed to take their family home about thu 20f of the month The night betere chant, to ordered his balfer to make Af
all love for his children, to take on board de steamer with him. The rest morning (resterday). he went down early in a hunt to take his family on board the steaner. Để hiện there, he phun t night workmen informed him that the night hef ro, after taking their usual supper, they were all made eick by regesub'e soup. He naked then whets they had parehand the regrtables. They mewione ed a man med Akow. He advised then not ta parel ase any more from him. His wife end, that as the steamer would be bark that same evening, the wished him to come on fir trip with her. Defire going into the host one of the children cried, sad he gave i wnw of the small Inaves; the abili became sick shortly after; he thought it might be from the child getting op varly in the morning. About 11 he himself fel: bongry, and nie sumn of the bread; gave some to the father, wife, and child, way to the Two servant bots, and unalter worked, who was a passenger. The were all sick-he thought from the motion of the host or fret; then the two boys became sick, ie the suspected something wrong with the bread, ut send one uf his own servant Bage to ask the Cupialnia servant, if the foreigners who had eats the bread had then sick too. The answer tras, they were When ha got to Macas about to’dock, bo told his wife and father that it was evident something had been pat into the bread, and they must not go home, but return to Hongkong, saying that if he were killď 600 times, it would not empensate for the number of liras dat would be on by his customers.
Arrived off the Prays Grapin about 1o'clock, be asked the Cxplain if he intended to lenen a 2 oleock as arral, Tu Captain said no that he had to tow a ship from the outer ronds to the funer harbour, He Termined, thicking the boat would after that retorn. Shorty etter 3 PM, she an ahored in the inner terbaur, war! he ssked the Clair if he was going back to Elongaỡng that
afternoon. He said he was not, in thea seld the Ciplarn that he and his finity bad ail e 19013 some bread and all been sick; and that he will give the Captain $50 to leave that night for Hongkong The Captaincaid he could not day, because be bad opian to discharge, and freight to take in, for Mr. Agabag. Shortly frer, Me Aa bag earn on board, the Craoin esige tale the fore ebts where he was lying sick, and said Mr Age bez would not allow the vessel in Joren, Ele zien
Tai got up and went to see Mr Agabeg biavelf WAR AP Held Mr Agabg h's Peasan For wish to come back, and said he would give ↑ he would allow the tin one Flandrel Dallers stramer to redare. Mr Agabeg sd be would goo os e had already circulated the struner, asked the Captain whether les horght he stat get over to Hongkong quicker by waiting for tha Heber, or starting alone in a fabox. The Capri dved in to remɔin; and he asked the Caguain to allow him to remain in the fure cabio that might with his family, on they were all sich. Bis two children cried vary ovuch, and he sent one of his men on shore to get some rice canket for ilan Tin children nho de re, and he wrỊ LO
the maid
and wanted him to go with limb de whore. yes, he would go as he was aware about the bren. is he and his family had hewn misde tiek 100. H. went nabore with Mr Robinut abga: 7. P. M., to the emal fort. About 8 or 9 P. 8., Sergeant de Silve came with one of Abum's boys from Hongkong, and took him cổ to the Shamrock again. De return- ed to thongkong this morning.
We are actly stating the pradical offct, af, of th persistere of slig wathamies of Linglar, France at Am **eone in moutainly wo attimode of Tigriúch neutrality Fin prorectar of the sligista asteir capective citi uning the Treaties of the overal porce already apet; a whilst it. Tamil: ba carious stand the l'umpers werden wolt gain in
moral expeint frana delication of the founding of deep hun Z, Mr Rebies esme on Goard, onkur nevessible pans of the Wingize at the presens tium, k 15 may be carinoi wacther is wil nat sejaize, tusver SLMIN
amy lus ita rovers in the con lacta wira the paopin, at the *marilk of the dice principal Freely Pawomabiramid, uni- ted and nine mustra fer to this, as ele Why of preventing the destruction of the forega *bombe, mild, so faz, conuing it truca dhe sovered with it tina
bimy allowed so-long bỷ, ai là mailliseen a kind of de talinalo huanchinatility to kulfid on obligations in- Mestral under the Treaties impa pun, the respective
With regard to the poisoning, if he had muy * pedas kartes eruding fa, ik al server indoned upon thetr such intention as the rnin of his numerous qualó- interest päls it is top that ample activorny will be mer, fr where he bay baked more than thres !! given the enlige tech ite teenatives Mithune then coun "Tries now ju Cato un nitely no elodively for these
years, he waabhaot have gone to the large sap nee objets of their emas, gond, which we not live for the recently incorreil. Further, on the day befire. gast of Chaa useif
yesterday, he paid Ali Fusion $330-for 97 barrels E be bring to adi'that be be montent to norme ao for which he did not even clear, they new-silb new ijs would imply a w:Durgame Lawurrender pervil gas thorta enjoyed, on which five and a love to
in 3r Futter's possession Leinended to chur **Aso pasil; af elu v hire sur de than to that of forgius them yesterday. The plan pois e Parizu Son jacho, then involves the decay, day what iho ortuin. the same day; and purchaled froin Me Belautads destruction m'the feign trade his nation (he witch wr
an eginda stevion) at firar, with 1200 bags of California Lour. He had an ad * 1,043 new if into Gaita, Þád preserve if not extend the
tives to his people to clear out the hranu, do vas Fayrightrade. Wo cay doubt, odol, it is not table of eastward face storage of all this flour,
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