The National Register. — London, England, 1817-10-20 00:00:00

1;84) lUM the LOA DON 6.1 Z LTTE, Tuesday, Oct. 14. CARLTON-HOUSE, OCT. 10. His Royal HighlICSR the Prinee Regent was this day pleased, in the tistue and un the behalf of his Majesty, to confer the hvnuor of knighthood upon 'Filipinas William Stubbs, 1.:•11. bliijoi•Oriteriti in the Portugneso Pei vice, commanding thr sr:Conti di oPisiou auto Portiigne>e Military Order ul•the Tower and Sword. DUBLIN-LASTLE, Ocr.9. The Earl Talbot, who embarked at limy head, at 5 o'clock un Wednesday; the Silt itiSt.,oti board hin Alajr,f)*s yacht, the William awl Nary, arrived in this hart at Ip. in. this day. kt Lordship, on his amts al in Dublin, was received by the •Lord Sherids, and Cutworms oldie City of Dublin. His Lordship, :metaled by u squadron of dra goons, proceeded to the Castle, and the Council having as sembled at 4 o'clock, was introduced in folio to his Excel_ lehey Earl Whitworth, who received him sitting miner the canopy of state in :lie Presence Chamber, flour whence a procession was Matte in the usual state to the Council Cham ber. Council sitting, his Lordship's Commission was lead, and the oaths being administered to him, his Lordship WAS invested Willi the collar lit the west Wll,lll°lll, order of Mi. Patrick, anil received the. Sw..ril of htate trout the Lail Whitworth. His E•eellency atm wards repaired to the -Presence Chandler, and received the compliments i , f the 'up briny and other persons of distinction tittOit Iris sate arrival, and taking neon him the Gavel inneut of ireland. Our. 11). Ehis day, at 3 o'clock, the Eel' Whitworth, late Soria Lieutenant of Irckatid, left the Castle, ir. order to cm. bark uu board his Nlajesty's yacht the K illiam and Mary, on his return to England. His Eu.selleuey Earl 'Talbot, Lord-Lieutenant, and 'he Earl Whitworth, went together fa the Castle in the State eOarli, preceded by the leading coaches, in which were the Officers of State, to the Smith W all, where the yacht lay,— They were escorted by a squadron of dragoons, and attended by a greet litlinber of the nobility and persons of distinction, the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, several of the Alderman and prin cipal citizens in their carriages, followed by a CullCUlirse of people to the water side. The streets were lined by the regi_ mews of infantry on Dublin duty. The tart Whitworth re et:ived every demonstration of respect in passing through the Streets, from the people, who testi fi ed their regard by re peated wishes for his welfare and safer return to Englinul. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. rAtIER W. lIKAVIKICiOUgh, Yorkshize. merchant, from Sept.. 15 to Nov. 1. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. COOK G. Angel-row, Hammersmith, hatter. BANKRUPTS. Bunittx T.lDewbbury, , York, woollen-draper, Oct. 31. Nov. 1, 25, at Wakefield. Atts. Fisher and Co. Holborn. MAIIII T. Bristol, cheese-factor, Oct. 31, Nov. I, 25, at Bristol. Aug Lambert and Co. Gray's Inn-square. BOUKKE L. Itoseniary-lane. Victualler. Oct. 18, 28, Nov. 25, at Guildhall. Au, Mr. Erles, Ca-tle-street. Houndsditch. DI VIDENDS. W. Hopkinson. Chiswell-street, merchant. Nov. 4. T. Clarke, llininsva. Somerset, druggist, Nov. ti. .1. Wright, Huddersfield. firmer, Nov. 4. Atwood, Henrietta-street, Covent Garden. tailor, Nov. 22. J. Simpson, Shepherds-bush, fanner, Nov. .I,r T. Bird, Alanchester, cotton-Muchant, Nov. 20. T. Holaill, Nine Elms. Battersea, carpenter. Nov. 4. 1). Tobin, and B. J. Mitchell. Limehonse, ship-chandlers, Nov. 4. Oakden, Manchester, draper, Nov. 18. H. Duckworth, Bost-hill, Lancashire, liquor-merchant, Nov. 17. J. Pelessie, George-street, Portman-square, trader, Nor. 4. C. Hoare, Cheapside tailor, Nov. 4. 011ereashaw, Ashton-under-line, Lancashire, hat-manufacurer, N 0.17. R. Evan►, Bristol, corn-factor, Nor. 4. J. Thorpe, Bridge-foot. London-bridge, fruiterer, Nov. 18. H. Lane, jun. Norwich, bookseller. Nov. 4. J. H. Brune, and Jordan, Bury court, St. Mary Au. merchants, Nov. 22. T. Colbeck, Weathouse.W. Ellis, Castlefteld, J. Wilks sen. Burley, W. Holdsworth. Bradford. and J. Holdsworth, Morley, York, flax-spinnitrs. Nov. 11. J. Neale, and S. Warner. Milk -street, wholesale linen-drapers, Nor. 4. T. Marsden, sen, Curtain-road, horse dealer, Nov. 4. CEIt'fIPICATES, Nov. 4. G. and G. Bowler, sen. and jun. Worcester-street, Southwark, hat tnanufacturera—W. Redhead, Little Chelsea, baker—W. Merrall, Birmingham, faille.—H. Deane, Mardian, Chuhize, matter.—S. Shaw, London, merchant DURATION OF EARLY LOVE.-At Fahkin, the ca pital of Delecarlia, the situation of the surprising mines of Sweden, the thilowing discovery was made, some years ago :—ln working to establish a new communi cation between two shafts of a mine, the body of a mi ner was discovered in a state of early preservation, and impregnated with vitriolic water, It was quite soft, but hardened on being exposed to the air. No one could identify the body ; it was merely remembered that the accident, by which he had thus been buried in the bosom of the earth, had taken place above fifty years ago. All enquiries about the name of the sufferer, had' already • ceased, when a decriped old woman, sup ported on crutches, slowly advanced towards the corpse, and knew it to be that of a young man, to whom she had been promised in marriage more than half a cen tury ago. She threw herself on the corpse, which had all the appearance of a bronze statue, bathed in with her tears and fainted with joy, at having once more beheld the object of her affections. It is easier to con ceive than trace the singular contrast afforded by that couple, the one buried above fifty years ago, still re taining the appearance of youth, while the other, weighed down by age, evinced all the fervency of youthful love. . _ On Saturday 30,000 Half Sovereigns were received at the Bulk from the Mint. They are very handsome coin, milled die same as the Sov'zreigns, and instead of George and the Dragon, the revtrse aide has the armorial bearings of Great Britain, encompassed witii shield. Msar ASIIITORD. — The relations of this lamented young at mum have obtained a writ of appeal. upon which Thornton has been again taken into custody, ant safely lodged in Warwick gaol, in order that he alkali unklergo another tr ial, which, by the aneitnt law of England, the neat beer of the per eon murdered is entitled to in. salute. TITE NATIONAL REGISTER. REVIEW OF LITERATURE. JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LATE EMBASSY TO CHINA. Br HENRY ELLIS, Es o. TUIRD COUIUSSIONER or TUE EMBASSY. ( Continued ji oin our last.) We closed our extracts from this interesting volume. last week, with the termination of the first discussion respecting the Tartar ceremony of prostration. The next day the Embassador and his suite pursued their voyage up the river, in the course of which interviews took place with one or other of the Commissioners and the Mandarins. in all of which the latter renewed the subject of the ceremony of the ko-tou. " I cannot but regret," says Mr. Ellis, " this inevitable multiplication of subjects of ceremonial discussion, for I cam niter eves y victory upon these points as a diminution of the Charlet:s ut success upon the more material objects of the em bassy. W hether any negotiation upon these would ever be aimed, is certainly dotilithil; hilt the time employed iu contending for the manner iu whit li the embassy is to be re cei v (.11, and the temper generated by ev en successtiil inflexi bility, are not calculated to dispose the mind Of the Emperor, or his ministers, to listen favourably to propositions ill u Inch they do not see any reciprocal advantage. In considering the question of ceremony, I must still se parate prostration in the genial aunt imaginal y presence ; the treatment of the last Dutch embassy, and the faciiity of its repetition, open the most trifling occasions, are sufficient ar guments against the I slher , but my nnino will feel tar from sa tisfied, should the tate ut the embassy be decided by a retinal Of the former." On the 15th, fresh interviews took place between the Embassador and the Commissioners, and the Manda rins, who informed them that an imperial, edict had been received from Pekin, in which the Embassador's band was objected to, and ordered to be sent back : this Lord Amherst remonstrated against. They also enquired about the ships, and why they had left the coast without the Emperor's permission, a point on which some angry discussion arose on the part of the Mandarins. On the 16th another interview took place, in consequence of a fresh communication from Pekin, signifying the Emperor's displeasure with the Manda rins, for having suffered the Embassador to quit Tien sing, on his way to the capital, without having per formed the crrentony of prostration, as was required.— On his part, Lord Amherst p:eaded the oommunds of his sovereign ; but at length it was agreed to comply with the ceremony in the imperial presence, if a Tar tar Mandarin would do the like before the picture of the l'rince Regent. This was refused. His Lordship next proposed that, in return tar his submitting, an imperial edict should be issued, declaring, that should ever a Chinese Embassador come to the British court, he should perform the ceremony of the ko-tou bcfiire his Britannic Majesty ; but this was deemed equally ; and the matter. was concluded by the Mandarins promising to report to the Emperor what had been otkred on the part of the Embassador; and till an answer could be received, the boats were or dered to drop down the river to a more convenient station. The 17th was passed in conferences, and pro positions respecting the ceremony. Lord Amherst this day agreed to kneel thrice on one knee before the Em peror, and to bow three times each time he kneeled, which seemed to be better received than any thing hi- ' therto proposed; and in the evening an order arrived for the boats to proceed up to Torg-chow, where the Embassador was to be met with two Mandarins of higher rank. From this period till the 27th, was past in a sort of daily struggle between the Einbassador and the two Mandarins ; and consultations between the Embassador and the Commissioners, on the expediency of complying with the ceremony. The opinion of Sir George Staunton being decidedly against such a proceeding, a note was sent to the Mandarins, inform ing them that the Embassador was resolved to adhere to his former declarations. The Mandarins now seemed to wave all their objections, and requested Lord Am herst and suite to quit the boats, and proceed im mediately to Pekin. The presents and baggage were accordingly landed, his Lordship's carriage was put to gether, and on the morning of the 28th of August, the whole set ow towards the capital, one of the gates of which they reached about midnight, but, much to their disappointment, they were not allowed to enter ; and were conducted round the walls to a village intended for their quarters, which they reached about day-light. ' We shall now give Mr. Ellis's own account of the sub sequent proceedings. 20th of August. —Daylight found us at the village of Hai. teen, near which the house of Song-ta-Jin, one of the prin cipal ministers, intended to be our quarters, is situated ; here, however, we did not remain, but were carried directly to Yuen-min-yarn, where the Emperor is at present. The car riage stopped under some trees, and we ourselves were con ducted to a small apartment belonging ton range of buildings in a square; Mandarins of all buttons were in waiting ; se veral pn inces of the blood, distinguished by clear 'lrby buttons and round dowered badges, were among them ; the silence, and a certain air of wegularity, marked the immediate pre sence of the Sovereign. The small apartment, much out of repair, into which we were huddled, now witnessed a scene believe unparalleled is the history of diplomacy. Lord Amherst had scarcely taken his seat, when Chang delivered a message trusts Ho (h . uong-yay,) infor g lulu that the Empe parer d ished to see the Enthassador, his Son, and the Com missioners, immediately. Much surprise was naturally ea• [rested; the previous arrangement fur the eighth of the Chi. nese month, a period certain 4 numb too early for comfort, T. tG. was adverted to, and the utter impossibility of his Excellency appealing in his pi esen• latterie, inanition, 41.41 W fiele envy of evely was stronaly urged. Chung was very unvcnbut to be stn. bt . :11 . 1.1* rf this answer, hilt was finally obliged to r01181 . 10i... Uuung 11111 b tin c the wont had tilled with spectators of ad ages abd tanks, who rudely pressed itpoit us to gratify their brutal curiosity, lor such it may be called,. as they seemed to regard its lather 46 wild beasts than mere stra ,, gers of the same species with thew' sal% es. Some other messages were interchanged between the Klieng-yay and Lust' Amherst, who, ill addition to (be reasons aheady given, slated the bide cm still mill irregularity mf his appearing without his credentials. In his reply to this it was said, that IN the proposed audience the Emperor merely wished to see the Embassador, mid had no intention of enteritig quilt business. Lead Amherst having pet sisteil Oa expressing the inadmissibility of the proposition, and io tratismittin;, through the Koong ply, an humble ierpiest to his Imperial Alajesty, that he wind& ,graciously' pleased to trait till to-iiiitri ow, Chang and another Ila 'Marin finally pro posed that his Excellency should go over to the Koong-yay's apartments, tiow whelee n reference might be made to the Eintieria. Lord Amherst having alleged bodily illness 84 one of the reasons for declining the audience, readily saw, that if he went to the Koong-yay, this plea, which, to the CI -, (though now scarcely admitted), was in general the most forcible, would (-ease to avail hint, positively declined compliance; this produced a visit (ruin the Koong-pay, who; too notch interested and agitated to heed ceremony, stood by Lord Amherst, and used every argument to induce him to obey the Emperor's commands. Aiming oilier topics he used that of being received whit Out own ceremony, using the Chi nese words " your own ceo colony. All prov ing ittettecilial, with some r (((( Witless, but tinder pretext of icarlly violence, he laid hands upon Lord Amherst. to take him from the room ; another .lundarin folloned his example. His lordship, with great lir ttttt USS anal dignity of manner, shook them off, declaring that nothing but the extreinest violence sl Id iudace him to quit that room for any other place bat the residence assigned to him t adding, that he was so over come by fatigue mid bodily illness, as absolutely to require. 'Aimee. Lord Amherst further pointed out the gross insult he had already received f in having been exposed to the inti u. anal indecent curiosity of crowds, who appeared to view I - other as a wild beast than the retwesentatire of a power ful Sovereign ; at all events, he entreated the Koong-yay to submit his request to his.hoperial 3lajesty, who, he telt con fident, would, iu consith ration of his illness and fatigue, dis pense with his immediate appearance. The Koong-yay then pressed Lord Amherst to come to his apartiuents, alleging that they were cooler, more convenient, and snore private this Lord Amherst declined, saying that he was totally unlit for any place but his own residence. The Koung-yory hav ing failed in his attempt to persuade him, left the room for the purpose of taking the Emperor's pleasure upon the sub ject... " During his absence an elderly man, whose dress and or naments bespoke him a prince, was particularly in q uisitive in his inspection of our persons and inquiries ; his chief ob ject seemed to be to communicate with Sir George Staunton, as the person who had been with the former embassy ; but Sir George very pi iidently avoided any iatercourse with him. It is not easy to describe the feelings of annOy Milli produced by the conduct of the Chinese, both public and indiv idll4l j of the former I shall speak hereafter, of Ilse latter, I ran only say, that nothing could be more disagreeable and inde corous. " A message arrived soon after the Bonne-yay's quitting the room, to say that the Emperor dispensed with the Ellibai k aa., does attendance ; that he had further been pleased to direct his physician to attend his Excellency every medical assist ance that his illness might require. The Koong-yay himself soon followed, and his Excellency proceeded to the ear riage. The koong-yay nut disdaining to clear away the crowd, the whip was used by him to all persons iudiserimi ; buttons were no protection; and however indecor. ous, according to our notions, the employment might Iw, for a man (dins rank, it could not have been in better hands. There were colossal figures of lions in the court, which ap peared to me not ill executed, and in bronze. " We returned by the same road, to Hai-teen, where we found the remainder of the party, who, we conjectui e, had been intentionally separated front us by the Chinese ; indeed we have reason to believe it was their design to have carried only the four pet sons who wet e to have been admitted to the Imperial presence to Yuen-min-ywn t and that, consequent. ly, Mcrsrs. Morrison, Abel, Griffith, Cooke, Somerset, and. Abbott, owed their being with Lord Amherst to accident. The house of Sung-tajin, selected ter our residence, was ex ceedingly commodious, and pleasantly situated, with dowers and tires near the principal apartmeots. Its aspect was so agreeable, that we could not but look forward with some sa tisfaction to remaining there a few days. Such, however, was not to be our fate before two hours had elapsed a report was brought, that opposition was made by the Chinese to unloading the carts; and soon after the Mandarins alluvim ed, that the Emperor, incensed by the Embassador's refusal to attend him according to his commands, had given orders for our immediate departure. The order was so peremptory, that no alteration was proposed ; in vain was the tatigue of every individual of the embassy pleaded ; no consideration was allowed to weigh against the positive commands of the Emperor. Chang at one time said, that even compliance with the Tartar ceremony would now be nuavailing: in the course of the day, however, he somewhat altered his language, say nig all this annoyance had arisen from our pertinacity upon the point at issue, and hinted, that submission might still be °fuse ; he had the audacity to deny that the Emperor had ever signified his consent to receive us on our own terms. " The officer of government must in.;,ent for our immediate departure was a messenger from the commander in chief of the Yeki• district, into whose hands it would seem the exe cution of the Emperor's orders had been put. This officer entered upon the question of the ceremony, using, as might be expected, the mind absurd language; asserting tin Em. peror's claim to it from his superiority of rank user all mo narchs ; the consequent impropriety of our conduct in per tinaciously I erusing ; and concluded by saying, that the Emperor would, of course, write a frivolity and explanatory letter to the King of Logi:rod, ss Ito would, uo doubt, be highly offended with the Embassador. These observations being by chance addressed to one, I requested Mr. Morrison to inform ham, that the point of ceremony had been set at rest by the Emperor's promistog to recurs e us un our ow it terms ; and that we were muter no alarm re -peeling the sentimeuts of vereiga upon our behaviour. The officer wgiug r 1113lAntitiletn13 departure, I assured him that lie need not apprehend delay un our part, as the wily cisel11101411e1: (hid coon' render o u r stay iu the •Chillc3.• I/01111 ii I 111 l 3 agreeable was the goodwill of the Emperor, of which we were now de prived. The only act of civility we experienced during t h