The Press.
London, England, 1858-09-18 00:00:00

THE TREA.TY.

The North China Herald gives from a reliable
source the following summary of the most important
points of the treaty which was signed at Tien Tsin
on the 26th ult. by his Excellency the Earl of Elgin
and the Imperial Commissioners Kwei Liang, an l
Hwa Shane, and which has since received the ratifi-
cation of the Emperor. The treaty contains fifty six
articles :

Art. I. Confirms the Treaty of Peace at Nankin, and
abrogates the supplementary treaty and general regulations.
Art. 9. Provides for the optional appointment of
Chinese and British Ministers at the Courts of Pekin and
St. James's.
Art. 3. Contains provisions with r tspect to the perma-
nent establishment of the British Minister at Pekin, his
family and suite.
Art. 4. Makes provision for the travelling, postal, and
other arrangements of the Resident Minister.
Art. 5. The British Minister to transact business with
the Secretary of State on footing of equality.
Art. ff. The same privileges accorded to Chinese Minister
in London.
Art. 7. Provision with reference to Consuls and their
official rank.
Art. 8. Christianity, whether Protestant or Roman
Catholic, to be tolerated, and its professors protected
thnmghout the empire.
Art. 9. British subjects to be permitted to travel for
pleasure or trade to all parts of the interior ; arrangements
with tespect to transports, and cities in the hands of rebels.
Art 30. Chiukiang to be open to trade within a year
from the signing of the treaty, and three other ports o n
tho Yang•tze Kiang as far as Hankow to be opened on the
evacuation of its shores by the rebels.
Art. IL The ports of Nun Chwang ( Manchuria), fang
Chow ( Gulf of Pecheli), Tai Van ( Formosa), Swatow,
and Kiung Chow ( Hainau), to be opened in addition to

present ports.
Art. 26. Tariff to be revised by an Anglo-Chinese Com-
mission appointed for the purpose.
Art. 27. Revision of tsriff to be decennial.
Art. 28. An official declaration of the ameiltint of transit
duties leviable at inland cnstom•houses to be published in
English and Chinese. The British merchant, however,
to be allowed, if he chooses, to commute the transit dues
at an ad valorem rate.
Art. 211. Reduction of tonnage dues, and a four months'
certificate to vessels engaged in coasting trade.
Art. 50. Official correspondence to he for the future
conducted in English on the part of English officials—to
be accompanied by a Chinese version for the present—and
to be considered the text.
Art. 51. The character I (barbarian) to bo suppressed
in Chinese official documents.
Art. 52. British ships of war to visit any port in the
empire. The commanders to be treated an terms of
equality by Chinese officials.
Art. 58. Measures to be concerted for the suppression of

piracy.
Art.s4. Favoured nation clause.
Art. 55. Conditions affecting the Canton indemnity
guAstion, to be placed in a separate article.
Art. 56. Rstitications to be exchanged within a year.

CANADA.
RE ELECTION OF MR. BROWN FOR TORONTO.
A letter from Toronto of the 30th August says the
great event of the past week which has attracted the
attention of the whole province to the capital has
been the contest for this city between Mr. Brown
and Mr. J. H. Cameron, which came off on the 27th
and 28th inst.; and after one of the closest and
severest struggles ever known in the country, resulted
in the reelection of the late representative—the
Premier of two days.