Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-09 00:00:00

NOVEMBER 9, 1859.

re 40 all at once to be overcome by force. We
to consider 'their character, as it has
been preiented -to us in our dealings with
1;11' to see that if those prejudices and peculia-
f. les which present so formidable a barrier to
alltendlY relations with them, are to be overcome
all, it must be by persuasion, and by that
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-Isal and social influence, which, when judici-
-143r exerted, is generally so irresistible. We
at endeavour to assure them, that however
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".01' to themselves, they may regard us to be,

are yet their friends, and have no object in
th:eW ill cultivating a closer acquaintance with
eal than that of the most amicable commercial
atez.eourse, and one that may be equally advan-
°eat's to them as to us.
44 official document has just been published,
Qwe'er, which shows that certain calculations
tit have been from time to time put forth,
el, ative to the ability of the Chinese to take our
Iktialinfaetures, and thereby extend our commerce
tch_til them,- are, in many material respects, very
It4—'n,4,iic't's• The document we allude to is a me-
prti—Ts (311 the subject of internal duties in China,
el 4 has recently been presented to be recorded
a document in the department of the Board of
It appears, for instance, with respect to
t;:tulg, that in the country, " when the har-
is gathered, all hands in the farm-houses,
hllng and old together, turn to carding, spin-
-4,1141, and weaving their cotton ; and out of this
I.'°llle-spun stuff, a heavy and durable material,
Pted to the rough handling it has to go
,;tellgh. for two or three years, they clothe
tigelllselves, and the surplus they carry to the
{,4atest town, where the shopkeeper buys it for
~b e use of the population of the towns, and the
C, at People on the rivers. In this home-spun
tqr,
c,t,111 line out of every ten human beings in this
I, in TitrY are clothed, the manufacture varying
c.%:l'lality from the coarsest dungaree to the
"110 St
ranking, all produced in the farm-
*t an 118e8, d costing the producer literally no-
hit
',rat! beyond the value of the raw material, or
',t4 'Lel' of the sugar which he exchanged for it,
et,t e Produce of his own husbandry." Now, as
1)% Illanufactures• for which a market has
8404 coveted in China are principally
ill 118 would be consumed in clothing, it
tktetlvitlent from this that there can be no
%hie° whatever, at present, of their being
Wi'4ll24e to the Chinese. It is justly observed,
th
reference to this economical system, that
is, perhaps, characteristic of China alone,
ccof
ts all the countries in the world, that the loom
(cateto be found in every well-conditioned home-
,,tkact The people of all other countries content
<< Z' with carding and spinning, and at
k 4it Point stop short, sending the yarn to the pro-
, weaver to be made into cloth. It was
` wed for the thrifty Chinaman to carry the
thi),
fa,t 4'g out to perfection." British textile mann-
ean have no chance whatever, then, in
madetirition
with such fabrics as those which are
in sufa .".erY homestead, and which are produced
°lent t,
wants of th e f
abundance, not only for the mere
Other funny, but as a means of obtaining
Eteighb necessary household supplies from the
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such°lllzrinatgerias
towns. The Chinaman produces
tree, b himself, " under his own roof-
' the hands of his women and farm ser-
v-Ille ; it costs neither extra labohr nor extra
tcw He keeps his domestics spinning and
4t heaving while his crops are growing, and after
eY are harvested, during rainy weather, when
out-of--door labour cannot be pursued. In short,
,11t every available interval throughout the year
,ciies this model of domestic industry pursue his
and engage himself upon something
uMill." He is not, therefore, we repeat, in a
tila leo to require our textile manufactures; so
41. It Would seem to be in vain to push our corn-
.
41kcil Operations among the Chinese' with any
4 'ltt.
°"
7 844114 t WC ought to be altogether discouraged
kV a fact as this, from cultivating a closer
Ileopiel4°l'e extensive intercourse with such a
elel 0
It miolit result, under judicious conduct,
-lug Lion them with such new ideas of civilisa-
keirt Would in process of time even modify
lead to'4llits of life, and make them such as would
Ithi,h
the consumption of many things with
'tlijoi /4 80 profitably could supply them, but of
451 at
present they know not the use, and do
ti
4011, b rlde Maud the advantage. But this must be
k4t iii3T gaining their confidence, and endeavour-
-1 etehY to exert a moral—would we might
but religious—influence over them. Could we
1,,144e.h "sfully introduce Christianity into China,
Ntrie moral and social aspect of the people
.*N ' uo long time, be utterly changed ; and
tt: consummation like this at any time to
/41t1 °lllPlished, it would be, whether in. a corn-
ti ‘lkl
(Ilitt or international point of view, the ,exer-
tlvice b4ll influence which, like charity, would be
th issed—blessing those who imparted
ose that received it.
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