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SATURDAY, JIIIVUARY 3, 1857

THE DAYS NEWS.

The chief topic of interesting intelligence in
the newspaper world, is that relating to the bom-
bardment of Canton ; but the detailed statements
are contained in lengthy official documents.
Under these circumstances, we shall consult our
readers' convenience by summarising the facts as
detailed in our files of Canton papers which reached
us yesterday morning. For some time past, a
system of smuggling has been carried on by the
native vessels on the Canton river ; and it appears
that these lawless acts have been greatly facilitated
by an arrangement existing at Hong-Kong,
whereby it is in the power of the owner of any ves-
sel of any country to enter himself on the Colonial
Register, which act entitles him to hoist a British
ensign, and thus. place himself and all on board

his ship under the protection of the British

authorities. On the Bth of October one of these
lorchas, under the command of an Englishman,
when lying anchored before the city, was boarded
by the Chinese authorities, who seized twelve of
the crew, all natives, and hauled down the colours.
This was done because information had been
conveyed to those officers by a person who had
been robbed by pirates at sea that one of the
delinquents was serving on board the lorcha.
But it seems that, according to treaty, the
Chinese authorities ought, in case of any vessel
under British colours having on board suspected
criminals, to have applied to the nearest consul
to deliver them up. This form the Governor-
General of the Two Kwangs, which we presume
is the name of the district of Canton, omitted to
observe. On the same day when this event took
place, Mr. Consul Parkes made a representation
of the facts to his Excellency, and demanded
satisfaction for the insult. On the 10th the
Governor ordered one of his officers to take nine
out of the twelve men seized, whose innocence
had been established, and to put them on board
their vessel again. Mr. Consul Parkes refused

to receive them, and, uudcr instructions from the
Britisli Plenipotentiary, he demanded, besides
the rendition of all the twelve men, a letter of
apology for their seizure. On the 12th the Pleni-
potentiary himself wrote to the Commissioner to
the same effect. '1 his letter reached Canton on

the 15th. Eight days afterwards, a reply was
given, of the same nature as that given pre-
viously to the Consul. Meanwhile, Admiral
Seymour and his naval forces had appeared. On
the 21st another letter was sent to Commissioner
Yeh, threatening him that, unless he made the
required concessions by six o'clock in the even-
ing of the next day, hostilities would commence.
At noon on that day the Commissioner sent back
all the twelve men, together with a letter to Con-
sul Parkes. But thatgentleman refused both

the prisoners and the letter, on the ground that
the men taken from the vessel should be " publicly
restored" to her, and an apology be made, At
eight o'clock on the same day his Excellency
sent again to enquire why his communication of
the morning had not been acknowledged. To
this no reply appears to have been sent, except
in the form of a cannonade against the forts
along the river. When several of these had been
captured, another fruitless attempt was made to
negotiate. Operations were then resumed. Other

forts along the river were captured, and the qty
wall was bombarded and breached. Having done
so, Admiral Seymour took to diplomacy, and for-
warded a despatch to the Chinese commissioner,
in which he demanded in addition to the con-
cessions previously required, that the foreign re-
presentatives should have the same freedom of
access to Canton as they had at the other ports.
To this the Governor-General replied, that that
was a matter settled definitively by treaty in
1849, when Mr. Bonham, then her Majesty's
Plenipotentiary, issued a public notice at the fac-
tories prohibiting foreigners from entering the
city. He also added, in regard to the lorcha, on
board which the men were seized, that it was not
a British vessel, that there were no colours flying,
and that therefore none could have been pulled
down ; that there was no insult intended to the
British flag. The Admiral replied that he must
decline all further discussion about the lorcha ;
that what he now insisted upon was free access
for all foreign representatives to the authorities
of Canton, in spite of the agreement of 1849, and
demanding an interview with the Commissioner.
This not having been granted, the public offices
in the city were bombarded for one whole day
and part of another. The bombardment not
proving effectual,. the imperial navy was de-
stroyed, and then the Bogue Forts were taken.
The bombardment had set the city in flames in
various parts, and the fire had consumed a large
number of buildings. The wall was breached
and stormed, and Commodore Elliot and several
officers, gallantly breaking down a wooden pali-
sade, took possession of the palace of the Imperial
Commissioner. The Chinese, as usual, offered
scarcely any resistence, and the casualties
sustained by our brave forces amounted to
one killed and two or three wounded. This
was all that was known when the Overland
Mail left. It is difficult to conjucture what may
be the ultimate upshot of the event. No doubt
vast numbers of the Chinese must have perished
-luring the bombardment. From one to two
-nd were seen struggling at once in attempt-
-1 the river. Meanwhile there is, of
uspension of commerce, great
the European inhabitants,
Tuarded by English,
bile the Chinese
hundred
-v lie

thous,
ing to cro._
course, a total R.
consternation among
the factories forsaken anu
French, and American troops, vv._
authorities are offering a reward of
dollars for every European head that rat.,

brought in.
The Indian authorities have their hands pretty uk—
full of warlike projects. In addition to the dis- tunatey 7

pute with the Shah of Persia, we have narrowly
escaped going to war with the kingdom of Siam.
From the advices which have reached us, it
appears that a British subject, taking advantage
of a recent treaty, rented a piece of property for
ninety-nine years ; and as this was an arrange-
ment altogether unknown in Siam, the govern-
ment ordered the punishment of the man who had
drawn out the terms of the lease, as if he alone
had been the culpable party. The poor clerk is
' said to have died of the barbarous castigation he
received ; meanwhile, the gentleman whose lease
was at stake appealed to the British Consul, and
the usual demands for redress and threats of ven-
geance were sent to the King. Had the King
stood upon his right as an independent Sovereign
and asked for arbitration, h?, would soon have
found his kingdom annexed to the English Crown;
so to save his kingdom he went down upon his
knees and made a humble apology.
The intelligence from Persia does not add much
if any further news respecting the British expedi-
tion against that country. Preparations are going
on at Bombay for further reinforcemEmts to act in
that while troops on the north-west frontier of India
are moving towards Cabul to assist the Affghans.
Thus we have, virtually, two expeditions, the
second being an overland one. There is a state-
ment in the Bombay papers that Herat has fallen,
but in what way it has fallen is not explained.
Of what is going on in Herat we really do not
know anything. As the British forCes are ex-
pected to operate at Buddre, we hear that Persia
has adopted the precautionary measures ofsending
troops in that direction ; and it is understood that
by the time our expeditionary forces got to Bushire,
a Persian army of 40,000 or 50,000 might be
there to meet them.

The Continental intelligence this morning is
interesting. It seems that the Permanent Com-
mittee of the Representative States of Wurtem-
berg and the Government of Wurtemberg are at
issue on the question of the legality of the address
in which the former insists on the latter refusing
a passage to the Prussian troops. The official
journal asserts, moreover, in the name of the
Government, that such a demand cannot be com-
plied with, because the right of Prussia in the
Neufchatel dispute is undoubted. Thus this
question of international policy has led to a na-
tional and constitutional conflict in Wurtemberg.
It is probable that more such conflicts will grow
out of the general excitement caused by the
threatened war between a monarchy and a re-
public in the centre of Europe, if means be not
soon discovered to effect an amicable arrange-
ment. Monster petitions are in course of signa-
ture throughout the territory of Baden against
the passage of the Prussian troops, and a similar
antagonism between the government and people
as has arisen in Wurtexiburg may soon be wit-
nessed in Baden.

With regard to the dispute between Prussia
and Switzerland, a letter from Berlin informs us
that immense, activity prevails in the various
offices of the Ministry of War, and of the admin-
istration if the regiments. A despatch from Be'r-
lin, dated on the 30th ult., says:—" A number of
generals of divisions are now here. Sir Colin
Campbell has arrived ; he is charged to deliver to
the Prince of Prussia the insignia of the Grand
Cross of the Order of the Bath." The same tele-
graphic despatch announces that Baron von Man-
teuffel, who is the Prime Minister of Prussia, bad
left Berlin for Vienna., It seems doubtful, how-
ever, whether Colonel von Manteuffel be not the
person intended.

A letter from Constance, of December 28th,
says that, " the six Swiss steamers -that ply on
the Lake of Constance have received orders to be
armed with light ordnance for their protection.
Swiss artillery is expected at Kreuzling and
Baden. Artillery is being sent to Constance.
The soldiers belonging to the 4th Regiment, in
garrison here, that were on furlough, have been
recalled. At Ludwigshafen, on the Rhine, the
directors of the Steam-tug Company have been
asked by Prussia how many steamers they could
furnish for the transport of troops and ammuni-
tion. They have eighteen disposable. All the
Swiss that were residing in Baden have returned
to their own coun'ry."
Our Paris advices inform us that the Confer-
ence is to have another sitting to-day or to-mor-
row. The Swiss in Paris are signing an address
of thanks to the Presse for the part it. has taken in
favour of Switzerland in the Neufchatel question.
A number of young Swiss citizens met together
on Thursday at a patriotic dinner at Prevost's
Restaurant, Boulevard Bonne Nouvelles. M.
Krimmeler presided. Placards, containing
menaces of 'death against the Emperor, having
been found posted up some short time back in
the Rue Neuve des Mathurins, in Pads, the
police endeavoured to discover the author of
them. A tailor named Wattebled was arrested
shortly after with two similar placards in his
possession. Being brought to trial on Thursday,
before the Correctional Tribunal, he was con-
demned to fifteen months' imprisonment and
50fr. fine.

Lord Panmure has been holding forth at
Arbroath. when he stated that considerable re-
duction would be made in the naval ana military
estimates this year, but should matters not im-
prove in the East, as well as on the Continent,
it will be a somewhat. novel thing to effect the
reduction contemplated.
It will be perceived, by a reference to another
part of our paper, that four of the newly appointed
magistrates were sworn into office yesterday,
namely, Messrs. J. A. Tobin. E. Heath, R. Shiel,
and J. It. Jeffery ; Mr. Tinne and Mr. Thomas
Earle declined to accept the responsibility. The
magistrates afterwards held a meeting, when,
after some discussion, it was resolved, to leave
any augmentation of the police force in the hands
of the Watch Committee, Mr. William Brown,
M.P., brought forward the subject of an altera-
tion of the present system of licensing public-
houses,Ewhen it was resolved to call the attention
of the Government to the subject, with the view
of carrying out the recommendation of the select
committee which investigated the matter in the
last Parliament. The subject is a very important
one, and on which much can be said on both
sides. We may return to the matter on a future
occasion.

THE old and insane doctrine of the theoretical
historian has been revived by no less a personage
than HENRY LORD. BRJUGHAM, in his recently-
published Historical and Political Dissertations.
This truly great man, of whom it has been said
that the next new discovered star should bear his
name, has found, in his old age, the same pro-
fundity in GIBBON'S Rise and Fall of the Roman
Empire, which has startled so many school-boys
and more sage readers. And me find the philo-
sopher subscribing to the doctrine of the political
partisan and hired historian—" The most effectual
" mode of preserving peace, is that of always
" being prepared for war." This Lord BROUGHAM
seems to think " the true faith ;" and the London
Times lends him its willing aid to bring the
,ble Lord as many converts' as possible. For-
for mankind, time has taught us some

better logic, and battered down the citadel of
impracticabilities. On the same page of our daily
mirrors of the world's woes, joys, and hopes, on
which antique absurdities are so prominently
recorded, we have the end which awaits every mili-
tary nation which stands squinting and breathless
at the portals of war, brought home to us in the
most alarming colours France has ever been a
military nation. Prussia, Austria, and Russia,
have shared with her the mistakes and losses of
the political paganism which demagogues and
false prophets seek to revive as " the true faith."
Incessant preparation for war has failed to
secure France against bloodshed either at home
or abroad. It has failed to give to the almost
uniform continental regimes the stability and
growing vitality which have attended those
nations who have not made the same interminable
displays of armed force. It has not given those
who were constantly prepared for strife, that
security which has attended an apparently reck-
less indifference to the existence of danger.
Beggyy has overtaken every country which has
the incalculable resources of a broader area,
superiority of numbers, and intelligence. All
that constitutes real strength, greatness, and
safety, has been sacrificed to the palpable absur-
' dity—' the most effectual mode, of preserving
" peace is that of always being prepared for
" war." There is something so positively de-
moralising in this idea, that we can scarcely under-
stand how its 'existence has been tolerated for so
manygenerations. The Society of Friends and the
Manchester Free Traders may not be the wisest
men in the world. They may have passed over the
beauties of GIBBON too lightly, and may be too
intractable for the more erratic sections of the
political world. But they have common sense
on their side, and what they cannot find in the
Bible or the commercial ledgers of England to
support their opinions they may cull from the
state documents of military nations.

Let any man who tacks his faith to large
armed parades take up the Moniteur of Tuesday
last, and having read M. BILLAULT'S report on
the internal condition of France, ask himself
how long England could exist in a similar plight.
Government grants and charity are the main-
stays of French industry at this moment.
Preparing for phantoms has brought war upon
her trade, and turmoil. on tier commerce. We
have both these abnormal results in these few
words—" To lessen by charity, carefully dis-
" tributed, that heavy dyerence between the
" PRICE OF FOOD and the amount of daily
wages." * "Despite the measures taken
" by your orders to facilitate and cheapen the
" price of grain, despite the great reduction
" obtained with that view on the railway charges,
" some of the departments almost entirely with-
" out, others with very poor harvests, still suffer
" severely from the high prices, and ask help
" from your Majesty." ** * " But what
" appears to me most especially to deserve the
" favour of the Government, and what I shall
" encourage as much as possible, are those
,‘ charitable institutions the ingenious activity of
" which, avoiding costly measurs, provides

directly, and at reduced prices, food and
" clothing for the poor." Now, let us for one
moment reflect on whit this state of things
would lead to in England. It may not be wholly
attributable to an excessive military expenditure
of many years' standing, but it dates mainly from
this source. No State can support non-produc-
tion on the large scale, which a constant pre-
paration for war comprehends, without bringing
upon the Government the revulsions of a fluc-
tuating labour market, and resorting to charity
to feed and clothe the industrial masses.
Commerce can have no real existence where
the State is constrained to employ the pub-
lic money to depreciate prices and overthrow the
long recognised law of demand and supply; nor
can the wants of labour be relieved where profits
are not allowed to the employer to enable him to
pay an advance of wages. To charge the present
Government of France with being the sole
authors of the accumulated evils which are now
bearing so heavily on the Throne and the
people, would be a base slander. The French,
as a nation, have been the cause of their own
embarrassments. They love the profession of
arms, and care not what penalty they pay for the
gratification of their warlike propensities. But
are we to be frightened out of our senses at the
sight of straws ? or led away from the path
chalked out for us by a Conviction, sanctified by
centuries of experience, and which, within the
last few days, has been so lamentably yet
miraculously confirmed ? We can make no pre-
paration for war at a less cost than 100,000,000/.,
and we cannot follow the example of the Conti-
nent under an expenditure of 40,000,0001. annu-
ally our army and navy alone. We must
more than double the burden of a debt of
800,000,000/. ; and unless it is the intention of
the Preparation-for-War Party to apply the
sponge of national dishonour to the slate, and
wipe off the National Debt, it is high time that
retrenchment in our military and naval expendi-
ture should be commenced, to avert from this
commercial country the social anomalies and
multifarious dangers which threaten our gallant
Ally.