Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-17 00:00:00

THE TRA AND COFFERWAIZICETS

The Timer city article says purchases of
tea were made -by the trade yesterday: The advance
has been fully- maintained.

The _Bally- Niive city article says:--The.public sales
of coffee to-day went off at a redaction of 611 to is per
cwt. Tea remains firm : common congow is quoted

given,"we are glad to learn that the dignified for-
bearance becoming an officer of the British crown
was evinced by the commander in this case. The

etiquette so rigourously enforced in Eastern coun-
tries, was conceded by the British Admiral, and, so
far as appearances went, he had no reason tobelieve
that the visit of the plenipotentiaries would be
opposed. Application for landing the English
and French Ambassadors was made to the autho-
rities, but this, though not directly refused, was
postponed. Delay made I:hatters no better, and
an assault on the place was resolved on, and so
far carried out. The result proved that Britons
would do whatever man could dare ; but here,
-overmatched, they were not successful. With-
out intending to impute blame to any one, we
must say tl

aat it does not appear, from the Gazette
account, that that full amount of considerate-
preparation against the chances of resistance was
made, which the safety of a British navel squad-
ron required. Investigation will, of course-,-follow
the unfoward event, and until the result of that
is known, journalists should be silent.

A meeting full of interest' took place last night
in Hope-hull, where some o our leading phdian-
trophists were present, along with the car-drivers
and their wives, the object of the meeting beibg
to present to' the gentleman volt); under the santl-
tion of the TOwn Mission, has been instrumental
in effecting much good among ao class generally'
looked upon SIA t outcasts. The pasent made to
the reverend missionary, and the- particulars of
its presentation,• will he found in our reporting
damns, and in this,pince we mere} 'direct atten-

don to the meetiiag and its antecedents, as an
indication of hovrtmucis good may be effected by

perseverance, under: even the most trtpromising

profTects.

Th problem which we laid all thought aolved,

" Hew are we to clear. with the Chinese"' is, it
appears;. as far from solutforr as ever, and all the
athievements of Loalt Etztes- acute diplmnacy
hive' been annulled by a. coop de main. The
specialty- of the case that though
.s are
contending with a veffrhigit form of civilisation,
we ire. at the same time met in the spirit;.and

v;-ii the tactics, of barbarians,. War with this
remote Eastern Empire': is .viclently quite a
distlnct thing from wall with a; European Poor.
Yet,`. the circumstances,. Chinu are scarcely

such tas to‘ have prepared'us for a contest with
the irregular methods of 4 savagr. warfare. Na
process,,intleed., can be easier than a well-defireci

confriet between civilisatien: anti barbarism ; nor
can any. result be capable,of,'mare) certain predic-
tion than its; issue. There?-ii no surer test of civ i=
lisatfearthan: its mode offrwarfarer and its subs

missiom to that system- of ethics which haw
formed aloulthe sentiment among nations. Yet
here we ‘firai a civilisation. that had alreachr

:reached? a, certain sort of perfection ages since;
wheit modern Europe hadtnot- yet emerged from

savage-lift..

True, it was anlEasteam civilisation;:

but is,that geographical characteristic —whatever

differenee of tone it might be expeeted to impart

to national. systems—sutaient to, imply so
marked:. w. failure in tite one, great test
of ailL other civilisation a. which ancient or
has recorcl6d:?' One considers.-