The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-05 00:00:00

The Affairs of China.

Official correspondence between Sir F. Bruce
d
has
been Kung,
just
Prime Minister of the Emperor
of China,
Alb Hated, including A copy
of Prince Kung's answer to Sir F. Bruce's memo-
randum relative to the affairs of China. In a
despatcha
dated June 16, Sir F. Bruce details the
ru
entire indifference of the
the provisions of the treaties
complaintsaeiu
ctei sne authoritiesg transitmad e
of h
duties, t o t h
te
Bce.,
sirF i.niltrhuece
sa for which no redress
"P
could be obtained.
Relative to the employment of
Brrtisohy officers
service of the Chinese Go-
ent, ys he cannot authorise the
employment
ment of them, except under the following
conditions :—" 1. That the Imperial Government
take into its own hands the customs revenues as a
means of ensuring
the regular payment of the force,
in order that discipline may be preserved. 2. That
vI
these t ,
forces
e s
wbehidcih arectlloynuender the Imperial Govern-
rnu they are to receive their
orders, and to which only they are to be responsible.
They will thus act with the provincial authorities,
but will not be under their control. It is for your
e orr
Imperial Highness to decide whether you will make
use of British ffi
o_cers. 12. is
for
It me to point out the
conditions on which alone their services are to be
had." Prince Kung, in his rep; dated June 19,
v,
states that the treaty is identified ~,,Lt. h the law of
the Imperial Government, and is so considered in
all dealings with the British Government. Ili refe-
ference to the employment of British officers, in:
reply of Prince ICang to the despatch of Sir F.
Bruce contains the folloving statement of the
views and intentions of
the Chinese Go-
ti Where British vernmcut ; troops are engaged
in protecting the mercantile community at one
of the ports, these being troops placed there by
the
British Government, which objects to their moving
away from the port, the co-operation of such troops
against any rebels that may approach the port rests
entirely with the foreign Government. These troops
not being in Chinese pay, nor subject to Chinese
control, the Chinese Government has certainly no
right to direct their movements,
nor has it anything
to say to their discipline. This there can be no
question about. But when the Chinese Government
purchases vessels and guns, and appoints a high
officer to take command of them, the foreign mili-
tary officers whom it may enge.l6_s
to assist in the
instruction of its forces, inasmuch as these are in
the pay of the Government, Cannot limit their ser-
vices to action against the (Mem-
/ only at the ports
of trade. Their movements and the distribution of
them must be entirely under the direction of the
Chinese Government."

Ni
Niagara AR .ta
accident occurred on Goat
Island,
on the 22d ult., near the Biddle
A
Stairs. A carriage contitning the wife of Captain Webster
and the wife of Captain Hunt, of the
Quartermaster's De-
GFLXis,
partment, was precipitated over the precipice in consequence
of the horses taking fright. For: utietei_
y a shelf in the
rock some 30 feet down broke their fall, and the ladies
lodged in the trees. One was seriously and the other
slightly injured.
The Court of Assizes of the Ardennes has just
tried a man named Perin and his sister on a charge
of having murdered the new. 15 -born 'infant of the latter.
After strangling the poor thing, they boiled its body, gave
the flesh to the pigs, and burat the bones. The jury found
the male prisoner guilty, bu t acquitted the woman. The
former was accordingly eon tented to hoed labour for life.