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

The Affairs of China,

Official correspondence between Sir F. Bruce
m
of China, has been just Wilished, including a copy
edroaemnspdpaultanicihntdrseamltaeade of the enti:i. ißndritiffeeeredn
$lll3
tdivjeunteol6,
sir
and Prince Kung, Prima ITister of the Emperor
of Prince g's answer to Sir F. Bruce's memo.
the affairs of China. In a
detailsr
thethe
provisions of the treaties
affecting
enteisneg authorities
transit to the
duties,
sz e . ,
for which no redress
to the employment of
cßorui lt di s
hb beofficers
niend . t h
e Relativeaery i
e of the Chinese Go-
vernment, Sir F. Bruce says he cannot authorise the
employment 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 c payment of the force,
in order that discipline maybe
preserved. 2. That
"der the Imperial
ment,Govern-
they are to receive their
and
d
which
which
directlyhich e
only ,1 ,
orders,they are to be responsible.
They will thus act with the provincial authorities,
but will not be under their control. It is for your
these
fra alone
Imperial Highness to decide whether you will make
states
that Prince
n tZee Kung,
of British officers. It is for me to point out the
conditions on which alone their services are to be
had."tte
dated June 19,
a
is identifiediilBrePl3r vith the law of
the Imperial Government,
and is so considered in
all dealings with the British Government. In refe-
ference to the employment of British officers, the
t treaty
reply of Prince Kling to the despatch of Sir F.
Bruce contains the following statement of the
views and intentions of ~,
".9 Chinese Go.
"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 cooperation 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 abed. But when the Chinese Government
purchases vessels and guns, a 4— ti
appoints a high
officer to take command of them, the foreign mili-
tary officers whom it may engage to assist in the
instruction of its forces, inasmuch as these are in
the pay of the Government, cannot limit their ser-
vioes to action against the enemy only
at the ports
of trade. Their movements and the distribution of
them must be entirely under the direction of the
Chinese Government."

NIAGARA FALLS.—An accidepareteiopcicceuirnrecodno.aquGeonacet
Island, Niagara Falls, on the 22d
nit., near the Biddle
Stairs. A carriage containing the wife of Captain Webster
and the wife of Captain Hunt, of the Quartermaster's De-
of the horses taking fright, For,unately a shelf in tl,l
rockprecipitated some 30 feet down broke their fall, and lb, •
ladies
lodged in the trees. On
wat
e."(IWY P:ad the other
slightly injured,

The court of Assizes of the Ardennes has jest
tried a man naLllv!. -Perin and his sister on a charge
°I 14114 g 'Lurflurod the newly -born infant of the latter.
A r
.er strangling the poor thing, they boiled its body, gave
the flesh to the pipe, and burnt the bones. The jury found
the male prisoner guilty, but acquitted the woman. The
former was accordingly sentenced to haul labour for life,