The Sun.
London, England, 1830-05-19 00:00:00

" CHUNG, THE HOPPO, &e.

" Chung, the Commissioner, by Imperial order, of the
duties at the port of Canton, raised three steps, and re-
corded in the book of merit, hereby issues a prohibitory
proclamation
" The foreigners of various nations pass over an im-
mense ocean to came to Canton to trade, therefore they
should be compassionate(' and tenderly treated. Exclusive
of goods going lip and down, which are chargeable with
duty, and which should be strictly levied, for those arti-
cles of clothing, bedding, and food, which are used by our
persons, foreigners should not be distressed by additional
duties and extortions.

" I have heard that foreigners going up and down, to
and from Canton and Macao, pay all their expences
through Compradors, and that on the passage there are
extra extortions, which are a great viol ition of the laws.
" I, the Hoppo, having received the gracious commands
of his Majesty to superintend the duties at Canton, must
make it my study to be liberal to foreign merchants, and
remove entirely various nefarious practices.
" I hereby publish a strict prohibition on the subject,
and make it known to the chief supercargoes of all foreign
nations, and to the native police stationed at the
passes, that hereafter supercargoes of all foreign nations
going up or down, to or from Macao or Canton, if they
have any thing with them chargeable with duty it must
be according to law, and not the least smuggling allowed ;
but exclusive of such things, all extortions of money for
rice and clandestine fees is disallowed.

" And with regard to these selfish and nefarious per-
sons, it is allowed to foreigners to point out facts to Go-
vernment, that having proof a strict prosecution may be
instituted and severe punishment be inflicted. My eyes
and ears are very near. As my words go forth, the law
follows. Take therefore care, all; do not use your bodies
to try experiments with the last, thereby involving your-
selves in subsequent repentan.
" Let every one tremblingly obey.
" A Special Edict.—Taon Kwang, 9th year, 11th
moon, 23d day."

The Earl of ABERDEEN last night notified
to the House of Lords that the papers respect-
ing Greece were now being printed, and would
be laid before Parliament on Monday next.
We are heartily glad of it, for now the Greek
Question may be said to be at last settled, not-
withstanding what the Fre:ich and German
Journalists have asserted to th• contrary.

Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL put a question
last night, relating to the new Stamp Act, in re-
ply to which the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
cuEQUER announced his intention of taking off
10s. from the Stamp Duty on indentures of ap-
prenticeship, the premium on which is under 201.
We are glad to see that the Government is not
wholly inexorable with regard to this obnoxious
Act, though the reduction alluded to is a very
small matter compared to those which ought to
be made in the apprentice stamps alone. To
levy such sums as 11., 21., 31., 61., and so forth,
on indentures of apprenticeship respectively under
301., 501., 1001., and 2001., is a very great hard-
ship upon parents with large families, who ap-
propriate their savings, or perhaps borrow
money, for the instructions of their sons in use-
ful trades. The Law of Apprenticeship is in
many respects, in itself, a sufficient evil, without
making it still more hurtful to industry by means
of taxation.

As to Ireland, the tender mercies of the
CHANCELLOR EXCHEQUER propose to
increase hey
ofapprenticethe
stamps in the following
proportion, viz.:—

. -
Ditto, .. , .......
slndentures now charged 53... ~.to l/.
Ditto .......... 10s to 2/.1
IL 10s. .to 3/.1
Ditt0........ 3/.... ...to 6/.1
Ditto .......... 61 to 12/.1
Ditt0.......... 10/.. . _to 20/.1
and so on for higher sums. We leave this scale,
without comment, to the notice of those Irish
:\lembers who have pledged themselves to op-
pose the new Newspaper mid Advertisement
Duty, which is zYco more oppressive than the
taw. on apprenticeships.
An additional reason why the Newspaper Press
in general is entitled to some consideration from
the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, is the

new scheme which the ATTORNEY-GENERAL,
last night gave notice of, for making all News-
papers to be hereafter established, give an addi-
tional security of 1001. to answer such prosecu-
tions fur libel as may be commenced against
them. A bond of 100/. is, to be sure, but a
paltry security, if any mischief were really appre-
hended, but the plan is, nevertheless, vexatious,
and savours more of the regulations adopted by
Continental Sovereigns, such as the King of the
NETHERLANDS, for harrassing the Press, than
of the policy of a free Government like that of
Great Britain. If the present duties continue,
there is not much fear of the establishment of
many new Journals, but let the CHANCELLOR
of the EXCHEQUER handsomely repeal them,
and he will find that the activity of the Press,
both present and future, will enrich the Trea-
sury to an extent which, under a system of pro-
hibition, can never be the case.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, Ma 18.—Wind S.W. by W.—Arrived from
the River and sailed, the Laing, Sutherland, for New
South Wales ; and Recovery, Young, for Memel.
Po RTSNIOD TH, MAY 18. —Wind W. S. W.—Off the
Wight, the Frances, Duncan, from Trieste.
LIVERPOOL, MAT 16.—Arrived the Arethusa, Spence,
from Barbadoes ; Splendid, Lee, from New Orleans ;
Harmony, Pringle, from Mobile; James Cropper, Carey,
from Virginia; Mary and Susan, Candler, and Nimrod,
Atkins, from Charleston ; William Ashton, from St,
John's, N. B. ; Syren, Roe, from Palermo ; Diana,
Morrison, from Seville; Ellen, Coslin, from Santander ;
and Adventure, Adamson, from Rostock.

LAW INTELLIGINCE.-(THIS DAY).

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.
TYLER V. DRAYTON.

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL this morning rose in the
middle of the argument in " Hunter v. Reid," to complain
of the manner in which Mr. Serjeant Wilde's speech had
been reported in the newspapers. The report be had before
him contained nothing but a tissue of abuse from the
beginning to the end.
The VICE-CHANCELLOR. observed that the speech of
the Learned Serjeant had been the subject of conversa-
tion between a Learned Judge and himself this morning,
when he (the Vice-Chancellor) said that if he were called
upon to state what he thought of the course pursued by
the Solicitor-General, and of his conduct in this case, he
should have said without hesitation, in one word, that it
had been faultless.

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL felt himself greatly indebted
to the Court for the very favourable manner in which it
had expressed itself towards him; but he could not help
saying that he considered himself as treated with the
greatest injustice in this report of the case. The paper
now lying before him contained upwards of three columns,
purporting to be a report of what Mr. Serjeant Wilde had
said against him, but there was a total omission of what
he (the Solicitor-General) had said in explanation of the
charges made against him by the Learned Serjeant. The
Learned Gentleman sat down, trusting that there were
some of the gentlemen of the press present to hear what he
had stated.

The VICE-CHANCELLOR said, that from the angry and
he must say passionate way in which the Learned Serjeant
had opened his speech, he apprehended some angry col-
lision would have taken place between him and the
Solicitor-General ; but he must be allowed to express hie
surprise at the absence of all asperity or ill-natured obser-
vation on the part of the Solicitor-General in answer to
Mr. Serjeant Wilde's address.
The Learned Judge with whom he had had the con-
versation this morning was Mr. Justice Bosanquet.

Till FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

LIVERPOOL, MAY 17.—We continue to experience a
good demand for British Plantation Sugar—the sales for
the week amounting to 1,100 hhds. at steady prices ;
besides which a lot of fine Bengal has been disposed of at
685., and 640 bags of Mauritius at 525. to 60s. per cwt.
The demand for Cotton has been steady, at last week's
prices. The demand for Pine Timber has scarcely been
so good this week as the last, yet our quotations remain
without alteration : one cargo from Memel has just arrived.