The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-13 00:00:00

No. 22.036

Third Thousand.

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CHINA.

HONGKONG, San. 1.
Peace continues to reign in the neighbourhood of

Shanghai, but active preparations are on foot there
for the intended attack on Nankin by Colonel Bur-
govine's force. As the Imperialists will have no
aid from the Allies on this occasion, their success
may be doubted. The Taepings are numerous and
well equipped, and have materially strengthened
the fortifications of Nankin, as has been ascertained
very recently by the commander of the gunboat

Bouncer. They are said to suffer from want of

supplies within the city, but there is no confirma-

tion of the success claimed by the Imperialists, as
reported by the last mail. At Shanghai several

murders among the Chinese have drawn attention

o the disproportion between so large and mixed a

population and the protecting power of the police
of the settlement, as Well as to the necostAty of a

more effectlve systurn of local government. The

last problem is not one of easy solution,
Several questions connected with foreign trade in
this country, in addition to those on which the

Shanghai Chamber of Commerce has taken action,
are assuming important dimensions, and will require
prompt settlement. By a decision of Mr. Bruce,
goods sent from one treaty port to another, but
transhipped at Hongkong, are treated as coming
from a foreign port,-although protected by a duty
chop and fully identified. This decision particu-
larly affects the trade of Canton, whence a large
proportion of exported goods is brought here in
steamers, and transferred to vessels on the berth
for the several coast ports. The rapidly increasing

preference of the Chinese for foreign bottoms, before

noticed, and the absence of injury to the Imperial
revenue from the system of transhipment under
very simple checks, renders it most desirable that
so obstructive a decision should be reversed.

The extent of the powers of the Foreign Com-
missioners of Customs and the area of their several
jurisdictions require to be defined. British subjects
in this country believe that, under the treaty of
Nankin, the provisions of which are incorporated in
the subsequent conventions, and under the Queen's
Order in Council of June 13, 1853, they are entitled
to the protection of the Consuls against irregular
acts on the part of Chinese officials, equally as
against other Chinese. in this view they claim
consular investigation of all cases of seizure or con-
fiscation by the Customs' authorities whenever hard-
ship or injustice is alleged. The Consuls, however,
refuse to entertain all such applications, acting, it
is believed, under orders from her INlajesty's Mini-
ster at Pekin ; and as the Supreme Court disclaims
jurisdiction in appeal over the Consuls, there is
apparently no remedy for aggrieved parties short
of going to the Privy Council. This state of things
has just been exemplified by an argument before
the Supreme Court in a case " Johnson v. Mid-
hurst." Again, the Foreign Commissioner at Foo-
chow has lately seized several foreign vessels at
Keelang, a port in Formosa. Some at least of these
vessels were there under license from the superin-

tendent (Chinese) of customs et Tamsin—the treaty
port of the island—full dues having been paid to
him, and the ship's papers deposited with him.
The provisions of the treaty in clauses 9, 12, and 47
are contradictory. By the first two British subjects
" are authorised to travel, for their pleasure or for
purposes of trade, to all parts of the interior under
passport . ." and "to build or open houses, ware-
houses,&c., whether at the ports or at other places,"
if they desire it, on making fair arrangements to
acquire the land or buildings; but by the last Bri-
tish merchant vessels are "not entitled to resort to
other than the ports of trade declared open by this
treaty. They are not unlawfully to enter other
ports of China . . ." and " any vessel violating
this provision shall, with her cargo, be subject to
confiscation by the Chinese Government." No in-
terpretation of clause 47 can make the presence of
foreign vessels, as at Keelang, in ports not open by
treaty " unlawful," when in possession of a Govern-
ment pass granted under the circumstances detailed
above ; for it can scarcely be argued that the onus
of verifying the powers of Chinese officials lies on
the unfortunate masters of vessels holding their
licences. The fact that, in the present instance, the
seizure of the ships at Keelang was commuted to a
fine, in nowise alters the merits of the particular
case, or the principle at issue.

Many points of difficulty must arise in the pre-
sent transition state of trade in China ; but they
ought to be settled with more reference to the liberal
spirit of the treaty than has hitherto prevailed at
Pekin ; and representations from this side might be
materially furthered by the East India and China
Association of London, but for the deep lethargy
into which that very respectable but inert body has
for some years fallen.
Ningpo furnishes no news for this mail. The
Tien-Wang was reported to have left Nankin in
view of the Imperialist preparations for its attack ;
but it is doubtful whether he has done so.
Rumours of grave events come from Japan, but
they are not to be relied on. The seizure of the
Mikado, by the son of the last Regent murdered at
Jeddo, and the violent death of the father of the
Prince of Satsuma are reported, but not believed.
The departure of the Daimios from Jeddo, however,
continues, and it seems certain that there is strong
political excitement among the governing classes of
the country.
Ex-Governor-Ueneral Laos, of Canton, has been
appointed to the government of the Kwei-chow pro-
vince. The Russian steam frigate Bogatys, with the
flag of Rear-Admiral Popoff, is now in the harbour.
The Admiral proceeds to her to Singapore in a few
days, and, after a short stay there, will return to
Chinese waters. Nothing further is known of the
reported Russian offer to assist in putting down the
rebellion.
The French mail steamer Imperatrice left for
Suez on the 26th uit. The London mails of Nov.
10 were received on the 24th per steamer China,
and those outward will be despatched to-day at 2
p.m. by the steamer Malta.

THE ALABAMA AND FLORIDA, CONFEDERATE
CRUISERS.—NEW YORK, Jan. 30.—The Escort,
Whitmore, which arrived here last evening from Vera Cruz
reports that when off the south-west side of Cubashe
was
in company with a vessel supposed to be the Confederate
at night,
steamer Alabama, which approached quite
all
but kept away during the day. She wasundnerrehesariinae. She
sail, having
her propeller hauled up, it galeblowinagLgany demonstration.
finally left the escort without mk
Advices from Havannalbdat
dated the 24th of January, state
that the Confederate steamer
Florida, captured and
burnt the W
d
( American brig), from Matanzas for
with molasses, about four miles off the former
Portland,
port on the 22d. Next morning the Florida burnt the Cornis
Ann brig, of Machias, Philadelphia, for Cardenas, between
Cayo Piedro and Cayo l‘lono. She soon after captured two
snore brigs just out from Cardenas, one of which she burnt,
and the other sunk. A schooner, which arrived at Havan-
nab on the 24th, reported having seen the Florida with the
English flag flying, steering for the Bahamas. The Eagle,
Adams, from Havannah, which arrived here yesterday, ro-
ports having seen a largo body of smoke in the eastern edge
of the horizon, supposed to be from a vessel on fire, 26th of
January, at 10 30 a.m., in lat. 30 N., 79 W.
PAUPER DEPORTATION.—An extraordinary ease
of pauper deportation, that will be probably noticed
in Parliament, was the subject of investigation by the
Board of Guardians at Westport last week, Lord J.Browno,
M.P., in the chair. The facts of the case were thus certi-
fied by Dr. J ohnston, the medical officer of the Union :--
" Patrick Bourke, aged 73, who was admitted to the hospi-
tal on the Ist inst., labouring under chronic bronchitis,
weak heart, and general debility, was removed from
to Westport, by the Leeds Board of Guardians
he got
in a
very
inclement season. Immediately after his
notwithstanding
and died admission
severe diarrhoea, under which he
ands
the greatest care and attention, daieclon the 13th inst.
I consider hi removal at such a time i in, suchanThe man
a state in-
judicious, and calculated 0 hasten his death.''
alleged that he had resided 4 i years in England, and the
last 7 years in one parish at Leeds. lie stated that he was
taken out of a bed of sickness aad "hauled" off to a railway
station, that he was shaken almost to death in a third-class
carriage, and that he would have died on the open deck of
the steamer if the sailors had not given him shelter. The
investigation was held in consequence of a motion by one
of the guardians, Mr. Burke, solicitor, that the case be in-
quired into, and that the Chief Secretary for Ireland, as
one of the Poor Law Commissioners, be called on to pro-
secute for manslaughter all the parties concerned in the in-
human and improper treatment this poor man had received
, and by which he lost his life."

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