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THE WAR IN CHINA.

A collection of papers relative to the civil war in
China has been presented to the House of Com-
mons by command of her Majesty, in pursuance of
their address of the sth inst. It comprises the cor-
respondence between Sir George Bonham and the
Foreign-office. The chief points of the intelligence
conveyed in these dispatches has already appeared
in our columns.
Under date of Shanghai, March 28, Sir George
Bonham writes :
"The worst feature connected with the advance of the
insurgents to Nanking has been a kind of panic amongst
the Chinese merchants and traders at Shanghai, which
has reacted in an injurious manner upon our trade.
There is at present little or no business carried on, and
money is very scarce. The arrival of two additional ves-
sels of war has, to a certain extent, restored confidence,
but it is impossible to expect commerce to flourish when
the country so close to Shanghai is in its present disturbed
condition, a state of things which it is impossible to
cope with, and the final result of which it is exceedingly
difficult to foresee. I repeat,
that for m art, I have
accordingly to proceed to
at present no apprehension for Shanghai, and I propose
Ningpo to-morrow, in her
Majesty's steam-sloop Hermes, where for many reasons,
I think it advisable a ship of war should appear ; the
British community at Ningpo having applied for the
visit of a vessel of war in the present disturbed state of
the country, and the proximity of the army of the insur-
gents. My absence from Shanghai will not exceed a
week, and on my return to this port I hope to find mat-
ters will have assumed a more tangible and decided
shape ; in the meanwhile I have been anxious not to lose
the opportunity offered by the bi-monthly mail, of plac-
ing her Majesty's Government in possession of the real
facts of the case, as far as, up to the present moment,
they can be ascertained, more especially as the local
press in this country may exaggerate matters and cause
unnecessary alarm and apprehension."
On the 31st of May, 1853, Lord Clarendon sent
the following dispatch to Sir G. Bonham
" Foreign-office' May 31, 1853.
" Sir—l have received and laid before the Queen your
dispatch of the 28th of March, reporting such intelli-
gence as you could obtain respecting the progress of the
insurrection in China, and stating that you had deter-
mined, pending instructions from home, not to interfere
in any shape in favour of the Chinese Government.
"Her Majesty's Goverment approve your determina-
tion in that respect, which is in entire conformity with
their wishes and intentions.—l am, &c.,
(Signed) " CLARENDON."
Meantime various meetings had been held at
Shanghai, by British merchants and residents, to
concert means for the protection of their property
and common interests.

Full detailsdetails4of the expedition of her Majesty's
steam-sloop Hermes to Nanking, with Sir G. Bon-
ham on board, have already been published.
Among the documents addressed to Sir G. Bon-
ham the following have a peculiar interest :
" THE INSURGENT CHIEFS TO SIR GEORGE BONHAM.
("Translation of the,lYellow Silk Document.)
"We, Prince of the East, Yang, the Honae teacher,
and the master who rescues from calamity (an ecclesias-
tical title), principal minister of state, and generalissimo ;
and

Prince of the West, Seasu, assistant minister of state,
and also generalissimo, both subjects of the Celestial
dynasty, now under the sway of Taeping, truly commis-
sioned by heaven to rule, hereby issue a decree to the
distant English, who have long recognised the duty of
worshipping heaven (God), and who have recently come
into the views of our royal master, especially enjoining
upon them to set their minds at rest and harbour no
unworthy suspicions.
"The Heavenly Father, the Supreme Lord, the Great
God, in the beginning created heaven and earth, land
and sea, men and things, in six days ; from that time
to this the whole world has been one family, and all
within the four seas brethren ; how can there exist,
then, any difference between man and man ; or how
any distinction between principal and secondary birth ?
But from the time that the human race has been in:
fluenced by the demoniacal agency which has entered
into the heart of man, they have ceased to acknowledge
the great benevolence of God the Heavenly Father in
giving and sustaining life, ceased to appreciate the in-
finite merit of the expiatory sacrifice made by Jesus,
our Celestial Elder Brother, and have, with lumps of
clay, wood, and stone, practised perversity in the world.
Hence it is that the Tartar hordes and elfin Huns so
fraudulently robbed us of our celestial territory (China.)
But, happily, our Heavenly Father and Celestial Elder
Brother have from an early date displayed their miracu-
lous power amongst you English, and you have long
acknowled the duty of worshipping God the Heavenly
Father and Jesus our Celestial Brother, so that the
truth has been preserved entire, and the gospel main-
tained. Happily, too, the Celestial Father, the Supreme
Lord and Great God, has now of His infinite mercy sent
a heavenly messenger to convey our Royal master, the
Heavenly King, up into heaven, and has personally en-
dowed him with power to sweep away from the thirty-
three heavens demoniacal influences of every kind, and
expel them thence into this lower world. And, beyond
all, happy is it that the Heavenly Father and great God
displayed his infinite mercy and compassion in coming
down into this our world in the third month of the year
Mowshin (1848), and that Jesus, our Celestial Elder
Brother, the Saviour of the world, likewise manifested
equal favour and grace in descending to earth during the
ninth month of the same year ; where, for these six
years past, they have marvellously guided the affairs of
men, mightily exhibited their wondrous power, and put
forth innumerable miraculous proofs, exterminating a
vast number of imps and demons, and aiding our Celes-
tial Sovereign in assuming the control of the whole
empire. _

"But now that you distant English have not deemed
myriads of miles too far to come' and acknowledge our
sovereignty; not only are the soldiers and officers of our
Celestial dynasty delighted and gratified thereby, but
even in high heaven itself our Celestial Father and Elder
Brother will also admire this manifestation of your
fidelity and truth. We, therefore, issue this special de-
cree, permitting you, the English Chief, to lead your
brethren out in, backwards or forwards, in full accord-
ance with your own will or wish, whether to aid us in
exterminating our impish foes, or to carry on your com-
mercial operations as usual ; and it is our earnest hope
that you will, with us, earn the merit of diligently serv-
ing our Royal master, and, with us, recompense the
goodness of the Father of Spirits.
" Wherefore we promulgate this new decree of
(our Sovereign) Taeping for the information of you Eng-
lish, so that all the human race may learn to worship our
Heavenly Father and Celestial Elder Brother, and that
all may know that, wherever our royal master is, there
men unite in congratulating him on having obtained the
decree to rule.

" A special decree, for the information of all men,
given (under our seals) this 26th day of the 3d month
of the year Kweihaou (Ist May, 1853), under the reign
of the Celestial dynasty of Taeping,
" Note.—The authority from which this document
emanates has established a new calendar, making the
year to consist of 366 days, divided into twelve months
of 30 to 31 days. Their present year commenced on
the 4th February, 1853, their second month on the 7th
March, and their third month on the 6th April."
To this Sir G. Bonham replied :
" I have received your communication, part of which
I am unable to understand, and especially that portion
which implies that the English are subordinate to your
Sovereign. Owing to its contents, lam now compelled
to remind you that my nation, by treaty entered into
with the Chinese Government, has obtained the right of '
trading at the five ports of Canton, Foochow, Amoy,
Ningpo, and Shanghai ; and that if you or any other
people presume to injure, in any manner, the persons
or property of British subjects, immediate steps will be
taken to resent the injury in the same manner as similar
injuries were resented ten years ago, resulting in the
capture of Chinkiaug, Nanking, and the neighbouring
cities, and in the treaty of peace, the conditions of which
you will have learnt from the copy sent to you the day
before yesterday. (Signed) "S. G. BONHAM."

Inclosure No. 10 contains the general views of
the Chinese Insurgents. It is as follows :
" The Book of Religious Precepts' is decidedly the
best production issued by the insurgents. The reasoning
is correct, the prayers are goad, the ceremonies enjoined
(with the exception of the offerings) are unobjectionable ;
the Ten Commandments agree in spirit with those de-
livered by Moses, and the hymns are passable. The
statements of the doctrines of human depravity, redemp-
tion by the blood of Jesus, and renewal of the heart by
the influence of the Holy Spirit, are sufficient to direct
any honest inquirer in the way to heaven. If this were
the only pamphlet issued by the insurgents, or if they
were all like this, we should sincerely rejoice in the
movement, and wish it success.
" The Ode for Youth' gives some admirable lessons
regarding the honour due to God, who is the creator and '
father of all. It sets forth, in very clear terms, the
coming of Jesus into the world for the salvation of
men by the shedding of his blood on the cross, and then
goes on to detail the duties that are required of us as
arents and children, brothers and sisters, husbands and
wives, relatives and friends ; concluding with instruc-
tions as to the management of the heart and external
senses. Altogether it is an excellent book, and there is
not a word in it which a Christian missionary might not
adopt and circulate as a tract for the benefit of the Chi-
nese. . _

" The Trimetrical Classic' begins well. It details
the creation of the world and the history of the Israel-
ites, their deliverance from Egypt, the passage of the
Red Sea, and the giving of the law on Mount Sinai. It
then speaks of the mission of God's Son, Jesus, into the
world, his suffering, death, resurrection, and ascension,
with his command to preach the gospel in all the world,
through believing which men may go to heaven. The
writer then says, that the Chinese, in early ages,
worshipped one God, but were deluded after-
wards by superstition, on which account God is
said to have sent down the present leader of the
insurrection (who is called his son) into the world
to study the Chinese classics • after which he took him
I up to heaven, and gave hinz instruction on celestial

' matters ; he also gave him a seal and a sword, with a
commission to destroy his enemies. After having slain
many he was again taken up to heaven, where he says
that he saw the mother and wife of Jesus, whom he
calls his elder brother. Having received new instruc-
tions and encouragements, he came down the third time
to consolidate his government.
"All these assumptions of journeys to heaven and
heavenly interference bring the pretender into discredit,
and lead to the suspicion that the chief of the insurrec-
tion has arrogated to himself a direct connection with
the Deity in order to overawe his followers, and make
them subservient to his will.
" ' The Book of Celestial Decrees' purports to be a col-
lection of communications from God, our heavenly father,
and Jesus, our elder brother, who, it is said, have several
times since the year, 1848, come down into the world
to declare the divine will to man. In 1848 our Heavenly
Father is said to have told the multitude that ho had
appointed the chief of the insurrection to he their celes-
tial king, commanding them to be obedient to his com-
mands, and aid him in attaining the empire. The same
year Jesus is said to have told them to fight in order to
subdue the country, when they would all attain to high
offices ; but to have declared that if they disobeyed the
commands of their superiors, or retreated in battle, he
would put them to death. He is also said to have for-
bidding their secreting any of the booty, and to have
ordered them to give up everything to the general trea-
sury. On a subsequent occasion the Father is said to
have reproved them for disobedience to orders, and for
want of courage, telling them to consider whose rice
they were eating, and in whose work they were engaged,
as an inducement to them to go forth to battle and kill
their enemies ; adding that, if a man wishes to become a
hero, he must not live at his ease, for the more men en-
dure the greater will be their honour • and much more
to the same effect, all very unlike What might be ex-
pected to come from our Heavenly Father, and very dif-
ferent from anything ever uttered by Jesus.
" The pamphlet closes with a number of proclamations
from the chief himself, urging the people to obey Hea-
ven's commands, to keep the males and females at a
proper distance, not to encroach on other's rights, to
maintain harmony, to display courage, and when engag-
ing in battle never to retreat. He then gives various
details respecting the marshalling of the forces, urging
the people to fight valorously, and promising rewards
according to their merit, including the highest dignities
in the present world, and glory in the next. The chief
appends a summary of doctrine, in which he details the
divine attributes, and disclaims for himself, or others,
those titles which he thinks are due to God alone. He
particularly insists on obedience to the Seventh Com-
mandment, all offences against which are to be visited
by death, without mercy. The last proclamation regards ,
his harem, and forbids any one to mention the names or •
ranks of any of its inmates, or even to look at them.
Whoever dares to disobey shall be beheaded ; and who- -
ever reports anything that is said outside into the
harem, both the carrier and the person who said it are I
to be beheaded.

"This latter document indicates that the chief is
bent on attaining empire, and while claiming every in-
dulgence for himself, is resolved to punish severely all
those who interfere with his pleasures.
" The Revelations of the Heavenly Father during his
descent on earth' details the examination and detection
of a traitor, on whom they were about to confer an ap-
pointment, when the Father is said to have come down
from heaven in person, on purpose to arraign and cross-
question the delinquent, and having brought his treason
to light, to have returned to heaven. Considering this
a mighty display of the Father's power, the leader called
upon his followers to kneel down with him and acknow-
ledge the celestial favour ; after which he directed his
ministers to record the declared will of God, on the oc-
casion of His descent upon earth. The result is the pam-
phlet before us. There is no word of their having seen
any form ; but the idea of the Father's presence seems
to have been impressed upon the minds of the bystand-
ers ; when the Father is said to have addressed the leader
of the insurrection, saying, ' I am going to take this
matter in hand to-day ; any other person would find it
a hard task.' He is then said to have commanded the
traitor to be brought, and to have interrogated him in a
variety of ways, in consequence of which the man con-
fessed his guilt and was put to death. In the course of
the examination the traitor is asked if he knew who was
addressing him, to which he replied, The great God,
the heavenly.' Also, if ho knew who was the sun, to
which he answered, The sun is my sovereign, the ce-
lestial ruler, the true lord of all the nations of the earth.'
Over what breadth,' it was then asked, does this sun
shine ?' to which the answer was given, illumines
the entire world.' These words must be understood,
however, with some limitations, as the Chinese are in
the habit of considering the territory subject to their
own emperor as the whole world.

" After the examination was concluded, and the Father
had returned to heaven, the whole army rejoiced toge-
ther at the goodness of God, and proceeded to kill pigs
and oxen, and offer them up in thanksgiving to the Fa-
ther of all for His power and mercy in confounding the
fiendish schemes of their enemies, and for His gracious
care of His own children. It is evident from this that
the insurgents are neither Jews nor Mohammedans, or
they would not offer unclean animals to God.

‘‘ The anthropomorphism displayed in the above pain•
phlet is very striking. The Deity is brought down from
a state of distant superiority, and is represented as fami-
liar with mortals, in a degree which to us appears some-
what revolting. His cross-questioning the culprit, in
order to find out the truth, and his scolding several of
the officers for their neglect, to whom he ordered 100
blows each to be given, are rather undignified represen-
tations of the conduct of the Supreme, leaving the im-
pression on our minds, that not only is the whole scene
got up for the purpose of overawing the multitude, but
the individual who conceived it is himself possessed of
a vulgar mind. The language in which the pamphlet is
drawn up is also excessively colloquial, and in some
instances provincial.
" Has 'ng thus given a general view of the above five
pamphlets, we leave the reader to form his own opinion.
To ourselves it appears exceedingly difficult to arrive at
a definite conclusion. There are some things good,
very good, in the productions before us, leading us to
infer that the authors were divinely taught, and to
cherish the hope that not a few will, through the me-
dium of these truths, find the road to heaven. There
are, however, some things of which we most highly disap-
prove ; not the least of which are the pretensions to new
and immediate communications from the Deity, some
of which afford representations of the Divine Being far
different from what we have been accustomed to in the
Christian Scriptures, and made to serve the end of per-
sonal aggrandizement and ambition.
" The only way to account for the difference is the
supposition that two minds, or different sets of men,
have been at work ; the one animated by a sincere and
humble desire to serve God and to seek his favour
through the merits of the only Saviour, and the other
desirous of imposing on the credulity of the unthinking
many, with the view of elevating themselves to supreme
power. Which preponderates, or which is likely ulti-
mately to prevail, it is impossible, without long and in-
timate personal intercourse with the people themselves,
to say. One thing is clear, that a considerable know-
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Should the insurrection succeed, me may at least expect
a perfect toleration for Christian missionaries ' • and it is
not unlikely that the party, when predominant, will
cherish a favourable disposition towards foreigners, as
holding in general the same doctrines as themselves.
They would doubtless admit of commercial intercourse ;
but we may gather, from their books and their conduct,
that opium would be strictly prohibited—not as now, in
name only, but in reality.
" The advantages to be anticipated from the success
of the insurgents are, the opening of the country to reli-
gious and commercial enterprise, and the introduction of
scientific improvements, which will benefit both the giver
and the receiver. It would be sad to see Christian na-
tions engaged in putting down the movement, as the
insurgents possess an energy, and a tendency to im-
provement and general reform (as witness their calender)
which the Imperialists never have exhibited, and never
can be expected to display. Questionable though it be,
the form of Christianity which the insurgents profess is
far better than the stupid idolatry hitherto practised by
the Chinese ; and it is possible that European na-
tions, if engaged on the opposite side, would be going to
war with some people in som respects better than them-
selves. Should the Imperialists unaided by foreigners
prevail over the insurgents (of which there seems little
probability), they will become much more exclusive and
insolent than before. They will remember our neu-
trality, our intercourse with the insurgents and, above
all, the apparent similarity between our religion and
theirs, with the fact that the insurgents have derived
their religion from foreigners. Chinese diplomatists
at some future day may wield these arguments our
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party. Foreigners should be prepared;hhioolhvetvhe er,inwsuitrh.
a sufficient force to resist any attack
gents may be induced to mak“evsron.
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Ti,e destruction.cou
collection nSigcnoedc)ludes with the following de-
spatch from Lord Clarendon :
"Foreign-office, August 3, 1853.
" Sir,—I received on the 30th ultimo your dispatches
of the 6th and 11th of May, giving an account of your
visit to the head-quartersoft details
heinsurgentisllautstNraatnivkeingof,
and containing many interesting
the present state of the parties opposed to the reigning
dynasty of China.
"Her Majesty's Governmentoe have read
despatches
readthesea.
"The excellent
with the greatest interest, and they entirely approve of
your
as
sreprtd in y
report drawn up by Mr. Interpreter
Tho proceedingsoxoollot
Meadows of his interview with the insurgent chiefs has
not failed to attract the attention of her Majesty's Go-
vernment, That gontlemaz appears to have exhibited