The Sun.
London, England, 1822-05-30 00:00:00

CHINA.

Accounts have been received from Canton,
confirming the American statement, that several
Chinese had been killed and wounded at Lintin,
near Macao, in consAuence of the Top= fri-
_gate being compelled to open a fire upon them,
to save the lives of her own people. The Viceroy
called upon the Select Committee for satisfac-
tion, demanding that they should order the
Captain of his Majesty's ship to deliver up two
.of his Men, as two Chinese" had been killed.—
• The Committee of course replied, that they had
D 3 controul whatever over his Majesty's ships,
ansi that therefore they could not pretend to ex-
t.-rcise any such authority on the present occasion,
the Captain of the frigate not being in the
slightest degree accountable to them. As the
Viceroy persisted in .his unreasonable requisition,
and put a stop to the .trade until it should he.
complied with, the ',Committee embarked , and
Moved, with all the .ships, out of the River. It
appcars that the Local Governinent of .Canton,
elated by the success of their injustice and per
in the case of the unfortunate American
(whom they may fairly be said to have murdered,'
hi violation of the principles evenOf their own
haws), acted with a degree of precipitancy at the
commencement of the present affair, which they
were afterwards induced to repent of, and an
undress actually arrived from the Viceroy to the
Committee, inviting, them. to..return with -the.
s'hips tOCanton, but.rnakingnci-abaternent in his
demandS. This was the precise situation in
which affairs stood when the last vessel sailed_
from ; and it must be confessed to have
been sufficiently embarrassing. The Committee
could obviously do nothing but wait on board
the shipS until the Chinese had settled the affair,
either by allowing that the frigate's firing was an
act of mere self-defence, or by having recourse
to. one of those ingenious expedients, to which
onr firmness has driven them on former occasions
of a Similar,nature. In the year 1807, a Chinese
having been unfortunately killed by some un-
known person, hi a :general riot with the sailors,
the local Government, as usual, demanded the
person who had slain him ; but as the Committee
persisted in declaring that they were unable
to discover the offender ; and as the Viceroy
found that the suspension of the trade would
be attended with the greatest inconvenience
to himself, a varnished tale was prepared and
transmitted by him to Peking, in which it was
stated that the man had been killed by something
falling on his head out of a window. It is sin-
cerely to be hoped that a favourable result will
attend .us on the present occasion,-. and :Tha't the
frequent ,:sre.currence of such embarrassments,
prergitakt iVith-inconvenience to both parties, will
prove to the Chinese Government the necessity
of restraining their subjects from acts of wanton
aggression.--(Morning Post.)

P 0 R UGA L.

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LISBON. MAY 11.

CIRCULAR ADDRESSED TO THE 31INITERS OF 1115 MOST

FAITHFUL MAJESTY RESIDENT AT FOREIGN COURTS.
M. Avogrado, late. Sardinian •Charge d'Affaires at this
Court, having by his Majesty's order received passports to
leave this kingdom, it ,sis proper that you should be informed of
the circumstances which have thereupon occurred, in order that
you may be able to correct any misunderstanding which may
arise on this subject.
As soon as this Government was informed by our Ministers.
resident at Vienna, Naples, and Turin, that those Governments
had declared, that while they (lid not hesitate to recognize such
Ministers of his Most Faithful Majesty as had been appointed
before 24th August, 1320, they were deterrnined,nOteto,acknow-
ledge any persons who,, in virtue of subsequent- appointments,
might arrive with the view of supplyiir their places • because
-they had, with one common accord, resolved not to acknowledge.
the Government. aotially existing in Portugal; his Majesty then
ordered that the before-mentioned Ministers should not only
wislakaw from those Courts, but that the Portuguese Consuls, •
resident in-the ports of the respective countries, should suspend
-the exercise of their functions until the said Courts desisted from
theextraotelinary; pretension ofconstituting themselves thejudges
of the internal government of this kingdom, since the power of
the Consuls could not fall to be regarded as null by those Courts,
clog that-they were derived from a Power thus held to be il-
legitimate. But-in order that commerce might not suffer from.
these political differences, orders were issued to all the custom-
houses of the United Kingdom, not to give trouble to merchant
weasels, in consequence of their not having papers legally
authenticated by our Consuls, but to treat them as it they
came from ports where no Portuguese Consuls reside, in
which case the authentication of the local authorities is suf.
ficient.
itt the.same time his Nlajesty determined that the Sardinian
Citerrge d'Affaires, resident at this Court,. should not in future
be considered as a diplomatic agent, but that he might remain
as long as he pleased as a private individual.
Some months having elapsed after this resolution was com-
municated to M. Avogrado, there arrived from Ilatnburgli va-
ricios packages addressed- to him. - lie requested an order for
receiving them duty free, according to the usual practice with
respect to foreign Ministers. There was no hesitation in acced-
ing to his demand,*because the shipments'had been made while
exerciseclAte functions of Ciar:r d'Aj'airen, notwithseand-
ing that he now no longer held that character.
In. pursuance of the reason here stated, the following Order
WV, dispatched :
"
The King orders, by his Minister for Foreign Affairs, that
the general adMinistrator of the principal customs of Lisbon
sl-ill deliver, duty free, to Augusto i vogrado, a• box, and
the accompanying invoice,. which have been forwarded to
Urn from Hatribuigh, in the ship ,Cuxhaven, inasmuch as
the said box had beereshipped for him at the time that he ex-
ercised the function's of C'harg: d'Affaires fol. Sardinia at this
Court

" SILVESTRE PINHEIRO FERREIRA.
Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affajrs, April
24, 1822."
Three days after, M. Avogrado came to my house, and hav-
ing asked a servant for pacer and ink, left for me the foliowiug
note, accompanied with the order which had been ad.ii-ssed to
him according to the official practice :—'
" Count d'Avograclo regrets that he cannot deli,Ver to his
Exellency himself the enclosed papa:, which heXi. under the
nemssity of returning to the Secretariat of State'.'
" The . total neglect of all decency whieti appears in this
order does not pernnt the Count d'Avogrado to accept or make
use of it."
I no .soonez received this singkiiar communication than 1
hastened to lay it before his Majesty, by whose order I, on
th&following day„ addressed a note to M. Avogrado in these
tennis
" The undersignd Minister and Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, in reply to the indecorous note of Senhor Au-
gusto Avograclo, late Charge d'Affaires of the Government of
Sartlin4.;transmits whim, by order of his Majesty, passports,
in oider that he may leave this capital within the term of 24
_hours, and the kingdom within eight days.
" SILVESTRI; PINHEIRO FERREIRA.
".office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
April 30."
These facts prove that the Government, while always ready
to pay to other Governments that tribute of respect which is
that due, will, at She same time, submit to no insult from them
or their agents.
You will make that prudent use of this information which
cimmstances may require.

..11ar Ow) preserve . you, &c.
SILVESTRI:: PINIIEIRO FERREIRA.
„Lisbon, May 4, 18'22.