The Sun.
London, England, 1822-07-08 00:00:00

TRADE WITH CHINA.

We inserted some time since an Edict issued
by the Chinese. Government against theimpQrta.
tion of opium. The following paper, received
on Saturday, shews that the infraction of this
Edict has been punished by the confiscation of
part of the cargoes of the offending vessels:—
" Taou Kwang, Ist Year, 10th Moon, 11th Day.

[PAPER SENT TO THE PRESIDENT BY 110WC/ilA.]
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• " Keigh, the Magistrate of the' Nawhai district, and Wong,
the Magistrate of the Pawqu, issue the following ,in obedience
to order.

" We have received an official document from Ching, the
Paochingsye (or Treasurer) of the Province, whicli coutains
the following :
" On the 22d of the moon of the first year of Taou Kwang I
received an official document from Yuen, the guardian of the
Prince and Governor General of the two provinces Kwang
Tong and Kwang-se, couched in these words.
" The Hong merchants have, in obedience to orders, stated
to Government that they have found out three vessels—Heks
(Hog;,) and others, all of whom have opium on board, which
they have brought with them into the port. Opium is a com-
modity which is produced among foreigners beyond seas, and.
thence flows in and poisons China. Often have Imperial edicts
been issued prohibiting it, and I with the Hoppe have issued
seven prohibitions against it. I have now found out, by in-
quiring,, that foreign ships which enter the port still smuggle
it in, and I have ordered the merchants to their face to in-
quire about every vessel, and report the facts to Govern-
ment. These Merchants have pow stated, that the country
ships, lieks, Pikense, and the Anierican Kuppulin, (Hogg,
Parkyns, and Coupland,) all l. ve opium in them, conaa-
Ay to the, law of the. Celestial Empire. Now as the ships
• Rzfgenie, Merope_, and .Emily,' have been discovered to contain
opium, it is right to reject the whole of the cargoes; but as
some have landed goods and, some have not_ and some have
taken goods and some have not,. which is a different case from
those ships just entered—concerning those which have already
sold—it is decreed, that the security_merchants shall calculate'
accurately the original cost in the respective country to which the
-ships belong, and shall, out of clemency, give one-half to the
foreigner to whom the, commodity belongs, it being only per-
mitted, however, to give in goods and not in money ; and an
order shall be issued to the Ta-pan to wait for these goods for
three months after said ship leaves the, port, when he may put.
them on board some other ship, and send them home to his own
country. He shall not be allowed to put thein on board the
original ship. The other half of the value of the landed goods,
and the profits which have been made on them, shall be con-
fiscated for the use of Government. The unlanded goods shall
be rejected, and the opium it shall be the duty of Howqua or
others to take out of the ship and burn, and let the ships which
contained it be expelled the port, and compelled to return to
their own country in five days.
44 In one word, ordinary goods, if smuggled, are liable to be
confiscated ; and how can these three ships, which have brought
a prohibited commodity against the mandate of the Celestial
Empire, be permitted to escape without severe punishment to
correct the gain scheming hearts of foreigners ? The Celestial
Empire allows a trade of tea to keep alive these nations, and
the said foreign merchants clandestinely Sell opium to injure
China. Neither Celestial principles nor. Royal law allow this—
let the aforesaid three ships not only, be disalloWed trading
on this occasion.; but moreover it is right to set a mark upon
then, and for ever disallow their coming to Canton again to
trade. As to all these merchants who carelessly secure every
ship that had opium on board, by rights they should be broken,
and their crime punished ; but as _they have. themselves made
the disclosure, let them as an act of clemency, be forgiven.
Hereafter the foreign ships which shall enter the port ought to
be secured by the first four inerchants--Howqua, Mowqua,
Pankequa, and Chunqua ; they must not throw off themselves
on the under Merchants.—These four merchants are opulent
and substantial people, and will, no doubt, out of regard for
their own persons and families, feel awe and dread.
" Let a communication to the officers of the Fooquen and
Hoppo be made. We, receiving the above, in obedience thereto
issued it to the Hong merchants, and required them in the most
rigorous manner to proceed to obey the tenor thereof.—A special •
Edict.
" Taou Kwang, Ist Year, 20th Moon, 23d Day."

His MAJESTY'S yacht the Royal George has
been ordered to be ready for his MAJESTY'S re-
ception on the 25th instant. We understand she
can go out of harbour to-morrow if necessary.—
The Hon. Sir CHARLES P.AGET, and Officers of
the .Apollo yacht (which is in the basin, in an
ordinary course of equipment)- will attend his
MAJESTY in the Royal George yacht, for this
season.—(Portsmouth Paper.)
Yesterday the Duchess of GLOUCESTER visited
the Princess AUGUSTA. Their Royal Highnesses
rode out in a carriage together, and proceeded
several times round St. James's Park.
The Princess SOPIIIA visited the Duke of YORK
yesterday.

The Earl of LIVERPOOL, we are happy to say,
was yesterday considered a little better.
It is said that two new Irish Dukes will be
created at the close of the Session. '

Yesterday dispatches arrived at the Secretary
of State's Office, in Downing-street, from Sir.
THOMAS MAITLAND.

His Royal Highness the Duke of YORK has
made over his estate at Oatlands, with the 0-row-
r, •
ing,crops, &c. to Trustees, for the payment of
his debts. The Trustees are the Earl of LAU-
DERDALE and Colonel STEPHENSON. By the
terms of the arrangement all debts not exceeding
501. are to be paid immediately in full.—(Morn-
ing Paper.).
His MAJESTY has given a donation of one thou-
sand pounds towards erecting a Welsh College,
in Cardiganshire, for the education of Students
designed for the Church.
At the late audit of the Duke Of RUTLAND, at
which it was expected that his Grace's tenantry
near Newmarket would pay rents due to the
amount of between eight and nine thousand
pounds, not a single thousand was received.
Saturday last the Treasurer of the County
Limerick received a communication from Go-
vernment, directing him to withdraw the -war-
rants from the. Baronial Constables that autho-
rised them to receive the amount of the levies
presented at the last Assizes.—( Cork .zidvertiser,
.ligy 4.)
THE ORPHANS' FUND.—The LORD MAYOR.
has appointed a Special Court of Aldermen for to-morrow ; and
a Court of Common Council is also summoned for Thursday,
for the purpose of taking into consideration a Bill now, before,
the. House of Commons " for the Better Regulation of the
Fund called the Orphans' Fund." • •
THE LATE FIRE IN THE STRAND.—A search
has been made in front of the shop next the Strand, where a con-
siderable quantity of spoons, forks, tea pots, and other silver ar-
ticles were picked out; but in such a state as to prove the intense
heat to which they had been exposed. The former were com-
pletely run into solid masses, and the latter were destroyed, and
partly reduced to dross. The plate glass of the windows was
melted into large lumps, and not a single article which had been
placed on shew appeared to have escaped the destructive effects
of the flames. The preservation of some articles of dress which
were in the back drawing-room was surprising. These were
principally contained in a small trunk belonging to Mrs. Fearn,
and were very valuable, consisting mostly of lace. The trunk
fell among the ruins, and was not touched by the flames. Among
other ornaments in the same trunk was a portrait of Mr. Fearn,
set round with brilliants. This too escaped without injury. A
new Cot., which was tied up in a silk handkerchief, and lay on
a chair in the same room, likewise fell amidst the ruins, but
neither the handkerchief nor coat was injured except from the
water. In the area under the shop window a great number of
snuff boxes, watches, chains, and other articles, have been
found. The watches, many of which were gold repeaters, are
reduced to solid masses, and the snuff-boxes have been burnt
in holes, and nothing that has yet been discovered is fit for any
other purpose than being put in the smelting pot. The ruins
will be carefully searched under the superintendence of sweepers,
as the purifiers of metals are called, and all that is recovered
will, of course, go in diminution of Mr. Fearn's heavy loss.