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EVENING. EDITION

oetained, property left in Canton, &c. &c., may
Swell the amount justly due to 12 millions, and, if
the expenses of the present expedition are added,
to at least 15 millions. For these the Chinese are
t°, Pay toto six millions, in annual instalments
°L °lie million each, which million at the less than
usual rate of 8 per cent. is not quite equal to the
annual interest-for- the whole claim, of which
capital and interest alike are lost at the expira-
tion of six years. But even without reference to
the inadequacy of the sum, we may ask, how will
tlChinese raise it ? Will it not be levied in
shape of a new duty upon foreign commerce,
and will it not therefore be the British chiefly who
will be at the expense of this payment ? A tael or
w° en tea will soon raise the required sum, and
.cp°osurners in England will drink dearer tea or
the duty for payments of the indemnity be raised
"imports, their increased price will curtail the
consumption of British manufactures. That, how-
ever, Capt. Elliot consented to receive this smellmount of indemnity, although we may regret
adoes not surprise us, after his despatch dated
eingkoo. 28th November, 1839, in which he en-
hisvoured to injure the interests of the holders of
.rOpium-scrip, with the Home Government,
:Presenting them as not entitled to too much
alsideration, and the small sum per chest which
they,w, may now possibly get out of this indemnity,
h 1113 according to his reasoning, be clear gain to
pens who, without his interference in March,
v") would have suffered a loss of two to three
hundred per cent. upon their opium ventures!!
" 3d. Direct as the intercourse between the
'OM:tries upon an equal footing.”-
tl IVothing less could have been expected, after
hln ,e Chinese had felt from experience that they
in-' no force whatever to oppose to the. British
; besides, in the' blue book, we are in-
fn'tued that Captain Elliot had already long be-
re this gained this point.
o:4th. The trade of the port of Canton to be
teued within ten days after the Chinese New
el') and to be -carried on at Whampoa till fur-
s4r arrangements are practicable at the new
„tienient."
.tes
(ti,. we suppose, that 10 days from this date,
se Is being Chinese New Year's day) we shall
the all the British Merchants return to Canton,
i•ape,.re to transact their business as before ; in
~canton will again be, as it always has been,
th,-; emporium of the Chinese trade, and al-
-o,lllgh, there, British Merchants may be insult-
p' their property taken from them, and their
ertY endangered, we think that they will
f•
etti(;er running these casks for the facilities trade
Ys there, to going to a new settlement equal-
-oYfburdenedwith imposts, and which therefore
enrers no advantages commensurate with the in-
nhavenience and expense caused to commerce
Iyeaving its old accustomed channels.
hus far, what occurs to us on these four con-
t.. qon_
„ s separately, which, taken altogether, seem
ti; restore matter to about the same state in which
they were before our imprisonment, for unless
bee details, at present matters of negotiation
th explained, and these be more favourable
arl Captain Elliot's circular enables us to ex-
pert, the making Hong Kong an English set-
went seems to hold out very slight advan-
-I,e, to the British trading community, who will
,tiahly not avail themselves of it, except per-
ti :Ps for the carrying on of unlawful business ;
1,,i7 ,Port of Canton is to be opened, and trade
toti there of course be resumed ; British mer-
aPts will be obliged again to trust themselves
Ivilue tender mercies of the Chinese. But under
the guarantees? On this all-important subject
it„ ,Circular is silent—will they, after they shall
Vein be in the power of the Chinese not
of made responsible for former transgressions
onhhinese Custom-house regulations ? What
oecome of the b onds? Are they still insisted
so„ have the Imperial laws been changed in fa-
fa-
runof the British? What has been done with
eL
hrd to the dividends of bankrupt hong-mer-
ti„,nts, some of which have been overdue some
tone?? Has, in fact, anything been stipulated to
ve the many laws for the degradation of fo-
elgue • •••
cow. rs visiting China ? Is the Hong system to
tiuue unaltered? Is the British merchant
libl,to be obliged to confide his property into the
finz'os of men notoriously insolvent ? These are
410°, of the questions the solution of which we
10,,,,11'd wish to see, and which it is to be hoped
igb. Part of the still pending negotiations.
be t,',e had reason to hope that the Chinese would
tli,".uliged to open if not several at least one of
by1„1. Ports to the northward, a hope we conceive
tisnm° Means extravagant when already a very
tirtnll!able position had been occupied by British
Qommanding the most important of Chinese
not p, the Yangste-Keang—the Circular says
Ps " Word on the subject, and its omission is a
on °f that no such stipulation has been made. No,
ev, 'le contrary, Chusan is to be immediately
Ch eitated and restored to the Chinese as
4;tlenpee already has been on Thursday
el. t, when the English flag was low-
ed, and the Chinese again hoisted. As a
is9sideration for the cession of these conquests,
h'teli, held by the English, would, from their
mthand ing positions, have been well worth some-
i4tg* better, the Island of Hong Kong has come
tl conditional possession of the English, and
41,,,s is all the advantage gained by the send-
le of the expedition, for we consider the
ktiluent of the six millions, when no less than'
peeteast twice that sum ought to have been ex-
ea_ccl, as a most shameful compromise, and a
hill!less abandonment ofthe interests of a cora-
th IlitY" which the Plenipotentiary was sent to
erish. 411
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kr,114 People will object, these terms perhaps
be
.t4O little favourable, because no others could
440°ti perhaps the Chinese opposed equal
f 4 bes to your armament, and you were unable
so aek your argument by force—if these were
kteti should not quarrel with a compromise
cr dic-
kse htY necessity; but the contrary was the
tt(t Imsan had been taken without resistance,
14R. kept possession of without any attempt be-
Wilude by the Chinese to recapture it; the
krv-eese notoriously have no sea force to de-
of t 1 that name, and from the backwardness
‘Ye :eir troops to face the British at Chusan
140;rrive a t the conclusion that their land
in a war with an European nation are
too 411
Y unavailable. Chuenpee and Ty-cock-
qiiialvere taken with great slaughter to the
krt te,se, who were so surrounded in the former
tht.'at they could not run away—immediate)y
'ort, 1s being witnessed from the other Bogue
Steet'Lle garrisons prepared themselves to evaeu-
-111„ni, and in fact, when on the Bth the ships
NI approached the fortress, the garrison was
Ntie h'eaving it as fast as possible. Here was
er proof that the Chinese have not
Ltie lit,;eans of opposing force to force, but
afbed le,nipoterttiary, who might have p05:4,0
:4,0 himself at that time of the forts
4,4, almost firing a gun, was afraid
4,-sLng the imperial favour by going
tkoetisr) and stopping the British arms in their
ego °f success, was the first to recommence
tie "ations on the plea, we hear, that. Keshen,
th. two
ni, small forts only taken, might gloss
they, but if the principal forts had fallen
iltritn'ie hands of the English, even Chinese di-
-I,l'44l4tthists would not be able to hide the truth
e Emperor, who, enraged at the presump-
N4,°f the barbarians, would then refuse all
1)1t.'ii.,4131e accommodation. We need not point.
41a1,bias of such argument, or the. sin-
:4l4 'las in favour of underhand dealing, if the
ilkPonclf Anughoy were really spared for such
"Ys* 8; Yet it is difficult tofind others. As far as
al •
at,al force, then, was concerned in obtaining
tt°,,Qle,allgement of existing difficulties, this was
014-rly in favour of the English that not a
iio,e4tl exist on the subject, and there being
Otios'essity for being too yielding, all just (le-
t:Priv °light to have been strictly enforced. If
tlt Of to life I injure my neighbour to the ex-
c''l 4).4'001., the law gives him redress for the
fists be tint of the injury, and I must pay it, and
11e, SdeS, and if I have not the means to pay,
ti 4 peiTi tor may consign my body to a ris on.
lile, or in transactions, between na-
tY iY he law would stand exactly as between
hqtetog,,hhour and me, and what considerations
`4ip e may have prevailed on her Majesty's
ss tba°il tentiary to accept from China so muchhi
hi 4R tA Was in justice due, we are at a loss to
t 1: t ICy at. Suppose that the Chinese have not
aes 4,.:491igh to pay for the opium destroyed,
oN,,:idi in lands—but the conditional pos-
0, 17 Bong Kong, will by no one, we pre-
tie valued at 9 millions of dollars or
N—le payment of which Captain Elliot
1144
tmn, '4l ed. If lands or possessions were not
ti::tish favourable conditions for the trade of
thta po
dirt .Isubjects might have been obtained ; on
4t the Circular is silent, except it be
•
oil
thlß:,,cet official intercourse upon an equal
ilO,.Pw, „this, we fear even those " fondest of
VI) not value at the sum named; if, in-
Iljvasti:s4idort:fi,tothe northward had been opened, or
the oppressive hong-monopoly, free
tit had been given to trade where and
da,:°lll we liked • if a promise of lowering
,8 _ ,
the4t tr had been obtained ; if respectful and
C:411 treatment to foreigners had been secured,
1)14;1,1eSe i"aPS we might think that the
I. havelad paid in kind for the debts they
.
Ivlpe 6 1 incurred ; as it is, there remains a
. an
ti ce unaccounted for—the assets for
itiv .
Iliac and cz disappeared during the negotia-
lisid the pl 't.is but a poor consolation to know
vitti mountable ehiiy may by his country be
est °hs for them. These are the obser-
en
c 1 naturally suggest themselves to us
'll:tti°ll of the money-interests of the

- question ; for the insults offered to her Majesty's
Superintendent and to British merchants, -a.nd
th rough them to the nation, no atonement wliat-
ev er has been made, nor seems to have been de-
rtilnded. We are told in the circular to forget
ancl forgive—the latter we recommend as the
exercise of a Christian virtue—the former, to him
vim, can.

RELEASE OF THE FRENCH MIS-
SIONARY.

On Tuesday evening arrived in Macao, M.
Tal llandier, a French Missionary, who having
be( m apprehended in the country, had been kept
a F ,risone.: in Canton during nearly three months.
M.. Tallandier owes his liberation to Captain
"'ldiot's intercession, without which, it is probable,
Lie would have remained much longer ; he was
taken before Keshen, previous to his departure
for the Bogue, and graciously dismissed by that
eminent person.

WITHDRAWAL OF THE FORCE FROM
THE BOGUE.
I.,aSt night his Excellency Commodore Sir
Goi don Bremer arrived in the Roads, accom-
pam'ed by . several ships of war and steamers.
The English colours were removed from, and
Chinese planted in their stead, on Chuenpee.
On Thursday last the ships of war have, we
learn, all left the Bogue, and a part of them
will proceed to Hong Kong immediately to
take possession of that island, in the name of her
Majesty.

The division against the forts of Tycocktow
'was not, as reported in our last, commanded by
Captain Smith of the Druid, but by Captain
Scott, of the Sarnarang, an officer of which ship
-was the first to land and enter the fort.

The following, taken from the Register, we
ha.d in type, when another translation of appa-
rently the same document reached us, the
orig.,;nal of which was placarded in the streets of
Macuo yesterday. No mention is therein made
of the CE ssion of Hong Kong :
(From the Canton Register, Jan. 19.)
We htilre just received and translated the fol-
lowing: order from Keshen to the Keunmingfoe
of Ma cao—which is a rider to the British Pleni-
potenti 'ary's Circular, and confirms the good and
gratefth! :news contained in that document.
c 4 Kcs lien, a great Minister of State, and Im-
perial High Commissioner, of the second order
of the hilreilitary nobility, and acting. Governor
of the two, Kwang Provinces, writes this despatch
for the full information of the Tangche, or Kenn-
minfoo, of -Macao.
" The En glish barbarians are now obedient to
orders, and, by an official document, have re-
stored Ting hae and Shakee ; invoking me with
the most es .rnest importunity that I should for
them report , and beg for (the Imperial) favour.
" At pr, as ent all affairs are perfectly well set-
tled. The Former order for stopping their trade
and cutting off the supplies of provisions, it is un-
necessary to enforce; it is for this purpose that
I issue these orders to the said Tangche, that he
may obey accordingly, without opposition. A
special def patch."