The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-24 00:00:00

" No. 17.

" I, the Envoy and Itlinister Plenipotentiary of Great
Britain, make kaown for your full information, ye resi-
dents and shopkeepers, that in consequence of a breach
of faith on the part of your Chinese officers, I have, with
a naval and military force in large and small vessels,
quickly entered the river and come up to the provincial
city to inquire into the wretched principles and perverse
reasonings of your Chinese officers, who knocking head
have acknowledged their crime ; it is (therefore) lawful
and right to remit their offences.

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" We regard you, ye people. as little children, and
have a heart constantly to guard and protect you, and
certainly have no reason to involve ant! injure you. If,
however, there be any lawless vagabonds who, following
the multitude, combine to throw stones, we Englishmen
will be in the highest degree indignant. At:d it was for
this cause that we demolished the two shops in Lwan-
Inag-street, as a caution to others. Henceforth let each
one mind his own bu,itiess, and you must not again
create disturbance if ye would avoid inconvenience. I
etlecially issue this general edict to inform you. Let
each, as is becoming, tremblingly obey.
(Articles of convention append, d to the above.)
" 1. It is settled that we enter the city after two
yt ars.
2. On entering the city there shall be no disturb-
ance.

"3. There shall be a place for the anchoring of
foreign boats.
" 4. Four shops in Hog-lane shall be taken down. '
" 5. The custom-house, &c., in front of the factories
shall be removed.

" 6. The people of Fuhshan shall be arrested and
punished.
" 7. The cross streets on the east and west of the
factories shall be removed.

" 8. Forty mow (or Chinese acres) of land on Honan
shall be ceded.

" 9. A long bridge shall be thrown across the flower
gardens."
About three o'clock this afternoon the prefect, or
some of his subalterns, came with a native guard to re-
occupy the Consoo-house. A row ensued ; stones were
hurled at the magistrate, and the presence of Captain
Graves and some of his men was required before order
was restored.

SATURDAY, THE 10TH.—Several new placards appeared
this morning, one of them on the walls of Minqua's
Hong, opposite the western gate of the garden, of which
we have made the following version:—

" No. 18.

" FROM THE SCHOLARS AND MERCHANTS OF TILE EN-

TIRE PROVINCE OF EWINGTIING.

"It is universally known that danger awaits those
who are in high stations, and ruins those who are proud
i❑ spirit, as surely as the meridian sun must decline and
the full moon wane. _

" Now, English barbarians, hitherto always accus-
tomed to acts of violence and outrage, you haveinsulted
the province of Canton. When formerly (a. few years
ago) your ships of war came to the provincial city,
their Excellencies, our high officers, extended to you
their condescending regard; and as you had traversed
the wide ocean from the regions of uncivilised barbarians
which royal laws had never reached, they bestowed on
you extraordinary favour, and though you were rebel-
lious they did not lay judgment to the line. Still you
would not repent and reform; but, continuing to cherish
the disposition of the wolf and the tiger, you have taken
it upon yourselves to raise puny troops, and in wild dis-
order have carried to the utmost extreme your acts of
cruelty and violence. In bold daring you wish forcibly
to occupy the whole of the river side, measuring off
streets, disturbing and plundering the inhabitants, not
knowing that our city is such a mart for all nations
that marketable goods of every kind and to any amount
can readily be disposed of, and that in like manner there
can be obtained any cargo which may be wished. Thus
the French, the Americans, the Dutch, and the people
of Bombay and Bengal, have all peaceably and orderly
carried on their business just in their dealings, and po-
lite in their intercourse—the guest mild and the host
agreeable.
" At the present time imports were beginning to be in
good demand, when suddenly came this troublesome and
injurious outbreak, putting an entire stop to all commer-
cial business, and depressing the whole market, causing
damage to all nations. This is truly worthy of detesta-
tion. Last year Mr. Parker, an American, who had
established an hospital, dispensed medicines, practised
the healing art, and universally relieved the poor people,
and whose virtue has been praised by all the scholars
and people of Canada, wished to erect a hospital at the
entrance of Old China-street; but the people, consider•
ing that it was an important site, and fearing it might
lead to some unforeseen difficulty, were unwilling to
grant the request; now then (nuyv grant it) to you Eng-
lish barbarians, tA ho, while hitherto you have conferred
no favours, have been solely bent on acts of violence and
wrong, and by a hundred fiendish tricks have robbed the
people of their possessions and wasted their valuable
effects.

" Do you suppose there are no men among the thou-
sands of officers and the hundreds of thousands of militia
who have been collected and disciplined in connexion
with all the colleges of our province? If our militia are
once put in requisition, you will find yourselves mistaken
if you imagine they are like those vagrants who stand
gazing with their hands is their sleeves and flee at this
first display of arms.
" You English barbarians may talk of the strength of
your ships and of the efficiency of your artillery ; and
t rite)
rmaking
your destruction;
provisions
are m oi
ur e ;
p
you may have the means for making an attack,
precarious state, the rations being supplied by contribu-
tions, and that 300 or 400 mercenary sepoys, living at
ow(e,ogo you o u have
do ntohteemo nesaindse rof
that
the rate of seven dollars each per month, together with
the English barbarian troops, do not exceed 1,000 in
number ; with soldiers so few and provisions so small,
how can you long hold out ?
" If, English barbarians, you will not awake from your
delusions, but will still persist in your former evil
courses, we, the entire province of Canton, will first cut
off your trade and provisions, and at the same time
withdraw all who are employed in your service, and
leave you like an infant on the breast which, deprived of
its milk; dies in the hands of its nurse. It becomes you.