The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-17 00:00:00

TENURE OF LAND.

TO 7'HE EDITOR OF THE VEST' a d
SIR,—You hive at last touched the great eall- de.
er,l in this and all other countries. on
It is the largbe will
mands for rent, or the monopoly price of land, "hic;00911
be found, when we are a I•ttle wi,cr, to encroach so E°i'eople
on profits and wages, or the funds on which the Prt of
subsist. It is the tenure of land, that most imperta„ciol
all political institutions, which is the cause ef our 1.'.10
evils Let the Corn-laws be abolished t)-morrow. i."O,
the effect would be an increase of wealth and nenw,coet
Did we ever see inc ease of wealth and numbers wit') ,1
se of rent ? Rent, then would
increase
the benefits which would ' inly accrue from that el!,
certa
change. The land d b longs allodially to 0:
of E„gian e w are th'
people of England, tz the landlords by la ,
and, thou
present holders. The C,, has given the land to the l;
holders, and the law, 4--
- k away' di
therefor. 2 can ta 0 it
.„ •
the beginning ultimately absorb!.',
of the beginning is a Pro erty-talt 1' Islo
upor! rent. Without this the abolition of the Co

Would be only a temporary benefit:—
Liverpool.
THE CHINESE EXPEDITION'

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE 5- '; Or'
SlR,—When the expedition, that was expected we
itent,
a change in the disposition of the Chinese Goveryri cif
and perhaps to affect its future destinies, first arnociod
Macao, great was the exultation of our countrymen 6101
living upon hope, to see so many of their hell"wroper'7
come to their assistance, and brighter prospects
upon them. Well might their expectations be d
when they saw such a force arrayed before thern
and ships, besides the vessels of war still to arrive, din%
said the persecuted merchants, " we shalt see,frrilltogus
done to humblo our oppressors at Cantoo• 'Pea trr;
declared.laid
vinc i alei city I;ttya at our
junks, mercy.
forts will be taken, the rivers ascended, and the gr":•!1
s that ,a
hold of, and • • esery coerciee measure adopte-' la ge
ithoAut strictexce
strai ea or distress them, except reducing Unit
populous place to ashes. We have, indeed, been I, we
dealt with, and must have redress ; but, gre,akt„il :Pena°
have suffered, far he it from us to sock it at
of the lives arid properties of so many human babe take
have had no hand in the infliction. Let the cityin
if it car, be done without risk to it • existence', rag";
there can lee but little difficulty,6 ' OW" 'e riv 4/
tibolnockoacloei
and our Wu Teruo or
[
corn fete on the very sit, of our disgrace. ,„e bY 0„,0
be dictated to Governer Lin from Lis own P8.3,-octurl.;
Commander-in-Chicf, sitting in the sancta° -and there
of Chinese pride arid mock dignitY,,m. the ":
Imperial " yellow screen" be removed 1"" face
carton , that all men may see him face it,°„,,,,aterr-,
the rep
ct'n so
resentative of a nation that discards all
its dealings, and equally abhors fraud and viole''. col''
ill
is no other place in the empire where money s roan
be raised, or where it is so p:eutiful. Every ;
be made to relieve themselves from our Pres-3 and 1)—;
means procured to meet our pecuniary' demands, l'orselv'-
haps every other point adjusted. To satl'fftee°
that the final arrangement Las the sanction of pelt
to 'be toter'
ror, sonic of the men-of-war
communicationshould proceed
and transmit a to the Court Uf the
of our grievances, and the scalene( nt we reqoire,
too
force which, they may say_, We I,;,ee slreaki' j ,void
the Boguc forts, and the forces we left beblt, eri")(
about to possess themselves of Canton.' Tr'rr
war, as they passed slung, should enter all theppise;
that were accessible, and known to bed &X I,
of import for their and d an -
ance population no, ,A be
the fortifications and war junks. C.ui,ers sh"ni"f
before them, to prevent the entrance or ex't
vessels; and if men can be spared for the purP°sll',o eos
ell they could lay hands on to some place winqc they e
be safely' set until a final settlement may be - e
to tlie
Then, and not before, all should be restored 0004'.'
owners, as free from injury as circumstances wee
ca'
Chum can be taken at any time, if the other in foe'
should fail of succeeding. An al, will be rigio,tc°
one end of China to the other, and the Court v‘ii
t
5
f'
on an accommodation." Cstde
Such were likely to be the sentiments of the t toe'
in China, than whom none can be better judges/ ,
it would sound like great egctisni for any one an
has been debarred the oppertuntties they hay'' ot'er
altoge her without the it experience, to point out any
freind
mode of proceeding as preferable,. The reporo,os ao
Macao, when the expedition left the Bogi.o P Lich ill-
Canton untouched, all concurred in condemning 6 take°
judged forbearance. The forts should have becnitted t,";
without any preface, and our demands then transTdosalc;
Governor Lin, requiring peremptorily to be 1 aitY.°;„
whether he was prepared to pay down the indo' ith'''
one-half of it as an instalment, and the reinaindl!",:er app
a short period ; which being complied with no ft` g
preaches would be made to Canton, but, excciitu)%eotil"
force at the Bogue, the remainder of the troops
be landed on one of the islands adjacent for ret:i n
re 001
and there remain until the whole were paid ; anu sliCti
of commerce concluded between us, securing to tioai,
terms of intercourse as arc observed between' otheras wc
or as near an approach to such ar, arrangol'cunt'nee tc,
could expect them to make without upsettieg at "
entire system they have hitaerto adhered to with
~,°'::001,
foieigners ; which, if insisted 017, and extorted by f0!`i,,,,,0r
keep then, on the watch for any npporturiity to treatt:,,"
00,0
their agreement and disencumber themselves uftninc
Were it,.
rail;
ade
we had placed on their inclinations.
sine qua non that our men•of. war should be allosoiioluivi,i
to enter into any port open to our merchants, grin
to by them, there could to no necessity for our oecuo.4l
the smallest fragment of their territory as a point d ailuTe
for our subjects. For list nr ahe.ie Could .bcteyboY
!Delta' anchorage fur
thou the S curd Bar, or ‘.
poa, when tho2-r draught of water allowed their.getettlro
hi°t up? Notwithstanding their former scrap
nee
could have been no doubt now of their ucquiesc 040
urged ree
their entrance, if properly represented and op
1.1 such a P
them. How much more satisfactory %web,.
0, Hoop
sal he to them than our keeping possession
math less Via._
Kong, or any other island And how mu ea
sive to us i Whet: th.Ty knew trw, our ships wo.."Ld, ,t
Fpe eh liave" and walk in when, v. r they.
impossible that tiny could he,itatc liniment ado' t."
t •crianti
I am, Sir, your very obedien .
AN OLD Rbblv
London, April 1;3.