The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-24 00:00:00

THE LAST NEWS FROM CHINA.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

' Stit—ln refvrence to the statement which appeared
in a Second Edition of the Jf'raLl of the 17th instant re-:
lative to the.chep of the Emperor of China for the de-
tetiOn of all the teas and rhubarb :41- the province of
Crnton, &c., it appears to me to be beyond all doubt that
it was nothing `moranor lesS than tr vile hoax, got up by
an' interested potty: We have an account of the Akbar
'baiing,arrived at New York .with.ti, full cargo of teas
(17,896 Wimps), and that two other essels with tea
had left Whampba for the United States, The Akbar
sailed from Whampoa on the. 17th..0f /April; and she.
brings no account corroborating one line of this big lie as
to the joutward.cargoes that were landed at Canton, and.
said CO be seized by the Chinese. You have a document
under,the hand of the Connander.of her Majesty's ship
Salphur; dated Maca-o-rOads, April ith, wherein. he tells j
the British rchants,resident at Macao of our strong
force stationed at Canton; and "the Precautionary steps
which had been taken to prevent any unexpected hos-
tile movement oh the part of the Chinese, so that had
such cargoeS been seized there' must have been some
clesperate
jfighting, and our troops must have got a good
thrashing.. Of this the Herald's informant, or rather the
informant of the French Papers.forgot to tell us.
Let not, the advocates of the hoax alluded to deceive
theinSelVes, but rather let them.expect ever✓ hour the ar-
rival of one or snore-vessels, at our. own ports, direct
from Canton,'that they may not be taken quite so much
by surprise as our friends at New York were on the
4th of this month: ,

radmit the dispute bet Ween us and the Celestials is
far from a final settleinent,- but it is evident, that in pro-
portion as John Chinaman has beep playinr, the fool
with Eliot, so is he now. humbugging the Chinese into
tbe belief that we now only want trade and ask no more,
and he is even quibbling, or pretending to quibble, about
a reduction of exp6rt duty on tea, to the. extent of one
tad per pical ('bout' lA. per lb.) ! ! after all, is a
clever fellow, ancl•l shall be much mistaken if he does not
get two'or three Months shipment of teas previous to the
return' of Bremner. • •

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Bristol; Aug. 21, 1841. A TEA-DEALER.

. THE .TEA TRADE... • -
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
• think the annexed letter •of Captain Elliot's
will bear reprinting, and at the prezent moment will be
interesting to some of ,your friends connected with the
China trade. It may set at rest their doubts as to our
prospect of getting a supply of tea, as well as tlau
Americans. , am, Sir, your.obedient servant,
Bristol, Aug. '23, 1841. A:. TEA DEALER.

TO MESSRS. DENT AND CO., AND OTHERS.
Macao, March 22, 1841.
CiENTLEMEN--1 have the honour to acknowledge your
letter of the 15th inst. My own opinions being,coinci-
dent with those expressed in the fourth paragraph of
your communication,' I :hail already publicly expressed
My determination never 'to sanction the resumption of
the trade till it could be carried on on a perfectly
equal footing by our own merchants and in our own
ships. It - only remains for me to add, that the least at-
tempt of the provincial Gaverriment to advance or pro-
tect the interests of the merchants of other countries
more than our own will be considered a violation of the
understanding between us, and lead to an immediate re-
currence of hostilities, accompanied by a'sudden and close
interdict upon the whole trade of Canton, 'native and
foreign. I haye the honour to be, &c.'
CHARLES ELLIOT.
. .
••• - • - • Eve, Majesty's Plenipotentiary.
' • •

FIXED DUTY ON CORN.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sits—ln your paper of the 12th instant I find your
political economist says—" How a fixed duty is to be
mninttnned'when prices advance, is a question that has
been already asked, without receiving.= answer."
I beg leave to observe to this gentleman, that as the
sliding duty ceases when corn is at 825., excepting ls.
duty— ~

ivduld be monstrous, if, under a fixed duty corn
should rise. to 825., the duty did not cease also.
The chances-of corn ever rising under a fixed duty to
824., is very improbable, as a fixed duty would open to
us boundless stores, and give a regular and general sup-
ply, and ample tiaze to pick our markets at lowest prices,
consequently,
,would be. better able to bear a duty, than
corn purchased in a hurry, under the sliding duty.
But, quite independent of this, I am convinced that
• even*-now, 'tinder the slidizig duty, -and corn being at
803., a 10s. duty is paid undr the mask of the sliding
duty---because the frauds on the sales and averages
amount to this, and go into the pockets of the specula-
tors instead .of the revenue; and that the people have to
pay tfiein -over again, from the deficiency occasioned to
the revenue, thuS paying double.
I am for keeping
.my, home market uninjured, by a
fair I.rotection ; but this once done, 1 claim the privilege
of a fixed duty,, to enable me to trade with all the world
in corn, and while I keep my bird in hand, I .might
• catch others in the bush. But a sliding duty is a complete
prohibition to this ; for with a duty one month at ls.,
the next month at 255., it is utterly impossible to form
tiny correct basis to work upon. It is very surprising
that such a contradiction should ,exist under the lives of
such an intelligent nation as England.
But observe the great expense of our Preventive Ser-
vice, to'guard our coasts from the bold, ardent smuggler
risking his life; 'liberty, and property and yet We per-
mit all our corn markets to be smuggled into, and our
sliding duty law evaded, to the amount of thbusands and
thousands with impunity.
With a fixed duty, the large and small flies will all be
caught,-:--your revenue protected, your foreign trade in-
creased, your landholders uninjured, and good humour
created bet Ween the present conflicting interests.
Year after year has the present Sliding duty been eat-
ing up the vitals of our country,. without affording the
protection to the landholders it was originally intended
to do.---:Tani your's, respectfully,
Aug. 18,, 1841.

E. T.

PAYMENT' FOR -A-CFLURCH ES-

TABLISHMENT.
TO THE EDITOR OF 7'llE SUN.
SIR-I am ,a member of the Established Church, and
I view its liturgy as, a code of religions instruction as
parfect as human understanding can frame ; 'but here
I stop, and I lament as much as any one can the rapa-
city,' the, intolerance, the arrogance and the selfishness
of 99-100ths of its priesthood ; and, taxed as we are,
and sconced for their support, I lament to observe there
is still an outcry for a multiplication of their numbers,
and the.building of unnecessary churches, solely for the
sake of Episcopal patronage. -in- thiS tewn. we, hate
most ample provision for religious instruction, having.
four churches, and eleven Or twelve-Dissenting meetings;
among the latter are included a Synagogue,
meeting, and a Catholic chapel. a Quaker's
To St. Nicholas's, the parish chUrc'A, a chapel of ease
' was erected in 1714, to which two ministers are ap-
pointed, and, by an Act of Parliament, a tax of two
shillings per chaldron is levied on " all coals; culm, and.
cinders". imported and' consumed within the toWn, for
the support of the chapel and its ministers. This is a
very oppressive and severe impost, and raised indiscri-
minately.from. all Classes and distinctions of religious
sects, and tlea4 you, Sir, to judge how every one here
must be decidedly averse to contribute in anyfurther de-
gree to.t4e augmentation of churches and the clergy of
-the Establishment. Your obedient servant,
Great Yarthouth, Aug. 19. EUGENIUS.

THE ' SOCIALISTS..." 1
TO .THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sra.--Tlie Central Board of the Universal Community
Society of Rational Religionists have had their attention
callaVto.a.leading article in your' paper of Saturday,
Avli.,;rein you' state that several Socialist preachers pre-
sented themselves' at the Manchester Conference as.
Christian ministers, and, being known, were 'refused
Achniqapce ; and you then proceed to assert that this re-•
fusal was • proper, as the Socialists, if admitted, would
on all occasions,-have propounded their own nostrums as
a remedy for the admitted. distress. -As the3e remarks
are calculated so seriously to faiislead the public, with
regard to the facts of the, cage, the. Board rely,on your
impartiality, as a public journalist, for the insertion . of.
the following explanation of the subject-The ministers
sent to the• Manchester Conference by bur. Society were
persons who had been 'doinp Med, contrary, to their
wishes, to take the oaths necessary to ,constitute them
T)issenting ministers, and went for the _purpose of ascer-
taining whether the true spirit of Christian charity:
would be idanifested by the preachers of all 'denomina-
tiOns,
.to the extent laid down in the address which
Called thomeeting. Had the persons, sent, by this So,
ciety been admitted to the Conference the. Board have
every reason to believe their conduct would have' been
such as would-have shown to the public that. the Society.
is actuated solely by the _desire to relieve the :distress
Which now exists to such a lamentable extent, and that,
although they would not have attributed. every existing
-evil to thoeorn-laws,they would havobeen prepared to
support measures, noronly for the total abolition of those
laws monopoly. With re-
gard but also of every other existing
to the state of•the wOrking'classes, and the confi-
dence they have of .relief from ariyprOpOSed measures'
hitherto subniitted to their consideration, the Board be-.
lieVe' their' delegates would have been enabled' to brin
strong evidence which would have been highly valuableg
-to the Conference. _

In conclusion, the Board are desirous of stating they
would regret that any part of their pro6eedings should
Show, even momentarily, to the public a desire to im-
pede the general progress of commercial freedom.
• 'By order or the Board,
WM. GA,LPIN, V.P.
Central Board Office, 57, Pall-mall, Aug. 23, 1841.

An , elderly retired officer was returning twine,
two evenings ago, after dining with a friend at Neuilly,
when he fancied he saw his wife walking arm in arm
with a young man who was a stranger to him. Impelled
by jealousy, and perhaps somewhat excited by the good
cheer he had been partaking of, he instantly seized the
lady by,the, arm, and uttered a violent interjection. The'
lady screamed, and at once the officer found he was mis-
taken, .but, before he could make any apology, the gen-
tlethan who was with her had knocked him down. The
passers-by,. as hasty as the fallen veteran, seized the
tyoungOdY o f the, man,
paoillidee, when the first offender recovered his
were about to commit him to the ems-
senses, and stopped them by saying that the gentleman
had only done what be himself would under similar cir-
cumstances, and that he was too happy in • finding he'
deceived himself to entertain any resentment. Ile then
got into a coach and went home, but the irritation occa-
sioned by lvbat had passed was so severe that it brought'
on a severe attack of paralysis, and the old officer now
lies in a deplorable state of helplessness.
Advices from St. Petersburgh' state that-there
has 'not been a single day of rain there for the last two
months. The drought has been so great, that in two-
thirds of Russia the corn will be imirched up and unpro-
ductive.