The Sun.
London, England, 1840-07-25 00:00:00

CHINA.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
The inquiry as to the measures necessary to hit
adopted in order to bring the Chinese Govern!)le°6l
down from the towering heights of its long.cherishir
pride, to deal with us upon the level ground of rect,
city, was long a question of deep interest. The re
him now presents itself under a different form, and lo
ask, what will be the probable results of the rupta,
between Great Britain and China ? 1 l°
To answer this question, it is necessary to recs
mind the position in which the proceedings of Cceott,
sioner Lin have placed the Chinese Goverenwo
With the full sanction of his master, he has take° I
ground from which he cannot recede an inch witl4,
covering himself with disgrace. He has defied Eng°
insulted her representative, outraged her subjects, ,110
rejected her reasonable overtures with scorn. The
Chinese people are summoned to witness the gotta
and issue of the quarrel. The British Goren:Oe:
under these circumstances, is compelled to 01r°0
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redress and compel satisfaction. Without collt.rno,
mising its credit and its dignity with other nit: 0
there was no alternative. The Chinese, for the
of honour and consistency, arc bound to oppose
.'„0.0
When they look at India, they will find in her
quest by Britain another strong motive for not lib'et
ing to us without resistance. It is in the IPgoo
degree probable, then, that they will fight and Pe°,
their ground till they are beaten ; when they wh`trror
bably propose an accommodation to gain time. P4l
troops should be withdrawn, or any of our shiPelif
their station, they will give out, in their onst,°";sd
style of gasconade, that they have driven us 0",
will regard any engagements they have entered i_ngtise
so much waste paper. The work of demandief
faction will then have to be begun afresh—lives, tn°r"
and time will prove to have been sacrificed for no putP7o
It is our own deliberate opinion, collected frapitbs
long and anxious reflection upon the subject, that 0
Chinese Government can never be dealt witlimit
the way of negotiation. It is too proud to
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a foreigner upon a parity of terms ; and too falsaoo
hypocritical ever to abide by any engagement. It'isle
he displaced, and a more reasonable Government cro,
lished in its room. China must be ruled by s °°o.
reign who feels that he owes his Throne to the,
cenancy of Britain ; and this event is not very (Oh of
We deprecate war—and Britain has already ennagg
empire ; but the Chinese Government has driven
the ultima ratio. There is no way of treating /100
this moiety of the world till the spirit of despot!' °I.
been destroyed. Before long the British flag will
over the whole of Eastern Asia, from Burmah to
churia. The Japanese, who are a brave and high'''. 30
a
":teresting people, will catch the echoes of freedom,
cast down the tyranny that now treads there t° -
earth.
It has been asked whether Britain is able to g°,/::,
China. To this question we reply in the affirina'hieir
The Chinese people, from their love of traffic and, tie!
attachment to peace and home, will yield a eisewil'eir
obedience to any power that protects them in t 0
possession. Besides, they have everything to gain bye
connexion with us. Their natural curiosity, and,tbie,•
love of gain, will dispose them to court our friendsjf
as soon as the spell that now binds them is broken.,,,s
the Tartar power should be deposed, and a descen'of
of some former dynasty set up under the protectisad,
Britain, the form of Government would be preset! 0
and the people would have something to look up ta
the fountain of literary honour. The Chinese *Orr
far advanced in civilisation, that little would be
quired to be done by legislation to promote their 5° bs
happiness. The severities of their penal laws inighbe,
softened, and the trial by torture abolished. Public 0,
siness is conducted with great regularity among °go
and the fiscal burdens seem in no case
heavy. Nothing would be necessary in the inter to
management but to select men of reputed honeslYed
fill the various offices, with sufficient salaries to lt of
them from the temptation of taking bribes. Sa°lBooo
the provinces might hold out for a time ; but as 'not
as they discovered that there was no intention on the r tO
of the foreigner, nor his protege, the new En2Per°l.'"4
increase taxation, to impose any badge of servitude or
them, or in any way to abridge their rights ant' ' r c
ra,ot,
leges, they would fall in with the general arratigett
The friends of philanthropy and religion may heavi f
sigh at the prospect of blood and carnage ; but er
look a little a-head, they will see a vast expanse o,'
ritory, with its teeming millions, open to their en°,*;pg
With the Tartar pride, disdain, and prejudice thru9,:.bo
themselves in his way, the philanthropist will navNeVbeS
able to achieve anything of importance in China' ireof
that power has been removed, he will have the
field the world contains for realising his most sang-
wishes.
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Should Lord Palmerston continue long enoug%e
power to emancipate China from tyranny,
and malteree'
welcome all the advantages of religion, com10%0:
and science that this country can afford, he will he
titled to the gratitude and admiration of all who,
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well to the cause of humanity, The British aeni,e'r
Chinese ought long since to have come to an na,r,;ed
standing ; the merchants are known to be well ine","ol
to trade and exchange friendship upon terms of 031-0 e
advantage and esteem. This consummation, if /se'
mistake not, is soon to be obtained ; arid the nolnukero
turers of this country may lock forward to new mark
of
for their goods, and enlarged spheres for the disPlB,oo
scientific enterprise and industrious resource. ,
Chinese now prosper under our government at M3l° ~,e.
and Singapore ; and they will flourish still more in t"
native soil under the same ascendancy.—Globe.

MYSTERIOUS DEATH Or MR. BIBD" „lica
is rumoured, we know not on what authority, that the f.ibbi
have some expectation of tracing the watch which Aft' tb'
is confidently presumed to have had on his person °wool'
Friday. The mystery which shrouds the fate of this geoter be
will probably never be removed. It is conjectured that
was set down by the coachman, instead of going straight h,tats
he deviated, either intentionally or unintentionally, and, in 'boil
of excitement, wandered to a considerable distance. There
and it
been numerous instances of similar aberration of mind ;
It it;
is stated, on respectable authority, that there is a gentleTt?egif
the town who once, under peculiar circumstances, unw" Jo'
strayed as far as Prescot, although he resided in the iroin
neighbourhood of the town. Admitting, however, that to tit,
Bibby unconsciously wandered out of his way, it appears to at
not at all improbable that he was met or overtaken by
the vagabonds who, in the capacity of thimble-riggers,
singers, &c., might have been on the look out foruribood
The pit where the body was found is in the very neighbo.
where we should expect to meet such company, as the te•
boti,
()lily terminated the previous evening •; arid the sort of orbo
to whom we allude are in the frequent habit of hovering - p re'
the neighbourhood of Aintree and Warbrick Moor, hotly rob
vious to, and after the race week—fellows ever ready ti°at it it
hen-roost, pick a pocket, or cut a throat. We know "eat es',
the decided conviction of some medical gentlemen of gr foul
perience and professional reputation, that there has beenrito the
play, and that the deceased did not stumble accidentally
pit, nor throw himself into it designedly. The state an`iltror
tion in which the corpse was found justify the strong Ares
to
d inv
ton that the unfortunate gentleman was dead previouis eatit
mersion, in which case the necessary inference is, that
was neither the effect of accident, nor of his ovn se"
Liverpool Mercury.