The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-17 00:00:00

EVENING- SUE.

NEWS FROM CHINA

An express from Pails, bringing news of yes-
terday's date, has likewise brought a letter from
Macao, dated the 27th of April, containing very
important intelligence from China. This letter
was put on board the steamer at Bombay, on the
19th of June, after the mail and other despatches
had been embarked, and from some cause or
other, which we are left to conjecture, was not
forwarded on landing the mail at Suez. The
latest previous intelligence was to the 27th of
March, so that the news now brought is a month
in advance. This communication states that the
Chinese authorities had violated the engagement
entered into with Captain Elliot for the renewal
of the trade. No intercourse with British sub-
jects was permitted, and such was the extraor-
dinary vigilance of the Mandarins and soldiers
guarding the coast," that during the month pre-
ceding the date of this letter, the smugglers had
not been able to obtain one thousand chests of
tea. On the 17th of March, an imperial man-
date, signed by the Emperor, was received at
Canton, filled with the most violent invectives
against the English red-bristled barbarians, and
commanding all the authorities, civil and mai'
tary, to destroy every ounce of tea, rhubarb,
and other commodities usually pnrch7snd
by
the English throughout the province of Canton'
In this mandate compensation is guaranteed to
the owners of the destroyed goods, and reivards
offered to such as manifest the greatest readines.s
promptly to execute the Imperial will. Conceal-
ment of the interdicted article is threatened with
the severest punishments, and every encourage'
ssf
meat held,out to informers. u I
The opium smugglers were not more
succe
11e
than the smugglers of tea. The vigilance of
Chinese authorities along the coast south of ot",tot.
mosa nearly prevented all dealings in that guar
Though the Chinese had not cotuttleaced ae-
tive hostilities, they had made several attolll)t3,
by means of fire ships and rafts laden With
flamable combustibles, to destroy the, fbrelcui
shipping in the river. These rafts had run ft)
ed
of several vessels, and had seriously daning.s',
the cargoes of some of them. The Britih;
Commander was therefore deliberating 00
expediency of moving the ships below the seconu
bar, where the river is wider, and where co.n
quently, more facility would exist for avoldol
the destructive contrivances of the Chinese. !-
report likewise prevailed that some British sub'th of
jects were kidnapped on the night of the pe
April by the Celestials, but it was not crediteu•
Such is the intelligence brought by this letter
from China. The violence of the
the extreme measures to which he has recourse,
with wincn
to destroy the trade—and the alacrity
he is obeyed by the authorities and people,
iint-o
part a deeper interest than has yet been felt
the Chinese question. The Imperial despot ca
vue
not be charged with being influenced by anYl°,o
of money. It was supposed by the writer of to
letter cited above, that half of the tea and rhg
barb found in the province of Canton was
de-
stroyed in the course of a few days after the r7e
Emperor
ceipt of the chop from Pekin, and for this blame!,
sacrifice of property, payment is to be made °,11:
of the Imperial Treasury. Our war then low
the Chinese is likely to be a war in earnest. '
[Since the above was written, we learn that
the authenticity of the letter from Macao .1_
doubted in the City, chiefly because the delailol'
its delivery cannot be accounted for. Till) is 11
sufficient ground for rejecting it.]

BELGIUM.
BRUSSELS, AUG. 17.—The Independent tino°,lienets..
that Government has agreed to sanction the
„,''hens;
Stock Bank which it is proposed to establish At LT
blished
and that its bye-laws will be very shortly 111l.n this
under official sanction. The capitalists eitgageutis, the
Bank are, we believe, chiefly English, and Pnr 2,4-_,',glo-
same who would some years ago have founded no
t,o obtain
Belgian Bank at Brussels, had they been able
"-
the consent of the Ministry of that day. •regiment of
On Wednesday evening a private in the work Guides, and a girl whose business was that of
woman, slept at a house of ill-fame in the Rue des Cinal
Rtoiles ; and early next morning they were found de
in their bed-room. The girl was lying on the bed, liar
lace downwards and hidden in the bolster. The soldier
was kneeling on the body of the woman, himself strangled
by means of a handkerchief. No external injury was
visible on the girl. The rumour is, that the soldier,
in a fit of jealousy, suffocated the woman, and then
hung himself. _
The steamer Soho landed at Antwerp on Friday
morning 112 passengers from London, including 3,_;„111*
Colonel O'Meara and family, Major Howard, CAP'
Grindley, Captain Sterling, &c.
The price of corn has risen very rapidly within s few
days, the last official average being 32f. 34c. the bee-
tolitre of wheat. Thus in six weeks the rise has '
be,
nearly 6f. the hectolitre or 35 per cent. and the pne:
is as high as it was in. August, 1840. According to till;
" sliding scale" of the Belgian Corn-law, wheat can novi,__
imported free of duty. It is expected, howerer, that te;
present prices will not be maintained, as they appear .eh
result more from apprehension, and from sympathy
the rising markets in England, than from any positive.n_s
I certained deficiency in the crops. The recent snatere
of fine weather have been of important service to t.llO.
corn, and a large portion of rye has already been Tot
tery 1
The stocks of last year's corn are said to be still ,e
ample. The accounts are very favourable from t'',o
Campine (province of Antwerp). A richer crop of 11e
than the present has not been made tbr
years. All the crops, indeed, promise extremely well,
except the hay,, of which a large portion has hee_e
spoiled. Butter is very plentiful this year, but its pric
is kept up by considerable exportations. •
The Societie de la Grande Harmonic is receivinfi
solid testimony of public favour in the liberal Atibscriel;
tions in course of receipt towards the building of its alit
'concert-room. The King has given 10,000 francs, u°."l/0
Meeus, Governor of the Bank, 10,000 francs, the D'
d'Aremberg 2,500 francs, &c.
It is stated that the portion between Cologne and A. it;
la-Chapelle of the Rhenish Railway will be open
traffic in a very few days. The line from Aix-I, -4-',",ed
pelle to the Belgian frontier will not be comp.4lel'ine
for some time, owing to the numerous hills. The ;_on.
remark applies to the Belgian Railway from the alt
_it
tier to Liege; but it seems that the works on the
ground between Liege and Ans are so far advance:,
that the trains will be able, before the end of
year to run into Liege itself. This ivill be a gr:at
to travellers ; for the present change f carriage at -11:c
and the hour's jolting in omnibus to Liege, are at lens
as fatiguing as the whole journey from Drussels to
in the railway carriages. The journey tram Ostend "..
d'
Cologne will then offer a singular example of the lletrit
ence between railroad and common road spr,cd• Abo ;
140 miles of railway will be performed in seven
while the break of only thirty miles will take hetwe
five and six hours to traverse in diligence. bouresn

cidel4

FATAL ACCIDENT.—A melancholy aced.;
._.
happened yesterday at Richmond, Surrey, to ilsgMe:te_..
man named Lewis, aged nineteen, whose fath_,e,rrn.
~ rfa
tary to the Union Fire and Life-office,
~Cli,
shiiii,i_i'L
Baker-street. It appears that Mr. Lefirvoism
.b:lswioni
of
Cie Thames, near the bridge, when, d '
he was thrown
into the water.
Vie steam-boats, his boat capsized,
several persons, they made off t 1 the r
were procured,
with my
said
but all attempts to
The accident his.Jrlll: ~..,oetninobbsoe:rayse,daribi
when the body was ashore,brouig,tess.
restore animation wrlrelis-101 w
ON
in a few minutes afterwards thec ra
TIIE FORTIFICA•
NAPOLEON'Sy
my left on the
Napoleon, " and
right on the Military School, acor
e
TION OF Pasueiss.,
Champs Ely
anZof the river, an open space between
- reserve at St. Cloud behind me ; Inl
umleanadoidliigrtahreisp
3.be moved from Vincennes to Men'
ltielr'aerfiaoritlifiseedi,i
artillery depot can .
will . ,
Plrisians no longer be able to stir.
don, and the :
..
capital7sms against its own inhabitants, net,
.4 Here," exclaimed one of those present, " you talk et.
—I
and
fortifyi..% the
.f 1 44 F •
against t e enem3.
~ I ortify Paris against nn enemy!
exclaimed Napoleon, never thought of suci, a thing:
A capital with a population of a million cannot be fort'
fled; first, because it could not be fed; secondly, heeillisg
all
rich
turbulentand
behind.
sobercl a sseAs wsioeugeld
iqnusiut,oahnad
oltoetieveirnoeull
btit t
create a permanent sedition."
THE HOPS.--WA TERINGEURY, .Mor
tt
WORTH, AND NETTLESTEAD.—The hops are coming 1
maturity slowly, in consequence of the cold nights ne
damp days. They are damaged by the rough winds at sue_
places, and in some of the strong grounds the strig of. tnefj
burr is rotting by the wet. Most persons express a deo()
at
opinion against a full crop. At the annual hop.dinnei_r,„re
the King's Head, Wateringbury, on the I,lth inst., the
were between 40 and 50 present, and on betting foro_tei.
sweepstakes the average was between 143/. and 144,_
those
for the year 1841. The corn is looking well in
oftl;t sas
parts, and appears to want cutting ; some•spealk„est is
being rather light. Beans are very strong. I a rogress
slightly begun, but the weather prevents anyepe;oo
being made. The rise in flour causes great appr n ' h
d the o'.
and complaints amongst the labouring class, an „ng,
servation is very common amongst them that ever
rises but their wages. weather, Otif
GAME.—Notwithstanding the wet
t.a_ the
own personal observation leads us to believe 21:iit,
game will be abundant here. ,The grouse °nal arts e
Mountain, the Breconshire bills, and in sere.rafford fin
Cardiganshire, will
ire, are very numerous, and I
deters
sport, as the birds are not over-shy, and are breed
ev
Cooky J •
to ascertain whether their purst era be of ~.... wog.,
or not. Partridges are partictfarly strong oil 109
—Welshman.