The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-15 00:00:00

It terminates in a very pleasant (lei], where shrubs anti
pl4nts grow in gr.at prauslon: After pas Sing anotii tt
Mile along this dell we find ourselves in a bread valley
'flanked by hills, adOwn WhOie SoMbre and fastening
side's the water falls in .r4reShimir :tretifis! ei•C‘ we
meei ivih ciwiAling-houses and outbuildings for the
stowage of grain. It is entirely rural in all its aspects,
and exhibits the counterparts of grange and farm in mi-
niature. Ti e writer found the villagers kind grid inqui-
sitive, though at the first they were very much surprised
at tlie ilnusual, if not the first, appearance of an Eu-
ropean in that valley. The deft land the valley beyond
it would prove very desirable country residences for the
sojourners at Hong-kone harbour, it may be remarked,
onctl for all, that a considerable portion of the island is
of the trap formation, which abounds with escarpments
wherever it is met with ; hence the common occurrence
of waterfalls. Granite occurs with it in Hong-kong, and
there is an enormous block in the delta which rests
upon several other lesser blocks, as if art, not nature,
had been concerned in giving it a station. The highest
part of the island has two or three lofty peaks, which is
another feature very closely connected with the trap
formation.

and tolerd)ly even slope,
I3Aween the anchorage and the delta there is a wide
which is kid out in cultivated
fields and gardens. It ascends for a good distance to-
wards the medial ridge of the island, but at length ends
in a curious glen, on the borders of which huge boulders
lie strewed in the wildest confusion, while all the inter-
spaees are fi led up with vegetation in a high stats of
luxuriar ce. On this slope foreigners might find build-
ing plots after having pensioned off the present tenants
of the soil, who would be glad to exchange their scanty
[mle of living for one of greater amplitude.
In the arrangement lately made with the Cainese,the
harbour of Hong-kong is expressly mentioned as a part
of the indemnity for the wrongs which that people have
inflicted upon us. Whether that part of the Cnincse
territory which intervenes between a range of hills and
the margin of the land forming the northern side of
the harbour be comprehended in the minds of those
who termed this treaty, it would not be eisy to con-
jecture. A practical cession, lion ever, of that portion
of the mainland will be the result of a settlement,
whether Captain Elliot and his friend Keshen thought
of it or not. This region is very desirable as a locality,
since it is composed of plains, hills, glens, and valleys,
interchanging in a most agreeable variety. In this place
arc stones and excellent granite for building and paving,
which, as labour is cheap in China, may be had on easy
terms. To this place Chinese merchants, who traverse
their own empire in quest of speculatioLs, would Hock
from all quarters, and thus, in a little time, give rise to
an emporium, which, for great commercial transactions,
might rival even Ningpo or Han-chow. The Tartar
authorities would find fault with this, but that would
be a matter of no consequence, as it is our business to
command, theirs to obey. The policy of the Tartars,
so successful sometimes in little things, but so mise-
rably deficient in matters of any magnitude, will 8000
give us not pretexts, but cogent reasons for advancing
upon the Chinese territory, and of taking care that Lin,
Kei,hen, and the rest of the hypocritical brood of di-
plomatists, shall not for the time to come starve, poison,
kidnap and cajole British subjects for their own pastime
and amusement.

W ',ether floncr-kung be worth our acceptance, as an
equivalent for the injuries sustained by our commerce,
time, that unfolds error, will prove. There is no rea-
son why we should be very anxious about it ; if a man
of spirit and sagacity be appointed to govern the new
settlement, he will find ample means and most season-
able opportunities for consulting the mercantile interests
as well as the honour of this country. If the island is
not la-ge enough, he will find plenty of room upon the
main ; if Chriese custom•house officers come to levy
inconvenient duties, or to impede the current of busi-
ness, he can dismiss them at the shortest notice ; and

if Government cruisers prowl about and harrass the
poor native in his progress to the settlement, they may
be sent to the bottom of the sea with the least possible
amount of labour on our part. And lastly, should not
this be found an eligible situation after all, we can adopt
another ; who will say us nay ?

COURT MARTIAL IN INDIA