The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-21 00:00:00

CHINA.

The following document from the Chinese correspondent
of the China _Mail, relative to the right of the English to
enter Canton, has appeared in the second edition of that
paper :

" REPORTED CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE KWANG•CHAUFU
AND SOME OF THE CANTON GENTRY, AT A LATE FEAST
TO WHICH THEY WERE INVITED, IN ORDER TO ASCERTAIN
THEIR SENTIMENTS RESPECTING FOREIGNERS ENTERING
THE CITY.

" On the 21st day of the second moon Liu-kai-yi, the pre-
fect of Canton, gave an entertainment at the temple of Great
Budha, and invited all the distinguished gentry of the city.
His design was to consult with them about restraining the
common people from opposing the entrance of foreigners into
the city. The gentry beforehand conjectured what his ob-
ject was, and therefore very few attended the feast. Among
the persons present at the table that day were Hu-tsiang-
kwang, Puan-sz-shing (Puting•qua), Liang-kwo-chung, Ho
yiu-shu, and the presidents of the three colleges, Yue-wha,
Yuo-sia, and Yang-shing, in all about twelve or thirteen in-
dividuals.

"The Prefect at the table asked the gentlemen saying—
The inhabitants now will not allow foreigners to enter the
city, while the foreigners say we will enter the city before we
give •up Ting-hai (Chusan) ; therefore his Excellency
(Keying) has directed me to ask you, respected sirs, to devise
a plan to restrain the people from hindering the entrance of
foreigners into the city, in order that they may give up Ting-
hai at an early day. Now, what are your honourable opi-
nions?

" There are several difficulties about this matter," replied
the gentlemen. In the first place, the inhabitants of the
provincial city are people from all quarters, and they cannot
same village. To say nothing aloui our being irrespon-
sible in the matter, though we exert ourselves to the ut-
most to restrain them, yet they will not listen to us. In the
second place, in the treaty it is clearly stated, that after
receiving the total amount of 21 millions of dollars, then
the English should restore Ting-hai to China; but there
is nothing said about giving It up after granting ingress
to the city. Now they have received all the money,
and yet can violate the treatyin giving back Ting-hai, which
is insatiable covetousness; and moreover they eat their words,
saying, let us enter the city, and then we will give up Ting-
hai. This shows that they disregard good faith and equity,
and are truthless. Setting aside the fact that the people will
not permit them to go into the city, yet suppose they do so,
still the English will not give up Ting lei. And, in the
third place, it is an old law of the country that foreigners
should not enter the cities. If, fearing to take up arms, we
should from compulsion accede to the wishes of foreigners,
and admit them to the city, to say nothing of the inconsist-
ency of so doing with right principle, and with established
custom, the great political loss will make all foreigners ridi-
cule and laugh at us. We beg your honour to think the third
time whether these things are so or not.
" The Prefect replied—According to what you have said,
if these things are so, we can never permit foreigners to go
into the city ; but if we do not permit them to go into the
city, how shall we get Ting-hai back again ? I beg you to
think of some plan, so that I may reply to his Excellency
(Keying).
" The gentlemen again said—ln the treaty it is declared
that on the day when they have received all the money they
shall restore Ting- hai ; thus his Excellency may with all
propriety find fault with them on the ground of the treaty.
If they again will not yield, then proclaim to every country
their violation of the treaty, and let all men know that they
are in the wrong; and after that beat to arms and attack
them ; or, if not so, secretly send a body of troops against
them, and not many days will elapse before we can extermi-
nate the garrison of foreign soldiers, and thus Ting- hai will
be restored to China. This is a great concern of the nation,
and it is not for us, the gentry, to meddle with it; we, there-
fore, beforehand, beg your honour will hold secret consulta-
tion with his Excellency about it, and all will be right."
NOTE BY OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.—The above '
is a report of the conversation by the superintendents of the
feast in the Temple of the Great Budha, Canton, 2d moon,
27th day (March 24).

MACAO.
The Government of Portugal has issued a decree declaring
Macao a free port, but coupled with restrictions that, if en-
forced, would go a great way to neutralise the anticipated
advantages of the measure. As the enforcement of these,
however, is left to the option of the governer and senate of
Macao, they have wisely resolved not to retain them ; so that
Macao, now that its trade is reduced to a shadow, is really a
free port. The following is the text of the decree :
" The Governor of the Province of Macao, Timor, and
Solor, in Council directs the following :
" Whereas it is expedient, by virtue of the act No. 362 of
the Competent Ministry, dated the 20th of November last,
that the decree of the same date should be published for
general information, be it known that this royal determina-
tion shall be in full vigour and operation from the Ist of
April next, according to the second article of the same de-
cree; and that the table, regulations, and instructions
therein contained, for the more easy and regular perform
ance of its enactments, shall be published in proper antici-
pation. The authorities to whom the knowledge thereof
may relate have it thus so understood and enacted.
" Government Office, Macao, Feb. 28, 1846.

"JOSE GREGORIO PEGADO."
DECREE TO WHICO TEI ABOVE NOTIFICATION REFERS.

" The opening of some of the ports of the empire of China
to the commerce and navigation of all nations having put a
stop to the propitious circumstances which favoured the
commerce of the city of Macao, notwithstanding the restric-
tions imposed thereon, and it being of rigorous necessity, in
consequence of the altered circumstances in which that
event has placed the said city, to devise means by which the
restrictive system hitherto followed may be modified, and,
by making use of the advantageous geographical position of
that city, its commerce may be cherished and developed, I
hereby, availing myself of the authority conferred by the Ist
article of the law of the 2d of May, 1843, and having heard
the Council of Ministers and that of the State, decree the
following:—
"Art. 1. The ports of the city of Macao, both the inner of
the river and the outer of the Type and of the roads, are de-
clared free ports to the commerce of all nations, and therein
shall be admitted for consumption, deposit, and re-exporta-
tion, every article of merchandise and commerce of whatever
nature they may be.
" Art. 2. All the articles and merchandise imported into
the said port,under any flag, are to become quite free of entry
duties thirty days after this decree is made public in the city
of Macao.

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"Art. 4. The importation of the following articles of Por-
tuguese production and industry shall only be admitted in
Portuguese vessels proceeding from Portuguese ports, for the
purpose of enjoying exemption from duties, viz., arms and
fire-arms, betel-nut, towellings, muslins, hats of every de-
scription, olive oil, cocoa-nut and palm oil, bacon, ready-made
clothes and shoes, linen cloth, salt, medicines, sandal wood,
spirits of wine and of cocoa-nut juice, wines, liqueurs, and
vinegars of wine and of cocoa-nut juice.
" Art. 5. The same articles mentioned in the preceding
article, whether of Portuguese or foreign production or
industry, may be imported by Portuguese or foreign vessels,
from foreign ports, upon paying 20 per cent. ad valorem.
" Art. 6. The said article, though excepted from the ge-
neral immunity for consumption, may, however, be received
into depot at the city of Macao, under condition of being re-
exported within the term of one year, with those cautions
and guarantees usual in such cases, by paying only one per
cent. ad valorem of deposit and wharfage, besides the ware-
house rent and Coolie labour.
" Note. All the articles received in deposit, not being re-
exported within the term of one year, shall be subject to pay-
ment of the consumption duty stated in article 5.
" Art. 7. Every other article which is admitted free for
consumption or re-exportationishall only be subject to the
payment of Coolie hire, according to a table of rates to be
fixed by the Governor in Council, after hearing the Director
of the Custom-house, and which rates are not to exceed the
prices heretofore established.
" Art. 8. The goods mentioned in the 4th, sth, and 6th
articles, shall be received into the Government warehouses to
be subject to the overseeing of the Custom-house until they
are cleared. As to every other article comprised in the ge-
nerality of the privilege, it will be free to.the proprietors to
store them in the Custom-house warehouses, or in private
ones, as may be most convenient to them.
" Art. 9, For the payment of the warehouse rent, there
shall be also a table fixed by the Governor in Council, after
hearing the directors of the Custom-house, regulating it as
much as possible by what it is customary to pay for private
warehouses.

" Art. 10. To facilitate the landing of more bulky articles
of merchandise, the Government shall cause cranes to be set
up on the most convenient localities, or the most frequented
wharfs; and the Governor in Council shall determine the
rates to be paid for the use of them.
"Art 11. The Governor in Council is authorised, after ob-
taining the necessary information, to establish a table of an-
chorage, calculated on such a moderate scale that the port
expenses which ships will have to pay in Macao may invite
both the national and foreign commerce.
"Art. 12. Every act contrary to the tenor of the present
decree is hereby repealed.
" The Councillor of State, Minister Extraordinary, and.
Secretary of State for the Marine and Ultra-marine Com-
merce, are to take the proper steps for having this understood
and carried into effect.
" Court of Belem, 20th November, 1845.
" THE QUEEN.
JOAQUIM JOZE FALCAM.
(True copy) " MANOEL JOZE D'OLIVEIRA LIMA."

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE BOMBAY MARKET.
(From the Chamber of Commerce Overland Price Current.) '
BOMBAY, APRIL 15, 1845.—We have no new feature to notice in
our market during the past fortnight. Money continues very scarce,
and confidence has been somewhat shaken by several failures in the
bazaar. Business both in imports and exports has consequently been
very limited.
COTTON IMANIMACTURES.—The market continues depressed, and
and s, RS generally can be effected only by submitting to a heavy
sacrifice on prime cost. There has been considerable demand for
low Grey Jacconets and Madapollams ; bat, in corsequence of the
advanced period of the teaser, and the holders generally having met
the demand, no improvement in prices has taken place. There is a
slight improvement in Grey Madapollams of stout fabrics. White
Madripollams and White Long Cloths continue dull of sale, and we
have no material change to note in their value. Cambrics and
Muslim of all descriptions continue in limited request, at very low
Prices. Turkey Red Cloths and Prints of every description are quite
neglected, and can be forced off only at a heavy sacrifice.
YARNS. —The inquiry is still confined to superior qualities. The
following sales have been effected since our last :
Mule Twist.
18,700 „ at
Mule Twist. No. 20. 6,000 lbs. at As. 6% per lb.
50. 11,500
15,000 „ at
25,000 „ at
Turkey Red and 0r3'3',00..3
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