The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-23 00:00:00

THE CHINESE MISSION.

(From the Anglo-American Times.)
It is rich to hear from China the same el
about Mr. Burlingame's enthusiastic after dinner
4
speeches in America as comes from the Unit'
States about Mr. Reverdy Johnson's after dinner
speeches in England. A missionary contradict°
this assertion of the Ambassador. " China invite°
the unfurling of the glorious banner of the cross t°o
every hill-top and in every valley of the empire'
which leaves the-impression that the Chinese Go-
vernment favours Christian missions and upholds
t
those engaged in them. The missionary says that
so far is this from being true, that the Governwe°
officers take every opportunity to persecute Chris'
tians, and he gives three recent instances of wanteal
outrages upon missionaries and their converts. 4%
Formosa violent persecution of Christians has been
going on for three years, in disregard of all treaty
engagements, and no remonstrances on the subject
obtain notice. The missionary adds----" IVc do no
r
believe that China is calling for Christianity,
does she welcome the erection of the cross on her hi;
tops, or in her valleys ; at least we have yet to leaf.
it. We would be glad to have a healthy and intel.ll'
gent interest created in America in regard to theta's'
sionary work in China. But we deprecate an
terest founded on sensational, after-dinner speeclietb
which, in fact, have no real foundation to rest upon'
as far as the acts of the Chinese Government are
concerned. It is to be hoped that the unfounded
impression as to the intention of the Chinese C4°.;
vernment in regard to Christian missions, cans'
by these sensational reports, will not react to the
jury of the cause, when the facts become know° /.
America, but will be overruled for good." If_thislo
all the missionary has to complain of he might bane
kept his contradiction to himself 0, as it amount° ,
little or nothing. There is a good article in .Blac
otf
wood of this month, taking a very genial vial'
00
Mr. Burlingame's work. The writer thus sketeb.o
that gentleman, who, it says Prince Kung hit 010
default of a Chinese statesman possessing °to
requisite qualifications, as one he rightly thought
would be agreeable both to the people and 6.°
vernment of the United States, and not ups°l•
come to those of Great Britain and Frani:
Mr. Burlingame is a gentleman of Scottish desce°
and proud of his ancestry, as most American f3totf
men are. Eleven years ago he sat in the Feder7o
House of Representatives as one of the member!,
Boston. He was an earnest and eloquent maul;
of the Anti-Slavery party, at a time when it f
quired considerable courage to avow such unlY3l:ir 0
lar opinions. Next to Mr. Sumner, he was "
most noted Abolitionist in Congress ; and s2c°.sl,
to few, either in or out of the House, for the ab 111;
and fearlessness with which he advocated a Pelly, ,0
of negro emancipation, which he justly considered
be a question of even more vital importance t° An
poor w hite-born slaveholding people of the South tb b
it was to the negroes. On the unexpected
of his party he was one of the first offered place' rd,
Lincoln, on the recomrnendatioc of Mr. Se °
A u,
tendering to him the Embassy to Austris•
Burlingame accepted the appointment, and %,
arrived at Paris, en route for his post. Very °lot
pettedly the Emperor of Austria intimated `,
he would not b;;received at Vienna, as Mr. 130 c 0
lingame had made himself conspicuous amlng
,b 0
countrymen in his sympathy for Kossuth when
o`o
Hungarian patriot was making a triumphal tio,
through America. His speeches on Hungarian 01,
dependence were not pleasant to the Emperor
tej
his advisers, and on this occasion they regnesoo.
the Government of the United States to .0.
credit instead, some gentleman not so ulob4o.
tionably associated with the rebellion. A-Ir. mos
lingame was therefore nominated to the 133. 0;
important if less comfortable mission to C13,1°0,
and the sanction by the Senate being gh-he
Mr. Burlingame proceeded to Peking, where as
spent the period of the great party strife, as we big
strife in arms, which followed his departure, ip.ed
native country. In consequence, when he retur:'
lately at the head of the Chinese mission, he find fed
enemies in America, for his absence had prele°l
his taking the active part he otherwise would'
0
spa
exciting animosity thereby. The writer argues 0
Europeans have been as wrong as the Chinese
be
the treatment each has accarde 1 the other, an.„tor
thinks we ought not to forget that whatever '4OO
now be the relitive position, we were barbartollo
2,000 years ago and they were not. "
expecting too much as the immediate result ►of
Burlingame's mission, or sharing the lively.f3l:,:es,
the Plymouth Brethren or other missiot)'iiiioS
whether Protestant or Roman Catholic, tb,,at„; ost'io
Li
is speedily or ever to be converted to the u`. the
faith ; without believing it, probable that 1003
Chinese will look upon Christian churches 00
more favour than Englishmen would look °.°000,!
erection of Buddhist temples in England ; viiho';
even expecting that the men of this generati°°, ens
be able if they wished to traverse China fr°s, Olaf
to end as cheaply, as comfortable, as exkolt,'"toor
as they can travel for similar distances in Patb°
and America, may we yet expect an increase 010
world's happiness, as well as of the world's get sr°
from the new relations that the East and 1',1",,`;
tbg
about to assume to each other. It is all
and the reward of well-doing, that true wipe
dom is always more fruitful of good than tbeissioo
men know or can possibly calculate. The °3 per
with which Prince Kung has entrusted Dll**oligh,
:
a
lingame and his colleagues is a noble one, anu,
not only to secure for the Chinese Prince ,;rlill,l
place in contemporary history, but for Mr. vaell
game and his two mandarins respectful re o°,
tion, and a hearty welcome from all EuroPe• t
wholly agree with Old Ebony, and only regr fiel
so powerful a periolical was not earlier in the
with these telling remarks.

•
an `l rilitele
LADvErtmEmENT.l—Holloway's Ointment `, fie -1348
Hereditary diseases are never more likely to deviel°rlog hits
existence and to display their intensity than "'oat :to
autumn months. It should therefore be linoWri.,,,fet,g,
tendency to particular ailments transmitted fronljose s
ee
child exercises a wide influence in producing cu 6 Are ft cl
mediable by these preparations. Few persons out, 0061
from hereditary predispositions; consumptiolargeo, v
scrofulous disorders are from this cause ever pros ,0
yearly rob us of our dearest treasures. HolleWay bWai,
ment and pills have the power of removing therefreraiot
the morbid qualities in which lie the essence of 5, i ed,
tart' diseases, and not only do they cleanse the
purify every living tissuo throughout the frame' grave
[AD VERTISEIIENT.]-llenceforth no one will doubt the 'Armil'i)o
properties of Du Barry's health-restoring RevalelrlblelBea
Invalids' and Infants' Food, since to the thousands 0 o,(14,1
it has already received from Invalids whose Positi°e they .s°'
deemed hopeless, we may now add that of his Holines,,,yeo,6o
whose health has been perfectly restored by it after thi,rUayet4ol9
unsuccessful medical treatment. We quote from the `-oe'
Midi," July 25th:—" Rome, July 21,1866. The health e er re 60
oth
Father is excellent, especially since, abandoning all, veil' '
dies, he has confined himself entirely to Du Barry 0,,,""c0m 004
Arabica Food, of which he consumes a plateful ateivAltob, AC?
It has produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on 11,1,10 y. ,6 of
his Holiness cannot praise this excellent food too h..„16
extract a few out of more than 68.000 cures :—Cnre -04°*colliP
the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' liver
.swita. fir
wasting away, debility, nervousness, with a nervonsi;iesl
trde
all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, and Stoar
tolerable nervous agitation. Curs No 1.771: 140r`:A oysl,qoiP
Decies, Lord-Lieutenant of Waterford. of many Y-008 oysPe',oo,
No. 49,832; "Fifty years' indescribable any , spo gr,
nervousness, asthma, cough, constipationgo flatulen,Y. 40:
IS4I,
sickness, and vomiting —Maria Joly." Cure
James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' ws'itiess.
tlt
spitting of blood, liver derangement, and parl deaci toro4o
portant Caution—Beware of the many unsavourY !aro
sloppy imitations to which, without authority, P't 4117
name is most audaciously attached. 110.; OCY4'
. 5110. - ACO 1.,
In tins, at is. lad.; 1 lb. 2s. mmd.: 2 lbs. 4s. Gm •, „ Ala for g
228. ;24 lbs, 40s, -- Also Du BARRY'S REVALENTA fta- t cops
LATE POWDER is packed in tin canisters; for 12 OP' ajoi 54". OP:
cups at 3s. Gd., for 48 cups at Gs., for 288 cups at 300i.,0 5,50,40 cm,
at 55s.—being about one penny per cup. The 300. rrost L'l,oll'
are sent free of carriage in England on receipt ct'..sreetm
Order. BARRY DU BARRY and Co No. 77, Regen
don; and all Grocers and Chemists.

Births. soy.
,
CORRY—On the 21st inst., the Ilon. Mrs. Corry, °-t a ~ t'
s CorcHmAN—On the 20th inst., at Tunbridge "sve,.%ils,
.7 ox
wife of Lieutenant-Colonel E. H. Couelnuan, it f
''
daughter. doter
OXLADE— On the 21st at S 1;1 I‘l°. 13
inst., ur .I.on,
Oxlade, of a son.

Marriages. Geo, v
CURRIE- SULLIVAN—On the `2oth inSt., at St; sor6lvf
Hanover-square, Henry Currie, Esq., of OW.
place Surrey, to Mary M. Sullivan eldest da
the late Admiral Sir Charles Sulivan, Bart. the3o,1"
DuTTOx—TAYLOR--On the 28d ult., at the CiflaOtroi:
Calcutta, the Hon. Charles Dutton, 85th Light,
youngest son of Lord Sherborne, to Mary' i'; •
eldest daughter of G. Noble Taylor, Esq,

Log.
Deaths. i, 1Y
DAVIES—On the 21st inst., at Bath, Admiral r ...-4-1 '
°t .
Davie, rged 91. 311
DALTON— On tho 19th inst., at Blandford, pc°" hie,
aged Dalton, ad 78. , r-P
(JitAY—On the 20th inst., suddenly, at Glouce"te
Edinburgh, Baroness Gray, of Gray. PI.
n", OW, 0
SHAW—Oo the 20th inst., at S Itl 'll Tunty' "--iflo''' .
Shaw, Esq., of Bally r:tn, Dann' ' t "9'
jltile
don. Id. co v .
TnomrsoN —On the 21st inst., at les lull ,
Thompson, Esq., aged al. CI 1 t iler ''
.

„sle'
London : Printed and P.:nailed by VirILLIA:II2-„' 104 Cpl
of No. 112, Strand, Printor, at l'istE SUN °l'-'001”
Strand, iu the Precinct of 'the Savoy', in 03°
MRl(lloBox.—Tuesday, Folnuary 23, Idf9.