The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-02 00:00:00

FURTHER PARTICULARS.

Lord Napier, in his Majesty's ship Andromache, arrived at
Macao on the 14th of July. On the 17th the following ap-
pointments were made in the establishment under his Lord-
ship : —John F. Davis, Esq., Second Superintendent : Sir G.
Robinson, Third Superintendent ; J. H. Astell, Esq., Secre-
tary ; the Rev. Dr. Morrison, Chinese Secretary ; Mr. Col-
ledge, Surgeon.
Lord Napier proceeded in the Andromache to Chuen Pee,
and from thence in the cutter Louisa to Canton, where he ar-
rived on the 25th of July. A deputation had been previously
sent from Canton to Macao, consisting of Honqua and Mon-
qua, to request his Lordship to remain there until the Empe-
ror's orders to the Viceroy were received from Pekin. The
deputation having arrived subsequent to Lord Napier's depar-
ture from Macao, another party, consisting of the Quang
Choefoo and Quang Heep, and the security merchants, came
down the river to intercept his Lordship, but they missed the
cutter.

On the 26th of July a letter from Lord Napier to the Vice-
roy was presented at tne city gates, but was refused, in con-
sequence of of its superscription being that of a letter instead
of a petition, and much negotiation followed. The servants
(Chinese) to the Company's agents and officers were obliged
to abscond, and the Chinese were interdicted from carrying
foreigners in their boats. -
On the 12th of August the Hong merchants offered to be
the medium of communication between the Viceroy and the
Superintendent, but this was steadily refused by the latter.
The Hong merchants then endeavoured to make a party
against Lord Napier by assembling the British merchants to
urge his Lordship's departure, but he had forestalled them the
day preceding, and induced the merchants to abstain from at-
tending the meeting. On the 13th of August the Hong mer-
chants published their manifesto, already.given, which virtually
suspended, for the present, the commercial intercourse of Bri-
tish subjects with China.
On the 17th Lord Napier again convened the British mer-
chants, and sttggested that they should form a Chamber of
Commerce, asa 'medium of communication between his Ma-
jesty's Superintendent and the Hong merchants. The result
had not transpired. There is a letter in town which affirms
that matters were in train for an amicable settlement, which is
generally admitted to be probable ; but we believe that noth-
ing certain is known on the subject.
MT. Daniel and Mr. Jackson were acting as the Company's
financial agents. Mr. Smith, on his arrival, would be second,
and Mr. Jackson would then be secretary to the agents.
The British residents had to deplore the loss of the accom-
plished Chinese scholar, Dr. Morrison, who died on the Ist of
August. His son had succeeded him in his appointment of
chaplain.
The dispute remained unsettled on the aLst-' 'ust :
" Extract of a letter dated Canton, ADL
" The enclosed chop is the last public V at has
been issued, arid whether the Viceroy will od his
threat remains to be proved. Lord Napier is, deter-
mined to communicate with the Chinese authori&s on terms
of equality or not at all.
" The point at issue is simply this :—The Viceroy refuses to
receive a letter from Lord Napier, saying it must be a petition,
and presented through the Hong merchants.
" The Viceroy, I believe, feels himself wrong in not having
reported long ago to the Emperor the death of the Company,
the expected arrival of a King's Superintendent, and asked for
instructions on the score of reception. His Lordship remained
nearly tell days at Macao unnoticed ; about that time a chop
is said to have been received from Pekin, in which the Viceroy
was blamed for not having reported the Company as finished.
" The merchants were immediately sent for, severely re-
buked, and ordered off to Macao, but, before they reached,
Lord Napier had left in the frigate.
" The weather proved bad, and the party did not reach
Canton till past midnight, though they expected to have
reached before sunset.
" The Viceroy now wishes his Lordship to return to Macao,
and there wait till a communication is made to the Emperor,
and an answer received.
" This looks very like Play, and how li it to end it is impos-
sible to, say ; but the local authorities eannoi be expected to
grant what is asked without making all the resistance they can,
or all the resistance they dare."

IMPORTANT PROCEEDINGS AT CANTON.-

PUBLIC MEETING.

( From the Caton Register.)
At a meeting of all the British subjects in• Canton, convened
by circular notice from the Secretary to his Majesty's Super-
intendents, and held yesterday ( August 12), at half-past ten
o'clock, A. M., in the Hall of the British Consulate, the Chief
Super;ntendent, the Right Hon. Lord Napier, delivered the
following speech :
Gentlemen,—l have called you together here this day, be-
cause I have been informed that yesterday a notice from the
Hong merchants was sent to you severally, inviting you to a
meeting or conference with them in the Consoo Hall, at one
o'clock to-day. You are doubtless aware of my present posi-
tion, and of my instructions and powers : but, perhaps, I may
as well now state to you that I am not here for the purpose of
endeavouring to form any commercial treaty, nor have I au-
thority to communicate directly with Pekin. My orders ex-
tent no farther than to the Viceroy. I have succeeded in
attaining my present residence against the wishes of the Viceroy
and the Hong merchants ; and my business at present is only
to collect information on all points connected with the British
interests with China, in order that I may send such informa-
tion home, to be submitted to the Crown for guidance in the
future instructions with which his Majesty ma) honour me.
Gentlemen, I now advise you not to attend this meeting at
the Consoo-house, for I consider your compliance with the re-
quisition of the merchants would not only embarrass my pre-
sent views, but ultimately recoil with two-fold effect on your-
selves, and be highly detrimental to your own interests. Ido
not profess to have much knowledge of China, further than
what I have heard, and gained from books ; but I appeal to
your common sense, whether if you once, by an overt act, ac-
knowledge the authority of these Hong merchants, such pro-
ceedings will not hereafter be quoted as a precedent, and en-
tail serious consequences on the British trade with this empire.
I call upon you to assist me in supporting the honour of the
King's commission, and the dignity and influence of his Ma-
jesty's superintendents, by refusing to attend this meeting ;
the least reflection must convince you that your attendance
there will be pregnant with evil ; and to prevent disastrous
consequences, I request you will sign a letter, which I have
drafted, and send it to the merchants by Mr. Morrison; this
letter I will now read to you.—( His Lordship read the letter,
and continued.) It may be that from your refusal to attend at
the Consoo-house, the trade may be stopped, and the Viceroy
may order me away; but as I have all the responsibility, I can
only say that from this house I will not go, unless driven out at
the point of the-bayonet. I shall be most happy to attend to
any suggestion you may wish to offer ; and I again invite you
to come forward and sign your names to this letter.
His Lordship having sat doWn, Mr. Davis, the Second Su-
perintendent, seconded his Lordship's recommendation in a
short speech.
The speech of Lord Napier was connected, convincing,
and eloquent, delivered in a calm and dignified manner, yet
with such a frank and honest earnestness, and sincerity of self-
conviction, that the whole assembly were at once of his
opinion, and that is all an orator wants.
In a short time the following letter was agreed to, which
was read by Lord Napier, and signed by all British subjects
present:—
" TO THE HONG MERCHANTS.

" GENTLEMEN—The British merchants having severally re-
ceived your notice of yesterday, requesting a general meeting
of their body, to be held at the Consoo-house as this day at
one o'clock :

" Having taken the same request into consideration, the
British merchants are unanimously of opinion that such an
attendance is altogether unnecessary and uncalled for, the spe-
cific object not having been duly expressed, and they further
unanimously intimate and declare to you, that in all official
matters they feel themselves bound to consult the wishes and
regulations proposed by the superintendents of the British trade.
" Canton, the 11th of August, 1834."
( Signed) Follows the signatures.

The policy of Lord Napier in calling a meeting of all Bri-
tish subjects on the occasion of the invitation from the Hong
merchants to the British merchants, to meet them at the Con-
soo-house, and strongly advising the British not to attend to
their invitation, is, in our opinion, proper for the occasion.—
Had the British merchants met the half and half Mandarin
merchants, it would have been, in some degree, an acknow-
ledgment of the right of the Hong to summon them, an un-
intentional 'and indirect denial of the authority of his Majesty's
Superintendents, and a partial assumption of the station and
powers vested in the Select Committee.
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