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CHINA.

OFFICIAL DESPATCHES.
(From a Supplement to the Gazette of Friday.)
Forign-office, Jan. 12.

The following despatches and enclosures were re-
ceived this day from the Earl of Elgin, herMejesty's
High Commissioner end Plenipotentiary in China:
Pekin, Nov. 4, 1860.

My Lord,—l have the honour to inform your
lordship that Prince Kung paid me a visit on the
2d inst. at the palace where lam residing. He
came with a considerable following of mandarins,
and I rec2ived him with the honours due to his
rank. On the day succeeding I returned his visit.
On both occasions we had a good deal of conversa-
tion, and he repeatedly admitted the advantages
which would accrue from the more direct inter-
course between foreign Ministers and the Govern-
ment of Pekin, which will take place under the new
treaties.—l have, &c.,

ELGIN AND KINCARDINE.
The Lord John Russell, &c.

Tien-tsin, Nov. 13, 1860.

My Lord,—l have the honour to enclose herewith
translation of a despatch which I received from the
Prince of Kung, on the 2d of this month, embody-
ing an edict from the Emperor, which directs that
the treaty of Tien-tsin of the year 1858, and the
convention of Pekin of the year 1860, shall be pub-
lished throughout the empire. Your Lordship may
remember that by the terms of the last article of the
convention in question, the withdrawal of her Ma-
jesty's forces from Pekin is made contingent, inter
alia, on the issue of an Imperial edict to the above
effect, and that this stipulation was the subject of a
correspondence between Lieut.-Gen. Sir Hope Grant
and me, the copy of which was transmitted to your
lordship in my despatch of the 31st ult. The lan-
guage of the edict forwarded to me by the Prince of
Kung is very full and satisfactory. It amounts to a
ratification and adoption by the Emperor of the
treaty and convention in the most public form; I
must add that the Prince has shown every disposi-
tion to give effect to it. The documents referred to
have not only been published in extenso in the Pekin
Gazette, but have also been printed on placards and
posted about the city in all conspicuous places.
These proceedings will, it may be hoped, go far to
ensure the faithful execution of their provisions.

The despatch in which the Prince communicated
to me this edict was preceded by another in which
he enclosed, and requested me to forward, letters
respecting the cession of the Kowloon peninsula,
the payments due at Canton on the Ist December
next, Mad the legalisation of emigration, which had
been addressed by him to the local functionaries,
whose duty it will be to see these measures carried
out. A translation of that despatch is also trans-
mitted herewith.

On the 7th inst. Mr. Bruce reached Pekin, hav-
ing hastened up from Shanghae, in compliance
with my request. His arrival was most opportune,
as it was very important that before my departure
from the capital I should be able to confer with
him on various matters, and more especially on the
subject of the place of residence for the future of
her Majesty's representative in China. Mr. Bruce
informed me that he was perfectly willing to take
up his abode in Pekin at once. On consultation
with Baron Gros and General Ignatieff, however,
I found that the latter was about to leave Pekin for
the winter, and that the former was of opinion that
it would not be advisable that M. de Bourbollon
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spring. I considered it, therefore, to be mS, duty
to advise Mr. Bruce to return with me for the pre-
sent to Tien-tsin, and to remain there until a suit-
able residence should be provided for him in the
capital. In order, however, that there might be
no misapprehension on the part of the Chinese
Government in reference to this, we selected a
house which we thought might be adapted to the
purpose, and which was procurable on easy terms,
and we accepted the services of Mr. Adkins, one of
the student interpreters, a Tory promising young
man, who volunteered to remain at Pekin, and to
superintend the arrangements necessary for putting
it in order. I think it right to mention that Mr.
Wade, Mr. Parkes, and Mr. Morrison, severally
intimated to me their readiness to stay a Pekin, if
I thought that the public interest would be pro-
moted by their doing so.
Having taken these measures I wrote to Prince
Kung to express to him my sense of th© good faith
which he had evinced in the matter of the publica-
tion of the treaty, and to inform him that her
Majesty's forces would at once retire to Ti en-tsin.
I added that I proposed to pay him a visit, with
the view of taking leave of him, and that I should
bring with me Mr. Bruce, wile had just arrived at
Pekin. I enclose a copy of the letter which I
addressed to the Prince on t4ese subjects, and of
his reply.
In iutrodueing• Mr. Brace to the Prince of Kung
on this occasion I was especially desirous to convey
to the latter the impression that the rank and
authority of the former was in no degree inferior
to mine. Accordingly when t),e visit which I had
offered in my letter took place,after conversing for
some time very amicably 4'ith the Prince, I
requested the interpreters to inform him that with
us the person representing the Sovereign always
holds the highest rank; that pace being happily
concluded between the countries, my task was at an
end; that Mr.. Bruce therefore remmed his functions

1. Despatch of instructions to the Superin-
tendent of Customs, Canton.

The superintendent is hereby informed that on the
11th day of the 9th moon (Oct.; 24) the Prince
signed and sealed a convention with the English [or
with the British Government] continuing and ex-
tending (the treaty of 1858). The third article of
this lays down [here follows the text of the article
in extenso]. The French, however, it appears have
during the past year been paid 333,333 taels odd
out of the Canton customs revenue. The same rules
being in all cases applicable to the English as to the
French, the proper course, no doubt, will be to

a like sum out of the same revenues to the
former. It is at the same time expedient to apprise
the commissioner that, as by the convention this
sum will become due on the 20th of the 10th moon

), he will be expected to provide the
whole of it out of the current revenues of the cus-
toms, deducting from it the amount of whatever
sums shall have been. advanced by the British Go-
vernment towards the construction of the British
factory site at Shameen (1). •
A despatch to the above effect is being written to
Lao, Governor General of the Two Kwang. It is
further the duty (of the Prince) to address these
instructions to the superintendent. In regard to
the remaining (monies due) the superintendent will
proceed, in accordance with the provisions of the
convention.

(2.) Communication addressed to Lao, Governor
General of the Two KwAng.

This despatch is word for word the same as the
precedinguntil it reaches the Shameen site question,
in respect of which the Governor General is desired
to deduct (from the sum of 333,333 taels) whatever
proportion the British Government will have to
bear of the monies advanced by him the Governor
General towards the conclusion of the factory site
at Shameen.

(The rest of the letter is the same as No. 1.)
(3.) Communication addressed to Lao, Governor
General of the Two Kwang.

The Governor-General is hereby informed that
on the 11th of the 9th moon the Priffce signed
and sealed a convention with the English, con-

tinuing and extending the treaty. The fifth
article provides (here follows the whole article). It
becomes the duty of the Prince accordingly to call
upon the Governor General to put himself in com-
munication with the British Minister, and make
such arrangements as time and the ,circumstances
of the different ports (in his jurisdiction) may require
on the basis of thelegulations already in force at
Canton.

(4.) Communication addressed to the Governor
General of the Two Kwang, and of Fuh-
kien, and of Cheh-liang, also to the Pre-
fect of Fungtien Fu, the senior civil au-
thority in Manchuria proper.)
This is identical with enclosure 3 in form and
language.
(5.) Communication addressed to Lao, Gover-
nor-General of the Two K wang.

[The preamble of this despatch which relates to
the cession of Kowloon is the same as that of the
foregoing. Then follows a quotation of the 6th
article at length. Then]
It becomes the duty of the Prince to acquaint the
Governor General of this, that he may depute offi-
cers to make the necessary inspection or partition
of the ground, in company with the British officers
deputed for the same purpose ; and to consider with
them and despatch everything to be done in a
satisfactory manner.

The lease in perpetuity will of course be cancelled
and the Governor General will not fail to perform
everything as the treaty requires it should be done,
Translated by
T. WADE, Chinese Secretary.

Note I.—These words have since been cancelled
in the original despatch, which now runs QS{ pri-
vz.vouau vu OttUle snuject.
(Signed) T. WADE.

(Received Nov. 2, 1860.)

The Prince of. Kung makes a communication.

The Prince has had the honour to receive this
day, about the hour of 6 a.m., a decree issued by
his Majesty the Emperor.
This the Prince is publishing for the information
of all within [the capital] and without it. He is
also communicating it to the Governments of the
different provinces (or circulating it through the
different provinces.)
It is further his duty to forward a copy of it reve-
rently made to his Excellency the British Minis-
ter, for his information and guidance in all'l•espects
(or that he may inform himself, and respectfully
conform in all particulars thereto).
A necessary communication addressed to his
Excellency the Earl of Elgin.
Hien-Fung, 10th year, 9th month, 19th day
(Nov, 1, 1860).
[Enclosed in the same cover with the foregoing
dispatch was the following Imperial decree.]
On the 15th of the 9th moon (Oct. 18), the Nin-
koh (Grand Secretariat) had the honour to receive
the following Imperial decree :
" In the matter of the exchange of treaties re-
ported to us by Yih Sin (1) Prince of Kung, Yili
Sih, Prince of Kung, having on the 11th and 12th
of this moon (24th and 25th October), exchanged
with the English and French the treaties concluded
in the Bth year [of our reign, se. 1858] together
with the treaties in continuance thereof (the con-
ventions) of the present year, we command [that it
be known] that we promise and authorise the ope-
ration for evermore of each and every article in the
treaties and conventions, that there may be hence-
forward no more war between us (lit. that the shield
and spear may evermore rest), but that both may
contribute to the consolidation of (or unite to con-
solidate) a good understanding, peaceful relations

The undersigned has also received his Serene
Highness's later dispatch of the Ist inst., enclosing
copy of an Imperial decree of the 28th ultimo, by
which his Majesty the Emperor of China has been
pleased to acquaint his servants and subjects
throughout his dominions of :his entire acceptance
of the treaties and conventions concluded with
England and France, and directs that full opera-
tion be given to their provisions in every particular.
The undersigned has learned, with pleasure that
In the capital every publicity has been given to his
Majesty's decree, as well as to the important instru-
ments to wfiich it refers; also that copies of both
have been printed in the form of a Pekin. Gazette
for general distribution.
The Imperial Government having so far satisfied
its obligations, the undersigned begs to inform the
Prince of Kung, that, in accordance with the terms
of the convention, her Britannic Majesty's forces
will at once be withdrawn from the vicinity of the
capital.
It is the sincere hope of the undersigned that
there may be no more occasion for their employ-
ment ; that in the words of his Serene Highness,
the shield and the spear may indeed be laid aside
for evermore.

It was with much regret that the undersigned,
ever the advocate of peace, found upon his return to
this country, that the policy recommended by evil
counsellors to his Imperial Majesty rendered a resort
to hostilities inevitable ; that they have proceeded
no further he is willing to attribute to the counsels
of his Serene Highness, in whose hands it will be
gratifying to him to be able to report that the ad-
ministration of foreign affairs is to continue.
The objects of his special mission accomplished,
the undersigned has no further part to play in China,
He will be replaced in his ministerial functions by
the Hon. Mr. Bruce, who arrived in Pekin only
yesterday.
Mr. Bruce proposes leaving an officer in the resi-
dence which it has been agreed he should occupy,
and until this be in proper order for his reception
he will himself reside at Tien-tsin.
It but remains for the undersigned to request
that the Prince of Kung will do him the honour to
name an hour at which he may take leave of his
Serene Highness. The undersigned will avail him-
self of the opportunity to present Mr. Bruce to his
Serene Highness.
(Signed) ELGIN AND KINCARDINE.