The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-03 00:00:00

EAST SUSSEX.

The nomination of candidates took place yesterday at
Lewes ; the High Sheriff, Mr. R. C. Promiret, presiding.
Mr. R. W. BLENCOWE proposed and General DAVIS
seconded the nomination of Mr. J. G. Dodson ; and Mr.
E. HussEr proposed and Mr. W. D. L. SHADWELL se-
conded the nomination of Viscount Pevensey.
Both candidates having addressed the electors, a show
of hands was taken, which was in favour of Mr. Dodson
by a considerable majority.
Mr. HUSSEY, on the part of Lord Pevensey, demanded
a poll, which will be opened on Thursday mit.

NORTH LEICESTERSHIRE ELECTION.
The election of a member to represent the Northern
Division of the county of Leicester, vacant by the eleva-
tion of the Marquis of Granby to the peerage, took
place at the Town-hall, Loughborough, esterday.
Sir G. BEAUMONT proposed and Mr. 11. C. BINGHAM
seconded the nomination of Lord John Manners.
Mr. FREWEN then addressed the electors, and said he
opposed the election of Lord John Manners purely as a
matter of principle. Mr. Frewen, in conclusion, for-
mally nominated the Hon. Major Powys.
Mr. R. G. CRESSWELL seconded the proposal.
Mr. PICKWORTH, a draper of Loughborough, here
stepped forward, and nominated Richard Cobden, Esq.,
amid cheers and much laughter.
Lord JOHN MANNERS then addressed the electors. He
said he should go to Pailiawent with the conviction
that be was discharging his duty in maintaining to the
best of his ability that fair fabric of tempered liberty
which was called their gl ,Vious constitution in Church
and State. His lordship then proceeded to review the fo-
reign policy of the Government, and condemned the
meddling interference with the quarrels of other rations.
Their true policy, he said was to avoid the extremes of
either securing peace on terms dishonourable to the
country, or plunging into war, except when absolutely
necessary.
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CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY.—MONDAY,
March 2.—Admissions on payment, 739 ; ditto by sea-
son tickets, 237 ; total, 976.
BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—
Yesterday the first meeting under the fiat issued against
Messrs. Fox and Henderson was held before Mr. Regis-
trar Waterfiell Both the bankrupts were present.
The proceedings were merely formal, and the choice of
assignees passed off without the slightest opposition.
j`cFie gentlemen nominated and appointed were :—Mr.
abouittobinson,
Sinett;l:niedk.MTr.bejadse.btTs .prCovheadne amountede,
Bro. of the Ebbw Vale Company ; Mr. C.
shirv_vning, ironmaster, of the Milford Works, Stafford-
glats rotoansoutfoaecwtuhr:rre,
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the 30th of March. The assignees were in-
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minded country gentlemen to'whom it was addressed,
and who cheered him on the ocoasion. (Cheers and
laughter.) The honourable gentleman, with all his
diligence and research, bad failed to discover how it was
that the blue-book in reference to Chinese insults was
presented to the house, but he (Sir G. Grey) would
inform him. In another place a noble earl who
generally agreed with the hon. member for the West
Riding, and who was actuated with a most sincere
desire and with a thorough conviction to benefit the
public service (he meant Eat!. Grey), moved for copies or
extracts of any reports, despatches, &c , made to her
Majesty's Government compbittieg of insults offered to
the English residents at Canton by the Chinese since the
treaty of 1842 ; and in conformity with that motion the
book was laid on the table of the other house. (Hear.)
The Government, thinkirg they were not justified in
withholding it from this house, laid it on the table of the
house, and then the hon. member finding its contents do
not answer his purposes, turns round and says that the
Government threw it on the table just before the dis-
cussion commenced, in order to mystify simple-minded
country gentlemen on the other side (l.sughter) ; but he
(Sir George Grey) thought he had shown the house that
the mystification was on the side of the honourable
gentleman the member for the West Riding. (Cheers
and laughter.) The next charie had reference to the
Government's appointment of Mr. Parkes as consul at
Canton, and the character, ability, and experience
of that gentleman had been the subject of attack both
from the hon. gentleman the inembfr forthe West Riding
and almost every hon. member who had addressed the
house in support of the motion. There had also been a
tendency to run down every person officially connected
with these proceedings, however estimable they were, or
however valuable their services had been, and to hold
them up to ridicule, sarcasm, and scorn. The correspon-
dence of Mr. Parkes was contrasted by the hon. gentle-
man the member for the West Riding with that of Com-
missioner Yeh, and he had described Mr. Parkes as a
young man without experience and wanting In discre-
tion. The hon. gentlemanhad said that Mr. Parkes was
taken out of an office and placed in a place of trust for
which he was totally unfit. He (Sir G. Grey) was very
much surprised to hear such sentiments expressed by the
hon. member who was an advocate for the employment of
young and energetic mer, and of advancing talent, and
as a proof of Mr. I'arkes's fitness for the office of consul,
he (Sir G. Grey) stated that be was first attached
to Sir H. Pottinger's mission in 1842 to China
(perhaps that was what the hon. member meant when he
said Mr. Parkes had been taken out of an office), and
his continuation in China, at Shanghai Amoy, and
other ports as an interpreter ; his being engaged with
Sir J. Bowring in effecting a treaty with Siam,,which
he brought to this country, and on his return to China
was appointed consul. (Hear, hear.) That, he said,
vas the treatment these gentlemen had met with at the
hands of those who ought to have sympathised with
them—(hear, hear)—and it was a specimen of the fair-
ness with which these attacks had been made. He re-
gretted to say that a desire to depreciate t'ie character
of those gentlemen had marked the tone of many gen-
tlemen who bad addressed the house in support of the
hon. gentleman's motion. (Hear, hear.) With regard
to the statements of the hon. gentleman with reference

to the British merchants, though he had a world-wide
reputation, he (Sir G. Grey) should not say anything,
because he believed them to peleess a character for
honesty End probity all over the world, not likely to be
damaged by the portrait drawn of them by the hon.
gentleman. (dear, and cheers.) lie was ranch pained
at the remarks that had been made against Sir J. B )we
ring, though he was not astonished at it when he con-
sidered the quarter from whence they came—(hear)—
and as regarded Sir M. Seymour, he much regretted
that there should be but one exception to the spirit of
moderation and commendation that had been used
(aier kG. of Grey)
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to-
wards that gallant admiral. Teet exception was a gal-
lant admiral and a brother offic:rie we'_ho,(cabbeoervse)_allt,hsahtowualds
have been the first to have sympathisvd with a brother
a':t the
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(Cheers.) lie was al- o much pained
at the observation of the noble lord•the member for Lon-
don, that Sir J. Bowring was a troublesome and meddle-
some officer—(cheers from the opposition)—which was
followed in the same strain by the right honourable
baronet the member for Carlisle, who said that Sir J.
Bowling had sat with most of them in that house
for a long period, which afforded a fair oppor-
unity of their obtaining a just estimate of hies character,
which his friends probably would not consider very fa-
vourahl and the right hon. baronet added, with great
deliberation, that the responsibility of selecting such a
person as Sir J. Biwring was a grave responsibil ty.
(Hear, and cheers from the Opposition;) On hearing
that he (Sir G. Grey) could not help asking himself by
whom that rosponsiblity was incurred. (Elear.) His
right hen. friend, who had sat with Sir J. Bowring in
that house, who had watched his conduct, who knew his
character, and who knew his faults, wouid, perhaps, feel
no more surprise nor plead more ignorance on the matter
than the noble lord the member for London. (Hear,
hear.) Who was it that appointed Sir J. Bowring to
his present office ? (Hear, bear ) He (Sir G. Grey)
would answer his right hon. friend the member for Car-
lisle, who had in his 1 ‘te speech directed his censure on
hose who appointed him. He found that Sir J. Bowring
was appointed consul at Canton on Jan. 10, 1844, when
the noble lord the member for the city of London,
was at the bead of the Government. (Loud cheers.)
Sir J. Bewring held that office for some time, and he
(Sir G. Grey) supposed he must have discharged hi,
duties satisfactorily, for he found that on the 24th Dec.,
1853, he was appointed plenipotentiary and chief super-
intendent at Canton by the Government of which Lord
Aberdeen was the head, and of which both his right hon.
friend and his noble friend were members. (Cheers.)
His right hon. friend now knew on whom the responsi-
bility of Sir J. lb wrirg'e appointment rested, acid it was
not the first time in his right hon. friend's public life that
he had thought too I.te of the responsibility he had in-
curred. (Loud cheers and laughter.) The Government
felt that they had done their duty in giving their sup-
port to their officers, placed in most difficult circuin-
stscces. (Hear, hear) Every day communications were
being made to the Government from persons con-
nected with the China trade and those who had visited
the country approving of the conduct of the authorities
at Canton, and stating that no other course was open to
the authorities there than that they had adopted. Any
reli,xation of authority there woull be taken as a defeat,
and in Canton life would not be safe, but murder and rae
pine would be perpetrated there to a large extent. He
hoped the house would bear in mind the consequences
that would be likely to result if they decided this case on
legal technicalities, and he imploreii.them to decide it on
the broad principles and the vast magnitude of interests
at stake. (Choirs.)
Mr. P. ROBERTSON said he f 5 1t bound on that oc-
casion to record his vote in favour of the Government,
and against the great Conservative party of which he was
in China and knew the Chinese character, lae had no doubt
a humble member. (Cheers.) Asa person who had resided
but that the proceeding in connection with the Arrow
was meant as a determined insult. (Cheers.) A lorcha
was, in fact, a foreign vessel, and the fact of her being in
Chinese waters proved that she was admitted thereas such,
and if she had no flag flying, nor any name on her, there
could be no mistake that she was a foreign one.
The lion. member for the West Riding praised the Chinese
es inoffensive towards foreigners. Now, one of the first
things which struck him when he visited the country in
1831 was, that the children,
when Europeans passed,
ran after them calling them, " Faw wee," which means,
" foreign devils," and making signs as if to cut off their
heads:The hon. member for the West Riding said it was
owing to our own conduct if we were ill-treated in China.
This was a mistake. When he was there, there were very
few foreigners in the country, and no such communica-
tion passed as would give encouragement to Chinese ill-
feeling. The children who had then acted were now grown
up to be men, and a chill would go on in the way in
which he was taught. He would show the same thing.
In 1845 a gentleman, a partner in his own house, was
bathing,when l,e was seized by Chinese boatmen, taken to
prison, loaded with irons, and, by way of amusement,
trotted up and down a gutter, and threatened to have
his head cut off. Another most melancholy instance
happened on the sth Dec., 1847. Six gentlemen who
went out to take a walk in the neighbourhood of Canton
—where they certainly were allowed to go by the terms
of the treaty—were attacked and carried off by the rab-
ble. As they did not come home in the evening their
friends besaine alarmed. Our consul, Mr. Macgregor,
on the 6th made an application on their behalf to Kehir,
the governor of Canton. Kehir wrote back that before
the receipt of any letter he had received intelligence that
some foreigners had been seized, and he had sent orders
that they should be set at liberty. This was a very pro-
per letter, but what was the result ? In the morning
these .men were most barbarously and coolly murdered
in cold blood, after having been tortured. The Chinese
Government took no trouble about the matter, yet they
had proved, by putting 70,000 men to death in six months
that they could show energy enough when it suited their
purpose. He had received a letter this morning from Sin-
gapore. The letter was dated Jan, 23. The writer said
that numerous placards of an alarming nature had been
posted over the town, call ng on the Chinese to destroy
the inhabitants, and offering $2,000 to any one who
would kill Governor Blundell, our own governor. On the
28th there was to be an attempt, and his correspondent
did not at all like the appearance on the part of the Chi-
nese. It was not pleasant to go to bed with revolvers
under their pillows. He hoped that the Government
would not give way on the matter—not that he stood up
for Sir J. Bowring, but a principle was at stake. The
matter should not be looked upon as a party matter, for
it was no light thing to peril our position in China. He
said nothing about the 10 millions annually of our trade;
but as a matter of humanity we should not stop short
now. If we were to fall back there would be peril to our
whole position in China, and on these grounds be should
support the Government.
Sir J. PAKINGTON said he had listened with atten-
tion to the speech of the right hon. gentleman the Sec-
retary of State for the Home Department, but he had
heard nothingin that speech to change his views on the
subject. He was afraid that that speech, like that of the
Foreign Secretary, was a skilful one in evading the real
question ; the greater part had nothing to do with the
matter which they were called upon to decide. The right
lion. gentleman, he had no doubt, thought it right in
that speech to defend a public official abroad and at a
distance ; but he (Sir J. Pakington) would say that
nothing was said against these public officials in China
that was not thrust upon them by their sense of justice.
The right hon. gentleman was unsuboessful in his at-
tempts to defend Sir J. Bowring from the attacks made
against him. From the first moment he (Sir J. Pa-
kington) had read the despatches as they p
werepublished
in the newspapers, he had felt so deeply the extenth to
which the country was compromised, that he could not
consent to give a silent vote on the question. The right
hon. gentleman had deprecated party spirit on the sub-
jectle men, and had complained that the speeches of hon. gee-
opposed to Government were dictated by party
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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 3, 1857.