The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-28 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1857.

The Celestial EMPEROR thinks rather differently
in regard to Commissioner YEtr and his subordi-
nates—well, yes ! rather differently from Her
MAJESTY'S Opposition. The Imperial Master of the
Governor of Canton, it now appears, through our
latest advices from the East, was actually pro-
nouncing, in a formal manner, his DISAPPROVAL
of TER'S proceedings against the English Resi-
dents at the very time when the "fortuitous con-
currence" of a Majority of the House of Commons,
was pronouncing those proceedings to be just and
dignified—to be marked by moderation and by
temperance I
The intelligence thus opportunely brought to
this country, while we are in the very midst of
the General Election consequent upon that most
unpatriotic and illogical decision of the last Par-
liament—justifies, in a most remarkable manner,
and to the utmost possible degree, the course
pursued throughout these transactions by Lord
PALMERSTON'S Government. It demonstrates in
a signal way the accuracy of the judg-
ment arrived at from the very first and
subsequently acted upon with uniform and un-
wavering consistency—in regard to this Canton
Question—by the members of the present Admi-
nistration. It proves, beyond the shadow of any
further doubt, that the conduct of Governor /*RH
from beginning to end was altogether—entirely,
flagrantly, notoriously—unjustifiable! That per-
sonage, we now learn—after all that has been said
in his favour by the eccentric eulogists of Chinese
barbarism both in the Lords and in the Commons
—has been authoritatively condemned by his own
Sovereign. We find that be has been distinctly
reprimanded by the irresponsible head of his own
Government. We understand—now that we have
actually realised the result of the Majority of Six-
teen in the agitating consequence of the sudden
Dissolution of the British Legislature—we under-
stand now, after all that we have seen and heard,
in the midst of all that we are at this moment
seeing and hearing, that YEa's proceedings are
absolutely repudiated by the very ruler in whose
name and in whose behalf they were adventured
upon by this Canton Commissioner in his offs
cial capacity as the Celestial EMPEROR'S Repre.
sentative !

It may appear very extravagant, very illiberal,
and very exaggerated to those phlegmatic English-
men who are the sympathisers with, or the
apologists of, the lite extraordinary Parliamentary
Opposition—when the Prime Minister speaks of

YEH, as he spoke of him yesterday in his speech on
the hustings at Tiverton : namely as " that inso-
lent "barbarian, who unites in his person all the
obstinacy, cruelty, and perfidy ever collected in
one single man." It may seem no loss extrava

gant, no less illiberal, no less exiggerated to com-
ment upon him, as Mr. DUNCOHBEI commented

upon, Lim about the same time from the hustings
at Fi.nsbury: where he observed, in F3O many words,
" Gsnmissioner YEII is the greatsst miscreant

on the face of the earth—save and

excElpt the King of NAPLES." All this—
appitauded, remember! enthusiastically applauded,
Yesterday, both at Finsbury and at Tiverton—
mast appear to be singularly harsh and monstrously
°)(94gerated in the estimation of the syrn-
Patlaisers with, and apologists of, the lat 3
very curious combination of parties iu the Oppo-
sition. But—what are the fact; ? Why, the
fag ts are simply these—that YETI does a very
great deal more, in the way of aggravation, than
simply insult the British flag in a most flagrant
manner, by having it hauled down from the mast-

head of the Arrow lorcha ! Though he does that
too in the fiat instance, does it, moreover, most

impotently and without the slightest pretence even