The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-09 00:00:00

son whose knowledge of China entitlq him to be
listened io on such asubj..ct. All deellre that ss-
tisfactory, safe, and dignified intercourse with those
arrogant and cruel people is impossible till they
have met with severe chsstisement, and have been
forced to respect our superior power and their own
so'emn engagaar nts. A Ion; c'urse'oriri‘mlts, no
only to us, but to other f)reigners, had bees gra-
dually reaching its climax ; further endurance and
forbearance had become impossible ; everyLliing
was ripe for 1a quarrel ; an I it se&ms to hay., I-ben
dytermined that the nest insult Vie British
should be peremptori'y dealt with wh in the Arrow
was boarded. At the very time this happened,
we were in consultation with the French and Ame-
ricans, in order to "devise some plan for placing our
common relations with the Cantonese upon a more
satisfactory ftiotiny, and bi inging that ignorant and
overbearing people to a sense of their true positi,m
with regard to European Powers. Now, we do
say, that the unanimous feeling of all most qua-
lified to judge as to the necessity of taking a high
ground with China, and of prosecuting with energy
and reso',ution our substantially just quarrel—just
in its essentials, though erroneous in its accidental
circumstances—ought not to be lightly put aside.
The debates in Parliament and the decision of
the House of Commons—awn if reversed by the
country on appeal—will render the further action
of our Government in this matter full of difficul.:
fes, and embarrass not a little the proceedings cf
the Commander-in-Chief or Plenipot -ntiary we
may send out to prosecute cr terminate the quar-
rel. We do not apprehend as many do that
eitherc the adverse vote or the erong and reckless
language held by many members of the Opposition
will really 'imperil the gives of the EuropeAnr3 iu
those parts : fur the same mail that cat ries out this
news will carry out also such reinforcements as
will place opposition and danger at defiance.

(From the Examiner.)

• The Yehs have it. The Ayes, who are identical
with the Yehq have carried by a inajvrity of six-
teen Mr. Cobdea's resolution condemning the mea-
sures taken against the Chineseovithout consider-
ing the provocation. Thus, upon the mo ion of
"the leader of the Peace party," the House of
Commons has performed the kotoo, and s,ruck it;
head sixteen times against the floor in token of its
submission to the Brother of the Sun. When the
joyful tidings arrive in• China proclamations will be
published setting forth that the foreign devils were
seized with trembling when they heard of the
audacious steps taken at Cauton against the autho-
rity of the wise and virtuous Yoh, and that they
immediately confessed the fault, and humbly en-
deavoured to propitiate the wrath of the Celestial
Empire, before which they knew it was impossible
to stand.

Never was there a more motley majority than
that of the Yehs on Mr. Cobden's motion: Black
spirits and white, blue spirits and grey, spirits- of
mingled together in the
that ever astonished
and It was but a few 'lights
o everydde
ds huesgconfusion,
ttoef
d t
th he e rainbow,
p opublic.'
fusion,c.
ago that Mr. Sidney Herbert voted against Mr.
Locke King's motion for the extension of the fran-
chise, not because he was against reform, to which
he was so friendly, indeed, that he had been a
party when in power to Lord John Russell's Re-
form Bill, but because he held it to be a paramount
obligation to look to the state of parties, and not
place Lord Palmerston's Administration in diffi-
culty, much less in danger. These considerations
have, however, all vanished, and Mr. Sidney Her-
bert's tender regards are all transferred from the
Premier to Commissioner Yeh.

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Since 1831 we have not observed so strong a
fealing of public displeasure at an attempt to over-
throw a Ministry as has been manifested upon the
present occasion. The judgment has been all but
unanim-us out of P,u'liament, and Lord Palmer-
ston has good grounds fa. asserting that he has not
lost the confidence of the country. We will not
evade the truth—the Chinese affair was not liked,
for it is not every one who understands the charac-
ter of that singular people, and the only means of
dealing with them ; but the public had soon the
wit to perceive that the queston was not discussed
on the merits, but was merely wielded as an instru-
ment for a deadly blow to the Administration.
" What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba 1" asked
the public of Mr.' Gladstone's and other similar
extravagances.
" Tears in his eyes, distraction in 's aspect,
A broken voice, and his whole function suiting,
With fortni to his conceit, and all lor not Lin:: !"

For Yeh ! The current word for the thing has
bsen humbug, every one knowing that the Opposi-
tion, if sides were changed, would chastise the
Chinese miscreant in authority at Canton with a
will not a jot less hearty than that of the present
Government. Nay, more ; if Lord Derby and
Lord Mahnesbury had been in power, they would
have approved all that had been done, as surely as
a Liberal Opposition would have pursued the other
course. Men never will learn how much their
views are influenced by the position whence taken
—in or out.

(Prom the 4fanckester Guardian.)
For gentlemen who have their personal connec-
tion principally among the mercantile cla-ses, and
whose influence is mainly btsel on their presumed
knowlelge of, and regard for, the interests of tr 'de,
Mr. William Gladstone and Mr. Richard Cob-
den have managed to distinguish themselves in
a very remar:rable manner. As we address a com-
munity whichhas some slight pretensions to commer
cial importance, wo have reason for taking special
note7of the obligation under which they have placed
us. Mr. Gladstone encouraged the House of Com-
mons to turn a deafear to the voice of the merchants
of England on the Chinese question, by saying that
to listen to this class of witnesses would be the
same as if they had decided the question of slavery
by a reference to the slaveowners. We must leave
others to decide whether the comparison is more
first place, itr cielalsieeraalsnsioldliaiaeegi
nitavtiitoi yes
damaging to the right hon. gentleman's cause iu a
logical or in a rhetorical point of view ; for, in the
attitude assumed by our officials in the Canton
an admission that the
River is favourable to the interests of trade, which
h
n
t
lendudeleNi,nii iloceonei ;o:n.ifai
tadhp,
eosiolneicicietyal
elution
of l
the
class,hxo
plwaf
ce,
eeerittxts
exercises
implies
m
e
country, is base enough to prostitute its conscience
to the successful pursuit of gain. The elaboration
of this flattering idea was chiefly, however, under-
taken by Mr. Cobden, who appears to have a rather
worse opinion of his old friends than that which he
used to expr• ss of the landowners. If he had been
con'ented with throwing them overboird with re-
gard to this question alon? the esiigenc•?s of his
argument would luso aiforhe.l a pres ntable ex-
cuse. But the heart isst and longest part of his
speech was an invective against the cupidity, sel-
fishness, and arrogance or British merchants all
over the word.

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After the betrayal of feelings so very nearly
allied to conttmpt, it may not be a very serious
thing to threaten either of these orators with the
displeasure of the class whom th y estimate at so low
a &tire. But as we know what Mr. Gladstone and
Mr. C.,bden think of the commercial_ class, it is in-
evitable that we should E ()Dn. learn what the com-
mercial class thinks of them. Au earneA of its
opinion was decisively afforded during the debate
itself by the circunistanc 3 that evon such opponents
of Lord Palmerston as Mr. G 1 egson,Mr. Robert on,
and Mr. Horsfall, happening to be also connected
with trade and requiring keep an eye on its in-
terest were unre ,etvecl in condemning and resist-
ing tin course whi3h the nnin!leis for the West
Riding and the University of Oxford had com-
bined to adopt. The voice of the commercial
interests of the country lute now to be heard di-
rectly pronoun c? (1 , and, apparently, there will be
au unusual unanimityin its declaration.

( Front (lee Derbyshire Courier )
There are not a score of Englishmen out of the
hhopes of advantages to be gained by a change of
Ministers,
iun3ies,t
so:
who
hriaorowmil:lnl trammelled
not
b yparty prejudices or the
acquit Lord Palmerston of
any intention of acting with cruelty towards the
crafty barbarians of Canton. All that can be said
against him is that, finding two official servants in
responsible situations in China when ho became
Minister, and believing that they were not men to
act with undue severity or reprehensible want of
consideration towards the Chinese, he has refused
t.) secure his own safety by sacrificing the former
friends of his political opponents. Lord Palmer-
ston has stood up with tie manliness of an English
gentleman fur Sir John Bowring and Admiral Sey-
mour.

(From the Gateshead (Avner )
As soon as the necessary arrangements can be
made the Parliament of 1852 will be dissolved, and
a general election will ensue. We have no misgiv-
ings as to the result. It will not accord with the
o
views of Mr. Cobden. It will not serve the pur-
pose of the Conservative party. Whatever partyliay go to
all h
the wallechoes ad-
vanced by the cl3ctioo of a new Parliament: De-
ceivedl bycircles, the coalescing expeetants ill London Imagine
the
e c theof popular cause will be
their own petty clique and