The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY

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eatholidays (f:0 d
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rays). As, hoWever, he Otitioned for a pro- ' On the other hand, we have seen letters from Canton, men-
of.' this period we gave him a month in ad- boning that rumours prevailed there that Keying and other
ditron
nest his meretal as well as physical powers. On high authorities had written to the Emperor, to represent that
Pecoverinp
In
oal , he immediately returned to his duties, but it would be necessary to deduct, from the amount of the Im-
thea retiace
• y few days after he suddenly departed this li:e penal duties now received five candarines per picul, for the
, ment f , while in the act of preparing a docu- payment of the Chinese officers connected with the Custom-
a afro air 'our inspection. Our grief was extreme, for he had house ; and that they, expecting his Alaje!ty's gracious
ap-
Ito el claim on our gratitude, and we therefore now confer proval, would begin already to deduct that amount. If this is
a " airs according to his rank as a statesman and scholar. As the case, the position of the linguists becomes doubly unten-
r? ovaf of our affection we shall offer sacrifice to his departed able ; and certainly British merchants ought never to submi
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cif, in the Temple of the Virtuous. We have conferred to their exactions.
tirse r t him the To-10-king cover for his coffin, and now appoint
. ey
.Princes Tsae-tny and Tae-ling, with 10 officers of the itn-
V, Lai body guard on an early day to pour out a libation before
," 'n. Let a donation of 1,500 taels of silver be given for his
1, ,neral expenses, and let his body Ho in state in the Imperial
Cemetery, for in his official capacity there is not a single in-
stance in which he deserved reprehension. His grandsons,
Lin-teen, Lin-ching, and Lin-yang, when arrived at the years
of maturity (16), are to be presented to the Civil Board, that
we may confer our favours upon them, and thus show our grief
for the deceasr.l3. When the usual ceremonies on this occasion
(have been performed let them be duly reported. Respect this.
No date. )..... Cantos Press, Aug. 2.2.

THE FRENCH EMBASSY TO CHINA.

We learn, by letters from Canton, that the French Consul
Count de Ratti Menton, presented his credentials to the
Viceroy of Canton, at the country house of Pwankingqua.
This ceremony, which was preceded by several visits to the
French Consul and Captain Fa-man Duplan from the Kwang-
chowfoo, and a delegate from the Imperial Commissioner, may
be considered another progressive step in the events which
have lately taken place. Towards eight o'clock of the morning
of the 6th of September two boats belonging to the French
corvette Alcmene left Canton for the place of meeting. They
contained the French Consul, Captain Duplan, the Chancelier
de Consulat, eight officers of the corvette, an interpreter, and
several private gentlemen, and reached the house of
Pwankingqua after an hour's pull. Then the Com-
mandant and Consul were shown into the large ball, and
a delegate of the Imperial Commissioner, the Kwangchowfoo,
and several other mandarins paid their respects to
them. At near the hour fixed upon an officer wearing a
chr3stal button announced that the Imperial Commissioner was
prepared for the interview, when the Consul and Captain with
the others before-mentioned descended to the reception-room,
and there found the high Chinese officers and a number of
other functionaries wearing white and blue buttons.
Some compliments having passed, the French Consul pre-
sented his credentials front the Minister of Foreign Affairs to
the Viceroy, who handed them to the Imperial Commissioner,
and the latter took note of and returned them to him. After
this many questions were put, concerning his Majesty the King
of the French, about France and her Ministers generally, and
more particularly M. Guizot became the subject of conversa-
tion, which continued fur more than an hour, during which a
collation was offered by the high Chinese officers to their guests.
This intercourse between the high Cninese functionaries and
officers of foreign nations would lead us to suppose that an im-
portant change is beginning to operate with regard to Eu-
ropeans—a change which, managed with care, would appear to
augur an approach to an entirely friendly , understanding
between the Celestial empire and the various European
Governments.

TRADE WITH CHINA.

(Front the Canton Register.)
By the latest adv ices from Canton, we learn that the trade
there was suffering so much interruption and inconvenience as
ei) be nearly at a stand for the present. '1 he Hong merchants
'seem anxious tr., continue their former monopoly, and as the
bongs, where merchandise has been always warehoused, are
others, they woem
in their hands, and traders have been unable to procure any
object. possessed of sufficient power to effect their
The Hoppo, too, are unwilling to admit goods upon
addon of
payment of the duties settled by the IleW tariff, without the
further imposts; and the native linguists exclaim
loudly thr& their emoluments are lessened to a ruinous degree,
while thr:ir labours are greatly increased.
jAll Val* is very much what was expected by the best
udl' ges,. and we believe it arises wholly from local interests
and rirejudices, without being directed by the supreme Go-
-1;4o-tent It is, however, not the less necessary that the
reaest resistance should be made to any encroachment or
Veviation from the terms settled by the treaty ; if any conces-
virm is once made no one can tell how far additional imposts
ts'ill be accumulated 'ander various pretences, until affairs are
If other means fail,
°rought back to the ~ame state from which we havejust escaped.
our own Government must be called on to
see
lo the proper reiministration of the treaty so lately solemnly
Cenfi,rined, and see have no doubt the same prudent firmness
which brought tlie former negotiations to so satisfactory a con-
clusion, will be equally successful now.
The follow its.g• is the petition of the Chinese linguists :
the"W the undersigned linguists, beg respectfully to call t attention of the foreign merchants resident at Canton
° the neerssity of making some new arrangements for the
reintineratro n of our services suited to the altered state of
the times.,
iPPreviously we received an allowance called ' tam-tow' or
•ei °age,' being a sum of so much per picul on all goods
.114'ecl (say one crodarine, six cash, per picul), or shipped off
a3' four candarires, four cash). This was paid through the
tit% merchants to the Hoppo, being included in the differ-
riatir °I the buying and selling price between the foreign and
four ::alerchants, and we received it from the Hoppo's office
trod Inez per annum. When the new order of thilgs was in-
or aced *earl./ a month ago, the said allowance of ' tam-tow,'
ei:Pieulttge,' was, in the first instance, entirely cut off. The
but'nese Government have since agreed to give us back a part ;
dra gneiss
fur it is still so insufficient that we shall require to look to the
trade itselt as the source from which we must principally
fur
. tke means of meeting the expenses we actually incur in
ola/4v facilities for the foreign trade.
.„, in addition to the allowing of piculage, under the old
-48,(10as the security merchant made the linguist a present of besides
dtaels for ever y ship Nvhen the ship commenced discharging,
A es a further sum of 200 dollars as compradore's money for
7(so sating the business of the ship ; and when the grand chop
as obtained we received a chumshaw of 2231 dollars, and the
cej:ign mereb ant allowed us the sum of 15,22 dollars per
in the
goOZ-aboat for all goods imported, but we got no allowance on
eszttert'ed, that being previously taken into consideration
entirely eLn-itew•' By the new arrangement all these fees are
" Is manly of
~ ono away .
formed of the thYewfoirtheign merchants may not be correctly in-
very inanerioste
• , 0 extent of our services, and may therefore have a
i er y of submittingi d idea of
liberty totfhtehvte
hexolpeentnseysnwure
ninnetuinre,.we now take the
" Whea a Ship is reported the linguist himself requires, in
the first instance, to
go to the Hoppo's office, and make ar-
rangements for her dis Charging. He then requires to dispatch
four assistants to Wh,aropoa, who take down the documents,
assist in picking out the marks and number, &c., and when
the_ chops are loadect, some of these assistants must accompany
them back to the city. On the arrival of the chops at the
'pity, the linguist insist again go to the Hoppo's office to get the
°PPG's people te come out to examine the goods, and must
""
fel."' assistroits to help to weigh and measure the goods,
rrso-
qk ge marks st.nd numbers, open the boxes and bales, count
iis'ie pieces, and, arrange for sending every merchant's goods to
! Place why re he wants them stored. When cargo is being
C-IPPed off, -the. linguist goes to the different merchanta, Dori
th:l their st atement of what they are going to ship. After
`l,ng Writ ten out a correct list, the linguist requires to go to
z„"oppo''s to get his people to come out and examine the
-i.:e's, ars d requires, as in the previous instance, to have
AMe kilt people standing by to open boxes, arrange marks and
Itlll'obers, &c., and afterwards he has to go to the different
abenrehani ato get their shipping notes. When the vessel is
ht to de tth linguist requires to go over the statement
of (tut, par , e
corn ,Je s , and apportion to each man his share, and having
no P,ete,..d all minor arrangements he must go again to the
NW si to Procure the grand chop.
" foreis are
the : the principal services rendered by the linguist to
i„
~, ign trade, besides many others, sufficiently annoying
I,;%:_ise tuselves, but too minute to be detailed here. The
Vritii Ptem, too, gives us much more to do in the way of
vinni, tg and running about than the old system ; besides, pre-
chan p we always had some assistance from the Hong mer.
en
Q4ts,opursers and people, whereas now we are cast entirely
4l 0 r zresources.
serviet .s, man.varieus ways of charging remuneration for our
'ship. a largey are objectionable. If we charge so much a
sh 1,, .
ITiay t e very trouble a 9 give us no trouble, and a small ship
able, inas some. Charging per month is objection-
tile
arn much as it would place the hard-working man on
Charging 4 e footing as the man who does comparatively little.
so m
old
oat, touch per chop is, with all that may be argued
old rule it, Perhaps the least objectionable of all. But the
ri,... will require some modification. If we were to cwi.
__"? C to charge 15,22 dollars upon all chops of import cargo,
an nosh nothing upon export cargo, in that case. when a ship ar-
lire d full and ;went away empty, we should gain our money
e," Iparatively easy • on the other hand, when a ship arrived in
us'Llast and went aw' ay full, we might have a dual of trouble
at,
d no remuneration whatever.
" After maturely considering the various points of the case,
We have resolved to make the following charges fir our services,
Ivh•ch are respectfully submitted for your kind considera-
tion, viz.—

" On all chop-boats inwards
" On all chop.boats outwards
" This is understood to be exclusive of the charge of 12 drs.
Paid to the cLop-boatman, and coolie hire, but all other ex-
l'e"es are to be considered as included in the above.
,con_,As chryps vary very much in size, we beg to state what we
'der thre quantity of cargo as represented by a chop, viz. •-•
it IR
" INWARDS.
4, Olbal cotton
i'lßat cotton
0011
`41,0,3 4n,, Sp. stripes
ca ji ells .
4 tonluteta ......
ge.10th,... ...... •
100 do. of 50 do.

" Yargross.Cottom Cattics gross.
n_ 4:._
44 r -.
30,000
.ro , ICO do. weighing about
, ft; ,cc'. ab"iic,ut andother goods of this description
30,000
50,000
" Tea,,
~ A,,ii,,cieivilinoeuott.l.B ..
a1.r...t.i..c..1...e.:. ............. i.;...r...;:...:.t.7......................-
350400000
..
4144 elospreztifeuallryiyerizliyn,g_ your attention to the above, and
" We` emain; your faithful humble servants,
OLD 10A1, for the hoop-Hong.
" YOUNG TOM, for the Wo-sh'ang Hong.
" ALANTSEI, fur the Ching-%o Hong.
" YOUNG A HEEN, for the Shone- wo Hong.
" Canton
.1300IQUA, for the Ehi-wo Hong.
, AU;
20, 1843."

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