The Sun.
London, England, 1817-03-17 00:00:00

But AFFAIRS IN CIIINA.

PAR rccul—,l4, WI the 1)011001y of kin Anicticlin
ni,ed a( Rotterdam from :Vlacao,

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One of t,,e Letters gives a pretty copious ab-
stract of an Edict add essed upon the occasion of
the distni %II of our Embassy to tine Viceroy of
Canton. document dated the ifith day of
the 91r Moon the sth Sentemher last), of the
21st yi.>:r of the Emperor Kia King. It apprises
the ‘'iet roe, that the Ambassador from-the Bri-
tish Court bad arrived at the port of Tien Sing,
where himself and hi., suit were invited to a banquet
by the Governor of the port. There they did not ob-
serve thensital ceremonies, no did they seem grate-
rid !or the attention and hospitality with which they
were received. At Thum Chen they promised to oh.
serve the ceremonies of bending the knee, and the
ibelinationit of the•head to the earth. From thence
prey passed to Y Joan (a slimmer palace of the
Emperor's). The Emperor ascended the throne to
receive them ; but they exeoLtud thetnsels es from
seeing the Emperor, on the plea Of indisposi-
dim. In egoist epience of this event, the Emperor
immediate's; ordered the retort) of the embassy to
their country. Ile considered, however, that the
A orhaftstidor was to blame for belog wanting in
respect to him, after his King had seut hint so
(1!;;;tnce, anti ~err such extensive seas, to
convey to the Emperor his letter. and to offer him
; by which he certaihiy evinced au inven-
tion that this Ambassador should revere the Etepe-
rhr, mill treat him with respect. Ile thonght, there-
fore, that the presents ought out lobe rejected alto-
gether,oth er w iset heEm peror wooltra Is° be deviat -
ing from the tundatneutal principleof showingkiud•
tress to petty kingdoms. On this consideration
the Emperor was pleased to select the least and
most trivial of the gifts, which consisted of four
maw:, two I,ictores, and 95 priors. These wile
tureived to do the Wilk!) King .t faviinr and
IRS.. in tel the Eniperor ke to the Wog
one Pal al;i1 Izeeu Chu (2) , lon. large picot es,
Hod eh.titt small ones. They w etc 'intended to,
show the King of England his sense of the fonda-
mentul tole' " Huy lan Po la,t!' (3). The Ambits-
colors were very contented and thankful, rater
also showed the appearance of repentance and
fear. They had since proceeded to 1 how Chet'.
The Edict diet) directs the Viceroy of Canton to
}titre them a banquet on their arrival there, and to
say to them—
" You lout little fortune. Yon arrived at Coot Mew (4),
and otald not look in his celestial face.. Our.great Emperor
turk,,,mpiosiffit oust your King, who has evinced his candour
in admiring ur good Government. Wher,pfore, the Emperor
1)4, aveed to receive the smallest gifts of your Kintr, and has
rewarded him with precionsthings of mneh value. You ought
to he Ilia:1140 Tor.his celestial goodnes., find return With :,11
baste to yi.utcoutitry, as your King wishes, and venerate the
interniad, of ton, benefactor. The articles riot received shall
be entear..eit with an security and tare, without ininry or
Inns'' If, alter warning, the Arnhasitdor liegs of you
the favour of accepting the presents hot received, only sav,
" Vk:e ha -e the expre, decree of the 'Emperor, and are not hold
enunith again to otlt iiit his sense of hem erg, and with these
words reject their supplication.—Revere
In addition •to this Edict,. wnich was made
public,` it was supposed that the Viceroy had rt!..
ceived set-let instructions that the vetolels belong-
ing to the Embatifiy should he strictly watched,
wherever they might put into, on their return from
the Yellow Sett. The effects of this jealousy were
first maid est; d towards the General new Ist ,vvhich
arrived some time before the Alceste and Lyra.—
Upon her art ivied at Secnirl 133 r she was surrounded
by Pinks and war-boats ; and. it 'was_ intimated to
Captain Campbell, tit ,r, until further orders,
lie was to have no intercourse With the.thore.—
Not withstanding this injunction, Captain Camp-
bell, contrised.to proceed incognito to Canton, to
consult with Mr. Metcalf, who fot Bo time in writ-
ing to the Ht.ppo .of the Customs, as well as
to the Viceroy of Canton. instead of a direct
seply in writing, -conformably to the regulation
agreed to after the late dispute with the atithori-
ties at Canton, a verb rl answer resat returoed,
through the linguist in the service of the English.
The Gentlemen of the Factory remonstrated
against this proceeding, but the Viceroy refused
to have any communication with theta, and re-
ferred them to the merchants ; thus reverting
to the same system which led to the late
misunderstanding.' '.fie Factory, battled in
every, effort to procure an explanation, :directed
Captain Campbell to proceed to Whamptne,
its defiance • to any opposition on the part of
the war-boats". lie was instructed, however,
not to fire ;with shot unless it became absolutely
necessary. The Mandarins, upon learning the
determile.tion of Calash) Campbell to force his
way, stiffened tint to proceed to Whampore with-
out any interruption. In revenge, however, for
this insult to their aothority, they prevailed on
the merchants to refuse a cargo to the veittel„. In
the hope of obtaittiog nine ftir her, and 'wan the
refusal of the Officers of Government to hold any
contintittienlion with the British, a deputation of
Commanders marched into the eity, and presented a
petition to the Viceroy at hit; palace,The petitiOrf was
received ; but next day the Contpro (lore, and two
lingdis a io the service of thelititish, were seized and
conveyed no rite city on tt charge olhaving shown
the English tit it way to the palace. They were
dreadfolly tortured .for this offence, aU:I chastised
witirtlie bamboo, netted they were at the point of
:lead,: The Compradore was still detaiiied in
prison ; but, 4t he was in great trust in the fac-
tory, having in charge the rereipts of the Trea-
stay, Beery exertion was, making at the there of
. the last accounts to Obtitin hit release. This
treatment of the Compradore and linguists must
place the Factory in a very embarrassing Sittll-
tint), as it will deter any of tine natives from, in
futon, entering into.their service, The Viceroy
coininued to repel all attenipts to renew a' direct
intcredtirse tt itit the British but he at length
condescended to intimate, through the merchants,
that tie would permit the Gentral Hewitt to load,
if Gtpittitt Campbell wrothd wait until the arrival
of Lord Apherst, and b coserit to'carry hack the
rejected 111 esents. It
,opperirs that, prior to the
ant at:it upon the Alceve by the forts. in the Bogue,
Caivain sns:ained an attack at the,
ilticttWiitiale of Chun-Pee. The forts there
r the Syftt.boatti liporl the Alceste, but
the 401Bl'hulew watt returnee! with Neil effect that
OUT were speedily retinced to silence. The sub-
segoeut affair with the forts it the Bogue lasted
fotty,tnitattes. it was rumoured at Canton, that

e CititteF,e 111446ter, 1►.t.1 beett Atitstis,t.ll its great

disgrace. The reason ii-si4neil by some wa,,thrir
not lia%ing Sooner -appii,el ihe.Eaupei Or of ihe
rehietance expre,(.ed hy Laid Ainherst to conform
to the ceremonies practised by foreigners at the
Chineve Conrt. By others, it was attriboted to
thejr not W.-10m; informed him of the result of the
Nepaulese tv;'ir until the arri'val of Loril Antherst,
one great object of %vhose mission rues 'supposed
to he the removal of any alarm that.might hove
prey:ilea at the Court of Pekin from the extension
Of onr conquests to the horde's of teriitories for-
merly tsributary to the tkines`e, and to the soye•
reiguty of which they still .lay

(I) l'ai is a Precious, stone, Of a white'colonr, in length
about a yard dud a half, iti which there is a flower in the
shape of a huntiln heart. it is often given by Mandarins to
the Emperor, and vier versa, on any prosperous event.
(9) Izetitt Chu it a cleenlar ornament, forined of Ina pre-
eionS stones, which is put oit the breasts of the Mandarins
when tliff appear he fore the Felperor.
(a) Meaning; " receive little and 01'0 in Itch ;" a doctrine
of Confucius; always observed by his imperial Majesty !!
(4) A gate of the ball in (raid of which the Etnitertir sits.

BRUSSELS' PA VERS.

ANrwtrtt., Mmica 10.--On the 2001 of Fe-

bruary the Custom-house Officers on tl►e Scheldt
began to 10y, upon all vessels sailing front Ant-
wet p, a duty which they call Droit de Tul, tiot with-
st'anditig all the treaties declaring the nftviga..
lion of the Scheldt to be free. 1 his measure has

exciter! extreme discontent at Antwerp, as such a
measure would, if persisted in, ruin the conunerce
of this City. If this law (if it he tote) is not soon
abolished, Antwerp may-bid .alien to its cum..
merce, which will go then and fix itself among
the happy Dutch.
Ott the 20th Fehrnary., when this novelty was
first introduced, Mr. James, tin EngliShinau, go-
ing to,England boird the ihip.Eleonora, Cap-
tain Elsden, was obliged to pay this Omit. de Tol
for his baggage, consisting only of old clothes,
and linen for his own use. He paid ten florins
and a half Dutch motley, though lie had paid the
Costom-house. duties on arrival.

Nhale of goods sent fry►n► London to one of our
principal inerchants, paid 14 tranei 1U cents.'
freight, and 100 francs Droit (le Tot.

The Director-General of the Convoys t►nd Li-
cences having been retnonstra►tedl with by the
Chamber of Commerce pot i i ditty, has re-
plied, that, that holly must addre.,s its complaints
directly to his Majesty ; meantime the Director
has, suspended the levying ut .the duty, but the
Captains are obliged to enter into a written en-
'pestilent to submit to his Majesty's decisi+an.un
this head..

P. S. is said his Majesty has expresi-'
'cd his dissatisfaction in warm terms to the Minis-
ter %vim ordered the levying of this Droit de Tvi.
BRussEl.c, 10,--The ()dicers of Con-
voys and Licences at Antwerp have just received
orders not to.suffer,goods of any kind to be Lorded
or embarked, and not to suffer any vessel to put
to sea till further Orders; This measure has been
adopter in consequence of n Resolution of the 6t
which (Wets the Captains of ships' to produce
those papers which certify they have paid the
Droit de ,Tol. If they have paid nothing, they
must give security to do so, in case it should be

decided that the duty is to be paid.
ANTWERP, MARCH 10.-It is with regret we in-
form our readers that we hare not yet learnt any

thing beolit able to the City of Antwerp in regar►l
to the Dont de Tot.

The States of the province have just addressed
lively remonstrances to his Majesty against the
Drcit de MI.

Baussns, NiAncit 12.—The last accounts from
Germany say that" the prices of corn are fallen all
over Germany, partly owing to thk. large supplies
coming from the North and partly to the large
quantities which- have been hitherto kept back
-either through fear or on specnktinn, awl which
were found to be much More considerable. than
was supposed.

CASHMAN'S WAKE AND FUNERAL—We(IDES day
evening the body of this unfortunate man wan
carried by his friends to the house of Mr. Joseph
.13runge, the sign of the Soldier Retired, in Rose,
Mary-lane, where it was waked according to
old Irish custom. It was laid out in a large ball
room on the first floor. The body was in a neat
elm coffin, placed on a table , under a canopy of
sheets, °roam:met! with cut paper,
,bows of blue
and white ribbon, flowers, and bunches of ever-
green ;. the body was dressed in a handsome
shroud, ornamented With flOwera and evergreeds,
:main each hand an artificial noi,egay ; On each
side of his head anti feet were two NVAX tapers.
Time coffin-plate bore the following inscription:—
" Mr. John Cashman, died the 12th of March,
1817, aged 28." The room was filled with per..
sons of every description ; nn smoaking Was al-
lowed ; and according to Irish custom, when the
deceased dies without the means of decent burial,
a collection Wits matte; for this purpose a table
was placed outside me door on the landing place,
covered with a white cloth, at which two men
stood with plates in their hands to receive the
douations of those who chose to go in to view
the body. The number of persons whom curiosity
brought there were very considerable ; amongst
them were Many respectable persons of both
sexes, who pail from 2d. to Is. 18d. or a 3s.
piece. There were benches all round the room
for the convenience of those who wished to stay,
anti each night was passed in telling sonic stories
or exploit of the deceased.—At half-past two
o'clock yesterday every.thing. being. arranged foe
the funeral by the undertaker, they proceeded with
time corpse, folloWed 'by a vast immlat ode of per-
sons of every description, especially sailors, to
!titepriey Church-yard, where his remains Were in-
tstrrtd. For fear of any disturbance several con-
stablea were ordered to attend.

The 'French now claim the merit of hating firs'
produced the m,,as light.; and assert, that Mr
WINDSOR took the hint from M. [alto's. who:
however, they allow did uut succeed in the ex
veriweuts he wade.