The Sun.
London, England, 1817-05-28 00:00:00

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The history of the I,lte Euil'itssy tlt'ti,
whenLver it notV appear, will interesting on.
nmoy 4ceounti. The pi ivate Ii ters from Clinton.
mention n number of enrions eiretunst RIICCS one
of which is telateil as follows

On the first arrival of the Embassy, a Legate
was sent trout t rt`r 10 deliver a letter to
Lord Amherst, inviting or permitting the entbasl
to proceed to Pekin. A house had been prepared
for. the; embassy at Canton, and Of course it was
proposed that the Legate (ati office higher, it
seems, than that of Viceroy) shoold then deliver the
letter; bat this was declared to lie inconsistent with
the decorum due to the reception of an imperial
letter. A tent, properly.deeorated, Was prepared
for this ceremony„ and a procession to tire tent
was necessary. It was arrange,' that they should
walk two and two—=-the Legate and Lord Anshei St
firsr—the highest mandarin and Sir George
Staunton second, &c. es.c. The Legate, for the
purpose, as is supposed, of stealing a little import-
ance in the eyes of his countrymen, began to take
long steps, and at last almost to run, that he
might appear to take precedence of his Lordship,
who, however, disappointed him, and kept his
station in the race for dignity.
When arrived in the tent,"and seated with due
formality, a curious dialogue followed. The Le-
gate expatiated on the benignity and condescen-
sion of the sublime head of the Celestial Empire,
iii not only permitting the present visit, but hav-
ing sti long permitted the English, who Ike wholly
by trade, to carry on cOmmerce. with the Chivlese,
who are not. traders—who have no. need of cool-
tnerce; and all this, that of hiS rtuperial grace
and compulsion he might contribote to ti.e [tapir,-
t!esS of a poor and helpless people Lord Amherst
begged to pot the 'Legate right as to some of his
notions, which he informed him could only have
been stated either frOm h.:um:lnce or from a wish
to disguise the truth. He proceed d to develop
the principles of commercial intercourse, and to
demoristrate. the ' reciprocal benefits resulting
therefrom to tine nations concerned in it ; and
proceeded td" prove that the Chinese in particular
'Were under many obligations to the British for
benefits which they could never have enjoyed', had
riot tine King of Logland, in Iris love to his own
people, and from a Strong desire to benefit other
nations, encouraged them to visit distant countries,
and to confer im them, in: error° for products
which they could not wholly cousin rite themselves,
the surplus of the itohistry of a gre,tt, a 11,,ppy,
flee, and a powerful people.
The Legate, perceiving tine turu which theeon-
versation -was taking, and that in the'tlirs of the
audience some troths were divulged which could
not fail to lessen the self-import 3tice of the Celes-
tial Empire, tirade haste to terminate the cere.

It is impossible for a person who has never been
in China to for:4 any adequate idea of the ludi-
crous alltearancewhielt ks*ltl be presented by the
circumstance stated above, of a treat man in
China attempting a pace beyond that of a &wit.
:1 grandee in China is disgraced by any thing like
even a capability of action. Ile must not he ante
;yen t.o do any thing for himself.; Itni to prove
that his claim to this dignity is not airectvd, his
finger nails are allowed to grow to the *Length of
two or three inclieslike birds.': Claws

The Legate's, activity naturally excited much
surprise ; hitt it has been satisfactorily explained
to the Ch;nese : their learned Mandarins—their
Socans have Since proved, by searching the ati-:
Cii nt records, .thdt the Legate on this occasion
sho:und himself well Hetputinted with the most ap.
proved method OfrenderingTespcet to an Imperial
Letter, and in future or, other is to be followV

THE PRISONERS IN TB E.Tow Thistlewoodand
Preston are separkttely confined in that turret, over
Oa grand entrance from • Thintes•street, where
Despard and Lord Ferrara were once lodged,—.
Hooper is confined 'at the opposite end of the
fortress ; and Dr. Mason is kept in the cele-
brated bloody tower, and inhabits the very room
in WhiCh the infant Kin; and his brother the
Duke of York were Skipposed tit have been smother-
ed by the order of Richard the Third. This is
also over the gate leading to that spot where
Anna Boleyn was beheaded, and is near fire hill
on which Lady hne Grey met the headless trunk
of her husband, when she herself was' on her
way to the fatal spot to be beheaded. On • the
top of the Tower the Doctor frequently walks to
enjoy the fresh air ; from the roof there is a very
69e prospect of all the shipping in the Thames,
anti the view is checked by the Sitrrey-hills.
The Doctor reads and writes a good devil. Tneir
habits in living are restricted to plain but whole-
some food, and their beVeragis are porter and tea.

CHARGES OF HIGH TREASON.--411 Saturday
night Air. Kaye, the King's Aiessenger, and a
Bow-street Officer, arrived in town *kb a man
01 the name of it Benbow in their etkuudy,
being apprehended by virtue of a warrant front the
Secretary of State, charged on suspicion of the
crime ot High Ti eawo», The prisoner was then lodg.
ell in the House ot Correction. On Monday he was
taken fronnhat prison by Mr. Atkins,the Governor,
to the Secretary of State's -Office for the Home
Department, where he' underwent, at three
o'clock, an examination before Lord SIDMOUTH,
the Law Officers, Sir NATHANIEL CONANT, &c.
The prisoner was apprehended in Ireland.

SAGACyrY. OF A DOG.—Some t itne ago alQting
hound was sent in a basket, by the stage Waggon,
from Ferrybride, in Yorkshire, to Mr, Robert
Snow, of Saville-row, as a present from Sir Chas,
Tomer to Mr. George Snow, of Langton, near
Llandford, in Dorsetshire, to which place, after a
few days, lie wits forwarded in the saute basket,
Shortly after his arrivat.at T.augton, the hound
,was missing, and the first tidings of him was by
lemr front Sir C. Torner's'Scat in Yorkshire,
stating that he,had returned.

A bird of the oxeye species has this year boa
its nest in the valve of a pomp, which COverS a
well at the back of Trorpieer cottage, Domfries.
shire. Doting, the winter months this cottage Wag
iwiohahited, and it was only when the proprietor
was inspecting his pump for the purpose of re,
pairing it, that he tascovered this interesting in..
vasion of his rights.

C 0 ON INQUEST
A iirP23R.A.iti.ti wfiETCHEriNE
,
csterday uti Implisiiiori v•ItS behi at the sign
'the horse and Groom,
chapel„ before J. 'Waft; tit UNWINI Eskj, doe ot,
the Coroners tor the County of Middlesei, on the
body of Sarah Moore, aged 40 years. It Op-
per.red in evidence 'that the deceased had lice...
separated from her husband it considerable
time ; lie allowed her six shillings week;;
until within these. three months past, since which
time he allowed her but half-a-crown a (reek,
which. Wals all she had to live upon.---In conse-
cptence of ttdtich the wretched creature took up
her lOdgings in an old ruinous uninhabited house,
without fire, furniture, or a rag of bedding. Mary
Coe, of No. 6, Colehester•place, who had known.
the deceasedalnint. six years,. frequently left a bit.
al cold meat or other victuals at her door. On
going there the prc;ceding morning, with that hci-:
mane intention, .she found the door fastened on,
the inside, and receiving no answer to the repeated
calls;
.she procured the beadle, who happened to
he passing, to foTce open the door, where. they:.
found t liepoor creatnre lay ingon the floor quitedead,,
with hardly a rag to cover her nakedness, besides a
piece of old thin blanket whieh
,was betweeu.her
and the ant)r, and part of a ragvsed Iroise rog'
over her.; the room was tleStitete of every thing
elser except it bit of rood meat, aud., penny
being part ot what was b night her by Ars Cue,
on. Sunday. She had been ill a slate of ill health.
some tune: from tv:on, being without work or
means to pay her lodging or food. The body ap-
,pertred .like a skeleion, and
.from all oppeorallee
she died through want,: • The Jtoy, not 'being
ttble. to come to a tbeision, prevailed on the'Co-
roner to adjourn the inquest, in Ibrikr that' astir
germ might Open the body to ascertain the:cause.
of her death. The Inquest adjourned accottl-
iugly.