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ehortiont be induced to act against their fellow-soldiers.
tvese Zefterwards, about 60 men of the 13th regiment
the ha el) suddenly ill at the same time, and removed to
lies:44i with symptoms which created strong suspi-
tle, 1'
t aof their having been poisoned ; and it was supposed
tVitt, the
had been mixed tap for that horrible purpose
tespicioa rations of bread distributed among them. The
kindskinds naturally inflamed, in the strongest manner, the
of
othe soldiery. The man who had baked the
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Nide: 1 in the harbour, but subsequently placed in the
.
Lkeit,eticej of tlie Governor, under a strong guard for
. .his
itt° the en: and waa waiting the result of an investigation
the
-"rge aeainst him. It appears that the bread see e'nvomptibon of the other regiments was furnished
' Intrue baLer, but no illness' had occurred in any of
54.. Lot':th the exception of the 13th. The disorder had
RI, :tee! proved fatal to any of the men of the 18th,
"tote ;;;L Were believed, many of them, to be in
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A great deal has been recently written relative
to the vast profits derived by the East India
Company from their monopoly of the tea trade :
and, in a petition presented to Parliament, last
Session, by the merchants and bankers of Glas-
gow, it is affirmed that " the Company dispose
of tea at double the prices at which a similar
quality can be had at any of the Continental
ports of Europe, independently altogether of the
duties paid to Government." No longer since
indeed. than Tuesday it was intimated in an
Evening Paper that the Company derived a pro-'
fit of 100 per cent. from their monopoly of the
tea trade. It has been farther, affirmed, that, in
consequence of 'the Americans having the ex-
clusive supply of their own market, as well as
that of the Continent of Europe, they are de-
riving great profits from-the privilege, and greatly
increasing the trade. Let us examine these as-
sertions. In the first place, it appears from
official returns, made by our Consul at Frank-
fort, of the price of tea at that city and the Con-
federate States of Germany, that, it is actually
dearer there than in England. It should also
be recollected that the East India Company have
the choice of all the teas offered for 'sale at
Canton, and that the Americans can buy none
but those which the Company have refused.
The consequence is, that the American teas are
notoriously of an inferior quality. But, that the
reader may judge for himself, we subjoin the
Report referred to :.—.

BLACK TEAS.
Bohea, per lb
Congo and Campoi 2 1 3 0
Souchong
Pouchong
Padree Souchong
Padres Ziun Tioung
Piero
Caravan (Russian) lO 0 11 8
GREEN TEAS.

Hyson Skin 2 1 2 11
Singlo 3 0 0 0
Twankay 2 6 3 4
Young Hyson 3 4 4 2
Hyson 3 9 6 8
Imperial or Pearl
Gunpowder 7 6 8 4
Tali or Rugel 8 4 9 2
Soolong
Bloom 5 10 7 6
Caravan (Russian)

Now, if any one will take the trouble to refer
to our Price Current, it will be seen that the
prices of the Company's teas, exclusive of the
duty, are actually lower, and some of them con-
siderably lower, than those here quoted. But,
as it is observed by a 'writer in the Asiatic
Journal, ,4 With respect to prices, there never
was a more audacious falsehood uttered than the
assertion that the Company dispose of tea at
double the prices at which a similar quality can
be had at any of the Continental ports of
Europe,' to say nothing about duty. In Russia
(which has a large and regular supply of its own,
direct' from China), at Naples, Venice, Flume,
and in the Roman Staes, the Selling price of
tea, notwithstanding the low duties payable on
the article in those countries, are actually higher
than our retail prices, after the payment of a
duty of one hundred per cent. ! The prices in
Prussia, Franconia, and the south-west of Ger-
many, Denmark, and Sicily, are equal to or
higher than our own prices would be, if our teas
paid the same duties as are imposed upon teas
in those places."
We will now proceed to examine the asser-
tion relative to the great profits derived by the
Americans, by their tea trade. On this subject
an authentic statement has been published by the
Journal referred to above, from which it appears
" that Bohea, which is not to be had in China
at a lower rate than Sid. per lb., may be pur-
chased at Antwerp for 741, in France for
and at Hamburg for sd. Congou, which sells
at Canton at from 11d. to ls. per lb., is pur-
chaseable in France at 101 d., and at Hamburg
at from Sid. to 104 d. The price of Campoi at
Canton is 11d. ; at Hamburg it is only Sid.
Hyson sells for ls. 9id. at Canton, but for only
ls. Sid. in France. Young Hyson cannot be
had at Canton under Is. 8-,3/4-d. per lb., but it may
be got. at Hamburg for 9d—much less than
one-half! Twankay sells for Ild. per lb. at
the place where it is grown, but, thanks to Ame-
rican speculation, at Hamburg it may be had for
7i.d. But the climax is the price of Souchong
at Hamburg, which is sd. per lb., the same as
the lowest description of common Bohea in that
market, and little. more than half the price o!
Bohea in that of Canton ! I"

So much for the profits derived by the Ame-
ricans from the tea trade. The fact is, the trade
has been a most ruinous one. It has, in short,
been the destruction of three parts of the mer-
chants who engaged in it. There remains one
more assertion to examine—namely, the increase
of the American trade. In 1815-16, the Ame-
ricans exported from China, for foreign con-
sumption, 2,731,0001b5. In 1826-27, they ex-
ported 357,966 lbs., which, instead of showing
an increase, shows a decrease of no less than
2,373,0341b,5.

The Evening Paper alluded to above says,
"the question is, whether it is just that our own
ships should be debarred from a trade enjoyed
by the Americans ? and whether the Ameri-
cans have or have not over-traded is really no-
thing to the purpose." Now, with all due de-

ference to our respectable Contemporary's opi-
nion, we must say that this is not the question.
The question for the consideration of the Le-
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gislature is, whether, by throwing open the trade
to the English merchants, they and the country
at large would be benefitted by it ? For our
part we have no hesitation in answering this
question in the negative, and we think the state-
ments which we have furnished above afford

abundant reasons for coming to this decision.
There are, however, other reasons, not the least

of which is the peculiar nature of the trading in-
stitutions of China. The tea trade in China is
a monopoly, and it is well known that the
Chinese have the greatest jealousy of foreigners,
and of the introduction of foreign goods. In-
deed, the probability is that, if China were to
be inundated with British goods (as it would be
if the trade were thrown open), the Chinese
would prohibit our importations altogether,
which would compel us to pay specie for all our
teas ; for it should be recollected that this article,
now a necessary of life in England, can be pro-
cured nowhere else.,