Star.
London, England, 1817-03-20 00:00:00

CHINA.

I.t!tert are said to have been received from 'the
NlA:quit of HAT:LNG!, in which assurances are given
that the Emperor of CILINA was perfectly satisfied
with the explanation which had been given him of
the cause and inten::on of the attack on the Nepaul
territory. His Excellency had the precaution to give'
the most explicit accoarit of the origin of the quarrel.
and of the necessity that he was under to repel the
auressions that those people were constantly making,
bet which hitivg properly punished, and the principal
instigator of the outrages being dead, there was no
further approach to be made towards that district.—
These letters were written before any knowledge of
the indisposition of tlip EatnitOß to receive our Am-
-6'54(10 had reachetkalcutta ; and from this report,
it was hoped that the treatment of our Minister had
not originated in any jealousy which that hostile in-
cursion had excited. It is possible, however, that
the Marquis of HASTINGS may have been deceived
by the smooth language of the return made to his
communication; and that, after all, the insult to our
Ambassador had its rise in the suspicion excited by
that Lostile expedition.
The Journal which we published on Tuesday men-
tioned the dispatch of the LYRA a-head' of the At.-
tem, with a letter to the Governor of Pe-the-lc, in
the Yellow Sea. In her way she took soundings,
and also after the delivery of the letter. It is possible
that one object of this mission was to gain astrono-
mical and hydrngraphical surveys of this sea. On
ftoard the LTRA is an assemblage of Gentlemen
skilled in every department of the Mathematical sci-
ences; and it this has been attained, the object of the
Embassy cannot be conriiered as having been en-
tirely fruitless, even should it be confirmed that the
Emperor refused to see Lord Aunaasv. It will be
seen, however, in our Report of the Quarterly Ge-
neral Court of India Proprietors, that the Chairman'
stated that no accounts have been received from his
Lordship to confirm the report of the failure of the
Mission ; and therefore it is still possible that the re-
ports from Canton may have arisen from impediments
which might delay without entirely frustrating the
object of the Embassy.
It is understood that intelligence of a late date
has been received from the interior of China by the
Propaganda College at Rome; and that the few
Missionaries still left in that Empire represent the
Principal Mandarines as quite ready to throw off the
yoke of despotism under which they and their
predecessors have suffered the bastinado and decapi-
tation without trial for so many centuries. The late
partial insurrections prove that this information is so
far correct ; but the Missionaries have added, that the
Presence of an European Power, capable of protect-
ing them, would make the revolt general—and, from
-41 that is known of the character of the Chinese, with
the presence of such auxiliaries it would be bloodless.
is possible that the indiscretion of those Mani:t-
rines and Officers who exert themselves to procure in-
sults host the Court of Pekin to be poured upon the
represe:amive of the British Sovereign, and acts of
injustice towards our merchants, may succeed beyond
even their wishes, and bring on a war between the two
empires. Should this event occur, it is more than pro.
b4ble that it would ultimately prove highly beneficial
• ft) a large portion of the human race, by the intro-
duction among them of the benefits of European
:—no slight blessing when the benefits of
r'lg:ous instruction, which conquerors never contem.
1.:4e, but which Pnournersce contrives means to dis-
terninate over the earth, are contemplated as likely
L follow any change which may take place in Chine.