Star.
London, England, 1817-07-11 00:00:00

CHINA.

The failure Of the late Etr.liassy to ou:
Readers are aware, has been ascribed tc certain ire.
positions practised by the Chinese Officers of State
on the Estrauott ; and the fact is now placed beyolisl
doubt, by an Imperial Edict, with a copy a which
we hive been favoured, -and now subjoin, extracted
from the Pain Gaztite of the 4th September, I S;G.
is a singular production, conveying amidst a pom-
pous simplicity, some very tensible admonition

" On the preevnt occasion of the English nation ..tt:ding En.
Toys with the tribute of valuable ofrcrings, as they mad cot
wheu at 'Firming, return thatilts f:+: the feast airerably to the re-
gulated form, the conducting there a: sin to their boats for the
purpose ut proceeding turther Lord., was the fault of su-11t:;gue and Outinghay.

6' When they were at Tongcliew and had not yet neared
the erre:limy—the framing a coa:used and Indistinct report,
and then conducting them r.t once to Court, was tiie fault of
she-tay and NLw•lte.tung gee. Fir.ally,.mti the 7th day, I, tht
Emperor, h vine issued my orders and ascended into the Imperial
Hall, called the Envoys to an audience; but the Envoys and
suite.had travelled from Tongchew all nighr,and had come direct
to the Palace gate witl.out stopping by the way at th-ir appointed
res.dence, and.heir dresses of ceremony nut having arrived,
they could not present themselves before me. If at that time
Hmahmtay had addressed to me a true report, I, the Emperor,
could certainly have leaned my commands aril have Owned the
time of the/audience, in order to correspond with their in-
tention in coming ten thousand mi:es to my Court. On
the contrary he addressed to me repeated. reports, Impressed
in di.respectful language, In consequ Ince of wltich the Envoys
were sent hack and the ceremonies could not be completed. 1 lie
error and mismanagement of Ilmshmtay in this affair are wholly
Inexcusable

nu arrangements for the business of the •:ay had air, ady
been made. Excepting the Minister l'utsiu, who was absent front
inner•, and 'f masa° and Leu-yinim, wbuie attendance had not
been required, all the assisting Princes, Grandees, and Great
Gilicers of State, as well as all the Great Officers of the Palace,
were in waiting in the Anti•chambers. Many of them must
have been eye witnesses of the whole affair, and must have known
in their hearts that it was their duty to have made a true report
of it to me, ;.nd to have solicited me to alter the period of the
audience, yet they sat unmoved while the affair was thus going
wrong. Though lio-she-tay was visibly alarmed and in error,
no one btothi farvcard to set him right.

" After the Imperial audience took place, some persons who
knew the truth, disclosed Ho-she.tay'a error and irresolution;
hut why did they not address me at the tune in his stead or at
they dared not go that length, why did they not at kart awaken
Ho she- tay, and cause him to r►p..rt the truth Thu. it is, that
when public business occurs, their countenances are always placid
and composed—they sit unmoved, and see its failure with indif-
ference. Such conduct, %/Amerce it ocean In any situation of
hazard or difficulty, one cannot behold wi bout sighing deeply.
" The affair in which Ho-she;tay has errtd is in itself a %Noy
Mal one—yet even in this the Officers of the Court have been
found destitute of any expedient fur. the strokes/1 their country.
For the future let them eradicate all telfith prh!cfpfea.—
whenever there is any defect of fidelity tw public spirit, Lit tar
one plead that it is an affair which doe% not individually conctrn
him—let all look op and diligently regulate air conduct accord-
ing to the true spirit of the admonitions I have repeatedly given
them.—Respect this."

Attasboxss AND LOW
No Publication since All the Talents has excited such
an extraordinary sensation and demand, in every
circle, as THB GRUP.K4. We cannot but concur with
Judge BAYLEY, that •1 it is only by giving publicity
to the names-of the frequenters of Gaming,houses,
that they can be efrectually put down." It is not
true that The Grail is suppressed. for the Fourth
Edition (and the work was only published last week)
appeared this morning. The GaMING CALF.NDAIt,
which is daily expected, will strike at the root of this
tremendous evil. The Mercantile Interest may lonic
in these books for protections in their most confiden.
tial departments. What prudent man will confide
to a Gambler ?

BETTING AT NEWMARKET. MLY io. 1817.
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