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In reply to the report of the imperial commissioners,
Keying, Elepoo, and Newkeen, on the 27th day of the 7th
moon (September 1), the following imperial edict was re-
ceived:—

" Keying and his colleagues have sent up a document con-
taining a report and rough sketch of the articles of the con-
vention discussed at a personal conference (with her Britannic
majesty's plenipotentiary in China). I have inspected the
report, and have a full knowledge of the whole of it.
" I, the emperor, seriously consider the evils to the unac-
countable number of the people, and the important conse-
quences to the greatness, power, and station of the empire,
and I cannot avoid being constrained and forced to grant
what is requested ; it is but one time of bitterness and trouble,
but the ease, repose, and peace may he reckoned on for ever,
and not only the two provinces of Keangsoo and Chekeang
be preserved entire, but the empire will be held altogether in
its integrity ! As to those items in the report relating to
trade, they are improper, and require further consideration :
—now, as the barbarian ships are willing to leave the Chang
river, and are also willing to retire from Chaoupaou-hill, that
which they have before requested relative to a free trade at
five ports, the country of Foochow must be excluded ; per-
mission to trade thither cannot by any means be granted, but
another port may be exchanged for it; they may be allowed
to trade, coming and going, at the four ports—Canton, Amoy,
Ningpo, and Shinghae.

" As to the matter of the Hong merchants' debts, the said
great ministers must necessarily accommodate themselves to
circumstances, and in a perspicuous edict (explain the matter
thus to the English) :

"The said nation has traded with China for more than
200 years, and heretofore all has been harmony and good.
will, and the trade has always been transacted by barter and
money; but as the Hong merchants and yourselves have be-
tween you mutually transacted the affairs of trade, our public
officers have hitherto never examined into or troubled them-
selves about the trade. The affairs of the rise and fall in
prices, whether low or high, are very petty, trifling matters.
Further, our speech and language are unintelligible to each
other, and, most decidedly, the district officers will not be
able to manage the matter.

" Hereafter the Chinese merchants at all the ports will
adopt extraordinary modes of giving trouble and cheating,
even to cutting, i. e., demanding excessive discounts, when
there will be no hindrance or fear of laying a clear statement
before the district officers, who will certainly punish the said
merchant (delinquent) ; decidedly there will be no indulgence
shown. As to the £6,000,000, it is proper that I should give
them, by which my sincerity and good faith will be manifest,
and they are to be collected from the salt commissioners and
provincial treasuries of the three provinces of Chekeang,
Keangsoo, and Gahwuy, the richest supplying the deficiencies
of the poorest. As to correspondence being conducted on
terms of perfect equality between the officers of the two go-
vernments, and the barbarians who have been made captives
and the Chinese who have been seduced (into the employ of
the English)—l grant all these supplicated favours; let the
captives be released, and I order that all the matters (the
three just mentioned) be allowed, which have been re-
quested. . _

" Further, with reference to what is contained in the
report about sealing ; the said barbarians do not require
your seal as proof, but the imperial seal of the empire to be
fixed as a guarantee (of the treaty); so I shall not fail in
dignity, and the feeliags of my imperial station will not be
lost.

" Before I have disseminated my imperial rescripts to each
of the dependencies of China, all sealed with the imperial
seal of the empire; and I order that my rescripts be sent
under a flying seal with the despatches from the Board of the
Civil-office, and they are to be forwarded in this ceremonious
manner, that the clauses which had been clearly reported
may be properly managed. . _

" From the time of This settlement the said great minister
must specially report to the emperor, behaving with perfect
sincerity ; of the things supplicated there are none which have
not been granted.
" From this epoch of a thorough free trade, there should
be everlasting peace and harmony; your nation should also
treat us with mutual, perfect sincerity; and certainly nut
again commence military operations, in direct opposition to
heavenly principles; for not only have you already caused
troubles and confusion in many provinces, but you must
again come, seeking causes of quarrel and war ; and just so,
the coast and territories of the provinces of Canton, Fuhkeen,
Teawan (Formosa), Chekeang, Keanguan, Shantung, Chile,
and Sbunteen (Peking), the barbarian vessels of war are not
allowed to enter and frequent.
" Since, at this time, we are at peace, of the officers and
troops in each province, there are some that should be sent
away and others detained. k 1 e have already consulted, as
to the ancient cities of China, signal pyramids and batteries ;
and it is proper that they should all be rebuilt successively,
according to former custom. These have not been of modern
erection ; but they were built for the purpose of guarding
against and seizing the pirate, and were not established to
guard against the said barbarians ; and we certainly must not
incoherently and disorderly produce suspicion and apprehen-
sion in those distant provinces which have not yet heard of
or possess a full knowledge of the peace :—if any of your
(barbarian) ships abruptly enter and are suddenly attacked,
you must not make this a cause of screening yourselves, bor-
rowing pretences, and mouthing.

"The whole of the above matters are wholly in the deep
consideration and extreme care of the said minister and his
colleagues ; let them be wholly true and sincere in deliberating
and deciding, and so for ever put an end to the risings of war ;
and there must not be the least misconception or misunder-
standing. This is not an affair or time to be idle, or to dis
miss the matter in a hurried, remiss, and irre
but regard it with severe and serious attention !—with sincere

and serious attention r

gular manner,

!gard it !

" Hurry on this edict-at more than at the rate of 600 le a
day, and order him (Keying) to inform himself of its con-
tents.—Respect this."—Canton Register, Oct. 24.