The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-10-17 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL TREATY WITH CHINA

By •irtue of the Commercial Treaty concluded with the
Emperor of China, the following arc the Regulations of
Trade agreed upon between the two governments :

GENERAL REGULATIONS UNDER 'WHICH THE BRITISH

TRADE IS TO BE CONDUCTED AT THE PORTS OF CAN-

TON, AMOY, NINGPO, FUCHOW, AND SHANGHAL

1. Pilots.—tVbenever a British merchantman shall
arrive off any of the five ports opened to trade, •iz.,
Canton, Fuchow, Amoy, Ningpo, or Shanghai, pilots shall
be allowed to take her immediately into port; and, in like
manner, when such British ship shall have settled all legal
duties and changes, and is about to return home, pilots
shall he immediately granted to take her out to sea, with-

out any stoppage or delay.
Regarding the remuneration to be given these pilots,
that will be equitably settled by the British consul ap.
pointed to each particular port, who will determine it with
due reference to the distance gone over, the risk run, &c.
11. Cu4tom-house Guards.—The Chinese suprintendent
of customs at each port will adopt the means that he may
judge most proper to prevent the revenue suffering by
fraud or smuggling. Whenever the pilot shall have
brought any British merchantman into port, the superin-
tendent of customs will depute one or two trusty custom.
licusl officers, whose duty it will be to watch against
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tannage of the ship, ant! the particulars of the cargo sh
Isas on hoard ' • all of which being done in due forn, per-
mission will then be given to discharge, and the duties
levied as provided for in the tariff.
IV Commercial Dealinos between English and Chi
ne4. ifeechante.—lt h‘vin.; ty,en stipulated that 1•:.11;1:-;
merchants insv trade with whatever :nerchAnts they ph•ase,
should any Chinese merchant fraudulently absc,nd or
incur debts which he is unable to discharge, the Ckines,
authorities, upon complaint being made thereof, will, of
course, do their utmost to bring the offender to justice
It must, however, be distinctly undt•rstood that, if the
defaulter really cannot hr Cpid, or he dead, or bankrupt,
and there be not wherewithal to pay, the English mer-
chants may not appeal to the former custom of the Hon::
merchants paving for one another, and can no longer ex-
pect to have their losses made g--mtl to them _

V Tounage Dues.—Every English merchantman, on
entering any one o# the above-mentioned five ports, shall
pm, tonnage dues at the rate of five mace per register ton
in full of all charges. The f-es form,trly levied on entry
awl departure of every description are henceforth abo-
lished.

VI. Import and Export Duties —Goods, whether im-
ported into or exported from any one of the above-
mentioned five ports, are henceforth to be taxed according
to the tariff as now fixed and agreed upon, and no further
sums ate to he levied beyond those which are specified in
the tariff ; all duties incurred by an English merchant
vessel, whether on goods imported or exported, or in the
shape of tonnage dues, must fir.:r he paid up in full, which
done, the Superintendent of Customs will grant a port
clearance, and this being shown to the British consul, he
will thereupon return the ship's papers, and permit the
ve.sel to depart. .

VII. Examination of Goods at the Custons-house.—
Every English merchant having cargo to load or discharge
must give due intimation thereof, and hand particulars of
the slme to the Consul, who will immediately despatch a
recognised linguish of his own establishment to commu-
nicate the particulars to the Superintendent of Customs,
that the goods may he duly examined, and neither party
subj,cted to loss. The English merchant must also have
a properly qualified person on the spot to attend to his
interests when his goods are being examined for duty ;
otherwise, should there be complaints, these cannot be
attended to.

Regarding such goods as are subject by the tariff to an
ad reform duty, if the English merchants cannot agree
with the Chine,e officer in fixing a value, then each party
shall call two or three merchants to look at the goods, and
the highest price at which any of these merchants would
be willing to purchase shall be assumed as the value of the
goods. To fix the tare on any articles, such as tea :if the
English merchant cannot agree with the custom-h•iuse
officer. then each ploy shall choose so many chests out of
every 100, which brine first weighed in gross, shall after-
wards be tared, and the average tare upon these chests
shall be assumed as the tare upon the whole. and upon
this principle shall the tare he fixed upon all other goods
in packages. If there should still be any disputed points
which cannot be settled, the English merchant may appeal
to the Consul, who will communicate the particulars of
the case to the Superintendent of Customs, that it may be
equitably arranged ; but the appeal must be made on the
same day, or it will not be regarded. While such points
are still open, the Superintendent of Customs will delay
to insert the same in his books, thus affording an oppor-
tunity that the merits of the case may be duly tried and
sifted.

VIII. Manner of Paying the Duties.—lt is herein be-
fore provided that every English vessel that enters any
one of the five ports shall pay all duties and tonnage dues
before she be permitted to depart. The Superintendent
of Customs will select certain shroffs, or banking estab-
lishments. of known stability, to whom he will give licenses
authorising them to receive duties from ►he English mer-
chants on behalf of government, and the receipts of these
-hroffs for any money paid them shall he considered as a
government voucher. In the paying of these duties,
different kinds of foreign money may he made use of, but
as foreign money is not of equal purity with sycee silver,
the English Consuls appointed to the different ports will,
according to time, place and circumstances, arrange with
the Superintendent of Customs at each port what coins
may he taken in payment, and what. per centage may be
necessary to make them equal to standard or pure silver.
IX. Weights and Measures.—Sets of balance yards for
the weighing of goods, of money weights, and of measures,
prepared in exact conformity to those hitherto in use at
the Custom-house of Canton, and duly stamped and
sealed in proof thereof, will be kept in possession of the
Superintendent of Customs, and also at the British Con-
sulate. at each of the five ports, and these shall be the
standards by which all duties shall be charged and all
sums paid to government. In case of any dispute arising
between British merchants and the Chinese officers of
Customs regarding the weights or measures of goods, re-
ference shall be made to these standards, and disputes
decided accordingly.
X. Lighters or Cargo Boats.—Whenever an English
merchant shall have to load or discharge cargo, he may
hire whatever kind of lighter or cargo boat he pleases, and
the sum to be paid for such boat can be settled between
the parties themselves without the interference of govern-
ment. The number of flies?, boats shall not be limited,
nor shall a monopoly of them be granted to any parties.
If any smuggling take place in them, the offenders will,
of course, he punished according to law. Should any of
these boat people, while engaged in conveying goods for
English merchants, fraudulently abscond with the property.
the Chinese authorities will do their best to apprehend
them ; but at the same tine the English merchants must
take every due precaution for the safety of their goods.
Xl. Transshipm nts of Goods.—No Ent2lish merchant
ships may transship goods without special permission;
should any urgent case happen where transshipment is
necessary, the circumstance must first be submitted to the
Consul, who will give a certificate to that effect, and the
Superintendent of Customs will then send a special officer
to be present at the transshipment. If ally one presumes
to transship without such permission being asked for and
obtained, the whole of the goods so illicitly transshipped
will be confiscated.
XII. Subordinate Consular Pllicers.—At any place
selected for the anchorage of the English merchant ships,
there may be appointed a subordinate consular officer of
approved good conduct to exercise due control over the
seaman and others. lie must exert himself to prevent
quarrels between the English seamen and natives, this
being of the utmost importance. Should anything of the
kind unfortunately take place, he will in like manner do
his hest to arrange it amicably. When sailors go on shore
to walk, officers shall be required to accompany them,
and should disturbances take place, such officers will be
held responsible. The Chinese officers may not impede
natives from coming alongside the ships to sell clothes or
other necessaries to the sailors living on board.

XIII. Disputes between British Subjects and Chinese.
—Whenever a British subject has reason to complain of a
Chinese, he must first proceed to the Consulate and state
his grievance. The Consul will thereupon inquire into
the merits of the case, and do his utmost to arrange it
amicably. In like manner, if a Chinese have reason to
complain of a British subject, he shall no less listen to
his complaint and endeavour to settle it in a friendly
manner. If an English merchant have occasion to ad-
dress the Chinese authorities, he shall send such address
through the Consul, who will see that the language is be-
coming, and if otherwise will direct it to be changed, or
will refuse to convey the address. If unfortunately any
disputes take place of such a nature that the Consul can-
not arrange them amicably, then be shall require the as-
sistance of a Chinese officer, that they may together
examine into the merits of the case, and decide it equitably.
Regarding the punishment of English criminals, the
English government will enact the laws necessary to attain
that end, and the Consul will be empowered to put them
in force; and regarding the punishment of Chinese cri-
minals, these will be tried and punished by their own
laws in the way provided for by the correspondence
which took place at Nanking after the concluding of the
peace.
XIV. British Government Cruizers anchoring Within
the Ports.—An English Government cruizer will anchor
within each of the five ports, that the Consul may have
the means of better restraining sailors and others, and
preventing disturbances. But these government cruisers
are not to be put upon the same footing as merchant ves-
sels, for as they bring no merchandise and do not come to
trade, they will of course pay neither duties nor charges.
The resident Consul will keep the Superintendent of
Customs duly informed of the arrival and departure of
such government cruisers, that be may take his measures
accordingly.
XV. On the Securitg to be given for British Merchant
Vessels.—lt has hitherto been the custom when an
English vessel entered the port of Canton that a Chinese
Hong merchant stood security for her, and all duties and
charges were paid through such security merchant. But
these security merchants being now done away with, it is
understood that the British Consul will henceforth be
security for all British merchant ships entering any of the
aforesaid Chinese ports.

THE I IVERPOOL STANDARD.

IMPORTS

;2 LOad (white lead), ditto ..
33 Lead (red lead), ditto
11 Marhle ',labs, ditto
15 Mats (straw, rattan, bamboo, &c.) ditto. 0 2 0 0
15 Mother-o'-pearl ware, ditto ...... .... 1 0 0 0

Musk, per catty....
38 Nankeen and cotton cloth of all kinds,
per 100 catties
39 Pictures, viz., large paintings, each
Rice paper pictures, per 100 pictures. 0 1 0 0
10 Paper fans, t►er 100 catties
41 Paper of all kinds. ditto
42 Pearls (i. e. false pearls), ditto
43 Preserves and sweetmeats of all kinds,do 0 5 0 0
44 Rattan work of all kinds, ditto
15 Rhubarb, ditto
46 Silk, raw, whether from Chekiang, Can-
ton, or elsewhere, all kinds, per 100
catties •
Course, or refuse silk, ditto .......... 2 5 0 0
Organzine, ell kinds, ditto . 10 0 0 0
Ribands, thread, &c. ditto lO 0 0 0
Silk piece goods, of all kinds, as silks,
satins, pongees, ♦elvetta, crapes, lute-
strings, &c., ditto
N.B. The additional duty of so much
per piece, hitherto levied, to be hence-
forth abolished.
47 Silk and cotton mixtures, silk and wool-
len mixtures, and goods of such clas-
ses, ditto
48 Shoes and hoots of leather, satin, or
otherwise, ditto
49 Sandal wood ware, ditto
50 Soy,ditto 0 4 0 0
51 Silver and gold ware
52 Sugar, white and brown, ditto
53 Sugar Candy, all kinds, ditto ...... . 0 3 5 0
54 Tin foil, ditto ...
55 Tea, ditto
56 Tobacco of all kinds, ditto .
57 Turmeric, ditto
58 Tortoise-shell ware, ditto
59 Trunks (of leather) ditt0........ 0 2 5 0
60 Treasure, i. e., coin of all kinds Free.
61 Vermilion, per 100 cat ties....
*** Articles unenurnerated in this tariff to pay a duty
of five per cent. ad valorem.

1 Assarcetida, per 100 catties
2 Boes' wax, ditto
3 Betel nut, ditto
4 Bicho de mar, Ist quality, or black, ditto 0
Ditto, 2d ditto, white.
5 Birds' nests, Ist ditto, cleaned, ditto 5
Ditto, 2d ditto, good middling do 2
Ditto, 3d ditto, uncleaned ditto . 0
6 Camphor (Malay), Ist do, clean. pr catty 1
Ditto, 2d do, refuse, ditto 0
7 Cloves, Ist ditto, picked, per 100 catties 1
Ditto, 2il ditto, mother, ditto
8 Clocks, watches, spy glasses, all kinds of
writing desks, dressing boxes, cutlery,
perfumery. &c.. 5 per cent. ad valorem.
9 Canvass, 30 to 40 yards long, 24 to 31
inches wide, per piece.... . ..........
.0 Cochineal, per 100 catties
.1 Carnelians, per 100 stories ..
. Ditto Beads, per 100 catties
2 Cotton, ditto
,3 Cotton Manufactures, viz. :
Long Cloths, white, 30 to 40 yards long,
30 to 36 inches wide, per piece
Cambrics and MusliNs. 20 to 21 yards
long, 4(1 to 46 inches wide, per piece 0
Gray or Unbleached Cottons, viz., Long
Cloths, Domestics, &c., 30 to 40 yards
long, 28 to 40 inches wide, ditto
Gray Twilled Cottons, 30 to 40 yards
long. 28 to 40 inches wide, ditto
Chintz and Prints of all kinds. 20 to 30
yards long, 26 to 31 inches wide, ditto 0
Handkerchiefs under 1 yard square, each 0
Handkerchiefs ahove 1 yard square, do. 0
Gingharns, Pullicates, Dyed Cottons,
Velveteens, Silk and Cotton Mixtures,
Woollen and Cotton Mixtures, and all
kinds of Fancy Goods not in current
consumption, 5 per cent. act valorem

M. C. C.
0 0 0
0 0 0
1 5 0
8 0 0
2 0 0
0 0 0
5 0 0
5 0 0
0 0 0
5 0 0
5 0 0
5 0 0

01 5 0

1 5 0

01 0 0

01 0 0

2 0 0
0 1 0
0 1 5

14 Cotton Yarn and Cotton Thread, per 100

0 0 0
0 0 0
3 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
5 0 0
0 5 0

catties..
15 Cow Bezoar, per catty
lti Cutch, per 100 catties .
17 E'epliants' Teeth, lit quality, whole, do. 4
Ditto, 2d quality, do. broken 2
18 h Maws, ditto .. •• • •• •
19, Flints, ditto
20 Glass, glass ware, and crystal
ware of all kinds
21 Gambier, per 100 catties
22 Ginseng, Ist quality, ditto
Ditto. 2d ditto, or refuse, ditto
23 Gold end Silver Thread :-
Ist quality, or real, per catty
2d ditto, or imitation, ditto ...... •
24 Gums, Benjamin, per 100 catties
Olihanum, ditto
Myrrh, ditto
Gums unenumerated
25 1-loms, Bullocks' and Buffalos', per 100

5 per cent. ad valorem.
.. 0 1 5 0
... 38 0 0 0
35 0 0

catties
26 Horns, Unicorns' or Rhinoceros' ditto 3 0 0 0
27 Linen, fine, as Irish or Scotch,
yards long, inches wide, per piece 0 5 0 0
Coarse linen, as linen and cotton mix-
tures, silk and linen mixtures, &c.
5 per cent. ad valorem.
28 Mace, or flower of nutmeg, per 100 eatties 1 0 0 0
29 Mother of Pearl shells ditto 0 2 0 0
30 Metals, viz.:—
Copper, unmanufactured, as in pigs, do 1 0 0 0
Ditto manufactured, as in sheets,rods,do 1 5 0 0
Iron, .manufactured, as in pigs, ditto
Ditto. manufactured, as in bars, rods,
&v., ditto ..
Lead in pigs, or manufactured, ditto .. 0 4 0 0
Quicksilver, ditto....
Steel, unmanufactured, ditto 0 4 0 0

Tin, ditto
Tin Plates, ditto
Unenumerated Metals. 10 per cent. ad valorem.
31 Nutmegs, Ist quality, or cleaned, per 100
catties 2 0 0 0
Ditto, 2d ditto, or uncleared, ditto 1 0 0 0
32 Pepper, ditto .. ....
33 Patel:tuck, ditto
34 Rattans, ditto 0 2 0 0
35 Rice, paddy, and grain of all kinds duty free.
36 Rose maloes, per 100 catties
37 Saltpetre, (to be sold to government agents
only,) per ditto . .. 0 3 0 0
38 Sharks' fins, first quality or white, per do 1 0 0 0
Ditto, second quality or black, do. 0 5 0 0
39 Skins and Furs, viz.:—
Cow and ox hides. tanned and untanned 0 5 0 0
Sea otter skins, each ...... ..
Fox skins, large, each .. 0 1 5 0
Ditto, small, each
Tiger, leopard, and marten skins, each 0 1 5 0
Laud otter, racoon, and sharks' skins,
per hundred
Beaver skins, ditto
Hare, rabbit, and ermine, ditto
40 Smelts, per 100 catties
41 Soap, ditto
42 Stock Fish, &c
43 Seahorse Teeth .. 2 0 0 0
44 Treasure and Money of all kinds .. Free.
45 Wine, Beer, Spirits, &c.
In quart bottles, per 100 bottles
In pint ditto .
In cask, per 100 catties
46 Woods, namely—
Ebony, ditto. .• •••••
Sandal Wood, ditto
Japan Wood, ditto
Unenumerated woods, 10 per cent. ad valorem.
47 Woollen manufactures, viz., broadcloths,
Spanish stripes, habit cloth, &c., 51 to
64 inches wide, per chang of 141 inches 0 1 5 0
Long ells, kerseymeres, flannel, and
narrow cloths of this description, ditto. 0 0 7 0
Blankets of all kinds, each 0 0 7 0
Dutch carnlets, per chang of 141 inches . 0 1 5 0
Camlets, ditto .. ......... 0 0 7 0
Imitation. ditto, bounbazettes, &c. ditto. 0 0 1 5
Bunting, (narrow,) ditto
Unenumerated woollen goods, or silk and
woollen, and cotton and woollen mix-
tures, &c. .. 5 per cent. ad valorem.
148 Woollen yarn, per 100 cattias 3 0 0 0
I N.B. All articles unenumerated in this
1
i tariff 5 per cent, ad valorem.

ARREST OF A HORSE DEALER FOR A. HIGHWAY
ROBBERY COMMITTED 16 YEARS AGO.—Mr. John Brit-
ton, the Leicestershire horse dealer, after realising a com-
petency, and establishing himself in the world with every
appearance of solidity, has been committed for trial on
a charge of highway robbery, perpetrated in Somerset-
shire sixteen years ago ! At that moment the county of
Somerset was infested by a gang of highwaymen, led by
John Britton, alias " Gipsy Jack." and a man named
John Burton. On the occasion of Priddy fair, the at-
tacked and robbed several persons on the high road, cod
all but murdered two men named Hedge and Bartlett.
Burton was taken, tried, convicted, and in August, 1827,
executed at Taunton. Britton escaped and it was sup-
posed that he had left the country or committed suicide.
But, about a month ago, a policeman saw Britton, the
Leicestershire horse dealer, in Smithfield market, and felt
persuaded that he was the Somersetahire highwayman.
On inquiry he found that be was living at East Langton,
and dealt largely in horses. He hesitated to arrest him,
not knowing but that he w.ight have been tried for his
an-
cient tf ee. e, and punished according to law. The police-
man therefore trade the matter known to his inspector.
who instituted ingitiries. and then had him apprehended
at Waltham fair. Ile most positively denied that he was
the man,
asserted that Britton the highwayman had been
executed, and stated that be was living in good credit at
Ea,aasitieLdanhguntonn,owthitilnighi; he was taken into Somersetahire,s wife. His protestations, however,
fully identified, and committed for trial. Fourteen years
ago, says the Leicester Chronicle, he married Miss Mar-
tha Wm- dford, of the Coach anti Horses Inn. Kibworth
Ilarcour t ; and, eight years afterwards, another wife came
to East Langtcn, from Bristol, to prosecute him fur
bigamy ; hut she, having (it is supposed) been bought off.
suddenly disappeared from the village. He resided on
0 I his own property, and kept several servants, but was not
0 so happy as to enjoy the esteem of his neighbours : they
! will not be sorry," says the Chronicle, " if ha should
never return to Langtcn."