The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-05-30 00:00:00

Tee left UNFORIIINAT AFFAIR in CHINA.
(The following is given. es a real statement of theist.
d'rt.r.nres snbsisting between the XeWI Committee and the
finvernment. The narrative Is state, to have .
ee..!ed tam the highest thinner mastered with gm Pfl'loa-
s ions In Chinn. and to he depended upon for its correctness.]
Aeoonnts ham been received from Canton. confirm.
it,. the Americas statement, that I Chinese bid
been killed and wonnded at Lintin, near Macao, in
conseqnence of the Top, xr Okras• being you yelled to,
open a fire npnn them. to save the lives of her own
mete. The Virerov rolled upon the Select Com-
o.irree for satisfaction. demanding that they should
order the Captain of his Majesty's ship to deliver rap
two of his men, as two Chinese had heels killed.
The Committee of coarse replied, that they hail no
control,' whatever over his Majesty's ships, and that
therefore they timid not pretend U. exercise any such
anthority ors the present °erasion. the Captain of the
frigate nut being In the slightest decree aceonntable
to them. As the Viceroy persisted in his unreaann•
shin requisition, snd nut a stop to the trade until
it ehould be complied with, the Committee em-
barked and moved, with all the ships. out of the
River. It appears that the Loral Government
of Cantor, elated by the success of their injustice
and perfidy in the case of the unfortunate Ameri-
ran (whom they may fairly he said to have mur-
dered, in violation of the principles even of their
-gem laws), act. d with a degree of precipitancy at
the commencement of the p &if. which they
were afterwards induced to repent of, and an address
actually arrived from the. Viceroy to the Committee,
inviting them to retorts with the ships to Canton, but
making no abatement in his demands. This was
the precise situation in which aff..irs stood when the
last veasti sailed from China ; and it moat be con-
fessed to have been sufficiently embarrassing. The
Committee ensdri obviously do nothing hot wait on
board the ships until the Chinese had settled the affair,
either by allowing that the frigate's firing was an act
of mere teltdefener, or by having recourse to one of
tintse ingenious expedient., to which our firmness has I
driven them on farmer occasions of a similar natnre.
In the year 1807, a Chinese having been 'inform-
nately killed by some unknown person, in a g I
riot with the stiluer. the local Government, as • ;qua',
demanded the person who had slain him ; but as the
Committee peisisted in declaring that they were un-
able to discover the offender, end as the Viceroy
foun I that the suspension of the trade would be at-
tended with the greatest inconvenience to himself. a
varnished tale %Sag prepared and transmitted by him
to Peking, in which it was stated that the man bad
been killed by something falling on his head out of a
window. It is sincerely to be hoped that a favourable
result will attend us on the present occasion ; and that
the frequent recurrence otitis+ embarrassments. preg-
nant with inconvenience to both parties, will prove to
the Chinese Government the necessity of restraining
their sulijecta from acts of wanton aggression.

TRADR-CORDS' RRPORT.

, The temporary interruption of out trade with China
natnrally directs attention to that important subject.
Affrays between the crews of foreign vessels, not Eng-
lish vessels alone, and the natives, are by no means of
rare occurrence. There was some highly carious and
interesting information on this subject laid before the
Lords' Committee on Forties Trade last Session : and
valuable as was that Committee's Report, as it is very
little knows. a brief notice of some of its details on
this subject cannot fail to be acceptable at such • me,
tent.
Their Lordships, amongst other matters, investi-
gated the question relative to the opening of the trade
itli China, as the Americans bad turned that trade to
inch good account; so mach so. that the import'
from the Coiled States were shown to have doubled,
from 1507 to 1817. Then occurred the inquiry, why
should not the British merchant participate in such
advantages? They examined James Goddard, Esq.,
foimerly in the Company's service, on this point. tie
was asked tt Can you state any opinion respecting the
future state or possible increase of demand for Eng-
lish tnannjact arcs in the Chinese Empire?
" I consider the Chinese nation to approximate nearer
to European wants than any nation in the F. tst : their
clothing, their habits, and their wants altogether are very
different from the Indians; the demand for woollen
goods is very extensive, as may he seen by a reference to
the Company's imports ; and it is probable, front the
avidity with which they have bought and purchased
European cotton goods, a demand at least equal for wool-
len goods may be produced, and I should consider that
in the course of a few years the demand would be much
greater, in consequence of the strong disposition they
have shown, from the small knowledge they have had of
British manufactured goods, to purchase, and very con-
siderable Commissions have been given for the supply of
these goods, being articles till within the last three or
four years, of which they have been entirely ignorant.
Thetwobservations apply to the Chinese seas, but strong-
ly as to China itself, as the Chinese require the finer and
the more valuable articles of this country."
So mach fur the promise; and many extracts might
be made of an equally satisfactory character ; next as to
the difficulties. The Company possessing a charter
which will not expire till 1834, and the British having
at times fallen Into unavoidable squabbles that inter-
roptod the harmony of the trade. On this point their
Lordships first observe, in their Report on the volumin-
ous evidence. " It is stated to afford reasonable ground
fur alarm, that the seamen, who would be admitted antler
such circumstances to the Port of Canton, might proba-
bly be of a character so different from that of seamen
employed nu board the vessels of the United States, and
be subject to a discipline so inferior to that which pre-
vails on board of the larger description of vessels em-
ployed in the service of the East India Company, that
divides might take place. and excesses be occasioned,
which might produce fatal consequences, by awakening
the jealousy er exciting the anger of the Chinese Go-
vernment.' Their Lordships add, " it must be observed
that the circumstance which has principally been relied
upon as constituting the difference between the charac-
ter of the American and the British seamen, namely, the
fordree haring a share in the profits of the voyaire, ap-
plies only to that portion (not a large one) of their trade
with Canton, which is employed in the export of furs
from North America, &c." And. in conclusion, on this
point, their Lordships remark, that they " are inclined
to the opinion, that Raotmaxions might be established
at Canton. either by placing the free trade of Canton
under the superintettdence of a Consul, or investing the
principal servants of the Company with some authority
over the seamen engaged in the free trade, by which any
apprehemtion of inconvenience might be removed; anti
(even) without interfering with the monopoly of the Bri-
Volt market enjoyed by the East India Company, the
British merchant might be safely admitted to a partici-

• A Translation of the Imperial Edict prohibiting
the transport of Teas coastways to Canton.

OENCRAL ORDER.—Horse Guards, May 28, 1522.
The following regiments will assemble in too Brizades
in Review Order on Saturday the Ist of Jour, at eleven
o'clock, •.MI. on Hounslow Heath, yis. :
BRIGADE OF UM:SCHOLL) CATALRT.
Ist Life Guards
2d ditto Commanded by Cul. Sir Rt. C. Hill.
Royal Horse Hoards
LIOHT BRIGADE.

10th, or Geeslin Commanded by Major-Gen. Lo
14th Light Dragoons Edward Somerset, K.C.B.
15111,orKing'sllussars
The whole to be commanded by General the Earl
Cathcart, to whom Commanding Officers will report ac•
cordingly.
The 9th Lancers having arrived from Brighton, that
Regiment will take the. Cavalry Duties in London on
Thursday morning, upon the details of which Lieute-
nant-Caonel Mariam' will communicate with the Silver
Stick, and continue to perform them until after the Re-
view. The remainder of the 9th Lancers off duty will
assemble at Hounslow on Saturday morning at nine
o'clock, and will there furnish a Guard of Honour, and
assist in keeping the ground.
The Detachment of Cavalry from the Cavalry Depot,'
under the command of lieutenant Cockburn, will be at
Hounslow Heath at five o'clock on Saturday morning,
to keep the ground clear, under the direction of an of-
ticer of the Quarter-Master-General's Department.
The sea to appear in Full Dress.
By his Royal Highness
The Commander in.Chiers Command,
H. TORRENS, Adjutant-General.

PORTCGUESR DIPLOMACY.

-.

Ily a rimier add .al to the Portuguese Ministe
resilient at Foreign Courts, it appears that the o:lvern
men's of Vienna, Naples end Turin, while they did
not hesitate to recognise such Ministers of his Moit
Faithful Majesty as had been appointed before 24th
August MO, they were determined not to acknow-
ledge any persons who, in virtne of subsequent appoint-
ments, might arrive with the view of supplying their
places ; because they hail, with one Cllllllllon accord,
resolved not to acknowledge the a•verntsient actually
existing in Portugal. His Majesty then ordered that
the before-mentioned Ministers should not only otith•
draw from those Courts. but that the Porttigerse Con-
sole. resident in the ports of the reovectire countries,
should suspend the exercise of their functions until
the said Courts desisted from the extraordinary
pretension of constituting themselves the jryiges of
theinternal government of this kingdom, since he power
of the Consuls could not fail to be reyarded as null by
those Courts, seeing that they were &lived from a
Power thus held to be illegitimate. But in seder that
commerce 'night not suffer (rein these pulitigal differ
cocci, orders were issued to all the cost .houses of
the United Kingdom, not to give trouble to merchant
vessels, In consequence of their not hating gropers le-
gally authenticated by our Consul., but to *rest them
as if they came from ports where no Portuguese Con-
suls reside, in which case the autLenticatioa of the
local authorities is sufficient.—ln consequence of the
determination of the above-mentioned Cairo, the King

Ipatios its *trade which has proved we,' Incrative, Bed el Ponied sersolood. tilt the' Sardinia Charge
spaPle of great improvement Ir the bands of the ihs•
ari TIADICIL" be considered as a diplomatic agent, but that he might
The character of the Chinese presents great diffi- srdiPiretts resident at this Court. should nit is future
ll
IP M
remain as long as he pleased as a prints ladividaal-'
entities; but it is submitted by many that. If there
in ion, however, occurred in which the Chartri
dr 4 jitiris heaved in a maser deemed highly intle•
were more sympathy, in the consequences of good or
ill conduct thin may be supposed to exist, where there combs, and the result was. that be was furnished with
is suinnopnle— whereKtiere are no competitors, the Co- passports. in order that he might leave Lisbon within
24 hours. and Portugal within 8 days. •' These
salt night not be nnfavourable. lint whatever may he
the 'elution of this inquiry. and it is adverted to in the fact,,,i, me the circular, •'
prove
that
the Govern
evidence as well as irt the Repor—then ate some re- meat, while always ready to pay to other tiovernmehts
make on the evidence of C. Grant, Esq.. " a Director of that tribute of respect which is their dim, will, at the
ti.e East India Company from 179-1, saving the peed- same time, submit to no insult from them or their
official years of education," which may be umfally „mac"
qmoe.l at this time, after what has happened with re-
spect to the Topase frigate, Alr. Grant, as part.of his
evidence, produced an able paper, " prepared. in 1820
by sn officer of the India lease;" anal Its beginning
is as follows :—its great length prevents complete quo-
tation :--
" To prevent as mach as possible all intercourse with
foreigners, the people of Chins were forbidden. in the
year 1817. by an Imperial Edict's, to carry teas from the
province of its growth to Canton by sea. The Edict was
not issued fair the purpose of preventing the illicit trade,
and thereby preserving the Imperial ditties; hist to pre-
elude all interconse between the Chinese and foreigners
during the voyage. And to restrain the intercourse
while on shore. the foreigners are only permitted to re-
side within a small *pare outside of the city of Canton,
great care being Ott aye taken to prevent their entrance
into the city, on any pretence whatever.
" The Chinese are habituated to consider all other
ternaries as sabordimate to China, end WI the inhabit-
ant* of those countries as greatly inferior to thesis-
seines; whence •rist s, on the part of their principals,
officers, and mandarins, a hattehty and overbearing de,
meanour in all their official communications with the
foreigners who engage in the trade of Canton, and on
the part of the merchants, and the other classes, of Chi-
nese redences and insolence, accompanied with the
strongest marks of contempt.
" Although the English experience a full share of the
haughtiness and insolence with which foreigners are ge-
nerally treated while in China, yet the Chinese them-
selves can no more conceal their dread of the military
character and power of the British nation, than they
can deny their ct ~,,, tiereial preponderance among the
various nations who visit the port of Canton for trade;
and whatever advantages the servants of the East India
Company may have derived, in their various discussions
with the Chinese Authorities, from the opinion which
they entertain of the power anal commercial superiority
of the British nation—advantages to which the present
state of the whole foreign intercourse with China may
be justly emitted, it is theless the fact, that the
English, in Chins, are considired as the objects of more
peculiar jeal onsy, and hence their wholeconduct is watch-
ed with the most scrupulous rare. That the restrictive
guard on the intercourse between the natives and fo-
reigner may be rendered as complete as possible, no
foreigners can make his appearance within the Chinese
limits, till one or other of the members of the Hong bas
become formally bound, in a legal instrument to the
Government of Canton. for the general good conduct of
such foreigner, and for his quiet submission and Ora
Pace to the lan s and regulations -egarding the boteign
commerce of the Empire.
" Smuggling is a trillingapir, but having a com-
munication with foreigners, is a thing which involves
vast interest. It ix indispensably necessary to strain
entry nerve to eradicate the first risings of baseness (or
mischief).
•• The penalty far transgression is condonation of the
articles carrieJ by sea, punishment of the Merchasts
engaged in the trade, together with that of the Vice-
roys sod other officers of the places whence the articles
were shipped."

MAILS.

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LONDON:
THUREIDILT SVIININO. LAY 30, 1922.

STOCK RNCH.4XGR, TWELVE O'CLoCK.

A great Jeal of business is doing this morning.—
Consols are $01? for the Account, and 7911 for Money.
The topic of conversation to-day en the Royal Es•
change is concerning the new Loans contracted for.
The first one is that of Russia by Messrs. Roth-child
and Co. for 31 millions. The new Russia Bonds are
now selling at SI, bearing an interest of 5 per Cent.,
and are much in demand. Ten per Cent, deposit
is to be immediately paid, and the remainder, is to
be paid in September. on delivery of the Bonds.
It is g lly thought that the shove Contrac-
tors mast have good information that there will he no
war.—The second Loan is that of the Republic of
Chili, by Messrs. Gullet. Brothers and Co., fur one
million sterling, for the service of the Republic of
Chili, to be raised by the sale of 10,000 Bonds, pay-
able to bearer, and bearing interest of 6 per Cent.
per annum, payable half-yearly upon Dividend War-
rants, 60 of which are attached to each Bond. The
interest commences from the 31st March last, and is
payable
son the 30th September and the 31st March
each year. A Sinking Pund is to be established it
London, for which purpose 20,0001. sterling will he
laid oat on the 6:st year, and 10,0001. in every succeed-
ing year in the purchase of Bonds. The securities are a
Mortgage in all the Revenues of the State, estimated
upon tke,roduee of former years, to amount to about
4 millions of dollars, or SOO,OOO/. sterling per cent.
per inners. These revenues, specially pledged, are to
he collected and kept separate and distinct by the
Treasurer General of Chili. by. virtue of a decree of
the Sepreme Director and the Senate ; and no part to
be applied to the expenditure of the State. The Oa
vernment of Chili to pay all the expences for raising
and managing the loan.

In oar paper ofyestetday, we gave a letter, usge'J
II TR aosimeor, Oa the oadieet edam InsoLvsne DMOT-
Oa COURT, is which there le a great deal of truth
and good sense. A Bill, which is rope.' is the
Bow of Corn: noes, for amending the INSOLVSNT
DEBTORS' ACT, stands for eenesaitmeot this very
night; and we cannot de better. we think, than take
up this subject, in aid of on r honest friend, a Tatittss•
Man. The Bill before the House assonws se lima
Bill to amend the present Act. The tins -it
wiser thing if, instead of passing this, they weaditl
once to repeal the INSOLVSNT Deo-roes Ace '-
together. It in a piece of legislatios, wholly inraps.
ble of amendment. It is wrong io principle; nor eaa
its evils be corrected by any pruning, or lopping, or
'wafting, ichaterer. No one can look into the b.
SOLTENT DEBTOR'S COVIT, and sot be shocked at its
proceedings. We do not impute any wrong to the
Commissioners. They simply *bey the Act. There
is net even the thinnest veil woren,tocover the trawl'
that are committed by Insolvent Ihilitoes passing
through that Court. The Debtors do not con de-
wend to earelope themselves in any veil. Any Iraq
who had a respect for the property of others, and soy
pity for defrauded anal sufering tradesmen, would feel
his blood chid within him, if be were to list's to what
is pier on in the INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COVRT; stir
do we think, any Ira !micas oho should attend its
sittings for a month, would ever give credit again for
a single shilling. But, if you want a subject of dis.
gust, it is only to go to the Pintos, where the lx•
sol,voss prepares himself to march steadily through
the INSOLVINT'S COURT. You will long. if you Aare
a heart within you, to be able to remove, from the

INsotscxa's table. the luxuries that feed hint,
and to convey them to the die ed creditor.
and his famished children. If you dedre to
see wear, you most visit the Colniron's
and mot the Dsurnn's Patro.r. For one MC:
suffering. removed by the lIISOLTENT DEBTOR., Act,
it inflicts sufferings spread over thousamis of habits-
tions. It is astonishing that the country sits down
with the many and beery calamities ensuing from this
Act. But the extent of the evil is procuring itself a
remedy. CREDIT is almost annihilated ; and the la.
lIOLVRXT DIRTOR'S COURT will Want bnaitleSS, not tut
want of flonurs, but for the want of Durr.a, through-
out the country.

It will be seen in another part of our paper, that a
motion made at Lio'n's for a donation of POI. ti -
wards the relief of the Distressed Irish, was negatived
by a spew of bands. A ballot is to take place us the
question; but if that should carry the `rant. the
affer.thorght will do little to retrieve the shame,'
of the Goose. We cannot imagioe what could more
the parties who opposed the measure in question.—
The case of the Irish sufferings is the moat plain and
unequivocal one that ever existed on earth. No feat+
of giving offence to any quarter, by the donation, could
possibly exist; for all ranks and all parties have
joined hand and heart, in the blessed work of carrying'
relief to Deland. The OtRAIAN SVITERgRS were
real objects of pity ; and the House, we believe, were
forward in relieving them. What then has Ireland
done, to suppress the pity which her greater suffer-
ings might naturally excite ? Are the Gentlemen at
I.Loya's of so delicate and pure a mind as to be
shocked at the atrocities recently committed in Ire.
land ; and so stubborn as not to miss this opportnnityof
'hewing their virtuous resentment? Well! that will
excuse thesis a little. A virtro:ts mistake is virtue,
although it be a mistake. But if they had reflected
they might hare found, without going far frets
LLOTD'S COiree House, the ram's of Cie atrociti, s
committed in Ireland; and if 14,re did not excuse
the offences of the Irish, they sou.t tend greatly to
palliate them. There is a perverseness sometimes in
men's minds, which casco: be accounted for; and
we must think, that the Gentlemen at LLOYD'S were,
on this occasion, smitten with this &Mimic, malady.—
The ballot, we hap', will be in the nature of a ball.-
tin. to aosounce symptoms of recovery.

Heath Ilall,l'hursley, Surrey, May 29, 1922.
The erops of all kinds promise to be good. All
very early and very fine. From Putney to Ripley.
thrones Kingston. is, except in particular small spot..
es poor a tract 'Aland as is to he found in all Rnglane.
The whole of it, except Ditton Marsh, is a hung::;
grarel; and that Marsh is a bed of sour clay; yet,
along' th, whole of this tract, all the corn looks well,
not only the wheat. but the barley and oats, and the
peas and beans. The host-peas are just coming into
hloom, and the beans are, in general, in fall bloom.
The grass is a great deal fit.er and forwarder than I
recollect ever to have seen it. 1 left my man naoriq
at Kensington, and I saw them ea: tin" /cry, in a fins
a•ate, between thildford and t7si'llerine Itill. From
Ripley to tiodaluting the i..nd is good ; sera, there-
fore, one is not so much surprised to fiod the crops
promising there. But, the y are e0.4411y promising cn
the light laud: hereabouts, where the soil is between
sand ands loam : and, they are equathy prumisiogin the
Werrids (the clays)of Surrey and Sn>src, through; which
I went only last week. Frosts ;In .1 hli. II to tnaycometo the
aid of the or. r.protlaclio,l turn, to be ;um; but at pre-
sent, there is appearance o:*tr •;no‘duirs produce:
of a most areft:l visitation of atom.: tare. What are to
he the rossegrences. tio.l only knows' Ile', amongst
them will be, in all likelihood, good wheat atfour shil-
lings a lorruird; and that n iil pretty nearly do all
that lam very anxious to see done. I think there
cats be no positive danger its prayirg fur a good crop
Will a fine h
that. At any rate, pray fur them I do. and pray for
them I will; and, as the prayers of the righteous
dell much, I call on all the Radicallol. s join
me.
t.OIIIIETT.