Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-04-27
FROM CHINA.
1..o,,, Tho PHILADELPHIA Chronicle.

ton Register to December i~' y
ship Fanny. LII Lo,+ hs,o,v
The Company's ships are still kept oe'o"
Whampoa. .,.,.
tion., on the 1st December, which the Register
thinks clearly shows that there Is oil ea'" e.
icitude on the part of the government !" Gull
cilate foreigners. The proclamation says.
If there be men of substantial properly WIN
are willing to become Hong Mercnah's. lc. .n e.:
forthwith repair to my gateway; WIN ul.a p;ev
tions.& will Immediately order an investigation
into the real facts, and grant PERMISSION lot tne
to become merchants The whoie oi one ICES a,
Honno,s OfIice shall be altogether reunited, and
On becom;ng a merchant, it will not be necessa-
nv to expend so much as even tnreau Vi "ai''
yyyb;ch viii he great benefit TO their capital
Tbe inferior Mandarins were less uncivll than
usuaI and could be at once brought to reason by
threat of an appeal to high authoIlty' WHICH Is
T6e Consul of the Netherlands addressed a
rsmonstrance to the Vicry of Canton, on the
10Th Oct. which was written in French, tor the
sake of being translated into Chinese by COM
petent person, but on its being presented was re-
fused on the pretext that the translator did not
belong to the Consulate. Upon this the transla-
ton was entrusted to natives. who perverted ma
nv parts. weakened the force of others, and sup
pressed the Consul's title. The reply is pub.
tished in French. in the Register; the amount OF
it is. that most of the matters complained OF have
been referred to council, one OF whom is an
Englishman, and that their determination must
he waited for. The Register considers the reply
as remarkable for its moderation, and the notice
if takes of the arguments of the Committee OF
Merchants, as species of Difference, which IS
novelty in Chinese diplomacy
The Canton Court Circular announces that
new Homo. peine on his way to take charge OF the
seals. the governor proceeded to the Hoppo's VI.
fee. and burnt incense to the idols there, Implo-
ring prosperity on the new incumbent; after
which he repaired to the temple of the Queen OF
Heaven, and burnt incense before the image OF
her Ladyship.'
At avilage in the neighborhOod of Canton,
whilst some rites were performing to an idol,
the stage took fire and upwards OF 200 persons
are said to have lost their lives. The fires and
robberies which abound near Canton, are attrl-
buted by some natives to the stoppage of trade.
The Lapidaries of Canton, had 'struck' for
higher wages. In their address to thelr masters
they say,
1T is easy for you to become as rich as Tau
choo. the Chinese Cresus,) why should you ex-
tract blood from the Lead of fly which contains
SO little-extort gain from poor workman =
The Governor lately requested the Emperor
to deprive local magistrate of his rank, but to
retain him until he had apprehended certain
murderer He had not succeeded in catching
the criminal, but had been so exceedingly vigil.
ant that he had seized so offenders, upwards OF
30 of whom had been beheaded and some OF their
heads hung in cages. In consideration OF this
service, the Emperor has reinstated him. On
the 26th October the whole city of Canton car
ried slaughtered sheep and pigs to offer to the
names of the principal Hong Merchants deceas-
ed son. 1t is supposed that the father spent so,
or 100000 upon this occasion. 1t is said that
he expended as much upon attaining his Goth
year, and that he paid 100000 'as fee to be
exempted from daily attendant at public Offices
and to change the name of the firm from his own
to his sons name Among the last expressions
of the deceased was 8 In this life, have been ad-
dicted to large expenditure; after my decease
send me, to the invisible state, plenty OF gold
and silver The Register adds,
The gold and silver sent into that imaginary
state consists Of gilt paper, burned and reduced
to ashes But so far from the metallic part going
into the invisible state, the cunning chemists OF
China buy at low rate all the gold and silver
gilt papers. after being burnt, and restore the
metals.
A poor ido-maker had been seized on pretence
of having seditious books, and not answering all
the questions propounded to him, the magistrate
ordered him to receive fifty blows on the ANGLES
with wooden ruler, which so lacerated the bones
as to cause his death.
A Hotel is about to be opened in Canton.
The Whampoa magistrate proclams that the
robberies at Canton are committed by persons
who prowl about on roofs of houses, and directs
the inhabitants to furnish themselves with spears
and hooks fastened to bamboo shafts 10 cubits
long, with which to pursue them. He warns the
thieves that if caught he will cut the tendons of
their feet, bring them to trial, and punish them
without mercy. Let this strike your eyes o
We thieves, and affect your heart Reform your
depraved manners & turn toa right course. Don't
with levity use your bodies to make an expert
ment.'