Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-10-06
ENGLAND AND CHINA

ENGLAND AND CHINA
The .aaif, hsiwefn ihsss too nsiions are every
ear ,,suuiinr mere d,~istdly hostile dsgfniu-
siss.a Tho uiftsrning uspsel n Engi.nd does
oct s,m IL isiimidste Tie qaiesrsni, inteiiss
Chin.. tai The American meithaou trading
eth China have pfctsn,sd m,neiisi 10 the
rpissi. fequssiag PERMISSION 10 fssseo oerisin
fctasli,ss "a crisfiug lhcn pofi' 70 Enable ,hcin
10 e,ps,th busss'ss ard clear ,hs' sc-.els before
tias p-Iiss ere hloskad,d BY the Engls,h In an
ever 10 ~, precautionary request, 30 character.
hhe oi Am.s.san foresight, tis rsficrs a,sufs
the petitioners shsi po,esusr ofaIafin c1.sis. and
us, Eag,sn8 vii nes " ub.c theta
Ths following Intelligence shows Wast estimate
Ehgisnd pa,s upen her sb,i.iy 90 d'.aib he lrih-
Sgy and confidence Of Ihis bga,t proplr.-
D,earlsr, I'm, Dirine1 oft, ITe,' fr CHI
no. Hadr' ne Commed7rc lraa Singapore.
% Saturday forenoon. the 30.h az Mas. Her
majesty ships Wellesley, Cruiscr and tlac-
rine. uOop-slp Ra,i.osu7kc and tic llon.
CompAny's steamer Aialall, wits lG sail oi
transport vessels, got under weigh iot China,
presenting q inc an.talurg spectacle rs they
s.nctcd uut i- '''~.' 'ivisionS with
one of her u
They were
Queen and
which Tie
been hamag
two ships oi
Conway. will we uiiuris....-.
The course oflhe day.fhe Lane waiting 10 take
OF the April mail, which may row be expect
cd almost daily 10 arrive from Calcutta by the
s,esmcf Enterprise No day las been fixed
yet for tho departure Of tie res, Of the trans
por,s.
TIE Defamation Of tie Expedition and POM
of AHact
II has boen very generally surniscd iha, tie
preliminary operation Of the expedition will
be 10 battle down the Noeus forts. and we hc.
Leve there Is no dnuli thai such are the in
s,ruciions Of SIR Drcmor Gordon But sc
understand that ia campaign is to be opened
~ also iakiD. possession of Macao 1T the
came time, We presume, under lie same ar
Engagements Effected y, home between the
BRUSH and Portuguese Governments
Lord Msc7rinoys opinion was "lha. the
English should take io'cib!c possession of
Of Macao. because the Portuguese held ii on
terms at once useless and Degrading" bu, an
oct Of this kind the government will no, com.
init Il
The occupation of Chus1s and other places
q, the coas, will be. it is thought. the next act
in The drama bot if efficient garrisons arc 10
be loft at these places, will not the force be too
much weakened 10 make an attempt on Pekin,
which IS considered by many 10 be in coniem-
plaiion,
To occupy the islands OF some towns on the
coast. will not. we feel perfectly assured, be
suiiicien, to alarm the Imperial Court--noih-
tnG of oil IL,
Imperial Government. We think the present
force competent to this, providing we conten,
ourselves with gafisoning Macao, and leaving
naval force there, without occupying other
positions on the coast For the success of
such aa enterprise, however, it is absolutely
necessary that oar force should be at the
mouth f,he Pei lio or north river, long be-
fore the approach Of winter.
The Wa,erwiich. from China. the I2ih ult
arrived here yesterday morning. bringing adj
vices from Macao 10 the date, aud from Can
ton TO the OH Ia consequence Of a petition
from lhe merchants TO The Canton authorities,
most fno, all, of the ships at Whampoa had
been secured. but is not expected that they
would all get cargoes IS there were scarcely no
teas lefi The Americans were still at Can
ton, bot preparing 10 leave 10y the end Of June,
in the expectation of the cXpcdion not leaving
Singapore before Is, July, and as it Will be
seen from the list at foot Of annexed market
report that large portion OF the Expedition
left this on the 3oih and Bis, ut., and lSt last,
they would he taken by surprise. aud could
not possibly all be prepared TO leave al n mo-
men,'s warning, aud month sooner than they
had been making arrangements for. Tic ex-
port OF has 10 Great Britain from the Isl Oct.
90 the lih Nav amounted to 10 Go5.5 lbs
and was expected to reach 26,00O,o00 lbs but
a. the expedition would reach month sooner
than was expected, it is probable they would
not exceed the usual supply TIC export OF
teas 60 the United States and tie continent
would exceed the usual supply. 60 10 Go
Per ton for teas 10 London had been paid. and
II al he vessels u Nhampoa succeeded IN
getting cargoes, shipping iur London 10 tie
er'en, Of asou, 1000 tons would sill be 10.
quired
Tie shipping in China had removed from
Tonekuo a. tspSingmuon. The last arrivals
were the SuiPe, Ada, hntercs. ByworIh and
Tartar Rough from Calcutta, and tic Amori-
can ship Ann hkim, and Spanish hrg Pat
iio,a. from Singapore. TIE Sir Edward Roam.
Pybus, had auiyod on tic coast The large
impouaiions and competition among 80 many
vessels on the coast had caused a material de-
cline IN opium. Painl had been sold at the
outer anchoragcs Al $3.50, and on the coast al
$500 10 $3.50 The Sylph, after a mouih's
cruise, only sold IS, chests, the trade being
oniy interrupted boy war jnnks and Mandarin
boats, The Cowasce Family, Sylph, Lady
HAYES, and Omega were all attacked by junks,
and so successfully. tia, after an action IN
which the COwasjce alone expended 10 round
shot, besides grape and canister, TIC ships
were DBL ged 10 make their escape, as soon a.
ihey could get under weigh aud the wind per-