Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-03-18

The news daily and hosry expected by the British
Queen, now out from Portsmouth 10 days, VIII be
highly important in various points oil view The
movements of Rus STA and En- gland their bellgeren
approaches towards each other in Central ASIA form
one of these points of interes-but above all others
will be the news from China, and the further light
our overland mail from India may throw upon the
position Of the American trade in Canton.
By the Morea. arrived yesterday, the report was
first received here, that the Canton authorities had
inferGieed all the foreign trade including the Ams
,iean The statement is discredited by the Wall
street prints, but think it is highly probable
On the news reaching Canton of the 81 ht between
the English and Chinese aud the defeat and destruc
ton Of the latter, nothing is more natural for the
semi-barbarians, than to condemn all foreigners
alike and to interdict the trade with the whole
world. Be the probabilities as they may the doubt
resting the subject will render the news byt
British Queen more than usually interesting-and as
soon asthat steamer arrives, the public may look
for the first and most correct intelligence on ths as
well as on other points, rem this office in the shape
of an EXTRA HERALD"
MoRE WALL SrREErHUMBUG.-On Monday eve
ming our eff cient news collector Commodore Mar
tin, boarded the Canton ship Morea, Capt Western,
a long time in advance of any OF the Wall street
Ieafers. As soon he announced himself as the
boarding officer from the office Of the 6 HERALD,
Capt. Western, with great courtesy and justice, fur
nished him with all his latest intelligence from Can
ton, embracing lists of vessels, &c.
So far SO well. When the Morea reached the
dock up the East river Capt Bancker, the boarding
officer from the Wall street prints, all putting and
blowing, like fat porpoise out OF water boarded
the vessel and demanded the news, lists, SC for his
employers. 81 have been boarded replied the
Captain, 60 and gave my lists to the news collector
"That was only for penny paper" Ia le-we are
two-penny-but let that pass) replied Bancker -
% ! am the only authorised by the respectable
Wall street papers" 81 know nothing absut your
relative degrees of respectability give my news
to the first that comes'-thinking, very probably,
that the rule Of Sc first first served" is fair
play.
And on this point Captain Western is right-per-
fecdy right. In our competition with the Wall
street press, we want nothing but fair play. We
expend more money for news Of all kinds, than any
two papers in w all street-we employ better collec
tors, reporters, writer's and pay them better, and
far more honestly. Why, then, should We not have
the rightful benefit of activity As to the rdi
industry, enterprise, respectability, anC
our character we are perfectly willing TO let thu
community be the judges Of our relative merits.
We return eur thanks to Captain Western for hi
justice and imparality and shall pray that he ma,
always have prosperous breezes, and plenty of sea
room-whether he sails along the dark blue ocean o
Time or the deeper and darker blue ocean o
Eternity.