Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-12-11
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SIR Henry pOtunpef anu the new fioHiIo, nd mr.
Parker. arrived at Macao on the oh August, ttant dr
TO ceeded, without delay, to execute their J nh a notifies
ir lies. In the Honekong Gazette of the .,,.n,;,rv and
lion was published by The new plensSs British Crow
r copy Of his own commission from ancc. and the f,rme
Both documents are OF h,gn would appear that ST
, Henry Pottinger is sole P L on the part Of the indiu,
independent of any con2fncation declares that war sub
Government. Inc edItisl, and Chinese, but that the ex
sists between the be observed at Canton unless in
: sung truce snothe Chinese authorities. IT also warn
y iiinged upon against placing themselves or their pro
all foreIgnssger, as there might be a collision. The is
perry nIongkong is TO be retained until her ninJes'y
| land On is known.
defhe Sesostris, with the Plenipotentiary and AdmIIa
ION board, arrived off Macao, as above stated on ln'
l9lh of August, and anchored about four miles from thu
town. Notwithstanding a delay of two days at Singa
pore, where she took in one hundred and eighty tons o
miserable coal, she accomplished her voyage in TWEEN
ly-lhree days, being the most rapid on record. ISL
o'clock on the following morning the Nemesis was
ALONGSIDE, with Capt. Elliot and Mas, and MIR. Johnson
to welcome the Plenipotentiary. The same day, about
9 o'clock. the Admiral sailed in the Sesostrs for Hong
kong, for the purpose Of inspecting the condition oil the
feet, preparatory to an immediate start ior the north
He again returned TO Macao on the 18th, and went back
to Hongkong on the following day, TO hasten prepare.
tons, accompanied by Sir Hugh Cough.
The Plenipotentiary sent his secretary TO Canton,
with a notification of his appointment and arrival TO
the Chinese authorities. A letter was also said to have
Ueen dUQTeSSeu 10 Tic bIipSloiJ w "b'SA aH
was expected at a northern station; Chusan had been
named. The interference of the kwangchow-ioo, or
mayor Of Canton, had been refused. lie sought, as on
former occasions, an interview with the BRUSH fleni-
potentiary, but il was refused, and he was referred 10
the Secretary. The imperial commissioners and the
other Mandarin authorities at Canton, are described as
alarmed by these new measures, particularly as the BIZ
fish expedition has proceeded to the northward. II IS
said that they offered 4 large sum OF money to delay the
departure Of the fleet, which was declined. These de-
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given satisfaction 10 the British merchants and all con-
cerned.
The aspect of commercial affairs, though not imme-
diately encouraging, was much better than could have
been expected. Many Of the British merchants had re-
turned from Canton to Macao, principally, 1t was be-
lieved, because they had found it impossible just then to
transact any business. Accounts from Macao, under
date of 24th Aug, state, that when the new teas ar.
rived, the merchants would probably return 10 Canton
and conduct their own business.
If they do not like Canton, says the writer, they VIII
conduct their business on board their ships at Whan-
poa. Indeed we have heard that a few chops OF fresh
congou had already arrived and been sold to an Eng
lish house, the price 10 be settled when the season $
trade is regularly opened. This latter sentence sounds
rather odd under existing circumstances, but we have
little doubt that business sill be done this season with
the merchants Of Canton.
The latest advices from Canton, which extend 10 the
2lst August, represent every article OF import, both
from England and India, as lower than was ever known
in China. This extreme depression, was attributed 10
~ OhfN' 1"'
the scarcity Of money, arising from the abstraction Of
the six millions Of dollars to pay for the ransom of Can
ton, and to the absence of the shroils who were IN the
habit of making large advances on goods, but who had
Withdrawn their capital in consequence OF their want
of confidence in the existing temporary settlement oil
affairs. Another cause was, that the Hong merchants
had been compelling the tea men 10 take payment IN
cotton, and other goods, and the latter, anxious TO re.
aIize, had been doing SO, in many cases, at a iearluls a-
crifce.
II is said that the French Chambers VII assemble on
the 9th Dec.
Some Of the Paris papers state that King Louis Phi
lime has sent an autographs letter TO Queen Victoria,
TO congratulate her Majesty on the birth Of the young
prince.
The French Government is assembling $1,000 men
AT Perpignan, and $4,000 at Bayonne, with a strong
force at Toulouse, which is to answer the double pur-
pose OF reserve for a Spanish Intervention and police to
keep the Toulouslans quiet.
Madrid Journals have been received 10 the ?th, MI.
Two officers implicated in the insurrection Of the 7th
ult., Licutenants Boria and Gobernado, were shot IN
Madrid on the 9th ut.
The Captain General and the Political. Chief of Va
lencia had been ordered 10 Madrid TO account Tor nav
ing consented TO the murder OF Inc 1ariisl 3'doSef-
nor of Murella.
Our accounts from Bayonne OF the 18th inst. state,
that the peasants Of Navarro who were betrayed INTO
the last instruction, we're fast returning TO their homes.
Col. Paz, formerly an aid.de.camp Of ODonnell,a and
one of the prisoners lately confined in the citadel Of
Seba stan, had arrived in Bayonne. French troops
still continued to march to the Spanish frontier.
SYRIA, EGYPT, TURKEY, &c.
Along with the foregoing we have received letters
and journals from Syria, Egypt, Turkey, Greece and
Malta.
Mr.. Barnet, the British Consul General, has had
a warm discussion with the Paslia at Cairo on account
of the news from Abyssinia. Mehemet Ali being very
susceptible on that subject, MIR. Stoddart the CONNER
cial Consul, had protested against an ar'so issued on
the 18th ult, by which the Pusha permits private lndi.
yiduals 10 build boats for the navigation OF the Nile and
canals on condition that they sail under the Ottoman
flag. :,
MIR. Stoddart relies on the treaties concluded with
Russia and Austria, which declares that The ottoman
Porte shall permit the free navigation OF all rivers,
whilst Boghos Bey says that those treaties only reierto
the Danube, where those states possess PROVINCES, and
concludes by asking what would Great Britain say II
boats under the Ottoman flag were to ascend the
Thames. This discussion concluded by a protest on
The part Of Mr.. Stoddart, who maintains that European
boats have a right to carry their flags.
On the 22j, a case of plague appeared at Alexandra
Our correspondence from Constantinople IS 10 the
9th ult, inclusive.
Tewsik Bey, private secretary to the Sultan, return
ed to Constantnople on the Goth, in the Nile steamer,
which brought an additional sum of 5000, 900 pastries
on account Of the tribute of the Pacha of Egypt.
) The Tahiri Bahri steamer landed at Smyrna on the
9th MI. with $50 soldiers from Gambia. The account:
from that island of the 25th were most satisfactory.
fFrom The n. T. EIpress)