Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1841-01-23

foreigners from visiting or cling through the
Empire aud aIso as far rs possible, 10 prev ent all
emigration therefrom. From this fact bat com
I parailvely little IS yet known of the arts mineral
/ resources manners, customs and internal struc-
ture of Government Of this extensive portion OF
| the globe
| The people Of China are, however, wei skilled
| IN the art Of manufacturing Silk. Grape. Nankin,
and Porcelain ware: the last Of which has been
carried to The highest perfection; and 50 well has
The sccrc. Of preparing the materials been guar
dCd bv the government, that even the utmost IN
genulIy and research Of European and American
artists have, as vet, no, been fully able 70 solve
! the mystery.
/ The Chinese at the prerent time arc engaged
/ in hostIiItics with Great BtItaIn. lhe cause OF
this war. az understand is simply thIs,-ihe
article Of Opium has Tor "a long 'iinc been extern
sivcly used bq the people oI China. and which
was principally supplied to them bv the last IN
dia Company, and merchants Ct EngIand- Inc
present Empcror Of China obsert ing the bad cl-
fccts that the Of this pefnIcIous drug had up
on tie morals and health Of his subjects, issued
decree torb!Jding any further Importation OF II
into his Empire. This. some considerable cN-
tent. affected the Bfitsh commerce, and not be-
ing able, by peaceahe etpostulaiion, t. induce
the Emperor ID Il RECESSION of his temperance de-
cree, the English Government Is al this time at
tempting fret the same end, by the force OF
arms. We look on this war, on the part OF Eng
land, rs founded in the greatest inJ isticc-and We
rtist that the people Of China who are doublY
armed, "hccause their cause I1st,' VII be able
To drive the English from their country, and sus-
tain their Emperor in the discharge Of the noble
stand he has taken. For further Information re-
Istive to The present situation of Chinn, VIC sub
pin the following article from the OrIental Her
add" It would have been we'll. if our Govern
nlcnt, III sending agents to the different Monarchs
OF Europe to ascertain how they collected and
distributed the public money, had ist sent one
to China, to learn from The Emperor of two hun
bred million Of inhabitants a lesson Of economy
in the administration Of Government:
The taxes and the duties amount annually to
thirteen millions and quarter pounds siering-
one million niue hundred and eighteen thousand
tons of Ahcn, and must be deducted for the
Subsistence of the troops, and the supply OF the
public granares. The civil service costs but one
and half millions sterling per annum, bat the
military service Is SIX times rs expensive. and
amounts to more than eight millions. Among
the articles of the Chinese budget, find eight
millions 10: the maintenance Of the Yellow river,
TWO millions for the gardens of Yucn-Miug, and
cons siderable sums for the entertainment Of tho
Ministers of State of the first aud second class.
20 the number of three thousand five hundred
and twenty -live. The revenue of the nation III
silver and IN products, Is valued at thirty millions
sterling. The duties levied on English and Anne
rIcan ships entering at Canton, ADDS about anoth-
err million TO that sum. The revenue If EHg!an
which possesses but twenty-five millions OF popu-
ittion, amounted in 1921 to one-lhitd more than
that of the Chinese Empire, which according
ate enumerations, con tain no less than hun
dred and siXty.fonr millions Of inhabitants. The
persons III civil employment by the Government
do ~ exceed
eleven. and the military officers seven thousand
five hundred and siXty-two. The army consists
of an enormons mass of one million two hun
drCd aud sixty three thousaud men, ut which eight
hundred and twenty-five thousand belong 10 the
tutintry, four hundred and ten Thousand to the
cauaIrv, and thirty thousand To the maTIDe.''