New-York tribune., 1841-12-08
LATER FROM CHINA.

r,,,. yasmer, which left that city Oh the 29th OF
lrly. She brings dates, therefore thirtynine days
,.,ar than were before received The political
news. however !, of les. interest and importance
,han was generally anticipated There had been
70 hgh,ns between tho contending parties nor o'
ve gather ,ha, any active measures we're IN pre-
,sra,ion. Indeed it was believed that Or n
potipger the new British PleniPotentiary' would
arrive too late to proceed farther Nor'hward' or
prosecute hos,ites any farther this season
LIN and Kang have both been sentenced to trans
-o,,a,;o, 70 be sent Immediately 10 Iurkes'an
- - ,be contrary has been again taken into
favor with the Emperor
The Register of thu 9Th July contains full
...on,, Of he occurrence of one of those ;remen-
- r,lss known as tyfoons, which commenced
=, ,be 2l.t and lasted till the 27th and did i'm
,oe,.o damage to the shipping at that port. Her
Nsie.ty's Cutter Louisa, kasing on board Com.
p,eroer and Capt Elliot, with several ether per-
.or. Of consequence, was wrecked on the small
Island Of Koulan The Register says:
H. Ms Joint Plenipo,cntarics were at first
-s,bcr roughly treated the Commodore was, We
have heard, knocked down and stripped; and bad
sst the man who brought their excellcnsies bsck
N Macao in bis boat inlerf~red in their behalf and
protection the English expedition in China would
probably have been deprived of both It's civil ana
military heads.
They were taken 10 Cau,on and after some de-
,ention were released for the consideration OF
$1,000
The names of the ships damaged are given at
length in the Register. Public notice has been
given at the Office Of II Ms Superintendent, that
all persons who have suffered loss by the recon
silagc Of the factories, requested to present
:, inventory of the particular articles and the
,noan, Of tho same Mr. Coolidge, Jr., citizen
Of the L. s.. put in MS claim and had it allowed,
wbereat there i, grea, dissatisfaction expressed,
that cilizon of the L. 5. should receive Prolec-
,;oo from British arms While they had Consul or
Vice Consul there.
|, is said the Chinese are obstructips tic branch
Of the river by which the BRUSH ships OF wur got
TO Cant~n, and preparing warike siores-but they
have not vet attempted TO repair any OF the torts
DESTROYED the Chinese having prohibited the tran
q, of building materials from Canton and Macao.
Building operations At Hong-kong are much re-
aided but Cupt Elliou intends 10 insist on tt:eS'
restrictions being removed.
Nothing new IN the way Of hos,iites had oc-
CURED; but the annexed edci proves tn = the truce
Is iatendcd 20 be treacAeroNS on the PaTt ot the
CAmese.
IMPERIAL EDicr.
The High Imperial Commissioners. Generals
yhshan aud Yaug- fan, Lung-wan and Choe, ne
the Governor OF the two kwang provinces, An. the
Tartar General (, the Lieut. Governor, and Yum,
the Tartar Lieut. General received on the 29th
day OF tine fourth meath (Juue lSth) an Imperial
edict through the PriVy Council, 10 the following
effect
"Yh and the others reported that the English
barbarian SHIPS had attacked the Provincial CITY, |
asd tha, they then led forward their soldiers and
protected the same csRp pletey, ana moreover made
arrangements suitable to the circumstances.
I'VE have fully perused their report ! he Eng
l,h barbarian, have twice been repulsed by our
soldiers, and have in consequence been reduced to
very great straits ard they sdvahced therefore
with United strength to the attack The nature OF
those barharians resembles that OF dogs and sheep,
they are mpervious 10 reason) and you cannot
jp.tirute 4 direct comparison between them (and
ohers.) But YOU have already punished them
with the terrific military operations and the IN
habitants of the CITY have moreover coAiuSed'y pre-
sented petitions. You also state tiat 'uc salo
harba,ians have been polite, and taken OF thel'
hats, whilst beseeching YOU 10 request iaNoIS III
their behalf.
W. therefore presume that YOU must have been
very much troubled. and thus allowed them 10 trade
Bpi the said generals ought strictly to eujoin upon
th. said barbarian Eye, mmcdiaciy TO retire Win
ali the men Of war and repair TO the outer seas
And after having delivered up the forts they ought
as customar, implicitly obey the regulations, ana
to trade as they always have done We do not al
low them to srnuggle the prohibited Opium. bui
il thev dare obstnately to dsobey, we shall on no
account show clenency
We now direct the said Generals TO make Tie
necessary arrangements IN establishing regulations
in conjunction with the Governor aud Lledt. GOV
ernor As, however, the disposition ot tie bar'a'
barians can never he fathomcd, you ought TO put
youl selves secretly in state OF desocc, and NOT
show the least reinissness in this matter.
Wait uIt the Barbarian vessels have le't' ana
then repair hastily all the forts md maintain The
important approaches to the city Foriliy the
same and reconstruct them with the utmost speed.
If the English BarbarisAs show symptoms OF Il
proud and overbearing character, you ought then
10 lead on YOUR soldier. for their slaughter Do not
on accoun, OF ouI having shown favor, accedc To
all their demands.
In supplementary document YOU stated that
many OF the dwelling houses OF The inhabitants
had beea destroyed by fire. We therefore order
lie and f 10 appoint Commissioners for eNamin'
ing into these matters. .md to show compassion
towards the sufferers The payment OF a loan OF
2.SuOOOO ,aels from the Treasury must be REM
based by the said merchants in yearly instruments
without deav In all the remaining affairs we
command you to act as agreed aPon On ae-
count OF The urgent nature OF this edict 1t is sent
at the rate of 500 lie per day for your joint inior-