Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-03-23
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ro 70 BY THE PRESIDENT.


rho postura of the English affairs in
China. IS deemed by the whole Of the Bril-
,sb oress. to be gloomy and unsaiisiacto-
~ We call the attention OF aur readers
:, lie dispatches which reached London
o,sdlnd on the morning Of the 9th uit.
The London Times on the 9Th nj, says:
Then what has been the fruit oc this ia
nous expedition, sent forth and maintained
a. an expense Of near G5O0,C00 sterling
10 make an example Of the so called swim
tIer5 Of Canton and teach them to swallow
POISON with a better grace hercalter?"
" What has Admiral Elliot done? How
much Of our Chinese quartet has he set
iI-dl How much money has he sacked
IN the way of compensation to our mer-
chants? hat.regulaions ia favor Of Bril-
fish trade has he wresicd from the Chinese
Government? How, and to what extent,
has he repaid the cost to which his 20 or
30 ineffective pcnnants have putthis muck
guI.cd nation! Not to the amount Of
single sous Al the rate he has gone on.
under il is to be presumed, the instructions
oI Lord Palmers;On, Admiral Elliot may
BE TWO or three years longer among the
Chinese seas. giving opportunity to EiIila-
ry and naval gossips for sending home
cock aDd-buil Ia5rica,ions about the doings
ur u9a dongs Of the gallant Admiral, until
certain Inwelcomo visitors from the west
.rn side Of the Atlantic, with a large as
slImant Of stars and stripes unon their
nrg, fuii!Ing the predictions Of Commits
,oaar Lila to his master, shall disturb the
gallant Admiral in his dreams of settlement
v.a China, and salute his squadron after
different fashion from tbu, practiced by
Jh, miserable juoks."
Upon the whole. this melancholy war
las been produced by the cuIpabIe negli-
ieuaa Of the Foreign Secretary of Eng
.nd in three years during which he hrs
tally failed to send proper orders 10 Capt
Elliot for his guidance throughout 2 ditli-
e0. and embarrassing state OF our relations
"uh tho Government of Canton. The
var measures again, so useless in their
origin, have in their execution proved fee
bic and discrcdjtable, not 3 single step IN
aiyaace towards a pacific settlement hav
ing been accomplished since the arrival Of
jla British feet upon the shores Of China.
In the House OF Commons, on the eve
mag Of The Sth, Lord Stanley pursuant to
notice, pat some questions to her Maiesty's
Government, on the detention of Mr.. Nc
Ln0d by the authorities of the State Of New
York. The noble lord entered into de-
tailed sta!ement Of all the circumstances
connected with the destruction Of the Car
u,ac. After this prciatatory statement,
his lordsajp went over the details Of Mr.
Ne L"od's arrest in the State of New York
and c1uclulc led by putung a series Of cues
ions on the subject to the Secretary Of
State for the Foreign Department.
He wished to know from the noble lord
whether he had any objection to lay upon
,ar table Of the house the correspondence
tha! had taken place between her maicsty's
government and that Of the United States,
relative to the destruction of the chooner
Caroline, whether the noble lord had re-
cjycd a copy OF despatch from Mr.. Fox
to.Mr Forsyth, in which he stated he had
transmitted to his government the cores
I1udenco relative to the apprehension Of
Ir. Mclood: whether her majcsty's gov
,rameut had taken any steps, and il SO,
what steps, for the liberation Of Mcleod
and whether the noble lord had any ohjcc-
ooa 10 lay upon the table Of the house the
spondcnce between her mojesty's
roHrcec ntatiy5 in the United states and the
British government.
Lord Pllmerston, in reply, admitted the
accuracy Of the facts that have been made
public through the American papers, but
declined, like Lord Melbourne IN the house
Of Lords, To afford any further Information
DO the present delicate position of affairs,
Mr. Fox had been guided in the case Of
Mcleod by Instructions sent a year or two
ag).Whcu somewhat similar case occurred.
Government had not the less, sent on: ad-
ction1l instructions, and would send such
lrlhcr instructions Us they might deem it
1eir duty TO send.
Mr.. Hume made q statement that the
American Government had repeatedly
urged the British Government TO say whe-
,aer thc latter adopted the responsibility of
The seizure of the Caroline; but no an
>wcr had been obtained. The American
Government, therefore, looked upon the
Transaction as an attack Of free hooters,
uHSoNct.oncd byany Government, and had
Proceeded accordingly,
Lord Palm,rS,on said that the American
Government had instructed their AmbaS-
s1jnr in London not to press for an an
Swrr on that subject. They had themselves
the first instance, treated the occurrence
- Il government transaction, and until the
;.rSonS engaged in i; were djsavowcd BY
aoir own government, this American Go
yernm,ut could not change their ground.