Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-02-06

stopped the supplies of grain arriving, and the noun
taineers again nearly driven into collision with
the authorities by desperation.
No hope is encrtained that the port will be able
to govern Lebanon, now that the population is re-
armed. Mehemet Ali was still raising batteries and
exercising his troops necessarily, and had given no
tice TO the National Guards of Alexandria that they
were to consider themselves his regular soldiers
At the same time he was making proportions for
the better cultivation of his private estates. and had
appointed his son, Said Bey, aud grandson, Abbas
Pacha to be resident administrators in seperate dis
tricts.
1t has seldom fallen to our lot to publish such a
mass of vitality important intelligence from so many
qurters in which deeply valuable British interests
have been at stake as tha. which we have thus
ferred to.
The results cannot fail TO be in the highest de-
gree satisfactory. The power of British arms has
been recognized or vindicatej, tho expense OF
ong-protraced and distant has been saved, and
all end has been put TO that instability of affairs
the most dangerous TO her commerce generally,
however profitable in particular cases-whicn must
have given TO mere speculation a most unhealthy
impe,us The fleets of the Chinese intelligence
have been already felt. The price of tea at the
time we write g o'clock has fallen Seven pence
pcr TO-, whilst ,ha, of East India cotton has risen
The cause of the former change. is obvious; the
cause of the latter is, that large quantities of cotton
which, had the war continued, would have been
shipped for this country, will when the usual trade
shall rave been again opened at Canton, be sent to
that port and we are aware TINT in August last
one native merchant, (J,mse Jee) had in his pos
session, waiting the turn of events upwards of 00
600 bales of this article Matters have thus already
begun to settle down to the level of a wholesome
standard.
We hasten 10 place before readers the follow
ing extracts from letter we have just received, da
ted Chusan, September 3Oth. Several others which
we shall publish to night, are before us, much more
full particulars but the following contains the head
and the front, of the news from China.
The Admiral, Elliot, arrived in the Wellesley, on
tie 2sh from the Gulf of Pc-che.!ec as before told
you. Tie result of his negotiation at the mouth
of the Pcho, with the 81 in rank in the Chinese
Empire; is not fully known, but may say, that
the Emperor is willing 10 apologize for the insult
inflicted upon Capt Elliott, and that his Exccllcncy
Lin is to be punished in any way which we please.
The Chops were couchcd in very civil language,
containing none of the offensive epithets so freely
applied to Europeans on former occasion. The
Emperor had been kept in ignorance of Lin's pro-
bntr, of tl,o Nol,l nf baJ
perfect information relative to the Vceroys conduct
a, Canton. In referring Admiral Elliot to Canton,
for the settlement of the matters in dispute the EN-
peror said through his Interpreter, that granting all
which you say TO be true, it would be exceedingly
UNJUST to condemn Lin without giving him hear
ing besides Lin's report is quite different from
yours | will send penipotenliaries to Canton to
make proper inquiries and who afterwards will ar
range with you there. This reasonable course may
have been adopted for the purpose of removing the
Admiral from the vicinity Of the capital; in that
the Emperor has succeeded, but nevertheless, the
Expedition has effected something the men.of.war
have carefully surveyed the Gulf of Peech le, and
have partially explored the mouth of the Pe'ho; the
Emperor too, has felt himself obliged to receive the
barbarians in polite manner, and has acknowledged
"Nictoria' to be the Queen of great nation. The
Madagascar stenmvesscl crossed the ba: at the mouth
of the Pc no. aud ascended the river for about two
miles the vessel created great astonshment in the
minds Of the people congregated on the hanks, and
on the neighbouIing hills. In the gulf the weather
was clear and cool, the thermometer falling as low
as GO.