The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1841-05-27
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~. gun xcssels. The Plenipotentiary
'Ynshed omcially his intention to urge
na1 PUN indcmnifcation claims upon the
,.ssn Government. with the concurrence also
the Governor.G General of India.''
ne following particulars, in addition to
s Mnas = gwen above, IRE CLEANED from the
S''.tssi'ohoeHce o. the Morning Chronicle:
RI = BoxBAY, March 1
Tier MaJcsty's ship Columbine has proceed.
ca to Chusan to recall the whole Of the troops.
as possession of the island is now ia he re.
turned to tho Chinese. -
Inc imperial commissioner has despatched
an order to Ningpoo. directing the reicase Of
all prisoners detained there.
AS viii be supposed, the terms of arrange.
ment agreed upon by Captain Elliott and the
imperial commissioner have been made the
SUBJECT already oil u great deal of discussion
In Inc prevailing feeling is decidedly that of
gree attributed to the dislike so generally On !.
tertsincd of Captain Elliott. AT the present
time have no space to notice the arguments
adduced on the subject.
Withdrawal of the Forces from The
Bogue.
On the night Of the god of January His
Excellcncy Commodore Sir Gordon Bremen
arrived IN the Rouds, accompanied by several
shlps OF war and steamers. The English CO.
lors were removed from, and Chinese planted
in their stead. On Thursday last the ships Of
war have we lcarn all left the Borne and
part OF them will proceed to Hong Kong i'm.
medlateiy TO take possession of that islan6 in
the name OF Her Majesty.
MACAO. Jan. 81, l84I-Chusan, il is under.
stood, will be evacuated, and no port will he
open to the Northward. The future course oc
the opium trade does not seem to have form.
cd a subject Of discussion; but we under.
stand opium may be imported into the new
settlement although still contraband in China.
The general trade, this season, is to be car.
RED on at Whampoa and until we learn the
proposed measures Of the British Government
with regard to Hong Kong, we cannot pre-
tend to say when it is likely to BIZ diverted
to'the new settlement. Altogether we look
upon the arrangement as very unsatisfac-
tory description OF compromise and we fear
the only real and tangible result will be
payment Of s6,000,G0O within the specified
time. possibly collected by some additional
imposts on the foreign trade. We do not
learn that any reduction Of the existing heavy
duties is in contemplation, or any modfica-
ton OF the Objectionable Hong system; but
We trust, when the details of the arrange.
ment are promulgated, we shall find these
matters will be properly arranged and some
hope be afforded Of more secure system OF
trade for the future
LONDON, April l9--It IS said the affairs of
the United States Bank Department, which
fell due on the 18th inst, and were left un.
paid. is now in a fair train of adjustment,
many Of the claimants having agreed to con-
tinue their advances upon the terms propos.
ed, although few of them have protested
the bonds, and threaten Interior proceedings
The difficulty has been partly removed by the
representatives Of the Bank agreeing to allow
3 per cent interest instead OF = per cent for
the extension OF time; but the dissentients
object to this, under the plea that the orig
inal contract price for the two years loan was
80 per cent, which with 6 per cent interest,
brought the actual profit equal to 10 per cent
per annum; and therefore they consider
themselves entitled to the same per centago
for any extension of the loan.--[Globel
1t was reported that u general political am.
baptism of the count dc Paris, and that prince
Louis Napoleon is TO be included in it.
AusBuRG, April 1.-The Malta papers con-
tam the following news from Constanlinople:
= News has just been received from Circassia
that the Russians taking advantage of a heavy
fall Of snow, had made an attack on libel,
with 5000 Gcorgians and Mingrehans, and
2,0O3 regular troops. The Circassians ut.
tempted to defend the place, but We're put
to fight, With the loss of two Of their chiefs,
300 killed and 800 Allegiance lei.
tang, Apsil2.
From the following, it would seem that the
terms OF negotiation entered into between the
English and Chinese FIenpotentiaries, is lar
from giving satisfaction to that portion Of the
English community who arc more interested
in cisposing OF their present stock of tea on
hand, at a profit than ut q loss Mo. Repub.
liverpool, April ia meeting of the East
India and China Association was held, on |
Thursday lust, for the purpose of taking in
to consideration the late proceedings in China
Thu. result of the deliberations Of the associa-
ton was the adoption Of u letter to Viscount
Plimerston, in which the members express |
their dissatisfaction at the arrangements en-
tered into by Captain Elliot with the Chinese |
authorities. Tina letter was signed on Satur.
day, by all the houses engaged in the trade
with China, and forwarded in the evening TO
London.
We subJon copy OF the document:
. 10 the right Hon Viscount Pallnerston, her
Maiesty's Secretary of State for Foreign AZ.
fairs.
Ny Lord-Wc, the undersigned mer-
chants of Liverpool, engaged in the trade to
India and China, venture to address your
lordship on the subject of the intelligence
,vhicl, has oaahod us by the last overland
mail, announcing that preliminary treaty
had been entered into between her Majesty's
and the Chinese Commission
er, and we do SO under deep feelings of dis
appointment and alarm
8 In the treaty to whicirfwe refer, as off.
c:ally communicated to the British residents
in China, on the Goth of January last, we
cannot recognize the fulfilment of any one
If the great and important objects avowedIy
sought to be obtained by her MaJesty's gov
srnment in the mission of the formidable ar
which proceeded to the coast of Chi
aa during the last year: nor can we truce in
is provisions anything calculated TO afford
prospect of redress for past loss and suffering,
,r to allay distrust and apprehension in en-j
,ering upon new dealings with the Chinese.
.s.Wc refrain from alluding to intelligence,
loaeyer worthy OF credit, which has reached
Is from private sources in China, and abstain
rom Specializing upon the nature Of the de-
.als that are stated to remain to be negotia.
ed; but we find, in the contents OF the cir
,ular itself, issued by her Majesty's Pleni-
ample reason for approaching your
ordship with urgent entreaties that her Ma
esty's government will not ratify a treaty,
he avowcd and prominent conditions Of which
ire calculated TO degrade the British character
n the eyes Of other nations, and which con-
oins neither that rgDaration for the past nor