The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-11-01
Mr.. tirtrhsr wsbstsr's serosd Ltcsare on
.China and the Chinese at the Tabcrnn-

The second lecture of this gentleman, on China
and the Chinese, was delivered to very large au-
dience, last evening, in the Tabernacle The g~1-
tlsman commenced at where he lett of in his first
lecture, when speaking OF tine Chinese municipal
government and their manner of detecting thieves,
and recovering stolen goods II the police ERE II.
gant the thieves are darng-putng into requ'.l-
ton the skill of the police The thieves oil tfe'r
bodies and never ent r dark room TO steal, rever-
sing the order OF our THE yes; indeed, the Ch'resc
do nothing in the way as we do; here, on
meeting friend, we shake him by the nand-ttere
the Chinese shake their own For mourning ley
wear white, we black; they put their saucers
their cups we put our cups on our saucers; we punish
the guilty TO spare the innocent they punish the iDno-
cent find out the guilty gentleman of the embassy
was robbed in China in this msnner-the night OF the
ing the window open Two thieves applied a bamboo
pole to the house assembled to the winoow, looked in
and seeing the a sas they % the
and while one kept watch the other stripped the room
In the morning on discovery Of the robbery there was
great consternation bur knowing the Chinese method
ofnding Furnishing the innocent until the gull
y are discovered no complaint was made otherwise the
property stolen would certainly discovered and
returned When person is about hiring house CT.
fers himself in the capsciy Of stewaro he hires by the
month and pays hmsefo out the odds and ends about
house, he hires all the wants and is responsbe
everything takes charge of ELL the keys is por..
BILE for every article; ANYTHING be stolen mu,t be
placed by the steward ETre steward hires all the unde
ngs and holds them responsible to him. and article
be stolen by nobody" who commits many dep reda.
tons with US, he the underlngs responsible %
him. BY this system one great object which the m lis
tiers OF justice endeavored to effect is secured by the Ct
the certainty OF punishment for every crime there
seems to be natural relation betwe crime and pun
ishment The Chinese code of laws is vouminous-
There nothing that be done suffered that
provided for the rules of costume, the modes of saut
ton between subaterns and supeiiors, between fren
and all the minutie ofevery day intercourse regul
ted by law The changes Of the accomps led
by changes of dress and the nged until
hiatt tha
present reigning family in China is of Tan origin In
e the Tartsrs taking advantage of dssenons of the
empire made successful invasion and have succeed
ed in keeping possession of the throne since
The present monarch Taou Kwang is aged
praises SO highly lie owes his succession to havir
CALAMITY defended his rather from attack mpde upon
The then ba nome SIo s
laws or customs OF the Chinese altered by the Tar
still some of the old nhabsns who
conquered by the TaIars, aud they live the noun
ain at the source of the Canton river brave and
rageous people, who defcd all atteu pts at suhecton
and defeated several able who sent agan,
them The Chinese have no hereditary distinctions of
rank or dignity they are considered to he 0. one family
and equal and eonde ed in theory the family of
the emperor The highest offices the rewards OF cool
actions and good scholarship and literary excellence
open to the highest dgnitic and honors Of the
empires and in no country Is wealth looked upon with
little concern and the occupants of high places which
the emperor was .tey, IRON the empty condition of his
Golfers obliged TO sell receive no difference there
colors Of hutton aud ock's fe.ier-l Kan
red button and peacocks feather ith two eyes, the
emperor having the pow or 10 degtade or promote at
pleasure the holders of these dignities Tie lecturer
then the s. stem OF government Of the Chinese
which iouadei unon the principle of fal love and
that i'll spect 10 hlia obedience may be supposed
tina, their legal code i not def lent respect parents
aud reverence Tor ancestors Unusual instances OF final
eviction rewarded and male the sui ects OF novels
and in na respect they reverse the order with for
there the paIens receive the rewards for the, he
must be good ather to SO edu ate his Fila! acc
ton with them holds the place affection and
duty 10 wives do with h'uese will bear his g.
ther from danger, and his vile and ,amy VIII INV h:,n
Inc worship 81 the dead is their Oh ei tie ,cnhs
which they decorate in varions ways Away snaed
OF the sides OF hills hence the phrase of gong with hills
The american embassy arrived at Mac % ia February,
and remained there during March, April end May wneIe
letter received from the Chinese Minister saying
! that he would be at Macao IN five minutes but &C.
cordng 10 our calculation il was twenty days before
arrived They are very scrupuous in adherng TO forms,
eacb having his card which is not small but
large sheet Of red paper snd the Iulou. in
fixing their seals their letters, whch written
embossed paper and contened IN envelope the back
OF which are written the Of he writer and that of
the person Written to- end the route OF each ~ thirty
minutes before the time appoin ed ot the arrival Of the
Chinese Ambasss dor .senger arrived it'll his cald
immediately a,er that another messenger arrived and
then came the Commissioner. Three guns were fired
the Mandarirs drew up AMI the legation received him
in drawing room After the interchange OF cvil,ies,
pleasant convers ton cute ed in v he the object
OF the mission was not alluded to and which Kept
up by tue Americans in the bet way they could col
lation prepared par ken Of The next day the
legation returned the visit at the Temple where the
treaty was rewards negotiated, aud which like all
legation approached. ssute of three guns fled
and rude music, which sounded like the tuning of the
orchestra win us was s,rlck up Our MINIS.
ter was led TO seat, and Ster ccnversiDg
while, we Were usherep into dinner. As the
enter ailments were all similar, the lecturer said
he would desc ibe the last signing the treaty The
room was smell without any windows doors except
the entrance about twenty feet by ten wide The night
was intensely hot but the Chinese with their loose
dresses OF cape and with the aid of their fans kept
folaby cool, but the legation, with their broadcoth
coats buttoned up TO the chin could hardly Iespre
Two Tartars appeared with large package of cloth,
which by dint of continued unfolding. disclosed large
stamp OF metal which was the imperial stamp. We pro-
ceeded to dinner and the Chinese insisted that should
take oft our coats Some OF us were prepared for this
and brought jackets with but who had not done
Obliged TO sit down to this dinner, which
given to celeblJe the signing of the important tea'y
The dinner consisted of fruits and flowers and drink
inferior to our wniskey and soup birds and pud
ding the Chinese commissioner, out OF respect to
Minister, taking with his own chop sticks morsels of
meat figs &c &c. placing them in the open mouth of
Mr. Cushing Mr. Gushing returning the compliment
with his chop sticks. Among the meats the OCCASION
were roast mutton and roased hog, with the back gilt
and the SOUP which closed the meal, contained in
bowl which tine Chinese minister took in both his hands,
drank OF and then handed to Mr. Cushing who PAL took
Oft in the same way, rs did also the the members Of
the legation, travelling from one 70 the Other
The lecturer next described ii dress of the Chinese
which was costly and consisted various habits of silk
and emtroidess valuable and diamonds consti.
tuting portion Of their ornaments In theatricas,
the Chinese are far behind us There
the actors are all itnerant, and when engaged for
any place remove there with all their property. They
have no shifting their plays founded upon
history and comedy aud woman the
very long. The lecturer ther described one of their
plays. In literature the Chinese deficient Every
man reads, and books cheap and abundant The al,
OF printing was known to them long before it
Mr. Webster wound up his lecture by touching on the
history and antiquity Of China, and the language of
the Chinese which contained so 900 characters. The
word which means government in Chinese, is com.
posed OF Two characters of hch bamboo and
the other is the character that represents the act of
striking.
Circuit Court.
Before Judge Edmonds.
OcT 3l.-Henry Mcqueen Us. tFm. Smith.-Ths was
action OF uespass brought by foreign sailor for al
legged assault against the master OF a shp for logging
inflicted on him during the voyage 1t up de-
fence that the plaintiff minor and that he suit
ought to have been commenced in the of next
friend Verdict for defendant under direction of the