New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-15
CHINA
THE New Emperor.

The same steamboat that brought the Nepaulese
En,bosssdor IN England brought us from Hong
Kong the Supplement TO the OreTtand CHINA MaH
Of April o. containing the last edlct OF Ieu.hwang
the late Emperor and the first edict OF YihChu'
The new Emperor of China. II is another example
If the intimate aud increasing communication that
NOW exists between the west and the east, ana
tbat is ia st extending and will speedily embrace
Iapnn as well as Nepau and China. w refer 70
Il however for different object. In solemn ordl.
narces like those we might perhaps expect TO ma
sor,e Indication OF the spirit which has kept that
arsat empire together for so many years in the
ees. presentipg 10 our contemplation coeyal II
nct c6eoual civilization 20 that Of the west. But
:, ,ronld hardly be found in the eulogies which
his late Majesty pronounces on himself sucn as
this - During the thirty years that we waited
ON the Empress DowRger, jOylng IN Der Malestys
GOOD pleasure, and ministerlng TO her delght,
yo ceased not in our respectful attention 10 her,
and we have been careful in the fullment Of all the
,o,ros m he observed upon her death w are here
IN sonnev at free from blame" And this: we
have set pattern, too, to our realm, In economy
and retrencbment. From the commencement OF
onr reign we have caused 70 circulate our auto.
eraph DEGREES, warning Jour subJectsl before all
things against gaiety, notes Of music public amuse.
r,ents licentiousness, luxury, and the desire OF
aain. And we have interdicted all idle psstimes,
fopdness Tor what is costly Lt. good, or the best,l
and whatsoever in any degree may induce Protu-
SION The following, II IL DC o"iy LnCA"s " H"P'J
that his Majesty has not conferred abundance on
his people and is not the author OF drought and IN
nndati6n il more 20 the purposes In time otdrought
or inundation we have taken the dscredit there OF
10 ourselE and the trouble we had brought upon our
subjects 10y our want of forethought has caused
us 10 toll mournfuly both early and late" -
Nor will the explanation of the greatness OF the
Chinese be found in the information given
us by his heir apparent that his father
nsped upwsrd on the dragon to be question high,
and the charge Of the spiritual vessel deyoved on
| our INSIGNIFICANT person." nor In designating his
reign by the title Of Hen Fung O--U niversal Plen
teousness or bestowiog step in rank on all princes
and mobiles, giving button of the sixth grade TO
! some, and the right of wearing red button and
! robes Of yellow 10 others. There are obviously
other causes, very different from the present &C
tions of the Emperor, for the manten ance oil the
| Chinese Empire and the progress Of the Chinese
and In like manner there are causes Tor the pro
gross Of civilization in the west and for the super
ority Of Great Britain, very different from the gay
parties and dinners and public proceedings, and al
ter dinner speeches and operas, which the Nepaui
| csc chief will behold or hear while he resides
amongst Us. Those are the results and ornaments
sometimes the mere fhppery and fringe OF our CT
viizston, and to get at the causes Of that and no
perhaps to go back to Nepaul more in error on TIL
point than when he left il, our illustrlous vsito
must grasp with master mind, il practicable, TIL
| whole philosophy Of history. Economist.