The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-01

that all the victories OF the lmperlel troops usk he
sscribsd to the divine interposition 4 tia rod
Kvsn. "Outside balbarisns," such = wa .rs. vim
fancy. perhaps, that his Excellenc T'sow Minr.ho
has wound up his report with g mo practical sup.
ssstions for the conduct of the war Nothing of tho
kind. Nsublunary matters .ncern him little. But
he respectfully submits u At Il would be right and
proper for his Imperial jesy to add som me verbs
to the excellent titles Of the god Kwan. and the
King Of Great Happiness, in acknowledgment Of
the protection sncorded"
To turn frOIA these fees to mere serious matters,
China is becoming every day mere important to rs.
Our export trade thither has increased Gxty per
cent in three years. Our imports have increased
from five and half to seven millions Of dollars.
The demaod for our uncolorcd cottons is becoming
well worthy Of attention. The great ORA wbsok
under which labor is being confined TO the trade
with the seaport towns. It was, doubtless, very
vigilant proceeding on the Fart Of Commodore Kear-
ney and Mr.. Gushing to secure the same pri-
vileges in the five ports as were granted to
the British; but We cannot help wishing tkat
the Ho. ang no, the Yang. tse keang, and the Can
ton rivers had been opened to our vessels.
Our intercourse with the Chinese government shows
conclusivey that tho Emperor is by no means averse
opium trade. he seems decidedly favorable 10 the
admission of foreign commodities.
AT time when the great rivers of South
America are being opened to our vessels-when we
about to break down the barriers which encirce
Japan-it might be opportune to inquire what
would be the result of embassy to his Celestial
Majesty, requesting permission to navigate the
Yang tse keang. 1t is obvious that the arguments
on which the British government and ourselves
based the demand to sail up the Parsna, would
apply with equal force to the Yang-tse keang and
if we are entitled, as we undoubtedly are, to in
sist on being allowed to reft ut Napgasak, it will
not seem unreasonable to expect that we shall, at
no very distant PERIOD enjoy the right of trading to
Nankin, and penetrating to the heart of China.
No one has ever ascertsined how far the Yang tse-
keang is navigable; but we know that line.of-bat
tie ships sail to Nankin, that the tide il felt
four hundred miles from the mouth, and that trad
ing craft ply between NaDkin and Hoang choo, in
the centre Of the empire. 1t more than probable
that our steamers would be enabled to trade regu-
larry at least as far as the heart Of the fertile
province of Hou-pe. The country between that
province and the Shanghas district has been very
properly called the paradise of China. The most
thckly populated districts in England give but
faint idea Of the swarms Of human beings it contains
When we bear in mind that this human hive, though
industrious and skful in the arts they have learnt
from their ancestors, have no idea whatever Of
time and labor saving machinery-that everything
is done by hand, and that their tools generally
of the rudest description-we shall not be charged
with exaggeration, when we predict that the OPEN
ing Of the Yang tsc. keang would create traffic
.A1 ~ IL ~ -.
change Of five or six millions would seem to be
utterly Insignificant The very travel the river,
which we should at once monopolize, would be an
inexhaustible mine Of wealth.
The British government declared war on China
because the Emperor, very properly, destroyed
quantity of contraband opium, which the British
merchants persisted in introducing into tho country
in spite of tho laws, and to the grevous injury of
the public health So fimsy, SO unreasonable q
pretext, could not delude even British dulness It
was perfectly well understood that the object Of the
war was to establish the China trade on a per-
manent basis, and to get possession of some fort or
island where depot for opium might be estab-
lished. The British succeeded, rs a matter of
course they obtained the five ports they asked for,
and Hong Kong into the bargain. Were we to notify
the Emperor that we require satisfaction for the
cruelties practsed on our shipwrecked mariners at
Formosa, and that If he do not concede to US
forthwith the free navigation Of the Yang. tse-
keang, together with the island Of Tsung. ming at
The mouth, We shall send squadron to lombard
Nankin, as the British did, we should act on as
reasonable grounds as they, and could not fail to
obtain an equal measure of success.
IRISH LANDLORDIsM AND ENGLISH REMEDIES -
We publish to day rather interesting article from
the London Times, in relation to the operation
Of the Irish Encountered Estates bill--the last
of long series Of measures devised by British
statesmanship as remedies for Ireland, swhose
condition, as the Times truly observes, has
been "for years past the chief difficulty Of all
English governments" and which, we predict will
continue to be the chief difficulty for many years
to come. The great organ and exponent OF Eng
lsh opinion, after enumerating all the Intellectual
nostrums that have been administered by legisla-
tive quackery concludes by declaring that the En-
numbered Ettates bill is 'the last conceivable ex-
pertinent for the social regeneration of Ireand;" so
that if this fails, there is no hope for the patient
and her diseases must then be regarded as n,urable
This, no doubt, will prove very consolatory to the
Irish people--they have just got one chance, and
tASy uuoo Mhh0 IAC uCs1 VI IL tue laSt pAQaceu
for their ills is not successful they are lost forever
What the amount of its efficacy may be, and wha. the
potency Of its charm, remains to be seen. To our
thinking, the strength of the medicine seems totally
inadequate to the power and deep-seated chronic
nature Of the complication Of diseases with which
unhappy Ireland has been SO long afflicted. She
has been bled, blistered, and purged almost to
death, her constitution broken and shattered, and
now it is expected that the application Of tn, new
~ discovered tonic will prove as efncacious as a
box Of patent pills, curing all manner of disorders
to which flesh is heir, matter Of what standing,
or how near the patient may be to deaths door.
The Times says that a social revolution has been
already effected, by the operation of the PILL in less
than three years From October, 1S49, to July,
1852 appears that 293 573 acres Of ani sold for
CT, 2l5,0S3, have changed hands, and from this
- 4 a. 49,