The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-05-13

Of the negotiation for this purpose. Commo.
dore Aulick returned from Manila to Hong
Kong, and, finding the Saratoga absent, imme
diateIy ordered her to join him, at the same
time severely reprimandng her commander
for having carried the Minister TO. China with
out authority from him. The Saratoga, 10
obedience TO this order, returned Immediately
| TO Hong Kong, where a court martial was held
on her commander, Captain Walker, which
resulted in his honorable acquital. 10 the
| meantime, the Chinese authorities at Canton,
hearing of the withdrawal of the Saratoga,
and taking il for granted that Mr.. Marshall
was dsavowed, sent him word that he could
not be received at Canton, upon the absurd
pretext that Sue was absent, and that no off-
Ger of the Canton provinces was OF grade
high enough to receive him. His reception
was, at best, no doubt, disagreeable, and theie
being no vessel TO back him, the opportunity
was taken to dispense with it altogether. MI.
Marshall then wished to get back to Hong
Kong, but could not, the Saratoga having gone
from Macao. As late as the Goth Of February,
he was still at Macao, waiting for chance
vessel to take him to Hong Kong.
We may thus conclude that the whole affair
has been knocked in the head, and that there
is no longer any hope of inducing the Chinese
| TO receive Minister from us. The hopeful
prospect of establishing intimate diplomatic
relations with country, the trade of which
has been the great object of commerce in all
ages, has vanished before stupid old commo,
dore's idea of what was due to his rank. This
is absolutely intolerable, and it speaks more
loudly than anything of recent occurrence, in
favor Of complete reform in the navy. Delicate
subjects ofinternational communication should
not be left at the mercy of an old, bull-headed
commodore, who has not an idea above mar
| line-spike.
1t must be recolected, however, that this il
| only one side of the question. Aulick is or
his way home, by the overland route, and may
| probably put different face on the affair
though we see not what excuse he can make
for such folly. We trust he will be held to a
full and strict account.
sert pair of brackets in the right place, yes
terday, makes one of our sentences read as i
we had said that the Princess Sophia was be
| headed. We put the sentence as it was ant
as it ought TO be "She" 1.-THE Princess Eli
zabeth) married the Elector Palatine, ant
was the mother of Princes Rupert and Mau
rice, the first of whom figured SO largely in the
great civil wars of England, which led TO the
decapitation of his uncle, Charles /, as well a;
Of the Princess Sophia, who married Ernes
Augustus, Elector of Hanover, and was the
mother of George II The sentence, wher
properly arranged, reads thus !: She married
| the Elector Palatne, and was the mother o
Princes Maurice and Rupert 1.-THE first of whom
figured SO largely in the great civil wars o
England, which led 10 the decapitaton of his
| Sophia, &c. We meant TO say that the Prin
cess Elizabeth was the mother of the Princess
Sophia, not that the great civil wars led tc
the decapitation ofthe latter. With the brack
cts the sentence is well enough.
A gentleman, whose name we did not hear
came into our office, yesterday, and left cor
rection Of our supposed mistake for us. 1t was
that the Princess Sophia was not beheaded,
but her husband ras. How or where he OBJ
tanned the latter part OF this information we do
not pretend to know. AS the person in ques
tion-the EIector Ernest Augustus, (the frs
EIector of Hanover, by the bye, us famous
in history both as the husband of the Princess
Sophia and the father of George !, if he &C
tualy was beheaded, it ought to be known fol
the benefit of future historians. Ii has escaped
the knowledge of all who have written hereto
fore touching the royal line Of Hanover.