The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-22
INTERESTING FROM EUROPE AND ASIA.
Our Shanghai, Palestine, Palermo, Londcu,
and Paris Correspondence.
Outrage on the Americas Vice
Consulate at 0irgenti.
VERY INTERESTING FROM THE CHINESE EMpI
THE DESIGNS OF THE ENGLISH,
&C.. &c., &c.
Our shons hao Correspondence.

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Our Shanghao Correspondence.
SHANGHAg, Jan 25 1854
Departure Of me United States Ainister-His Policy-s
DiGcutieLPolicy Of the Eng,ish--Fatu,e Of Me- Mar
shall 10 get Steamer for Petin-Commercial Di6icul-
ties-7he Knot cat in 7iodin-7he Opium War and tie
Rero,,ahon-Some Account Of both, Explaining the De-
signs Of Enaland-Grand Opening for Ano.her Els
Indio Company What is Our Gorernmsn. About ee.
Epuos or Tm NEW YORK HERALD
The information that the United States Commission,
Hon Humphrey Marshall, is to leave for home in few
country's representative, is, apprcheni mat.
ter Of serious regret in view Of the present critical
complicated state of things in the Celestial Empire Mr.
Marshall is bold, fearless, active man. intrepdity,
where he believes the interests Of his country are at
stake, being the distinguishing at of his character
He has made himself during his short residence in the
country practically conven'ant in a remarkable degree
with its peculiar diplomacy its commercial usages the
character of the people, the the empire
and the real merits of the revolutionary movements
which for year two past have wasted interior and
the sea-board between Shanghae and Nankin with fire
and slaughter.
MIR. Marshall however, has had hard time ofsit from
the beginning to the end Unfortunately he came here
sion into his hands, and of conducting it according
to his own judgment. What was still more he per-
severed in this policy after having discovered that it
would have been much easier to have pursued different
course Now, it would have been easy glove for Mr.
Marshaln fact he would have had very good time of
tiff on his arrival in China he had placed himself the
hands of Dr. Parker and sort of quasi diplomatic Goa
lition, consisting of American merchants and out
siders and British agents and traders Had he only
allowed himself to be guided and directed by them he
would have had no trouble with any body; but he was
rash enough to act upon his judgment and has
consequently had "a hard road to travel ever since
the day of his arrival at Hong Kong On first sight was
found out that he rather hard headed sort Of man.
and not to be managed and must therefore, be disposed
Of possible The newspapers received here for
the United States, including the New YORK HERALD,
show how these chaps here have played their game
The great crime OF Marshall under democratic ad-
nnistaton, has been the recognition of the Imperial
government Of Hienfoung in all his official operations
instead of the revolutionary mock heroic and mock re
gous dynasty set by ente the leader Of the rebels
Mr. Marshall however has had the sagacity to perceive
that the commercial interests Of the United States with
China may be best advanced by preserving the ilepend
en'e VI u - "s discovered that with the ina,
overthrow OF the imperial government, all sell govern
mant China will soon be at end Let the rebels
out of charity the government of Queen Victoria
and her fleets and armies will have to take
the country, and hold it. they hold the East Indies as
nothing more less than portion of her Britannia
Majesty's colonies in Asia.
Mr. Marshall believing this to be the game of Master
Bonham and his subordinates dcsirous of stealing
a march upon them by new treaty with the reign.
ing Emperor. To this end, it has leaked out among
the Hongs Of shanghaa, that he applied to Commodore
Perry for shpef to take him up Pekin but why
Commodore Perry refused TO comply remains mystery
In the present state of the country any ship the Amcr
can squadron would have been fully sufficient for the
trip to Pekin and for such treaty with the Emperor a.
might have led to paccaen with the rebels and the
establishment of such schedule Of comm ercia recipro.
cities with oil the outside barbarians as wou have
satisfied all the interests of growing commerce in the
tactic; and which, at the time, would have
satisfied the English, and brought them TO terms upon
the basis Of the maintenance Of the independence OF the
Chinese empire Why Commodore Perry refused shin
why he did not assume the responsibility and
volunteer his whole squadron for the mastery movement
to Pekin, we do not know Perhaps he has been de
ceived by the hgh-sounding republican and Christian
principles Of the revolutonsts the most merccss and
nhuman set of cut-throats that ever desolated a
defencelcss country. However that may be, the
trip Pekn did not off, and the imperial city sti
continues closed to the soutsiae barbaransn The five
ports opened by Cushing's treaty Canton Annoy
Fuchan, Ningpo and Shanghae. The honor of opening
Pekn will probably devolve upon the British, from
the lack of authority, the want of little pluck on
the part Of Commodore Perry.
You will have the process by which Shanghae has
become free port subject to free trade for the time
ing 1t is useless here to rccaptuate the details suf-
flee it to say that between the rebel and the imperial
authorities the United States minister sustained the
rights Of the regular government the dutes until
the official authorities had shown themselves incompe
tent in the presence of the revoutonss to enforce the
collection Of duties against the ships Of other nations
The following order by and with the advice ana
of Mr.. Marshall was issued, the United states soop
of war Plymouth being in port at the time
NOTIFICATION TO AMERICANS.
UNITED STATES CoSsuLArs
SHAYGHAE, jan 90 1854
The undersigned has TO communicate to the American
citizens resident at Shanghae, that he has received in
etructions from his Exceency the Commissioner OF the
United States TO China TO deliver up the papers Of Ame
iican vessels their leaving port without requiring the
production of the Chinese Custom House clearance as
long vessels under other foreign flags allowed by
the Chinese 10 enter and leave port without reporting
and paying duties at the Custom House. at present
the case.
The moment the Custom House regulations are en-
forced upon all foreign vessels return 10 them will be
required upon the part Of those under the American
flag.
This step founded upon the right to claim every al
vantage enioye by the most favored nations secured TO
United States citizens by article H. OF the American
treaty with China EDWARD CUNNINGHAM
Vice Consul, U. 5. A.
To American merchants resident at Shanghai.
Under this order the ship Oneida has cleared out with
a full cargo Of teas for New York
But my principal object in this cpise is to prepare the
government Of the United Stat through the columns Of
the Herald for the rapid reduction Of China to the
di,ion Of British colony The little affair Of those TO-
00o chests OF East India contraband opium destroyed at
Canton by the Chinese Commissioner Lin in 1Sd0 and
which led the between England and Chins was the
entering wedge to the final destruction of the ndepcn-
dence Of the Central Flowery Kingdom Up TO the time
Of that war; the word of the Emperor at Pen was con-
sidered the word Of fate He had but to order and
the thing was done. There nothing which he could
not do. But the relocated barbaransn utterly hu.
inflated and destroyed this prestige They proved that
the Emperor was not nvncble and the terms of peace
which the British exacted Of him. the opening of FIVE