New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-23

vbv be received no answer 70 hs let'el' No
notice was taken of this step bat on the 2itn nro
VA, opened on the forts, and several of them we're
tslen. and il was rot until Nov tina. Admiral Sey-
mcur explained the apparently incomPreoensioie
conduct Of Consul Psrkes in message 10 the Wv
ernor. The men, he say, had been restored 70 'ne
Consu but "not puJticiy restored to their vessel
"nor tad the required sPOogy been made LOT VIC
violation Of the Consular jurisdic'lon' 10 'n''
on;bbe then. OF not restoring in state se' Of men
nun beriog three convicted criminals, the who-e
c,.. i. reduced To his the Governor of Canton
Answers. frat that the twelve had been actual
" handed over TO the Consul, and that there ma
not been ANY refusal TO return them 10 tnen YES
sci" What was sill the matter Win ibis bfi1'Sh
Consul. The Chinese Governor onlJ Learned after
the eli, had been bOmbdrded for six days As to
an apology, Governor Yeh Insists that none could
be sigen. as no fault had been committed. We
quote his words:
Ono foreign isg was seen by my executive at the
tiue Of the capture ard as in addition 70 this It was
ascer1aued on examination OF the prisoners by the OIL
Ger deputed to conduct IT, that the orcha was In no
respect foIeign vessel MAINTAIN that there was no
mistake committed
Indeed, the force Of this Chinamans dlalechcs
disposes so effectually of the whole queshon-and
there is no other apparent csse-that Admiral
Seymour at last has no resource left him but
declaration like the following;
Unjust positively decline any further argument on
the merits OF the case of the lorchs Arrow am per-
fecy Satisfied of the facts as represented 10 your Excel
eLcy by Mr.. Consul Parkes.'
But after having taken the forts, preached the
walls Of the city, and bombarded Canton for SIX
days, the Admiral suddenly discovers quite new
object for his measures, as We find him writing to
the Chinese Governor on Oct 30:
ct is now for your EIcellency, by immediate con:
suation with me, TO terminate condition OF things OF
viii b the present evil is not slight but which, II not
amended scarcely fail to be productive OF the most
serOus calemts.
The Chinese Governor answers, that according
to the Convention Of l649, he had no right to ask
for such q consultation. He further says:
"In reference to the admission into the city, must
observe that in April l849, his Exce'lency the Pleni-
potentary Bonham issued public notice at the facto
RIGS hele, TO the eject thai he thereby prohibited
Foreigners from entering the city. The notice was in
serted in the newspapers of the time, and WILL pre-
sume have been read by your Excelency. Add to
this that the exclusion Of foreigners from the city is by
the unanimous vote of the whole population Of
Tupg 1t may be supposed how little to their liking
Las been this stormng Of the forts and this destruction
Of their dwellings; and apprehensive IS am OF the
evil that may hence befal the officials aud citizens OF
your E1ceency's nation, can sugse:t nothing better
than continued adherence to the pocy OF the Penl'
pOeBiary Bonhem as to the correct course 10 De pur
sued As TO the consultation proposed By your Excel
lency have already some days ago. deputed Tseang,
Prtfect Ct Luy chtw-iCo.'
Admiral Seymour now makes clean breast of
il, declaring that he does not care for the con-
yenton Of Mr. Bonbam:
"Your Excellercvs reply refers me to the notifies
flo of the British Pe,potentary of 1872 prohibiting
foreigners from entering Canton. Now, must remind
YOU that slthopgh We have indeed serious matter OF
complaint sgainst the Chinese Government Tor breach
of the promise given in 1917 to admit foreigners into
Canton at the end OF two ears my demand now made
il 10 no wav corrected with former negotiations on the
same subiect neither am demanding admission OF any
but the foreign officials, and this only tor The slmP
and sufficient reasons above assigned my proposal
to rest personally with your Excelency YOU do me the
honor remark that you sent Pre.ect days ago.
I'm comp e!ed therefore TO regard your EKcelency
whole letter unsatisfactory in the extreme and have
only 10 add that unless Immediately receive al ex-
pic OF your assent 70 what have proposed
1 shall at once resume offensive operations.
Governor Yeh retOrts BY again entering inc the
details of the Convention of 1919;
"In 1913 thee was long controversial correspond
ence on the subject between my predecessor Seu and
Bonham being satihed that an interview withia the
city was utterly out of the question addressed letter
to Seu in the April Of lS49 ia which lie said At the
present time can have no more discussion with your
'Excellency on this subject He further issued a
notice from the factories to the effect that DO for.
egner to enter the city, which was inserted in the
papers and he communicated this to the British Gov
eminent. There was not Chinese or forei gner Of
any pation who did not know that the question was
never TO be discussed again"
Impatient of argument, the British Admiral here
upon forces bis way into the City of Canton to the
residence of the Governor at the same time de-
stroying the Imperial feet in the river. Thus
there are two distinct acts in this di plomatc and
military drama-the first introducing the bombNd-
ment Of Canton ON the pretext of breach of the
Treaty Of lS42 committed by the Chinese Governor,
and the second, continuing that bOmbsrdment on
an enlarged scale the pretext that the Governor
chung stubbornly to the Convention of lS49. First
Canton is bombarded for breaking a treaty, and
ne1t il is bombarded for observing treaty Be
sidcs, it suot even pretended that redress Wa, not
given in the first instance, but only that redress
was not given in the orthodox manner.
The view of the case put forth by The London
Times would do no discredlt even to General Will
lam Walker Of Nicaragua. by this outbreak Of
"hostilities, says that journal "exsting treaties
"are snnulled, snd We are left free to change our
relations with the Chinese Empire as we please.
The recent proceedings at Canton warn US that
I'VE ought to enforce that right Of free entrance
Into the country and into the ports open to US,
(which was stipulated for in the Treaty Of 1912.
1--WE mustnOt again be told that our representatives
must be excluded from the presence of the Chi.
"nese Goyernor-General, because zee hare rGir,d
"tbe performance of the article which enabled