New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-16

GsfcA 1856. IbAt "sh' S.r.,< ADD On IA
we "es'y 80 law OF England herself IL
oss void and null. some euio'sReo
Wa, FER 'isa,ity L could bu: receive IRON lie
OF LI. sblppisg Act which however, re'
sS only TWO months sfte, me issne oi w 81
g.s..e And even with The legai pro- yIaannoo
ale. :. had peve, been brough, into cohsoIauG.
lhss .J;ns,.e therefore under which the iofsnS
~! No reeei,ed ts register, was so mgch was.e
90 But even according TO this worthies. PaP'
H. Arrow had forfeited It's protection ~ .Io ~
t-;no,nep, Of the prOyi.iOns prescrloed' anu s
e1tfration Of It's license. tbs pOI9I s so'd
by Sir J. Boarng himself But 'oeD' ~ o1"i
whether or not the Arrow va, an Lps's a.. ~.
- bed AZ All events hOisted the Enghsh nag al-
thar asg wa. insulted. Firstly. II the nag vs.
ay;pp 4 wa. not legally flying. Bqt was II lyle
q; III On this point there exists dlscrepahc! "
tueen the English ard Chinese decsraloIs' TIC
lat,.r have, h0aeyer, been corroborated oy uoPV.
,iton, forwarded by the Consuls, OF Inc ha,.et
"a creu, of the Portugesc iorchs No. 81 w I'm
anS eco N these dispositions The Friend Of Ch'na
sc Nov l3 states that il Is DOW notorious a. Gan
ton that the Bfiti,h fsg had not been flying on
board the lOrcba for Elk days previous 70 i''
" seizure" Thus falls n the ground the punctlllo
Of h, nor, together with the legal case.
Lord Derby had in this speech the good taste
altogether to forbear from his habtua Waggsnness,
and thus 10 give his argument strictly JUDICIAL
character. No efforts, however, on his part were
wanted 10 impreguate his speech with deep cur
rent Of IRONY. The Earl of Derby, the chief Of the
hereditary orstocracy Of England, pleading against
tte late Doc or now Sir John BOwrltg' tae pet
disciple of Benthim an; pleading for humanity against
the professional Humanitarian: deiehdlDg The real
int. res,s of nations against the systematic Unitarian
insisting upon puUctlllO OF diplomatic euquette;
appealing to the 'voX popui voI del against the
oreatest benefit of the greaest-number man; the
tha
where a member Of the Peace Society preached
redhot shell; Derby branding the acts OF me
British navy as miserable proc edlngs and
"inelorious operations" where Bo@nag CON
graduates it upon cOwardly Outrages when met
with 30 resistance, upon Its brilliant acnleve-
"ments, unparalleled bravery, and splendid union
of military skill and vaOr such contrasts were
the more Ieenly atirica The less the Earl OF Derby
seemed 10 be aware Of them. He had the advan-
tsge Of that great historical irony which does not
Hov from the wit Of individuals but from the
bun0r of situations. The whole parliamentary
history Of En- gland has, perhaps, never eIh0led
such an intellectual victory Of the arlsocrat over
Ike p0Ivenu.
Lord Derby declared at the outset that he
"thOuld have to rely upon statements ana dOcu'
"n,ents exclusively furnished by the very parties
"UbOse conduct he was about to mpugn, and
that he was content "tO rest his case upon
these documents Now it has been justly re-
marked that those documents as laid before tht
| public by the Government, would have allowed
| The latter to shift the whole responsibility upon
its subOIdinates so much IL this the case that me
| attacks made by the parliamentary adyersarns
| the Government were exclusively directed TO Bow
| eriDr 4 Co.. and could have been Endorsed by
the home Government itself, without at all impair
| ilQ its own position. j quote from his LOrdshlp:
az do not wish TO say anything dsrcspectful OF Or
Bowrirg. He may be man Of great atalnmentsi ou
il annears TO me that on the subject OF his fmissof
into canton he il POSSESSED with perfect m9HomdHio
Hear hear and laughter. / believe lie dreams O
bis entrance into Canton. believe he think. OF IL the
first thing in the morning. the last thiag at n'gh anC
in the middle Of the night if he happens to be awake
lLsuehterl. ! do not believe that be would consloe
any sacrifice too great, any Interruption OF commerce
10 be deplored any blJOdshed TO be regretted, whei
put in the 'cse t "th ,h 'ss Sin had obtain
al official reception in the Yamun Of Canton Laugh
| teri.
Next came Lord Ly ndbsrst:
"Sir j. BowTiug, who is a distinguished humanlta
ran as well as plenipoentiary Laughter, himself I'D
ms The register Is void and that the lorchs was no
| entitled TO hoist the English flag. Now, mark wna' III
sans The vessel had no protection, but the Chlhes
| do lot know this. For Gods sake do not whisper
80 them lie persevered too, Tor he said IN elect
We know the Chinese have not bten guilty OF any VIC
aiion OF treaty, but we will not tell them co. we WI
| insist upon reparaton and return OF the men the
have seIed In particular FORM Ii the men were no
| return ed in the form, what was to be the remedy
| Why TO seize iunk-a war Junk IL thai was no
ruficit Mt seize more, until We compelled them 10 suo
NIT alih ough knew they hso the right on their 81
| and we had no justice on ours lieal' Was ther
| ever conduct more ebomtnabe, more tagrant, II
which, will not cay fraudulent but Whist elua
10 maud in our ccuptry-more false pieense has oee
| put forward BY public man in the servic
| of the Briiih Government Hear 1t Is e1
! trsordipary that Sir j. Bowri should thinl
he had the night Of declaring war. / ca
understand man in tuch a position having neces
sarily power Of carrying defensive operations bu
TO carry on offensive operations upon sucn ground
upon such pretenses one of the most e1traordioar
proceed &c 60 be found in the history OF the world
Il quite clear from the papers laid on the table ths
from the first moment at which Sir j. Bowring Wa, ap
pointed TO the station be now fills his ambition
procure what bis predecessors had completely failed
effect-namely the entry within the walls Of Canton
Bent only upon carrying this obert OF gaining admit
sion within the as Of Caston into execution he has
for no necexary purpose whatever, plunged the ooun
| ty into a war; and what 10 tbs result Property
the large amount Of 81 800 Ooo, belonging to Brittle
subects is now impounded 10 the City of CASTOR, an
In ADDITION TO that our factories are burned TO tn
ground and all this lie only owing 10 the mischevsu
| policy Of one of the most mischievous OF rnel.
"-But man. proud man
| Drest . little brief authority.
| Most ignorant u what he's most assured
| Tbs CLASSY essence, like al angry ape,
Plays ,ueh fantastic trcks befVIe high heaven
| As make the angels weep
And lastly Lord Grey: