New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-25

Palu erston or his sulord,nates. In 1917, Shen a.
tie head Of The Foreign O6ee, Lord Pshmerssoas
fret di. patch On tie ~ MISSION Of thu Britsn hoax
KOsg authorities into Canton was coueoee ~
uebscrg terms. However, os Ardon "oIo
dan ped BY Earl Grey, His colleague, the then So
tsry i0r The Colonies, VINO sent out most pe'e ~
tory prohibition to the officers commanding 'n0
psvsl iorc.s, no, only a. Hong Kong. bat at Cey-
Ion, ordering sbem, arder no ci,cum.tsnc@s, "
allow any offensive movement against the Cninsse
without express authority from England. On ,ne
18th August 1S49, ho~ever, shortly before nI'
dismissal from the Russell Cabinet, Lord PalIie's
ION wrote the following dispatch 10 the bfi'i'n
Plsnipo'enlary Ut Hong Kong: 49,
Let Do The great officers Of Canton nor the Sos
e,nn.p, of Pehin deceive then selves. The 'oroeu
srce which the Biti' Gove'n rent has htneno os
played sfiss not from q sense q weakness, ou. non
ccLsc.opsntss of superior strength The briteu 1os
srusD. vel kIovs that if occssion required Il, or~
i,h milito,y force nould ea5e 10 destroy the ,orn o.
Ca,ton, NOT tdring on single houe stdndins .nu
cou thus fict the mort sgns' chateement uPoo 'uo
peoJ OF that city"
Thus the bombardment of Canton occurring 10
1876. under Lord Palmerston a. Premier, was lore
shndowe ed in l649 by the last missve sent TO hong
Kong by Lord Pamerston, as Foreign secretary VI
the Russell Cabinet. All the intervening Govern
u ents have refused TO allow any relaxation OF tue
prohibition put upon the British representatives al
Hore.KoDg sgsinst pressing their admission INTO
Canton. This was the case with the Earl OF Gren,
vile under tie Russell Ministry, the Earl OF
Ma mesbury under the Derby Ministry, snd tne
Duke of New castle under the Aberdeen Ministry
At last, in 1852, DR.. BowriDg, till then Consul az
Hopp.Kong was appointed PleDIpOtentiary. DIS
appointment, as Mr.. Gladstone states, was maze
by Lord Clarendon, Palmerstons tool, without tue
Knowledge or consent Of the Aberdeen Cabinet
When Bo~IiDg fnt mooted the question now
at tissue, Clarendon, ia dispatch dated
July 5 1854 It'd him that he VAS right, but that
BIZ should wit till there were naval forces avslla-
bic for Ola purpose. England was then at war with
Russia. When the question Of the Arrow arose
Bow had just heard that peace had been estab.
,hed and in fac. naval forces were being sent ont
to him. Then the quarrel with Yeh was picked.
On The 10Th Of Jaouary, after having received anac.
count Of al that had passed, Clarendon Informed
Bow ring that Her Majesty's Government entirely
"spprove the course which has been adopted by
"Slr NJ. Seymour and yourself" This appro-
BATH, H. coucbed in these few words, was not accom-
panied by any further instructions. On the con-
trsry. Mr. Hammond, writing to the Secretary of
The Admiralty, was directed by Lord Clarendon to
express to Admiral Seymour the Governments adj.
miraiion Of "the moderation with which he had
"acted, and the respect which he had shown for
" the lives and properties OF the Chinese.
There can, then exist no doubt that the Chinese
massacre was planned by Lord PalmerstOn himself.
Under what cOlors be hopes to rally the elect
ors Of the United Kingdom is question which
hope you will allow NE 20 answer IN another letter,
Us this has alrt ady exceeded the proper limits.