Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-02-19
Late from China.

The Hong Kong correspondent Of the New
YORK Times, writing under date Of December
10th, says:
From the fact that DR.. Parker. our late Com
missioner to China, was supposed to be favor
and from the fact that the insult TO our fac a
year ago, rendered necessary the action of the
" Barrier forts, the hop-s Of many English
me, hen a, ana OF not few Americans in CHINA were
that Mr. Reed would act in entire HARMONY with
the English, and that our forces her. wo Ild1a, :.
WIN theirs before Canton. His steady avoid OF
ss.an es Oh tnat Kind has provoked cons .rabIe
onsaPpointment among the people Of Hong Kong
IA feeling which is expressed in the renestsd
md somewhat wrathfuf articles Of one or two
ony Is blessed. 1t Is understood that AT hi. ar,
interviews with Mr.. Reed, Lord Elgin was
strongly disposed to insist on American co-oper-
alton, but that he was met by a constant refusal
A correspondence Of a perfectly courteous. bnt NJ
q very decided character, on both sides is known
60 have passed between these gentlem.n..-iut II
has not yet transpired.
One OF Mr.. Reeds first acts, after arriving in
China, was to write to Yeh, the Governor Of Can.
ton, announcing bis arrival, requesting an inter
view, ana suggesting that the time had come
SnA nao become necessary. After waiting for
scu1 unie Tor reply, he wrote again I'm a manner
letter coy,d more peremptory. Before this second
c.M. : p.n1,, nave reached Governor Yeh, there
c nepiy 70 the fIst. The letter was courts-
cos snoogn, but not altogsth satjsfzctorv Web
deenheS 20 meet our Commissioner ON m. y,c,nd
pAocr Tor The meeting The n rft
hh, IN tneir last Yeas bomba I'd men, ~ C.,n
destroyed the public buildines-wb,ch S,
ncienfly valid excuse certaniy-for ths SUI sur
OF the Times Will not have Forgotten IN .aueIs
what nceremonious visit whic b Sir Mich..Sen le-
mour made to the Governors paIacs 800 SSsy-
teen months agn-nor the storm of shot "a III MI,
which his guns poured into the city for . , smell
or 50 following. But the Governor obisc,. -
to the revision OF ths trsaty-on what Sronnd
have not been able to Ascertain. Mr.. Reed aa.,
replied bat his letter sent only a .hort IT,.
ago. and 10 IL probable that before the (;ov.rnns
has time TO reply, even IL he be neither killed no,
captured, the circumstances In which he will
IND himself win hardly he favorable to CORE
spondence.
Is hoped that after the capture Of Canton. flor
tnat canton will be captured with greater or less
Ioss, regarded by everybody except the Chinese
Matter OF course, } II Is hoped that the Gov
etnot may De disposed to treat, and NAV be en-
powered 10 grant all the privileges which the
representatives OF the foreign Powers NAV re.
9olIs;y however, this should not be the case.
6 n hg,n VIII probably 60 northward towards
Pekln, supported by as much of the naval force
o. can be spared from Canton. In the sxsnt ~
the failure Of negotiation here n /. On. ,a,,t
also Of our Minister to 20 north, In the IN psyas"
90 Pekin, or as near TO that city as nossthi. =,
ebe English should 60 In a hostile sftit a. ~ \.
seems probable they will-the American s,.s'
ton viii certainly be entirely discon nected ~
theirs, a. the policy Of our Government tow.rda
cSias is to negotists peacefully. :"