, 1859-11-18
;.... nl|NGARiAK'S NAILS.
The Americans in China.
ITALY AND RR NOE,

The Hungarian arrived at New York on Mon
day evening. We select The following from the
foreign papers:
Negotiations in China.
[From the Loadoa Tlmes.}
Thus fur the Narrative Of the American Am.
bassadoE' progress to Pekin has come novelty.
Lord Mccartney in 1898, and Lord Amherst in
ls15. were both conducted to the Chinese capi.
tai by the ordinary channel Of the Peiho. Lord
Mccartney was accompanied by retinue Of s5
Europeans, and Lord Amherst's party number
ed rs. The object in the present case seems to
have been to reduce this number still further,
and to manifest to the population Of Pek,n that
the outside harbarisns had gained nothing By
their military successes, the reports whereof
must have been dim!y known in the capital
There is novelty, however, abeut the bog upon
wheels and the land carriage which is not often
found IN progresses to P-kin. Perhaps, also,
ibis narrative Of the advance from Pehtang and
the information that there are across that wide
and level plain roads oyer which wheeled yehi.
cles can be drawn By one or two horses, aud in
which men may sit without actual dislocutioa
ct their joints, may not be without interest to
those who are now planning trip over that
plain with somewhat larger escort than that
which accompanied 15Ir. Ward. Here, however.
nl the novelty and all the interest Of this gentle.
mans embassy ends The Chinese, who adhere
more pertinaciously to precedent even than Lord
Eig1n himself, begun, Immediately be was hous-
ed, to play Of upon Mr.. Ward the same tactics
which had been used in the TWO former Enbas-
sizes. 4 few pages from the records Of either Of
these would describe With general fidelity all
that now took place. OF course, the question
raised was that Of the ceremony to be performed
ut the audience With the Emperor. Mandarins
wele sent to explain that the "three kneeliucs
and nine knocks Of the hcad on the floor couTd
not be expected Of Mr. Ward. but that the En-.
peror would be satisfied 10 his case with lone
knee!ing and three knocks" As Mr. Ward was
| not amlable On this paint, further compromises
we're attempt. /; but when they found that the
barbar;an's S prejuditet were rs strong as ever.
! and that Mr. " artsr3rid not, consistently with
his personal aud national respectahiitv. consent
/ TO adore the Emperor Of China in q kuee'iue
| posture, the residence a. Pekin ended lust as,
| with the some.hnt doubtful exception Of Lord
MAcattneg's Esnhasar, ult other Embassies have
terminated. Mr.. Ward was cyilly dismissed
| from the capital, taken back in bis old boxes
aud boats to pshtang, and in that little SEAPORT
town The ratified copr Of the American treatv
| was handed to him. 0icourse Mr. Ward Ut the
same time delivered 10 the Commissioners The
| American ratification. But whether they took
this back 10 tekinx or whether the same fate
awaits this which happened to the furmer treaty
which the Americans itsade with the Yeh. and
which was found a1noag Yeh's prira.e papers
when be was taken n. Canton, It is impossible
to say. This, ho*Sver, is pretty certain, that q
treaty thus consemptuousty ratified nud e1.
changed will be only observed By the Chinese
to the extent which may at any time jump With
their caprice OF their interest.