The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-22
THE WAR IN CHINA.

Q English Omcial Dispatches or tho Disas
. ment I'm Pekin-Russisn InnucnOo-Mr
,, Marras Journey and Chances OF u re
A supplement- to the London Gazette OF Tuesday, IN
4th instant, publishes voumnous correspondence o.
recent events in China consisting Of twelve despatches
, AohD AALAkSBuRYs INSTRUCTIONS TO MIR. BRUCE
FoRnos OrncE LONDON. March l. 1889
You VIII o. course, refuse compliance with any cere
construed into an admission OF nferority on he psy
her Majesty IN regard the Emperor Of China; ana ner
sss: Dsss .ssa
distinctly declare that you win withdraw at once ever
slightest appearance Of disposition TO treat you ana h
once that you bold, with disrcspect ~
any objection should DO raised the score Of your
pein4 those OF envoy and Of an ou,sssa
dor you win that the OF their being SO : "a
admit Of tho wish Of the Chinese government that for The
resident at the capital being complied with but thai n on
that ground the Chinese government seek 70 make any
tias as ambassador will Immediately be sent to YOU. and
W n1s ea:s ne mission soA b ortAuA and psrmancnay
You will, moreover, take care that tho trcatmeu,
awarded TO you IN no degree less honorable than tina
awarded to the Representative Of any other Power what
ever That should be consistent with European usages
must doubtless be honorable than that by which
embasses from countries whose chiefs the Enpe-
inferior to that accorded TO the representatives
| other Christian nations
Although you win upon your being received Al
Pekn, and will refuse to exchange rutacatons at any
other place, and viii further decline make any com
promise regard TO the time Of the Chinese
capital or the frequency Of your visits IT, her Msestys
government arc willing to leave to your discretion the
duration Of your stay the first Your primary
opect AFTER the exchange OF the Publications viii be TO
Come 70 such understanding with the government "a
may insure prompt attention being paid by proper
authorities in the capital 10 any representations that Won
may see occasion 10 address it and you will particular
~ insist upon your right to employ messengers Of your
own, whether European Chinese for the conveyance
OF your communications and upon due facilities for the
performance Of their journeys being secured such
Your general language will be that her Maestv,s
government are most anxious that the increased inter-
course with the Chinese empire, under the treaty Ten
tsin, may contribute to the advantage Of both
countries; that it is her Majestys firm intention while
scrupuousy observing the engagements which she has
China corresponding observance OF his own that her
Malestys officers in the different ports Of China wl~be
oreced 70 prevent as far as in them les any disturb
ance Of the public peace any dsordery conduct on
me part Of British subjecss and that the other hand
her Majesty expects that The Chinese authorities both Al
e ports and in the interior of the country will be re.
CURED to act up to the treaty obligations contracted by
uon me subjects Of hE Majesty who may be brought in
contact with them.
Without waving or compromising in any degree the
right OF her Maesys mission reside al the capital you
may let be understood that the frequency its visits to
Pekin II not its permanent residence there must in
great aegree depend on the in which the prov
SONS Of the treaty carried out is given
Tor controversy by attempts the part the Chinese
local authorities evade the terms Of the treaty ana
more particularly il no disposition 3shown by the govern
men at the capital to treat with dsrespect any
taons her Majestys Minister may address to il from
shaneha e necessity for such r The capital ,ssl BE-
rare; and when they made they will be rather oom-
plinentary for the trassactoa of business nut
you will say that as bctwusu the Po,rors Of Erons
direct diplomatic intercourse, and the permanent
dence OF at the n sdence Of the soyereigns
to whom they are accreda i, are always looked uson
as an indication OF fri endship between States |
her Majesty one that the davis no, Far
distant when not only will thu presence Of British Minis
ter at Pekin be viewed with atsaction representa-
i've Of the Emperor Of China be accredited to her Mesy
court, where y0u will say will be welcomed both by
her Majesty and her COVER and the
same distinction and consideration as the Representatives
ltR
LORD j. RUSS ELL
FOREIGN Os1cE, July 8, 1859.
siR-Her Majestys government approve the arrange
ments eported in your despatch the 4th of May
which you have adopted in concert with Sir Charles
Strauben2 and Rear Admiral Hope for the purpose
proceeeI ~ up the Peho your way Pekin, backed
oy an, az equate naval and military force.
THE CHINESE PREPARATIONS FOR wAR-AID OFFERED
y THE RUSSIANS AND REFUSED BY THE EMPEROR.
g. enclosure, shows that the plans OF the Chi
nes c 10 prevent the expedition secret
BRUCE TO THE EARL oP MAI-aEsBuRY
VICTORIA QHong Kong May 80, 1852
conversation between the interpreter Mr. Hart at Can
ton, and Chinese who has just returned from Pekn,
representing the disposition OF the Emperor hos
tile rumor is also current here that the Russians
tablshcd at the capital have been massacred.
On the other band It appears that a certain Ia d,
Chinese merchant at Shanghae, who deals largely with
foreigners and who from his intimacy with the Inendant
that place and his with the north general
ly well informed, states that the Chinese government will
not offer any opposition to visit TO Pekin.
DO not consider that my plaris ought TO be influenced
any degree by these reports any inference is to be
drawn from them it is this that there strong party
opposed to the concessions foreigners and party re-
signed them inevitable that the triumph OF the
Of the other is possible and win depend the moral
effect produced by the cordial union of foreign Powers
the fear q fresh collision nspircdby the
staion Of an imposing force n support Of our demands
FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE
Yesterday evening Cantonese, Ser-seen sang, who
has several years been the hab, lending money
tooxrecant officials whom be accoupa MES when appoin
cd any post, called He had just returned from
PekH via Shanshae having left the former place the 22d
d March He informed me that at the time Of his depar
fhn
sador 10 Ien tsn, and the possibility of his visiting the
capital subjects freely canvassed in every quarter
that the Emperor knoayn 10 be highly dplsaSd Nth
Of The Spuldtios contained IA the Te,ltSin treaty.
that he ,cas entirely 70 the Ambassadors taking up
his quarters in The cc1ol and Gt he hat resolved
grant him an audierce on any pretsf; that military
preparations were going at pekn and Tent sin
muskets, but that his Majesty had declined to ac-
cept the present, fearing that the muskets in qles
ton might be brought to the palace by equal
number Of Russians that the arrangement Of all matters
connected with the reception of the British at Ten tsn
ana ne preventing Of any visit to Pekn had been CON
last Emperor; that Sung wang ay at Ten tsin
with troops Mantchoo Songols that the bate
ries at Tentsn had been rebuilt and the river staked in
such way render it impossible for foreign vessels
10 reach that city that 80 900 "soo" troops
called out except IN Of the greatest emergency
under orders to hold themselves in readiness join Sung
wangyay if called for; that Sung wang yays orders
receive the British at Ten-tsin with all cyity
but at all hazards 70 any approach Pc
kin; that Sung wang yay very DESTROYS Of gaining
military and that the Ambassador would be
able to reach Pekin without having recourse arms;
that, according 10 the opinion Of some, the Am
bassador, accompanied by few people, might
possibly reach Pekin without boodshed, but that n
ight would certainly If than a hundred
were landed that the country between Tfen
Pekn being fat and the Chinese troops being go much
numerous than any number Of the British could
land II the general belief that the British could be
surrounded and cut to pieces before the completion Of
, half the Journey
seu seen sang further informed me that Russian am
hassador lad visited Pekin the ID March that the
Russians in the capital, than one hundred in nun
ber oamed about just they pleased The grief
o. NE Emperor and the anforeign party and that it
j was feared the British, they effected entrance
od 1ke an ~ far erey inch the Russians had arrogate
f % Themselves that at Yung chow large quantities Of grain
nad heen bought up by the Russians but the Empe
: ror, having become alarmed had forbidden the traffic
o r..-.,, g.. ROBERT HART, Interpreter
l. BRITISH CONSULATE, CANTON, May %