The New York Herald Newspaper, January 23, 1857, Page 2

il I ae BF iF ef ef! i f il FE ii il 3g g g e LH aH g el ala Ht i ine Ei Tee J. duct of Keying in regard to othor ed Sir J. Davis to appear before Can- roe, & promise was extoried from of two years, during which the | an] ‘were to PoeEceMaiet, fercigners should be no excluded, hen the two years had expired Key- ang had flown, a@% his successor, S20, with the present (Gew mirt tore: , then Governor of tne provines, stil! ‘pleading 1b jadiee of the people, declared our ad- miasion impossible. We refrained frem war, and Beu and Yeh, with many leading Oanionese, ‘were greatly honored by @e Rmperor. for having overawed the barbarian, ‘Toe asadyantages of our exclusion are more than ‘wil at Grst sight strike any ove ata distance There is @ue to it the immediaie inconvenience of having all fo- veiga reprerentatives, minieters or consuls, kept at arms’ th, apd limited to intercourse by lewter alone, the ten extending fiself over months, aad eerresponden Ween. ‘rere were might be settled in a singie ialerview. There is the gene- Pal Gepreciation to which forcign residents are sub Jected in the eyes of the Canton people, and through hem of their countrymen elsewhere, by thelr sub- mission (0 treatment 20 invidiously . Doth offi @ally and ciherwise, from that experienced by them at @e other ports This depreciation tels in variout ways ‘pon the liberty and comfort of the resident community; ® menifesis tiecif odjeotionably in fifty forms of restric- on ane obstruciion, and if national diguity be superior % finding offence in the inguiis which the lower orders deem it & Dirthright toheap on the * foreign devil,” there oan be, ‘or ail that, littie doubt that material interests are Beriously afiected by this Dog-Jew and mediwval Cnris- ‘an relation of the jer to the mative. “Bel It would alweys have Been difficult, for our govern- ‘Ment especially, to recommence hoslilities with no €reater osen-ible bone of contention than the refusal of ‘Rdmierion into Canton. We grumbled, but endured, and se large a trade would bave hardly submitied wine geod grace to formal interruption without the of 8 quié po uo of more directly remuneratire value to the merchirt, and ft might possibly have in abeyance till ome separate crisis afforded an opportunity ef noluding it in ihe batoh of negotiations, one day ine- ay a for a gencral improvement of the foreign position ime. The cooree taken by Sir Michael Seymour, at once mo- erate and firm, has been almost universally approved Dy those on whom our present * tendency” to war hae mtaiied great sacrifices. Avoiding the larger trosiy lat, the admiral conftoes his demand to unrestricted Mmtercourse beiween the authority withia and the ropre sentative without the city; this mieter—wbich bets not—but ae solved that {om non intercourse as a cause“there shail GEO emote resuite 0 serious aa the prevent. missioner tries bard to pereuade the people that Rave bad througtout no roal ground of compiaiat, but hai, being tet upon our old reqytrement, we Lave forged ‘an ibeuit to our liag, and bave leagued ourselves with tue Pebels to reize Canton. He has rewards for our heads, ani bes sovised ail other forcign commanitios, Mrovugh their consuls, to withdraw, as the people are now too indignant against us to leave us y hie aelf-will and ferocity Puppreeving the provincial rebellion @f 1864-86, declare him in the wrong: and find asonable in the Admiral’ request; but there to believe that this teeling 1 #0 at to ‘bow itsei! tn any form tha: will compe! Yen to yisid bis pot |‘ be do not, ané the old city, to which he bas ‘whhérawn from the southern division in which by right Reehouid reeide, be not entered, ihe Court, imured, as by ‘@e rebellion tt 18, 10 reeing high offisinin beleaguered by waraly people, will doubticss rupport nim so long as no tory but bis own roacber Pekin Tho solution ot the cannot too soon have troops— 10 6,C00 mer—placed st our dispeesl. Wheiber we ultimately require them or oot for the settiement of the Canton question, they would bea valuable appui in fie discuss n of other matters which r tells un are to be hacdied diplomatically next year by We represenia ves of the three Treaty Powers (WHE CAPTURE OF THE FORTS—ENTRANCE TO TRE PALACB—NARKOW ESCAPE OF THE AMERICAN O@NSUL— FINE ARTS AND CHINESE LADIES’ DRESS + IN THE PALACE. [from tho Friend of China } We bave much pleseure in giving pubiicity to the fot Jowizg mi morenda by a genteman poesessed of go. op PoriuMith: # for roting wDai voourred — fwertray. Oct 33.—Thie morning her Majesty's ship a. On reaching the Upper Peninsula, she opened \i-e ‘owing thom in first rae a ‘The Wia: poabed in under shelter of her guns, and fort. then skeile1, with the ot the forts. Meaawbile the Barrscouta steamed through Bionneim veach «belied Benbdeim fort, aad anchored below the takes pear Macao fort, tne latter having already boon ‘taken by tbe beate of the Calcotia The Coromarde! iter tbe besis had Galsbed by burning the baildings ‘withie the forts, took them in tow, and to Can ten. The ofic ring the day were as fol. et and Chisholm, Mid end Hiperiey th Male - 5 4 Foray, 24—Thie morning Commodore Eilist, in the , cronsed the barrier, and opened fire on the fort. This place was a mace of ruins \o& ‘The Sanpaon soon followed, aad took o; por ie the Shameen forts. Bird's $s ii | i A He qebet i fir sti it if : i: ony by sernoit. Hnoountor thrown; &. & party of Panied by two Beldpleces. \> Rell end Twisden the whole After & ebort celay ander the walls of thet bows Geom varked the marines wed blue Jackote. who were for | bere éviy, The ruins throrgs which the mon hed to peer were att) emouider'ag G4 the wr cpr-ensively bor | agsia commonest PT To at im b Hd é Hitt §E a i i 'e a goodly number. Just after tho Admiral left we observed a fire, which origi nated from the net explosion at the gate. As this was fast gaining on the dweilings towards the breach. the fieldpleces were removed to the boats. The braves veturned to the attack, and, unfortunately, killed two of our men apd wounded scveral others. the fired with unerring alm. w iy retreated towards the boate under @ strong covering party. Some boats, with twelve pounders, as 2con ee the last man had filed off to bis boat, opened fire on tke breach, thus securing a safe embarkation. It were invidious to point out the names of any when ail appeared to vie with one aabdther in the execution of their auty, from the brave and worthy admiral to the bumble mid, The marines were under the orders of Captairs Pevrose and Boyle; hieatenants Barton, Henry, Swale and Allnavt; Capiain , Royal artillery ; medi cal offcer with wounded, Assistant Sargeon Trons’n The Calcutta—Captain Hall, Liculenants Campbell and Beamish; the Sybill—Lieoteuants Oent and Naers, Mesars. ke, Rice and De Berg! Bate, Lieutenant Buticr apd ; Dr. Gorrin end Dr. Orr, Fiity ninth; the Winchester, Lientevants Bushnell, Peilew, Mr. Brown and Mr. James; the En- coupter= Lieutenants Gibson, Twisden and Mr. Sbambler; the Barracouta—Captain Fortescue, Lieu'onan! Bash and Mr. Tully. There were other officers, but their names could not be got hold of. Two men were killed, and one has sinoe died of his wourds; one officer and thirteen men were wounded. ‘The wounded wore at first removed to the Dutch Folly, where Dr. Ancerson had en efficient staf under his orders, with Mr. Newton, of the Bittern, and Dr. Rattray, of \. On reaching the Factories the force was received with Joud cheers by the foreigners aseembied, which was re- plied to by threo lusty British buzzas from the strong Jungs of our hardy fellows. The bage of coarse brown sugar which hed been piled the T singbai gS situated about 160 yards mntrance to the Viceroy’s official residence, having been removed by our men from the 0 that one person could get through, Admiral Seymour and suite made ao enivance into the city, and proceeded up the wide staircase on the icft on to tbe wail. This wall, on th tide of the ciiy, 1s about twenty or twenty-iive gh, tapers upwerds, and, including the battlements, js some Dine or ten fect broad on the top. Here our marines were found popping away at every Imperialist soldier showing bis head above the house tops. The ADCO the houses and shops witbin the city is im no ttractive—less 80, irdeed, than 7 tiwilar buildings in the suburbs. Proceeding along the wail bie Excellency agsin entered the city down tho breach, and over the r-mains of » houso skirting « lane Outside the extreme wall of the Vieoroy’s “yamun.”” Un- der this wall, én the outside, was a coilia; within the wall were two or tbree dead boaies, one of ‘them a stalwart Tartar soldier; another a long-haired wretch, and» third ‘witb bis bead biown off close to hie shoulders The courtyard at the entrance is over 100 feet in width, anc runs up for a corsidersbie distance before the gran entrance of the official re. idence is reached, trees, fiag- staff, and low buildings rangiog a the sides, on Either of “which, near ihe south end, are, gateways marked ip large characters ‘‘dastern’’ aad “ Western’’ doors yard from east and west, too, are two at ts and it was from ambuscades tn these we had ihe most to fear. Preceded by a guard of ma vives ard jackets, bis Excellency Aduiral Seymour, Coueui Parkes, sud otbers passed onwards, and iound hte difficulty in driviog in the doors forming the en- trance of the ‘‘yamun,” Ovoetwithin one could hard- ly fail to pass an observation on the cowardico of the Chicere in vacating @ post so cusily defensivie. Pro- ceeding on we reacbed @ large bail, in the centro of which bong a fuil length picture of the late Emperor Taouk wang, af pinced tere on the 17th day of the tiret menih of the 26tb year of his Imperial Majesty's In the rear of that, ageip, was another hall, with a jar picture of Hicpfong (tbe present Emperor) { thira year of his reign. - To the lets of toes balls were the sleeping apartments: to ihe right the kitchens;above them the relectory. Ibe whcle p'ace, however. was pretty well stripped, and the northeast corner of tbe Duiiding terribly battered by our shot Jn one of the bedror ns spoken of, mixed up with Ohimere lade’ clothing, ‘Sta’e pop it of Lome wnterest were found, along with letter trom the father and mother at Pawn of the the Uneoy's ( Proeroy's) wife. ole, the inverior of the Viceroy’s official re in the city was focnd to pormess much joss of cor tban had been genoraliy anticipated. it was evidently @ mere place of business, wiih eccommo\ations oF residence, as ocoaion required THE IMMENSE WEALTH OF COMMISSIONER YEH—AD- MITTANCE OF FORKIGNERS INTO CANTON OPPOSED BY THE NATIVAS. (From the supplement (o the Friend of } Caxtor, Oot. 31—4:5 M Firipg trem the Dutch Folly commenced this morning at6 A. M.. and Iwied for @ couple of houre after 1i o'clock. The steamer Canton arrived early witn about eighty marines, who were landed {0 the gardons The Gorowwandel wiso came up an hour alier bor, and bas aguin le't for Hong Kong Avotber placara is posted up in the city and suburbs decision puzzie bat be is not in tbe possession of @ sound mind, “tee arises bis opaccountadle tmdiference io the vente of tho inst lew days, ‘The removal of the whole of Yeh’s treasure and valu. able propery from the palace took piace on ihe night ‘when whe first shell from the Encounter was thrown into the olty, Zt & said that 8,000 colic were employed the whole night im carrying away his effects. Veh t reputed to be enormously rich; hus treasure is moaly in gold. Canton, Sunday, Noy. 2, 1864, Nothing bes been done since ycsteriay, and perfoct quietress reigns in tbe Factories. The heads of three foreigners have been seen on the city wall. No ome knows who these poor fellows were; come sv ppase them (o be satiors from the shiping at Wham pea, who went into the city with the storming party— probably lost thelr way—and wore takon prisoners The city ls row, scoording to Oc nese report, flied with roldiers, and if the Britten item pt a second entry. © vigorous resistance wil be mado. The populace are ap. parent) y, but most foolishly, oppoted to the erly Ueing oped fo foreigners. This prejudice must be overcome, Cot! fa moy. The Chamber of Commerce have sd:irotsed a letter to th pursed ven the Chinese. They seem to go’ ment of the present imbroglio, and that he will insist op & compliance with mardes be has made to them The Inst two letters of the Admiral are remarkabie for mc eration and that Coe tense to the clams of bumanity wbich characterise a great beartand brave man. May refore be fot in the accomplirhmeni of the the yum taek be bas undertaken. and may the God of Datties grant him victory and abiel bim from #urm. Ty_may be mentionod that the terrible Gres @Whe “28th and 99th ot ertirely ¢: ed 36 ontof the 38 Com chew and Fokien Hon, ‘value of property lost is suid to be immense. Uniortunately, however, the Cai. Bese will Dot believe that the Ore was accidental, mtention of the Ye FO wisn end ‘ate property in any way when it coud be avoided. bis CHINESE VERSION OF THE DISPUTE. ‘The bandit! that formerly existed in the interior havin ware pl Ly ve acquired peace to transeot their efairs. What can be #0 food! 4 few doze ago wo heard that the Fagtish authoriucs bad suddenly brovgbt their steamers and war vessels to enter the river, Ore om and injare the for# and kill the y ty. Having inquired, we of the lorcbas that have traded on tho \afrieged the law very moch—emaggied instances of their infri 12 are piled 0 Ihe nave ficial and’ peop nae vohed. Now, this No, 27 lorsba boldly the robbers Lee Ming Tse and others, and to The Rogiieh officials are bound, in accordance treaty, vo On out vagsbonds and hand them over Chinese officers for punishment. Bat ip this affatr tain of the lorcha has deceived the English Consul ‘Wrong, therefore, rests with bim (the captain), and not military anthoritie: This joroha was employed Fe called Boo Asiny (he register waa d' cured by the captain & great difference bet oun abips that are of an hone. character, The Guty of our militery is only to find out and are robbere;they do not understand the treaty, at which we be astonithed. officials have of this ailair, and being very mere’ men whe were taken from All love and reaton Bot, wnexpoctediy, the Noglieh oi'ivere, | egainst the treaty, have fired om and tojured Rihitg the soldiers. ‘Wo wish to ek if there in any love or reason in such conduct! We recollect that the forts om the baake of the river were formerly made for the jon of the now they being euddenly tnjored tho (neighbor. #) Country tuilers also. Not one who has blood and breath but will be engaged fe cam only expoe thie pervere and unressonal) in'rtpgomact of we treat " sally intormicg the And merchants of all the honorable countries, ae well ua the large Boglieh mor chants (requerting them) altogether to investigate, and =e ay we men of China speak against homan prin THE FRENCH VERSION 6 The semaphore of Marseti tow, Of the 14th November, bi Ayatin the forte, THR AFFAIR, oe a letter from Can ob giver French ver The city of Can’ of Fogland having ceclared fos! owing ciroumstanc bet pp board tbe will conse. OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, THE DRITISH ADMIRAL TO THE CHINESE COMMIB- BIONER. Bremen Consutara, Cayton, Oot. 30, 1856. Sirn— When tbe Prefect of Lay obau-foo wasrens yes- terday to the British your Excellency for > the purpose of ascertaining whetdemands (had to make, British Consul I iwstruoted the to state to him, for the in city that bas been invariably conceded at the other ports similarly in force at Canton, no such contingency could srise 88 the present, in which the impossibility of other wise effecting apy satisfactory ed necessary the proceedings 0! ast few days; what 1 bad now 10 insist upon wae simply this, thatthe foreign reprerentatives sbould have here the same access to the authorities as at the other ports. ‘Your Excellency sent ro reply to my message, and, a0 cording to the intention of which I had given notice to your deputy, I breached the wail of tbe city, aud thus obtained aceees to your Excellency’s official residence, which | — yesterday afiernoon. This object sccomplished | withdrew m; may cbncrve tai {thas been wholly with a view to the pres: of life that my operations have been bitberto so deliberately conducted. Even yesterday, when entering the city, no blood was shed save where my men were asrailed, and the property of the people wes in every cate respected. The fires which have broken out during the two days were not elther designed- ly caused by us, They were but a lamentable consc- quence of the measvres to which your Exoeliency’s con. duct bas compelled meretuctantly to resort. I baye now cne remark to make, to which I request your Excellency’s particular attention. Tae lives aud Property of the entire city lation are now at my mercy, and could be destroy: yy me at any moment that aby events might impose upon meso mad fas rereeln. of any euch necessit) bands of ) our Exceliency. I have move onward, pro the pertiraclty and discourtes; *O lency bas persisted in evading the just and pie claims advanced ty ‘us in the firstinstance. lt isnow for your Excellency, by, immediate consultation with me, to ter- mincate a condition of things of whioh the present evil is ot slight, but which, if not amended, can scarcely fail to de productive of the most scrious calamities. [ have, a, MICHAEL SEYMOUR. a” bis Excellency Ys», Imperial High Commissioner, THE CHINESE COMMISSIONER'S REPLY. Yeh, Imperial Commissioner, Governor General of the two Kwange, &c , makes communication. I bave this day recetved your Exceilensy’s \ctter of the ‘Ist instant, and bave acquainted myself with its contents The relations between jour Excellency’s country and the Chinese, ever since the commencement of commercial intercourse between have been none other than those of politeness, and when, om the 6h instant, twelvo risoners were seized on board the lorcha, having arcer 'd from the officer deputed to conduct the ia tion that nine of the number were innocent, I directod that cfficer on the 10th ultimo, to put them on board their vessel again. Mr. Consul Parkes refused to reoelve them. Farly on the morning of the 22d ultimo, | wrote to Con- sul Parkes, and at the same time forwarded to him twelve meB, pamely—! eong-Mingla) and Leong: kee foo, coavict- ed on the inquiry I bad tpsuiuted, and the witness, Woo- Ayen, tcgether with pine men previously tendered, but Coneul Parkes would neither receive Lgeeg gs 4 nor my letter. The it appears, was bu! Boo Aching. a Chinese; sho was not a fercign ber British flag bad been purchased through the merchant Block, as was clearly established by tho admission of the prisccner Woo Ayan when under examination. It war Bet known atthe time tbat my executiv: it 40 seize pertons on boar wf tbat the ioroba was « foreign vea- She was anchored in the neighborhood of the Dauch Folly. Sbe wi ollt by the Chinere Soo Aching. As to the question ot the > bas been the jnvaria- bie rule with lorcbas of your down the flag when they d egain when they p underway. When Doarded in order that the prisoners bas been satisfactorily proved that no fiag was fying. How, then, could | a ‘be hauled mm? Yet Consul Ya: kes in one deg) iter another ‘Unat satis faction is.re for it offered to the flag. There bas bees, in truth, ni of treaty committed, and, after 20 many years of understanding between our two nations, why, without caure a military operation sbouid be taken I am utterly unable to explain. In reference to the admission into thecity, | mustod terve tbat in April, 1849, bis Excellency the Plont > ary Bopbam tesued » public notice at the factories bere to the citect that he thereby prohibited foreignere from entering tbe city. The notice was inserted in the rs of the time, and srt ‘oe. bave been your Excellency. Add twat the exclusion of foreigners from the city is by unanimous vote of the whole population of Canton, and tt mey be ry how little to their liking bes been this — the forte and thw destruction of their dwel an * eee, mve ss I am that evil may hence il the a cities of your Excellepcy’s nation, | can suggest no thing better thane continued adherence to the policy of ‘be Plenipotentiary Bopbam as the best course to be par- fved. As to the consultation proposed by your Excel leney, yp on Ley days a deputed Treang, preieot of Luy chow 1 accordingly ply, availing By 5 Cems s wen your \lency prosper! , A pecs s#ary communication addressed to his Excelien- cy Sir Micbael Sey mour, Naval Commander tn- &o _ Heesreno, 6th year, 1th month, 3d day, Oct. 31, 1856. THE BRITISH aDMIRAL’S REPLY. ‘Bunis# Const Lats, Canton, Nov. 2, 1856. Sir—| am to receipt ef your Exceliency’s reply of the Slet ot. | must posiiveiy deciize any further ment on tbe merits of the cage of the loroha Arrow. 1 am per- fectly satiated of Lae ETS Cary mph 4 Kxoe! leney by Mr. Consul Parkes, that tang h me demands % the Cotsul were not acoréed to by your Kxoellency. The men who hac been publicly seized on board the Arrow ‘were pot publicly oi io thetr ressel, as he bad requested, nor was the required made of the vio jation of his jurisdiction by your executive. The whole course and irsue of the thy correepordence out of s matter which im the first instance have ber casily ac juste determined me, es | have a! ready told you, to behail of the forego tativer, om the same right of secess to the ‘within Capton as bas imvarianly conceded at tne other ports, the exercise of the right being in my belief Our fore tecurily egainst a recarrence of misunderstand ig like the present, involving proceedings 80 distasteful to myself and ro dimastrons to you Your kxoellency's reply refers me to the neticetion of the Brivish I’ lary 64% igners (rom entering Canton Now, breach of ibe promise given im 1847 to admit foreicn nto Oanlow ai the en: two years, my demand now mace if ip DO Way Copnec'ed form pogotiations on the rame subject, peither cei manding tne admission of apy bot the foreign officials, and this only for tne «tm ple and sufficient reasons above assigned. On my propo fal to treat persopally with your exceliency, you do me the bonor to remark that days ogo. I am compeiléd, therefore, to regard your excellercy's whole letter as unratisiaciory is the ox treme, ard have only to add that uniess | immedi receive an explicit assurance of y bave proposed, I shail at once res: ofeuaive opera tons. the coli with which I havo so far pro ceeded shevid have convinced you of my reiucianee to vieit the shortooming of the authorities upon the mhabi tenis of Canton; the respoosibility of what msy now be fell them reste on your exoollenoy. Should you persist ‘wm your present line of poticy you will ave me but one courre to pursue, and you Jearn when it i too late tbat we have power to exeeute what we undertake. Ac. cept, Ao. MICHAEL SEYMOUR. PROCLAMATION I8SURD AT OANTON BY THE GOVER- ROR GRNBRAL, 5TH NOVEMBER, 1556, Yeb, Governor General of the Two rn &o., makes Wy one, and Os 4 pairiouc ardor w svidence of your a and 4 } 7, Br valuing haart and band you wil abov while below the coreces wish of the Governor Gonerai Let every one tremble and obey. A rpecia! edict. ‘ aad ‘Gb year, 10th meon, ib day (November . - VIEWS OF THE EN to us of the causes of the quarrel ant the cperationa that followed it #eeme to be correct There are, indeed, matters im dispute, uch a* whether the lorebs ont of which the men Were taken was oarrying Brivieh colors, and whether the Contu) was entirely jae tilled in the stepe that he took; bet there can be no Mon that the Chinese au! ‘ities elver, and as litle thet the requisition or the Ooo mei ship wl thet the hewld be restored to and that an apology rhould bo mito, wae The condvet of the Chirese Goverwor Genera throughout arrogant exe tmevitiog, ane we ecvnetty’ ) M0 ton, cus off from the rest of the world on the soll of s vast and half civilised empire, and baving no secu rity for thetr lives or pro} ‘except the faithful obser. vance the treaty an which had iehed ives in @ Jand and amid a ten. To apy one who considers the animus of the Nborities, and the evident necessity of our sition with the least possible delay and in the most cided manner, the conduct of Admiral seymour will ap pear to buve been as judicious » decided, and as humane le alg ae ve mmple ti 7 Shen be found ‘that the Ch ose Governor-General not only eluded bis remonstrances, but absolutely refused t> allow him to urge them im person, did he appeal to the ane placed at his disporal, in order to enforce that consideration to the complaints of a Power which apy civilized mation would have asa matier of courte. We have bo reason to suppose at pre went that enough bas been done to bring the Obinese au thorities "to reason; but thee is no doubt that, as in 80 many instances before, the Chinese, when they tee their ion entirely bopeless, will bow thelr pride to necessity, and make whatever concessions mey b3 re- quired to avert the intolerable evils which thelr arro gance has brovght vpon them. There is, indeed, some reason to dread that we do our work op!y to) effeo twally, and that while we believe we aro only cRa:tisiog a refi op benef we are really shaking the very fan: tchoo dynasty. The rebelr are svideatly watching their unity to pounce upop Soathera provinces, and coHision with Englan?, w sich the ob- stipacy of Yeh has at tempting to be resi exchange this gov jpg the vast portion within the eS oe 2 heaps rose we porsess ag 10 the real objects and principles move. ment, we ay welt Re aneneel See wishing sponeidility of such @ revolution not Without, however, embarrassing ment with this contingen ee a wi prevent ite baving the effect on the ‘we aro anxious to produce, and, sion should ‘an! ans ofe cipal city, would be ky ietger by ve aie reign. ein an sovereign. Jamity would be regarded revenue of the prince; in hotor of the nation. society Of that vast country, tasks only too easy had we the slightest wish to engage in them. All we wat is liberty 4nd security for our commerce, and a prompt avd efficient redress of grievances as they arise. To fecure the first the recent proceedings at Oanton ‘we ought to enforce that right of free entrance into the country and into the ports opep for by the treaty of 1842 We must not again be told that our representatives must be excluded from the presence of the Obinege Governor General becaut bave waived tbe performance of the ied to penetrate beyond the foreigners Precincts of fact . Experience shows that we cannot submit to these degrading reatrictions without ex posing ourselvos to fresh isults and iojuries, and that tf we are to live peaceably and trade prosperously with the Chinese, we nrust teach them to treat us in every matter of social consideration as at least their equais. wo the redroes of grievances, toe ought to be content 0 ‘The treaty late the prbteny van of hos tlities. only to be put down as we bare just been employin Canton, and therefore wo had beiter mak. to retule matters once forall, aod not conciade a new peace il we bave elimisated from it the condiiions of future war. [From the London Post, Jan. 2) * ‘The demage whiep bas been dove to the erty of the Chinese, and the 'oes of life they have . wholly ong to, the, perverse discourtesy and salle rtipacity i is @ monstrous ap Biner ber ans to bold r able end ipaccessibie, an ment of Canton, an account of which has come th fast Overland mall. We have carefully of Canton learned that this vesrol had on board amongst her crew two men who bad been engaged in notorious ¥ comma Bioation ‘2th of October he made no reply. ther le tor wes forwarded on the Zlst, threatening repri tals if (be prisoners were sot forthooming. The men at ; esmage was sent to the Conga ais murt be sent Phy s0 eb would hold no personal commun) the city was bombarded. It will gether thom, tit Space, that if Jy Aad ipoommupioative, the Brita autdo and tyranpisal; while, as tar as the bi SHIPS OF WAR IN CHINA AND NORTHERN WATERS ON 15TH OF NOVEMBER. . MD eS The River|H. M. Si « 8. M Str. Hongong| Howpra jong kon, al. ths iver am, Se ong|H. M. H rT == 28 on¥2ed, 6! 4rarniobta. 2 feveree. eabiow ‘ : THE AMERICANS AND THEIR iNTERDSTS IN OBIN S$. The Overiend Prtend o Uhtva ot .b\ of Novernber, oon pa tout of news for Ame tnane Oar Cer tal 1 satan’ nope —Toe tinited Staten sheen ff i tele Heal i Hy 4 i i i ize if i se it rT if E i & 4 3 i Bi rstE HE HE A stall 2 rs But our people are also and steacy resolution. Tk mighty head te being wronged te being w . Ibe represeniatives of our federa! © old ett tery spirite pation assembled, mindfal of tae one Es i ae H E ths i i ! ‘moment of dan. ‘shall not in vain ot wounded hout the i 2 our thy of your dy in. ‘soil you trod your youth” iseacred. THE OOMMITTEE OF THe PATRIOTIC SOCIETY OF SWITZER3. Punapatrms, Jan, 16, 1867. An American Citizen Shot tn Paris by a Prison Le wey of 28 been \mcharged the Ceclared illegal by a Seentioel, “The fuvds edge thet’ the 7 Amcrican merchant. All particulars are carefully anv presse: pending the inquiry commandea by the authori tien. A letier in the London Times, from ‘an Eoglivh for debt in France,” dated the 30th nlumo, gives the fol lowing farther particulare:—This morning, at 9 o'clock, Mr. Obaries Morret, an American the vulcapized india rubber, by 8 roller of the 88th regimegt on ing with his hande in his pockets at indows of the prisow, which i# public to all the inmates. fe had committed po infraction of the reguistionr, and the judicial decis murderctr’s contiyne in no way authorized to Oro on any “ind it Se ae toe sentry’s ay time. one in an musket case; indeed, the re ‘Tne unfortunate yes 7 sas Eek? ‘any prisoner head out of the window an: retuned Wo retire 46 90, and be most unforianately fancied re were in force at Qichy. [From the London Times, Jan, 2.) From the number of compiainte made by the irreguiar manner in which what is sonal arrest’ is enforced, h would tor demande inquiry. W an the authorities reply (bat it le the joie, and the om'nent banker, John Abel Smitm, ww arrested in bis bed in the Piaos ‘Vendéme for a d@>t not due by him. Trade from the United States and Cuba vo Sprain. [Madrid (Dec. 96) Correepondence of the London Pont ) For the information of your mercantile readers | give extract from an important decree jas! signed by Sonor Barsanafiana relative to the re-exportation of proivoe f register: . , and procced with said ‘maychandise to ober Foroseac por. or tranship thea to vearels, paying the Oillerence ct doties which as eastern part of Switzerland, of ly, and a thousand miles afar, on this side of 4 8 ae F i i: i a | vl i FE 2 is Fee Tey 0,189," 8.253.510 « the other side of the account: — securities, . i vif raigned for shooting at John Worder, her husband, with tn intent to kill bim. The complainant deposed that he Keeps two bakeries, one in Baxter street and one in Mui- berry street; that his wife left him in January, 1851; that on the 16th of August lest he was in the basement im Baxter street store, and while ascending the steps, about ine o’oleck in the evening, his wife, whe was waiting wound'ng him in the head and left shoulder: be broke the windows in the store. ADVERTISEMENTS RENEWED EVERY DAY. ———SSSS THE MILITARY. IRST wane ceane phn] First ward wil ols moet b, Fs he objscsof the thewting ia to clack 6 Soul te: euperintand in the parade tt 2 ris Coumanane iiplease si'and. _ og ae | Kk MIT per Wm Wilson. CORPS WIL! Jan, 2%, PARADE AND REVIEW OF of companies J ETERAN CORPS OF (812.-THE 114 Ludlow le attend o'clock, on business of importance, Isaac Ma PHYPE. ‘i RAYMOND, Ooi nn I we eel TRTERAN CORPS OF 1512.—THE MEMBERS OF TAR (V *Torpe willatiene the faveral of our brother soldier, Jo- thie d jay) net Ms o'et AM. yyy sire ice brother Hartahorn White, from hie rertacnee, 40 it at jouston street, on thie day (Friday), the iock A. M. order A. W. JONRS, Colonel. TA MERTING OF WaSHINGTON EXGINE 0O., AM No. The! At their engine nouse on Monday event Jn. 12, 1887, the following resoluuons were nusnimo Gepted, expreasive of (he feelings * men Murphy, our Inte Treasurer. ‘Resolved, Tha the resignation of one friend apd brother Mr. J Murphy, from the official hy of trenenrer Ihia Company, in which 'y he haa eerve’ faithtully od ot ‘years wh warked ably nad "inWwas erin {Rmdee, liete from us our profound and esteem, by ae an cf ‘8 fire wh tender or sincere thanks and welt r, and that the above re. Resolved, That we fi@rak and Son. —Om On: Rroowts ®. 1.) Jan. 12, X07. —_—_—_—_—_—_—_——X_ MATRIMONIAL, re Serres Tore KR = a A Paapegpasts youre hot over to ix cnr With fine and return ton end or Ref’ and sete ome ire i Broadway office, this week. ” a native of Germs r. dyer Cana % yours Pomponston good "hnainess, making yearis, 3000 br BO 000 lease ) wishes to get married (0 ome reapectabie, good jook. And kind bearied woman. between the ages of ands, having $6 000 in her own right The advertiser ir in earnest, and no humbug. ARy respectable indy diepored to reply ha office. SOLID MAN, mey address A bex 104 Herald