Sin Ruturarorp Axcock's instructions to Mr. Medhurst, to resume negutintions at Nanking with a strong naval force at his back, came not one day too soon. Io ly unfortunate that the state of the tides prevented their being immediately Acted on. So far as it hes gout, the Yangchow aifnit is looked on as a vic~ tory for the Chinese, and all the petty officials have become a degree more insolent in consequence, Having successfully broken one clause of the treaty, they are now going to try others. Believing they have ousted mission-davies, they are now attacking merchants. The Hwei-quan barvior ense, which first described on the 171 instant, is becoming more and more serious, as it lote longer unsettled, The Hoppo first contoutod himself with stopping the cargo; next he tortured the shrufls into making a filmo statement ownership; most he iny threatened the bearer of Mr. Medhurat's remonstrance, to make hin confess that aforgory; and now he threatens to compass the death of the shvofts, His form of office is on the point of expiry, and he Suoma determined to. love with. Goat, Wo tre a strong armed force do 80; nnd that the lotte emphatic demand for his ps to the list of points to be yielded by the Viceroy.
Pho greatest en uso for anxiety at fave been removed. from Ewel-aga wosont in the fate of the shrafs, who
where they wore first confined—whither is not known, he Hoppo and his successor paid daily visits to the Magistrate whilst they were in his change, trying every means to got him to order their exception, The lett however seemed to shirk the respons bility of murdering them in his di trict, and itis to be feared they may Ihave been moved farther to fare worse, Their friends uro anxiously enquiring when their release is to be Macted—looking, as well as the vic~ ws themselves, for _n display of force object. They all say that is utterly useless; that to. go to. Hivoienga yenly boasting the Es
und that the fate of both shrafs and cargo is sealed, unless H.M. Cor sul or sume one else goos to th spot with a sufficient force to insist lr thole release, The Hoppo's trent~ mont of the beaver of Mr, Medlurst's letter confirms their view, For thirty-six hours, this man also was detained in prison and his lifo threatened, in the endeavour to make him declare thix despatch a forgory—part of a scheme to establish foreign ownership of the cargo, The dunger, however, of maltreating a Government messenger soams ut length to have suggested itself, and the man was let go, The receipt the document was incoveniont, as tond-the confession extorted from El 1po does not woom Ho will no doubt persist in declaring it a forgery, until te presence of the Noduey'e steam Tanne convince him of his error. enn well understand that the impotence, in the {neo of such inj und insolence, is intolerable to every forvignor inChinkenng, If the lives of the shroff uve been sacrificed, we trast tht Inv. Medhurst will stop at no Fight difficulty, in secnving condign punishment for the infernal outrage.
(iment lins been s0 cruel, and vice they are suffer interest and our nul, in Shan mo, Hero are men whose only guilt is the fet of their being in furcign employ. We bad almost forgotten fo add thnt the country dealer who sold the produce, in the present instance, has been also imprisoned. A few weeks ago, we mentioned that the owner of the'honso occupied by Mr: Taylor in Yangchow bad been hounded to rain, If maltreatment of. Chinese for the simple crime of business relations with a foreigner is permitted, our position in the interior will soon become unton~ able indeed. A draft for Ts. 600 on the foreign buyer of the produce wai seized from the shroffs, at the time of their urrest. Wo shall next look to ear of the Hoppo demanding sycee for this, at Chinkeang, on the plea. of confiscation. It would be less impertinent than the arrest and imprison. tment of the bearer of Mr. Medhorsts letter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.