and 8, C. & C. @AZETT E.—Per Annum, Taels 12; Six Months, Taels 6.50. Three Months, 3.50—all payable in advance. Credit price, Tls. 13.15 per Annum; Sabecriptions willie considered aa renewed unless notice to the contrary be given before the expiry of the current term.
"to other than the ports of trade "declared open by this treaty. They "are not unlawfully to enter other "ports in China, -or to carry on clan-"destine trade along the coasts there-"of, Any vessel violating this pro-"vision shall, with her cargo, be sub-"ject to confiscation by the Chinese "Government." The case was tried at Canton, before a Court composed of the Hoppo and H.B.M. Consul; and, og Sir Brooke Robertson demurred to the sentence of confiscation which the Hoppo held had been legally incurred, the question was referred to Peking; the ship being in the meanwhile ro-leased ander bond, but the cargo dotal ed in custody. At Peking, we believe, the British Minister also protested that the sentence of confiscation would be out of all measure harsh and unreason able, in view of the trifling fault of which the Carisbrooke had been guilty, and in view especially of the fact that steamers had been doing what she had done, for a. long time past, without interference. Eventually a fine of Tis, 5,000 was agreed on.
It was admitted at the time, that the Carisbrooke was technically in the wrong, under the wording of the treaty, mealling ata place other than an open port; and it was not to be expected that she would get off scot free. We say technically doubt Articles XVLIT and XLVI in the wrong, because there can be no
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