There is more glory for British arms in China :
was ever so much glory thrown away upon such bootless efforts ? Captain ELLIOT, it seems, had lost patience, and had actually captured the Bogue forts, and the city of Canton " virtually.."* That effected, he seems to have been utterly at a loss what to do next : the trade was de- clared to be reopened, but mistrust of the English or fear of the Emperor kept back the native traders, and it appears to have been interrupted more than once, and even by renewed hostilities. From Pekin arrived three or four Imperial edicts, all breathing scorn and disgrace upon the discomfited servants of the Emperor, and defi- ance and destruction to the English. KESHEN had been sent to Pekin in irons ; and he had been superseded by a new Commis- sioner, YANG, whose dispositions are not yet apparent, for the ac- counts received at Macao from Canton seem to have been very meagre and imperfect. In spite, however, of the Imperial wrath, YANG had concluded a fresh truce with Plenipotentiary ELLIOT* and had concurred in the reopening of the trade under the old charges in force before the war. Here Captain ELLIOT made a concession : he would not agree that the British sheald give the bonds which had formerly been required, subjecting the bond-giver to the extreme penalty if he smuggled opium, but ha offered no objection to the smuggler being visited by the same penalties which he would have incurred for smuggling in England. So,he has con- sented, after all, to help the customhouse-officers orthe hostile power !
• The phrase belongs to the Ministerial press.
