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( Concluded. J
A*connected with the drama, the state
rs Chinese music may next be considered.
Detestable as Europeans must-find the
very brut of this smsic, such is the force,
of habit or prejudice, that the Chinese
nre aft fond of their own as a Highlander
t»f the bagpipe. Their ancient writers
ascribe to it nil those extraordinary and
extravagant effects of softening the man
ik rs and promoting civilization, laming
wild beasts, moving rocks and stones, am.
in short, performing nil the wonders
which have been related of the strains ot
Orplu.u»*nid llie lyre ol Ainphion.
In u country where etevy kind of luxu
ry is discouraged, and some ot them con
stitiites a crime; where property is so
precarious as rarely to descend to three
generations; and where the useful only
is aUVcted to bo considered as a valuable,
* mi g reat progress can he looked for iii lhc
turn; aTTifm « mmft:.Xfcftjton that their
mu ic of Ipo itun.y, the sister ari oT j)MftfV»
ing ; s a anting in all the requisites that
arc considered u< be necesisary to form a
good picture. Indeed, B could nut well
he oilii ra i.se; us, hide u ndent of their
contracted ideas, they offend ugainstxiyc
ry principle of perspective which, with
the effects produced by u proper difposi
linii of light and abide, they aflcct 10
consider unnatural. That it is not from
want of talent that their drawings and
paintings are so extravagantly outre, is
proved by the facility and uc
curacy with which the painters of Canton
cop; .iii) picture put into their hands,
whether on paper, glass, or canvas;
and, so fa r from the Abbe (Dozier’*
J'u.igluii iii. a being true, (hut their best
works are executed in I’ektti, the vt vy
reverse is the case: all the ans, niani.fac
tuns, even down to common printing,
being woise executed in the eapil, I tha
in any otherciiy of the empire; and the
reason is obt ions enouglg for the ntpnven'
lh t a man acquires u superior reputation,
he is siimn.onwd to the palace., whet* ,
within it* spacious precincts, hie lalui t,
must be exeruia d for (he cmpi rur alone
Wflftbi\kl^ V! VIW..“ IK l manufactures rental,
being in the habit of copying from bett. i
models, .an; superior to any that tin in,
penal palace can boast It is all very tv I
for a Ch.nri.eto pretend, that the ancients
greatly excelled the moderns in the art of
I suiting, &to produce exa pies, in then*
ooks, of one painter having drawn on tti
pdia c walls smne hacks »>*• m.Uival, tha
the little bmla, tfrai i to approach fl
sert anting away; and ofum ti.er having
painted a door on n wall, the dncp'ion i.l
• which was so complete, thin people .-nik* i
v. ii I*l d logo through it. Bui why should
the Jesuits repeat these id.e moii s us il
lh v were facts I Or, why should we be 1
tol l tli at the Chinese would he good sculp
to if •he art «as not prohibited 1) the ■
gotoiinvent? which is so far from hem,
true, that In every temple, bridge, and
burying g i\iiid, may be seen all niMtiu •
cf grotesque figure* of nictrj wonn*i.
qmidrupeus, A ollier cieatiii *s, that in ver
C'i ted but in the sculptor’s imagination:
tu d these we have übun lantlc in ad man
ner of matedais, wood, stone, metals, and
bak. d clay* Individual objects they can
pieniwitii great accuiacy; and in hco>
JK’S lion each h.dit ,dua » fcj ct is repre.
aented as close to the eye, thus lb
leaves of trees, how* ver distant, are
disi.nctlyri.pl' srtited; and obj ctsintlu
back-ground are painted of lh. same siz
with those of the same kind in t it fore
ground, which they absurdly contend to
In- proper, because tin*v ape so in nature
It may be doubled, whether the mosiskii
ful European artist can excel a Chinese in
palming « bird or n . Cptile, (m ihsrc',
b»h, or u fl..\v *r, —SO CO 1 reel if. ct na
ture,' h.tn’it pve ptumula of a feather,
in a single since ol » fish, escapes him,
and . v vy -luue and tint of colour at mi
nu.. y uuitaied It is s.i'uin*. ,iho amu
of jv.ia’a sagacity should sHi nisjudg
me. t i he so warped as to as-ign the
singular disp s tiom.f then*' ptigat oi .
ga s ’as’he cause which prevm ed the
Chinese I non becoming gio.'. pa niers.—
As link; truth is there in Ins assertion,
th«t tiny are uuab’e tocopyf im good
Ui. de.», without fading into tb *ir own
sty le, a ijcmv, rliug iurop. an eyes, ears,
aid trues, mtothose of a Chinese: they
ai*v the most servile nni'.aiots on • arth. —
A f'ht $ will imiiaie the iikeress of any
object n shape, colour, and proportion.
Tt>*.*u r . ii, alien left to himself, he has no
m .id to c.noey the idea of distance, swu
duj, expression, Si luagn tude of ohjec.s,
bv tor. s.ioitaumg, perspective, and u 1
due dis'i buiiun of light uul shad, yet he j
wi’l c .py them ad in a picture w ith sen,
puk us accuracy i
Sculpture n.tsbten thought by some to <
(lute u* improve meats, if not its otigui,
fr 11 luonuaieiual ed.ficta. No coun.n ’
c*.e .oast a greater nun.bci or variety of
obj eta of this nature than China, but,
like the r-sl of its edifices, Uiey are to- i
tally destitute us the character of solidity i
and duration. A few luunstera, or d.«- j
tb> ted ‘orins of men and domestic animals, i
gei.t .ally moulded in clay, are sometimes •
placed among the tombs, but they ar< t
wholly umleservmg of notice, in cutting i
Wood, informing the root rs a plant into t
the snape of huu.afe beings, quadrupeds, |
*ot ui *uuteis, iltey succeed better: tk com ,
m ir.icate to the IVatures or to Hie actio, i
a higu degree of expression; the sam .
lomgs occur in metal snrt in procelanu t
bu> the human figure is always c otitod, I
an 1 s naked statu.* never seen. Some of
l h gigantic clay figures in thetempKa i
M by no means void of character and ex
prcssion, and the images cut in son ,
tvinch sumetimes adori the avtuues u.
palafcfti, the gates of cities, and t..e i
Jjwai'BU M h.idgo, uiu.isuuua as they i
generally arc* dhow (hat by proper cn- e
couragement and instruction, they ve p
capable of producing something be'ter; p
but they seem to be deficient in taste and v
feeling, and to possess no general idea* v
oi the beauties of nature. Content with r
the representation of individuality* the ,
imagination is never called hit" play ; ]
they servilely imitate what appears be
fore them, with all its beauties and all its
blemishes. They are mjitSier dcfiolent in,
ingenuity or dexterity. They engrave
with a tool on copper, on silver, or on
wood, as well, generally speaking, as the
same kind of work can be executed in any
part of Europe; and they are expert
enough as lapidaries, in cutting all sort*
of precious stone*. They use spectacles
made of crystal.
Nothing ha* yet appeared in Europe
from an authentic source, to warrant any
other conclusion than that of the utter
ignorance ot the Chinese in the pure, spe
culative, and abstract science of mathe
matics. Their knowledge ul arithmetic
and geometry is bounded hy mere prac
tical rules. Their numerical notation is
marked down hy symbols of (hr language
as that of the Greeks and the Humans was
by letters of the alphabet; mid, iike them,
'the Cliinese symbol want Out power ot
position which the Arabic numbers p<>s
srss. The common operations ol arith
metic are generally performed by a few
bulls strung on wires, somewhat resen;,
bling the Homan abacus, and sometimes
by the joints of the fingers. The measure
of quantity is usually determined by in
ducing all surfaces and sides to the di
mensions of squares or cubes; and with
those few practical operations, they con
trive to manage all the common purposes
of life.
Vet the Chinese have been represent
"cd hy some ol the French -missionaries ad
PIV/fny.uA. imtroiners. at a time when all
of t clips*s, to adjust 1 Irftf
i lions of the sun ami moon; toineusuru the
I -distances o( the planets &c I'he ridicu
lous ceremonies -observed by tin. gr- m ( .f.
fioeia of Male when eclipsfs happen, fin
nisli, it is true, no proof against tin
knowledge of their cause*.
There is no subject on which the ac
-counts of the missionai ies are so vague
and contradictory as Unit of the p pura
tioi’i yd they all•ellVct to ref r i.o official
documents. '• hey agree, howevei, i,.
sianiir’. it to be something immense, Hi ’
llic I'ginst nun her is nut equal t -lwo
tliircu. . f tlie enormous mass oi 333,QU0,-
OUO, vv Inch tne Mandarins attendant mi
I.til'd Macartney’s embassy gave K t_li.it
iii'bleman as the amount of the pnptil.i
ion The inaccuracy, however, not to
say impossibility of "that iccount, is ob
" > ions from mere inspection ') lie mini
berain uch province are given in round
iinilio s, and in Uvo provinces the numb, y
of millions is precise!; the same. In lie
IJem ml hislvvy *>/' Chinn, the popu alii-n
is frequently staled at different pencils,
ml m u way so loose and Vague as to de
serve little attention Mien can ho i.o
* ~ ' i; n)t , lo tune,
, a census is oidn-tU to he taken, and the
result ol n is n adej public; that the ;inm
tie. ol months is a w ays included; hut t| m .
a separate list of the taxable inhabit;,, ,lß
n \ "* th kcn at the same Pme, and is a!l
perhaps that itiu guvcn.mmi
' about.
If we are to give credit to lht.se «c
c -urns, we must suppos. that tlio populs
inn of China must have attained its p o.
digious magnitude within the la t two
o. three cent lies, an - that it must be
g’, *tly un the inetcast; but we arc Jm.
me Hatt y sipped short from drawing
tins conclusion, by the translation , f
sonic statistical accounts of Ghina bi Mr
Morrison, takinby order of’ the present
emperor A’rirA/wg, tncompare with a si
milur statement made at the coim lence
incut of llu reigning -dynautv. Vccotd
ing to this census, the to’al population,
including tihe . tve!v, larlai banners, a cl
all ranks and conditions, g >•«. unci small;
atnoii.ivs to between 143,00' ,C>o auc 14-fv’
PUOUOO of nnmtie.; ami tins account
agrees very exactly with that c :■ «s u«
ken liy Tvicn lung n the yea, l/id, and
contained in di, 1 e-tung tciic. or . ill mu i
levs cumitriiiiig China, a cir nms work « c
!;ave betoit nn nlo iied. Hy tins census,
the number of In ad 1 tan; lies paying
taxes is slab d a! 28.314,488; win. h, hv
i\ck.oi.ing five pels.,!, to each luu.iiv,'
I M Olllogivc 112,382 440. 1 In: number ot
the li.c rad, the ird-imy, and minis ex
erupt from I xaimn, will amply i ski up
the deficiency. Grojcler, inde: 1, by the
omissions of H. ' mini, ihc t s
alio-e meniio. cd, swells the tou! to Jo/,.
3,J 1,755.
This enormous population is fed aril
subsisted, ami all its wants e tfrely sup
plied, f.ohi China atom. Except as u i
English broad chubs and metals, a few 1
mrs Urotu Uuiisia, and a little coiun from i
Jluiuhay, it I'vcei bu, rvue ex.- i-oal ]
supplies. The ev •ni and f rtiii'y «fUi. i
soil are ampty surtioien im i;s dtnmn U |
China consists, a; L-as , nf ont; n rll.oii
and a half ot square miles, and ha- a lout
b7 in rsons to a yq .arc mile. 1
The constituent part of the popiffa io; I
o' China were ancit fitly consult." ed (i. i
consist of four classes; the ter, or learned,
who governed and instruct v d the l eaf; the I
"ting, oragricuitiiris.s, who provided food i
and iiiaieriaisfor clothing ih rear; the
httnf, or ariisan or manufacturer, who t
i.o lied, Mid built, and furnished Houses i
for the rest; and the thaii£-,w\io distnbut ,a. .
and exchanged the productions of tlic <
Otliei two aiming all the classes of s, cu> t
ty; hot nothing like a division into castes t
O'er appeared in China. t>a the cninra 1
ry, every encouragement is held out to. [
Hie children of the thiee inferior clas.-es c
*0 as ire to the first, c
Much has been said in praise of (')ii- <•
nese agricultu-re—much more, in fuel, k
than it deserves; in Europe i would be dis c
jnsed. There are no great farms m Citina; v
few families cultivate more loan is neces o
sary for their own use, and r or payment of n
llic imperial taxes; and with,ml teams ~f a
any kind: without any knowledge or prac- t
tice of a succession of crops; w ithout a y h
grazing farms, for feeding cattle,oi for di. e
dairy, of which they are totally ignoran l , a
making no use of either mils, Puller, or t
cheese, they can have little manure, un
can the land be kept in good condition h
la fact, the old fallowing system is f-1 a
towed, a ;d, in many parts, the spade an
the hoc are the great implements of cut
ovation, their miserable plough scared; p
deserving the name. Tne command of
f water is the principal substitute
for immure “Every substance, how ever, u
that cau be couvated mto uutuuxe i» mos. it
wrefully colected; «nd numbers of old F<
people and children of both axes find em "*
ployment in scraping together, with tli
wooden rakes, into their little baskets, pi
whatever may have fallen in the streets or j«
roads, vvbeie these
“Lean pensioners uponthe traveller’s tract
V et up 'their nauseous dole.” — f;
leaves, roots, or stenis of plants, mud o
from the sides of canals, ft every sort of u
offal that presents itself, ot which fu- b
man hair, shaven from the scalps Os a t.
hundred millions weekly, forms no mcon- t,
sider Ale ingredient, aiecare'uffy scrap t
of the land in China, ntjder «
cultivation, may be said to be employed, cl
exclusively for the subsistence and cloth- g
ingof man. The staff'of life ib nee; and n
it is the chief article of produce in the v
middle and southern province*. I his a
gram requires little or no manure-,, age
after atc the same piece ground yields i
its annual crop, t some of ’ hem two crops s
a year. In the culture of nee water an t
swers every purpose; and nature has sup- t
plied this extensive country o ust abuu- <
dunt.ly with chat valuable element.
The tea plant, which forma so import- <
ant an article for the common beverage 1
of the -country, and also for exportation, |
is cultivated only in particular provinces, «
and in certain Mtu-cions; hut it is fouiu.
in gardens and small enclosures in eyeiv
pail of the empire, being very mud, of
the habit and appearance <>» the br
IcfcA myrtle, We. scarcely yet know
whether the different kinds often are fom ■
the same plant, orjdiflerent speo.esoftoe
same genus. Ihe leaf of the sou-chong
is broader than that of the hyson, out 'his
B ,ems to coiistitnte the only em.,-.
Hull, sorts undergo the process .1 rw»t.
,w, in their iron pan.,; t.m • Tack in a
higher degree d heal than Me greer,
which is sufficient to give a ■ lpL ;' n L ‘,
*--in ilie. exti-wivt: ma’lci
\y to }- Bllu ‘
big t,» tl.e, Utile ahemdon •..hic'i’ the’jm-'
. res of <bc le.-tf -unde-go from
■ I g - ecu' hem that is used in the process
'I o procure fine flavour, ine Chinese uV
’ ally prt.ss the y.i'K'.ii fens into tht rli./vs
and cimnir ns while In i. 'I hey liA# •'
practice ;r|so <♦'eivieg a lint r hloofi "o
(in'i green e: .n by stn u kt ng a h'tii. in--
uieo, mix d wl'.h po’.vd r. Die iliffVeiM
sorts of black and green are not mff 'y j
from soil, situation, nitd age of '.hee.il;
bul afitv srinouing the* tea. they art'-d*"-
,en up in -tircos-nun as the leave! f li,
those lie vest tin- machiru, beiutt t. i
heaviest, is the g m-pi VK i lea; tiufl'qdit
dus'the worst keing cldtily us< iht
lower class ■« i nat which is bv tight
dowi to Canton ui-d ry net theica di'on
roasting, w.nrovii.g, pucku jf, &0i <1
n any huod ed women are employ tel foi
lh-se (lurpo-esj tic rate oi pay ’hying
abouii 1 filly of du-ir small Obj | < i cuius, v,
four pence fur day. The * biiiesc say
dial the b-s' tea is that w hich is gatln red
in ilio morning, whi'e co wis on. 'flu.
I athering in the hyson c. nflliiei, Ei»ug
nan and Vokien, comniencts ibrmt the
middle i f April, and continues dd about
the middle of M;iy. the collecting, the
'oiling, the twisting, and roasting, give
em !cyment • i a multitude of people.
fin y u'v. e see dun upaiicg in the use
-f uI food. Tlii Si impw itt-iit articles
of milk, butter, and oh ( s , sue wholly
niikiiinvti to them. The. b. oucUtailed
(sheep are kept in the hilly pads of Hu
count v; mid bri’i down to the plains; hu;
die .wo timmavj most l Uci.eu, btcause'
‘hey Contribute tin sto their own subsist
civcc, and are kept at the cheapest rate,
are the hog and the duck. Whom swarms
if the latter arc bred in largo barges,
minvun iocl with projecting sugars, cover
ed with < • .'9 for tin- reception of tries
b.i s, which are-taugUt, by the sound of
a rustle, to jump into tilt rivers and ra*
cals in search of food, and by a lot'm r
( all lo return to 'heir lodging's. They
are usually ha'ched by placing tfttnr
eggs, us tire ancient Egyptians wert i
wc t to d- . in snudl ovi -s, or Sand-baths i
in order that the game female may con
dime tn lay egi s diroughout tne yc; r, <
whi.li would not be the case if she had i
young hr' od to at end The ducks, \
whci killed, are usually split open, sal- |
irr, end dried in the sun. in vrliicli state
ih y afford at excellent fehsli to rice or '
i the vegetables, i
Wiien anuna 1 food fads them; rthe s
nose make no scihple in eadng d? ,I'd , <
leads, grubs, eats, 'uis, mice, and many i
(her nauseous creatures. Tli£ oaken i
Egyptian deg is cenunonly imposed tor v
safe in the market. Uut rice,'ilic fiog, s
an.' the (’eck, Piay be coimiui red ii tile t
staple articles « human subsistence lot »
die gnat nassof the popuiuiiop This- t
who can afford >t,indu g<‘ in,every species s
of luxury, and m re especially in gela
t’pous b. ups, which, winle they puinpe; t
ihe appeiitf, are supposed to excite the j:
passions, undto inen-ase their cOipnlt n- I
cy, wliicli, in their ideas, confr.g a di -1
free ( f respectability aid dignity to which i
. imad meagic figipe can never arrive. f
No country in tie w ntd‘is.better adap. I
ted fivim situation, t limate, and products, i
fur an ( xtenswe c «imerce than (diinnj yet v
«o civilized country has profited les. by v
'hose advantages The happy ths. dm- ii
tion .fits numerous rivers, aide tbyarlifU I
rial camds, afford an almost uuiiiter. npled o
atei cutnn.ui.lcution from the luiithc. nto c
tin southern, and from the western tu t u
eastern ext rein I tits of tins giand empire; II
ihus-a facility is giveufor tlu imerchaiigt v
ol the products of one province wit ' t
th se of another; unknown in any other K!
country, and unequal I d evru in CSr<-t<i v
Britain But the commerce diat ex.sts . (
principally that of barter; no system at, w
cr. dil is established between th locr- ‘
chants of distant provinces; no bills es 1
exctiauge; no circulating hicdnnti of any
kind, as a comm <n measure of a. .i, ci
excepting a tmatl copper coin, of lit
value of the thousandth part of Os, Bd., 1
nr about one-third ol a fwrpdng The u
multitudes of barges of different sort •'
foul me;o, which vary in their construe- as
lion cn ainoist every river, are iucredi
Ide The Chinese are rarcly-to he trust- w
td wlurr i.umbers aiv concerned; but they ti.
art probably not in stating H
dial the number of imperial barges cm- y
:ilny din the grand cnnl and iu lateral el
branches, for the purpose of collecting si:
ard distributing among the public gia- ai
.aides the lice and grain paid in kind us of
.axes, amount to 10,UUU, or, ns they ox- «t
prems i’, where they mean to be correct, a<
SS99 a
The principal mart f r fbreign com- !pi
aVicv is tnai of Oauton, the only port, h
in feet, wuicU is open for lorcigaei*. m
'or the last twenty years the foreign com-1 1
nercc consisted of two distinct branches; 11
he one d'rcct from England, and a com- i
dele monop ly of the Eait fidiaCom ‘
iaiiy; the other indirectly carried on by
idividual*from the several presidencies
,f India, chiefly from Bombay.
When an European first sets bis foot in
r ;h na, be will find di.t appeal ance of the
cnuiili’y; the buildings, and the people,
so totally different from any thing be liad
before seen, 'hat he might fancy him sell
to be transported into a new world. In
the long line of internal navigation be
tween the capital and Canton, ot 1200
miles, with but one short interruption, h
will observe every variety of surface, bui
disposed in a very remarkable manner in
great masses; for many days lie will see
nothing but. one uniform extended plain,
without the smallest variety; again, tor
as many days, he will be hemmed in be
t vetn prccspitoiis mountains of the same
naked character, and as unvaried in their
appearance as the plains; and, lastly, a
tenor twslve days sad among lakes,
sc amps, a id morasw-.s, will complete the
catalogue of monotonous uniform! v, but
whetlier he crosses the dry plains of lJei
cheii and Siianiung, ahoundnig with cot
ton and all the varieties of grain and
pulse,- the more varied surface of Kiang
can, fertile in silk, in y.Tow cotton, in
finits; it. the staple commodity of grain,
and in every thing that constitute the iux
uries, tiic coinfoi s, and the necessities ol
ill* —-i!’C iIIVHIA inOPUtIStH,
it • 1«. jpt risivc kikes of tue nm'tiicni
of K ajj'g set, where men subsis. I y fish
ing,— yu its > ak. d and picturesque utoun
;.di'S ’<| the soutluvav I,famous for its pro
edain n a lufactorirs, —or wht-ilier he de
-BCv.il ! to 'li< fertile plains of Quan-tung,
on v ludii almost all the vegetable pro
ducts ih tin- East may to said to be c«*-
central ft, th- grand dm. icteristic -f.a
tun is still the same—a •ed<in-W.t ;mpu
fatioh. Evety •• Imre he meets with large
nia.-.*es ■ f pe p e, but mostly "f one “e* •
"rtttfVWhlg of men in a > ingle gmuju »’
men v\ ln.bc long t owns arid ‘petntoats
i-ive them the ap-pearinice' of Use ti
e. sex whiie these are sparingly seen
at a distance in tin beck g ounn, pei'p
im; over lb. rntid-widis, or psrtiuliy
led behind tree* ot busies^' short
jackets and trows, r.v would make
them pass for tncu uriiong straugets, if
I their b.aided h.'.lr, sttick Tdt of (lowers,
and tin ii Ji'tlf *< tairrpetl and laudagt •!
f'edt, did »"/t betray their sex. lit v, hi
,f phased wi'h the imeq.uivcie.il mat k» of
gold inir.iortr which prevail in tv r
crowd, nuiiilei nip led and unconcerned by
ih. hswl.ng of some unhappy victim
si:Hi 1 ring under 'he lash of magiateiia’
coitcciioii ; and he will be nr .used at the
awkward tv. rtious of the sof'vr sex to
nobble out of sight, when taken by stir
pri.v ; but, his slnnhu rs'will be interrupt
ed on the nigh's of tin; .fuff moon by the
ncCnriiul or; u s of squib* and crackers,
gongs and trumpets, ai.c other accompa
niments of boisterous north.
A constant succession of. large villages,
towns and cities, with high waffs, lofty
gales, and more lofty pagodas, large ua
'igaiile rivers, cotmnuiiicatiiig by artilicial
caua's, botli crowded with barges for pas
sengers, and barks foi Iburdeo, as differ
em from each other, in every river and
every canal, as they are all different from
any thing of th-e kind in the lest ot tffe
world, —will present to the traveller an
an■ mated picture of acl.i ily, industry, ami
• omcierce. He wid behold, in the lake*
and niOrasscs, every li'tle islet crowned
with villages and mud hovels. He will
observe birds (the if u tse, or cormorant)
cilchir g fish ; aud men in the water, with
jars on th it heads, fnliing for bitvis. He
will see shoals of ducks issuing fi oro ti uu
ingliabitaiiors, obedient to ti.e sound < f a
a fustic; carts on lie land, driven b, the
wind; and iiarg-es oa the water, moving,
by wbee s, like'h.;s< recently mvnutil in
Bin op, fi,v propelling the steam boa's—
Among other strange obji-cts, hewiliob
sene, at every ten or Ueelve miles, small
military gijard-hou-es, w lh a few soidiers
antus 1 iqaily dt< ssed in paper helmets and
qm tc I.petticoats, niaklt’g us«l Vl the fan,
' t e wea'her be warm, and'falling on :
th ir kne-es, d'a« oilictr ol' rank, should
puss ih. rn.
He will observe tha the meanest hit',
with waffs of clay, cud a roof of thatch,
is built mi -the same plan, and cl the «an.v
si uiff, with tin palace of tin viceroy,
constructed of blue briefest »i»d lls tiled
r >"f s it,ported on pillars. He wlff,notice
Uial the luxury ot glass is wanting in the
windows of Lo'h; an I that, while one
admits a free passage lo the.ail, the othei
bn» imj-t ifec'ly n-s.sts th ; wtalher, and
as imp' live tty admits the light, whether
through oiled paper, silk gauze, pearl
Shells, ot horn.
Notiiing, perhaps, will more forcibly ar
rest the attention of the traveler than ti -
general nalt.- Mu-ss ol the country as to
li-. cs a'd hedgc-i ows, of which ihc la'.tei
have uo eX'stenci, and the former exis
only in clumps near the dwellings of the
pu'uhc (.fnrci'a, or the temples of Ft, or
fio-tse. No green meadows will meet
his eye; no oattie c. liven die seem r.ihe
otuy htrl'.ige is on the narrow ridges
which divide the plot’s of grain, -or Iff ■
Itrow: f.iiiow, as in the •miumoii fields of
England Tlie terraced niffs lie will pro
iKihly ithserve tn be lenuiiiuti d wim a
clump'of- trees, orapigoda—die o ils
objects i" In distance tiial ca'ch tile rye
tint the bridges on tlie canals, of every
v ii-iety of shape',—circular, elliptical,
toi-sc-shoe, gdithcp—slight and unstable
as they are, arc objects tout, by their im
felly and variety, must attrao. notice;
»nd the ruonumeniaf articlf tectnre,
which a 'orns the cemeteries under ev ■
t u ni, from the lowly tent-shaped
Iweilmg to the ioftlebt cdumn, —t.u-
devated U-rracos, supported by semicir-
Jtrar v. abs, —and the round hillocks,which
. tlfei- gn-aduaied size, pomt out that of
he la'lier, the mother, and the cltddn ~
icci.cd ng t.i Hit;- Remorily,—are arming
!, c most interesting objects that China
‘ft’ ids.
I*. by chance, be shod. ’’'C admitted
vitlim the gates of one of their givat ci
it as Bekii'* Nktikin, Sau-lch ou-foo,
lang-tclieou-foo, or Can ion, he may tan
y hii.iselft from the low house with c-.iv
■d overhanging roof's, umutemipte ; by a
ni,,u* diimney, tficplilxrs, puff s, flags,
uvd streamers, 'o have got into the it idsi
if a faige em aaipmeivt. The gliiicring
I'ismg fdiin the gilding,the tarnishing,
i"d ihe paining, in vivid cuioui-, tha.
. lorn tne front of the shop,—and, in
la.ilrular, the gaily pril led lanterns ui I
torn, musl.n, sk, a d ci, —the busy j
uuiumde all in utouon, uitd all ol oue 1
seX) the painted and gilded inscriptions ta
that, ih announcing the articlts dealt in, ir
assure the passengers that “ they don’t re
cheat kore,”—-the confused noise of link- 11
ers, cobblers, anti blacksmillis, in their w
little portable workshops,—the buying,
selling, bartering, & bawling, of different I'
wares, —’he processions of men carrying "
their new-married wives, with along train I
of presents and squalling and noisy mu- n
sic; or carry to the grave some deceased o
relation, with moil lamentable bowlings, t
—the mirth and b usts of laughter ocr.a- c
sinned by jugglers, conjurors, mounte-
Dunks, quack-doctors, musicians, and co- >■
rqediuns; in 111 midst o* ail which is con- t
staidly h aid a strange twanging noise .
from the bai hers tweezers; like the jarring ■
sound of a crack'd Jew’s k* l lV '‘ ia 1
gisti ales and officers, a'tended by their I
Actors, and a numerous retinue, bearing
flags, umbrellas, painted lanterns, and I
other strange insignia of their rank anu ,
office;—all these picsent to the eyes am! '
ears of a strange*. a novel and interesting 1
, spectacle. Thd noise and bustle c‘ this t
busy multitude commences with day light,
and cease only with the setting of the
suit; after which, scaicely a whisper is
heard, and the streets are entirely dcser
ted.
Towards the Central parts of China,
near to the places where the two gieal
rivers, the Whang-ho and the Yang-tse
kiting. intersect the Grand Canal, a scene,
magnificent beyond de-scrip ion, will ar
rest the attention of tbe traveller ; heA.
he willfind himself in the midst bt bustle
and business .The muliitudt of ships oi
wav, of commerce, of convenience; and of
ph-asuf., some gliding down the si:cam
towards the sea, others working (ig-alfut
it by sails, oars, or wheels, amVOtheis ly
ing at anchu.-; the bunks on ei'ber side,
At well as 111 -se of the canals, covered
with towns us far at; the eye can reach ,
the continuance along the Canals of cities,-
towns ami villages, almost without inter.
r u !V -r.lhe vast number of light aSuiifc
bridges, ail,!.three arches.—
f,v icinpl is occi.rrin-^mirvqueiTCß’ruci's
> sio with '.hint-double and triple tiers of
• lo.ds.—the I’ei-los, or-triple gateways, In
i coinnictn-iiVtioh of hones' man o;
chaste virgin;—the face of tive sun uur'd
’ iv.g country, b auiiluliy. dlrersHi .fi wit;'
iiii’- and dale,-'and:<eV(--ry pari of it,in tin
highest slat ofcut'isati- n—die apparent
ft .ppy condition of ilic-nnuieron ; inhab'
lants, indicated by their / }'• ev)fj iop :s
and. substantia' clothing, Bhkfly in silk, —
such arr the seems which pyestn-te
fucnis I os to O'iv countrymen who /om
poii fi the embassy f ihe Kail of Maca-i.
i.ey, anil were receuriy repeated to those
who accuuijianh djJud A lo -rsl
Jle would pr tbnoly he; in si align, how
ever, in inferring live genetal happy « a'c
i ..f the pi i.p’c-, or beautiful appear ihcc ol
• ' lie country, from what might occur along
this-great line of comma ncation between
'hr northern and southern c\i remit ies of
, the empire The Dutch embassy .s<:umu;
out in winter, when the canals were fo
sen, proceeded by a different yonte, ami
, the inconveniences they suffered, .s des
' r bed by Van Uraah), and in a MS JWr
■ nal in oar posscs.-aon, are such as can
1 scarcely be credited to have occurred in
■ any nat'uu removed but a few deg e-s
fotn'he savage slate; The face of ;h
i country was dreary, without a visible trace
i of cultivation, or a hovel oi any kind, f
the space of eigld. or ten miles tog' thee.
In many parts the (MiTßcr -«-a» c-rver- •*
with water, and the mud hovel's complete
i Iv melted donm. Very few tines, towns
or v iiluges, occurred in tit* it route, a
those were almost universally in'a mi i
ons condition. Near to the capital th y
passed a city exhibiting only n m.s-i of-u
--uis. It was not before th y had cross.',
tin Yellow River that the nrints ot wine;
carriages marked out the r<>a-t. The pe
pie every where appeared in Agent nod
. oppress d, equally destitute i f h fee
ing* of i un.a u iy and of hospita i'y.
KOHMGN.
Savansau, Octubek 20, 1821.
i heschr. Klix.i, captain Trowbridg-,}
f ‘im N :\v-York, and the brig II ro, from
Philadelphia, arrived hist evening, we
have received tbe papes of those poru
to Sa'U"day last 13U: lost inclusive, con
taining Liverpool datesto the first of Sep
lumber, r ceived ut New-Yoik by th-’
pack< t ship Albion. Ext ac s follow.
In, die Albion, came passenger the Che
valier D’Ancluago, Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Pie. inpot .utiar v, triim hu
Catholic Majesty to the United States,
Ur. Price and Mr PUiJltpps and livtly of
the Th.-atre, and William G -sum, Ksq. of
Savannah
'.iv rp'i-l, September I.—The sales of
Colton th;« week, kalie been, by private
4'.fid-bags and by auction, 235 J bags, of i
ait sons, of which, by private, 24.50 were
Atne ic .ii, and 1,409 do by auction The
private sa,-s com ste l of 1700 bales up
lands, viz. 7d ut 7-J; 790 , 9 '-Bto 7-8, i
27d at 10- ; 780 ut. 10 1-8 to j 1, and 10 a
lid; 64 ) O ;• hiis, at 9d to 11 1; 80
i emu ssee at 9 a 9j i, an I fij sea islands
u 15 ti.
tOOd white an-d 200 stained sea islands, 13 i i
O k-ii is, and 160 uplands. There weie a
buve 2000 sea islands offered, and what 1
weiesold, went at loWer prices generally I
by lii than any previous sales, a>d in the <
b t .c- qualities, nearly 21. There was one i
lot of seu islands that cost 33 cents in Sa- i
Vanuati this year, tha' sold at 1 »d. We ne
ver knew less inclination to buy, nor a 1
greater determination to set;; and if these i
public sales ai c pe’sove.eil in, the general <
qualities of sea islands will soon be down 1
to 121. The sales by miction, were f-om t
m to 16(1, but generally at IJj to 14d, }
anu siained from to 12d. t
Uplands were low in any quality. Si sold
fn m 8 to BJd. We co..sider the lower
qualities of Orleans and uplands near a f
farthing lower this week, but in the bet
ter sorts, prices are the same, ’there is t
no change in our market for any tiling a
else. fi
Tobacco, 2to 6 Rice, 13 a 15s; Tur
pen tine 11s 6d to T3s 6d; tar 13 a 154; pot c
iis ui 1 58 ; Montreal 32s 6J; pearis 38i> 6d li
to 39s tab
.imnican Stocks in Loudon, August 39 t
Tbr.-e er.centf.7tl; 6 per cvuis, 98 to v
lu J; 7p> r cents 102i;fire percents-101;
banks ate-, iiorHinallj, 23 pounds. li
V» ar between Russia and Tu’ key w.;s 3
s'il. U.ked of, but nothing decesi-.e had
ti.Ren place. A letter from Paris of tin c
25? h August o .serves on tliis s bjeci, u
‘ neither vlo we think vve are in error in
repeating cur assurance that war is cer-
ain, and that there is not a human heart ■
n Europe that does not vi.-h the exter- H
nination c«f the Turks, and their dttini.
live expulsion troiu this quarter of the
The Russian fleet, consisting of tenor B
twelve ships of war, the (irid ot the navy
was at Keison, a port at liie ninutb of lue r
Dniester,- t.nd further north than Odessa;
no changes had '.rkeii place in the situation H;
of Baton Suogpiioll' v\ ar was the only
theme of convcisauou at St. I’etersbur- B
om die 20th. 0 ■< 1
The accounts from Odessa were to the
3-i of August. ‘lbsie had nut been at 11
that date any nmvenient in the Russian s ‘
army, and the greatest interest was exc;-
led as to intelligence from Coiiitu.iiiiic
pie, which had been interrupted far .
■toUnigh’. ‘
In co.iseqilencu of a proclamation by H
professor King, at l.rtpsic, a number of
young men in t.eimany have associated H
l.ieinseln-s for the purpose ofassisting in
tin work gs Giecian emancipation. It is
smd that a p. inceof one of the most dig.
tiiiguishfcd.sovereign houses m Germany,
vt ho acquired grea. military lepiitatiouin
-tue late v- ars, ti kas particular interest
tiie cause, and has co.ilnbnt. d 60,0-jC i) o .^R<f | j
I'.ns tow aids tlu- equipumnuol die >'oui;g^lw r i
volunteers.
I‘iofessor Kiug’s-proclamati.i'i lad boeh^Bjj
at swered by pjoiitsor VVeark, of
'same university, iif.wi icli h-
tile idea ot sending incxpeiic .a.c.,
men todigiu for the GievU- c;nl sa,s
they wist, t > c iiUrmule to their > : -p|>it
pet them ail irti pecurnary ussistaii ce.
Krug’s p.oi.eriy i-.tui be- n r
ca e , and proceedings instiiot d i.e i
gau-.t him and Inc ; uu,ish s
qiicCi-’s remains an it • ■ 1 ■-
the Util August. As It \v?.;i 111-.*-.-. ;■ ; i
remove tin- coipse to a saudi,
Mined to il'c i-uvigh'icn J i,m -■
| in the aft--riW'.ii conveyed on b • i 1
d op of vvai Stc.
by Hie Wye, sad cl ~u • el.
S-.a t, ii-.re .uey it-rived •.
--•wr • j
. tided ill tb’ ut.,-: : BB» e!,r
-tace iUd a |.a ,
Ou-.Uve-i, till m
yoi-ds, “Hu: i ju cl tin, I-;-, «
* d-- su-ne c
ihl’vMgtluUl U< CtCi’O y
-u llml •^H ( j istu
' a u-s.vick, when be soJeimi .-I, ; r
b 1 ) ,y t Q u-i of ( S a *,
take j-laci tm Saturday m
i>- cied to ui- vc Hi •in w
Messluii, order - B
eiight be property . IJI
tiori oi tlie royal corpse. i
Tn« C-itotiali-ni (.i.'iinnl'tce i. • ”
ter tradesmen TJL -la .„^^B i()US P b
n g. tttng up tnfiir s'rienJid
t;ey a. :,> il.al ~ c„ , >|)t | y( |
was alii’rdi.d liy ti.c.n cu . - ,
deserving indiviihi-. s. ‘ be '
Ihe ki- g ot- K.vg.ia..l Was * . rk ,
-'iid o:i the fi.lt oi depict- -I • .
ihe king, wid, it is , »;'ter
urn ti-oiii I e ana. i i.-.u t ,e
-urds the end t • e.Member. He. .i^^C ljng
■ I 'Mii'ing ,»t WiUtehuab.vd. msr.l^^K«„ ‘ t
"li. re h. see his segnst sisier^^Bsi
i '.' epc ■;iAi dial he in-euds
■ a iff,tU-thing under the title i.i^^B Vl j an . t
Uu fetroiii'g ..., SIP
1 f’ Loiwidn TrrvcPer efthr t |
. of the king’s v .sit to a
. ak(-s tlic loli'iv. mg otis 'vatu 'is:
"Every tiling shows dut extens g
' a mere sion d Ins • n;«^ Uoast
ii'ik ue ] e coive that thi- t 0
thund out lif. vxc* • to be
.p.img h-'« take i p.aw in t cii ■B h|glo]ljtlj
w'utst me up oaricu.i break cut ot
range luiiemian at the Jo;.! May i g i
-p ak. with some si. i. ticanrv I j-'J ~
tr of Co Alienee on t.y ethei ’' * w
Tin kef’., to be s.ue, has b*.—n g o j
r an. ; and ibis is die o y Jwt • ')^H W Q(, een
of t is!cd into an rndiCaUJit thy'- Dr(
vv.il lead to Lnm diale or m^,l
T;i. duke of Wellington has
Paris,and held a Jjfivsie iiitt-mc^M^ lo | ler el(
till- king.
i ue sLt-a n pacict', Robert sq
ianyle, f-o-ii GiVerponl to
Sre on the 23th of August, ran J, i h P e
.cater near Cema.-s : and “•'"‘'■teti wed
peis.m mi'ired tuiva •
b • got -ff and repaii vd. one of i
The steam packet Britannia '^■ Olldon
been injured by fire fr m a('lcj
! Accounts from
I 25th of fitly state mat the j n
Iliad arrived at Sumos, and ...
, vv is and vlllag-s deserted; >h^^K|j yegt
tu .ts supposed to baie fled to an( j w het
tains * . OR Bi and may
I.oxnoy, Atoitst 28 »„ er tban ’
The funds dechned ft| j tbai(
one per co.,t, owing to the i
nc- ived train Uonsiantinople. 1 a reSlJ | ul
lug there is every appearance c . t ,
provement, as the panic subscribe
measure subsided. i<n ailbl)s „
ai twelve o’clock were 75 3-8. •
row is the settling day, and «« %< k
great fluctuations, th .;
made are reported to be on die 4 n eyrand -
tensive scale. . to tl ’
Tbe last intelligence
CoiisUnliuonle is of a rather recollection
hk- c miph-xion that, the pro) c ™.0‘
CCS. Tne ultima;uni of the 1
exander would nut, it was
ceded to by the-I’orte. . ■ihe min. ?
This ultimat.Tin we gave ' n ff"^B« rn de
week or two so ce; if '-he io ’ extendi, sr
tnoralion of its demands be co . ’ ‘K
d. in some slight degree ‘^B»ikmen
has already appeared. 8 18 j* sai ‘ d tl
e. of Russia exacts— -^B ul , n „„ •
Ist. The evacuation oi )b'B.J" ,c "» , Pn*,
Vt'allaciiM in 1.. vor of Russia. . j . ,e s *
2-hv. \m;.tstv'o tin jp arid
3dh'. Five nav igatlon of the f er<or h ja «
full and complete. I,u ‘* 1
4thly Tuii and conrde'e ’ v
tint, to (ho l.rei ks for dm I" 881
already wi A havt
fuvther destruction. ‘ n LC uu^
sihlv. (Jomplete repair Hr otto or
chiirche-s and re-esU.hiu.ir..- -j*^^
hgioii; And p u *uaj
fi.i.tv A public ami ‘ K,lt
Baron sy oganotf, to, the c ni- e K a t Ar;
which the Porta tiad off-r'-| € od of A
■\ period of ight d .vs omy done than
to answer this demand fan' . !e roofs «
4t. Petersburg. , ~ fro™
The Paris journals of " ,berß of th
come to hand. The ,0 * ov*ithat.
PAnis.Auo« T
'l’Ue eoiu’t w ill go ‘“W M