| Show affairs in china the correspondent of the times writing frota tien sin gives the following inter interesting sting acco account kuit thit of the signing of the new treaty with china f courier and enquirer octa Kwei liang now seventy four years yeara of awe age age has hide fine features with a generally pleasing ex of countenance polished in address and with a high reputation for intelligence there is 19 still something wanting to convince one of his sincerity in which respect act the mon has considerable the advant advantage of him lie he Hwa shana the second commissioner is a scout thickset thick set man in age a little littie over fifty years his countenance is ig coarse but betokens be tokens far tar more character than is is usa us lally 41 met with in ih the stolid features feature bithe the sons sona sol soi a of ham nose has ben benn declared to be a fac s mile of that of the protector cromwell those who believe in int noses may at once put him down ag akka affa a republican regicide and fanatic I 1 should merely think him a man marf of strong will iv with th boche bome some honesty counteracted by sensuality and a fear ot of the sword his imperial master masier keeps banging overall over all ail bla hia ber eer servants grouped around these two high functionaries function aries stood a number of infer inferior lor ni mandarins an darins rejoicing in decorations of peacocks feathers and squirrels tail tall tails talis attached with the colored ball distinctive of their rank to the crown of their comical summer hats of these those alone deserving iodice was pien the th private secretary of rwei Kwei liang t a very clever young mandarin man min dann oh whom hom bom h has fallen a all ail 11 the detail and labor of the dogot a tion sand who 4 bo appeared to have great influence with his superiors the them other was a general attached to 11 fashana Hwa wa shana who mour transatlantic fri ellda erida had made so much of in consequence of thedis he was a lvis ivis vis count by birth that he at one time in the ine early stage state ot or the negotiations became intolerably saucy and had aad to be taken down a whole flight ot of steps by one of the able sin attached to the british embassy by the side of lord elgin his two chinese secretaries mr wade and N lay they were in trusted with the chinese version version of the treaty and the english version was under the carlof care of mr 0 cameron Came oame rori senior to the left af pf Kwei liang t the left being the seat of honor bonor in china sat admiral sir michael seymour and the hon mr bruce secretary ec retry of LP le gatior the names or places of the rest baggie baffle all power rower of description without however waiting for any order to be established or may be of it the higher powers at once proceeded to business after a short overture in III which the most tender inquiries inqui rita as to the state of health of not only th the e respective commissioners was gone into but her gracious majesty and the emperor Hien hlen fung un were likewise both reported to be as well as could be expected lord elgin then suggested that he would sign aad abd seal the english copy copy of the treaty while the commissioners did as much to tiie tite the chinese versi version og they absented assented and the work proceeded rapidly owin owing to the pressure of business mr wade vade had bad been obliged to compile the final copy of the treaty in chinese with much haste a habte haste which added in no small degree degrees to that industrious anxiety that this document should be a perfect one and be bear bean r the test of chinese and european criticism n one mr arti artl article articie ticie cle cje relating to the indemnity foit for losses at canton and the expenses of the wari war was separate from the treaty after kwei liang had attached his signature to the articles which were filed together mr lay placed the indemnity one before him chinaman like he at once saw a possibility of escaping froni from one li litie irtle tie tle part of ol ils dis his hib contract and immediately made an attempt to do so what is this said lie he looking the picture of innocence at arlay mr lay 11 what ahat s this never mind it I 1 dont know anything about it and he gently pushed it aside it isone bisone is one of the article articles said mr lay and here pointing at apar a particular spot 1 you boil must sign it 1 1 i the faithful plen pien now came to basmas big bis masters assistance what isit is it appealed Kwei ewel liang to his secretary ama am I 1 to si sign agn it do you know what it is no I 1 k know 0 riot liot nothing hing bing about it said the polished pien in his most silvers silvery slivery tone cau iau I au au i smiled Kwei liang faintly never mind it never mind it and again the article was gently pushed aside tobe to be ag again ain nin brought up by mr lay who calm and unruffled still pointed persever perseveringly ingli at the blank spot at the foot ot of the of paper and abid reiterated in still more silvery pe kinese it is the article touching the indemnity and you must sign liere here sir pien plen was quicker than his superior in in seeing that the barbarian was not to be out and in a moment understood all about the lirt article articie icle icie in dispute ob yes it all right sign said he to Kwei liang the old man quietly drew the paper towards him and at once attached his signature Theo respective secretaries now advanced to a small table and then the great seal especially struck for this occasion the sole credential indeed 04 0 the imperial commissioners ners was stamped jn in ver illion on every copy of the treaty and then mr wade officially reported to his lordship that the treaty of tien sin sineas was duly signed signe dand dard and sealed 1 IF from rom the north china ite lIe herau heram rahi rahl POINTS or THE ENGLISH TREATY we have received from a reliable source the following I 1 summary of the most important points of the treaty which aich was signed at tien tain tsin on the uit by his excellency the earl of elgin and the imperial commissioners Kwei liang and hwa shana and which has since rbee received ived the ratification of the emperor the treaty contains fifty six articles art 1 contains the treaty of peace at and abrogates the supplementary treaty and general regulations I 1 I 1 art 2 provides for the optional appointment of chinese and B british ministers Mi sisters at the courts of peking and st james 11 art 3 Coi col contains stains provisions with re the permanent establishment of the british minister at peking his bis famil family yand anh and suite quite i art 4 makes diakes provision for the traveling postal and other arrangements of the resident minister art 5 the british minister to transact business with secretary of state on footing of equality i art 6 the same privileges accorded eto chinese minister in london i art 7 provision with reference to consuls and their official rank 1 1 v 1 art 8 christianity whether protestant Protes or roman catholic to b be tolerated and its pro tensors protected throughout the empire art 9 british subjects to be travel for pleasure or trade to all parts of the interior arrangements with mith respect to pass portland port vand sAnd and cities in the hands of rebels art 10 Chin kiang to be open to trade within a year from tle the signing of the treaty and three other ports on the yang tze kiang as far as bankov to bo be opened on the evacuation of lof its shores bv the rebels I 1 art 11 the ports of niu man choyia chu ebu yia yla Tang Tange how choW gulf of ili ill lii tai wah wab formosa and klung chow hainan to be opened in addition to present ports I 1 1 ait art 26 tariff to be revised by an anglo chinese commission appointed for the art 27 revision of tariff to be decent decennial ilal lial art 28 an official declaration of the amount of transit duties levy able at inland wand custom houses to be published in lii english and ind chinese the british merchant however to be allowed if he chooses cho oseg to commute the transit dues at an ad valorem valoree rate art 29 reduction of tonnage dues and a four months certificate to vessels engaged in coasting trade I 1 art 50 official correspondence to be for the future conducted in english on the he part of english officials to be accompanied by a chinese version for the present andio be considered the text art 51 the character I 1 barbarian tobe to be suppressed in chinese official document art 52 british ships of war to visit any port in the empire the commanders to be treated on term sot equality by chinese officials art 53 measures to be concerted for the suppression slon sion of 0 piracy V art 54 favored clause q ar 55 conditions affecting the canton indemnity de ty question to be place placed rd in a sep separate arite article articie C i art ari 56 ratifications tobe to ie exchanged within a year i in 10 lo 4 bil ssi |
