TREATY WIrH CHINA.
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TREATY WITH CHINA.
T e Treaty with thr United States and Chi
ma being yet upder the seal of confidence, which
has been removed from The greater part Of The
Documents communicate With the Treaty to
the Senate. we have selected from those docu
ments f,r immediate publication the following
paper. which, for all pr .cicaI uses, will be more
interesting 10 our. readers than even the treaty
Itself, because il gives our Minister'S own view
Of the character and bearingof the treaty
Nat Int.


From Mr.. C Cishing 10 ths Secretary n State


Macao, July s, 1s44.


SIR: L havesthe honor u enclose to you
copy Of the treaty Of Wang Hiya,as signed on
the 81 inst.


Oa.s mining this document, youwi find,
IN the first pacerthat, in the description, ofihe
contracting parties, the language Of the stipu
lations, and the mnde Of execution, the style Of
perfect equality beiweenthe United States and
Clina has been sedul susy obseryed and | may
add, hat this has been carefully attended % IN
the Chinese as well as III she Eagi-h doplis ate
o! The treaty.


You will perceive, IN the second place, tha,
this trea contains many provisions winch are
no, embraced either in the English treaty cf
Marking, Or in ,hetrealy supplementary there
10, whcl comprehends the tariff aud the com "
mercial regulations


Isl. The tariffs amended, BY The reduc.
stun-ufrng uusTFyUu some afssc!Es UT Anseffran-
production, and BY fixing, with srsaler precs-
ioD, what goods are c0niraband, OK su.j CT os
monopoly.


There is nothing 10 the English irea les to
limit the power ofihe Emperorin the exclusion
Of articles Of import or export.


Thus he might render all commercial pripi-
legas nugaorv, by prohibiting the exploration
OF tea and slik, aud the impuri alton ofcoton or
cotton fabrics; or he NIGH ohsfrnct the com
merce in these or any other articles, by making
them the sulj jacts Of close monopoly, as il new
the case with salt.


Thisis guarded against IN The treaty Of Wang
Iliya, by making the OH cts ofcon,rabAni and
MN poly matter of stipulation between Tbs
iWo Governnents And no madlfra'cns Of
the Tariff are 10 be made withuus The consent
OF the United States.


2,d. BY the English treaies, the Consul is
security tor the payment ofduties, and Is bound
20 prosecute for all attractions of he revenue
laws q Chtna. TINS IS TO transfer 10 the Brit
isll Gsv ernment the Office and responsibility o
paying duties, which Involves much Of reuula.
ton and OF form in the prosecution Of trade
which experlence has already shown 10 be in
convenient TO the subjects as we'll as the Gov
ernmen, oi Great Britain. All this is avoided
in the treaty Of Wang Hiya, by making the du
ties payable in cash, whlchisperfectly aceepta
BILE 10 the merchant, and in accordance with The
course OF business ia Chna.