New Hampshire Statesman And State Journal

Later from China. By the arrival at New-York of the ship Eben Preble, Capt. Crocker, advices from Canton to the 28th of January have been received. The N. Y. Courier and Enquirer gives the following summary of the news by this arrival:

The blockade of the port, which had been declared by the British, had been raised on the following day, in consequence of the liberation by the Chinese of the British subject whose detention was the alleged cause of the blockade. Several American vessels then hurried to Canton without cargoes, a circumstance which puzzled the Chinese, the previous arrivals having brought full cargoes, and they in consequence, issued a chop forbidding the Ann McKim, Valparaiso, and Lima, taking away more cargo than each had brought specie to pay for, requiring that the specie be in the first instance placed in the possession of the Hong merchants.

The British superintendent had received dispatches from his government, conveying to him their approbation of the course of conduct he had adopted, and announcing to him the approaching arrival of a large British force. One of the British ships of war had sailed from Canton, in search, it was given out by Capt. Elliott, of the remains of an English ship which he alleged he had heard was wrecked on some part of the coast, but it is supposed the real object was to put herself in communication with the British vessels as they arrived.

The Chinese were endeavoring to purchase three or four foreign vessels to convert them into floating batteries, and anchor them within the Bogue, to resist the expected attack from the English. The general belief among foreign residents, however, was that the Chinese would submit on the arrival of the British forces.

The high commissioner Lin, had been sent to the province of Tong as viceroy, and another officer had taken his place at Canton, who the Chinese merchants apprehended would be still less favorably inclined toward them than his predecessor.

From extracts in the Journal of Commerce, we learn that on petition of Mr. Snow, the American consul, an edict was issued on the 27th of December, declaring the port open to American ships with cargoes taken in at Manilla, Singapore, and other places, actually purchased there by American merchants. The edict is in nature explanatory of a former one, which, the Chinese authorities say, "was pointed at goods transhipped from English vessels." American vessels are also permitted to go up to Whampoa before being examined by the consul.

The Canton Register affirms the sale of the American ship Huron Douglas, late armed British ship Cambridge, to the Chinese authorities; and some other vessels are named for which they were in treaty.

It is also stated that on the first of January Captain Elliott applied to the Portuguese governor of Macao, for leave to deposit British cargoes at that port, on payment of the regular duties—not for sale, but merely to enable the ships to discharge and take their departure. The request was not granted, the governor deeming it incompatible with his engagements to the Chinese government.