嘉庆六年广州羽纱走私案探析

Study on One Smuggling Case of Camlet in Guangzhou in the Sixth Year of Jiaqing Period

嘉庆六年广州总巡口拿获羽纱走私一案。基于英国馆藏外交部档案FO233/189系列档案的分析,该案件基本可定性为英国东印度公司商船与广州口岸私商(行外商人)进行的走私贸易。羽纱本身的获利性与1800年鸦片禁令的颁布更是诱发走私的内外动因。随着案件发酵,广州贸易体系中各方相互牵连的利益关系以及粤海关体系下保商制度重税轻商的弊端亦显露了出来。

In the sixth year of Jiaqing period,a smuggling case of camlet was cracked at Guangzhou port.Based on the analysis of FO233/189 series of archives in Ministry of Foreign Affairs collected in the UK,the case can be defined as smuggling trade between the merchant ship of British East India Company and the private merchant at Guangzhou port.The profitability of camlet and the promulgation of the prohibition act of opium trade in 1800 are the internal and external causes of the smuggling case.With the case fermenting,the interests relationship of all parties involved in the Guangzhou trade system and the malpractice of business protection system under the Guangdong Customs system,which pays more attention to taxes than commerce,have been revealed.