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Province, the seaboard Districts of which, especially, became in a great measure HONGKONG, THURSDAY; 7iH FEBRUARY, 18 peopled with successive colorues/of Hak-ka immigrants, in search of labour. For many years this influx of strong arms and willing hearts was gladly welcomed by the wealthy Chinese cultivators of the Southern and Western Districts of Kwang-tang; but as the Hak-ka communities rapidly increased

At Whampoa, an the 4th February, the Wife of Dr H. Facz, . B. M. Vice-Consul, of a Son.

On the 2nd Instant, at Hongkong, the Wife of ALPAD HANCOCK, Esq., of a Bon.

Un the 15th December, at Betmont House, Lee, the wife of W. H. VACHKE, Esi, Agent hongkong and Bangbae Bank, of 'Sen.

Sydenham;

The China Mail.

clubs, and fighting-irons." As however, no matter how tolerant in other respecte: our law has not yet been so far liberalized as to let "free fights" pass through its meshes, we presume that Hak-ka aud Pun-ti champions will sooner or later learn to coufino such encounters to the more facile regions of the main-land.

Bios the Join December, at Berkely Lodge, Sangkung by their remarkable fecundity, and amassed Tus following Notification has been publis. the English garbunt went down the tv reconuofice

of a Daughter.

At Shanghas, on the 30th January, the Wife of Jauh wealth through the thrift which is one of GILFILLAN, of a Daughter,

News of great importance respecting the uncrushable rebellion has come to hand

hed at Honkow

miler

from Hauke, and that there is every

[No. 1095 FEBRUARY 8, 1866

hilly country North of Wang-pichien and the troops mer, has now, apparently, firmly establish not being vet prepared to take the field, were allowed ed itself. The name was suggested by

Phillip to carry off their plonder. In the summer Kwan- poor Thackeray, who, in his

The ill an's forces at last crashed tire Yang-ize

ar

atherof Margaret Denzil's Dist, and,

countless in numbers. They are said to reach from Yang teen to. Shabent, that is, to be completely Encircling Hankow N. and at a distance of about,

makes his hero contribute to a paper 15 or 20 miles, and the country people are coming in from the whole scounding dewlet her drilled trips to see nuded at Hankow than a of the same name and Smith. Elder s canavons, and may be seen carrying their beds and cheion with the foreign residents in the Settlement Co., with the Cornhill Magazine people ge- babies, fowls and furniture all packed up together took place. The then marched along the Han is a

north west direction, carefully avoiding those districts nerally, are largely concerned it or con- and disappearing somewhere in the native town. On the Bund all ia excitement, the volunteers, consisting on the other side where the insurgents wars know ected with it. A grtain mystery is affect

ed about the editorship, though the age ia pars; now of almost every foreign resident, drill daily, to be, thus leacing Hanikow open to their attack, and The French and English gunboats are always busy the garrison at Wuchang diminished in numbers. for such mysterios in literature either scaling, landing guns, getting up steam or The Nientai marched again boldly into the plains, and it is pretty well understood that the

actual On Thursday the taking the direct route to Hankow. Kwag-wan then working editor is Mr Grunwood, the sending men a shore to dril

river with the ordered his back to make an attempt to cover the phor, and the Nicurat, apprehensive as to their

absurdly enough, was, by somebody or and what information was obtained will be made reception, thought it desirable to retire.

This falso move, to use no harsher expression, on other, at sometime or other, attributed to their chi characteristics, the Galwegian

The undersigned have been informed by the public. Another party on horseback was sent out

the prat of the Vigeroy left the entire of the North Her Majesty the Queen. There are a great Many writers of repute about the Fall sentiment cropped out among their Punsti Chinese Antharides that a large body of braves have for the same purpose the same morning, and found that

we hear they were were informed that the revolted troops miched astwards with the intention, it is believed. Mall, and its articles are of a very superior neighbours, and animosity began to grow revolted at Sungpoo, a place distant about 40 to 50 for some ten miles all was quiet at the moment, but bank of the Yangtze open, The Nieutri accordingly. whose return to their duty has beepalready notifiedy, of joining the remainder of Tai-ping Rebels, then in

though frequently mobytoo long. It against a face who had no business to be probability that these men will march upon flankow

Deans and Dops and since the date of our last issue. The re-

more industrious and more prosperous than within the next tour thre days, The Undersigned any consented to do, so as a vary temporary the Kianghi province,. They advanced on the town kind,

have ceen entreated in conseqaer.ce to concettature, and if within five days (today being the of Whang fuel-bien, situated near the borders of also in dulges too much in what are called 6) their 17 Boughts arrears are satished they Anwer, where & small river joins the Yangran

Moralities the settlement in d

and Social practices; Stich arti bels near Swatow having made Kuying the rale lords of the soil. So for ano measures for the defence

cles are well enough the cooperation with the local authorities. They there will either march on Hankow or Wouehang or ele Near this place, however, the Officer in command of Chou their head quarters are fortifying ther term of years bickerings went on at

& Dail fore deem it necessary to make known the danger to join the Nianfei and uther rebels. The infatuation of this district of Antwe took sativa measures.

mansaria is incomprehensible and it would be almost boats and stationed them, with such troops as te period when every day foods us with an "themselves strongly, and the neighbourhood village-fairs and funeral processions, diver- the Community, and to notify that they are at this the mandarins in driving the troops to such desperate Without waiting for assistance he ordered up his gun but they are out of place in

amount of intelligence which might choke moment occupied in concerting plana, with the

the has somi ulterior designs in thus breeding revolt and and the Nientei, scared by this show of force, again

mind has been ravaged, for supplies. They are sified, frequently with serious clan-fights, commanders of Their Majesties' Ganboats, for "theassonable to infer that, the treasayer of this Province.could muster upon the spot on the banks of the river;"

of an intellectual megathe-. reported to be organizing a flotilla for the in which much grupowder was burnt at protection of as much of the foreign quarter as can be

very Woudhang. retreated along Yangtze,

wspapers and magazines could be stopped. attack of Chaou Chau for which if carried safe distances, and spears were vehemently brought within the influence of the limited means of rebellion under the port walk of Dule, The Truted abuig, the North bank of the Yang Tinmi. I am sure that if all telegrams

defence at disposal. into effect will probably lead to a request brandished from opposing hill-tops. But

Ae a preliminary measure the Undersigned give a million Taels (if not more,), and the arreark amont Kechow, the affrighted inhabitanta evossing the for the space of twelve month mental di- 10 between two and three hundred thousand. The in hordes with their cattie and sách nioveables as for foreign assistance. Habkow is even

in 1854 there was fighting in real earnest in notice that in the event of the disaffected troops Governor, feuerat, it is said, has issues ordets for they could get together. The Rebels advanced gestion and health would be immensely

within 30 li of the furishing town of Pa-ho, when improved thereby. approaching so gear to the walls to occasion irominent

A. W.

advices. The Nien-fei had advanced to

defenceless inhabitanta to take care of themselres; these brave soldiers, urossing the Yangtze and within 20 miles, and the villages could be alive among the people, latent ever since

the Imperialiet troops fied in disorder, leaving the

seen in Hames at the time of Hankow the the close of the war of 1841; and a local immediatly repair armed to the Club, and endeavour with the whole yet notwithstanding these, orders continuing their march into the Hing-K woh district. local paper going to press. The original dis. disturbance in a small town near the Bogue will then be made to orgnise them into a provisions the Treurer is said to refuse, payment, alleging that The Nienfes, prevented from rejoining the Tai-ping

in a worse plight, according to the latest Kwang-tung. A feverish restlessness was duuger, a sigust of two heary gone, discharged in the pyoient of this money, or so much of it as is boats whereupon it is requested that all persona will expect to receive more than a third of their pays though of course the public accounts ate charged quick succession, will be fired from one of the Gensualy given (for Chinese troops never receive or

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From our LONDON Correspondent.

LONION, 28th December, 1865. appear to have thrown their saree into the Hweini

Of conge we have little political news to send at Rebellion then. ravaging Hunant stace which nothing was heard of them in Hingeh until lately. this senson, we aspect nope, and de not want shy. They are said to be in possession of three field pieces, The only indications that we have respecting hos and to be much more formably ured since they politics are the same as I reported in my last; the joins the Northeri Hebe tion. Meanwhile Kwan-liberals are content to wait and see what the new go- Wan, the incapalile Viceroy of the Huquang. ernment will do Provinces, was degraded from his post and honors, to go with the moderates, and the conservatives hug and Wu-Tang Imperial Commisioner in Stang-tung, band their strength for what may be coming. Thera bola retively engaged in the field, has bien unable other day witch was wall attended, and when the was appoluted in his stead. The latter, however, intake possession of the Office, and the unme utter desires for packamenjary expressed by moderate idea the province has culminated in the revolt of the troops so with the section. This meeting was of the sent to quell the insurgents, who driven to desperation Essex liberal Club, another, and papular public meet by the stoppage of pay for eighteen months, fasting has taken place at Saint Martin's Hall when the month craised the standard of revolt. Such is the Advocate of universal suffrage, or something near skin to it were so numerous that the overflowings. of the afford to

Hall made two more meeting in the open air. The our subjects; sach the meass sentiments were certainly ultra enough, but the con. our trade and the protection which the Chinese! can

duct of the persons assembled was not characterleed which the Chinese Government have at their canimand for carrying out the treaty provision that by any unpleasent or dangerous symptom. they "shall at all times afford the fullest protection to the persons and property of foreign subjects rebellion unchecked, mating brought about by culpably defrauding the troops of their pay the foreign ganlouts bugged as the only means of preventing the treaty parts falling a prey to the disorder which tages in every other part of us. Empira.-Shanghae Recorder.

his Tessary is empaty. Ching Ta Keib, the leader proved the signal for a general uprising of force of cooperation for tea comion good. Ai the same signal all indies and children should be conveyed

of these Braves, ffler mach weeping tetote, the turbanes arose on the part of a body of

the masses who were panting for license to the British Consulate where their safety will be

Governor General and praying either to be supplied duly cared for.

with their pay or bbinself executed at once. braves who deeming themselves ill used on

and plunder. Now, as it happened, the The Undersigned are likewiss making arrangeretually received from the Trousures an order fur account of their pay having been withheld httle circumstance of these Pun-ti and ments for having four or or six pieces of artillery 72s. 20,000 payable after China New Year. Such are

placed at their disposal for mounting at the most

the stories we are told by our Chinese friends, and for some 18 months had declared their in- Hak-ka feuds proved of inestimable ser-

available paints of defence, and any persons who care they are supported by the genere) uniformity of their tention of sacking the city. Their up- vice to the Chinese officials in their en, to volunteer for serving the pieces are invited to send tear and babitual criminality of the Mandarine in proach was however stayed off by conces dearents to restore, the fabric of govern-in the called as one, uns thereof as quickly as thesega Consuls to mist on the inmediate peynreno, matters Would it, not be possible for the their names at once, so that they may be sonic sions on the part of the Viceroy; but no mont. Too in lustrious to think of re- | possible,

It is earnestly hoped that what danger thero may of the amount atunced thus put an end to the Booner was this danger at an end than thebellion and plunder, the Hak-ká popular he may disappear in the course of the week, either in anger; pe for the Ministers, at Peking to bring the helplessness which has marked the administration of were more decided perhaps. iba has, bean of late-the

facts of the case to the notice of the Baperon kuuselt, Nien-fei availing themselves of the panic tion of the South-western Districts main consequence of the precautionary measures now being and obtain the deserved puidishment of every officer already ast in throughout the country ad-

here who hai brought this state of things to pass butween the authorites and the braves, ar of their

The copy of the Notificadan isaued by the English vanced in fores and with an apparent detained their allegiance in the midst of adopted, or of some compromise being entered into universal revolt, and rendered sigual aer-finding it to their interact to move in some other termination to do the work of devastation vice, which has more than once been grats-direction. But meanwhile it is indisputable that and French Conana will be found in pur columns state of security in the Provinces of Inquang; sucti

some precautionary measures need to be taked, and hd will whew the state of hourly insecurity and

anxiety we are living it. thoroughly. The foreign inhabitants are

The consequences of the erisis to which matter now under arms and in daily expectationfully acknowleriged, by arming them should the event prove that they are not called for by

aelves at the call of the authorities and. the present emergency, they will be of service in case have been brought by Mandarin incapacity or waria of future alarms from the Neentri, who are likewise

has been the absolute stoppage of all Trade. The of attack and probable massacre.

boating interest alche prospers, every sampan being P. DABRY,

busily engaged in ferrying passengers and goods French Consal,

nornas the Yogize day and night. Yesterday the W. H. MEDHURST,

H. M. Contul

exodus was stayed by the report-bat the Nienfei had fallen back some what but we may at any mo ment witness a worse panic that has yet occurred, a the most trifing unfavourable report is quickly magoffied a hundred fokle

Hanko, lat January 1866.

The province of Anhui is in the most assisting the Imperial troops in crushing reported to be not very far distant. disturbed state. Large bodies of rebols the insurgent Puntis. These latter, it may have made their appearance, and the autho-be well imagined, when affairs had settled rities are puting every available point in a down again to a quiet footing, after Yeh's determined and not althogether unneces state of defenco.

a. vastly increased sary severity, bore grudge against the Hak-ka "strangers" who had established themselves so in- conveniently in their midst. Years of po-

.

The familiar if not pleasant subject of Piracy and murder have again been brought prominently into public notice.

Wa extract the following exciting bit of news from the "Hankow Times" Extra, dated 24th January:

The trials of the Fentaus at Dublin are adjourned to January; une man O'Donovan has been sentenced to penal servitude for life and conducted himself with the utmost violence, two others were aquitted and released on bail. The commission is now sitting at Cork, three or more prisoners have been condemned to various terms of imprisonment with bard labour. No rioting or other demonstration has taken plice; there are 4,000 troops in the city. There are reports of great stores of arms in all parts of country, sind kome In addition to the other preparations made, che

Lasnoy, 28th December 1865, have been found, but it is to be hoped that the ra

moura are exaggerated, the intentions of the Fenian's principal Cantonese have sent in & humorial to the Fotal stating their willingness to rates a body of The proprietor of the North China Herald ware doubtless as bad as they could well be, but there Couton men, and pay their expenses for the profection

::

Our usually quiet Settlement has been once more of the town, more especially for the patrolling of the goes out to Shanghae by mail of the 10th seems no reason to fear that the mass of the people is The arrival of the sitive warfare followed, each village fight thrown into a state of excitement and alarm during stresia at night and prevention of incendiarism, dauusry, being summoned thither, for aculated with the virulent fever of these mad bead-

Of minor news there is nothing whatever to interest our readers.

mail has brought but little in the way of lutelligence. The Australian Colonies are 'growling' at the mail Company as usual.

Our London and Paris lettera will be found exterminate the hated intruders. The au- body of Braves, numbering some 6,000 strong, bao meeting of the Volunteers was held had at the of socuring to it an able' editfship: A will be unfrvorable for order in the Irish mid which

in another column.

ing for its own band, the Hak-kas mostly on the defensive, but the Fun-tia de- termined not only to oust but actually to thorities, weakened by the greater troubles of the foreign war and the Taiping Pebel- lion, could do little more than offer plain Ar the prosent season, when pugnacity as tive expostulations, somewhat after the well as other forms of lawlessness scems manner of our present official system in always abnormally developed among the New Zealand; and the Hak-kas, nunteri- lower classes of Chinese, an attentive reader cally weaker and less wealthy than their considered the position of affairs so grave that be public attention to their haóvéments, and a retrospect tablisheil on a satisfactory footing. wbenefit which they can receive being to be let alopa

with, and the Tsotae entreated the Consula in take enrolled, forming corps" of momited, scouts to be extare if it be only declpaper for the door of its governors. They are thorough celte

in thisHelp me, for 3-do not intend to do much for ray be ]f*"* shims to be the shiboleth of the uneducat-

The Haguang Provinces for some years past have and blowing ofline Dickens, Don-acc-lent and is now able to attend to baeidess.

Pickwood proposes, it is said to improve phens, although there was a report that he had been the last few days by the approach of our old enemies, The Tentai has accepted their services, on the conditime, by the death of the late editor. Mred rebels. Nothing whatever has been heard of Sis the Braves and Nienfei. On Saturday Evening last lan that the men, employed be guaranteed as trust the British and French Consils were suddenly worthy, and it is consequently proposed to take threand develope his paper a little, but I never seen in Paris where by the way. John Mitchell is. men from each Hobg, add two from every Conton besed of a paper being really improved ut To the present moment the Fenians seem to have developed either, except through tlie metus fourd no sympathy anywhere, but the cold season visited by the Trotae in person, and tuformed that

making a total of about 200. revolted at Sung-poo, a town abont 80 miles off, and

fcourse, may is even more prove than others to lay its sufferings at were intending to make a descent on Ilankow forth Club yesterday evening and some twenty names were cidental circumstances, of

the circulation of

comlacted, instant measures buth for the protection of the gripinged as occasion requiresi ::

but position will not thereby be strenged Irish as of the French but both are improving Foreign Settlement and the aid of the Chinese troops.

thened. The Daily... News here affords at in the deferice of the Wall. Saturday night passed

the value of self help and when they expect less they by in quiet, but with morning rumours

advance the part of the Braves, which imo RISTORY OF THE NIENFEI MOVEMENT, present a remarkable instance of the hstly, and perhaps before long they will bath know The advance of the Nientei into the neighbourhood mariner in which a newspaper may, after will get mare from their governments; the principle the Consuls to meet and concert measures for meeting the emergency. The Viceroy of Wooching also of the open port of Hankow has naturally directed many years of failure, be at length es-

as much as possible when they do not get into mi of the teaching features connected with this subject set on foot about twenty years ago it was thief."

Sir Charles Wood has happily recovered from his of our police reports must from time to enemies, became reduced to fearful straits, moved a large body of trompe and gunboats across the

brought into the world with much thunder will doubtless prase interesting to our readers. thno observe the mysterious terms "Hak-Thousands were carried off, either singly river to take up their etations on the outer line of

defences. On Monday there was a talk of com

of other literary The Jamaica rebellion was not only a most in ka" and "Pun-ti" applied to opposing factor in batches, and sold to the manstculers promise, the Viceroy having, it is reported, sent offers had the questimable felicity of being placed under glas Jerrold and a

the Government of Kwan-wan, A, Tarter and arly celebrities promising it, the support of fortunate affair in itself, but promises to be am-ex- tions, who, however much they may dwell of Macao; thousands were massacred in f pay to the disaffected Braves, who we hear fare

eighteen months in arreare !! and demand 200,000 related to the throne. Powerful from his family their contributions; but, senichow or other tremely disagreeablo one to the government the fry

connections, and from the prestige which, uncil lately, these

ese contributions, ravully fell of, and at against Governer Eyre is not only loud but grossly, together at ordinary times, seem neverthe old blood. One favourite form of but-Taels. Whether the offer was accepted or

matter abidly. Bouch said the other day wisely, less irresistibly impelled to break each othery was that of binding a Hak-ka pri- have not been able to gather, but the Braves certainly hang around the decendants of those warriors who no time were of such a character as patinantly, vindictive. Exeter Hall has taken up the stopped their march at the Cheb kow, a stream about surrounded the earlier monarcha of the Teing dynasty, other's heads with bamboo poles, to inflict soner to a sapling or stout bamboo, fas- twelve miles distant. No somer however, were die Kwin wis marked out for to grdinary honers, tibularly suited the columns of a new though y muningly, "Exeter Hail says the case against donbe it la glaringly. The Queen has appointed all the injury mutually possible with un-tening his quetis to the topmost branches community congratulating themselves, on having Appointed Imperial Commissioner for the suppression paper. For about sixteen years the Du General Tyre is plain, we say it is co'mured and ro

as thef the Tai-ping Rebellion and ordered to act in News was a dead loss to its varioits porpusos, partly south and rusty weapons described myste- but downwards for the purpose, and then arrived at the usual result of such alarms, at kief of jus fiind seng Kwo-late. Viceroy of the two prietors, being kept ap partly for political riously as fighting-irons," and generally cutting his throat, the sapling, ou being reported advance of the Nienfel, who eniboldered by Klang, he seems to have fell the practical carrying and

At to add the weight: the time of our sitting Magistrates. But the body by its rebound. At length the with regard to the meaning of these de- entire Hak-ka population of six districts monstrations of entity,the origin of were driven from their villages, and com- these Oriental Duplicates of Celt and Saxon pelled to wander in bands of many thou feuds--few individuals in this Colony could inds strong, forced to plunder for a give, we imagine, a satisfactory explana-living, and rivalling in misery and desola. tion. We have set ourselves the tasks tion the sufferings of that famous Tartar be seen. Happily H. 1. M. S. Terdif ou the therefore, of throwing what light we can tondue, a pings of tushida was selected upon the subjecti

wh

hope

by

Sir Henry Starke, the Governor of Mal i, in crim Go-

vernor of Jaunies during the enquiry into the facts of

to infringe the Queen's peace and occupy let go, reading in a measure the head from the alarm caused by the Beaves have thought font of warlike operations to his colleagues contenting, that anthropical ich most men feel the case, Mr Rassell Gurney she recorder of London

their presence "to the himself with the rewards, honorary and substantial,o be propictors of a newsportsMe Roundell nei some others not yet named will

general panic. They yesterday (Tuesday) burn Iwangpe, a town about 60 miles from this in a E. dirretion, the refugees from which have been crowding into Hankow for the last 48 hours, and the last day we are the morning in which had necupied the Markes town of itwang-hwelas, and Cholkow, about twelve miles distant. Whether they saw bosch any svaret, renulis spot, and ibia, morning, we were encouraged by the

sidings have this is

sight of the merry little Algerins "hurrying up to when rumours of danger first came on us. The cal

when its

clear

it pay

j

a very able min goes ont is legal commissier, and

be joined with them in the commission. The gate ¤, munt is beseiyed with depinations and pelteit with recrimination and advice upon the subject and Lord Russell listens and speaks like a Minister fasling

with. He has succeeded up to the present time in

that he bas a difficult and unpleasant matter to dest

making a happy impression on those who have approached hiza in e-nnection with this and business.

London

do thus had a gloriousbolding this year; Christ

which were poured out in abundance on his head. that they will be able to make He was raised to the first rank of nobility and the others may have failed. Five years ago hightest offices in the state seemed at his disposal.

present editor, Mr Thos. Walker, "Whit, however, the imperial govern itent had thus overy confidence in his ability, within his own was appointed, the D. had not learned

been brought Viceroyalty the state of affairs has been gradually to pay its own expssiaes, and might have up-nanie good-will, types, growing more and more insettled, anping right machinery and everthing else--for a su the excuse that the presence of the Taipings

And this has been effores, until the present out breaks, more dangerous no greater than that which it now brings than its precursors, his attracted public attention to yearly of the wond mod unitiled state of the central provinces accoraplished without any pandering to

to the rabble or fishing about illegitimately meny workmen and work women get nearly three day The Nienlei in Hapeh appear to have been originally an off-shoot ofthe great Taiping movement. over the world for free contributions to themselves, and you may be assured tonights, boxing About the year 1881 ibe Imperial troops pressing The articles and correspondence of the right-will ike another holiday, prescriptive right as regards comes to pay there, with you, leave or by your leave, In the first place, then, to dispose of the by DE QUINCY as a subject worthy of bisher ald post off the Bund the hyring been away

the Rebels somewhat closely in the Province of Daily News are of a high class intense and sombre eloquence. For a year of the Volunteers in reorgan sits themselves i ha

forgotten. Cbristinas indeed seems to have reass philological question as briefly as possible, or two past, these bands of Hak-kas bave also, we are happy to say, been worthily respotided Ashwel, high officer was sent into Hupsh to stir both thought and style, and they are and there is as good rass why a holiday should be

up the embers of discontent that province and erior to the articles of any other daily we must premise that the syllables. "Punoccupied thres several tracts of country to, and they are already being deliled into prepared

ness for service. A full meeting, of which we will thereby create a diversion. This move was attended ti" denote a native, or originalindweller of between the West River and the sea, form- give minutes in our weekly issue, hald yesterday, with but partial success. The Rebel bands indeed in England, not even excepting the fed all its old importance, and to see the provisions måde - and read & stranger might suppose that all London the soil, whilst "Hak-ka," on the contrary, ing a species of armed colony in the midst resulted in the earthment of some 30 manice, and the ravaged that portion of the province lying to the south which has got into a knack of evolving long for it, and consumed, the nninsements provided and appointment of the necesary officers as a temporary of the Yangtze but their curetes in the North do not articles like "Pharoah's Serfauts, which and yes, she thousands of books püblisher, babi reading them, cockneys have learned the pleasure of dissipation, signifies a stranger, or, as we might phrase of hostile natives, where, however, they measure, and we can only hope that the ardeur die appear ever to have taken the field. They bowever, have only an appearance of substance about had become millionaire and spendthrift, but if the

leave you, after it, an immigrant from afar. Theas are cultivate the ground, carry on traffic, and played at this crisis will continue to borasidadily joined the bands of letal banditti who had their abode them, what the devil they were all they have not grown into greater viee nor have they

long after the danger now menacing as shall have in the mountain ranges in the prefecture of Tebean wondering wha terms which must be taken in just such a

whence twice a year, when the endy and latter about, I dare say the American war gave become a whit less industrious; no propte combine prepare their children for the literary ex-

pas-ed by.

tho News a good lift; and its

kind.

luxurious enjoyment to the middle classen they, On the Chinese the panic is telling very seriously, harvests were ripe, they descended into the plains. sense as that in which they would be un-

aminations, with all the industry for which

superior The river between Hankow and Woochang fob dorstood in Ireland, wore a Galway cottier, they have ever been renowned Means with boats carrying of phasengers and pro present pie seized the inhabitants of Hankow The Court Arrivabene, a relative of Cavour, are even more remarkable in this respect and astonish even those foreigners who know them best, especially of the true Milesian type, to speak of the while the Pun-tis, yielding them these perty away from Hanitow, and the Ganburit on her Nienfel made their appearance on the banks of the and well known both in London and descendants of long-buried generations of

who communicates spots of ground, have seized and divided is, of its Italian cotrespondents; by their power engagerating, an amount of work de Scottish settlers in the Northern counties,

thrown into a state of helpless curfum and Coal Florence, P. Midnight. The town of Yang-te can be fear. The Taoutai, palled upon the British Casul

Jopay brother of the novelist, but him aa "juthruders on the soil of Ould Ireland,"

seen in fismes.

and begged him to send for the gunboat, which then ly in the Yangtze as a measure of defence, he said, selfs novelist of no mean skill and author and Mr Boner, who whilst the amiable feelings our Galwegian

to the foreign Sement. This request being nofa History of Florence would probably cherish with reference to

Hardly had our impression of last Saturday been fused; he then called upp the American Consul, has published an account of his adventures

In spite of the imchee list of new compa his thriftier neighbours, would further form

struck off when we were startled by the unexpectedly asking him to enlist the foreign rowdies in the place as a sportsman in the Tyrol and writes from

te being carried the American demands for Such is the present state of affairs among sudden verification' of the fortredings and, warnings and sand then up in lorchas to attack the Nienfei; Vienua; and among the contributors to its nies and the enus scale upon which trade an exact parallel to the sentiments which

of the subjects of which they money are being well weh, and the 5,21 stock, impel the "Pun-tis" in Hongkong and on the Hak-kas and Puntis of the South west. therein given, in the shape of a report of the revolt a demand which it is scarcely necessary to say was ordinary articles

of a large body of Imperial troops at no great die als refused. Under these circumstances, the populous ular knowledge of t

ted who sending heps the mainland to make such frequent ap in the Northern districts of the Province cance, and the imminent bizard of their immediate city of Hankow being left without a single soldier for treat, while the Times, on the other hand which yields ten per cent is fendily taken ap espe peals to the bamboo pole, the gingall, and few disturbances have occurred, owing to march ugen Haukow, whilst to render our anticipa its protection, the garrison at Wuchang existing does not much care for contributions of the cially by mercanti the fighting-iron. For if a Chinese Scots- the preponderance, there, of the Hak-kations still more strikingly correct, the English gunboat almost exclusively on yaper, and the few troops the kind, but rather goes on the principle that of goods over the Atlantics the tone of the Washi gion

were scally, within the city being unpaid, andrilled, The disturbed state of Hankow has been briefly and ill eficered, it was but natural for the peaceable that & contributor should not know too and commercial world heriment, and the fiancial man be imaginable, he exists surely in the element; but as the most laborious classes

In the summer of 1863 a panic similar to thence 18 Ofnd its foreign greater industry, more general economy and more

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down covered with tofugees crossing to the farther ened a march on Hunkow: The Officials were another Mr. Thomas Adolphus. Trol, work itself in the smallest possible space of time;

their farms and garden-patches throughout Bank. the remainder of the country, and carry on a

guerrilla warfare with them on the outskirts of their settlements."

was absent.

mon

from a hint of play-rigorous in general as the well to-day young English merchant or bank r will perform in the busy and gay season an amount of business and pleasure in sixteen boure that would have fatigued Hercules and utterly prostrates the youth of less vigorous natious who atempt it

government this

stroke of business with brother Jonathan as the

laborious, saving, prolific, and irrepressible in this Calony, such as the chair-cookies. alluded to in an exus sheet, issoed-lost Wednesday: inhabitants to enduntour, to save what they could mugh of that which he writes world has not been naturaled by and with good

to our friends at

are shit, and the refugees from the country flock inkow, which was accordingly shortly afterwords

A great deal of correspondence has from, the anticipated wreck. The insurgents who did evening, but as since then the danger has become

The President's menings was looked for with seme Hak-ka, who has thriven and multiplied in bricklayers, stone-cutters, etcetera, are for more imminent and the precautionary measures by not probably number more than's few thousand men, going on in the papers about the mor reason, his constant migrations towards the South, the most part composed of Hak-kas, many all bodies have been redoubled, it will be intersiting were magnified by their fear into 40,000; business tality among the troops stationed at Hong

distance to learn the danger, was completely suspended, and every prepatation was kong last suminert and I hear, on high little anxiety but it has arrived and the uneasiness has reached na go to prova that the government of in such a degree that he has now for many of whom have participated in and suffered inconvenience and loss Foreigners In Hankow have fade to escape on the first approach of the Nianie authority that our European regiment is is all vanished, the tone of the speech and all-that,

to have been overlooked in dis years beon the object of bitter hatred on by the violent acts we have described to undergo from, the simple perversity, dishonesty, The latter probably, in a great state of terror, kely to be withdrawn, but two things atap the whited states intends to quarrel with no one incapability and contempt the mentinens of the mats retreated to the mountains when they had applied

The first of these is that for social reason and in spite of some complaints which they fancy they have against England here the part of the more supine "native" whom above, there is evidently abundant mate derins. Hankow la apually in a state of siege the their wante

of careless An the danger seemed threatening from the helpless there

good deal WEB he supplants.

rial at band for ill-feeling and outrage. wall is in its entire length feebly manned, tents and

flags are sean at uniform distances along it and atate into which the Viceroy had allowed the army shaking down anywhore of the troops in appearance of hostility the sinus may be sold In competion with Mexico, and generally that out Buffered und; secondly, that cousins, like ourselves, are not slow to speak their The Hak-kan, then, are immigrants into The intensely local and monopolizing throughout all hours of the day night the sound of to fall, the native authorities determined to build a th

there had been several very healthy minds bit, too wise to fing away solid advantages the Province of Kwang tung, and from the spirit of of the Chinese steps in to far the cannon is heard boowing through the air. The gates defence wall round the now thriving town of flant

absurdity for rais sind variate liners, en army is hig

rapidly dissolved back to something like its old North, (ie, from the overpopulated plain Hak-ka inimigrant, escaping from the miof the river bank between barricades formed of on the inhabitants. Meanwhile the Government at Smong the troops illustrates the of Central China), whence large bodies of sery of the interior to seek employment in sandstone hastily thrown up, whitat's perfect edodts Peklung vested at that constant maids aud the imbecis of the £20,000 annual tax which you are slavery is gone, sad Americs is full of hope, comags

of the natives of the town itself took place in the lity displayed by the provincial government, urdered made to pay for them. The colony does and determination.

it and the military men All this has acted favorably upon our markets and about a century and a half ago, across the Hongkong, adds another ituia to the list middle of the week. Such as they are, the defender Kwanwan undde penalty of immediate disgrace ts not want to pay show of trath; that it is that of Cotton at Liverpool especially: the sales last

of Hankow are complete. Against an unarmed fores, rate at pry and march akuittet the Nienfel This dry out, with some monatains into the thin-peopled districts of grievances which the inhabitants of as the Nienfes are known to be, they may avil he set about in a characteristic, mamer numberless shees murder to quarter them in Hongweek amounted to 20,000 bales and fetched good reviews were held on the banks of the river opposite koug. Then both the Colonial and the rates. With exception of the colonial markets all lying around the headwaters of the East Fa-ti origin delight to dwell upon. And somewhat, if the soldiers on the wall can be kept it

The correspondence between our government and determined attack by amed troops, and those even improvement effected in the numbers he efficacy of

American minister respecting the indemnities Dus Fall Mall Gazette, a first class svet-the Amed publiated, and it may to said that tits River. Here they grew and multiplied in so,it comes to pass that we read of or- face of the enemy when it arrives. Against any Hankow and thuch powder was expanded, but littleWar Office:aro.placed, vory seriously in the brauches of trade and commerec seam flourishing. patient, thrift, to such an extent that their gunized attacks on barricaded houses, of Chinese, the defence afforded by the wall and the the troops.

troops on it is simply ridiculous From a Chinese hoots gradually spread over the entire broken heads, bamboo-pole skirmishes, source, we must infer that the hardes of Niufosi are ready to gut, the Nientei Again Sensended from the ing papar, which was started bare last anh gaasion is visually dropped although the partine 10

redundant "months" found, their way,

In the spring of 1864 when the ently stops work

No. 1095 FEBR

it are still of two opposite opinion dingreding, is perhaps as grea as any thing that can be quited. The public debt of the states 2.11 milions of dollars, and t 112 millióis, the war budget is – 33 millions -

The Slur not famous for sny very moca the contrary, Mys cepted the mediation of Engan dispute between the former p pearance are however in favoi something like it, but the asser thoritative.

The funeral of the late king the most extraordinary gathering for a long time--extraordinar sense. The throng that norm Bressels to Laeken is reported equal in number to the p country, the morning was perl- that any monarchs death ever attendance of crowned heads an unusually great The Queen presented by Lord Sydney, Le Ave general officers to support of Wales, Prince Arthur and th

were pressut, as relatives and m represented by her grand Che oils and three of the Orte their late sisters husband's re Portugal was represented: king who, in about a week Paris again, Brustle, Londet the third time; the Prince I officially as did the Sastrie Charles Louis, the brother of Belgium Prace Labis of H Wirtemberg, and I know not presentatives of states or men The sympathy exhibited noso but by all Parope shows whats

attain in public opinion, if he h to act justly and sufficient A independence

King Leopold has left belirič between three and four millic between his two sons and his de of Mexico,

Immediately after the funer successor Leopold II met the representatives of the nation forward manly speech which ceived; After this-the-gave resignation, an ont of homag young king declined to accept," that his policy will hs-based a but the catholic party, of wh king is by law and the Queen

he is even said to bih-stat to have tried to induce the-late priest on his death bet toi hopenie straggle for preeminen may arise out of this cuufiet,. prospent of Belgium is a fa of some extrdianry reason? is no present indicatias af a abanrbed by France or divide boare.

Every country in Europe sea -able at present, bot Pressin w

determined to exhibit its be of all other governmetics

the other day which is lu keep -conduct of Prussia; a daught Russis was married at Berlin

len bonrg Schwerin, and no pl the royal table for the repre

and France these gentlemen

uites retired immediately af

been performed protesting og

and receiving for reply that with court etiquette. The co the count En'enbourg is egi punishment indicted on the s M. Ott the French cook in th of Wales is imprisonment for in a fries, the fightness of fsed on the absurd plea w bare produced an acquittal another hand. Frassland b government in Prussia will e All Europe cries Amin!

Sir John Romiliy, master c the peerage with the title of I Francis Baring alsa with the brock.

The engagement of Prin Christian of Sefileswig-Holste is now here.

Prince Alfred has ardve Redpole and has been bunt personages in the country."

The Admiralty has sud against the canabalism which frequent in the New Hebrid four crews are wild to have Sanges within a year.

all

We have had a frightfürə the fortuight; the Calalz pic Bres Rat, and a selinoner rúm board the former s sailor; explosion-in a mine of thirty pour miners and fo other men and boys injured the saddest part of it is the cursed by the sainish ignoran bis Dary lamp to light his report. The others were e and darkness of which we quantity this sesson; the up and getting very cold,

Another vessel for the F Fils de Paris has just hes Napier's yard in the Clyde Sugar wining is growin

at Glasgow and in its vicina 76,300 tons refund thers. during the nine months un The theatre riyal of E- ppened to the public; it is Ing in the Italian style, wi the old one contaiaci, namu

From Our PARIZ

PARIS

The appearance of the Caciatianas..quescant from Fould is still hard at wath alism pay its way and bard particulars are not Ipřesuc and the document is a terr Ding a la mode francaise national account being al But by way of dampensa much in strance. The gar follows:The account for deficit of fifty millions of f small balance against it las seven millions in its favear off with certainly yet, but imates are less by eleven n year before, which sum in for the completion of pu there are promised paving thirty millions and a prost side of the tedionry Sedge odd, niuszy ofiwbleb ata ordinary acquut-no- reforms or reaction-öf tar M. Fault does not ovērstat Antoward oscars. The 1867 are set down at 135 milies less than for 18

the latter are nearly twe works Algeria teu a restransformation of the y English example and heve If not larger-and seven for public works or thirty The Boating debt, says i from 808 to 772 millions If it were not that the si brganised or re-establish Ahould be astonished to which English ficantiere

or thing years ago" sh nances that there cats by money to pay off deb

of liquidating the latter!!

by maintained for a mọn