CHINA.

Southland Times, Volume 1, Issue 8, 5 December 1862, Page 2

CHINA.

, (From the Straits Timet.JOtt.ji.) m Daring Che part' Jortittghl : m been aecm or heard of the- rebels? in "K vicinity of Shanghai/ The scattered brM* t>F marauders which appeared in^ v^Jß bourhood of thje city a few weeks ago ajp to have fallen hack upon the majn,bo<K* but no intelligence has been obtained &j gardihg the recent movements of the rebjfc or bow they propose to employ theraselSiu diiriiw. the, winter.^ The views eutertai^ by Her Majesty's on ( Taepi ttg question arid tto& general defe«£ of our/ property in China, have affor<fi» satisfaction to foreign residents in So; treaty porte;^ Terr few any of ourpeofc desire that measures abo^d 'l>e :pußheiw .• greater extremities. It is .not rfejt by «| man of ordinary prudence that we ardK all called upon to crush the rebellion, «n more than we are called upon to giveSt rebels possession of Shanghai. As a inKj ter of policy „,ihe ntjter annihilation of K rebellion f by foreign arms is not, to b?.9L commeded. la the present eonjuncinJaE affairs, whereby English and French f<»! the Taepings. are confined and obstrucw our importance and value in theTcausJp 1 law and order cannqt.be overlooked, ff? might, and no doubt would, alter our f<wjj! ing in China were there no insurgent foSK, to repress,' and no foreign afmamentißp the ports and rivers of this empire: ' w tiling has occurred that any one he«£ aware of to create a particular enthusiCS on our part in favour of extended hcX.* l i ties against the Taepings. Were theSe bell Jon, however, at an end, the position* foreigners in China would be , apprecidi^ changed, for they would be degraded ffl^j much lower platform than that wliffij, owing to a conjunction of circumstaoSte they presently ocoupy. §•! The employment of European offilr 1 and the acquisition of foreign. by ihelinporiai Government inuwJidß* new element into the old Conservatively ministration of China, which, thongSe hopeful feature, is not free from the H» picion of containing the probable gernS. l future complications. China giviSprpiS^ of becoming a second India, but perlS^ not one that will be quite so easily & with as its western neighbour. rat From Peking, we learn that every flgfe is quiet, and that Cholera|is abating, g*' few other items of intelligence froraaE*" i capital appear below. Rumours to g^t effect that the party ? belonging £Ut | the Cabinet which Prince Kung o^M I turned a year ago was beginning to sMT i signs of reanimation bare been transmiß, V from Tien-tsin , We have letters BB* ' from Tientsin and Peking up to the iSLj, dates, but they make no allusion to pm' matter. ilgut From the three Northern Ports theijgd, no news of importance. I8** ! The ports on the Yang-Tsze RtVerli^ | tinue to prosper. At Hankow, a mee^p, of merchants was recently held, in 'Otfcf e to concert measures for " bunding" «n settlement, and arranging plans forSfl ' roads, and drainage. Kink Jang, at Sp e ' entrance to the Poyang lake, promise^,^ be a useful and thriving port of trade; $» a new green teas are reported as arr'niSee there in large quantities during the ■* i1 i fortnight. g« i All is quiet at Ningpo. An inciS^ occurred there about a fortnight ago jtgj ', might have ted to trouble and disturbs jproi It appears that the Fre- ch steamer »n<3 roulede, then stationed oflF Ytt Yaou, mi pol a mile or two higher up the river to l|°^ a small flotilla of Cantonese lorchas ', s> , other craft, which had been posted j pec certain bend of the river for pnrnoseH ap strategy and observation. ' The oflicf ?>^ command of the French Vessel de^irjid ?f flotilla to go a few miles higher upi . *° Cantonpse replied that they did not, B' the proposal; but ultimately, after w squabbling, they obeyed. Two day* t id« lh«y received an order from the same of! e t to proceed six n-iles further up the ri n P s They refused most decidedly to con [ a witii such an order, on the ground tha wouli place them in too olo<e contact t »[ the Taepings, who were strong. in I »t/j quarter. Active French steps were adoj ifct to enforce compliance. The Cantonea »n] senterl those steps so far as to fire upon '"f French vessel and kill two men, wouni r ~!j a third The offieer in command, Cap Mavolus, was also slightly touched in 'hit leg by a nouple of small shots. Sometl a" like a regular fight then followed, thi '•" suit of which was, that 600 Cantonesi .^ ( serted to the rebels, who are in the vicij of Shang-yu. H. M. S. Encounter \ rea penep to be at the islands for the hcalti ec her cj'tsw when this wretched affair $ ly, placi', but her captain (Roderick Dewlap 811 no time in taking the HArdy up, pa»f|o' larly as the French commander had <^^ n down to Niogpo with tha Deroutede, ] a in% Yu Yaon to take care of itself aft^H 1 this mischief had been created. It h^^ cessary that something should be donreP prevent a recurrence of such thing*;j§| t^ Cantonese in the river off Ningpo. raftfurei many Avell armed lorehe^ and about io|ho: men, while we have scarcely a ship, aH?!" or a man to meet the evil. As it wn<>&j&* fiOO deserters reappeared near Yu alon^ with a larjfe body of rebels. |tan£; Hardy sent them back by. means of airorth wel 1 -aimed jshots. The news of this &*£■ i reached Shanghai by means of privatf'Wou ter3. and, as u.sual, was exaggerated.?^ 1 ' much so that the Bouncer and a Fr^s gunboat were at once despatched to Nil ami po. On aniving there, they were or<lpbgly back, not being required. The subjjmgii however, is not a trifling one, as the fjjf** sequences might have been disastrous, g*' m all because a French officer must do 'ine« ness in his o*n way, regardless a* vttfbe a forgetful of what the consequences be. Our interests will suffer and our W* 1^ labour be destroyed by a few blunder^ tb( the present. The Chinese dislikey^™," French everywhere, and not witgj T g t reason. • tins a: From Manilla, we learn that the AtlMd] can ship Beaver, of Boston, from ShaJpnß to Saigon, was wrecked on some i s 'g^! called Babuyanes, during a storm oi§fgj r ] 1 5th of August. Crew saved. ■ __ «•

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