JAPAN AND CHINA.

Taranaki Herald, Volume II, Issue 83, 1 March 1854, Page 3

JAPAN AND CHINA.

J AIT ACM ACNU UUINA. (From the San Francisco Herald, Sept. 17, 1833.) The long talked of Jnpnn Expedition is ropidlv approaching a point ut which cither something practical must result, or oil our blunter must end in imoke. The whole aiTiiir has been wretchedly managed from the first. Our purpote has been »o long and so loudly proclmmed, tlmt tho nations of Enropo have begun to regard our declarations n» mere gasconade. First, one difficulty arose to delay the depnrturo of our fleet — then somcllunir clso occurred — sumo of ihr vessels were called off to attend to oihvr matters — another became ili-.ii- , bled onil proved a failure — next trampii could not be obtained — until woin out by such humiliitirg delays, Com. Perry stared olf with but a single steamer, trusting that the reit of his flpot would soon follow. He is now upon the field of operations, and we brgin to learn something definite regarding his movement 1 ). After n short slay nt Shanghaa ho loft tor Loo Clioo about Ihe middle of June, with the steam frigates MisMSjippi ami Snsquchrinna, tho (hips of war Sur.uoga nail l'lyinouth, nnd the storeships C.iprico and supply, lie was knortn to be lying olf Lou Choo about tho

inirl<U<\ <if July. The fleam frigate Prwhaitan Tpnrhrrl Singapore June- the sixteenth, and llic (n~ rote Mnrrrfonmn arrived at St. Helena July. 1 ), hot" en their way to join the, Japan Squadron. Tnc whole fleet would l-e rencly to start from Loo 0100 for Jcddo, nliolit the middle of AuRUBt, nnd then for miffing timei. There is one fii ß nifieaot fact ronncrtod wuh this expedition, which wll attract jittcnlion. Ity the last nirivaU from China, we J-un tliot Die Ruißinn frigate Pallas, and the war steamer VootocU, beating Hie bioad pennant of Vice Admiral Poniiaiine, Imd reached Hon«konff, nnd, immediately on hennnp; <if Commander Perry s irovementi, he started in pnreuit. These nre ihe two vcn'eh, it will lie. remembered, that >lie R'l*?dian Government cave out were intended to survey ilir eoosts of Knmprhalkn and Northern Chmn l.nt wlneh it v,ai loti^ apo anscrlcd were designed to wnfch our nqiindron. In addition to these, the French steam frigate In Cnxnini hnd sailed nut in the wnkc of IVrry, to see the sport nt •Teddo. If 111* Commodore is forced to extremities, ho will hovr- tin it foreign vcisch to wntnh him liombard the R rcat City, and, miiyhap, to join lnm. It i« very eiriain. it lie obtain any important roneessinn from llie- .Tnpaneie, the Trench and Kiimimna will immediately elmm the same. Rnisia is n most jenlona nnd fnr-Heemg power, and h>in n K reai l(inf?mg lor a foothold in the East. She will nor see any im|initant change, wrought in the. affairs of a people «o near her tcrntoriefi upon the Pacific as the Japanese, without keeping „ sharp look out for lur nitfrfsts. The news from China in of unusual interest. One of the rebel Gfncrnls has despatched a letter to the forcicners, in winch lie "peaks of them ns his broilicr". nnd na it people celebrated for ' ibeir truth and fidelity, and whiten tli< m to wait a, frw monllm before attcmpiiiiß to open a trade wilh the interior, lie (Vmtinelly Rtates Hint " the, pntriots or rebels do not prohibit rommeicinl intercourse," and intimates that loreigners may go nnd eor.ie throiiKhout the country ns soon as the Tartars nrc cxpi 11( d. This i« a mont important eoneesiioii, nnd promises to open an immense field for Ibe inttrpiisc nnd inv(ntipi»lion of our countrymen. It uitmt at once enlist the sympathy of Europeans and Americans in behalf of the rebels. There is no longer a doubt lhat the religion of the insurgents 11 a sort of corruption of Chrifitinmty, Their lending tenets nre modelled nfrcr the Christian fmth, although, for political purposes, they hnve engnfted mnny heresies upon it. The history of the Shnn^-ti frnternity, which originated the rebellion, mid which is said to include moro than half the male adults of China, is curiousWhile the rends are loaded down with Ircanure taken from ihe captured nilies, so that mnny •vessels arc required lo transport it, the Tnrtar Emperor, at Peking, is nt Ins wii's ends to laise the ninews «f war. Vnriouß measures have been suggested to supply his cxchequei— that winch most pleaied him was a proposition to compel every tenant in Peking to pay his next month's rent into the Imperial Treasury. In addition to the ship Hamilton, we learn thnt fcvernl large vessels have recently been purrli fined hy Chinese merchants, und aie now being fitted out in this port for the opposito coast of the Pacific. They will he nnvi«aied by American seamen, hut will sail under the Chinese flog. This will enable them to visit Japan, and we nre disposed to think such is the purpose, of tho owners. It is said they nre desirous of rraihing Jcddo about the timo Com. Perry's squadron has brought the Islanders to terms. 1 1 SMOKianss FcntN/icn. — A patent for a nmokc» less furnace bus been recently secured. The invention consists in an arrangement by which the ho cinders from the fire-box falling on a grate underneath, are. tlure turned to account in heating the current of air which passing into the furnnceo, prevents the generation of smoke. Tho arrangement is applicable lo all furnnccs, and involves only a trifling (xpense. It has the advantage of striking at the root of the amoko nuisance, and preventing instead of curing it. Ratiihr Equivocal. — In a barber'a shop in North Shields there is a lull recommending a certain patent medicine, with th» very (tuitions heading, " Try one box : no other medicine will ever be required." Occasion or Don r. — Colonel Montgomery was shot in a duel about a dog ; Captnin Ramsnv in one about a servant ; Mr. Fenther»ton in one nbout a r«'cruit ; Sterne's father in one about a goose ; and another peiillemnn in one about " an acre of nnchovieß." One officer was challenged for merely asking bin opponent to enjoy a second goblet ; another was compelled to fight abont a pinch of snuff. General Barry wns challenged by a Captain Smith for declining a glass of wine with him nt a dinner in n stenm-noat, although the General had pleaded as on excuse that wine invariably made his Atomach sick nt sea; and Lieutennnt Crovvther lust his lifeina duel, hrciusehe wasiefuied admittance to a club of pigeon shooters 1