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      Letters From China. {From A Private Corr...

      lat the Cantonese are being impressed with the ea that , though the mandarins may not be able to eet us in open fight , they are likely to be more lan a match for us , in the long run , by -virtue of inning and diplomacy . The heads of the Yeh irty , now at Fatshan , have determined to inflict uel punishment on all the Chinese who have been iilty of aiding foreigners ; and Pihkwei helps them carrying out this cunning design . I saw numbers men ia the Canton prisons who , there is no moral mbt , have committed no other crime ; and most them had been tortured by having the ankle-> ne smashed to a jelly with large bars of iron , or

      eir fetters driven into the leg . A few days ago number of our Coolie corps , or men employed by ; in carrying , disappeared . One of them , who mtrived to escape , gave information of their having sen imprisoned by Pihkwei ; and when released r interference of the Commissioners , some of them jre found to have been flogged almost to pieces , bile ,: others had had red-hot wires -run : through eir feet . This , you will say at home , afforded an cellent opportunity for the Commissioners to

      me down on the Chinese Governor ; but not so ; the liinese are too acute for that . First , it was explained at the Coolies had been caught plundering-. When was said that even then the native authorities ight to have handed them over to the Commissners , the " answer , was , that the Coolies liad not eir jackets on , aud never said anything about teir employ . To this it might have been replied Lat they are of a peculiar caste , speaking a peculiar nguagej scarcely intelligible to the Cantonese , and Lat almost all the men of that class in Canton are

      . our employ ; but , no doubt , other excuses would ive been invented . Talk of the moral effect of ir occupation of Canton ! it will be more than jutralized by the Chinese rinding we give them d ademiate protection from the cruelty of their Jim rulers . Having the power of imprisoning id torturingj these rulers can prevent their ibjects complaining to the foreigner by the srror of their rule , the use of their " spies , id the innumerable false pretences under wliich ley and their agents can take shelter . It is ttremely difficult for a foreigner here to procure a ihinese servant . I took one , a young lad , up with ie from Hong-Kong ; and the " first time I asked im to go through the streets along with me , he did > quite willingly , but no threats or nersuasion

      ) uld induce him to repeat the experiment . And lis state of matters is beginning to tell upon our ivn safety . Last evening , a soldier , one of our olice , was cut down , though accompanied by others ; id at this moment I have just been disturbed by earing brickbats thrown over the walls of the iniuu for the purpose of striking the sentries alking within . I should not be in the least surrised if a number of Braves were secretly brought ito the city , if all our police were cut off some ne evening , and if the yamun itself were attacked y night , when , in the darkness and confusion , the iperiority of our arms would not be felt . I am sorry that it is impossible for me to write lore before the mail leaves , but shall soon return ) this important subject .

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      America. ?Hk Alleged Outrages Committed ...

      AMERICA . ? hk alleged outrages committed by our cruisers on Lmerican vessels supposed to be engaged in the slave rade continue to excite warm discussion in America , and eetn to promise a painful subject for international dislutations . The United States Government has given rders to all the collectors of Customs to report all utrnges committed by the British in the Gulf of Mexico ; and directions have been issued for fitting out he frigate Saratoga at New York and the brig Dolphin it Boston for the strengthening of the Gulf squadron . ? he New York press hns commented on the acts of our misers with considerable warmth . The President has lemanded explanations from England and Spain in connexion with this subject ; and the Colorado , which left Norfolk ( U . S . ) on tho 12 th ult ., hns specific orders for he home squadron to stop these interferences from any ninrter whatever . Three frigate 3 , also , liar * been sent : o the scene of operations . » Several new instances of no boarding of American vessels by British cruisers " jays the New York Times , " are reported . Captain boulkcs , of the ship Tropic Bird , states that on tho 2 nd > f May , while on his passage homo from Port-au-Prince ic was brought to and boarded by tho British gunboat Jasper . Tho Jasper fired a gun , when Captain FouJkcs ran up Ins colours and kept on his course ; two other Suna wero fired , a shot passing over tho stern of the iropic Bird . On heaving-to an officer from tho Jasper ame on board , and explained that that vessel was on tho « ok-out for alavcrs , and suspected this one . Captain Foulkes w « s compelled to show his pancra , and the

      officer then left , threatening , however , to fire into the ship if it filled away before he left , which threat -was disregarded , and nothing more happened . As to the case of the bark W . H . Chandler , Captain Gage explains that he was boarded by an officer from "the Styx , but that the conduct of that personage was not so ungntlemanly as has been reported . Captain Rawley , of the brig Martha Gilchrist , reports having been boarded , while lying-in the harbour of Sagua la Grande , by a boat from a British vessel , but adds that he experienced no disrespectful treatment other than the fact of the -visit of an armed force . " According to another account ,

      Captain Loring , of the American brig Wingold , wlich arrived at Boston on the 16 th ult ., reported that on the 30 th of April , after leaving Sierra Morena , he was fired into by a British cruiser . One of the balls was buried in the mainmast , close to the captain ' s head . This vessel was afterwards boarded by a fully armed boat ' s crew , who insisted on examining the brig ' s papers . A party of marines from an English cruiser has ransacked the plantations at one of the Cuban outposts in search of Bonzal negroes . The captain of the port is to be tried for not resisting the search . Several other oases iave also been detailed .

      The Senate , on the 18 th ult ., unanimously adopted Mr . Seward's resolution for inquiring into the facts in question . The official correspondence is published . Secretary Cass demands a discontinuance of the searching of American vessels , arid says that any damages arising in the matter are expected to be compensated by Spain , or that she is to interpose with Great Britain . The Government has addressed Lord Napier on the subject , and Mr . Dallas has received instructions to demand compensation for the outrages , and to insist peremptorily on a cessation of them . . The Senate Committee of "Ways and Means , after conferring : with the Secretary of the Treasury , has . determined to bring in a bill authorizing a loan of 5 , 000 , 000 dollars , in . lieu of a further issue of Treasury notes . , ' ¦ ¦' ¦¦ . ' - . ' . ' : ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦" ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦' . ' ¦'¦ . : ' ... ' . ¦

      The advices from Kansas contain reports of depredations committed by a large body of bandits . Mr . Henry William Herbert , a literary man of some ability in New York , has committed suicide by shooting himself . His father was Dean of Manchester , England . Previously to committing the act , he wrote a long address to the press of his adopted country > also one to the coroner . Domestic differences appear to have prompted him to self-destruction . The accident on the Lafayette and Indiauopolis- Railway caused the death of the conductor , fireman , and engineer . Nine persons have lost their lives by a fire at Chicago .

      A possibility appears to be opened of a peaceful settlement of the Utah question . The United States commissioners have proceeded to Salt Lake City , to confer with the Mormons , who are reported to be ready to receive them in-a friendly spirit . Another rumour is , that the greater number of tlie Mormons have left Utah . General Juarez has fled from Colima , Mexico , alarmed by the threatening aspect of affairs , and has taken up his head-quarters at Vera Cruz . The revolutionists under Vidaurri are achieving great successes ; but the whole country is in a sj ; ate of anarchy . Trade is psirnlyzed , and the roads are infested with brigands . The French consul , in charge of the Spanish consulate at Taw . pico , has sent to General Concha , requesting a frigate with which to menace Garza if he continued to fire on the toWn .

      Captain Judkins , of the Royal Mail steamship Persia , has been arrested at New York for an alleged violation of the Customs' Laws , in haying , in obedience to tho quarantitie regulations , refused to allow a Customhouse officer , who was onboard , to go on shore until the vessel was discharged from quarantine . Some interesting items of Californian news are reported hy the San Francisco correspondent of the Titnes , who , under date April 19 th , writes : —" Vancouver ' s Island is about to get a very unexpected addition to her population from California . A bill to prohibit the immigration of negroes , and to place the coloured people now in the country under rather severe restrictions , is on its passage through our very cnlig-htened Legislature . The coloured people , not wishing to submit to tho

      degradation of this law , in case it passes , have determined to abandon a country which refuses to afford them ordinary protection ; and have resolved to emigrate to the British possessions , where they hope to enjoy a freedom and a security churlishly denied them by their ovn countrymen . The same bill prohibits the immigration cf Chinese , and debara those already here from working in the mines after six months from its passing . This monstrous measure has , I believe , passed both Houses , but has not yet become law . Perhaps tho Oovcrnor mny smother it . But this is doubted by persons who know his sentiments . " The slave boy " Archy , " whoso case lias already been mentioned in this journal , has boon set free by the judiciary of Beer of the Fcdorul Court .

      State Of Trade. Tnis Condition Of Trade ...

      STATE OF TRADE . Tnis condition of trade during tho > vcek ending last Saturday did not materially differ from what was reported of tho previous week . Tho Whitsuntide holidays in oomo degree intexfered with business in moat places : but

      a hopeful feeling- pretty generally prevails , notwithstanding much present stagnation . Most of the manufacturers of woollen fabrics in the locality of Huddersfield are running full time , and are chiefly engaged on goods for the autumn and winter trade . At Belfast , business ha 3 increased , wages have risen , and the retail dealers , as a natural consequence , have obtained better custom ; and , at Dublin , greater activity prevails . A communication from Sheffield mentions a curious fact . " Perhaps , " says the writer , " the most notable thing connected with the trade of this locality is the constantly increasing demand for steel , to supply -the place of ' crinoline' in the expansion of ladies' dresses . For some time past there has been a large trade in the manufacture of this description of steel for the country and for

      export to the Continent , and now every mail from America brings orders for the same material to meet the requirements of the ladies of the United States . From the limited amount of machinery here for rolling the stell to its requisite thinness , great quantities are sent off in a partially completed state to be finished in America . The stocks there are so far unequal to the demand that the agent of one Sheffield 'Bouse in tie steel trade recently wrote that they were ¦* bursting for more crinoline steel , ' and requested that it should be sent by steamer , instead of the usual less expensive mode of ' shipment , by sailing vessels . "With some firms here it is a serious question whether , in the endeavour to satisfy this demand , it would he prudent to erect machinery specially adapted for the purpose . "

      The general business of tlie port of London continued active during ; the week ending last Saturday . The number of ships reported inward was 266 . The number cleared outward was 114 , including 19 in ballast ; and those on the berth loading for the Australian colonies amount to 71 .

      Continental Notes. That Narrow And -Unch...

      CONTINENTAL NOTES . That narrow and -unchristian feeling" i 3 to "be condemned ¦ wb . icti regards ¦ with jealousy the progress of foreign nations , and cares for no portion of the human race bat that to -which itself belongs . De . Aenom ) . ' . '¦ ¦ ; ¦¦ . '"' .. . •' . . ' FRANCE . ' •_ ¦' ' ¦ : ' . ' .- ¦' An . infamous act of celebration was perpetrated on Thursday week by the officers in garrison at Tersailles . Lieutenants Iftoge and Hyenne , the two persons concerned in the duel with M . de Pene , were on that day summoned before the Juge d 'Instruction at - Versailles , to be interrogated on the subject of the encounter . After the examination , they were entertained at a banquet by their fellow officers . " The Colonel Commandant , " says the Daily News Paris correspondent , " met them as they came out of the Judge ' s office , and escorted them to the mess-room . The band played during dinner . The two honoured guests sat on the right and left hand of the colonel . At dessert a toast was drunk ' to tlie liealth of the conqueror and the future success of the cause /" Both , were seconds in the duel , and M . de iiy « nne was afterwards a principal—the one who inflicted the two wounds . . The profligate wickedness of the banquet almost exceeds belief .

      1 he Minister of the Interior has addressed further instructions to the Prefects on the subject of the sale of the landed properly of tlie charitable establishments in France , wliich materially m ' odify tbe effect of his previous circular . The French officers appointed to form part of the mission to Persia have received orders from the Minister of War to prepare for their departure . They are to report themselves to tlie General commanding at Marseilles by the 7 th Juno at the latest . Marshal K " arvaez , accompanied by M . Marfori ( late Mayor of Madrid ) and Brigadier Henriquez , arrived in Paris on Sunday morning . The Patria announces that M . de Lamartine ' s saddle horses were sold last Saturday at St . Point , and that the furniture of his chuteiiu of Monccau is shortly to be sold to satisfv one of his creditors .

      The Courriir de Lyon denies the truth of tlie assertion that the sentence of death on Lieutenant de Mercy , who killed a brother officer , has been commuted . The Tribunal de Commerce of Nancy , acting against the generally received opinions on tho subject of tho usury laws , has just decided that a private banker is justified in lending at a higher rate of interest than six per cent ., when the Bank of Franco raises its discount beyond that limit . The screw transport Loire , which recently sailed from , Brest , with convicts for Cayenne , had on ' board Rudio , the confederate of Orsini in the attempt of tho 14 th of January . , The Emperor's health is said to be somewhat doubtful , owing to the gradual yielding of tho sphio , which occasions the necessity of support in walking . Triat , tho professor of gymnastics , is about to try on tho Emperor his system of u regeneration by tho renewal of the exhausted fluids , " in which magnetism is reported to have a largo share . A convention has boon concluded and aignod between the Governments of Costa Rica and Nicaragua on the one part , and M . Fdlix Belly , acting on behalf of M . M . Millaud and Co ., of Paris , on tho other , rolativo to the concession of an intcroceanic canal by tlie river San Juan and Lake Nicaragua . M . do Lessens has arrived in Franco from C ' onatanti-

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 5, 1858, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05061858/page/9/