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wards Chinese have been ordered to 222 THE XEAPEiR . [ No . 363 , Saturday- . ~~ . M ^_^ _ _«« f ff . ____ ~_ - 1 - 1 11 4 T ~ W _ * ° __^ Y 1 . - ^ B *¦ . _ .
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AMEEICATrra last arrivals from the United States mention that , by a vote of 25 to 20 , "the Senate has postponed the Dallas-Clarendon Central American 'treaty until the 5 th day of March , the first day of the new Administration . The South was said to be opposedto it , amendments and all , on account of the slavery clause . The Washington correspondent of the New York Courier and Enquirer says that the committee on foreign affairs reported the treaty ¦ with tvro amendments . The first strikes out the provision recognising the famous land grant ; the second , proposes to cede the Bay Islands' settlement entirely to Honduras , so as to preclude the possibility of any further protectorate . It is understood that , if the treaty be held in abeyance in the Senate until the 4 th of March , Mr . Jefferson Davis will give his support to it as it stands , notwithstanding the opposition , generally attributed to the Southern statesmen . *
The Atlantic Telegraph Bill lias been handed over to a Committee of Ways and Means by a vote of 112 to 7-4 , thus indicating its success . Dr . Kane , the Arctic voyager , is said to be on tlie point of death at Havannah . —The French Minister at Washington , has demanded of the Government indemnity for losses sustained by French , residents at the bombardment of Grey town . —A treaty has been signed between MJexico-and the United States , by -which ' . the latter is to lend the farmer 15 , 000 , 000 dollars , three millions of ¦ which are to pay American claims with . As security for the loan , the United States Government is to receive fifteen per cent , of the Customs . —The Mexican rebels are reported , to be worsted and scattered . ¦ Walker and his party , notwithstanding their desperate condition , appeaT to have gained some important successes over the Costn-Kicans- * ' ...
In the Burdell murder case at New York , the jury have returned a Verdict of "Wilful Murder against Mr 3 . Cunningham , Eckel , and a third person , named Snodgrass . Tlaey wore of opinion that the daughters of Mrs . Cunningham -were also implicated , and they recommended tlieir safe keeping . Snodgras 3 said , in reply to the Coroner , "lain entirely innocent ; I know nothing ¦ w hatever of the facts relating to the murder of Dr . Burdell . If any one knows anything about the murder in the family , I think it is Miss Augusta Cunningham , "with the mother . Understand me—that is , if the murder was perpetrated by any of the inmates of the Jvouse . " In the INova . Scotia Legislature , on the 18 th ult ., the Hon . Mr . Johnson moved a resolution declaring a want of confidence in the Government . The House divided on It , and the Government were defeated by "a-. majority of
six . . ¦ ¦ . ¦¦¦ . The revolution in Peru Is progressing , although the Tivanco party has made little or no further progress towards gaining possession of Callao and Lima , the only two . points now in the hands of Castillo . The commercial advices from New York this week describe a tendency to heaviness in tho stock market , consequent upon an increased demand for money . The counting by the Senates and the House of Representatives , met . in joint convention , of the votes for the
Presidential elections , toolc place on the 11 th ult . The final official statement is—Buchanan , 174 ; Fremont , 114 ; Fillmorc , 8 . The election of Mr . 11 reckon ridge as Vice-President is also confirmed . A doubt arose as to receiving the vote of Wisconsin , on account of a heavy snowstorm preventing the members of th « electoral collego of that state meeting until tho 4 th of December , the day prescribed by tho constitution being the 3 rd ; but , after a great deal of discussion , the convention separated without coming ; to any decision .
Between four and five hundred Irish men and -women , employed on the Erie Railroad tunnel works , near tho city of Jersey , have boon fiercely fighting among thornselves on some Hibernian ground of quarrel . A great many were ¦ wounded , and it was found necessary to call out tho Jersey militia . A person named Edward David , charged with being an accomplice of Curpentier , G re-let , ' and Balot , in tho French Itailway Fraud , has been arrested . ¦
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THE ORIENT . INDIA . On his way to tho reaidenco of Sir John La-wrencc , DoBt Mahommed met a courier from Mnhomiucd Afzal , the Governor of Balkli , who brought news of tho restless movoments of the Russians , who are said to bo bringing under their rule the whole kingdom of Kokan . Of the conferences of tho Dost with Sir John Lawronco no certain intelligence ia yet reported . It is said that Sir llonry Lawrence is to fill Sir James Outram ' s placo as Commissioner of Oiule . The successor of Mr . Bu 8 hby , as Resident at Hyderabad , ia not yet nominated . Tho barbarous custom of hook-swinging has been nut a-fitop to in the colloctorutea of l ' oonah . « nd Caudeiau . Infanticide is dumui » h . ini ; hi Cattcwur
CHINA . Detailed accounts of tho attempt by tho Chinese to retake Tcntotum fort , and of tho nmssnero by thorn of Europeans on board the . Thistle stcamor , have been ,
received since we last addressed our readers . Of the former exploit , the Friend of China l-elates that several Chinese war Junks -were observed on Sunday , tlie 4 th of January , approaching Canton . The English ships Cpromandel and Encounter ^ vere sent to reconnoitre , and found that " the Chinese had ranged a portion of their squadron , some sixty vessels , in a line between Marines Island and Barrow ' s Island , about midway between Tthe Macao Passage < Teatotutn ) Tort and the stations of the Hornet and Comus off the barrier—say a mile and a quarter from the fort , a mile . and a half from the barrier , and were exchanging shots . The time chosen for this approach had been well considered . It was a dead low neap tide : consequently , a vessel of the - *_^_* . * . _ a . ¦ «_ ti ^ ^^ ^ J ^ 4 ^^^^ rt ^ ^ - ^ 11 «^ av -v * 4 p *^* K f « or ] *^ * a ^« . ' ai V-Xr L \ m . - &
Hornet ' s drdft of water was unable to get up th e passage , the Encounter being similarly disabled from , getting down . But , just as the Encounter was under weigh , some twenty or thirty vessels were seen coining into Starling Beach , and , instead of proceeding directly , it was deemed best to send a few shots into them . The Higer , and the make-shift gunboat at the boom , too , took tip the fire , and continued it till they retired . The Encounter then attempted to get down the Macao Passage , but unfortunately grounded somewhere off Bird ' s Nest Fort , and was unable to get to the assistance of the others engaged . The accident being observed from the Coromandel , Sir Michael Seymour did not deem it prudent to do more with the Coromandel than stand on the defensive , and accordingly dropped back -with the tide , still riling from the bow-gun , and sent the boats '
crews into the fort . The Chinese , of course , construed the movement to irresolution , and came on bravely to within four hundred yards of the fort , vrlien , from the minies and marines and small arms men , till then under cover , they received repeated volleys , which must have committed frightful execution . It was about half-past two that a twentypound shot from the Chine-e struck down Mr . Pearn , master ' s assistant of H . M . S . Calcutta , in charge of one of the cutters of his ship—a wound in the breast proving mortal . " The Chinese force , however , was received' -with so much spirit that it presently withdrew . In addition to the death ; of . Mr . Pearn , six men were wounded in the boats , and one boy of the first class was ¦ wounded on board the Cororhandel from the accidental ignition of a rocket .
The tragedy on board the Thistle occurred while that vessel was returning from Canton to Hong-Kong , and , according to the paper from-which we have quoted , -was thus described by tliree Chinese servants of the steamer who escaped : —" The steamer had not been long under ¦ wei gh when the captain left the upper deck with a-Manilla-man' sccunny at the . wheel , and proceeded towards the engine-room hatchway . Here he was in the act of stooping forward , and looking down , when . an assassin from bshind stabbed him with one of those short-pointed swords of which every Chinese householder in Hong-Kong has one or more pairs . The first engineer , IIr . Abraham , an American , -was on the other side of the hatchway at the time , and was similarly assailed ; two
Manilla-men secunnies were working at n , hand-pvimp below , and soon shared the same fate ; one man got into a coal bunker , and there , afterwards , unable to get out when the vessel was set on fire , was burnt . A passenger in the cabin —> a Portuguese gentleman- —together -with hia servant , likewise a Portuguese , were also murdered , and so was a sickartilloiyman , who was lying down forward , and -who was the first victim . The captain on being stabbed Tan aft , but fell before be reached the cabin-door . Tho mute ( Petersen ) succeeded in getting into the cabin , and fired several muskets at the wretches as they attempted to get hold of him . A stinkpot thrown into the citbhi at last drove him overboard , and he must have been drowned , as ho was never seen to rise . The Manilla man at tho wheel was killed from behind , without seeing
tlie hand that wielded the weapon . In all , eleven persona were thus disposed of , and search was made for tho Chinese boys employed in tho cabin , one of whom , by jumping overboard and-liiding under the counter of tho vessel , succeeded in escaping , as did the others in other wnys . The Chinese firemen were then directed to remain at their work , and the vessel was steored tip the creek called by the Chinese Chowmco , to tho villago of Lamkongtow , distant some half-dozen milea inland . There her wood work was set on fire , and , when that was destroyed , cvory particle of brass work tliat could bo removed was tnkon away . " Tho charred hull has since boon recovered , and five headless bodies were found , together with the burnt remains of another . The assassins appear to have been agents of the Canton Government .
" Since this dreadful occurrence , " says tho Times Hong-Kong correspondent , " another river Btoniner has been attacked and . narrowly escaped capture at the hands of a Mandarin fleet ; and communication with Canton is now almost entirely suspended . There are no foreign residents there now wlintovcr . No trace has beon obtained of Mr . Cowpor , who iras kidnapped at Whampoa . A cold-blooded murder has been perpetrated thcro , tho victim being a Uerman , servant of Dr . Ryder . Tho \ Vhamnoa anchorage has been abandoned . " Active measures will probably not bo taken against Canton until tho arrival of troops and gunboats . Tho Mandarin *? hnvo issued blooiithir « ty edicts against the English , inciting to assassination and incendiumm by tho promise of
re-. AH quit the servi of . foreigners , and return to their liomes . -An attempt to poison a considerable portion of th « foreign community at Hong-Kong has been made bv Chinese baker , who mixed arsenic-with his bread and after serving it round to his customers , left for Macao in a steamer . Several of the bread-eaters were made verv ill , but none died , owing to antidotes being sneedilv administered . The family of S-ir John Bowrins : snf fered especially . All the Chinese bakers have since tied * ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Of the progress of the insurrection we 3 iear but little-The rebels are said to have quarrelled among themselves and to have committed great atrocities . The chief however , had again-defeated the Imperial troops- butthp southern rebels are reported to ha-ve come to an ' under standing with Commissioner Yeh , with the object of ex " pelling » the barbarian English . " This intelligence " however , is not absolutely reliable . '
On the Gth of January , Sir John Bowing issued au ordinance declaring the necessity of taking immediate and special means for preserving the peace of Hong-Kong , and enacting that any Chinaman found at large in that colony , between the hours of eiglit in the evening and sunrise , and without a police pass , shall be liable to a fine , to imprisonment with hard labour to whipping , or to the stocks . Another section of ' the same ordinance decrees that " Every person lawfully acting as , a sentry or patrol at any time between the
, lour of eight in the evening and sunrise , is hereby authorised , whilst so acting , to fire upon , with intent or effect to kill , any Chinaman wliom he shall meet with or discover abroad , and whom he shall have reasonable ground to suspect of being so abroad for an improper purpose , and who , being challenged by him , shall neglect or refuse to make proper answer to his challenge . " Hig Excellency also assumes power to deport all persons considered dangerous to the peace and good order of the eolonv .
The Anglo-Chinese papers report several isolated cases of murder committed by the natives on Englishmen and other Europeans . Borne Chinese , it is stated , have been caught with fireballs on their persons , aud have been shot . The premises of Jaidine , Llatheson , and Co ., have been threatened ; but a guard of French seamen and marines protects the house . " We learn , " says the Pays , " by thelatest news from . China , junder date of December 15 , that the Court of Pekin had published a decree prohibiting all subjects of the Celestial Empire from trading > vith the English . Disobedience will be punished with death . "
" The English Admiral , Sir Michael Seymour , " says the Mo ? iiteur , on the authority of a despatch from Hong-Kong , " thought it advisable on the 12 th . inst . to abandon the position he had taken up in the garden of the old factories . After blowing up the Dutch Fully Fort , which had hitherto been the centre of his operations against the town , he resolved to occupy only at Canton the fort known to strangers as the Uird's-ncst Eovt . Before leaving tho intrenchments he bad dug , the Admiral set fire to the outskirts which extend to tho west and to
the south-east of the factories . This measure , by isolating the walled town , renders it more accessible to ffce shells from a squadron . " The war junks constantly attack our steamers . A panic prevails at the European colony of Singapore , owing to the natives being exasperated by the news from Canton . Tlie Chinese portion of the population , which is by for the largest part , threatens the Europeans with fire and pillage . Rewards are also offered for the bead of tho English governor , resident , judge , or chief of police ; and the natives endeavour to prevent the supply of food to tho Europeans .
TE 15 SIA . Tho French and Turkish Ministers at Teheran arc stated to have received instruction !* to support England in her present differences "with Persia . It is also reported that an armistice has been agreed on between thu Knglish and Persian armies , to last through the months of March , April , and May . —A Russian Onertil of Engineers , accompanied by other officers of the same corps , has been visiting the country about Mount Ararat and the pass of Buynzid , and taken plans , it is supposed , with a view to the erection of forts . Tho alleged object was simply that of ordinary travellers for pleasure .
Issah Khan , who defended Herat , hns been killed Tho rumour that Eerrah , n . town , between Herat awl Cmulnhar , had been takes , is contradicted . The Russians have exempted from taxes several tribes who were to furnish to tho Shah 30 , 00 0 men , infantry : md cavalry . Arrangements nre being nmde to convey this force ironi Dnghostan on board the Russian fleet in the Caspian ( Son , n » auxiliaries to Persia .
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SARDINIA , AND ITALIAN NATIONALITY . A mssPATcn from Count Buol , tlie Austrian Minister of Foreign A Hairs , to Count Paar , Austrian Envoy nt Turin , and a reply , addressed by-Count Cnvouv to the Marquis Canto no , the Sardinian Envoy at Vienna , have been published . In the first of these . Count Buol , referring to tho alleged enthusiastic reception of tlie lSmperor at Milan ( from which city lie writes , under date February 10 th ) , observes that the few discontented persons remain so owing to " *"
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Leader (1850-1860), March 7, 1857, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_07031857/page/6/
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