The Press.
London, England, 1853-10-01 00:00:00

INIMA.

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The Bombay overland mail of August 30 Pt 4
Marseilles. The iiefsfunt• front nur new
territory ere nowt, favourable. ,1 letter from regn
says-- All rumour.; of WHIN 111141 1111/11'11 1111V4. 41011
away, RIM :I more general silly'.ll6l). Ulla con-
fidence in the poisioatietiey of the. British role is
shown by the iiihnifitatits." The %enmity hail mueli
ditninished in the Inver prtoitiees., 111 Ihr dry
crops, Infiniti porn. beans..t►•., limile; been got in.
Rice was being exported lamely, but was still rising
in price, and, 1114 no ioultly ( for seed 1 wits procurable,
there was very litthleihi .1,
11111.1sur l 11%Iiel.101: 1.071:T chief 11 gulag on.
ecalledel.A
attempt to surprise n
Muting-lifer had failed, when on the point of miecems.
owing to a panic ha% ing seized the intending captor..
Except at l'egu, the health of the troops was gene-

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rally good ; but cholera was fearfully prevalent 'meat!:
the natives.
The 'accounts from Prom,. will the upper e,ailur
are not wi favourable. Scarcity still pre% ail.sl, and
the country was overrun by roblwr bands.
General iodwin and his staff rewrite,' ► t aleinta
On the sth or Ao.gost. 164 parting from the 'Millers
at Rangoon is said to have been a very rorshel one,
and in the speech made by the general he hinted
that in all the operations just concluded he had 'lewd
according to orders. General Sir John Cheape
will most probably assume command in l'egu.
From other parts of India the intelligence is of
liWe important' e. At Cawnpore and Ilenares the
cholera has Steen very prevalent and fatal : upwards
of 110 deaths have occurred in 11.M.'s 70th Regiment,
exclusive of women and children. Captain Main
nosing, of the 42nd N. 1., Alajor William Stewart,
agent to the Governor-:itmeral, Major Itirrell, 11th
Regiment N. 1., and Lieut. 'fioloombe,ithal Regiment
NJ., have also fallen victims to the disorder.
The reports of the indigo crop are not favourable.
CHINA.

Little that is new has transpired regarding the re•
hellion in China, and it seems to have been difficult
to gain correct intelligence. Dates from Shanghai
are to the 1:Ith August, only two days later than
those received by last mail.
The movement of the insurgents into the Kiangsi
province seems beyond a doubt, and they had taken
pomession of the principal city, causing alarm in the
Moning and Moyune neighbourhood, the sent of the
tea districts. It was reported they had evacuated
Nankin, for a time, for the rich province of Kiangsi,
to provide supplies, being rim short of rice and other
food, awl this had originated a report that the Im-
perialists were again in possession of Nankin.
Foochow data) extend to the 19th of July. The
rebels had met with reverses, and been driven bark, '
and the disturbance in the Shang-fix) tea district was
quieted for the present. The Imperialists did not
sneeeed in retaking Amoy, but retreated in good order.
The insurgents were getting stronger every day, but
were extorting money to a much larger extent front
the merchants and pawnbrokers, who were leaving
with their property fier other places, and there was no
prospeet of their being able to settle their accounts
with foreigners. Trade was at a complete standstill,
and likely to be so months to come. Canton was
quiet, but in the interior great disorder prevailed, and
the difficulty of transit increased. which had a serious
effect on trade. The market for imports has con-
tinued exeensively dull, HMI the small business done
has been chiefly on speettlati 111 l .
Mir tieerge Bonham has at last issued a proelatma•
that apprising all British subjects of the illegality of
4141001 K in warlike operations its China without the
queen's licence, and warning all such that he will
strictly enforee the penalties provided in the act 511
ieorge 111., chap. set, against. such offences.
The tioventment at. Pekin is in the greatest dis
tress for motley. Ott its having announeed that a
paper circulation was to be issued anal fumed into
currency, all the bankers shut their shops, and,
though this project has been given up, they hate not
again aliened them. The Emperia- hnd ordered that
all should pay the next mooth's rent into his Tren•
miry instead of to their landlonls ; but this measure
would atronl a trilling and very temporary relief. A
scarcity of grain was also beginning tat be felt in
Pekin, owing to the districts by which the capital
was principally supplied being in possession of the
rebels.

OU thO Of .‘llglo4l the United ShileA. COMM.).
110fe l'etTy, Hutt his squadron. left their anchfurage on
the coast of L 4141011104 andsailed for Japan. The
commodore has purchased as a VIM' depot piece of
hula on the island called " Ilanian," in the neigh.
luourhood of Napakiang, " found to be inhabited by
Scotch and Irish This is the first rOSs43s-
',ion the Americans have acquired in Asia.
There has Ille%er before been such all
squadron of steam war vessels on the roast of china
81.4 at the present time. Following is a list of them
British : H.M.S.S. Rattler, 9 guns : Rennes, a guns;
Salamander, 6 guns ; Ity.r, it guns. Amerieum :
ifistOmappi, 11l guns ; Xsowiachannah, 9 guns; Pow
imitate, 9 guns. Froueli : Le. Cassini, 6 gums.
Russian : k. 2 guns. Sailing vessels—British :
Winchester, 40 guns ; Spartan, 21 guns; Lily, 12
guns ; Rapid, N guns.

CONSTANTINOPLE AS IT IS.
Constantinople is within twehe d”.• reneli
inhabited Ivy many thousand Europeans. and
visited by • .rtiblt. Inn eller.. there is not a pine.. •
a people—if. perhaps. the Chinese an' 4•WVII1e1.1-44411ei'lll•
ityt 11110111 i'lTolle4oll, 1111111144$ ons idiom& With the
bulk of Europeans the 11$1111" of Turkey eanies with it
%ague Weal. of turbans, seiinntars, humus*. seraglios,
1:11x1•.111 and
luagisitivetter. The day of the turliiiin.,l Turk lois
rammed. The 1/.ulllllll of the #.lll Near, es sat, Maki.
"Ht, *lei toms- mei .1 tt skullcap t the Intl i•
only mark that distinguishes loin fuslit the Enrol., an
Amongst the lower orders the Eastern dress is still re
limited, and thy prit-sthootl still ding h., the elegant Oleic