The Press.
London, England, 1854-01-14 00:00:00

quence of the annexation of the Company's Sntlej
territories.
The arrival of Lord Elphinstone, the new Governor,
was anxiously expected at Bombay.
The presence of a considerable Russian force in
Khiva has caused the Governor General to place an
army of observation on the north-west frontier. The
troops in Peshawur have accordingly been increased
to 13,500 men and 4M guns.
The news from Bunnell, which is to the 21st Nov.,
is very contradictory. The Dacoits are said to be very
numerous, and to have committed all sorts of depreda •
tions. It was also given out that an insurrection was
to take place simultaneously on the 20th December
in the several towns of Pegu, and that a large force
from Ave, under the command of Meng-Dat-Meng,
or the Fighting Prince, was to lead the movement.
Preparations upon an extensive scale were said to
have been made for the purpose of effectually carry-
ing out this project. Very great doubts, however,
existed as to the credit due to the foregoing state-
ment. The Governor-General, the Marquis of Dal-
housie, was shortly expected at Rangoon.

CHINA.
This mail brings China news to the 11th of Nov.
At Amoy and Shanghai fighting was going on as
usual. The insurgents in possession of the latter
place had discovered a large quantity of treasure
which had been concealed by the late authorities;
they were making use of it in hiring and arming
European vessels, so that there will now be a merce-
nary fleet on both sides. A Mr. Reynolds, who was
taking a cargo of munitions of war to the insurgents,
was lately captured by the Imperialists. His crew
were decapitated, and he would himself have shared
the same fate had not the Europeans employed in
the Imperialist fleet threatened to resign in a body
unless he was released. He has accordingly been
permitted to return to Shanghai.
Prom Amoy the most melancholy accounts have
been received. The Imperialists, having retaken the
place on the 11th of November, marked their success
by slaying in cold blood nearly 1,000 persons, few of
whom took any part in the late movement. The
streeta and wharves of Amoy are stated to have
literally streamed with human blood, not shed in any
warlike operations, but done in savage revenge. The
villages around Amoy were made to contribute to the
executions. Whole villages were threatened with
death unless they gave np all who took part in or
sympathised with the insurgents; and, as a conse•
quence of this brutal demand, the inoffensive and de
fenceless villagers were surrendered up as victims to
satiate the mandarins' thirst for blood. Captains
Fishbourne and Vansitts.rt, observing this massacre
from their vessels, landed men from the Hermes and
Bittern, and, with some of the foreign residents,
saved the lives of about 300 of the unfortunate
wretches. Not a single member of the rebel chief's
force was captured ; the rebel junks proceeding un-
molested out to sea, en route for Shanghai, the re-
tention of which they naturally deemed of more
importance than the possession of Amoy.
No. authentic news has lately been received from
the seat of war in the north of China ; it was ru-
moured, however, that an irruption of Mogul Tartars
had taken place; that 270,000 of them had been
levied, and had crossed the frontier ; and that 70,000
of these had marched southward, and had nearly
penetrated to Nankin. According to another account,
the treasury of the Emperor at Pekin being quite
empty, ho sent mandarins to the Mongolian tribes to
try to borrow 2,000,000 taels, but instead of money
they, sent him 300,000 troops. To get rid of this
army his Majesty paid 1,000,000 taels for their ex-
penses back.
On the subject of the present position and pros-
pects of the country, the Friend of China is of
opinion that " the Tartar dynasty is now at its last
gasp, and that the next Chinese year will not un-
warrantably be called as of the reign of Hung tseu-
tsieuen, the Prince of Peace."

fart anb lastion.

TffE SERIES OF DR \MATIC PERFORMANCES were re-
sumed at Windsor Castle on Thursday, when Sir E.
B. Lytton's play of Money was performed, principally
by actors from the Olympic company, with the
assistance of Mr. Charles Kean in the character of
Evelyn. The Queen had, as usual, invited a nume-
rous party of guests to this entertainment.
A SUCCESSION or Visrrons have been honoured
with' nvitations to Windsor during the week. Most
of the Cabinet Ministers have spent a day or two at the
Castle in rotation, as the duties of office permitted
their absence from London. On Thursday the Mi-
nistry were represented by Lord Cranworth at the royal
table, and in addition the Marquis and Marchioness
of Salisbury, the Earl and Countess of Derby and
Lady Emma Stanley, the Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount
and Viscountess Sydney, and Lord and Lady Bloom-
held' had the honour of dining with her Majesty.