The Express.
London, England, 1851-06-16 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 16, 1851.

That the program of the insurgents has been as greet
that the whole of the available resources of this part of the
empire must be speedily brought into action, if the absolute
supremacy of the Hien-lung dynasty is ever again to be re-
stored, there is every reason to believe.*
It would appear that the Imperial Commissioner Li and
his aid the Governor Chau-tiensioh, have been either un-
able to concentrate their forces or obliged to retire before
their antagonists.
A late report runs that the district towns of Ho and Kai-
hien, both situated on the river Ho, the former in the pro-
vince of Kwang-ii, the latter adjoining it in the north-
western part of Kwang-tung, have been attacked and pil-
band, and that every officer, civil or military, has been
met to indiscriminate carnage, ann the wealthy inhabitants
I had to ransom. This report appears, to a great extent, to
be a well founded one.
Governor Yeh has returned from Ying-teh to Canton ;
cad it is now certain that his diplomacy has been inane-
dent to check the rebels. His return appears to have been
the signal for numerous bands of discontented spirits to
take their departure for the field of action, and what effect
it may have upon the mass has yet to be seen. For aught
we know to the contrary the residents in Canton are sham-
boring on the surface of a volcano. The taking of Kwe-
lin-fu still requires confirmation.
The leading topic of conversation among the Chinese citi-
zens, during the first part of the month, was the audacity
of some unknown individual, in thrusting a strongly
written remonstrance into the Governor-General's chair, as
ho was journeying towards a temple, to worship Confucius;
his supineness in dealing with the insurgents and neglect
to carry out the imperial desires being dealt with, it is
said, in no measured terms. His exce.lency was greatly
incensed, and made every effort to discover the writer,
threatening to suspend the literary examination for Ku-jin
if the gentry did not denounce the guilty party. After
some days three persons were arrested, who implicated a
number of others, so that Seu has been placed in rather an
awkward position, and is now entirely at a loss how
to act.
The approaching examination in Canton for the second
literary degree is attracting quite a crowd of the literary
aristocracy from all parts of the province, and the city is
soon likely to be the arena of warm political discussion.
It is nearly a month since information was sent to us from
the north that the young emperor had remitted all dues and
deficits as an act of grace to signalise his acces-
sion to the throne (a similar remission was made in
1810, on the occasion of Taokwang attaining his sixtieth
year). It will have been the remission of these dues and
deficits that gave rise to the report of an ohnlition:of the im-
perial salt monopoly ; it being pretty certain that there is a
greater accumulation of arrears on this gabel than any other.
The revenue derived from salt is raised, on the Bea coast,
principally in the shape of a land tax; the sum paid for
permission to manufacture it being somewhat after the rate
of a quarter of a dollar per acre per annum. But still we'
are at a lets in tracing the remission of deficits (in tonne ion
with the salt gabel) to the provincial city, where, within
the last few days, the inhabitants have been busy plat:aid-
ing the walls with petitions that arrears of taxes might be
remitted.
By the present mail, Don Sinibaldo deltas, Spanish En-
voy, takes his departure for Europe ; and we are informed
that her Most Catholic Majesty has determined on refrain-
ing from further attempt to negotiate with the Imperial
court, and from keeping a legation in China. We presume,
however, that it is not her Majesty's intention to leave the
trade with this country without a superintendent of some
kind; although it is rumoured that uo definite arrange-
ment has yet been determined on.
[For markets see last page.]

rquired our are, thought it best to give the Clementine np
to the two French captains, they agreeing to furnish suit-
able officers to conduct her to a safe port. Accordingly she
will sail with all possible despatch for Bourbon or the Isle
of France.—Ever yours, BIN BALCJI, jun.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

IRIS DAY.

OLD COCUT.

The June session of the Central Criminal Court cam-
moused this morning, before the Right lion. the Lord
Marr' the Right Hon. the Recorder, Aldermen Sir J.
Duke, Hunter, and Wire, the sheriffs, under-sheriffs, and
the usual city authorities.
The calendar is unusually light, there being only 174
prisoners for trial, and the cases, with very few exceptions
are of the ordinary description.
The Recorder, in charging the grand jury, expressed the
great gratification he felt at observing the lightness of the
present calendar, both as regarded the number of prisoners
for trial and the character of the offences with which they
were accused, and he observed that it was peculiarly grab-
lying to observe that ,while the streets were crowded with
unusual numbers of people, instead of this circumstance
being the occasion of an increase in the duties of that court,
there was actually a diminution of cri:ne. Ito confessed
that ho was one of those who thought it was impossible for
such multitudes of persons to be collected together in a
small focus from all parts, without some increase of crime
being thereby occasioned, but he was happy to see that his
anticipations had not been fulfilled. It was also a gratify-
ing circumstance to find that although a great num-
ber of persons bad been collected from all parts
of the world, some of whom it might be feared
would be attracted to this country by improper and
illegal objects, yet there was not the name of a
single foreigner in the calendar for the present session
charged with robbery of any description. Ills lordship then
briefly alluded to the charge of murdering a policeman at
' Vauxhall, and he directed the grand jury, if the tact.
should be made out to their aatisfaction,to find the bill; and
he said if there were any circumstances of mitigation in the
' case that would reduce the crime blow that of murder.
Those facts would be mor.: properly brought forward when
the case came to be finally disposed of by the learned judges
and a petty jury.
The grand jury then retired.

THE EXETER SYNOD.

(nom the Westr.rn Tiviet.)

The Rev. G. C. Gorham has addressed the follow-
ing letter to the reverend "Rural" of Cadbury deanery :
The Vicarage, Brampford Spoke, June 10,
Rev. Sir,—You inform me that a meeting of the Burl-
Decanal Chapter of Cadbury, will be held at Cadbury, on
Thursday, the 12th instant, "to deliberate on the matters
to he considered at the Diocesan Synod, and to elect two
representatives at the Synod from this Deanery." Even
were that Synod legal and expedient (on both of whiclt
points I entertain serious doubts)—there does not exist any
precedent for constituting that body an elecgire, and, con-
sequently, a represerdulice assembly, as La I am aware,
and I have looked into the subject with some carefuluces.
With this view of the assumed authority which you, and
the clergymen who may meet together as Cadbury, pro-
pose to exercise—l must lust only decline, as a benches Pres-
hyter of this diocese, attending your Ituri-Decanal Chapter
to vote for representatives, but I must solemnly protest
against such a proceeding as tending to subvert eccleuastical
order, and to create division and discord at a period when
union and harmony are peculiarly desirable. I am, Sir,
your's faithfully, D. C. GOILUAM.
The Rev. N. F. Lightfoot,
Dean Rural, Cadbury.

PROTESTS AGAINST THE SYNOD IN EXETER.—
HOLY TRINITY PARISH, EXETER.—AII influential meet-
ing of the parishioners, of Holy Trinity, being lay mein-
ben of the church of England, was held on Thursday, at
the Valiant Soldier, Mr. Higgins, the warden, presided.
Mr. E. P. l'ridham proposed a series of resolutions, protest-
ing emphatically against the Synod, which were seconded
by Mr. Mark Kennaway, and unanimously adopted. A
rate of thanks to the Archbishop of Canterbury for his pro-
testant and christian conduct was passed, and another ex
pressive of the approval of the parishioners of the conduct of
their rector. It was resolved to print and circulate the re-
solutions, and thanks having been voted to the chairman,
the meeting separated. Similar proceedings took place at
meetings of the parishes of St. Stephens, and St. Mary
Arches, Exeter.