The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-01-12 00:00:00

THE CHINESE REBELLION.

The Moniteur de la Flotte has some news of the
progress of the rebels in China, which had not
come to us with the last mail. On the oth of
November the insurrectionary army foUght another
battle with the troops of the government, and the
Imperialists were obliged to evacuate the city of
Shanghae completely, and take refuge on board
the junks and other vessels of their fleet. The
prince of the rebels, Tien-Ti, has given himself out
a 8 the last direct descendant of the dynasts of
Ming, which was overturned by the .I\lantehou
Tartars, in 1644; and the generalissimo of the
insurgent army has put forth a curious proclama-
tion, in which he says:—
" By Acting as *6 are no* doing we are obeyirg
the orders which have come to us froth heaven, and
we are likewise complying with the desires of tie
people assembled around us, to exterminate the
.Mantchou Tartars, and make them vanish for ever
from the earth. When we carefully study tho
emperors of the great Ming dynasty we see that
their outward countenances and attire were so
beautiful and imposing; that the memory of their
features and appearance has been transmitted
through a hundred generations whilst these
hideous Tartars; who are as ugly as they are igno-
rant of the principles of justice, have caused us
also now to resemble brute beasts, by which they
prove that they themselves are not men.

" These obstinate Tartars have impressed upon
our nation a stamp of misfortune which still
continues. We have lifted up the standard and
the sword of justice to exterminate them ; in a
few days, when we have received the supreme
orders, we shall come and tell the people in what
fashion they ought to he dreSsed ; meanwhile let
us take care of our victorious troops, that they
may go on joyfully with their great work.
" At the present time Shanghae is but a decaying
City,
.aud produces not enough for itself. Our
duty then is to provide not only for the wants of
our soldiers, but to see that the people have what
is necessary for them. When a ship came into
the port formerly, she brought much rice; why is
it not so now ?

" I, who am now superior magistrate of Shang-
hae, feeling afraid lest rice should become as
scarce as pearls, and firewood as scarce as cinna-
mon, and no more provisions be left, do therefore,
issue this proclamation, copies of which shall be
diffused as numerously as the leaves on the trees,
to induce the nobles and the people to bring as
much food as they possibly can to Shanghse, and
to invite the merchants to come and traffic here
from all quarters; which, on the one hand, will
be good for the Government of the Ming ; and, on
the other hand, will reasonably allay the anxieties
of the peop'e. Do you understand me, then!
Make no opposition to my commands.
" Shanghae. in the first year of the restored
dynasty of Ming, in the tenth month, and on the
seventh day."
A book, professing to be the biography of the
pretender Tien-ti, has been circulated, in which it
is stated that his ancestor, the last of the Ming, the
virtuous Tehang-ti, who was dethroned in 1644;-and
pursued by the infamous Chountchi, the chief of
the Mantchous, took refuge with his family in the
mountains of Konang-si, where he dwelt obscure
and poor. His descendants lived on quietly, till
the time when the present head of the family,
having had a divine sevelation informing him of
his divine birth, yielded to the solicitations of the
people about him, and came forward as their cham-
pion against the oppression of the Mantchous.

AMERICA,

ARRIVAL OF THE ANGLO SAXON.

The Montreal Ocean Steam. Ship Company's
steamer Anglo Saxon, arrived in the Mersey on
Saturday with dates from New York and Montreal
to the 27th ult., inclusive. She has broUght
cabin and 17 second cabin passeng,ers.
The political news, both from the Canadas and
the United States, is wholly devoid of interest,
whilst that relating to commerce is very meagre.
The latest report from New York represent the
Money Market as easy, and the demand for.
Foreign Exchange as fair, the rates on London
varying from 10S1 to 109. The business in the.
Stock Market was limited. Cotton was active,
and prices inclined upwards.
The transactions in produce were small. The
wheat market was firm, whilst the demand for
flour was limited.

MONTREAL MARKETS, DEC. 26.
Agnes : The market is rather quiet. Small sales of Pots
at 71,c to Sc. Pearls 81c per lb., cash.
FLOUR : The market is dull, but there is no material
change in prices. Cnrn Meal is in moderate demand at 3
dols 50c to 3 dols 750 per brl. Rye Flour is selling in
small lots at 3 dols 75c to 5 dols 25c per brl.
GRAIN : There has been a moderate demand for corn at
steady prices. Rye is selling in small lots at 90c to 92c per
bushel.. White Beans are in steady demand at 2 dois to
2 dole 25c per bushel. Canada Peas are ceiling at 90a to
95c per bushel.
PROVISIONS : Pork is firm with a fair demand. Beef is
in steady demand. Lard is in moderate demand. Rams
are selling at l lc to llac per lb, cash and-four mos.

LIST OF PASSENGERS, PER S.S. ANGLO SAXON.—Mrs.
A. J. York ; Mrs. Dalkiu, infant and servant ; Mr. and
Mrs. Thomson and infant; Mr. G. May; Mr. T. a
Claxton; Mr. A. Mitchell; Mr. J. Rhynas-' Mr. Rollo
Campbell; Mr. Jesse Thayer; Mr. Kortosk ; Mr. Ascher ;
Mr. Elliott; Mr. J. Ferguson; Mr. A. Rinaud ; Mr. P.
Plamondon ; Mr. L. G. Fontear ; Mr. E. Hudon ; Mr. F.
Same; Mr. A. Cameron; Mr. D. A. C. G. Lee; Mr. Simon
Levy; Mr. A. J. Ross; Mr. Cocker; Mr. Ness; Mr. J. A.
Hawley; Mr. Hardy; Mr. William Smith; Mr. Foulds ;
Mr. Gilmour; Mr. J. B. Stevenson; Mr. Thomkins; Mr.
Taylor; Mr. S. Lasser; Mr. Doran; Mr. J. Chalmers;
M. A. A. Buck ; Mr. H. 11. Carpenter; Mr. W. H. Leslie ;
and Mr. E. Wield.

NOTES OF A TOUR FROM MOSCOW" TO THE
CRIMEA. •

Butter is rarely met with in Russia, and when it is to
be had it is generally bad. After breakfast—it was an
early one, for Teeny arrivals took place during the
Morning soon after daybreak, and the fire of papiros
became very strong and the noise very great, and the
company generally seemed inclined to sit down on us as
we lay in our humble beds, a la Procruste—we had a small
investigation of the town, and assisted at an important
ceremony in the street which attracted much attention,—
I mean the mending of our tarantasse, at which two men
were busily employed under the orders of our two
couriers, to which they paid not the slightest attention.
The Tulers, or Tulites, came out in great force on this
occasion, and venerable greybeards and rough -mujiks
volunteered an immense deal of advice, and entered on
long disquisitions evincing considerable acquaintance with
the general principles of the constitution of a tarantasse.
As another of the traits of good feeling and kindliness
which one frequently experiences in Russia, without much
affectation of friendship or of polite professions on the
part of those who possess them, I may mention that a
Russian officer of rank who was passing by accident, and
saw the crowd round the tarantasse, and that the proprie-
tors Were evidently strangers, sent down an old soldier
to keep guard over the vehicle, and to prevent the natives
from being troublesome, and the thanks for this unsought
courtesy which we then could not pay our good friend I
now beg to tender to him.
Russia has learnt by the hardest of all tests the ineffi-
ciency of the arms served out to her prodigious masses of
infantry, and she will as soon as the means permit make
exertions to place her army on an equal footing with that
of the most civilised European Powers. That is a task
which Tula cannot accomplish in its present condition.
From all I could hear it was pretty evident that the
establishments for the manufacture of arms had utterly
failed to make up for the losses of muskets and side arms at
Alma, Inkermann, and in he flight from those fatal fields.
In times of peace it was calculated that the factories
could produce from 85,000 to 90,000 stand of arms and
about 30,000 bayonets and appurtenances for side arms
in the year ; but during the war, when the wants of the
army became pressing, it was found impossible, as I am
informed, to get more than 120,000 muskets, and about
40,000 bayonets from Tula, although the workmen were
" pressed" from every side, and the machinery was never
idle night nor day. The new muskets which have been
lately turned out are very superior to those with which
we found the Russian soldier armed at the Alma. and the
Crown peasants who form the new riflemen of the Guard
Corps are provided with very excellent rifles, which seem
to have been imitated from our first Minie. Great expec-
tation's Were formed of the services which would be ren-
dered to the besieged by these redoubtable sharpshooters,
in whose ranks, say, the Russians, are the finest shots
in the world—the gamekeepers of the Crown forests,
accustomed to the pursuit of [wild animals, the
sable hunters of Siberia, and the huntsmen who pay their
tribute in the furs of the finer coated animals of Northern
and North Eastern Russia. Much enthusiasm was dis-
played on their depai tare for the south, and Many pray-
tugs and blessings took place as they marched forth on their
long tramp to the Crimea; but they never arrived there,
and peace was proclaimed ere they got to ?erekop: I think
our Rides and the French Chasseurs would have been quite
a match for the pick of these much vaunted tirailleurs. Of
the militia ealleci out in such numbers atter the death of
Nicholas many battalions would have gladdened the hearts
of our good old English generals, for they ,/sere armed with
" Brown Bess,"' and in such perfection, tog—real, sound,
constitutional dint muskets, pattern of the reign of George
11., or thereabouts. The Guard Corps was well armed,
and so was part of the Grenadier Corps, but many of tee
line eeginients had old :flint muskets, with narrow stocks,
converted into detonators, and some of the locks had no
" halfcock." The latter imperiection might have been the
result,ofaceident. I could not ascertain how many work-
men there were employed in Tula, but one of my :infor-
mants said they amounted to nearly 10,001) during the war;
and that they were then about 8,000. Many arms, however:
are made in Siberia at two Government establishments,
the names of which are quite undecipherable, as
they stand in my notes. There are nearly 1,000
smiths, forgers, and hammerers, and a corresponding
number of stockmakers, lockmakers, and other artitieers,
who are divided into separate guilds or corporations
according to their trades. Two large foundries and many
mills worked by water machinery, there being an excel-
lent and constant fall from the streams of the Upa, which
runs through the town, are constantly at work. Iron is
found in the neigbourhood, and the forges of Denaidoff
and other works are supplied by these mines. It it said
that coal is abundant, but the fuel used in the furnaces
is wood and charcoal. In the Government works Siberian
iron is exclusively employed, and the cavalry swords are
manufactured of the same material. Mr. Jones, who was
engaged in 1817 to examine the resources of the district
around Tule, found iron ore and coal in abundance ; but
the latter has, I believe, never been warked, because the
Russians do not understand how to employ it, and the
Tula iron does not bear the highest reputaticn. The
magazine contained poor specimens of it in a manufac-
tured state, candlesticks, knives and forks, cutlery, cast
and wrought iron articles, and very bad guns and pistols,
at ridiculously high prices. The trade is highly protected,
and a friend of mine who wished to carry his own gun in
Russia—one which had been well used, by the bye—was
obliged to pay ata duty on it at the St. Petersburg
Customhouse. A Russian sportsman never thinks of
using a Tula.made gun if he cal, afford one of French or
English manufacture, and his sporting apparatus is
generally marked with some name well-known in our
coverts. There are many other trades and manufactures
carried on here in addition to those connected with the
Government small arm manufactory. Beetroot sugar,
soap, candles, and tin-ware are made in considerable
quantities ; wax and tallow are melted and refined, and
there are two great fairs in the year for the sale and
exchange of produce. About 2,500,0001135. of tallow are,
it is said, rendered annually at the Tula manufactories.
With all this trade the city louks poor on account of the
huge suburbs of small and dingy houses, and it will look
still worse, probably, as the houses get a little older, for
many of them date from 1834, when a great conflagration
occurred which inflicted an enormous loss on the town.
Such occurrences are periodical in every Russian town
or city, and attempts are being made of late years to
dheck the frequency and disastrouseresults of these fires
by building houses of stone ; but the material is not very
common and not cheap in Southern Russia. The streets
are so wide and so long that the 55 000 inhabitants of the
pity are quite lost in them, and there is a deserted air
shout the' place which is very striking to a stranger, and
gives him a notion that the plague or the cholera has been
very active there lately. From a distance the appearance
of the town is more attractive. The spires and cupolas
of nearly 30 churches rise into the air and peer above the
lute! of the plateau, and the green roofs and ornamental
doaaes of the Foundling Hospital, Gymnasium Alexandrum,
of many public schools and hospitals, of monasteries, and
other large buildings attrack the eye and make Tula look
much more captivating on leaving or arriving than it is
found to be on a very short residence. The city is situat-
ed in a kind of open valley at a point where the Upa and
Melitza unite their waters, after cutting deep and tortu•
ous channels through the high steppe land of the surronud.
ing country, and lies considerably below` the leiel of this
plateau, on a very unequal site; which gives by its numer-
ous undulations a picturesque aspect to the masses of'
green root's and of parti-coloured walls which tweed for
an immense distance at the spectator's feet, as he gazes
down upon it from the:top of the steppe. The country
around i 5 fertile and well cultivated, and the course of the
streams is marked by belts of trees, which raise their
heads to protest against the inclemency of the winter
skies.

I There was a considerable movement of troops through-
, Out the town, and we learnt that :for many months past
there had been a stream of soldiers, horse and foot, march-
ing through the town. Lately the principal part of the
regiments which passed through were from the Crimea,
and the number of these had lately diminished ; but there
'were manyy groups of disbanded soldiers constantly on the
tramp, andnot alone of disbanded men, but of those who
had filled their fill time of servitude, and were now on
their way home. Of these many were still young, inas-
much as they had served in Sebastopol., and each month
there had counted for a yaar. The lot of many of those
poor soldiers was miserable enaugh, for they had no
bounty or pension from the. State; indeed, it is a dis-
tinguished soldier who receives a pension of a year ;
and they had lost the right to the aid of their master,
which they would have had in case they remained simple
serfs. The military service makes the soldier free, but it
leaves him too often to starve when he quits it. To judge
from the number of militia officers whom one met strutting
about, that force has not yet been disbanded, but the
losses of many regiments by sickness were so great in and
near the Crimea, that they had virtually ceased to exist.
Beyond the hardware shops, which are to the hardware
shops of Birmingham as the workmanship of Russia is to
that of England, there was note much to induce one to
stalk through the mad. There were lots of megazins
Francais, of modistes de Paris; there was an English
.magazin kept by a man with a; name unutterable in the
Anglo Saxon; but, then, to show that there were speci-
mens of that tolerably wide spread race in the city, just
'after we had been laughing at this odd fellow's nomen and
prmnomen a lady popped her, head out of a window near
us, and shouted to two , little bairns who were in vain
trying to construct a mud pie out of materials as yet too
fluid for success to be attainable, "comet children, come
into the houSe ; I will not have you out in the streets."
As we turned our heads at the welcome sound of the
vernacular the fair vision retired from the windoiv, and
Master Tommy and Miss Sally, with arms extended and
projected talons, relinquished their light confectionary
with evident reluctance, and retired into the bosom of

their family, which would certainly require a good deal of
washing after their visit.
Having waded about as long as we could, we all retired
to the hotel again. and flattened our noses against the
windows or listened to the ponderous tiekings of a ereat
hall clock which displayed on its white face in bie black
Liter English, the legend, " Eleazer and James Chaytor,
London.' While so employed, a very fine young fellow
came in, and, with a liveliness not uncammon among
Russians, at once entered into conversation with us in
French. He wore the white surcoat and 'gag boots of the
Chevalier Guard, and he informed us that he was on his
way from the fetes at Moscow to his terr', some 800 miles
away, butlthat meantime he was waiting for the Grand
Duke's arrival in order to pay his respects to them. He
strongly urged us to stay and see the theatre, at which
the principal piece to be played that night was a transla—
tion of Box and Cox, the', title of which in the bills was
something dreadful to behold; and he also gave us much
advice, directed letters for us in Russian, bullied the
waiters, made bargains for soft cushions to defeat the
attacks of the tarantasse, chatted away and made himself
very agreeable till the hour of departure arrived, and we
shook hands and parted, never probably to meet again in
this world. Our bill was moderate, and formed a great
contrast to the similar documents with which we •had
been favoured at Moscow, and the coachmaker, who asked
us some £3 or £4 for the repair of the carriage, was
obliged by our young Chevalier to take £2 and be thank.
ful, the interference, which was quite proprio motu, being
very decided and energetic. A faint attempt to get va
vodka, or drink-money out of us, was equally unsuccessful ;
and we even resisted an appeal to stay another night in
the hotel. "If you do," said the landlord, "you shall
have a bedroom to-night." " No, we must go." " Pray,
stay to see the Grand Dukes. It will he so unpolite to
leave when they are expected." "We have seen them
already at Moscow." "Ah 1' then I can say no more."
The tarantasse, filled interiorly with cushions and air
pillows was deprived of half its terrors, and we rolled
away very pleasantly with six horses, till, at the second
stage from Tula, by way of commentary on our " repairs,"
and as a practical illustration of memo beatus ante, &c., we
came down on the hard chaussee with a tremendous crash,
and found the tarantasse brought to on her beam—ends.
The nut of one of the whe.ls was gone, but the road was
dry, as the cold wind which sprung up in the morning had
hardened the mud, and after a delay of twenty minutes
our servants found the nut on the road. Pressing into
the service a number of carriers, who were passing with
their carts, we raised the huge vehicle and, screwed on the
nut, and got under way once more, proceeding towards
the city of Orel.