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LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2,185 a

NICOLL'S AUTUMNAL PAT TERNS are
NOW READY.

THE HISTORY OF THE CHINESE
INSURRECTION.

sess to make it altogether free from doubt, and to allow us
to receive it implicitly as an integral portion of our singu-
lar history. About this time, say MM. Callery and Yvan
—that is to say towards the middle of 1851—there
appeared upon the stage a competitor for the Imperial
throne put forth by the rebel troops. Supreme honours
were paid to a Chinese by the revolutionary party, who
committed the heinous and unpardonable offence of deck-
ing their hero in the Imperial canary-coloured robe. Con-
trary to Tartar usages (proceed our historians) they pub-
lished the portrait of their sovereign, and circulated it by
thousands throughout the Chinese provinces. [A copy of
this portrait is placed at the beginning of L'lnsurrection
en Chine, and MM. Callery and Yvan congratulate them-
selves upon their good fortune in being able to offer to the
European public a faithful representation of the headdress
and restored costume of the ancient times of Ming.]
The accont given of Tien-te is so detailed that it is diffi-
cult to believe it an invention of the writers, unless, in-
deed, we are to suppose the rest of the volume a fable ;
and against this conclusion the book itself furnishes satis-
factory internal evidence, even if the characters of the
authors themselves were not sufficiently respectable to pro-
tect them from such a charge. Both are well known and
respected in France. It is not easy to account such men
ospable of inventing this episode of Tien-te, or likely to be
altogether misled upon the subject ; but since perusing
their work, we have been startled to find it deliberately
stated; and upon good authority, in the North China
Herald of May 28th last, that " the existence of any such
person or title as Tien-te was distinctly ignored by the
Northern Prince, the highest chief seen, who said it was a
phrase of `outside people ;' and nothing was heard of the
re-establishment of the Ming dynasty." in our own im-
pression of August 9th we published a description of Sir
G.' Bonhain's inifSion to Nankin, forwarded to us from the
spot by an eyewitness, and in that report the writer, who
had come in contact with the rebels, distinctly states, that
" it was said for some time that a descendant of the Yung
dynasty (the last Chinese one) was at the head of the
movement ; but, on our asking them if this were so, they
said not, and seemed indifferent to the influence which
they would lose by the denial, for the idea-vims not with-
out its weight among the Chinese." With these two
statements before us, we are bound to hesitate before ac-
cepting the interesting history of Tien-te as authentic, or
regarding him as the keystone of the mighty movement
that has all but wrested dominion from the enfeebled hands
of its present possessors. One solution of the contradic-
tory accounts remains, and it may help the reader's judg-
ment in the matter, as it has certainly influenced our own.
We have seen above that Tien-te is described as
receiving at Hing-gan, in solemn state from " the
Kings " his future vassals, whatever accounts they
have to render of the progress of the revolution, and
of their own successes in the field. These "Kings" consti-
tute a very important part of the revolutionary dramatis
persoiue. Whether Tien-te be or be not the head of the
movement, it is now apparent that, should the revolution '
into States, and, unlike North
triumphant,ea,eutChuipnawil in sll probability be, like 1
revolution—whether in federal union or not has yet to be
prove North
seen. The generals or " Kings" upon whom the immedi- I
America,A nbeerdivided among the successful generals of the '
ate conduct of the war has devolved, and who are destined
to share in the spoil in the event of its being won, are
named in MM. Callery and Yvan's volume, and their vari-
ous characters given. They are five in number. The first
is already familiar to the readers of the intelligence brought
by the last two mails, and would appear, from all accounts !
to be at least the visible head of the revolutionary forces. '
He calls himself Houng-sieon-tsiuen, but he is also styled '
Tai-ping-wang, or the "Great King Pacificator." He is
described as a tall, sunburnt man, of an eager and resolute
aspect. He is about 40 years of age, and his hair and
beard are already gray. He is said to be eminently cour-
ageous. Although his accent betrays a provincial origin,
nobody is aware of his real name, and the district in which
ho was born is unknown. The reader of the last most in-
teresting dispatches from the seat of war cannot have for-
gotten the lofty and blasphemous pretensions put forth by
this " Great Pacificator," whose unbounded ambition is
revealed in his daring assumption of divinity, and whose
self-indulgence is sufficiently indicated in the nature of
the suite by which he is attended, and in the terrible de-
crees he has issued against all who dare oven to glance at
the inhabitants of his harem. It is in the name of Tai-
ping-wang that the war is now carried on. He is " The
Celestial King," our "Royal Master." He is something
more. He is the younger brother of Jesus, and in 1837
was taken up to Heaven, where he was instructed by his
Heavenly Father—from whom he received books and doc-
trines—in all celestial matters. His celestial mother and
the heavenly sister his wife are described in the published
pamphlets of the revolutionary army, and the work com-
mitted by God to his hands is given in detail. Sober
Christian will do well to hush their notes of triumph in
the presence of the audacious Tai-ping-wang.
lliang-tsiou-tsing, or Toung-wang, which signifies "Bing
of the East," is about 35 years of age ; he is small, slender,
and marked with the smallpox. All that is known of him
is that he is married to the elder sister of the Great King
Pacificator.
Siao-tcha-kouei' or Si-wang, the "King of the West,"
is the Achilles of this constellation of Royalty. The King
of the West, one of the most highly-gifted of these bro-
thers in arms, is only 30 years of age, and, according to
report, has also married a sister of the Great King Pacifi-
cator.
Founglien-san, of Nan-wang, "King of the South," is
a scholar of the province of Canton. tra.has passed public
examinations and graduated. In the midst of his active
soldier's life he finds time for retirement and for the pur-
suit of his literary studies.
Wei-tching. or Pe-wang, the "King of the North," is
the Ajax of the insurrectionary army. He is exceedingly
tall, has the dingy hue of a Malay, and his dark moustache
is hardly to be distinguished from his deep brown skin.
He is only 25 years old, and is a native of Konang-si. His
physical power and singular intrepidity have gained for
him a prominent position in the insurrection.
Under these five Kings the entire insurgent forces act in
concert, and by them the war has been carried on from its
breaking out until the present moment. Now, it is just
possible that either Tien-te is wholly a fiction, invented by
the Kings for the sake of mystery, and for the influence
which always attaches_ to a hidden power, and now dis-

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We have learnt from the last published accounts of the
Chinese insurrection, that the rebels are rashers of Nan-
kin, and that the eyes of the victors are already straining
northwards in the direction of the chief imperial city.
Our next intelligence from the Celestial Empire may pro-
claim the downfall of Pekin—the final overthrow of the
Mantchoo dynasty.
The outbreak of the revolution took place at a remark-
able period of the history of the Chinese Empire. The
war with England had brought the Chinese people face to
face with external civilisation as they never' had met it
before ; and the treaty which followed the success of Bri-
tish arms, by throwing open additional ports to commer-
cial enterprise, placed the natives still more largely and
directly under the influence of foreign example. The pre-
sent Emperor, Mien Foung, being then 19 years of age, as-
cended the throne in 1850, when that treaty was already in
force, and when it was at his option either to avail himself
of the undoubted advantages of the new relations that had
been formed with Europeans, or to attempt a retrograde
policy in the teeth of the concessions that had been ex-
torted at the cannon's mouth from his predecessor and
sire. The youth did not take long to decide upon his
course of action. The reflecting and experienced coun-
cillors of the empire, who advised'extended relations with
the new corners, a liberal policy abroad, and a progressive
policy at home, were dismissed from Court with disgrace,
while their successors were deliberately chosen from the
most violent and declared enemies of the European nations.
Scarcely was the decision of the young Emperor made
public before open attmpts were made by the reactionary
party to destroy- whatever beneficial influence bad been
exercised upon the Chinese character by contact with the
stranger. Fortunately, as we all must think, some influ-
ences had prevailed during the short period of toleration
and enlightenment, which were not altogether susceptible
of eradication.
China, as well as Frarce and other Western nations,
has had for years her secret societies,,which estaklished,
in the first instance, with 'no graver and more menacing
object than that which in all countries governs the pro-
ceedings of masonic and similar institutions, have long
occupied themselves with designs for the subversion of the
Mantchoo dynasty. To the other secret societies already set
on foot in China when Hien Foung ascended the throne was
added, after the ratification of peace, that of the "Chinese
Union," a Christian community. founded by Gutzlaff, an
enterprising missionary, born in Germany, of supposed
Chinese extraction, and a useful civil officer of the British
Government. While Hien Foung was still briefly medi-
tating whether he would return to the old Tory regime,
or give an impetus to the new and sensibld ideas that had
started up in China during the latter days of his deceased
father, disciple after disciple of Confucius was exchanging
the service of Buddha for the Anglo-Saxon Protestant
faith, proclaimed by British missionaries and promulgated
far and wide by their first proselyte!.
Too much attention cannot be given to the fact which
we have just stated, for it serves to throw instant light
upon what has hitherto seemed the most obscure and in-
explicable portion of the Chinese revolts. Given secret
societies intent upon the destruction of a political system,
earnest missionaries as eager to gain believers to their
creed, and free intercourse between both, and the young-
est philosopher shall sum up in a moment the result. The
result, in fact, has been precisely as we see. The Chinese
haters of the Mantchoo race are cloaking their political
passions under the garb of obedience to divine command-
ment, and the cloak sits awkwardly and grotesquely
enough upon the backs of the strange wearers.
If the reader will turn to the map of China he will find
that the province of Konang-si is situated at the south-
rwuelseteernf
aexGterveemmiteyr-oGf
eteheeraelm,paie'r(ei.
feKrmoeuaangp-seirtisieunndeefr
tthhee
viceroyalty of the two Kouangs—the second Kouang being
Kouang-tong, which joins Konang-si on the east, and has
for its capital the well-known city of Canton. Kouang-si
is a country of mountains bristling with bare crests, and
shorn on their summits and declivities of every species of
vegetation. But its scenery is, nevertheless, very picturesque.
The soil, however, is as sterile as the scenery is romantic.
Cultlvation is scanty and the people are indigent. But
though poor, they have the nature of hardy mountaineers,
and are sober, intrepid, capable of long endurance, and ani-
mated with a proud spirit of independence. After ages of
occupation the Tartars have failed to bring to submission
the most remote mountainous districts of Kouang-si. It
was among these distant hills that the great conspiracy
was hatched, and nothing could have shown the wisdom of
the conspirators more clearly than their choice of a starting
place. The very misery of the inhabitants was an element
of strength, and an army of adventurers could nowhere re-
cruit itself so easily as among a population living on the
verge of want. Moreover, the mountain country afforded
the very best possible battlefields to those who had yet their
way to make by stratagem, by surprises, and mainly by de-
fensive operations against the more numerous and organised
troops--if such a term as the last may be applied at all to
the Chinese army—of the Celestial Emperor. But' there
remained a more cogent reason still why any grand and
comprehensive attempt against the existing dynasty of
China should take its origin in the natural fastnesses of
Kouang-si. In the most distant of these mountains dwell
the race of the Miao-tze, a community of whom the majo-
rity of our readers probably never heard. until the name
appeared in the accounts that have reached us of the rebel-
lion, but to whose adherence to the revolutionary cause in
the first instance must certainly be attributed much of the
success that has attended its progress. The Miao-tzes are
the aborigines of a chain of mountains which take their
rise in th north of Kouang-tong, and extend into the cen-
tral provinces of the empire. They are a retiring race, and
fix their abodes away from the haunts of men, their most
numerous colonies never exceeding two thousand indivi-
duals. Their houses are built upon piles, like those of the
Malays, and they shelter under their roof the domestic
animals which they rear. They are husbandmen and war-
riors, fearless, and capable of any amount of fatigue. The
Tartars have never conquered them. They have preserved
the ancient national costume ; have never shaved their
heads ; have always repelled the authority of the manda-
rins, and refused to adopt customs imposed by the Mant-
choos. Their independence is a recognised fact, and in the

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e to show that they have not yet been brought under submis- one night in the d• •'A fn of the rebel camp. c- ] direction
buffalo,
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true Ming, and is dead, or no longer required to help the
carded as having served its purpose, or that he is really a
cording to the
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4 . ti .. 4 Fen- .Pi ambition of the subordinate leaders. Upon either suppo-
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that we may account for the discrepancy between.. the ci
Street. z 8 1 wolf-men. It is a firm Pekin
.'4 a 'es' street. el 8 g Is e) s who call them belief in _ cumstantial narrative of the French authorities and the frightful ravages wherever it appeared, to kill every man ii
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te they wear tails, and that when a Miao-tze is born the sole
news brought home by the last dispatches ; and one of the .
within reach, and to set fire to the camp. The horned bat- P
--- - - - --- of the child's foot is cauterised in order to harden it and talions advanced without the insurgents, apprised ti
two conjectures will no doubt be found to contain some of , . .. obstacle,
8 % - - - - - 834 - - - to render the owner incapable of fatigue. To have plantedtl
their intended visitors allowing them quietly to defile.
explanation of the difficulty. The account briefly given of
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se, - -
re-
lo - - .- - lo - - - the revolutionary standard away from these hardy moan- But the Imperials were not vouchsafed so honourable a re- il
the matter by Mr. Meadows, in a letter to Consul Alcock, . illumination
i lie - - rote - - taineers would have been to throw away an incalcuable ception. By favour of the they had them-
dated the 26th of March, 1853, would hardly seem to be .- .k
me - - - - 11 -- - - - advantage ready made to the insurgents' hands. They did based upon correct information. " The person." says Mr. selves provided their movements were well noted before
I 4 - -1% - - not throw it away. On the contrary they availed them- Meadows, "of whom we heard as claiming the Imerial they reached the When
camp.it the old e'
they reached
24 - - - - selves of the terror inspired by the very name of Miao-tze,scenes of carnage were played over aeain• Almost every tl
throne under the title of Tien-te, died some time back, 0 •
314 -3% - -
soul was slain as every buffalo had been captured. Not a
4 m - - - - - 5 - _ proclaimed an alliance with the supposed savages, and in- His surname was Choe that of the Mings, the last Chinese • • •
*54 - Gas - - - _ _ duced the latter to take up arms for the recovery: of lost dynasty, of whom he declared himself a descendant. His
the least part of the story is, that notwithstanding the
6% - - - - rights. It was in August, 1850, that the Pekin journals
son, a youth of two or three and twenty, is now the double loss of men and beasts, the stratagem was regarded r;
first announced the breaking out of predatory warfare inby the Chinese authorities as s ledid stroke of military n
acnowledged head of the insurrectionary movement, a P.
Kouang si.
claiming the throne under the title of Tai-ping." Tien-te gemus, and worthy of a nobler fate. There exists in p
Passages marked * are run direct. During the earliest months of 1850 the rebels performed China a wonderful treatise on the art of war in 24 volumes, c 4
Fore Cabin. Saloon. . .
i_ was certainly not old enough in 1851 to leave a son of 23
il't
divers insignificant m i arz movements until they se two years afterwards, and we find it nowhere hinted that and the sagacious Sere had found, no doubt, time to study u
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it in his well fortified citadel. This unequalled work IS t .
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Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Si. sessed themselves of one or two important towns and slew
tial King Pacificator himself. Let it suffice to say that forbidden to all civil Mandarins below the third degree, fl
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Three Months, 2r. Os.; to be bad of the Co ec ors 11 t on board the Kouangs, functionary of the pru- a
existed as a power. If he be now given up, it is becausegenerally it is a sealed book. No library may pos- v
Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend.
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name, as the Frenchmen have it, was the expression of • minus, Blackwell Railway.
of the defunct emperor. But he was ordered to keep to his to Nankin, the old capital of the empire, and to Pekin, the N
Sept. Ist, 1853. progress.
post. In his extremity he dispatched troops against the By the middle of May, 1851, the revolution had assumed s
chief city of the Mantchoos, lie the provinces of Hon-nan l
rebels, but the troops were beaten and utterly destroyed.
the shape of civil war. The rising was becoming general. and Hou-pe. To advance into these provinces from the 1
.RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. In fact destruction was inevitable whenever they took the Wherever the insurgents appeared hundreds flocked to their original seat of the insurrection was to proclaim the ulti- (
were invariably
field. The tacticsy of one description.
---e--The standard by common consent, and the armed invaders seemed mate designs of the rebellious movement beyond all doubt ; f
insurgents, as often as the imperial troops advanced, Pm; not more eager to conquer than the inhabitants of the and the word to go forward was given. Hitherto the Im- 3
LANCASTER AND CARLISLE. tended to take flight, and, as often as the rebels pretended
towns they approached were desirous to throw of the fo- perial Government had made light of its reverses, and had 1
The half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of to take flight, the imperial troops pursued until they well.
reign Mantchoo yoke. Agitation at Pekin was manifest, concealed as much as possible the critical nature of its situ- 1
this company was held at Carlise, on Wednesday ; Mr.
caught in ambuscade,
:and there pitilessly massaere_ and even the Chinese merchants at Canton shook thei anion ; but when the news reached Pekin that Hou-nan 1
Henry Howard in the chair. Experience went for nothing. The feint was made a huel doomed tails in despair. These r and Hou-pe had been induced to participate in the revolt, '
showed a sired times, and a hundred times wholesale slaughter 0 - compared the insurrection
The report stated that the traffic account . of Konang-si to the irruption a cry of alarm and indignation was raised that resounded
lowed. Sin, stunned by the unaccountable success of the e _ . of the Yellow Sea, and a
net balance of 85,3731. 2s. 31d., out of which the threethrough the empire. Nor 'tutteredwithout cause
insurgents, time( h • 1 off to Pekin to sound the note of alarm. figure of speech denoting more terrible and. overwhelming was 1. . .
..
tors recommend a dividend to be paid at the rate of 8
_calamity the Chinese
While he was rushing to the capital new victories were _ . imagination has no power to utter. Hou- 'pe is one of the poorest provinces in the empire ;it is
per cent. ,per annum, which, with the proportion pay-
obtained by the guerillas. These continued to invite the His
..es.Uellsetial Majesty took the usual step in such extremi- mountainous, and theclimate is cold. Famine frequently
visits the inhabitants, ad the misery of the people formed
able to the Lancaster and Preston Railway Company,
imperial soldiers to destruction, and the soldiers were too ties, dispatchednathe new commissioners to the seat of
war. This as before only too ready an instrument in the hands of the
and the interest on loans, will require 79,115/. 7s. 6d.,
good disciplinarians to disobey. The rebels now entered Prime Minister Sai-chang-ha was
sent to K *-L. the sworn enemies of the Mantchoo race. The rebels in Hon-pe
°um in, capital of Kouang-si, and, that he leaving a balance of 6,2571. 14s. 9/d. The directors,
Kouang -tong.
rose from the soil of the province, and were not trans-
after a full consideration of the company's present posi-sent from Pekin to reduce the
A new mandarin was
11 s choos were ordered to bear him' planted to it. The leaders of the men were independent
tion, have deemed it expedient to recommend that the audacious insurgents-no less
_a _ a
_o personage than the imam:
An company. Canton was
laid under contribution.chiefs, and had only to present themselves to the Imperial
existing mortgage debt shall be converted into capital, trious Lin, whose glory it hq f er formerly been to give_ . peaceful mercantile pockets into
immense sum passed from troops in order to secure countless addition to theirestans
by the creation of 24,0001. new shares of 161. 13s. 4d. si
'on to the war with the English by his wanton destruc . . the purses of the Mande- dard. The worst sin that of disaffection in the Royal
f2O ocests of opium. Lin addressed himself rens, the city was placed in a state of defence, and troops army-became fearfully apparent as time rolled on. 6,000
each, one of the new shares to be allotted in respect of tion o ,
b 1 h. f dth d the t
forthwith to thate ecieB, an ey answer° e great were levied there for the purpose of disputing the advance faithful officer of the Celestial Mo- ,
each 50/. share, and one for every three of the third .
inof the insurgents. men, commanded bye
from mandarin a proclamation, which constituted their first
shares, the calls on the new shares being made
political act. The manifesto would have done credit to the It was at this period that the first report of the intro- narch, entered Hou-po, and passed directly over to the re- i
with arms and baggage. So infectious was the ex- I
time to time as the several amounts due on mortgage
most enlightened rebels of any Christian country ;it was duction of a religious element into the political movement bes
that voluntary levies of every kind were interdicted
become payable ; and that they shall be entitled to divi-
plain and to the point. " The Mantchoos," said the took all men by surprise. Up to this moment everybody amplethe Governor of the two Kouangs. All the voluntary ,
deeds on the full sum of 16/. 13s. 4d., less 5 per cent.
document, had been given to understand that a descendant of Ming, by
cots seemed to oppose the enemy with the simple object
per annum on the amount from time to time remaining " Who for two centuries have hereditarily occupied the in the name and on behalf of his fellow-countrymen, had ofEnding a ready means of deserting to them. Well might
uncalled. The directors have also to advise the addition throne of China, were originally a small colony of foreign- taken up arms against the Mantchoo usurpers, with the there be lamentation and wailing in Pekin. Three chief
to the present fund of a sum of 2,0001., and a suitable ers. With the help of an army accustomed to warfare they full determination of carrying on a war of utter extermi- cities in the provinces abovenamed soon fell into the hands
• •each followinghalf-year out of its made themselves masters of our treasures, of our lands, and
further addition in nation ; but now it was for the first time loudly pro- of the insurgents, and with them a considerable amount of
of the Government of our country-a circumstance which claimed that the hero laboured no less in the interests of booty. The victors seized the public treasures and the
earnings, for the maintenance of the line.
mphatically enough, that in order to usurp an God than in those of suffering humanity. From the lan• supplies destined for the Imperial troops ; but, according
After a short discussion, the report and accounts were proclaims. e. :
adopted, and a dividend of 2/. per whole, and 10s. 10 .
J. empire, it is only necessary to be sufficiently st for gna strong ge employed, it was clear that Christian missionaries to their sacred rale, spared the inhabitants and respected
the purpose. There is really no sensible difference what- had already taken part in the broil ; but whether French „rivate property.
per third, share was formally declared, lay under contribution the villages
between us who or English, Roman Catholic or Protestant, it was not so r The flame, now well kindled, confined itself to no one
Messrs. E. W. Hasell, W. Garnett, and W. Jackson :v r
etheat we seize, and the functionaries who, sent from Pekin, easy to determine. One astounding fact, at least, could district of the empire, In June, 1852, there was a confia-
were re-elected
directors. Mr. Brathwaite was likewise
11 the That which is fair to take is fair to
foresta impost. not be denied-the progress of the revolutionary army gration in Formosa. In truth, when the year 1852 closed
re-elected auditor.without any show of
hold. Why do you, then,
_. reason, struc-
w.as marked by the overthrow of pagodas and the de upon the war all opposition had proved fruitless, and no-
The SECRETARY the read a special resolution to the send troops against Us ? Your proceedings seem most un- tion of idols. This in itself was a feature too strikingseemedable - •tide.
thing
•effect, which was likewise carried unani•
following just. What ! have the Mantchoos, who are strangers, the and unexpected not to create a profound impression on of the Celestial Monarch could neither abash the rebels nor
' mously :-" That, in pursuance of the several acts of right to levy taxes from eig • hteen provinces and to appoint every mind. A vast stride had been made when tails were stimulate the faithful. Mandarin after Mandarin was de-
ofle and are we Chinese to be
pre- flung to the winds, and rebellious hair sprouted forth at graded without remorse, but punishment was thrown away, Parliament relating to this company, and for the purpose officers to oppress the people,
paying off the several sums of money borrowed in vented from taking any ' money whatever ? Universal
ersal own
individual to the mortal tails to the b kiof divine emblems ? If on Pekin.
exclusion of rea ng up
pursuance of the said acts, 24,000 new shares in this sovereignty
,
and has ever yet heard of a dynasty there
there had been a possibility of reconciliation before, The effects of the protected war, in which the rebels
s undertaking, of 161. 13s. 4d. each, to be called Neweverybody else, no one
..
of hundred generations of era could be no hope of it now. We have seen in the most
boasting an issue a emperors. proved always victorious, and were continually adding to
e Third Shares, be and the same are now accordingly .... 0
right • -is possession." recent accounts from China that rebel hatred has no
Th of governingtheir pecuniary resources, began to be seriously felt in the
created and ordered to be issued. That such new shares
We doubt very much whether any subsequent proclama- satisfied itself with even the wholesale annihilation olmperial
' Treasury. The Chancellor of the Exchequer stir-
s by af
1 be offered to the registered proprietors of the capital
tion of the rebel force, however much it may be seasoned Tartar gods. This negative act has been veyed his empty chests in agony, and despaired of fresh
en s have not
t
Y stock of the company, in the proportion of one new with the pious formulas borrowed from the missionaries, plain affirmative declaration. The insurgents supplies. The monetary difficulties of the empire were
they have become
'1 share for each share of 501., and one such new reveals a clearer notion of the intentions of the insurgents only ceased to be Buddhists, buttliefsadly
mixed up frightful. The Mandarins commanding in the insurgent
`l's share for each three of the shares of 161. 13s. 4d. g and of the motives by which the
eyxaTieniutrredelto action than
alilebiabspelevmersainnd sacrrisilegioTubse invention, but, palpable Eraonvrcaensdwegee orrdeerlt to deliver an account of cash in
e and those proprietors who are possessed of such a num- ‘ the above singularly logical
thaenclosepof 185% anariation. The
as
wl
the mixture eyis, it would be idle to blind ourselves to they stood in iryiemjediate need of
announcingaitiena that
t- ber of shares of 161. 13s. 4d shall be allowed until the proclamation came out at constituted 000 r
-act of the insurgents
for that year, the fact that, should the rebels suffer eventual defeat, to prosecute the war. Rbb 7 ' de-
r,
0 ery was going on in everyr- Ist of December next to make arrangements for obtain- the last offensive
with declarationof • e the heads of Christians of every kind will inevitably
ing such proportion. That such offer so to be made of The year 1851 opened a war to the upon partment, and in every office of every department. To
Commerce has
death, In China the scabbard is thrown aside for ever fall no ,small portion of celestial anger. , defraud the Celestial Emperor is the first duty of his ter-
such new shares shall be made by letters from the see- . of the
much to expect from the successful issue . rebei-
es when once the scissors are drawn forth. In other words, restrial subjects, His Ministers rob him, his military corn-
retary of the company, addressed to the respective cot-
it is sufficient fen. ,a Chinaman to divest himself of his lion ; but Christianity in China has everything now menders rob him, his Mandarin inspectors rob him -the
i_ potations and parties entitled thereto. That a deposit caudal appendage in order to commit the very highest form to Aread from the victory. 0 . .
e the Imperial forces
the • .
a• whole Chinese Government being based upon an organised
ig of 2/. per share be paid on or before the Ist of October of high treason. When the Tartars became masters of When missionaries first stirred in quarrel, s system of ill e according to which every man seeks to
they compromised the tell- p ag 've next. Moen when the dividends shall not exceed 5 per China, they made it imperative upon the beaten people to they undoubtedly have, fill his own pockets at the expense of the State. But it
d future toleration or their
in cent. per annum, dividends after the same rate per cent, shave the head and to wear a tail. In 1851, when the gion they profess,upon the result of the present was necessary to find means at once to carry
to3the war..
or as may from time to time be paid on the original shares rebels announced their resolution to restore the ancient creel. depends The last years military expenditure had risen„ /
entirely
western world deeply •
incumbent upon their conflict. So far isthe in- sterling, and the amount, large as it appeared, was on the
v- be peed on the amount paid up from time to time on the dynasty of Ming, they made it . adhe-
t td in the arrel. If the " patriots" prove •
a new shares ; that when the dividend shall exceed the rents to cut off the
victorious, Christianity .will, in all human probability, rate of 5 per cent. per annum, dividends after the same chang and Tartar tunic for the open robe Worn by their y. to devise schemes for replenishing the Treasury ; and one
the Mantchoo invasion. It was a last
a flourish in China, and, in course of time, must be divested of them openly proposed to the Emperor an opium mono-
Is. rate per cent, as may from time to time be paid on the ancestors before
appeal to the patriotism of the people andnit of the too palpable adulterations of paganism ; if they are poly. The proposition is said to be still under Imperial
)le original shares, be paid on the new shares, according desperatesuperhuman courage to respond beaten, a heavier hand will, for years to come, rest upon
required almost to' it. But consideration ;and in the meanwhile every public appoint-
a-to their nominal amount, less interest at scent. of tails missionaries and their faith than any they have hitherto per cn the courage was there. Hundreds. strewed the ment in the empire has been put up to public sale. All
ter the sum front time to time remaining uncalled in respect earth, and the alarm and horror at Pekin were intense. felt. things may now be purchased from the celestial trafficker,
tic of such new shares." Before the year 1851 closed singular triumphs had -
Li-sing-iuen, a new Imper crier Commissioner, was forth-re from the highest dignity down to immunity for the worst
ol After a vote of thanks to the chairman and board of I with dispatched to Kouang-si in the place of poor Lin, warded the exertions of
forthel
rebe s. No doubt could be offences. A proclamation, fixing the price of all Imperial
-ar the Pekin
entertained of the feet, even Moniteur had
directors, the meeting separated. I who did not hold up his head after the appearance of the • favours,-and most assuredly settling the present value
ls. 1
sod \ ------ insurgent proclamation, and died shortly ceased to register the number of the Imperial victories. 1 and ultimate fate of the Imperial dispenser himself,-has
after its publics- by the
er. SOUTH-EASTERN. I tion, worn out, it is said, by the weight and responsibility So much,
indeed, had been won insurgent chiefs , received the sanction of the vermilion pencil, and is dis-
)st- „, -,-,
THE DIVIDEND.--The directors of the South-EasternWarfare went on, but the insurgents acted with of office. . that they cou I now 1 ' -afford to publish charts, in which tributed throughout authority of
the country under the
sh- discretion, not moving or attempting expedition except an were marked the provinces they occupied and the cities the chief officers of State. There hardly needs, one would
ins, Railway will recommend the proprietors at the ensuing - t they had seized. On the 29th of September one of the think, an active rebellion to put an end to a dynasty that
when certain of victory.
en- I meeting to declare a dividend for the past half year of We have dealwith important incident in the
now to
rem
Bs, per 301. stock, ;..
' rebellion which require' more light than any we yet pos. of Yung-gan. The insurgents remained masters of the In the early part of the present year the rebels, in steady