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LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1853.

riIHE Proprietor of BERROW'S WORCESTER
JOURNAL (Establishel 1709) is prepared to CONTRACT at
the lowest charges for the INSERTION of ADVERTISEMENTS in
that old-established paper.
Worcester, Augast 5, 1853.

NETHERLANDS
OMP LAND ENCLOSURE
CANY.

Notice Is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING
f the SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the .New Bath Hotel,
lotterdarn, on the 15th September next, at Twelve o'clock in tile
fenoo, for the purpose of definitively approving the changes
iorn the stnatutes, which were taken into cousideraton at the meethmadeg
of the 29th July, 1853.
In accordance with art. 52 of the statutes, shareholders can obtain
information of these modifications, on application at the offices of the
Company, No. 3, Adelaide-Place, London-bridge.
By order of the Board. G. FASSON, Sec.

August 8, 1853.

NETHERLANDS LAND ENCLOSURE
COMPANY.
Offices, 3, Adelaide-place, London-bridge.
The REPORT of the DIRECTORS and ENGINEER, with the
Balance-sheet, will be READY for DELIVERY to the shareholders,
on application at „these offices, on and after Wednesday next, the
10th inst.
August 8, 1853,

G. FASSON, Sec.

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THE CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY.

The first ordinary general meeting of this company
was held yesterday at the London Tavern; Mr. S. Laing,
M.P., in the chair.
The usual preliminaries having been gone through,
Mr. GROVE, the secretary, read the following report :
" A special meeting of the company having so recently
taken place, little remains to be said at the first ordinary
general meeting to be held under the provisions of the deed
of settlement, beyond submitting the subjoined balance-
sheet and statement of accounts, together with the report
of the auditors, which accompanies them. With regard
to the state of the works and the general progress of the
undertaking, the directors have only to repeat their con-
viction that everything is progressing towards a favoUr-
able result. The whole of the south (or Norwood) end of
the building has been completed, together with the iron
work of the north end, as promised by Sir Joseph Paxton's
report of the 2d. of July last, and the only operations of
any great importance remaining to be accomplished in the
building are those connected with covering in the central
transept, which has been already commenced, and one of
the ribs fixed in its place. The directors have to congra-
tulate the shareholders on the passing of the act for the
West-end and Crystal Palace Railway, and upon the fact
that the directors of that company have made such ar-
rangements as will insure the earliest possible opening of
the line for Crystal Palace traffic. The statement of ac-
counts to the 7th of July last showed that the receipts
amounted to 501,5951. 12s. ld., and the payments to
440,5501.65. 9d. ; leaving a balance of 61,0451.55. 4d."
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re-
port and accounts, said, as he had stated a few weeks
ago all that was necessary with regard to the works
up to that time, and, as nothing had occurred since,
he had nothing to tell them. The only matter of im-
portance was that of fixing the first rib in the great
central transept, in which there was some mechanical
difficulty, but the work had been satisfactorily com-
pleted. There was nothing they knew of to throw a I
doubt on finishing the building at the time specified.
He was informed that preparations were making in va-
rious parts of the country to organise excursions to the
Crystal Palace on its opening next year, and from
what he had heard, there was every prospect of br-
liant success—something like that which attended the
Great Exhibition in 1851.
Mr. Alderman WILSON complained that the state-
ment of accounts did not show the state of their affairs,
particularly with respect to the item for land, which
showed that they had paid only 48,000/. on that account.
The CHAIRMAN said, the statement showed the result
of the account; the matter had been explained at the
former meeting. They had paid 160,000/. for land, and
had sold a portion of it for 110,0001. Of the 160,
000/.
they had paid 100,0001. in cash, leaving 60,0001. to pay ;
and of the 110,000/. for the land sold they had received
55,0001., and would receive the remainder by instal-
ments, so that the cost of the land to the company
would be about 50,0001.
Mr. Alderman WILSON contended that it was the
duty of the auditors to see that a proper statement of
accounts was laid before the proprietors.
Mr. (,-',TEACH, M.P., said it would require a certain
time before the accounts could be made up so as to
show the actual expenditure under certain heads. There
was every desire on the part of the board to give in-
formation. They had purchased, in the first instance,
170 acres of land from Mr. Schuster for 86,6121. and
178 acres for 81,0001. ; so that the 349 acres had cost
167,7611. The policy of securing a surplus quantity of
land was shown by the offer Mr. Wythes had made
them of 110,0001. for 140 acres, which was accepted,
leaving the company in the possession of 200 acres at a
moderate figure.
A long discussion ensued on the question relating to
the statement of accounts, which resulted in an amend-
ment being carried, to the effect that the report be re-
ceived and adopted and circulated among the proprietors,
accompanied by a detailed statement explanatory of the
principal sums paid and received on account of land.
The CHAIRMAN stated, that the accounts had been
open to the inspection of the shareholders for 14 days
before the meeting, and they would be likewise open to
inspection for 14 days after the meeting, in ordar to
satisfy any shareholder on the state of the company's
affairs. (Hear, hear.) It would be a most unusual
course to publish all the details.
Resolutions were passed re-electing the retiring direc-
tors, Messrs. Laing, Lushington, and Farquhar ; fixing
the qualification of the auditors at 100 shares, and the
salary at 25 guineas each ; and to allow certain persons
to pay up their new shares in full, but to allow no mere
payments in advance.
The proceedings concluded with a cordial vote of
-hanks to the Chairman for his conduct in the chair.

GREAT MATCH BETWEEN NEWELL AND POCOCK.—
The great match between Robert Newell. of Battlebridge-
stairs, and William Pocock, of Lambeth, is the principal
theme of conversation in the aquatic circles, and so di-
versified is the opinion of good judges respecting the
merits of the men, that they are very shy in laying their
money out. The race, which is for 1001., is to come
off to-morrow, from Putney to Mortlake, and the Cur-
lew steamer has been chartered to- accompany the race,
with the umpires on board, for the benefit of the losing
man. She will leave London-bridge at four o'clock,
call at all intermediate piers on her way up to Putney.
A very fine race is anticipated.

THE INSURRECTION IN CHINA•

of WSi: Gha.vßeobneheanmfa;mouirsesidonwittohNthaenfkoilnlo:ing description

-
H.M.S. HERMES, SHANGHAI, MAY 7.
I have just returned from Nankin, having taken Sir
George Bonham there.
The Governor of this place, and other Chinese authori-
ties, having proclaimed that we were going to assist them
with 15 steamers, and it also appearingthat the movement
was religious, Sir George thought right to show that we
were neutral, and, by going up, ascertain their intentions
relative to foreigners.
On going up to Chin-kiang-foo—which was in the pos-
session of the insurgents—they, taking for granted the
truth of these proclamations, fired on us; and we, supposing
this was the cause, and being anxious to come to an un-
derstanding, did not return their fire. On finding this,
they desisted,
sb owe passed u
utthelmpoerial; flotilla coming up they
re-opened
b
up, and on the opposite side, at icuitca ttho
hwo
the state of affairs, also fired, but we passed this also with-
out firing. However, to prevent the recurrence, we seized
two Chinese, and promised them some dollars to take' a
. co insurgents
knowing higher
letter to the insurgents at Nankin ; the result justified the
precaution, for on our. approach they opened fire, without
any injury to us, as we remained out of gunshot.
On understanding from our messengers that we were
neutral they flocked on board with the greatest confi-
dence, and continued to do so all the time we were there,
evincing a curiosity quite unusual with Chinese. Some
of the first that came at once suggested our coming nearer
to the town, and actually fell into the capstan and clapt
on the catfall to assist in the operations.
After inquiry I was going to write, but the fact is they
let us know immediately that they professed Christianity
—Protestant Christianity—and I believe sincerely, and
many of them intelligently so ; nor can there be a doubt
of their Protestantism, for their expressioE--
istic ; they alwarpgaicl—as also the Imperia eta
,ing of them=-4. were worshiiters of Jest, in con-
tradistinction to that of worshippers of Tien-chu.
They circulate tracts, not copied from missionary tracts,
but drawn from the scriptures by themselves, and -written
in a far superior style of Chinese than that current or,
perhaps, possible to foreigners.
They are iconoclasts, and destroy every vestige of idol
worship.
They adopt the Ten Commandments, translated by
themselves, to which they have appended annotations ;
thus, they state under the seventh Commandment, that
smoking opium is always associated with the sin men-
tioned there, and must be discontinued.
They behead for smoking opium, and bamboo for
smoking tobacco.
They said they had the whole of our scriptures, but we
only saw Genesis. I gave them two New Testaments in
Chinese, and a naval and military Bible. This was, of
course, in English. On the occasion of my giving the New
Testament the first time, there was no one present who
could interpret it, but the chief opened it, and, after reading
two or three passages, showed by his manner that he under►
stood what it was and valued it; and, on the interpreter
returning to my cabin; I told him he was to present it to
his Prince. He rose and made several bows, and otherwise
expressed his thanks for the present.
They are very severe for any. infraction of morals, and
separate the sexes to prevent improprieties of any kind.
They hold an open court, confronting litigants—not so in
the old Chinese courts—where they nearly always have re-
course to torture. They style the army the " Holy Army,"
and the name of Nankin they have changed into that of
the "Holy City." They style each other "brethren," and
they invariably called us " foreign brethren."
I rode with an interpreter about 12 miles, and must have
passed 20,000 people carrying rice, furniture, &c., and the
interpreter assured me that he only heard one expression
that could offend the nicest ear, whereas one can hardly
imnodveeed,als
ammantyoldPtahemes eve
rylsewohilhedrreewniuttoutht
ehgreaorissengstmexapnrey—s.
sions in their ordinary play.
It was obvious to the commonest observer that they were
practically a different race. They had Gutzlaff's edition
of Genesis, and the person they spoke most of was a Dr.
Lohoson. This we supposed was either Dr. Hobson, of
Canton, or Dr. Lobside, also a medical missionary. The
first belongs to the London mission, the other to the Rhenish
mission. Perhaps the latter is the more probable, as he
was attached to the same society as Gutzlaff, and is said to
have itinerated in Quangsi, where the movement took its

rise.
On inquiring of an Imperialist belonging to the gunboats
above Nankin the cause of the outbreak, he said that a
number of them were in the habit of meeting in Quangsi
for the worship of Jesu, and that the mandarins prohibited
them, stating that they allowed no societies for the propa-
gation of depraved doctrine ; and as they persisted in meet-
ing they had some of them beheaded. The remainder took
up arms in their own defence commencing with 200.
They now state they have a million adherents. I have no
doubt they have several hundred thousand at Nankin,
Chin-kiang-foo, Yang-Chow, and Kwa-Chow.
They had about 20,000 daily employed while we were
there conveying rice into Nankin, and, assuming that
they had 1,000 full junks, many of which we know con-
tained about 400 tons each, they must have 150,000 tons,
all which the Imperialists have been deprived of, being
Government tribute.
They were organising their forces, and we saw them
erecting batteries and putting guns in them—some of them
good 21-pounders.
They seem very sanguine of success, and hold the Impe-
rialists very cheap. With similar arms the former would
have no difficulty in going direct to Pekin in a few days—
certainly in a very short time. I believe, as it is, the in-
surgents will walk out of Nankin when they please so to
determine. Meanwhile the difficulties of the Imperialists
are increasing, and with that their senseless policy of
squeezing the people, even their most faithful adherents,
and the feeling in favour of the insurgents is daily on the
increase. They, often say, "We knew this would be the
last of his race ; ' and an English merchant at Shanghai
told me that a Chinaman told him, several years ago, that
this was the feeling existing in the breasts of some at that
time.
While some of the Imperialists are saying " It is the
will of Heaven that Tae-Ping-Wan should
others are saying, "Wait a little, and in succeed,"
will all blow over. The insurgents you see that it
continue to strike
heavy and decisive blows. A Chine se that we took up
with us, describing the insurgents, said, " They are men
of their word. If they say they
bamboo, make your mind easy, they ;ill' eu 20 licks of a
not stop short at
19." Now, it is most unusual for a Chinaman to do what
he says or mean what he says.
They are most frank in their manner, quite unlike what
we are accustomed to in the Chinese ; and, but for some
misunderstanding about a claim of supremacy, which they
were said (I think improperly)
he h uld
set up, we s o
have understood them better.
They are fanatical, but not to the extent at first sup-
posed, and I dare say, less so than we think, and with
little difficulty, I think, might be made less so.
They believe they have a mission
all the Mantchoos, and th 7 certainly
execu-
tion as far as they can ;an , from Heaven to kill
ainly put this in
without attempting to justify
this practice, I believe that nothing short of driving
them out of the country °au make civilisation progressive
in China.
They state that their King was
and there invested with power to retakigne,nbuutp thisine Heaven
and is mixed
Chine
up with that which must be figurative,
mean no more than is said of all
they are empowered by Heaven to roe.
asendEm thereforepero rs, luthaayt
They say that their King has received
revelations
from
time to time from God ; but it is to be observed that these
are all respecting temporal things, and do not refer to the
rule of life ; they refer to things of temporal import.
I am the more inclined to believe that they do not hold
these extravagant notions, from their saying that their
scriptures were the same as
brethren, &c., and from Tae-Pin;u4ra'anan_
g so distinctly com-
mending that we were
mending that his people should not use towards him even
those expressions which are used in
speaking
former sovereigns— R. ,
such as
" Supreme, " High" and
of all their
"Father," as these belong only to God.
Then he makes somewhat light of rulers in comparison
of what the old Covenanters and others would call " the
elect," and properly so, when he
says, the rulers are chosen
of God and are His children, but they who are good are
specially so.
They have no priests nor ordained teachers—holding that
all believers are qualified for such purposes, yet they have
people with ecclesiastical titles.
Be they fanatical or not now, as they take the Bible f
itsor
their rule of life and circulate it freely, it will produce
necessary fruits and eradicate all such errors. That they
value the Bible I can have no doubt. One of our men
offered to buy one that was given one of them, but he re-
fused to sell it ; neither would he let it out of his hand.
The only specific information we could obtain relative
to the Imperialists was from the insurgents, and was to
the effect that they were in considerable numbers close up
to the walls of Nankin ; in fact, that their respective ad-
vanced posts were within gunshot of each other. Yet this
did not seem to affect the insurgents in the least ; for dur-
ing the few days we were there they had at least 20,000 men
employed unloading and carrying the rice into the city;
many more were employed carrying guns, &c., into
position, others in erecting batteries, and others throwing
up breastworks on the opposite aide of the city to the Im-
perialists—intending to repel u
thers should we attack them,
or the Imperialist flotilla ; but e was no chance of its
going higher than Chin-kiang-foo.
Coefidence was said to be on the increase among th
e old
ir old
popub.tion, and they were gradually returning thomes, and I fully believe this to be the case, as we saw
many carrying furniture and clothes, &c., into the city. We
observed, also, that the houses of the better classes of Chi-
nese were sealed up by the insurgent chiefs, I fancy to pre-
vent their being plundered ;not so those of the Mantchoos,
which they. evidently consider fair game—the disgorge
ment of unjust gain and plunder from them or other Chi-
nese. Their clear principle ion hins for the Chinese.
No reliance can by
placed the statements of the Im-
perialists, but they may be estimated somewhat as they
were in the latter part of their war with UR —in proportion
in that ratio were they
as they said they were gaining,
losing.
Yesterday they posted up here, notwithstanding that
the authorities knew to the contrary, and also that we
knew full well to the contrary, that Chin-kiang-foo was
retaken by the Imperialists on the Friday before we passed
up. We knew that it was in the hands of the insurgents
(and likely to continue so) a week later.
It was said for some time that a descendant of the Ming
dynasty (the last Chinese one) wat the head
so, of
they
this
movement, but on our asking them s at this was
said not, and seemed indifferent the idea was the influence
not wi whi
thch
they would lose by the denial, for-
out its weight among the Chinese.
They say they are merely waiting a mandate from
Heaven (this is the statement of a subordinate) to proceed
to Pekin, seeming to make quite light of the fact that there
is a Mantchoo army on the route. What a set of imbeciles
the Imperialists are may be gathered
from the fact that
the general commanding the armies at Nankin was in
andcom-
was disgraced for not having put
uldoawund tihneQanraebelglsij'
oninitsearliet:ataghea,s
againb the
risen to to the
sive degradations of his sup
chief command, and the Erapeeriror has lately invested him
with vice-Regal power. over seven rovinces ; and how
little dependence there is upon his achieving anything may
be gathered from the fact that he has been professedly
beating the rebels and destrorng them all the way up from
Quangsi ; and yet with such impunity did the insurgents
army at their heels, that they
travel, with this coupering

brought their wives and families up with them, and have
them now, with few exceptions, at Nankin.
It has been argued that the insurgents must be very
weak, since they have not held any of the towns they cap-
tured as they passed along--without much reason, I think ;
for they knew full well that if they took the capital the
country would fall into their hands, since the numbers that
understand who, or care who, have the reins of Govern-
ment are few, and these would turn round to hold or get
place, for they have no affection for Mantchoo rule. De-
terminedto win the Empire, they were regardless of keep-
ing a retreat open. In this they resemble Cortes in de-
stroying his ships, they gained both moral and physical
force ; and, strange enough, on any other supposition than
that the Imperialists aro horrid poltroons, though these
insurgents shown.° disposition to return totheir own pro-
vince, the Imperialist Chinese army has planted itself in
the rear, instead of forming, or endeavouring to do so, a
junction with the Mantchoo army, to protect the approach
on the capital, or to raise the siege of the Grand Canal, the
investment of which is starving the capital out.
It is horrible to think that they cut off 20,000 Mant-
chow, even to the infant at breast, but they seem hostile
only to them ; but it is still more horrible to think that
the Mantchoos, in two of the many provinces, cut off as
many in the name of justice within the year (we know of
2,000 in six weeks)—and this in the name of justice ! The
former is the exception, the ' latter is the rule. It may
prove the least sanguinary practice in the end. Like Crom-
well's severity at Drogheda, it has struck terror into their
opponents; the Mantchoos are chopfallen and almost afraid
to approach them ' • they say that six of them would beat
any 20 Imperialists ; they talk of th , • we
know a multitude of them arch oys, and of their -
eyes, &c.
If they succeed—and I fancy they will, and soon—they
will deliver 300 millions from the grossest of immoralities,
the most grovelling of idolatries; and the most grinding of
tyrannies. China will be opened to light, life, and civili-
sation, all which will be thrown with all their influences
-and importance into the Anglo-Saxon scale.
If, they fail, Protestant Christianity—for whether spoken
of by themselves or Imperialists, they are always styled
" Worshippers of Yesu, ' which is characteristic—will be
proscribed, because they are identified by individuals
among, if not by all the Imperialists, as connected with
Protestant Christianity, but who are now too politic to
proclaim it, lest it should originate a sympathy among us.
A partial despotism will be re-established for a few years ;
meanwhile the Jesuits will be active, working through
their old ideas And form of worship, and may establish a
Romanist dynasty, that is a Court professing the Roman
Catholic religion ; and if the influence of these 300 millions
be thrown into the Popish scale, unless God himself work
a miracle for our deliverance, good night to liberty.
The French Consul at Shanghai says it is a conspiracy
got up by the Protestant missionaries and Canton servants
of the English houses ; and there can be no doubt but that
he will make every political use to their, and to our, dis-
advantage if they fail.
The French have long shown their hostility to the move-
ment, yet they professed ignorance of its plans and princi-
ples,; but since our
for one of
mis-
sionaries) among them, in disguise, however;
that he was a
the insurgents confessed to us privatelyh
returnsttahtineyghathavet cothrifeyeshsaedd tnhoatinfthermey ahtaiodnmen (if not
known, for the Tenter
they had killed several Roman Catholics. This. might well
their toraldust me that
be Roman
of converts Catholic
t o
also a sort of baptised
con-
vents the worship of ancestors and
Buddhism. t;
haen
Jesuits,
ut
ivtiess7Cwol ehrsor
of
permittedth Shanghai a t they
One of the Hong Kong papers mentioned some time since
that a number of military-looking priests had landed
Canton, as he supposed, to assist the insurgents; thinking
, at that time that the movement had been originated by
at
the Jesuits, most likely they were going to assist the Im-
perialists, as the French wanted us to do, and even got a
requisition made upon us to do so.
Thousands of the insurgents visited the Hermes, and
some few—very few—spoke a little broken English, and
said they had been at school in Hong Kong. One said there
were those among them who could translate the English
scriptures.

One said, on going down among our men, that he was a
Protestant ; several said they were of the same religion as
them ; others, again, said that they were of the " Ten
Commandment religion," the same as the schools at Hong
Kong; and one said he was of the same religion as " King
Victoria."

When I went into the city to see the chiefs we were
guided by a very nice boy of about 16, who, it appeared,
had run away from his father. He spoke good Mandarine,
and gave us tolerable information on some points. The
earnestness withwhich he enjoined the avoidance of certain
vices, and the adherence to the Ten Commandments was
amusing, stating that they knew they would not win the
enhaire unless they kept them, and interlarding this with
petitions for a double sword.
He told us that Tae-Ping-Wang had 36 wives ' • the
Princes 12, 8,6, 4, &c. ; but that polygamy was not
al-
lowed among the people generally. But, on being asked
whether they were small feeted, he said they were all large,
as they came up from Quangsi. This satisfies me that he
could not have been well informed, as I think it was im-
possible that they could have brought up so many from
Quangsi, and that it is very questionable whether they
allow polygamy to any. However, it may be so, as they
seem to have had much more knowledge of the Old. than
the New Testament.
We took them by surprise in our visit, and, as some of
their chiefs were absent, they had to be sent for. After
detainin., us a little, one of them came in and apologised.
for the delay, assuring us that this was the cause, and in-
treating us not to suppose that any slight was intended.
However, when they did come we did not get on, from
some difficulty or fancied difficulty- I fully believe the
latter—about etiquette; and therefore we were obliged to
leave, in the opinion that it was a fancied difficulty, and
that they did not claim supremacy. I think lam borne
out by their wanting us to stop, dine, and sleep, and see
Tae-Ping-Wang in the morning. This was 5.30 p.m., and,
as we had six miles to return, we knew they would be
anxious about us on board ;so we left abruptly. They,
however, came out among the crowd to see us away, wish-
ing us to wait for chaises or better horses, and would not
hear of any of us walking, as one or two wished to do.
Quantities crowded round, but all were civil and good-
humoured.
An Imperialist told us that he had heard it stated as a
reason for the movement, that " Huen-su-chuen' or the Tae-
Ping-Wang, had passed the first examination for literary
honours, but that, on appearing a second time, though a
very clever man and fully entitled to his next step, the
examiner, from some improper motive, would not give it
him ; and he said it might be that he was discontented at
this treatment, and so stirred up a rebellion against
authority."
On our repassing Chin-kiang-foo they fired on us, and
in consequence of our returning it the general came down
with a letter of apology, and sent it off. A Maoutsee, one of
the aborigines that have never been conquered, and who
live in the mountainous districts of Quangsi, came off for
the answer. This man stated that his people had had the
scriptures for 200 years, and on questioning him, through
an interpreter, stated that these Scriptures had come down
from Heaven about 2,000 years before, and were the same
as those the remainder of the insurgents had ; that they
had been taken to Pekin about 1,000 years ago ; and that
it was thence his people got a copy, which they had multi-
plied. They wero most hostile to the Mantchoos for their
continuous persecutions.
I fancy they have settled the vexed question as to the
proper rendering of God into Chinese. I fancy, they say
" I am Shangto, and thou- shalt have none other eikons
but me." I have no doubt they will also show us that the
Chinese translators have used other improper expressions,
and have so been misunderstood, because the teachers that
such translators have to assist are seldom Christians,
and are therefore nearly unacquainted with religious
nomenclature. A literary Chinese thinks very little of a
man that uses a common-place style either in writing or
speaking.
The quiet self-possession and. confidence of the leaders
we came in contact with was quite un-Chinese. When it
was told them a second time that we should in future re-
turn their fire, they seemed to think that we wished to
frighten -them, and said., " Well, do as you please ; we are
not afraid." Another time they said, "If you are come
to assist us, we shall be glad ; but do as you please ; we
are independent of your assistance ; only, if you are going
to join the Mantchoos, be good enough to let us know.'
And when told if they came to Shanghai and attacked any
of our people there, they would be treated as the Mant-
choos were in '42, they said, " But why should we fire
upon you; we are brethren, and worship the same God?"
Their policy is only to be known by first knowing their
religion ; and this, because of imperfectly understanding
their language, we are not clear about. On the inter-
preter's first visit he endeavoured to explain to one of the
princes the power and resources of England; he said, "We
don't want to know that; we want to know your religion."
SHANGHAI, MAY 16.
A. Dr. Taylor, who went up in a boat .with a view to
obtain an interview with the insurgents, returned, having
only got to Silver Island, but there he found a large num-
ber of Buddhist priests, who most gladly accepted copies
of the scriptures, and took others with a promise of for-
warding them to the insurgents, who were only two miles
higher up. He stated that the Imperial flotilla had been
up part of the way again, but, finding it so much stronger,
did not wish to go further. The captains stated that it
wanted power and shot, and was of no use • that, as a last
hope, they had determined upon a joint attack of the army
and flotilla, for which purpose they had dressed 600 Canton
Broves in a uniform as nearly like the English as they
could make it ; but I am very much mistaken if they will
do even Patrocles' work with Achilles' armour.
The Tontai at Shanghai who has been the most active—
I cannot say stout-hearted, for he is afraid of being saluted
even when he visits a ship—is so doubtful of the result
that he has ordered the last vessel he bought not to go
further than Kiang-Sying, not within 30 miles of Chin-
Kiang-foo.
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while the insurgents, on the contrary, are very particular
to pay for everything, and, if in conseq
vernment issuing paper money to meet their difficulties.
Pekin is in a dreadful state, uenc, t e
of the Go.
The bankers are also leaving and hiding their money, lest
they should be obliged to accept it. Four families have
been directed to make up nearly 2,000,000 taels (about 78.
6d. each)—that of Keying and others, who have been
Prime Ministers. The late Viceroy who was killed at
Nankin had been ordered up
.to be beheaded ; his family
have been degarded and his property confiscated, all which
is producing such an effect that I fancy the mandarins are
beginning to think of passing over to the insurgents to save
their lives. The Tontai of Shanghai, who has been the
most active against the rebels, is suspected, and, I believe,
even under arrest.

HONG KONG, MAy 28.
We arrived at Amoy on the 23d, and found it in the
hands of a band of insurgents, and learnt that they had
taken several places here without much difficulty ; that in
a space of 40 miles they had met with 30,000 adherents,
an that there was no chance of the Imperialists being
able to raise a sufficient force to overthrow them.
Their conduct had been marked with the greatest mode-
ration, having repressed all crime with a strong hand,
decapitating summarily for grave offences. They gave
English merchants guards to protect their lives and
property.

We saw one of the chiefs, a small, bnt intelligent man.
He said he was nephew to one of the most respectable
Chinese residents at Singapore, where he also had been, He