The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-13 00:00:00

DESCRIPTION OF CHAPOO.

Chapoo is situated on the northern shore of the
gulf which receives the river Tsiang-tang-Kiang, op-
posite to the Chusan Islands, in about lat. 30 degrees
35 minutes North. It is a flourishing place, and the
emporium of a great foreign trade. In order, how-
ever, to give a nearer and more lively view of Chapoo
and the neighbouring coasts, as well as the manner
of our introduction to the orderly and ceremonious
inhabitants, we extract the following description from
the notes of a journal written by an officer of one of
the opium traders, which visited the coasts of China
a few years ago.
" On going into Shang Hai (in latitude 31 de-
grees 12 minutes North), the forts saluted us with
three guns each. We were astonished at the great
number of junks ; 200 came in to-day (21st of De-
cember), all of the same size, four-masted vessels, and
belonging to this port. The number of wild fowl
also, ducks, teals, geese, &c., along the shore, is asto-
nishing. Towards the town, as we ascended he river,
the junks were so thickly crowded, that I never saw
any thing like it. There could not have been
less tijin two thousand in the port. The
Mandarins agreed to trade privately with us, at
two per cent. commission. The people were very
friendly ; the women fair, with small feet. They seemed
to admire European clothing, particularly linen shirts.
The country is fertile, and beautifully cultivated.
December 28.—Finding the gates of the city closed,
we climbed over the walls, much to the amusement of
the populace, who must think us an odd sort of
people; but we could not persuade the respectable
merchants to show us the best kind of silk goods.
The next day, the gates being still closed, we
again scaled' the walls, after which the gates
were politely opened to let us out. The shipping
in the harbour daily increased; of one class of
junks (from 100 to 300 tons), I am confident
that there were at least 3,000 lying there, and there
were also some immense junks of 600 tons, and having
400 people on board.
" We sailed from the Shang Hai river on the sth of
January, and I came in sight of Chapoo on the Bth.
Here there are six Imperial junks in the Japan trade,
which make each of them five voyages in three years.
At Shang Hai, at full and change of the moon, the
tide rises only eight or nine feet ; here, at so short a
distance, it rises 24 feet. The town walls are too
high to be scaled. From the hills near the town
the views are most enchanting. There is an im-
mense extent of low land, intersected by canals and
dotted over with innumerable villages. The country
around is all in the highest state of cultivation. Chapoo
is not a small town, though yet not equal to Shang
Hai, but its celebrity is owing to its being the em-
porium of the Japan tradc. The suburbs are as large
and as well built as the city itself, which is surrounded
by a wall and a deep moat. Altogether it is a very
pretty place, and nothing can equal the beauty and
regularity of the surrounding cultivation. Opthalmia
was here a very prevalent complaint."
Let it be remembered, that the preceding descrip-
lion of Chapoo and its environs was written in the
depth of winter ; but on those shores peas and beans
, iblossom in the valleys and low lands at the end of Ja-
nuary, while the hills around are covered with snow.

ARRIVAL OF FOREIGN OXEN AT LIVERPOOL.--•
The first foreign oxen ever on sale in Liverpool
show
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They formed part of a lot of
oxen imported into Hull, and had, thereforeringbeeeenr
brought across the island either by la
on foot, which certainly can never pay with such poor
cattle.—Liverpool Times of yesterday.
IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN PROVISIONS.—A small
quantity of foreign pickled beef and pork has this
week been received here (Berwick) by Mr. J. Sander-
son, for the purpose of ascertaining its quality, and
the probability of its commanding a sale in this
town, whose district is so justly celebrated
for producing the most excellent of both. The sample
has been highly approved of, the pork in particular
being of superior quality. The beef is from Holstein,
in Denmark. and the pork from America. A supply
has been ordered, which, will probably be remitted
here by the return of the steam. packet Manchester,
from London. The sample has been sold at—beef,
44d. per lb. ; pork, 4d.—Berwick Paper.
AUCHTERMUCIITY.—On Thursday, the 29th ult.,
about one hundred and twenty persons belonging to
this neighbourhood, who had been summoned to be
sworn in as special constables, assembled for that
purpose in the Town-hall here. With a single
exception, however, all declined taking the oath,
on account of the " instructions" with which it was
coupled, and to which it would have bound them
to act up. They declared they were ready to do
everythino.
, in their power for preserving the
Peace, but could not undertake to apprehend all
vagrants, profane swearers, Sabbath-breakers, and so
forth.
The Justices, while they hinted at a moderate
interpretation of the words used in the instructions,
sttthaeetierd law that they could do nothing else
else than administer
h
as it stood, and, commending thosepresent for
tyavre-d to
peaceable and decorous behaviour on the occa-
sion, e
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p
NOVEL AND report the case to the Quarter
Sessions.—Scotch Paper.
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PUNISHMENT.—WOeparaded
man of- Helensburgh,byt be were
not a little amused lately
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a, upon whom it
seems san"ddaunreannctebetown-crier,
could notorious thief,
work no reformation, and
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places, proclaimed the fellow at te allbe tahne most public
incorrigible
thief, at the same time warning the lieges to mark
him, and take care of their
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authoritiesiin
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worthydays
might have made a good wind up to the exhibition by
subjecting the culprit to ten or fifteen minutes under
4 Hood-going pump.—Glasgow Constitutional.