The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-15 00:00:00

CHINA.

We have intelligence from China to the 27th Sep-
tember :—From Shanghae. we learn that on the 7th
of September that city was taken by a mob of Kwang-
tung and Fokien men, who have for some time been
organising themselves into a secret society. At daybreak
on the 7th, the confederates, with banners flying, con-
trived to enter the city in a body. One section made at
once for the residence of the Chehien, or district magis-
trate, who had rendered himself peculiarly obnoxious to
some of the band. He was taken and slain on the spot,
and his residence with its furniture entirely destroyed.
Those of the Taoutae, or Intended of Circuit, and of the
Hoifung Ting, or Marine Magistrate, suffered the same
fate ; but no other houses or persons were wilfully in-
jured; and it would appear that no farther means were
required to take possession of the entire city except to
place guards at the gates, who prevented the carrying
away of property. _

The 7fh of September was the anniversary of Confucius,
when the Chinese mandarins worship before the altars,
and a procession takes place, among which were thousands
of persons ready for revolt. Here they killed Che-hein.
Criers proceeded at once through the city beating the
Chinese gong, and proclaiming that Shanghae had changed
rulers—that the pillage of private property would not be
permitted—that robbers caught in the act would be sum-
marily punished—and directing the people to open their
shops, and proceed with their usual daily avocations.
Military patrols paraded the streets to repress violence
and tumult, and to arrest offenders against the proclama-
tion just made. The organised bodies had entirely dis-
persed, and at seven o'clock a.m. the capture of Shanghae
was un fait accompli.
The residences of all the mandarians and the old cus-
tom-house were sacked.

Colonel Marshal declared the neutrality of the British
government,..

On the 10th the gates of the city were again opened ;
but at night several skirmishes took place, when 16 or 20
Chinese were killed.

There has been a rising of the people in Tungkwan.
In Chun-how, a town of 5,000 inhabitants, near to Fu-
mun, the Imperialists burned down a large ancestral
temple and the greater part of the village. In conse-
quence of this the whole population (about 10,000) of
Tai-ping arose, joined the people of Chun-how, and over-
came the Imperialists, who, being thus defeated, returned
to the fortification at Fu-mun.
There has been a fight between the banditti who had
been infesting Shun-teh-hien on the west coast for some
weeks past, and the military, at a plum called Pau-sha-mi,
which ended in more than 100 of the pirates and outlaws
being killed and wounded, and 30 captured. Between 30
and 40 of the soldiers were wounded.
exports were dull.
Advises from Hong Kong state that both imports and

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ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA.
By the British and North American Royal Mail steam-
ship Asia, Capt.
York to the 2nd instant.
Lott, we have intelligence from New
The Asia sailed from New York at 11 15, a.m., on the
2nd instant. At 9, a.m,, on the 3rd, she passed the steam-
ship Africa, hence for New York ; on the sth, at 4, p.m.,
passed a ship showing the Hamburg
ensign, with a black
flag under it ; on the 7th, at 9, a.m., passed a steamer,
nia
supposed
on the 11th, at 2, p.m., passed the ship Toronto, steering
at ' from Bremen for New York ;
12 30, p.m., passed the ship
New York. She made Cape Clear
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4, a.m., and arrived in
i. the river at 9 30, a.m., on Sunday,
,
having made the run nlO days 17 hours and 19 minutes.
The
Asia has brought 6 6 passengers, and $98,600 in
specie on freight.
The U.S. steam-ship Hermann,
Capt. Higgins, arrived
at New York, from
• Southampton, on the 29th ult. .
' The U.S. Mail steam-ship Arctic, Capt. Luce, which
sailed from this port on the lath, arrived at_liew York at
3 p.m., on the 30th ult.