The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-01-09 00:00:00

CHINA.

The news from China extends to the beginning of
October. In the supplementary treaty between the
Chinese and the British government, one clause is for the
purpose of guaranteeing to all foreign nations the same
privileges of trade as to the British themselves. This will
have the effect of rendering unnecessary all negociations
between the Chinese Emperor and the other Powers. The
Chinese government is said to be sincere now in its deter-
mination to abide by the regulations of the treaty, which
will prevent all discussions with other foreigners. The
treaty is looked upon in the East as the most signal tri-
umph of the British plenipotentiary, for it renders nugatory
all the attempts of the French and American diplomatic
missions lately sent with such pomp to the Chinese coast.
The state of trade at Canton was not satisfactory, owing
to the tricks of the old Hong merahants, and their adher-
ents. the linguists. The state of trade along the coast is
said to be satisfactory. Howqua, the celebrated Hong
merchant, died at the age of 75, leaving 15,000,000 dol-
lars' worth of property. The Rev. Mr. Gutzlaff has
been appointed Chinese Secretary, in the room of Mr.
Morrison.

Amongst the deaths in China are mentioned R. F. Foote,
Deputy Commissary General, and Captain Haviland, of
her Majesty's 55th Foot.

TEETOTALISM IN INDIA.—The Madras Examiner, of
which the files received extend to the 17th ult., contains
the report of a great temperance meeting which had been
held by a society called " Father Mathew's Society," at
Secunderabad. Tea was served up at a new temperance
hall to about 150 persons.
CARISTIANITY.—" I cannot understand the Christian
religion," observed an attache to the Turkish ambassy ; is
it because their great apostle was born on a certain day,
that they annually make themselves drunk for a week, in
commemoration of that event? How different is the
practice of Mussulmansl"
The crevice on the west side'of Mount Etna is 400 yards
long and 40 wide. The stream of lava issuing from it has
spread to the width of 21 miles, and has run about 14
miles. By the last accounts, the lava had swept away
several houses, and destroyed 67 persons.
THE AMERICAN NAVY.—The government report of
the war and navy departments of the United States gives
as the naval force of that power a total number of 76 ves-
sels of various descriptions. Of these there is one three
decker of 120 guns ; nine ships of the hne of 90 guns
ach ; one razee of 62 guns ; twelve 52-gun frigates ; one
50-gun
cif
; two 48-gun frigates ; eleven first-class
sloops of war of 24-guns each; three 22-gun sloops; five
16-gun sloops; two sloops for storeships, 6 guns each.
There are also four first-class sloops on the stocks nearly
ready for launching, Eleven 10-gun brigs and schooners ;
three ditto used as store-Ships, and one for a receiving
vessel at Charlesfown. There are likewise four small
schooners employed as packets or receiving vessels. The
steam navy consists of the Mississippi, of 12 guns ; the
Princeton, (Erickson' propeller) of 12 guns; the Fulton,
of 8 guns; the Michigan, of 6 guns, an iron steamer,
built and recently launched on Lake Erie, can carry 14
guns, but her present armament is two 64 paixhan guns
and the Poinsett, of
arid four 32-pousrurdcearrgreonadheese;lst)l7 lin.'on, of 4 guns
autiltdhe an
rate of
(with Hunters bni d w
2 guns. A contract has been made to.b
iron
steamer at Pittsburg, of 1,000 tons, to sail
nine miles per hour, with steam, and to cost 150,000 dol..
lars. A small iron steamer of galvanised iron has been
ordered to he built at Washington, but susi.ei,ded for
want of means.