The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-12-02 00:00:00

CHINESE DIPLOMACY.

One of her Majesty's naval officers writes to the folfowing
effect from Chin-keang-foo, 3lst August, 1842 :
" Three high mandarins,—the emperor's uncle, Yung, the
governor of these two provinces, Elepoo, and the Tartar
general, Isaphen, commander-in-chief,—came off on the
20th, attended by a numerous train of mandarins of various
classes, to pay their respects to the plenipo, admiral. and
general. The Cornwallis was appointed the place of meeting.
A steamer was in, attendance on them, to take them from the
shore to the flag-ship. When they stepped from the shore
to the steamer they were saluted with three guns from the
Cornwallis, the number they fire themselves on such occa-
sions. When they came on board the big ship they were
met at the gangway by' two-naval captains and the Secretary
of Legation, who conducted them aft to the poop, or rather
near the poop, on the quarter-deck, where the plenipo, ad-
miral, and general stood as stiff as crutches, in the full dress
and toggery:of their offices ; when the fokies approached
near our big-wigs advanced a couple of steps toward
them, with majestic mein, the fokies chinchinned, the
English took off their castors and bowed, and when
both parties were sufficiently approximated, they shook
paws most cordially, and then retired to the cabin to
rest after so much labour. The marines were drawn up
on quarter-deck as a guard of honour, the seamen dispersed
around the upper deck, and the ship was full of naval offi-
cers, all in their full uniforms, which gave every thing a
brilliant appearance. When they came on the side they had
not time to recover from the dazzling effect of what they
saw, when the band struck up " God save the Queen," and
completed their bewilderment. They were really astonished
. and amazed. They were afterwards shown round the ship,
which they admired and wondered at much ; you may fancy
people who never before saw anything larger than one of
their own junks, brought for the first time to see a line-of-
battle ship. They had some tiffin, at which some of the
mandarins got drunk on cherry cordial and brandy, and all
then left highly delighted and pleased. Our people went a
few days after to return the visit to the Celestials. They
were received in a joss house outside the city wall. Nothing
worthy of notice occurred. They had a guard of Tartar
soldiers, a whole host of mandarins, a band, a tiffin of sweet..
meat and Sanchoo. A good deal of ceremony. This may
give you some idea of the meeting."—Bombay Courier,
Oct. 14.

The Knoxville Post says :—At the temperance celebration
on the " glorious forth," at New Market, Tennessee, a little
lad appeared in the procession, bearing a flag, on which was
inscribed the following :—" All's right when daddy's sober."
A SIGN OF THE TnuEs.—A correspondent informs us that
an auctioneer in this neighbourhood is under engagement to
sell up 26 farmers on as many consecutive days.—Bolton
Free Press.

A female, of the name of Mary Ann Styles, was brought
before the Lord Mayor of London, on Monday, charged
with having obtained different sums of money, from one
penny to one shilling, from multitudes of poor women, upon
the false pretence of supplying them with blankets and warm
clothing for the winter. The prisoner treated the poor
dupes with much apparent commiseration, when she was the
recipient of their mites ; but when the destitute creatures
applied at the appointed place and time for their expected
gifts, they discovered how grievously they had been cheated.
The policemen had great difficulty in protecting the prisoner
from the claws of the women. She declined saying anything
in defence, but begged of the lord mayor with earnestness to
send her out of the country. She was committed as a rogue
and a vagabond for three months to prison.
THE STORM AT MADEII A.—On referring to our tables
of the state of the weather, and the altitudes of the barometer
about the time of the great storm of Madeira, we find that
the aerial wave progressed from London to Madeira in about
twenty-four hours ; thus traversing, in that time, a distance
of about 1,400 miles. The barometer fell very rapidly at
London on the 22d, and passed its minimum, or lowest
reading, on the 23d (28-783), a fearful storm- raging at the
time round the southern coast of the island. It appears that
the fall of the barometer did not occur at Madeira on the
24th, so that the wave must have swept with irresistible fury
over the space between England and Madeira during the
short interval of 24 hours ; (or what is much more probable)
thelrough of the wave must have extended from London to
a point about 360 miles west, or north-west of Madeira; the
usual rate at which these storms travel being about fifteen
miles per hour. An interesting point is presented by the
minimum of the barometer occurring in September, on the
24th, and the curves of September and October, from the 15th
of each month respectively, being identical, as both the mi-
nima were attended with bad weather. Upwards of six-
tenths of an inch of rain having been registered at the
September minimum, it becomes not only interesting, but
highly important, to study the barometric changes ; for were
we able to determine the form and direction of these waves,
a step would be gained in meteorological science, and in a
department in which nearly all attempts to unravel the phe-
nomena presented have hitherto been baified.—Correspon-
dent of the Sun.

A WATERSPOUT NEAR AYR.—A waterspout was seen in
this neighbourhood, on the afternoon of Tuesday, the 25th
tilt. The snow, which had fallen copiously during the early
part of the day, had nearly ceased, but the mass of dark cloud
was still sweeping along in a N.W. direction. It seemed to
extend but a short distance seaward, but was exceedingly
dense at its western limit, where it appeared very much agi-
tated by eddies. Fissures were sometimes produced, afford-
ing transient glimses of the snow-clad hills of Arran, bright
with sunshine, in striking contrast with the deep gloom which
intervened. The commotion of the elements became more
distinct in consequence of the ceasing of the snow. A part
of the snow-cloud approached the surface of the water, which
then assumed a boiling aspect—appeared as if emitting steam
—and rose vertically, in various places. In one instance the
phenomenon referred to was distinctly formed. It appeared
to rise from the surface of the water in the shape of a cone,
communicating, at its apex, with an apparently aqueous
column, ascending, perhaps, 100 feet. It expanded towards
the top, forming an appearance very much resembling an in-
verted cone, placed on an upright one. The shaft presented
a variety of aspects, at one time curving slightly in the direc-
tion of the current, at another assuming a serpentine form.
The appearance was, visible for about a minute. The direc-
tion of the wind immediately beyond could not be distinctly
ascertained. A vessel was seen to the westward, but so ob-
scurely as to leave the action of the wind on it indeterminate ;
sbe seemed to be affected (at least in anticipation), having
diminished her display of canvass. A steamer, however,
which appeared at a considerable distance to the S.W., had
the wind in a direction nearly opposite to that which pre-
vailed on shore. Such appearances are common in the Indian
Oaan.—Ayr Advertiser.
ANOTHER FORGER FROM ENGLAND.—We learn that a
man named Joseph Burton, late vestry cleric of the parish of
St. Luke, Middlesex, England, recently came to this coun-
try, after having obtained from the bankers, in said parish,
by means of false or forged checks, a considerable sum of
money, amounting to about £3,200. There is also reason
to believe that he committed various other forgeries, and
that'he brought the gross proceeds with him to the United
States. This Burton arrived in the packet ship England, at
New York, on the 9th of September, under the name of
Richards. After remaining in the city of New York for a
few days, and visiting the neighbouring towns, lie took board-
ing at Hoboken, with his family, consisting of a wife, five
children, and a servant, 'under the name of Lord Williams.
He remained at Hoboken about a week or ten days, and
then came on toThiladelphia, and put up at Jones's hotel,
Chestnut-street, under the assumed name of Alexander
Adams. His family were divided among several private
boarding-houses. On the 23d of September he purchased a
house and lot at Mantua Village, and gradually removed his
family to that place, where all the members, with the excep-
tion of himself, are now residirr,, he having disappeared on
October 21, with the pretended' design of returning to Eng-
laed. It is • nevertheless believed that he is yet in this
country, and that lie deemed it prudent to disappear, having
received some information that his whereabout was disco-
verod by the agents of the houses plundered by him in
England. Burton is a man about five feet ten inches high,
rather stout in person, with a full face, inclined to ruddi-
ness. He occasionally wears large false black whiskers and
a dark wig, his natural hair being inclined to gray, and some-
what thin on. the front part of his, head. He has a swagger-
ing military air, and carries his head somewhat back, being
rather long th A reward of 200 dollars will he paid for
his apprehension, or such information as may lead thereto,
on application to 0. M. Lowndes, Esq:, New York, or
Joseph Z. Hart, Esq., Philadelphia.—Philadelphia In-
quirer.

TELEGRAPHS. We have much pleasure in commending
to the attention and patronage of the merchants and ship-
owners of London, and of the nation at large, the proposi-
tion of Mr. A. B. Duckham, of Falmouth, who, it appears,
by the munificent assistance of her Majesty's commissioners
of the Admiralty, has been led to entertain a full assurance
of establishing a line of telegraphs at and from Lizard, in
connection with the port of Falmouth, and with her Ma-
jesty's guard-ship Astrea. It is a matter of plain fact that
vessels going down the British Channel make the Lizard to
take their departure for foreign shores, to commence sea
reckoning, and to test their nautical instruments, Those
homeward bound do so as a landfall, if possible, whence they
shape their course up channel. British and foreign ship-
owners, merchants, and underwriters estimate the earliest
reports of these occurrences as invaluable; and we submit
to the consideration of these gentlemen, that by the trans-
mission of such reports from 10 miles west of the Lizard, in
the short space of twenty hours to London, Manchester,
Liverpool, and proportionately to other places (adopting the
recommendation of the commissioners of pilotage for the
Ealmouth district), " the importance and advantage of es-
tablishing a line of telegraphs from the Lizard to Pendennis,
to vessels either from or for foreign ports, and to merchants
in general, is quite evident; and, therefore, we have no diffi-
culty in recommending the same." Besides the mere de-
tails of vessels' names, ,valuable news from foreign countries
will be much more speedily communicated than at present.
In some cases ships after sighting the Lizard have, to our
knowledge, been driven over on the coast of France, and have
not again beaten up for several days. And as to a valuable
ship and cargo with the' underwriters, how many thousands
of pounds are pending on even the result of one hour's in-
formation from the coast. We are promised also, in as many
cases as possible, " ships spoken with," and also those " left
in foreign ports," " freights," and other valuable infortna-
tion. On the whole, we heartily concur in the belief of the
efficiency contemplated in Mr. Duckham's arrangements,
inasmuch as we feel confident that to trade and commerce
the telegraphs will be of inconceivable advantage and im-
portance.—Morning Herald.

nit FIVE' °IV'S' PORTS OIL' CI NA:

CANTON.

The capital of Kwantung, the most southern province of
China, and hitherto the only port with which any nation has
been permitted to hold commercial intercourse, is in latitude
23'8 north, and 132'2 east longitude, and is distant 1,190
statute British miles S. by W. of Pekin. The city is finely
placed at the head of a bay, into which flow two large rivers.
Although nearly in the same parallel of latitude as Calcutta,
the Chinese city is much cooler '• for though in summer the
thermometer sometimes reaches 100 degrees of Fahrenheit in
the shade, the average of the whole year is about 72 degrees.
Canton Proper is surrounded by a wall, nearly in the form of
a square, and is divided by a wall, running from east to west,
into two parts; of which the northern and larger parts is
called the old city, and the southern,, that nearest the river,
the new city. The entire circuit of the walls has been vari-
ously estimated; but a writer in the Chinese' .Repository (an
English magazine published in the suburbs of Canton) says—
" At a quick step, we have walked the whole distance in lit-
tle less than two hours, and think the circumference cannot
exceed six English miles." The population is also variously
estimated at from a million to a million and a half. The ex-
ports, besides tea and raw silk, have been nankeens, a few
manufactured silks and crapes, fans, ivory chessmen, fancy
boxes, and other toys—soy, Indian ink, &c. The principal
imports from Bombay and Bengal are cotton and opium ;
from Great Britain, woollens, calicoes, lead, &c.