Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-05-10


CHINA PAPERS.-The arrivals from Canton
last week brought no later papers dec l2tb) than
were received by the Ssbina. We ure indebted to
a Commercial house for several numbers OF p-.v,
GUS date some OF which, We believe, new in re-
spect to their contents We have also a number of
the Singapore Register.-.T Y Jour. Comb
Cocur"-cHINA.-By accounts received lately it an
pears the chinese are gaining considerable influence
at the court OF the young king, whose title is Ming
ming, "By Heavens illust rious decree" Chinese
has got himself appointed minister Of state and takes
the same title as the minister's Of his imperial r1ss
ty. He is introducing also the penal code Of Cbaa.
as contained IN the ta-tslng leu lee
Under the late king the Chinese resident in CO.
chn-chna not permitted to petition IN the Chi
nese language, but IN the modified character Of Co
chin china. Now it is required that all Official doe
umen's and petitions shall be written IN pure CHI
nose.
Christians are at present left unro,estos :, 70
chn-chira; whether these Chinese innoyations viii
introduce Chinese hatred to the cross remains 10 be
seen
BankOn, Capital ofsiam-Two Protes,ants Ms
slonaries, one an Englshmun named TOmlln, and the
other named GutzIaff, a German, went to Bankok in
August 1873 TO distribute Chinese Bibles and Re-
glous tracts there among the emigrants. The whole
population OF Bankok, consisting of Natives, Chinese,
Cochinchnese, Cnmbojans Peguans, Laos DrumaDs.
TovOyans, and Malays, is 40 300
Mr. Gutzlatf possesses knowledge Of Medicine and
was IN great request among all ranks. be praCticed
gratultousiy and IN large proportion Of cases sHc
SessiuIy' |HlncSe oeJtieT- and the Crews Of Juuks
from Aalnan, Canton 81 Forkieu received the CHRIS
tan books with cordahty aHd gralIiude-I'he King
OF Siam directed four transators to render some
otthem out of Chinese into Sancse. And Mr. Gutz-
aff has remained to translate the New Testament into
Siamese by the assistance of Chinese who are ac-
qualnted with both languages. The Sinmese receive
officially from the government of China an almanac
every year II ~ wrapped up i'm yellow silk and 70
SeiVed IN great state BY tho King and his Ministers
thus ne VINO has three ideas may teach those who
nave none. Chinese Astronomy, however defective,
seems superior to that Of Siam. However, the Chi
nese consider bestowng an Alnanack as O token
Of Sovereignty.
In January last the King Of Laos oDd his r,rniiy.
who had been lately taken prisoners were Tor about
fortnight exhibited TO TIE popuace at Bankok in
large iron cage, near 10 the various in trumens of
torture by which they were 10 be put to death &, with
IN sight, comedies we're acted for the amusement Of
spectators There was a large iron boiler TO bent
OIL to DC thrown on The body Of the King after being
cut and mangcd with kiives--a gibbet wuh a chain
and hook to which he was 10 be suspended bv the
chm Spears, were prepared for the King. his TWO
Wives' Sous and grandguns, 10 the numter II four
teen, on which they were TO be lmpalpd Captoin
Collin Of an American vessel wa then a. B,1kok
and vas spoken 10 by the Ki Y IF Laos. ONT Of bis
iron cage. The old man was nrlancLoly but calm
Ia few days after this, the old King died Of broken
heaTt end 50 escaped the hands Of bis torroopiers
IT'S body was taken to the place Of execution aud de-
captated The remains were hung on gibbet bv
Inc r7er eide a ttln below tho cly and IeN a prey