Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1845-10-01

The bodies weresupposed be destined for the Will.
loughby Medical School, and others have probably al.
ready been forwarded.
FROM CHINA.-By the Ship Rainbow. from
China, intelligence has been received at New York
of one of the most caiamtous accidents of the kind,
to be found in the annals of history.
From the Friend of Chiua of May 3Lst
Ga Sunday afternoon fire broke out in a the.
atre within the walls Of The city, which was at.
tended with a most melancholy loss of life, and
the destruction of much property,
The theatre formed The centre of square, TO
which there was oulv one access by narrow lane.
after The fire was observed the audience endeavor-
ed to escape by The lane but unfortunately. the
crowd from without. were trying 10 force their
way into tbs squire. and prevented a large num-
Der within from Obtaining egress--ihe two bodies
! oprear tn have become jammed together and the
the greatest confusion prevailed.
By the Mandarin's books, the number of killed
is 1857, including 50 male and female actors the
wounded are estimated at JOG. On Monday
part ofthe ruined wall fell and killed thirty more
1t is rather remarkable that thirty years ago, a
similar accident happened at the same theatre
At that time the authorities forbade dramatic per.
formances BY the inhabitants the present compa-
ny were outside people. 1t is anticipated that an
edict will be issued, strictly prohibiting all such
exhibitions for the future.
The authorizes have purchased 400 coffi is for
the bpd;es that have not been Claimed and they
will be inferred Immediately. A large portion of
the dead are females, and II is feared that not a
lev were murdered by the robbers, who infest the
city, on purpose to obtain their bracelets aud 9th.
er ornaments.
From the Province of Honan, accounts had been
received of great earthquake, which had demoi-
lshed about ten thousand houses and killed more
than four thousand people. Honan is situated a.
bout in the centre of China.
| From all accouais, it would seem that The Chi.
nese have after all proved more THAI match for
the Eugsh III diplomacy. II will be reccoec-
ted that by the treatv five certain ports were OPEN
ed TO the EagIlsh commerce, TO which, however
no Chinese vessel could trade without govern.
ment permit. The English also stipulated 10 de-
liver 10 the Chinese authorities. all inks trading
wiIout such permits. fnls far all is specious, but
the goyernne ii refuses to grant a single permit
The ports are free enough to be sure The En- J
glish thus vent their complaints "Free inter-
course with the five ports is all deusion-tbat is
visit these ports, but not vessel nor a ma
tive merchant can come tn Hong Kong. We see
junks passing through the harbor on their passage
To aud from NJ Gao we also know that large fleets
of them vsi, the Indian Islands for articles of traf
ic which they could better obtain here without the
delay and Danger of long voyage-bot here they
do not CONE. The cause of this is no secret they
dare not trade at Hong Kong. The much lauded
treaty made by Sir Henry Pot,ioger completely
checks the slightest approach to that description
of commerce which might most have been calcu-
lated upon. The Chinese evidently will no, grant
permits to their traders wishing to visit us, and
without such permits we have agreed to Sc izs aad
deliver up to torture and death. inoffsnsye men,
1t was this malignant clause Of the treaty which
deeply injured the colony aud disappointed those
who invested largely in the hope that tina, il wo'd
be place of commercial importance. 5al