, 1853-10-01
From Chlaa.

ne DfluSl blllp-oI-WaT nerineb nau Muus
her way up the YsngtEc river, and the jour-
ualS reported the following upon her return
The rebels were in possession Of Nankln'
On her return from Nsnkin, and while
passing Ching-kiangfoo, The Hsrmes NaI
fired upon from two forts gsrFiIonod BY thS
rebels, and, after receiving four or Eve round
shot in her rigging and hull 'hO opened Gre
which quickly quoted The forts, and immS-
dately afterwards she was visited BY 90 Of.
fccr Of rank, who npologized for what Ac
said was mistake, arising from the fact ot
there being square-rigged vessels belou
Ching -kiang, which had, on one or two oG.
casions, attacked the insurgents, and that the
Hermes was supposed to be connected With
them These are all the particulars which
have as yet transpired.
Though the rebels have been hitherto sue.
cessful, The imperiollstS do not seem 10 de-
spair, for they are purchasing q number oi
foreign vessels, several of which had been
sent up the river before the Bombay lefl -
Among those said 10 have been already
bought are the Sir Herbert Compton, Ante
lope, Dowan, Agnes, and Clown.
The rumor current about Europeans bav-
ing bcon massacred, supposed TO be the crew
Of the Science, must have been, as usual, the
fabrication ofsome mischief loving Chinese,
who seem TO take delight in coming such
stories, and retailing them 10 the gossips Of
Canton, by whose exeriions they arc 6rst
induslriously circulated there, and Ultimate
ly find their way to Hong Kong with some
appearance of being founded on fact. En-
deaVors should be made 10 trace out the per-
sons who thus lend themselves 10 the prop
agaIion Of mischievouS reports.
We Iubjoin an extract from the North
China Herald Of the 9TH Of May:
"The Hermes returned to this port on the
afternoon of the 5th inst, with his Excel
lency Sir George Bonham on board. She
has mado on eveutful trip up the YSnlze,
during which she lay Eve days OF Nankin,
and brings back intelligence Of deeply in-
tcresting and even astounding character re-
ppecting the insurgents, giving Us much
cause 10 thank Her Msjesty's Plenipotenti-
ary for the steps taken to obtain Some posi-
tive information regarding them. The fol-
lowing particulars we give on good auibori-
ty, and hope to furnish from tho SamO source
more details In q future issue
"The insurgents are Christians Of the
Protestant form Of worship, and anti idols-
ters of the s,rictest order. They Scknow-
ledge but one God, the Heavenly Father,
the Allwisc, Allpowerful and omnipresont
Creator Of the world with him, Jesus
Christ, as the Savior Of man kind and also
the Holy Spirit, as the last Of tho three per-
sons Of the Trinity. Their chief on oarlh
is person known as 'Tae-ping-wAng, tho
Prince Of Peace 10 whom kind of divine
origin and mission is asorbed. Fer, bow
over, from claiming alteration, be lorbids,
in an ediet, the application 10 himself Of the
terms supreme, 'holy,, and others, hitherto
constantly assumed by the EmperOrs Of Chi
na, but which he declines receiving on the
ground that they arc due to God clone
Their moral code the insurgents call the
Heavenly Rules which, on examination
proved 10 be the ten commandments. The
observance Of these iS strictly enforced By
the leaders Of tho movement, chiefly Kwsng-
tung and Kwang-se, men who are not mere
ly formal professors Of 4 religious system.
but practical and spiritual Christians, deeply
influenced by the belief that God is alwsys
with them. The hardships they have Iuf-
fered and the dangers they have incurred
are punishments and trials Of their Heaven
ly Father the successes they have achieved
are instances Of His grace. 10 conversation
they bore the more worldly y-minded BY
constant recurrence 10 that special attention
Of the Almighty Of which they believe them
selves to bo the objects. With proud hu-
mility, and with the glistening eyes Of graf
itude, they point back to the fact, that 1t
the beginning Of their enterprise, some four
years ago, they numbered but 100 or 200 /;
and that, except for the direct help Of their
Heavenly Father, they never could have
done what they have done.
" They said one, speaking Of the In
perialisiS, 'Spread all kinds Of lies about Us.
They say We employ nsgical arts. The on
ly kind Of magic VIC have used h prayer TO
God. In KWangise, when We occupied
Hung Chan, we we're sorely pressed there
were then only 1000 or 1900 OF US. We
were beset on oil sides BY much greater
numbers; we had no powder lefi and our
provisions were all gone but our Haycn-
ly Father came dowA and showed us iheWSy
to break out. So we put our wives and
children in the middle, and not only forced
passage, but completely beat our enemies ,
" After a short pause he added
O. II it be the will Of God that our Prince
Of Peace shall be tho Sovereign Of China,
he will be the Sovereign Of China il not,
then we will die here.'
Tho man who used this language Of
courageous fidelity 10 the cause in every ex-
treme, and Of confidence in God, was a
shrivelled up, elderly, little person, who
made an odd figure in his yellow and red
hood but ho could think the thoughts and
speak the speech Of hero. He, and others
lk- hin, have succeeded in iuflsing their