The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-06-15


saeon universally felt at the conclusion OF the ksnf
war number Of Ho,enoi bandttl continued TO prowl
about and some murders had laken place on me irone
but the country peaceable as could be expected
The inquiry into anas arising from me war was gong
on in open court and the proceedings 81 the commission
ers were generally regarded conclllatoTy. The new
constitution manufactured Tor The colony has been pro-
maj gated, and was we'll received.
The Ashanee invasion had been quelled. The Cape
steamer Conucus for Hong Kong April l7lb, STEAMER
Bosphorus exchanged signals with The American ship
siam under jury ioremas', not requiring assistance Of
Tered By the steamer latitude 81 degrees " minutes
south, Longitude 70 degrees AZ minutes east
EAsT INDIES.
Details Of the overland mail are to hand. The Bombay
Overland Times Of April 2Sth gives the following com
pendulum of the news . The intelligence sent home
from BnImah the l4h inst extended 10 the I'D nit
Our present tldings down 10 The 9th of Apu and
| ATE IN the last degree unsatisfactory. The Burmese
seem TO have been mustered in strength near Bling,
which is sad 70 have been captured With the Ice, OF
detachment OF British troops aud though this last Is de-
MED by authority, something unfortunate and unlocked
for have CURED cause the sw-sang steamer
Moosufer to be despatched days after the BereDce
10 bring Immediately from Calcutta many Europeans
as could be spared. wing u the iusleers was ac-
cordngly despatched the nth al almost moments
notice Nea Toon, the robber chief Is still said 10 be al
LARGE and the royal commissioners believed 10 have
sFurned all idea OF cesson OF territory hey are wiling
allow pecunary compensaoa but insist on the evac
uation OF the provinces we have appropriated On all
these points OUT information IS somewhat imperfect
Matters may look better but is Quite possible also that
they may look worse by next despatch and ihefe is
getting the fact that additional troops have been sent
for EXPRESS and The steamers OF the Indian navy expeci
ed eight Donths have been detained, and
ceivng additional medical officers from Bombay. II
plain that advance Ava, the
permits. has become inevitable. and we must either occu-
py, in term, OF proclamation the whole oil The
Burmese empire Immediately, prepare to maintain hes
lliies until we find nerve or sense enough to meet An
that is being lrressiiby forced upon US, and
be ayeIled. The news from China is important-tbe
belon proceeds with uhabaea fury the OF the
empire becoming exhausted and succor being eager
IN sought tor from without The Chinese minister mean
while has lntmaed TO bis imperial master that opium be-
gins 10 be extensively grown aud that lis growth ought
to be encouraged within The empire, and save the
$4,000 900 sterling paid for II 10 the fotegn pfoducer
and should com gain the ndency amongst
the Celeslais, pecunary cithcuss compel them 10
grow for themselves the drug The people insist having
away 90 $4,000 600 sterling ut Indian revenue al
once. Meanwhile The Americans have proclaimed that
they determined to force Japan TO lis ports 10
foreign trade and the inevitable result OF this is Yankee
iemen fleet or fort, troops and territories, on The
Chinese bodehe germ, IN fact OF another Ans Saxon
empire IN The East Nth these mighty events pressing
upon every sie the Parliament OF England seems
anxious 10 preserve tina incident extravaganza ane, and
incompetent form al gGyerhden,. long ago felt 10 be
,quated and out OF date, and udcrousiy insufficient. for
inst OF the Bombay and ramah fragment Of the great
Pennsuiar railway, the first in operation in Asa the
great domestic event OF the fortnight.
CHINA. .
Hong Kong accounts. April llh. cay Since The IS
ut have ilttIe 10 report. We have but meagre
OF The rebellion fro the North. The latest dale
from Shanghai OF the asia u which gives no inelli
genee tta can s depsnded upon relating 10 The position
OF matters at Rankn. All comm unication with that
place seemed cut oil There Appealed doubt OF tue
rebel force investing the city, and report current that
one OF the outer gates id been forced Among the va
ous reports circulated, there was prevailing one, that
heshen the iormet scrsoy Of C,nlon, had made very
successful attack the rebel force with the imperial
troops, about $50 miles from Maxim, in which many
thousands OF the rebels said TO have suffered Near
Nankin al Iaepug, the imperial force is also sail 10
have defeated the rebels win great los, OF lte THIS
4.aE.s rnpfF nufln "a hfuh md. AT
Shanghai engaged four vessels fully equipped 10 proc ed
up the fangtseklang 10 reinforce CheSiangfoo
The Bombay Times gives further statements Ga 10th
March most urgent dispatches were received from the
governor OF Nankn by the Chinese governor OF Shang-
bal. requiring him 10 lnplore The foreign eoasus 10 send
immediate assistance TO Maxim and stating that unless
foreign aid was afforded and immediately the ciy must
fall into the hands OF the rebels by whom it closely
invested both 10y land and water. fleet OF imperial
unks, assisted b. hired Portuguese armed eorcbas,
which had been sent up the yer oppose The progress
OF the insurgents, had been oveTpoweed by the rebel
hotia and the latter sailing down Yangtsekiang had
anchored without opposition Immediately opposite Nan.
kin. The division OF the revolutionary army investing
the place by land Is stated TO be thirty thousand strong
and increasing Several days before this the Chinese
government had also applied Tor assistance 10 SIR c.
Bonham, the British commissioner a, Hong Kong. SIR
Charles accordingly departed 10 her Male-ys steamship
Hemes the 18Th OF March. for Shaag bur had
arrived there when the mail left Her Malesy's seam
sop Salsmander and the ship Lily were already there
The French wsrsteamer Cssini and The United States
steamer Susquehanna, had both proceeded up the fank
sekiang, and Colonel Marshall, the American commis
soner has determined place the latter before Nankin
The immediate effect OF this Interference The relative
position OF The insurgents and Imperiasis is mo
mentous 1t is acknowledged by the Chinese them@elve
that The loss of Nankn would have been the loss OF the
empire
The Friend Of China mentions report that Cunmis
sione So had been degraded from his Office and invited
10 strangle himself lie had taken the hint and commit
led suicide
Commodore Perry, 10 the Mississippi, arrived at Hong
Kong April 7h and the 9th the u. ) sloop Plymouth
despatched 10 Shanghai.
slip rom the Office OF the Manchester Guardian quotes
private letter from Shanghai March 29lr, day later
than above, saying:
The Taouie (of Shanghsi) has purchased two yes
sels and is sending them up The with and
munition, and fixed upon the Agnes nsrsee's vessel
for the purposes but the governor Sir George Bon
ham, has stopped her, and will not allow English ships
10 20 the service
"Our comprsdor has Just In and states that there
Is doubt about The loss OF Nankn for the Taoute
has put plscard the walls ack Lodging IT, and
offers arevsrs 10 any who will take the leader
officers Of the rebels The document also that the
rebels canning eastward 10 boats
Silk and tea cannot be got except for cash down
which one has. The silk men frightened and
TAX ing good deal OF silk INTO The interior. @s
" The missionaries and Amencal consul confirm the
taking OF Nsukin The United States steamer Susque-
hams had arrived, and il thought will sop the Amer
lean ship Science from being up the ver she hav
ing been chartered by the Tsoute for that purpose
LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
Constanunople letter dated 10Th May published ia
second edition OF the London Times states that Turk
ish steamer had been sent TO summon the Ouoman fleet
a. IAn ,.Ilx l.