The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-19

sectatiou has been duly made In TIE proper quarter
but without obtaining either the puhs6m6nt Of the
guilty or opmpeDeatiOn for l0ases sustalned. II
den were ever issued on tho subject b. the anthort
ties appealed 70. they produced no change IN the
On the 81 April. about hsicpast In the after.
noon come four or Ave soldiers werc stealing build
ing materiais on The premises q Birth merchant
swords on him and bis companion, and did not re-
tire until two Of their number had bean fred upon
and wounded. Fl. ttss
within an hour nom this time number Of In
wet and southwest Of the foreign settlement, wsv
ing flags, bsandishing swords and discharging fire.
arms They attacked every ono they met, without
distinction ofeex and had dangerously wounded one
gentleman In six places, before they wore driven OF
BY party Of sssmen and marines from the British
ard American menofwar.
Thus begun, ON all sides Of rs at the same mo-
ment, where wasthe mischief to be stayedf No deed
OF violence was ever more unprovoked, and expe
Yience having shown how little was to be hoped
from simple representation, security Of life alone
demanded some measure more stringent than those
heretofore resorted TO- YET In consideration OF the
neutrality all along professed, nothing insisted
on but the retirement Of the camps responsible for
the disturbance TO ground which equally favor.
able to the siege, while the change In their position
would afford US some prospect Of immunity from
ming HWY kwan, Cemetery near the city walls,
were accordingly to be retained by the troops;
those in the camps along The riding ground were
3. sr out ss
before one O'Clock to the authorities
The junk feet ON the river face having been
brought under the guns Of British maRoE war
earlier in the day. about two o'clock on the afternoon
OF the 4th inst body Of British and American
marines and seamen landed and proceeded towards
the ground. where they waited until the hour ap-
pointed No sign Of movement outwards being
then visible In the camps, II was evident that none
was contemplated and accordingly. at the hour
indicated as above, the promise that hal been given
WA fulfilled.
Little life was taken. and this will serve to show
that although our forbearance had long been taxed,
object was not retribution, but the infection OF
such blow as might secure from fut0re disquet.
We merely designed to convince the troops, and all
beside, that there Is nothing essential to our safety
thst will not undertake, and that what We under
take We are prepared to accomplish and we
shall be rejciced to find that what has been done
on this single occasion, exempts us from any fur.
ther molestation. Should it prove otherwise, we
shall waste no more time In threats and remon-
strances
Be not, therefore, misled by the words and publ.
cations OF idle men. Take warning rather by the
past and for the time to come be cautious Of exas
perating strangers whose policy and inclination it Ia
to refrain from interfering with you.
New Financial Movement In China.
REGULATIONS FOB THE GOVERNMENT NOTE EXPERT
MENT AT PICKING.
!. It has been decided TO put government notes in
circulation in the capital, on trial. preparatory to
their extension to the provinces.
2. The salaries aud allowances Of all, below the
Observation-Disclosures and mobiles, Manchu and Chinese
oficers-the expenditures Of Zone department OF
the imperial household, and those OF the pubic o-
ces, together with OUTLAWS on public works, and all
other disbursements excepting only soldiers rat0ns,
shall be made from the treasury In notes and
tVO If mr. of
other.
s. Payments into the treasury for land taxes, Gus.
toms and the like, and also ordinary and extfaordi
nary subscriptions, may be made in notes In the same
4. All unsettled accounts OF defaulters, may be
cleared up by themselves or by their SUCCESSORS or
their sureties with government paper money and sill
8. The silver portion of payments into and from
the treasury shall be according to the standard and
with the balance Of the treasury; the silver repre-
scented by the government notes Ia according to the
standard and balance Of that department.
6. Officers who take government notes to bankers
to be exchanged for silver, or for copper money,
shall have them cashed according to their denomi-
nation in standard silver or in copper cash at the
market value OF silver, without discount.
z. Persons Into whose possession the notes may
come, shall be allowed to write on their back the
date Of their reception and the name of the person
from whom they were received; but no scribbling
can be permitted.
8. When notes are presented to the treasury which
have become torn or obterated from long use, they
shall be sent to the bureau Of the Board (Which IL
cha, 2ed it'll making notes) for renewal; where one
corner shall be torn off, aud another note Of the
same mark and denomination issued in its stead.
8. There shall be four kinds of notes, viz: Of one,
five, ten and fy taels, respectively representing
to the bftael balance Of the capital. The one and
the five tail notes shall form one variety, while
arther shall consist of the ten and fy tael notes.
tDistnguishabe by the color and quality o. the
10. The notes shall be made Of Corean paper, tai
tsien paper: those Of one and Eve taels shall be
eleven inches long, and seven wide the ten and fifty
tael notes fourteen inches long, and eight and Q
each note shall be printed "Weighsble by the Picking
Bi-tael Balance; Standard Silver. Taes.'' Over the
denomination shall be stamped the seal Of the Board
of Revenues above. the words, Government Notes;
tiers. On the right, the name and number and on
the left, the date. On the line dividing the left
margin from the bin shall be stamped the seal Of
the note bureau, and marked with its flourish. On
seal of the board here the margin shall be three
inches wide to contain the denomination name and
number Of the BILL forming its root-from which Il
shall be cut so as to leave about onehaf Of the last
named seal-the remaining part being on the mar
gin, which shall DO retained in the Office. About
0refourth Of the lower part shall be blank space
while all sides Of the bills shall be embellished with
dragons (the national insignia) and water: they
bnaH &c engiaveo On copper, WIN noiSo ~.
In the invention Of copperplate engraving, az II
many other arts and discoveries, the Chinese atici
pated Europeans. The classics are sometimes
who.lyprinted on copper.
A Russisn Frigate ON the Coast Of Africa
TO THE EDITOR OF THE LONDON TIMES
Sir:-Tbe officers Of the United States frigats
4 Constitution, recently arrived here from Porte
Paya, 81. Jago, reports that Russian rigate called
there about month since; she sent boats on shore
and kept under sail in the ofing for couple o
days, but did not anchor At first she Shove!
1 English cclors. The American Consul, Mr.. Morse
at the invitation of some Of the officers, went OF
/ hoard He descrihca her as being in exceIlan