The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-10

at th ital by acess1r, the only dissentent at
the Co zoe, bui Of some staniiag aud the
same Who peEned the memorial which Ted to the
Muh-tnargabs degrade lou. Mean while, no Weyer
arePoft OF the state Of affairs, aud apple alton Tor
Instructions, have been tor gardsd TO Pektng.
The province, no 9ever. itself is still in irightful
state, and thousands OF the villagers have joined
the rtbt ranks to save emseves from starvation,
10 that 4 Is not 20 be wondered at that rebels in
thn province now number not less than 100 O00 aud
as they I've entirely by ex actions from es;eaby
disposed, the amount tasy have already collected
must aLso unit to several millions of dollars.
Till within the last week or two, the eastern por
ton of the proviuce was quiet; but the taking Of
CoEioorg and Chung Gao Y by bands Of marauiers
from Evng Kong has been folio Sed by the capture,
mentioned elsewhere, OF Haifung and L)k-fuag in
HWuichau.
Toe extensive conhagr5tion mentioned in our
last OreTidnH AS having been seen IRON Clnsng-
moon was the burning OF a large and wealthy town
in Shun teh named Pin haDg. act fire to By the Trl-
ads be .ause the irhsoitants would not quietly &C
cede to their exactions. Twothirds Of the town is
said TO have been destroyed.
From Canton we learn Eha. the authorities have
become uneasy of late, not account Of ae Trads
without, but the rabble within the city, who have
been showing rather au unruly disposition, conse.
quent on the scarcity and high pri flood. Every
precaution however, continues TO be taken, and up
wards of thousand men have been engaged ri len
ing and deepening the moat outside the walls.
On the 30th Aug, little after noon a fire broke
out about haf mile to the west ward OF the foreign
threatened the destruction Of the factories; but
about four o'clock it rot undec by the exertioos
OF the Chinese iremen, and when the boat eft
in the evening" seemed &c be completely extingdish-
ed.
Cow'ooog, a large city in Kwaug-tung, which vas
taken by The insurgents, was resaken by another
bel OF patriots from Hong Kong, and sold by them
back to the mandarin for $500.
The Trads attempted TO surprise the city Of Tai
pooUg, bat they found the inhabitants ia arms for
heL defence, and re.reated'
Capt. Porter, Of the schooner Island Queen, wreck
I'D 10 Torres Sraits the 24tn of July has rea hed
Hong Kong, and reports fewer than ifty-one yes
tels as having been wrecked this year IN Torres
Straits
The Dldil of September I says:-"The bark Bel,
videIe, bought few months ago for SIS 900, when
sold by public auction yesterday, by order OF the
Sheriff, YVES knocked down to Chinaman for
81, 400.
The pursers room on board the United States fri
gate Macedonian, ia tbs harbor of Hong Kong, was
robbed of $500, at night
The Horg Kong Mail Of September IL, says
ave haYe no news OF consequence from the North.
The rebels still hold shang nae, and the degradation
of Samqua is not likely t. hasten its reca Jtura by
the imperialists A false report was cuuent in
Shanghae that the ex- Ta0utae had committed sui.
eide by swallowing gold; bnt we have seen letter
OF late date from one OF his family in which rnen
ton is made of such an event."
The waters around Hong Kong, Canton, and
Whamp0a, are swarmipg with pirates, who have
become sudacious in their attacks Ia conjunction
Lok-fang the chief cities of the districts on the
mainland, from which the Hong Kong poultry
market is supplied. The chief magistrate of Hal,
flung was killed 1t Will be borne in mind that
Hong Kong, the British colony, Is en- island very
near the main land, situated at the entrance Of
the Canton river, viii h ut its mouth widens into
broad estuary. Tie China Mail contains specaica.
tions of no less than thirty trading boats and unks
many of them with valuable cargoes, being cap
turea and plundered by the pirates in August aud
September The following are a few OF the piracies
mestioDed:--On the 22d of August, junk, while
on her passage from Singapore to Cochin China,
was attacked off SsDg-ee by ten piratital boats,
which took away ten guns, aud three piculs OF pow
der; an0 on the 10Th ult., while sailing up the Tan
linohiuchow o., she was again attacked and
boarded BY forty men from i've piratical boats who
plundered her Of part OF her cargo, and detained
the captain for three days, when an English man
of.war came up destroyed the pirates aud liberated
him. The junk arrived in Hong Kong on the I'd of
September.
On the 25th, junk was captured of Annoy, with
large cargo on board, conssting.of opium, twenty
bales Of longcloth, number Of bags of rice, four
large guns, some muskets, &c.
The captain of the lorchi Anonyma reports that
between Whampoa and Hong Kong, he was nailed
by Eng ism fore and af: schooner, and desired TO
report at Hcng Kong that while b calmed on the
9TH instant she had been boarded by The crews Of
two large pirate junks, and iu The defsnce OF tue
schooner the owner was slot through tue taigd ana
several Of mis- men wounded; the pirates Were sub
sequently beaten of.
On the 9th of September, salt junk while sailing
in tie Cap suy moon, was alta Ike by three Dlfaii
cal boats, with about eighty armed men on board,
whe killed five OF the crew, wounded eleven, aad
took away the boat. The captain aud remainder of
the crew escaped, bringing with them one dead
body, or which an inquest vas neld this m ,rniny.
The ladrcnes have become so formidable that
descent on some of the out villages Of the colony
would not astonish us, especially as 1t Is known that
strong feet of thirty vessels, crowded with men,
has within the last ten days been cruising at the
back of the island
ON Sunday, little before midnight, a daring at
tack was made by pirates upon the fishing village
at the Typa, but the fort opened fire, and drove
them off before they could do much mischief, and
the Portuguese armed lorcha Amazona has since de-
stroyed six Of their lunks.
The inner harbor is filled with trading and fishing
craft, seeking there protection from the pirates,
with whom the whole estuary OF the Canon river
is smsrming.
The British ships of war the Rather aud the Race
horse went in pursuit of the pirates, but they did
nothing further than burn four of their junks
which had been abandoned The China papers de-
nounce the English naval officers severely for their
supir and neglect Ia not pursuing and breaking
M these pirate fleets. TIE Americans also come in
for share Of the censure.
Movements of ii. f. Robt. NJ. McI.nne. u. s.
Commissioner tn Chinn-Thc RcvOlutIon-tts
Progress and Eject.
fFroin the San Francisco Times Nov. L.
By tie arrival OF the Susquehanna. we are afford
ed an opportunity of presenting succ'nct account
of the operations of the U. s. Commissioner, Hon.
Robt NJ. McIIane, from the time OF his reaching
China, as well as much interesting and reliable in
formation concerning the political and comm sr;ia
affairs OF that empire.
Mr. McLane arrived at Hongkong on the 18th
March, BY the overland route, accompanied by
Messrs. Carr AID Leroy. Secretaries. Instead,
however. Of finding government steamer awaiting
his command, he learned that Commodore Perry
had left Tor Japan in January, taking with him all
the ships Of the East India Squadron. TIE Com
modore received the order just as he was starting,
TO de,ach one of his steamers, but as |. was almost
impossible to change his plans at so late moment,
he took the responsibility upon himself OF dis
abeyirg for the time being the order OF the Score
sary. Dnring he month which Mr.. Mel, ne spent
Ut Hongkong, previous 70 the arrival OF the Sus'
puehspns, ne collected quantity OF valuable in-
formation in reference 70 the state OF China, there
being at thai time less than our or five contend
ing parties in various parts of the empire. C,m-
mander Ripggold, Of the Exploring Expedition,
also arrived at this time, in the Viacennes
hn hat he missioner