, 1854-11-25
From the (sandvieh Islands; );Polynesian.
From China.

We have dates from Hongkong, by the
ASA Thor" to the 29th of July, and
many items of interest are contained in the
papers which have come to hand by her
Among these is one of melancholy ma
ture, in relation to the murder of Mr.. Geo
Perkins, who resided in Honolulu for few
weeks, and is fayorably known here.
From evidence ndduced upon the trial
of n Chinaman and his wife, who were in
dicted for his murder, it appeared that in
May last he left the Danish bark Concor-
dia, in which he was voyaging, with the in
tention of proceeding te Macao. The Chi
naman and his wife had charge of the boat
In which he embarked, and from the testi-
mony Of two Others, who were part Of
the boats crew, it seems that he was stab
bed with pike till be was apparently
dead his body was rifed and then thrown
overheard The Jury in the case returned
verdict OF guilty, and the sentence of
death was pronounced upon them by the
chief justice. i.1I . rg. YIN -.a'
"a notice of the arrival Of the "Flying
Cloud is contained in the China Mail of
22d June, in 1856 days from New YoIk via
San Francisco, where she discharged 1000
toRs-Of freight. In three voyages around
the world, the Flying Cloud has never
damaged cargo, or called on the underwri-
ters for the smallest contribution. Her
shortest passage from New York to San
Francisco was SO days and hours. The
t'Flying Fish made the same passage in
81 days and l2 hours.
Intelligence from Commodore Perry re-
ported that he would not arrive in Hong
kong for some time. He had dispatched
q numerous partyto explore the as yet al
most unknown island Of Fomosa. ''5
The y, S, Brig Porpoise. Capt, Rolan-
do, had been dispatched to the Patoas
.Shoal, where she succeeded in rescuiug 500
shipwrecked Chinese from death by starva-
ton. a ~ ,,,. ID IA, :. !, - q, ..5 ~. .,
The emigration from the port Of Hong
kong for the six months ending June 30th
had beenl.--a ID 9ig .-s r.lela. rIi
To Australia, =. ~ =. .'..... S,496
To California, ,!...t,,.t...... l3, 100
Total as9?... ..:. Z ....! ..4 ......a1s,548
ggl To, the. fortGrin in "a vessels, and to the
lattereountry in 81 vessels.5a.aq as7i.
-iscTbsb China Mail says, "It is understood
to be Sir James Strings intention to pro
Sceed with the British feet TO silka."
.HoT The pirates arc committing great depra
datiohk all along the China coast. .l1dj
lgd Rancrsiof the war between Great Brit
ain ana Russia were Current among the
Chinese, who seemed assured that Grcqt
Britain, would have the worst Of it, lo.
II The squadron Of Com.1Riuggoid is still
reported as in'the Chinese waters ~ 2
There. is no definite news in regard t.
othe /" rsbellioRp and from what We can in
fer from the intelligence given, nothing
worthy Of note has recently occurred be
tween the rebels and the imperialists.
1.-THE 'h Friend cf0CREa thus speaks o
the state Of things IA Canton:
bIol"Gauton, ia fact, is under martial Law
mof the most stringent kind-speople residing
in one ward being forbidden to go into thl
ward Of another and moi, Q few euriou
zones have been taken a head shorter, ro
Sberreft Of ears, for walking in the direction
.of the white cloud mountains How loBt
This dreadful state Of affairs is to last, iti
s.diihcuIt. 10 anticipate, Il It cannot befor
I great time TO check the Inhabitants Of
large Sty in their daily aSpeationsy is a
certain 10 result IN some fearful outbreak
s,as-ths roTP0fel system Et0Psrih. Of 8p