The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-01

these meetings havs taken place with the kno xsdge and
the Indirect concurrence OF government
Other secret meetings have taken place but the govern
msnt watches al such reunions closely and applies the
strong arm Of power 10 their suppression. At Chsnty
sesus has just bsen effected Of several casks of ars
and ammunton, disguised under the name Of CONNER
ciAl cos The guilty parties imuediatsly arrested
and transported without any form Of proosduos Cay
enns, - In this case Of tho parties Who somsms since
constructed 1t Charonns Of the suburbs of Paris
subtsrransous passage, through shich they smusglsi
&C DDS and arms into the city.
political plot has also been discovered In the vste
rnAry School at Abort The students OF the school are
in general opposed to government
H. Hubbart the lawyer, 10 extremely Ill, In the
icon Of Mszn, which IL, In TRUTH most unhealthy To-
cahty Bis case has besn ~ Jon are aware, separated
nom the Others which form the sequel Of the affairs Of
the Hippodrome and Opera Ccmqus.
The porte taale OF tho Rank is In very low condition
The shares you have doubt seep, very much
dspreced Trade is suffering much rs In the days Of
Of cur worst political agitation The position Of the
Great Central Railroad Is far from promising Ia said
that the plans badly executed, and that the Minis
ter about to order liquidation. The credit joncir is
lost.
The run,ors Of approaching ministerial changes still
continue have already told you that the absence Of
the liberty the prefs and of the tribune favorable to
the maintenance Of ministries neverhelsss the state Of
Drouin do PHuys' health, who 10 daily becoming
binder viii necessarily lead to some changes 1t still
said that r. de Psrsgnsy will become Minster OF State
in place Of Fould who win take the Finanoes Blnsau
Is to b Governor OF the Bank, and n Pietr or NJ Bill
ault IL to b named to the Interior. army OF sxpe
dition is formed General Canrobert viii command It. H.
Duoos Is in high favor with the Emperor.
Our Hong Kong CorrOspondencc'
HONG KoNo, Nov 20, 1853.
Ay,iual Of Bu1ioW-Bussnea Shanghae-Reasons ,ohy
AMERICAN Ships sanwot get Ffdghs- Full Of Annoy, and
Bvachay Of COolis-AHack on Shmghde Co1tsnued-BN-
bosiies Of the Imperial Disaplte Of The Retsls-
Accounts Of I've War from he Palm Gascte, TIE 0opnr-
rnent Organ Raysasoxs Of us Empror-Ttoo 7housand
F.rs Hundred Hrss Drought from Tarary 10 aid him in
his Ea1scxd Flight -TM Squadron un1r Commodore
Perry, dc, dA
Since the last mail left large amount Of bullion has
arrived here from England and India ths h not far
abort Of three million Of dollars principally in bar silver
OF this amount about two millions have been sent to
shapghAe and the market shows the effect Of
IT. a. sxcha.gs here 4. Id per dollar At 5hanshas
It was at g. 3d. per dollar and falling 1t has ruled
here as high Is g. 3D. and S. at shanshse-rates that
were perfectly runous to all shipper Of Chinsss products
We have last succeeded In making the Chinese here
and at Canton take all foreign silver IT ih intrinsic
value consequently Mexican dollars now have the
current value - the spahsh pllarsd dollar, and the
same Arrangement will probably be effected At shanghas
as room % the troubles there are foished.
Oar last news from Shanghas Ia up the 10th inst and
husress letters state thA, -eishA to London were $40
:, d .opr,rs wanted; 10 New Yor,, sS-fhs Bay sas
the only vessel loading Exchange Is 80, su0 iAh's
Drafts ON Canton 20 per cent dsoont American dlls
40 wards 81 so; American shirngs, 6h oAttiss 81 49,
II usIly AmerisA San ships command higher freights to
England than gsh vessels and you may well ask why
American ships cannot get half freight ~ compared
with British ships The solution Is found In the acts Of
Col Marshall the Amsrisan Commissioner, and Mr Cua
nirghau the Consul who have acknowledged the Tartar
custom house at Shapghas which is established Ia .
smpan on the river while the rebels hold the city No
ott Or nation has acknowledged this floating custom
houre, 30 that flag pays any export duty but the
American An that La the why Of your fine
clipper ships lying idle while any English ship nll
ing up at high rates
After taking this damaging step for the Americans,
Col Marshall preopatey left shanghae and In fact the
Chinese dominons, and residing At the Portuguese
town Of Macao.
The letters published In the Hong Kong Reger sign cd
o. P o. which have heretofore aent you, will give you
the hey the conduct Of Colonel Marshall and the Con
shans successor and Ia high time he was here What
has Of Mr. Murphy the Consul for Shanghass
Tell him he Ia wAntsd
Annoy has again fallen into the hands of the impsral
forces and horrible hatchery made BY the towards
OF corqueiors on large mass Of unarmsd Coolies.
shanghas Ii stu invested BY the inperAlsts In large
numbers, but the rebels make gallant defence and
nothing but starvation saehery viii conquer the city
You nj st not confound the outbreaks at Annoy and
shapshaA with the great movement going ON In the
interior of the empire, and Known tho TAs wang
or Christian party those Outbreaks were entirely local
and had their origin In the Triad" or small sword soci
ETY., which has extensive ramiaoatons In China but no
connection with ras ping wang and his Words
fail In giving idsa OF the horrible atrocities psrpetrat
cd BY the oowardy wrsches which compose the imperial
army ct shanshAs The poor peasants exposed daily
to MURDER rape, arson and robbery and many poor
wretch has been butchsrsd to secure his miserable
clothing vhish might mot b worth half dollar. Tbs
Chrese peaceabis industrious and orderly race
easily governed than any people EARTH bat out
RACES such as being psrperated them would
make the most tmid people in the world nsht And you
may rely upon It that the people ripe for change
| and the government too rotten to resist L.
! The present movement under TAe ping wang may bs
suppressed, (htugh do not think ,o) but the ,wnsa
and expulsion Of the TArArs may considered only
question Of time China no longer to bs seAl.d book tc
the Western world and the cay not dis ant when the
traveller viii 60 securely and a.y Prkin and toe
Great Wall he nov 80 to Agra BnAres in British
4 India
The conduct If the rebel forcs, IS In broad contrast
the mperiAlsts: order and dscipne saed in tteiI
camps psrsos and property are safe wherever they OBJ
tain power and airy Outrage on the people is pusished
| with instant death
There il only one newspaper In China the Pekn Gaste
and Is published BY the government IL colamns have
tened for months with hsnpg accounts OF defeats
the rebe and OF their BY myrads and one -
bel camps 1t Nan hang and at ~ae king and thu
entire destruction of their vhels force. Bat the las
Gssae the 9th Of October gives very different htorJ
Of the events at those two placss II appears ths
shA; hs ssss Of tnoss places W. Voluntarily rassd b