New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-25
CHINA.
THE FRENCH IMPERIAL COMMISSION.

from Our Own CerIespondtnt
SHANGHAI Friday, Dec. 80 1853.
Since the departure of the mail the Cassni has
turned from Marking bringing late and authentic inte
gence from the north The fact is hardly concealed that
the reception extended TO the French Imperial Commis
soner and his party anything but enthusiastic or
even cordial Ii is rumored that the whole secret has no,
teen told that the insurgents informed their strange Wis
itors that they intended anything hostile by their visit
they ready for them but th,t their expedition
was peaceful they then too much engaged in
important business to devote much time in exchanging
oyilites This, however, needs confirmation.
Ii believed that the French would have been glad Of
pretext upon which to hinge quarrel with the nsur
gents but the rumored persecution Of the Romanist
Chinese in the region Of Marking was found to be sheer
fabrication, they were unsueces:fui on TINS occasion
turning to Shanghai where fortunately for them they
had less formidable foe to contend WITH one soon pre-
scented itself Whether the recent proceedings of the
will leave YOU TO Judge from the following narrative Of
facts Two suspicious looking Chinese made IL conve
neni TO walk close under the city wall They were soon
observed by the quad who, suspectng them OF being
spies hsiled them They returned very nsolent reply
The guard told them that II they did not give better &C
count Of themselves they would be fred upon They at
threatened the guard with the French war
promising 10 blow up the wall and burn the city If they
dared 10 offer them the slightest indigni,y The insur
gents nothing dsunted by this thres las there nothing
more than for Chinese to screen themselves by
protesting be in connection with some foreign navy or
consulse seized the men in question and took them into
the Cuy spies from Inc lulerlaliSt camp
They doubtless subjected to the usual eastga,on
Of spies make them confess a they knew relative TO the
proceedings Of the other party What little strange in
regard 10 this the whole affair wss known at the
French Consulate in an ssionishingly short time The
acting Consul sent in card to the lnsurgen chief stating
that the two men whom they had taken into the city ere
Ronas,st disciples and hst they must be istdN!y rs
leased TIE Insurgents; they were assured thss
these in anywise connected with foreigners re
leased them expressing regret that they had unwtngy
inflicted wound upon the good feeling which had existed
hetW them
with the French demanded that the officers in charge Of
the wall where the outrage committed should be de-
livered up TO be publicly logged at the Consulate lne
Insurgents regarded this demand under the circumstances
considering thai they had Intentionally insued the
French aud had done nothing more than what was per
fecily legitimate in rather more than they fest
under obligations TO submit TO- and accordingly decred
to comply with the requisiion Whereupon the French
informed the Insurgents that the demand was not com
piled with BY l9 O'Clock they should without further no
ice lombard the city The English Consul issued cir
culsr warning all English subjects against approaching the
CITY al that hour IL would most likely be attacked at
the time specified As the hour drew near, al eyes were
fixed upon the two French that anchored
not far from the insurgents battery Finally the ssis OF
the Csssin urfurled. The Insurgents were without
doubt in deurs. Besieged on every SIDE by the I'm
perialsts, and menaced by foe that would most
likely be successful setting fire to the ely rAH
by the sdvce Of friends rather than see the city burned
and the thirty who have remained
their homes and for whom. there means oil escape
sacrificed accepted the least Of evils and sent out
few not the officers the wall who were willing 10
suffer persecution for the good OF the csuse TO be pan
shed the French might think best IL Is said that they
E... &c! fosged bpi that after spndry siD'nion-