The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-04-03
INTERESTING FROM CHINA.


The Late Attempt st Poisoning at Hong
Kong-New Years Day Celebrate on-Mus.
tersrg OF Chinese Forccs-Bfsvements oil
United States War vesseis-Com missioner
Ysh's Advice 60 Commissioner Parker-An
Ergiish Man of-War Hailed by Junks-
Burning OF the West End OF Carbonate
tack on the English soldierv-Markets ana
Trade Reports.
The Overland Mall hes arrived IN L,adou. brtnrinx
oorrespondeuee and papers nom Hong Kong 70 soh
January, oaoutta TIN february and Bombay iesh FEB
ruAry
Ia Hong Koss oovrsspoudsas Of The Loodoa nmss
says
Al writing car lAs ID noes on the issh inst,
there va report thA, an sasnp, had bsea made 70
poscn large portion Of the community arsssic having
Ssisres Of The place fnis proved 70 BE- sns CASE and
several hundred people suffered from esspg the broad,
soasS many ~: . : ssss from n he ss
,eoAs. We believe Il ID agreed among med cal mes
.h.. the oIsequsaoss f.i. owing . shs large
quantity srseuic used, vhion scied generally Q VIC
ieus emeuc Tue head man Of lhe BAKERY knev
Alum, len par steamer Tor nsna, early IN ths uorans
delay on The par Of eov~uneus In sending snsr him,
bot ofcsn gsrieuas. sanersr FRO the strooious ~
Alum before be eos a. 81 n. a MACAO he WA SrSusns
back here, and hn trial "a that OF several Of the
who vers employed 90 the premtss, oomss on Al the
sessions nov sissinG 1be mas, from the hrse, has
serssd biz innocence, but stscihssps foot tina, the
thirese steward, who beard The small river
srs murdered asd whose svides % vas most oooacns
st the rquess was The psrsoa employed the de-
AMER This cot Of ne Chsess ihss -as . strong sel
ing In favor martial lac bsins establishes; and the
.dys..ily Of such course vas rsconsended % CIR
John Bovring By those whom have 10 depeua Tor
sTous force .. shsir disposal III, Essisscy '. aiss.
fss cslnss. H.a Ye~. s.y me Ss ISM e ~ passed.
over quietly here but spprehensors are entertained that
We hear q . Are sumssr q ooss aud jusss being
collected In the pegoborAood for the psrpse Of At
tack: The iercs IN ice harbor u no coso, saaoisa, 70
rtpel any Chinese neet bot We have very small
bes Of men 70 NEE. an attack on land o,e regiment 10
ss sufncisnt for the service Of this place N an emer
rhs oopnuuiiy s the asrs, and with the prscsu
uonsry measures that foros 10 10 be hoped sns
An application made 70 the Governor General Of india
for rtgmYs 70 be sent Out here, 10 understand, has
The Frrsch ssps are anchored ct the head Of tbe bay
Her kajesty . ship Calcutta 10 81 the ve.t The United
staks ship Levani ID also IN the baybor. Small steamers
chartered by The govern nens move about the hAre'r
In consequence Of report brought By the American
we're o Iissn and bed susmp,ei to Issroep, her, tho
United sAss steamer s.n Jacnso mad gone ont 70 look
rns want Of Q steamer 10 cruise constantly 10 he
rsshborbocd nov much felt, there being nooe avail
able nor the service 81 present
stato Msnsser, okino hs~ 0hy has sc ordered AYR
'st,cs AND A~erioas A,p, n wsr away J,o- HONG
kcng 70 ~ de. q ne yr''e"' rOro'e' W' have not
there vac report from shsnahae that an Imperial
Comnissioper iron Pekin sxpscted 70 come down
here shortly 70 ARRANGE matters ct Canton. THIS IL pre-
mature Tartar 0seer With about forty sscndanh,
came down from shanehas the American stss~es An.
teope and went on CAnta via hsoso passing through
this zoe ura~ares 70 The authorities.
Az Canton Admiral Hr hohse seymour, owing 70 the
Demands made upon him for the security OF ths plsce,
hes been Oh sed vuhcrsw the foroes from tue Car
Den the Dutch rcliy and Bi-d's Nta Fort and opposite
The foretsr ground. He ~ taken up position q the
Teetosum Feyt IN The Macao DsssaGe. II 70 Be hoped
he wiz be aule 70 maintain his post and keep opes the
river which the Chinsse are making great edovs 70 block
up. hey have nov vwy layes 6sst of var iunn and
bsh couegs,~d on the river, and which are daily In
cressirs.
Before The Dutch Folly vu evssuassd, the city vas
heavily bembaroed from a
On or icves eAvpg the garden ~ church and boas
house ver~ ~ o. ce zee are 70 BY NE chinese.
On the 1atb instast her Majesty steamer Sampsoa
vas on FER way up The rv~ she fell in Win large hese
OF un which she ergased for some tina BOT conh noe
follow them mp the creeks. The steamer wM hulled ~
NUMEROUS shot ssd the Chinese plot vho We In Ne
Bfiush service tsrcugbcst the Len var, wns killed.
The jurn ~hsoh epssg.d The sHmpscn were sesn Ne
other day MP the creeks vhen the Esocsntv vas oosinG
down, but dthouah Ne snsanw anehefe1 % - pneA