The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-03-25
No Treaty between England and Persia.

--LATEST NEWS EROM CH1NA.
No Treaty between England and Persia
WASHINGTON
COLONEL LEE INDICTED FOR MURDER.
WASHINGTON, March 19.-The Grand
Jury have found a true bill of indietmer
against Col. Lee, for murder III the frs
degree for killing Mr.. Hume. Col. Lee
is now in Jail.
Boston, March 2oth.-The Cunard
steamship Alps from Liverpool, at 5 P,
NJ. on the 18th inst, arrived here en-
route for New York at s Is this 4. NJ.
Her advices are four days later than
by the America.
The Alps brings no mails.
The steamship Africa arrived out on
che Sd, and the city of Baltimore on the
I'd.
In the House of Commons on Tues.
day, the Sd, the Government was de-
feated on Mr.. Cobden's motion regard
ing to operations at Canton.
Thc-vote stood 90 for the motion and
247 against it.
1t was not thought, however, that
Palmerston would resign or dissolve
Parliament at present.
Sir j. T.. Champion, late Minister to
the United States, has been appointed
Minister to the King of Hanover.
The Paris Journal says we learn by
1 - -1.-, f.~- nL,-o -1.-s l..a ~f
| Dec-l5th, that-the Court ef-Pskiah has
published a decree prohibiting all sub
jects of the Celestial Empire from trad
ing with the English.
Disobedienee is to be punished with
death.
The Paris correspondent Of the Morn.
ing Post writes on Monday evening, the
bases of a treaty between Persia and
England are yet signed.
Hostilities are suspended, but there
is no regular armisticc.
No representations have been or will
made at Teheran by friendly powers an
til the bases of the treaty are signed.
Hong Kong dates by the Oriental
Mail are TO January 18th. There ap-
pears-to have been no further opera.
lions against Canton.
Dispatches from Sir John Browning
and Admiral Seymour give ~ccoun of
the attempt made to retake Teatolum
Fort by vast numbers of Chinese Juuks.
The attack was well concerted and
made at low water, when the large mem
of-Ear could not safely maneuver, but it
was brilliantly repealed. Sir Michrel
Seymour had thought it wise to abandon
his post at Dutch Folly and the Factory
Gardens, and had strengthened his po-
sition at the forts lower down the river.
Five hundred men were expected at
Singapore.
The details of the Massacre of Euro
peans on board the MistiIe, are also
communicated in these dispatches.
On Jan. IL, the whole of the suburbs
west of Canton were burnt by British
forces. A large fire had also taken place
inside the city.
The mandarines have issued in various
districts the most blood thirsty cdiots
against the English and have offered
large rewards to those who may succeed
in assassination or incendiarism in Hong
Kong.
The Chinese have been ordered to
quit the ~scavicc of foreigners and re-
turn to their homes, and so powerful is
the mandarian system disobedieDce en-
tails much trouble if not positive des-
truction in the relations of the offender.
The consequence is that nearly all the
Chinese servants have left or arc leav-
ing.
A Hamburg letter of Saturday, Feb.
2Sth, says, merchants have received
private news from Hong Kong and Sim
gapore by the overland mail of a most
alarming description.
Tho bombardment and co~nflagration
of Canton had excited the Chinese to a
general movement against all Europeans,
and the Chinese population were begin
ming to show a courage quito unwonted,
and from which danger is to be appre-
hended.
Tho movement was not confined to
China alone, but had become visible at
Singapore.
The English and German residents of
Singapore have been obliged to arm
themselves against attacks in the street
from the Infatuated Chinese, who were
joined by the Malays.
PANS, March S.-The treaty with
Persia was signed here to-day. The
Spanish Minister has addressed a note
to the representatives, of Spain at the
European Court. explaining the quarrel
with Mexico. The expedition to con-
centrate at HAVANA will altogether con-
sist of 80 vessels of war, with a numer,
GUS army on board.
The Spanish Governmcntdeplor the
necessity of resorting to such measures
towards a nation united to Spain in blood,
language, and religion, and hopes every
body win understand the obligation it is
under to aveDge the national dignity.
The Hamburghcr Forsen Halle states
positively it has received advices from
Hong Kong to o'clock P. NJ, Jan. Is,
per steamer Madras. The fire produced
in the outskirts of Canton by the Brit
ish bombardment had extended itself to
the city, and the latter had become one
sheet of fame.