The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-05
NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS.

Our late files from China and Europe dated 81
Hong Kong on the 10th of February and at Londot
on the 18th of April, contain the following int
resting news items -
TIE Hong Register soys:-The clipper s,eame,
Min has changed her American for Swedish flag
IN anticipation, We suppose, OF Americas war w'tt
China.
THE NATIVE MERCHANTS or CANTON rSDicT Tuf
ENGLISH.
IIrnn the Hong Kong Register, Jan. g
MANIFESTO, concerning the continually increasing
evils from which they are suffering, submitted b.,
the packhouse owners, shopkeepers, and house
holders Of more than thirty streets, embraced II
the seven wards Of Yewlsn. the five wards q
Tsing p'ine, and all the wards Of Tsung kwei
on the 9th day OF the i2ih month Of the ih yea
Of IIienfung.
In the ninth month OF this year. when the Englis,
Consul Parkes was stirring up the, quarrel on &C
count Vt the petty dissatisfaction ABOUT the matte
OF the lorcha, he issued and had posted up outsd,
the gate behind the English factories suRared pro-
clamation to the inhabitants, which we believed ID
be true, and quietly pursued our svocatons as befo
1t turned out, however, that Immediately afer thei
fort burning and cannon firing, the Engllsh soldier
set fire 70 the packhouses, shops and dwelling hous
outside the Tang-hae and Wooseen gates At tht
same time. moreover. without putting any questions
neighborhood Of the factories
On the eveningo of the 18th of the (hrst) month o.
winter, fire broke out In some of the sheds occupied
BY the Englsh guards In the middle ward Of ths1
the various streets 70 help 10 put out, they wer
shot down and wounded, and the flames spread n
the houses and the foreign residences themselves
Last Of oil, on the morning OF the nth day Of th1
present month, again treading in their former wa}
and with still greater poisonous reckle Sness \
English officers led on their soldiers, provided viii
fire raising apparatus, and applying II east and wea
raised common confagration. This was done id
the sight Of oil men, All mouths will give the SAM
report Off,
Altogether, at successive times, there hav
been burned OF the peoples houses not fewel
than several thousand. possessing value o.
not less than ton millions Of dollars, Will
Il would be lamentable to relate the deathi
wounds, and homeless wanderings Of men aud W.
men, old and young. Alas alas We are psch
house and shopkeepers- We have dealt Ia foreigi
goods, and our predecessors and We have had into
course with foreigners for more than one hundre
years. With rs there was NO cause tor enmity o
Resentment And yet, in this way, with darkenet
conscience have they raised fire again and again
Our property has been destroyed, our lives hsyt
been injured. Where II heavenly pnnciplef
TIN curSEsE MASpAnrss TO AID COMMISSIONED
YEN.
Correspondence Of The Hong Kong Register
MACAO, Feb. 1, 1857.
The ton mandarina who came from Shanghai
have been here for few hours, and having take
their dinner at Con-qu hong, embarked in the ever
inc for GAIA Branca and from there TO Yan-san an.
Canton. Two Of the mandarins have red button
and peacock feathers; and eight Of them have bid
buttons. They were sent TO Canton 20 assist Yeh1
and IL is said that two Of them were formerly /
Canton in the time Of the first war, with COMM
sioner Lin.
Everything here IL quiet. but I see In the jnns
harbor . good many mandarin junks displayib
vsregatad flags. Though people are sure that The
cannot do any harm here, I would question thai
What oou.a We do TO prevent their attacking TIL
place and carrying away the heads Of the Enelia
that are living hcre1
Tuv rurwrnp apUw
a b. Petersburg paper gives The following II