The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-17
SUNDAY MORNING, MAY II, 1857.

being recoppe and may expected In be ont OF dock
In about week or Ten days. She has been brig rggen,
~hcn considered 10 answer better Tor opg voyaSs
az sne can carry but small amount Of coal or DINER ue
for sfeamiDg.
The London Times Of April 20 contains the following
Tho feehshp Margaret Ezabeh laden with war stores
fer China Is shipping ammunition of Woowch Arsenal
aud the EglntouD, having embarked number OF
2pennder hois.ers and Pvo. guns WITH auao.y NY o.
10 take her dep r'u,e for Hong Kong
The % Battalion Royal Military Train, under the COM
the feiehhhip Bnvie Castle, from Woolwch pier, and
called Ct p NJ Tor Hong Kong The battalion consisted
Iicntcnnn Blake Ensign Bodsn, Adult mt thompson,
Pay master James, Surgeon Mar hur, quartermaster
262 commissioned officers and men.
The gprboat Levcn was again brought up TO Woolwich
yesterday for repairs from Greenhite hitr she had
proceeded second time to be adjusted ft r China II
ened She Is ordered to sail again TO day,
Her Majesty screw steam storeship Hsspcr, eighted
with stores for China, removed from Woolwch basin
Her Mjesty ship Transit, having the Goth Regiment
utls" 49,. ..t.... ~ tt..r
Commodore Shepherd, superintendent of woolwch
doekyard, accompanied by admiral Eden, yesterday In
scccied the gnboa sney and ordered her TO proceed TO
The arsenal 70 ship her ammunition and steam down to
tho JOIN the squadron under orders for China
The gunbost Leven having had the damages 10 her
and ordered 10 Join the aadrcn with all
The frighthip Violet which arrived at Woolwich pier
the later end q March, sailed thence yesterday for Chna
laden with abort 800 Of Mr. J. w. Rawns
ley and Mr. Bssnsoombe Of the military store department,
end officers of the medical corps took In the
The Flint Inrd Of the Admiralty (sr Charles WOODY,
Sir Baldwin Walker Surveyor Of the Navy), Lieutenant
Colonel Greene, Director of Admiralty Works DO. are
pected TO make visit Ia the gunboat slips at Hasar
this day II IL supposed that larger gunboat folla is
about to he fitted out for China
The freehv hip Admiral left Woolwch pier on Saturday,
at 2 r. M, having on board the 23d company Of Royal
Ereine rs and cargo Of naval and military stores for
China
The Princess Charlotte, sailing three. DECKER lo4 was
commissioned Saturday at Portsmouth by 5apt George
st. Vincent King, Q. B., Aide de Camp 10 the Queen, for
service as barrscs ship for -, The China station
pointed 10 accompany Lord Egin In bis mission 70 China
Bon Bruce, Secretary; Mr., D. Cameron, Frat A.
Lock, Atache; Mr. Ttzfoy, AtAche; Mr.. Morrison. At
tache.
The Pais Pays publishes another communication from
London reference the Chinese expedition The wr
ter says strength expedition viii DO
Iaed from Is coo troops to 20 000 and that measures will
he taken TO maintain the regimens Al their fall strength
Should the Chinese refuse 10 Conclude arrangement,
Is not thought that the could terminate 10 single
campaign. said that the English have the intention Of
G he an By s
name This island belongs TO the province OF Fou ian,
which adoins that Of Kouang Joung the capital OF which
Canton The island Of Fornoea 268 Esglsh miles long
and 100 miles In breadth; It s rich, fertile, and very
healthy is principal Thaiouan. The island which
81 Of for the estsbshment Of hospitals depots &C. and it
would admit Of being easily fortified. The Court Of pekin
attaches great importance TO tho possession OF Fon1osa
which, during the second half VI the nth century the
scs ne Of violent struggle; finally annexed 10 the
Chinese empire In 1883 by the great conqueror Khang Hi
TIE MOVEMENT IN INDIA, CHINA AND At TIE CAPS
OF GOOD HOPE.
The following an extract from letter from Singapore
dated the 2sd Of March
The Chinese here and in the Straits generally In
dissected state and should there be any Of mis-
fortune 10 US In China il may lead to unpleasant conse-
queuces Ia the meantime though there be doubt OF
the ultimate result The punishment Of the Chinese in
must have excellent effect other atious
Tie only pity that the English did not do insead OF the
Maays. SIR ". Hostess going to Borneo must produce the
despatch from Alexandria, dated Apr,l ls Gays Con-
rul General Bruce will accompany Lord Elein N China
Major General Ashburnham has lett Malta foe Alexandria
Advces frO The Cape Of Cool Hope 2sh Of Feb
ruary state that her Majesty. .eaner blghhyer with
the gunbAis anghsy, Forester, Poyer and opoe
ssn, hpd ;. led for China on the 23d.
The from China STATE that important loader
among the rebels 1t Nankin had gone over TO tho impe
eRADUAL ADVANCE OF RUSSIA TO THE cAsPI
AN--aER MARCH TOWARDS CHINA AND INDIA.
From tho London Post, April 30,
We have stated that from Orenburg nvo principal roads
rad ate, communicating with various parts Of the Russian
empire. There H. 6rst the road BY the Arask TO Gurev,
follow the of the Urai river and forming tho
Communication with the Caspian. This formerly
military line, but IL Ia ordinary post road. Thor
point of the voiga. Thirdly, the road by Bagulma
Bazan forming the high road to Moscow and st. Peters
burg fourthly, The road by uia the eva government,
Troiizk, communicating with Siberia There e. abo post
road southwark for sixty seventy versis, 70 The salt
mines OF Zacha, which Russians nrst leased
Of the Khirgiz: and then, like honorable tenants as
they are refused restore TO the lords OF the fee
holding ~h due Tartar tenacity, as is their won't Two
and twenty years and for considerable time antece
IDENTIFY, old travellers in Russia may remember, the
boundary OF the empire northward from 0rsk 10 Wer
yhneua and theuce eastward by Troitzg 10 Swereno
goowsk but since that time line OF forts has been built
carrying Il Ia direct line from tho former to tho latter
placc. The remainder OF tho boundary down 10 tho Cas-
plan, nomnay remain asbefore, following the OF
The river Ural 10 s mouth But beyond this line the Rus
have for time past claimed protecoraie--and
all know what Russian prolecioratc neans1rst
far IL The river Emba, ana far tho Ust Art
desert, which separates the Caspisn from the Aral
Eastward Of thai sea they follow the iine
Kurhiz OF the middle and The greater hordes or, as
they call them, the siberian Kirghz, and extending
10 the Chinese frontier Tho tract included in the
ment OF 0enburg alone measures about four hlntred
miss from north IN eouh, and six hundred miles from
east 10 wesl Our readers may rm idea Of liz extent
when state that Il In about and half times large
France, and In nearly the autu ie though the eli
mate " far from being favorable The population is
divided ino divisions OF about thirty thousand
In each division Il Administrative Council, formed Of
the hereditary sultan two Chiefs elected every years.
and Two Rus ian members named by the governor OF the
province In the Of the of last year the
sultan Of one Of the divisions murdered and
luton threatened. Russian troops were Immediately sent
orenburs tried and executed. double military
don now protects the frontier Of Russia Proper from dis
bance o snrpree "a wen az me road TO the tapan
One line ~ Csssscks stationed a about twenty Eve verss
from the river another further In the Interior.
Along the western shore OF the Ara Is OF tho roads
khva but since the Russians took possession OF the
they have not had occasion 70 male much use Of H.
There are, ako, several routes In EASTERN aud south
eastern direction nom the Caspian Sea 70 Khiv. and the
RssiaRs took much pains for some time 10 attract cara
70 their for' Novo Aerandrowsh at the head Of the
ner,vo Gulf. by digging vels along the march. was
Intended that the goods should be thence transported by
water 70 Asirsksp. Bot A. caravans zane, and was
dlacah TO maintain force Of three hundred men at
point where water both bad and scarce and where
all supplies had be broushs the that position
las been given up, nd fort, Novo Perowsk built
at the extro nifty of the promon,ory Of Ksasan I ds
lance from ktpskap IL less than half that OF the old
fort The object Of 1t Ia rather 10 maintain posi-
ton tho east of the Caspian than for direct
purpoe In relation 10 the Interior Another fort formerly
existed At krasuovodsk also the east shore u the Gas
pisp, nearly opposite 10 Baku
The Hes of Arsl may nov In perfect truth be called
Russian Like. Two steamers command the coast Tue
large Islands 10 the centre have been formally taken pos
scsson OF sno named After the Gar Two principal sta
TONS have been formed--one At The head OF the gulf, at
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