The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-04-04

Four Days Later from Europe--Import-
ant News---thc Ministry Defeated ON
the Chinese Question.
n The steamer Alps arrived at Boston on the
Goth. We give below the most important
news:
In the House of Commons, Tuesday, the
| Sd the Government was defeated on Mr..
Cobden's motion regarding the operations at
Canton. The vote stood 253 for the motion,
md 247 against it.
1t was not thought, however, that Pal
merston would resign or dissolve Parliament
| It present.
Sir J. F. Champion, late Minister to the
| United States, has been appointed Minister
to the King of Hanover.
The Paris Journal says, we learn by the
| latest news from China, under date of De-
cember 18th, that the Court of Pekin has
published decree prohibiting all subjects OF
the celestial Empire from trading with the
English; disobedience is to be punished with
ieath.
Hong Kong dates by the Oriental mail are
to Jan. 10. There appears to have been no
further operation against Canton. Despatch
es from Sir John Towning and Admiral
Seymour give accounts of the attempt to re-
take Teatoum Fort and of an attack on the
British shipping by vast number of Chi
nese Junks. The attack was we'll concerted
| and made at low water, when the large men
Of war could not safely maneouvre, but it
was brilliantly repealed. Sir Michael Sey-
mour had thought it wise to abandon his post
at Dutch Folly and the factory gardens and
had strengthened his position at the forts
lower down the river. Five hundred men
were expected at Singapore. The details of
the massacre of Europeans on board the
Mistile, are also communicated in their dis
patches. On January 18th the whole of the
suburbs west of Canton were burned by
British forces. A large fire had also taken
place inside the city.
The mandarins have issued in various dis
tricts the most bloodthrsty edicts against
the English, and have offered Aarge rewards
to those who may succeed in assassination
or incendiarism in Hong Kong. The Chi
nese have been ordered to quit the service of
foreigners and return to their homes, and so
powerful is the Mandarin system, disobedi-
ence entails much trouble if not positive de-
struction on the relatives of the offender
The consequence is that nearly all have left,
or are leaving.
Paris, 3d-The treaty with Persia was
signed here to-day.
The Spanish minister has addresseda note
| to the representatives Of Spain at the Euro
pean Courts, explaining the quarrel with
Mexico. The expedition to concentrate at
Havana, will altogether, consist of thirty
vessels of war, with numerous army on
board. The Spanish Government deplores
| the necessity of resorting to such measures
towards nation united to Spain in blood,
language and religion, and hopes everybody
will understand the obligations it is under to
avenge the national honor.
A Hamburg letter of Saturday, Feb. 18th
says; Merchants here have received private
news from Hong Kong and Singapore by the
overland mail, of a most alarming descrip-
ton. The bombardment and confiagration
of Canton had excited the Chinese to gen.
eral movement against Europeans, and the
Chinese populace were beginning to show a
courage quite unwarranted and from which
danger is to be apprehended.
The movement was not confined to China
alone but had become visible at Singapore
The English and German residents of Sing
apore have been obliged to arm themselves
against attack in the streets from the iufuri-
a,ed Chinese who were joined by the Ma
lays.
The HomJuryher Borse Halle states posi-
lively it has received advices from Hong
Kong to 2o'clock P. NJ. Jan. 18th, per steam
er Madras. The fire produced in the out
skirts of Canton by the bombardment had
extended itself to the city, and the latter had
extended itself to the city, and the latter
become one sheet of flames.
The London Times expresses the belief
that war between Spain and Mexico is near
~ inevitable.