New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-28

lels soothing tO the pride OF the Emperor TO keep
the Fngl,h snd French, and American Ministers
dancing attendance for month 80. But it i-by
ne Means complimentary to them, or signif can't of
Imperial good Will.
he coat still swarms with pirates. nOtuth.
standing the havoc made among them by the ships
aud gun boats of the Allied squadron aud severe
iypLDoD We do not yet hear If any sbIpwrecks,
though much damage has been done IN various IN
starces.
CURIOSITY is becoming excited "a to what the
FreDch are az IN Cochin Chi's. ship after ship
has gone thther, but 40 secretly has everything
been Done that no ne hrs been able u guess
at coming events. Ii would SEEM however, that
FraIcr Is determined to have permanent hnger IN
the Eastern PIE.
The countries of Cochin China and Tonquin have
fguIed So ltllc IN the World. drama, tnat II may
prove interesting i give brei sketch Of events
show ing how the French came to be at logger
heads with The natives. a. usual in all matters of
French policy, We stumble across Jesuit MISSION
aries at the very outset Of our story. First at
Macao " here tiey still hold urbrOkch sway: then in
Siam, u hence they were expelled IN 1920. The set
tlcment of POD0lchelry gave 10 the Jcsuts another
stronghold, but from TINS, too they were driven
this time by European influence. Disappointed,
but not dishtAItened, the French or the Jesults
(for the taO names are insep7reble in this part
OF the world watched faithfully for an opening into
some Eastern land, where they could establish
Themselves and sct a cOunterpOlse to the East
India Company. Fortunately for them the two
provinces, Cochin China and TOpquin had long
been and We're still engaged IN Il datory struggle
f. the supremacy sometimes one aud sometimes
the other gaining the advantage. La l77i, we find
Cochin China reduced so as TO be tributary to the
other. BVt immediately, furious rebellion brohe
out, in which the r,gnlng monarch was defeated
and captured. Uhie his son. no led an army TO his
rescue, also defeated and slain. His wife with
her second son escaped, and took refuge with the
French missionary, the Bishop Adrian. And here
commences the French influence which now for
midabe feet las gone to assert and Increase.
Ip III, the Prince above mentioned sends his
eldest son. in charge Of the Bishop, 10 France, to
claim assistance from Louis XVI. OF course
tins was readily promised for it afforded to
France Just Wbat she most ardeDtly longing
for, viz, permanent resting place IN the East
Under these circumstances treaty was formed
known as the Treaty Of l7S7. This is the precious
document on which the present claims of the
French are founded. By it France agreed to re-
place the exied Prince on the throne, for which
purpose seven regiments Of troops, twenty shipsOi
war, and million dollars, oDe-haf in money, the
other half in warlke stores, were promised
1 be- Prince on bis part ceded to France JOuron,
with ts bay and the adjacent islands, and sgreed To
various other exOrbant demands France did not
fully perform her part of the treaty, and the Prince
did not even begin to perform his. so the anair
stood still. few volunteers from France, with
assistance from private sources in 1890, however,
succeeded in placing the exiled Prince upon his
fathers throne. In 1890 he dies, and al lllegltl-
mate son succeeds to the throne. lie seems to
have been brutal and cOwardly man, for soon
after his accession TO the throne he acknowledged
the authority of the Emperor of China and IN
1888 issues an edict for the total destruction Oh
Christianity in his dominions. Churches, houses
of priests, &c, were all destroyed, and all Christ
ians were forced to trample ON the Cross or be
slain. Two French priests were slam. in lc4l
and ls42 five other missionaries were tortured and
condemned to death but were saved by the inter-
ventioD Of French frgate in lS43. The same
year a French Bishop was seized. but after seven
months Imprisonment was released when claimed
by the French Admiral, Cecile, in loi4 on which
occasion the reigning Prince signte, bis wish 10
establish commercial relations with France. For
tune again favoIs the project of the Jesuits, for
while the French Government is anxlOusly seeklng
a pretext for enforcing the Treaty OF 17S7, the
slaughter of two more Bishops gives the desired
ground for action. The object OF the present
demonstration-is then: To demand redress for
the late murder of the French Bishops; to enforce
the treaty of l7o7, and take possession OF IOuron
" with its bay and adjacent islands.
1t is true the treaty was not fulfilled on the part
of France but then It is all the more desirable that
il should be fulfilled on the p,rt of Cochin China;
and since the Chinese cannot make France honest,
of course it deyolves on France to make the Chi
nese honest.
TIE China mail, with Hong Kong dates to @9ih Oc-
t0ber reached Sue2 on the 9Th December.
Lcid ElgDs negotiations at Shanghae had proved
satisfactory.
The American Commissioner had not returned from
japan.
Ice Emperor ofJapan is reported to have died
Canton was perfectly quiet and trade resumed.
Foreign missionaries were locating themselves ia va
rious parts of the city and suburbs.
Egbty-four chops of tea had been disposed of the
stock was estimated at 200 chops