The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-09-29
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.
THE MEDITATED ANGL0-FRENCH REVENGE
Erop, fbe Tno,yo,, Ts,o,, c.~t IN

OF breaking them and that England and France
or England without France, if necessary-sha
teach such lesson to these perfdious hordes that
the name of European will thereafter be mass.
port OF fear, if it cannot be of love, throughout
their land.
From the Times, Sept 18l
" nat If the treaty extorted last year with such
Gllhculty, and in spite of such evident dupIicity
should never have been permitted to reach the Ca
lestal Gity! If we are to deal with these people at
all, and bring them to reason it must he bv son,o
stronger process than words A sort of delicacv
mas hitherto prevented us from showing ourselves
at Pekin. 1t is there that we must negotiate Onr
ailles VIII probably be ready to send forths pur-
pose larger force than they seem to have had on
the recent OCCASION for they would hardly like to
be so teebly represented in the capture of the Chi
nese capital. The American ambassador, without
the force OF arms said to have been admitted at
| Pekin. of course he had a peculiar claim to this
exceptional privilege account of the assistance
| given to the Chinese Mandarins to deprive us of
the just fruits of the late successful war Whether
lhlS ~ or some new claim of the same character rem
| dered hlm more admissible than those who had
opened the way to him does not vet appear. IF the
Americans can open China to all nations bv peace
ui methods, let them do it; but thus far they seem
eetter able to help themselves than to do anything
for the world at large. s
From the london Times, Sept. 15.l
|
India, close at hand, is swarmug with supera-
pundant sodiery, well disciplined, thoroughly ac.
climatized, and anxious for employment The di
| version OF portion of these armaments to the
shores OF China would relieve our Indian finances
lor the Chinese of course, must pay for the war:
Would ma our troops the occupation they desire
ana would rapidly enable to recover the position
| which the late miscarriage has cost u.s. India is a
second centre OF British strength an empire in it.
sell; and 1T would be strange indeed if with such
an empire, gorged as it is with soldiers, and mma
dlately contiguous to the seat of war; we should be
under any necessity of sending troops on tedione
and protracted voyage from these shores All that
we want is rapidity of communications and it is
/ wv or I'm hat, Al
| dian telegraph. Had we done as we might have
done, London by this time ought to have been only
weeks post from Calcutta.
Instead of considering that we Western Islanders
are called upon to lit out expedition to the East
let US consider that the sovereign of India has been
mortaly provoked by the Emperor of China. and
that tne military resources of the former State are
! tentold those of the latter.
Looking at the matter in this light and keeninr
steadily in mind that the Chinese must nav the
| whole expense to the uttermost farthinu We NAV
perhaps, succeed In convincing ourselves that cx-
! cept for the sorrow and dismay inseparable from
| the loss OF brave lives and a maritime disaster
there Is not much to threaten us with serious trou
be IN this repuse at the Peiho India can produce
the men required, not only without embarrassment
Dut with positive relief China must find the mo.
ney, and with these prospects our impending rela
tons with the Celestial Empire need give us but
ittle concern as far as regards any drain upon our
| resources at home. When we garrison India with
10000 British troops, besides thrice as many native
eVes, we have surely done enough for all our set
Elements in the East wherever situated and per
haps popular and victorious expedition NAV serve
better than anything else to appease that restless
ness of military spirit which the lassiude of mac
ton, succeeding to the excitement of irving cam
paignn' has apparently. generated in Bengal,
The mercantile letters from China generally con-
cur IN the view that the renewal of hostties will
not be attended by any material interruption of
trade At Shanghai it is said the natives are great
ly annoyed at what has happened, the majority of
them being peaceful well-wishers to the PROGRESS of
commerce. There is, consequently, thought to be
no danger OF the good relations with them beinU
disturbed. A conviction is expressed, however,
that the English Government will have to send out
very large naval and military force. blockade
OF the various ports would soon it is believed brinr
the Emperor to submissions but this, by depriving
Great Britain OF heavy portion of its customs
revenue, would be equally disagreeable for both
parues. Ihe question, however, is suggested
whether the English should go on paving duties to
the Chinese, which at Shanghai alone amount to
toUOOOO per annum; but in that the contingen-
cy mas to be considered that the Chinese might re-
tallate by ordering an entire suspension of bnsi
ness with foreigners at the various ports although
| such measure would be fatal to themselves since
IL would practically have the same effect as block
! ade; The American merchants regard the question
win considerable interest, since the United States
authorities had decided that they must adhere lite
rally to their own treaty stipuatons without re-
| gard to the course ofother Powers so that they
/
| caped; but the difficulty, supposing it to arise
! would doubtless be met by easy expedients
| no" TIE AMERICANS WERE TREATED BY THE CHINESE.
letter to the journal Of Commerce from cor
| respondent on board the Powhatan saws:
1t was exceedingly doubtful what reception Mr.
Ward letter would meet with, but very iudicious-
ly we resolved to try to find both the mouth of the
| 1eVer-heard-oi river, and the equally unheard-of
| Governor. Three days after, however two good
! looking junks We're seen approaching our shin in
| the IN nrning, which, when they got near seemed
10 hesitate since the hour had not arrived for
| running up the flag. The Commodore observing
! this, ordered the flag to be run up at once. when
theJunks came to our bow, and an officer came on
board with the following letter:
| 70 ms Ercettency the American Minister.-.Jwne 80
! lo59.-"SEET SuN Intendant of the Circuit of the
Department of Tien-Tsin and Hoken in the province
OF Chill, herewith sends a communication On the
18th lnstant,a dispatch was received from the Am
erlcan minister by the way of the Northern passage
OF the river, addressed to the Governor General
from which it is understood that the shin BEARING
his EXcellency has entered the Peiho Tor TEN Ts1
river as 1t Is called in this letter. The commands
OF his Imperial Majesty have already been received
directing the Governor General and Treasurer of
the Province to receive the Minister at the North
ern entrance, and conduct him to Pekin, there to
exchange the ratitcations of the treaty. | now
send a small present, which respectfully request
| him to accept on board his ship"
| The "small present" embraced the following ar
tiees: 20 sheep, 20 hogs, 300 chickens and ducks,
81 large bags of rice and so Of flour, baskets of
vegetables. large part of the articles was sent
to the English ships for the benefit of the wounded
and were most thankfully received. We are now
waiting for another communication from the Chi
nese lntendant, and cherish the hope that our
Minister may yet enter the Imperial City, and some
! others with him.
THE GREAT EASTERN
Correspondence of the London TImesl
| The Great Eastern in spite of all that has han
pened, still remains the finest vessel that was ever
punt, ana one over which, notwithstanding all that
has been predicted to the contrary the sea seems
| TO exercise no influence brought the narrative
| OF her voyage down to her anchOrnp at the More
! on Thursday hight. During the passage down the
river only the speed had been ascertained and this
was SHOWN IN way which, when her trim was
taken into consideration, must have surpassed the
most sanguine expectations. But as the night fell
| on Thursday after anchoring at the More there
| seemed fair chance of seeing next dav how she
would comport herself in smart sea down Channel.
! ihe dawn disappointed no one who wished to know
! how the Great Eastern would behave in a seawav
! Inc anchor was gotup, and the run down the Chan
mel commenced, the Girdler Sands being passed
soon alter TO- The breeze kept freshening, till it
amounted at times to gale, and the old music
among the shrouds and rigging became louder and
| louder.
In the Downs the wind freshened considerably,
| coming dead ahead, and for the first time fair
! comparison of the Great Eastern with other ships
could be made at sea. A heavy swell was running
and large vessels were lYingto under close-reefed
| topsals, pitching deeply to the sea, and sending
| the Great Eastern was motioness as a rock Now
and then heavy rollers passed her, but their size
and action could only be known by observing their
effect on other ships. A number of the passengers
| went forward to the extreme end of the bows and
remained watching the stern of the vessel bv COM
| pairing it with the line of the horizon to detect
movement. Only by such rigid test as this could
1t be discerned that the Great Eastern was moving
gently now and then, scarcely more than foot
along her entire length, as the waves rushed under
her. 1t was calculated that the surface of the
Great Eastern opposed to the wind was equal to an
| adverse pressure of upwards Of IL. 900 TONS and
| made difference of between three and three-and-
! a-hait knots an hour in her speed. Yet with her
! paddles only going six or revolutions, and
her screw from % to 80 (Which was exactly what is
| called halt-speed), the mean average of her pace
! gave more than II knots an hour.
CAPTAIN CoMsTocK's STATEMENT
The reporter of the New York Herald has had
an interview with Capt Comstock, who came pas
senger in the Vanderbilt, and is informed that the
directors Of the Great Eastern have fully deter
mined that the vessel shall come On the excursion
trip to New York by way of Sandy Hook, Cap
tains Comstock and Harrison having assured the
Board that there was abundant depth of water
| The Captain says that had the explosion occurred
half an hour LATER the loss of life must have been
! terrible. Until the day before the explosion the
passengers and guests had diued in the grand sa-
loon on account OF the unfinished state of the pro-
| per dining On that day and the one pre-
! ceding, however, they dined in the dining saloon,
but they were in the habit of taking coffee in the
| evening in the grand saloon, and listening to the
music of the excellent band on board and half an
| hour later the whole company would have been as