The Hillsborough recorder., 1860-05-23
From tho Journal of Commerce.
CHIN

The Court and Government of China figures
for the first time this year in the celebrated
.7hnanach de Gotha-that thick, s2mo chro-
nicIer OF crowned heads, ducal families, re-
publican rulers and statistics of civilized ma
tions. Japan has no place in the finely prin.
ted pages Of this diplomatic annual, while the
Sandwich Islands are fully noticed, and every
important spoke in its political wheel clear
4 ly designated. The reason Why China, her
/ Emperor, ministers, provincial governors,
generals and rals.--madarns all-ap.
pear in the ninety seventh number Of the
Almanach de Gotha, is that she has now
entered into diplomatic relations with the
Western " Barbarians' Next year we shall
hope TO see Japan-in m4ay respects The
Asiatic England-faithfully represented in
the little but eminent statistical work to
which we have referred
TIE facts about the governmental lunc-
tionaries OF China are very briefly stated,
bu, are worth translating, s,r, IN a very short
space, they give clearer notion Of The Ce-
lestial Empire than many long treatises.
The Emperor llienfung Gin the Canton dia-
lect Hanfun2) is the seventh OF the reignlng
dynasty Of the Tsings (Which succeeded in
1914 to that of the Mingsj The present
Emperor is the two hundred and forty Jourtk
issue, il we believe Chinese history, from
the year 2842 before the Christian Fra This
is decidedly cool for by placing isnre a.
gainst figure, we find that lhe first Chinese
Emperor must have lived five hundred years
cotemporaneousy with Mcthuselah, anda Chi
nese Emperor must have been IN the Ark with
Noah. Bat leaving these m6sty regions ct
antiquity, we ascertain that Hleniuns cem'
menced his reign at the death 0t his father
on the 26th ot February, 1850, but out uI
respect for the memory Of his father he dates
his accession TO power from February, 1881.
I The present Emperor will BE- 20 years old
7 in August next. Ills name, Henfung, Is
not his family appellation. Ii is his official
name, and signifies Perfect Felicity. His fa-
TIERS name (rankwang) meant The sp'endor
Of Reason.
The different functonares Of government
are mandarins, divided into nine classes,
and the civil authorities always have prece-
dence of the military. The cabinet has four
presidents. ministers, and any quantity OF
under ministers. The departments are eight
in nrmber, as follows: Of the interior f.
nance. worship, war, justice. public-vorks,
foreign affairs, and The censorship.
There are twenty three provinces, and
three Of these subdiyided in their govern
inent. The list Of governors, under COVER
nors. secretaries. &c., &c, is quite formula.
BILE in appearance, and to pronounce the
names with our occidental barbaric tongues, Is
something equivalent to reriting an Ethiopi.
an song. T'ne chief officers IN the cabinet
are Messrs. Hwia-leang; Pang-wau Chang |;
Sui-Lin; ing -Sin.Tsun. Tie Commander
in Chef Of the Keih-I. province is King.
Chun another official REFUGEES in the name 81
Ghiug- Chi; the comm3ading general al the
province Of Iii has name decidedly lt.llIt,
VIZ: ChalalOntac, while one OF the Presidents,
Nj. Chin-Fu Ugan IN the war department,
must be an lrishman. The literary Gkance.'
ior of the province Of Nagan. liryui has a
name that is rather execuiIuull ~ appear
auCe-Shau.Ilang.Iu Tuen We have nill
Gals with such musical names as Mr. Va.
Ting lung Mr.. Pang- YaenSaag an'l
Mr.. Hu.Slng Gin, the last syllable IS 'er.
suspicious, doubtless indicating the theme
which llu sings
The population in 1859 vas estimated i.onl
the census taken Tor purposes oi taxation e
be 4I5 ,D00,0On. Ihfre Is no reason Il
doubt these figures. What wonder fills the
mind when we think that the Empire ni Chi
IA contains more than one thirI. Of the ha-
man family While We cannot call these
myriads OF Chinese MsciyiiIcd, W. mast
not vet include them in the category ol viii
Africans, Aus.salasiaH. and E.TuitHanx.-
They have many of the appliances OF tue
lnnst civilized nations, coupled Miih vice.
tiat lp4nyt find their equal amongst The low,
est nations Of hcstlenIsn. But their 'ef,
numbers are appalling ~ view Of reiaFh,
The greatest h"pe for China is tat her mas'
.es are reading peoples, aud eau De rrsehet
through the printed page. What Wi be t#s
effect uf the great armed movement uow ~.
tius forth by England and Franee no on'
eau tell.
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