The New York herald., 1871-12-24
ITEMS FROM ASIA.

! the following items OF news from China, Japan ant
the East India settlements generally, In addition Il
and detail OF the telegraph reports overland from
| San Francisco ana from Europe:-
We learn from the North china Herald that the
foreign community held meeting on the 7tl Octo.
ber to take steps TO request the Ministers at Pek
TO lose NO time in placing sufficiently strong naval
force at the port during tile coming WINTER to pro.
tect foreign life and property against the ravages o
that portion Of the male population who may be
urged by want OF food for themselves and for their
families arising from an lnundation OF extensive
trac! OF tho province having destroyed tho present
years crops Of millet and other grain, to rob and
| punder people OF property.
| The same foreign memoralist, estimating from
computations made In Pekin, set down the starving
population OF the district OF China at over two mir
Hons. which calculation allows about two hundred
die monthly during the winter Of sheer siarvatlon
and exposure to the inciement weather, owing to
their lacking food and shelter.
shipment Of tea and silk continues TO go on, not
wlthstandlng most terrifying accounts acc from the
The export or silk Is increasing, and bids fair to
lead TO- Or at least assist In, revival OF the former
The Hon. Mrs. Yclverton was to give readings on
the 2eth October at the City Hall. Hong Kong
establishment OF monies de piete tpawnbroking
oiicesl throughout French Cochin China. The rate
0 q. e sf M
guilty IN Cochln China and increasing cen jidencc
and friendship on the part OF the Annamcse toward
nThe rice crops near Saigon are generally full and
In some districts abundant.
The cattle plauge, which has been very prevalent
In the territory OF Cochin China is decreasing but
its ravages have been severe. In Bienhoa, tie dis
trict which has suffered most, 154o buiIaoes died
from 1t.
The business hitherto carried on at Saigon under
the style OF HauschilG h SOrnscn has been amalga-
mated with that OF Messrs W. G. Hale Il co.
A letter dated In Saigon on the 3oth OF October
eaer arrvea ers apn Un ne
stu inst., having on board Mr.. and Mrs. Pope Hen.
Messy, who ayaed themselves OF the opportunity
ffs On n
which they left by the Messagefles steamer Melkong
on the 10Th Inst. On the 10Th inst. the master ana
rived here IN native Junk, their vessel, with a
cargo OF tea from Amoy for New York, having been
In oraer to reeve FRANCE as mncn as possible OF
| the expenses attached to the maintenance OF the
ali TeasonsSe means possble q c
revenue, anu native spirit iarm mas been INTRO
term oi three years. considering that this tax
does not include spirits Of foreign manufacture, the
sum obtained IS very large.
The SIAM papers, published In Bangkok, report,
under daie oi October 20, that during the week Ills
the prominent temples which under the special
patronage OF the government.
bove hnan rven ,hat fSe s,a"esc screw steam
brig-ot-war Enemy Chaser, Captain Wadron. leave
this port Tor Java on the l7th OF October The AM
bassadOr Tor the occasion Is dis Excellency Phy&
Slrud Puranurax, the Governor Of Paknam. The
brass elephant for the great espanade' at Batavla
and the decorations lor the prominent officials Of
Java who participated In the reception of His
Siamese Majesty during the recent visit TO that
island are IN the care OF the Ambassador.
The inundations and accumulated waters In
regions beyond Bangkok are snbsding, and after
the new and full moon OF October the inundations
OF the banks the river in BANGKOK VIII, 1t Is pro-
Tnereis a rumor that there are grave disturbances
in the Province OF Tax, ana ms Highness tho
Pusaulret Ralakan Pendin, HIS Excellency the
| have proceeded there from Bangkok.
rhe straits TDles OF the latest date reporting the
news from the Straits settlement says:-"Alter
lncft IN fhlAn n I'm =
was ALMOST entirely suppressed On tho 27th OF Oc
| tober our contemporary wrote:-Thc night has
streets are full OF lie and animation, and business
| Is everywhere resumed. There is no indication OF
any desire TO renew the disturbance. Both factions
seem TO oc heartily tired OF hgntlng.'"
THE sHAN-SIN FAN RELIGIOUS QUESTION IN CHINA.
ing Ills experiences on this disturbing fanatical
question OF religious practice IN CHINA and the agt-
tation against me foreign Christian missionaries
one oil the native pacards circulated at I0ochow:-
Recently foreigners Gteraly bartaansl So.
s5y @ o Ty have ere wien
hey wm os csn9s % rn MnqaSss .
is q Late ham o Ssppsa.
w s ay we se Thess siaSi ePs"
say @ unss ssoe 70 'ssAs s ss ss' 70 &
~sO n . sa Da as 4. essy a 9aes %
late false stories concerning psstlenee which
the people poisonous medicine called "nysterons tairy
ec sr aa 0s Re ps e z M aS 1t S.ss Which, e %
cooked oeiea 70 the ios and thea by
from The pest enee Alas ,tcy DO no. think tha, within
@ G Lea 81 he caass begin 70 swell a AMI m ha n"s s
disease very dacu In all this the aoc object Of
icy s"eesca IN gSag them into se society they y case
aas ianSceni females aiier taking this poison yei them
selves to potion and taus become es Of hatred to M
any village give Their poisonous medicines ,hcy
SsHd . se hS M ff o e ps 2 Ss g
from he poisonous Vaccinations Of these stupid Foreigners
From Calcutta. uGuer date OF the 10Th OF Noyem-
ber we nave the intelligence ofthe following events
in British lndla:--
Prices offood grams have risen in eleven districts
There was very Heavy weather on the Madras
The Bengal government resolved not u remove
the buoys and mooiings from the Mutiah River at
General Bourcher and stan, with the troops and
ies, were gradually getting nearer the starting
point or The Lusnai expedition.
The focal cNrerament advanced two lakhs to the
bombay municipality 10 allow them TO meet press
Attempts are TO To made 10 improve the cu,tiya.
tion or tobacco In Burmah.
The Directors OF Inc Bank Of Bengal raised their
rates OF interest ami discount one per cent.
pr. Day, tue new Inspector General OF Fisheries.
was visiting the rivers In sind.
The Gaekwar OF Baroda lnln5sei an income tax
on some o his sublects, many OF whom migrated
70 pr,aSl lers...ory.
The sufferers from the famine in Persia werc tax.
ing refuge IN Hirat, Seistan and Beluchsiaa.
Tie native idea sun continued that the objec- OF
the Brush camp at Dehi Is to oppose Russian In
vasion OF India
LORD Napier returned to Madras from his tour on
the COMMANDER In. chic left slmla on The s,n Of
November.
Inrxstan was suffering from drought AMI famine.
and the people asked lhe Anlr Tor . remission Of
revenue.
Coiorel reIy reported on the 2ist OF October rom
lIusaUc tnat distress was inereasn. ana nuinuefs
dying daily oi starvation In the streets. -
Prince Aga KIM, OF bombay, had gwen yo,ooo
reas Tor the relief OF his distressed connt men ani
led and clothed two hundred OF them Tor some
months a. BOMBAY. -, -. -,
Guns Of ths Arms rons pattern we're being casi W
! the A,l'l Ol tab4k