The New York herald., 1879-09-25
CELESTIAL PROGRESS
Naval Review Ordered for the
Benefit Of Japan.
PERPETUAL MOTION REDISC0VERED.
Shameful Sentence on the Sons of an
Asatic Prince.
correspondence of the London Times.

SHANGHAI July 90 1879.
At the request of the Governor General at Nan
kin. the Chinese government has ordered great
naval review of their vessels Of foreign type to
take place in the estuary of the Yang.sze. 1t is
rumored that this is intended to show Japan that
China is quite prepared for any eventuaiy in case
her claims to the continued sovereignty of the
Loochoo Islands utterly secuted by the Japanese
but have good reason to believe that the rumor
is not true, and that naval demonstration is in
tended The ostensible set forth by Shan
Pao-chen in his request to the throne was
that Chinese feet had never yet manGuvred
in company. and that without some drill in joint
evolutions and tactics. ships lighting in company
with common enemy were likely to run
each other down to damage the enemy.
That this is the true one there is
little doubt. Eleven vessels, ranging from
$50 to 1900 TONS are now assembled in the
Yangtsze. Some of our naval officers on the China
station have been to visit the motley feet. and
have been informed that the evolutions are post
poned until competent authority shall decide
whether the joint fleet is to be under Shanghai
or q Foochow general. 1t is said that the Shanghai
general is to have the command and that the fleet
will proceed to sea at once. The ships, taken in
vidually in fairly good order, and the officers
both combatant and engineer, are Chinese. Their
armament is of the most varied charaoter-
Armstrong. Whitworth, krupp, Vavaseur and
other well known European makers are all rep
resented. In case Of this small fleet going on
active service. it would be a task of no ordinary
magnitude to keep it supplied with ammunition,
for it is hardly necessary to say that the guns Of
these worlc-famous makers require each their own
shot and she'll The division of authority the
weakness OF Chinese officials i'll allowing them
selves to be overcome by the Establishments of
foreign brokers of munitions of war, and the sue
cessive changes in the Office of Governor General ut
Foochow and at Shanghai, have all combined to pro-
duce this impractical and somewhat ridiculous re-
srlt Even II the assembly OF these eleven gunboats
is meant to be a warning to Japan not to proceed
with the annexation of the Loochoos until China
signifies her consent Japan has great TO
tremble.
PERPETUAL MOTION.
An imperial decree OF the date of the 18th of juno
announces the startling discovery of perpetual
ton. Last year q sub-preicct named Tung waited
upon the Governor General Mt Nankin and repre-
sented that ho had invented machine which
would 60 of its accord and generate
sufficient power to propcl steamer of the
largest size. As that high officer had just then
torn up the Woosung Railway one would have been
inclined to suppose him to be a somewhat unprom
Using person to solicit the patronage Of for
mechanical invention. However, the sub-prefect
succeeded in enlsting the sympathies of the
Governor General, and he was furnished with q
credit of 5000 taels to be expended in Shanghai
in the construction Of working model OF
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