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“CVvronicYe Oazelte. . Eims BY JOSEPH VALLENCE BEY AN. .j.". ’ —~“* ' PUBLISHED W»M Monday *5 Thursday. VLT VIVK DOU.AS* Htfc dtVUU, WTJTBII'I*' AIIVAKCE -COUKXBT PAPEII, ONCE A WK*. TBIiEB DOttABB rr.U AK.UX, i-AIASLS iXSU IK ABVAIiCE, RXTBAUTfe ffesi an uctoimt ,f “ CAi«a, Ajf **« row. Ktq. F. It. S. one oj tJus Sentla* •fpigf oj the oAdwv'nUy v ( Concluded. J A*connected with the drama, the state rs Chinese music may next be considered. Detestable as Europeans must-find the very brut of this smsic, such is the force, of habit or prejudice, that the Chinese nre aft fond of their own as a Highlander t»f the bagpipe. Their ancient writers ascribe to it nil those extraordinary and extravagant effects of softening the man ik rs and promoting civilization, laming wild beasts, moving rocks and stones, am. in short, performing nil the wonders which have been related of the strains ot Orplu.u»*nid llie lyre ol Ainphion. In u country where etevy kind of luxu ry is discouraged, and some ot them con stitiites a crime; where property is so precarious as rarely to descend to three generations; and where the useful only is aUVcted to bo considered as a valuable, * mi g reat progress can he looked for iii lhc turn; aTTifm « mmft:.Xfcftjton that their mu ic of Ipo itun.y, the sister ari oT j)MftfV» ing ; s a anting in all the requisites that arc considered u< be necesisary to form a good picture. Indeed, B could nut well he oilii ra i.se; us, hide u ndent of their contracted ideas, they offend ugainstxiyc ry principle of perspective which, with the effects produced by u proper difposi linii of light and abide, they aflcct 10 consider unnatural. That it is not from want of talent that their drawings and paintings are so extravagantly outre, is proved by the facility and uc curacy with which the painters of Canton cop; .iii) picture put into their hands, whether on paper, glass, or canvas; and, so fa r from the Abbe (Dozier’* J'u.igluii iii. a being true, (hut their best works are executed in I’ektti, the vt vy reverse is the case: all the ans, niani.fac tuns, even down to common printing, being woise executed in the eapil, I tha in any otherciiy of the empire; and the reason is obt ions enouglg for the ntpnven' lh t a man acquires u superior reputation, he is siimn.onwd to the palace., whet* , within it* spacious precincts, hie lalui t, must be exeruia d for (he cmpi rur alone Wflftbi\kl^ V! VIW..“ IK l manufactures rental, being in the habit of copying from bett. i models, .an; superior to any that tin in, penal palace can boast It is all very tv I for a Ch.nri.eto pretend, that the ancients greatly excelled the moderns in the art of I suiting, &to produce exa pies, in then* ooks, of one painter having drawn on tti pdia c walls smne hacks »>*• m.Uival, tha the little bmla, tfrai i to approach fl sert anting away; and ofum ti.er having painted a door on n wall, the dncp'ion i.l • which was so complete, thin people .-nik* i v. ii I*l d logo through it. Bui why should the Jesuits repeat these id.e moii s us il lh v were facts I Or, why should we be 1 tol l tli at the Chinese would he good sculp to if •he art «as not prohibited 1) the ■ gotoiinvent? which is so far from hem, true, that In every temple, bridge, and burying g i\iiid, may be seen all niMtiu • cf grotesque figure* of nictrj wonn*i. qmidrupeus, A ollier cieatiii *s, that in ver C'i ted but in the sculptor’s imagination: tu d these we have übun lantlc in ad man ner of matedais, wood, stone, metals, and bak. d clay* Individual objects they can pieniwitii great accuiacy; and in hco> JK’S lion each h.dit ,dua » fcj ct is repre. aented as close to the eye, thus lb leaves of trees, how* ver distant, are disi.nctlyri.pl' srtited; and obj ctsintlu back-ground are painted of lh. same siz with those of the same kind in t it fore ground, which they absurdly contend to In- proper, because tin*v ape so in nature It may be doubled, whether the mosiskii ful European artist can excel a Chinese in palming « bird or n . Cptile, (m ihsrc', b»h, or u fl..\v *r, —SO CO 1 reel if. ct na ture,' h.tn’it pve ptumula of a feather, in a single since ol » fish, escapes him, and . v vy -luue and tint of colour at mi nu.. y uuitaied It is s.i'uin*. ,iho amu of jv.ia’a sagacity should sHi nisjudg me. t i he so warped as to as-ign the singular disp s tiom.f then*' ptigat oi . ga s ’as’he cause which prevm ed the Chinese I non becoming gio.'. pa niers.— As link; truth is there in Ins assertion, th«t tiny are uuab’e tocopyf im good Ui. de.», without fading into tb *ir own sty le, a ijcmv, rliug iurop. an eyes, ears, aid trues, mtothose of a Chinese: they ai*v the most servile nni'.aiots on • arth. — A f'ht $ will imiiaie the iikeress of any object n shape, colour, and proportion. Tt>*.*u r . ii, alien left to himself, he has no m .id to c.noey the idea of distance, swu duj, expression, Si luagn tude of ohjec.s, bv tor. s.ioitaumg, perspective, and u 1 due dis'i buiiun of light uul shad, yet he j wi’l c .py them ad in a picture w ith sen, puk us accuracy i Sculpture n.tsbten thought by some to < (lute u* improve meats, if not its otigui, fr 11 luonuaieiual ed.ficta. No coun.n ’ c*.e .oast a greater nun.bci or variety of obj eta of this nature than China, but, like the r-sl of its edifices, Uiey are to- i tally destitute us the character of solidity i and duration. A few luunstera, or d.«- j tb> ted ‘orins of men and domestic animals, i gei.t .ally moulded in clay, are sometimes • placed among the tombs, but they ar< t wholly umleservmg of notice, in cutting i Wood, informing the root rs a plant into t the snape of huu.afe beings, quadrupeds, | *ot ui *uuteis, iltey succeed better: tk com , m ir.icate to the IVatures or to Hie actio, i a higu degree of expression; the sam . lomgs occur in metal snrt in procelanu t bu> the human figure is always c otitod, I an 1 s naked statu.* never seen. Some of l h gigantic clay figures in thetempKa i M by no means void of character and ex prcssion, and the images cut in son , tvinch sumetimes adori the avtuues u. palafcfti, the gates of cities, and t..e i Jjwai'BU M h.idgo, uiu.isuuua as they i generally arc* dhow (hat by proper cn- e couragement and instruction, they ve p capable of producing something be'ter; p but they seem to be deficient in taste and v feeling, and to possess no general idea* v oi the beauties of nature. Content with r the representation of individuality* the , imagination is never called hit" play ; ] they servilely imitate what appears be fore them, with all its beauties and all its blemishes. They are mjitSier dcfiolent in, ingenuity or dexterity. They engrave with a tool on copper, on silver, or on wood, as well, generally speaking, as the same kind of work can be executed in any part of Europe; and they are expert enough as lapidaries, in cutting all sort* of precious stone*. They use spectacles made of crystal. Nothing ha* yet appeared in Europe from an authentic source, to warrant any other conclusion than that of the utter ignorance ot the Chinese in the pure, spe culative, and abstract science of mathe matics. Their knowledge ul arithmetic and geometry is bounded hy mere prac tical rules. Their numerical notation is marked down hy symbols of (hr language as that of the Greeks and the Humans was by letters of the alphabet; mid, iike them, 'the Cliinese symbol want Out power ot position which the Arabic numbers p<>s srss. The common operations ol arith metic are generally performed by a few bulls strung on wires, somewhat resen;, bling the Homan abacus, and sometimes by the joints of the fingers. The measure of quantity is usually determined by in ducing all surfaces and sides to the di mensions of squares or cubes; and with those few practical operations, they con trive to manage all the common purposes of life. Vet the Chinese have been represent "cd hy some ol the French -missionaries ad PIV/fny.uA. imtroiners. at a time when all of t clips*s, to adjust 1 Irftf i lions of the sun ami moon; toineusuru the I -distances o( the planets &c I'he ridicu lous ceremonies -observed by tin. gr- m ( .f. fioeia of Male when eclipsfs happen, fin nisli, it is true, no proof against tin knowledge of their cause*. There is no subject on which the ac -counts of the missionai ies are so vague and contradictory as Unit of the p pura tioi’i yd they all•ellVct to ref r i.o official documents. '• hey agree, howevei, i,. sianiir’. it to be something immense, Hi ’ llic I'ginst nun her is nut equal t -lwo tliircu. . f tlie enormous mass oi 333,QU0,- OUO, vv Inch tne Mandarins attendant mi I.til'd Macartney’s embassy gave K t_li.it iii'bleman as the amount of the pnptil.i ion The inaccuracy, however, not to say impossibility of "that iccount, is ob " > ions from mere inspection ') lie mini berain uch province are given in round iinilio s, and in Uvo provinces the numb, y of millions is precise!; the same. In lie IJem ml hislvvy *>/' Chinn, the popu alii-n is frequently staled at different pencils, ml m u way so loose and Vague as to de serve little attention Mien can ho i.o * ~ ' i; n)t , lo tune, , a census is oidn-tU to he taken, and the result ol n is n adej public; that the ;inm tie. ol months is a w ays included; hut t| m . a separate list of the taxable inhabit;,, ,lß n \ "* th kcn at the same Pme, and is a!l perhaps that itiu guvcn.mmi ' about. If we are to give credit to lht.se «c c -urns, we must suppos. that tlio populs inn of China must have attained its p o. digious magnitude within the la t two o. three cent lies, an - that it must be g’, *tly un the inetcast; but we arc Jm. me Hatt y sipped short from drawing tins conclusion, by the translation , f sonic statistical accounts of Ghina bi Mr Morrison, takinby order of’ the present emperor A’rirA/wg, tncompare with a si milur statement made at the coim lence incut of llu reigning -dynautv. Vccotd ing to this census, the to’al population, including tihe . tve!v, larlai banners, a cl all ranks and conditions, g >•«. unci small; atnoii.ivs to between 143,00' ,C>o auc 14-fv’ PUOUOO of nnmtie.; ami tins account agrees very exactly with that c :■ «s u« ken liy Tvicn lung n the yea, l/id, and contained in di, 1 e-tung tciic. or . ill mu i levs cumitriiiiig China, a cir nms work « c !;ave betoit nn nlo iied. Hy tins census, the number of In ad 1 tan; lies paying taxes is slab d a! 28.314,488; win. h, hv i\ck.oi.ing five pels.,!, to each luu.iiv,' I M Olllogivc 112,382 440. 1 In: number ot the li.c rad, the ird-imy, and minis ex erupt from I xaimn, will amply i ski up the deficiency. Grojcler, inde: 1, by the omissions of H. ' mini, ihc t s alio-e meniio. cd, swells the tou! to Jo/,. 3,J 1,755. This enormous population is fed aril subsisted, ami all its wants e tfrely sup plied, f.ohi China atom. Except as u i English broad chubs and metals, a few 1 mrs Urotu Uuiisia, and a little coiun from i Jluiuhay, it I'vcei bu, rvue ex.- i-oal ] supplies. The ev •ni and f rtiii'y «fUi. i soil are ampty surtioien im i;s dtnmn U | China consists, a; L-as , nf ont; n rll.oii and a half ot square miles, and ha- a lout b7 in rsons to a yq .arc mile. 1 The constituent part of the popiffa io; I o' China were ancit fitly consult." ed (i. i consist of four classes; the ter, or learned, who governed and instruct v d the l eaf; the I "ting, oragricuitiiris.s, who provided food i and iiiaieriaisfor clothing ih rear; the httnf, or ariisan or manufacturer, who t i.o lied, Mid built, and furnished Houses i for the rest; and the thaii£-,w\io distnbut ,a. . and exchanged the productions of tlic < Otliei two aiming all the classes of s, cu> t ty; hot nothing like a division into castes t O'er appeared in China. t>a the cninra 1 ry, every encouragement is held out to. [ Hie children of the thiee inferior clas.-es c *0 as ire to the first, c Much has been said in praise of (')ii- <• nese agricultu-re—much more, in fuel, k than it deserves; in Europe i would be dis c jnsed. There are no great farms m Citina; v few families cultivate more loan is neces o sary for their own use, and r or payment of n llic imperial taxes; and with,ml teams ~f a any kind: without any knowledge or prac- t tice of a succession of crops; w ithout a y h grazing farms, for feeding cattle,oi for di. e dairy, of which they are totally ignoran l , a making no use of either mils, Puller, or t cheese, they can have little manure, un can the land be kept in good condition h la fact, the old fallowing system is f-1 a towed, a ;d, in many parts, the spade an the hoc are the great implements of cut ovation, their miserable plough scared; p deserving the name. Tne command of f water is the principal substitute for immure “Every substance, how ever, u that cau be couvated mto uutuuxe i» mos. it wrefully colected; «nd numbers of old F< people and children of both axes find em "* ployment in scraping together, with tli wooden rakes, into their little baskets, pi whatever may have fallen in the streets or j« roads, vvbeie these “Lean pensioners uponthe traveller’s tract V et up 'their nauseous dole.” — f; leaves, roots, or stenis of plants, mud o from the sides of canals, ft every sort of u offal that presents itself, ot which fu- b man hair, shaven from the scalps Os a t. hundred millions weekly, forms no mcon- t, sider Ale ingredient, aiecare'uffy scrap t of the land in China, ntjder « cultivation, may be said to be employed, cl exclusively for the subsistence and cloth- g ingof man. The staff'of life ib nee; and n it is the chief article of produce in the v middle and southern province*. I his a gram requires little or no manure-,, age after atc the same piece ground yields i its annual crop, t some of ’ hem two crops s a year. In the culture of nee water an t swers every purpose; and nature has sup- t plied this extensive country o ust abuu- < dunt.ly with chat valuable element. The tea plant, which forma so import- < ant an article for the common beverage 1 of the -country, and also for exportation, | is cultivated only in particular provinces, « and in certain Mtu-cions; hut it is fouiu. in gardens and small enclosures in eyeiv pail of the empire, being very mud, of the habit and appearance <>» the br IcfcA myrtle, We. scarcely yet know whether the different kinds often are fom ■ the same plant, orjdiflerent speo.esoftoe same genus. Ihe leaf of the sou-chong is broader than that of the hyson, out 'his B ,ems to coiistitnte the only em.,-. Hull, sorts undergo the process .1 rw»t. ,w, in their iron pan.,; t.m • Tack in a higher degree d heal than Me greer, which is sufficient to give a ■ lpL ;' n L ‘, *--in ilie. exti-wivt: ma’lci \y to }- Bllu ‘ big t,» tl.e, Utile ahemdon •..hic'i’ the’jm-' . res of <bc le.-tf -unde-go from ■ I g - ecu' hem that is used in the process 'I o procure fine flavour, ine Chinese uV ’ ally prt.ss the y.i'K'.ii fens into tht rli./vs and cimnir ns while In i. 'I hey liA# •' practice ;r|so <♦'eivieg a lint r hloofi "o (in'i green e: .n by stn u kt ng a h'tii. in-- uieo, mix d wl'.h po’.vd r. Die iliffVeiM sorts of black and green are not mff 'y j from soil, situation, nitd age of '.hee.il; bul afitv srinouing the* tea. they art'-d*"- ,en up in -tircos-nun as the leave! f li, those lie vest tin- machiru, beiutt t. i heaviest, is the g m-pi VK i lea; tiufl'qdit dus'the worst keing cldtily us< iht lower class ■« i nat which is bv tight dowi to Canton ui-d ry net theica di'on roasting, w.nrovii.g, pucku jf, &0i <1 n any huod ed women are employ tel foi lh-se (lurpo-esj tic rate oi pay ’hying abouii 1 filly of du-ir small Obj | < i cuius, v, four pence fur day. The * biiiesc say dial the b-s' tea is that w hich is gatln red in ilio morning, whi'e co wis on. 'flu. I athering in the hyson c. nflliiei, Ei»ug nan and Vokien, comniencts ibrmt the middle i f April, and continues dd about the middle of M;iy. the collecting, the 'oiling, the twisting, and roasting, give em !cyment • i a multitude of people. fin y u'v. e see dun upaiicg in the use -f uI food. Tlii Si impw itt-iit articles of milk, butter, and oh ( s , sue wholly niikiiinvti to them. The. b. oucUtailed (sheep are kept in the hilly pads of Hu count v; mid bri’i down to the plains; hu; die .wo timmavj most l Uci.eu, btcause' ‘hey Contribute tin sto their own subsist civcc, and are kept at the cheapest rate, are the hog and the duck. Whom swarms if the latter arc bred in largo barges, minvun iocl with projecting sugars, cover ed with < • .'9 for tin- reception of tries b.i s, which are-taugUt, by the sound of a rustle, to jump into tilt rivers and ra* cals in search of food, and by a lot'm r ( all lo return to 'heir lodging's. They are usually ha'ched by placing tfttnr eggs, us tire ancient Egyptians wert i wc t to d- . in snudl ovi -s, or Sand-baths i in order that the game female may con dime tn lay egi s diroughout tne yc; r, < whi.li would not be the case if she had i young hr' od to at end The ducks, \ whci killed, are usually split open, sal- | irr, end dried in the sun. in vrliicli state ih y afford at excellent fehsli to rice or ' i the vegetables, i Wiien anuna 1 food fads them; rthe s nose make no scihple in eadng d? ,I'd , < leads, grubs, eats, 'uis, mice, and many i (her nauseous creatures. Tli£ oaken i Egyptian deg is cenunonly imposed tor v safe in the market. Uut rice,'ilic fiog, s an.' the (’eck, Piay be coimiui red ii tile t staple articles « human subsistence lot » die gnat nassof the popuiuiiop This- t who can afford >t,indu g<‘ in,every species s of luxury, and m re especially in gela t’pous b. ups, which, winle they puinpe; t ihe appeiitf, are supposed to excite the j: passions, undto inen-ase their cOipnlt n- I cy, wliicli, in their ideas, confr.g a di -1 free ( f respectability aid dignity to which i . imad meagic figipe can never arrive. f No country in tie w ntd‘is.better adap. I ted fivim situation, t limate, and products, i fur an ( xtenswe c «imerce than (diinnj yet v «o civilized country has profited les. by v 'hose advantages The happy ths. dm- ii tion .fits numerous rivers, aide tbyarlifU I rial camds, afford an almost uuiiiter. npled o atei cutnn.ui.lcution from the luiithc. nto c tin southern, and from the western tu t u eastern ext rein I tits of tins giand empire; II ihus-a facility is giveufor tlu imerchaiigt v ol the products of one province wit ' t th se of another; unknown in any other K! country, and unequal I d evru in CSr<-t<i v Britain But the commerce diat ex.sts . ( principally that of barter; no system at, w cr. dil is established between th locr- ‘ chants of distant provinces; no bills es 1 exctiauge; no circulating hicdnnti of any kind, as a comm <n measure of a. .i, ci excepting a tmatl copper coin, of lit value of the thousandth part of Os, Bd., 1 nr about one-third ol a fwrpdng The u multitudes of barges of different sort •' foul me;o, which vary in their construe- as lion cn ainoist every river, are iucredi Ide The Chinese are rarcly-to he trust- w td wlurr i.umbers aiv concerned; but they ti. art probably not in stating H dial the number of imperial barges cm- y :ilny din the grand cnnl and iu lateral el branches, for the purpose of collecting si: ard distributing among the public gia- ai .aides the lice and grain paid in kind us of .axes, amount to 10,UUU, or, ns they ox- «t prems i’, where they mean to be correct, a< SS99 a The principal mart f r fbreign com- !pi aVicv is tnai of Oauton, the only port, h in feet, wuicU is open for lorcigaei*. m 'or the last twenty years the foreign com-1 1 nercc consisted of two distinct branches; 11 he one d'rcct from England, and a com- i dele monop ly of the Eait fidiaCom ‘ iaiiy; the other indirectly carried on by idividual*from the several presidencies ,f India, chiefly from Bombay. When an European first sets bis foot in r ;h na, be will find di.t appeal ance of the cnuiili’y; the buildings, and the people, so totally different from any thing be liad before seen, 'hat he might fancy him sell to be transported into a new world. In the long line of internal navigation be tween the capital and Canton, ot 1200 miles, with but one short interruption, h will observe every variety of surface, bui disposed in a very remarkable manner in great masses; for many days lie will see nothing but. one uniform extended plain, without the smallest variety; again, tor as many days, he will be hemmed in be t vetn prccspitoiis mountains of the same naked character, and as unvaried in their appearance as the plains; and, lastly, a tenor twslve days sad among lakes, sc amps, a id morasw-.s, will complete the catalogue of monotonous uniform! v, but whetlier he crosses the dry plains of lJei cheii and Siianiung, ahoundnig with cot ton and all the varieties of grain and pulse,- the more varied surface of Kiang can, fertile in silk, in y.Tow cotton, in finits; it. the staple commodity of grain, and in every thing that constitute the iux uries, tiic coinfoi s, and the necessities ol ill* —-i!’C iIIVHIA inOPUtIStH, it • 1«. jpt risivc kikes of tue nm'tiicni of K ajj'g set, where men subsis. I y fish ing,— yu its > ak. d and picturesque utoun ;.di'S ’<| the soutluvav I,famous for its pro edain n a lufactorirs, —or wht-ilier he de -BCv.il ! to 'li< fertile plains of Quan-tung, on v ludii almost all the vegetable pro ducts ih tin- East may to said to be c«*- central ft, th- grand dm. icteristic -f.a tun is still the same—a •ed<in-W.t ;mpu fatioh. Evety •• Imre he meets with large nia.-.*es ■ f pe p e, but mostly "f one “e* • "rtttfVWhlg of men in a > ingle gmuju »’ men v\ ln.bc long t owns arid ‘petntoats i-ive them the ap-pearinice' of Use ti e. sex whiie these are sparingly seen at a distance in tin beck g ounn, pei'p im; over lb. rntid-widis, or psrtiuliy led behind tree* ot busies^' short jackets and trows, r.v would make them pass for tncu uriiong straugets, if I their b.aided h.'.lr, sttick Tdt of (lowers, and tin ii Ji'tlf *< tairrpetl and laudagt •! f'edt, did »"/t betray their sex. lit v, hi ,f phased wi'h the imeq.uivcie.il mat k» of gold inir.iortr which prevail in tv r crowd, nuiiilei nip led and unconcerned by ih. hswl.ng of some unhappy victim si:Hi 1 ring under 'he lash of magiateiia’ coitcciioii ; and he will be nr .used at the awkward tv. rtious of the sof'vr sex to nobble out of sight, when taken by stir pri.v ; but, his slnnhu rs'will be interrupt ed on the nigh's of tin; .fuff moon by the ncCnriiul or; u s of squib* and crackers, gongs and trumpets, ai.c other accompa niments of boisterous north. A constant succession of. large villages, towns and cities, with high waffs, lofty gales, and more lofty pagodas, large ua 'igaiile rivers, cotmnuiiicatiiig by artilicial caua's, botli crowded with barges for pas sengers, and barks foi Iburdeo, as differ em from each other, in every river and every canal, as they are all different from any thing of th-e kind in the lest ot tffe world, —will present to the traveller an an■ mated picture of acl.i ily, industry, ami • omcierce. He wid behold, in the lake* and niOrasscs, every li'tle islet crowned with villages and mud hovels. He will observe birds (the if u tse, or cormorant) cilchir g fish ; aud men in the water, with jars on th it heads, fnliing for bitvis. He will see shoals of ducks issuing fi oro ti uu ingliabitaiiors, obedient to ti.e sound < f a a fustic; carts on lie land, driven b, the wind; and iiarg-es oa the water, moving, by wbee s, like'h.;s< recently mvnutil in Bin op, fi,v propelling the steam boa's— Among other strange obji-cts, hewiliob sene, at every ten or Ueelve miles, small military gijard-hou-es, w lh a few soidiers antus 1 iqaily dt< ssed in paper helmets and qm tc I.petticoats, niaklt’g us«l Vl the fan, ' t e wea'her be warm, and'falling on : th ir kne-es, d'a« oilictr ol' rank, should puss ih. rn. He will observe tha the meanest hit', with waffs of clay, cud a roof of thatch, is built mi -the same plan, and cl the «an.v si uiff, with tin palace of tin viceroy, constructed of blue briefest »i»d lls tiled r >"f s it,ported on pillars. He wlff,notice Uial the luxury ot glass is wanting in the windows of Lo'h; an I that, while one admits a free passage lo the.ail, the othei bn» imj-t ifec'ly n-s.sts th ; wtalher, and as imp' live tty admits the light, whether through oiled paper, silk gauze, pearl Shells, ot horn. Notiiing, perhaps, will more forcibly ar rest the attention of the traveler than ti - general nalt.- Mu-ss ol the country as to li-. cs a'd hedgc-i ows, of which ihc la'.tei have uo eX'stenci, and the former exis only in clumps near the dwellings of the pu'uhc (.fnrci'a, or the temples of Ft, or fio-tse. No green meadows will meet his eye; no oattie c. liven die seem r.ihe otuy htrl'.ige is on the narrow ridges which divide the plot’s of grain, -or Iff ■ Itrow: f.iiiow, as in the •miumoii fields of England Tlie terraced niffs lie will pro iKihly ithserve tn be lenuiiiuti d wim a clump'of- trees, orapigoda—die o ils objects i" In distance tiial ca'ch tile rye tint the bridges on tlie canals, of every v ii-iety of shape',—circular, elliptical, toi-sc-shoe, gdithcp—slight and unstable as they are, arc objects tout, by their im felly and variety, must attrao. notice; »nd the ruonumeniaf articlf tectnre, which a 'orns the cemeteries under ev ■ t u ni, from the lowly tent-shaped Iweilmg to the ioftlebt cdumn, —t.u- devated U-rracos, supported by semicir- Jtrar v. abs, —and the round hillocks,which . tlfei- gn-aduaied size, pomt out that of he la'lier, the mother, and the cltddn ~ icci.cd ng t.i Hit;- Remorily,—are arming !, c most interesting objects that China ‘ft’ ids. I*. by chance, be shod. ’’'C admitted vitlim the gates of one of their givat ci it as Bekii'* Nktikin, Sau-lch ou-foo, lang-tclieou-foo, or Can ion, he may tan y hii.iselft from the low house with c-.iv ■d overhanging roof's, umutemipte ; by a ni,,u* diimney, tficplilxrs, puff s, flags, uvd streamers, 'o have got into the it idsi if a faige em aaipmeivt. The gliiicring I'ismg fdiin the gilding,the tarnishing, i"d ihe paining, in vivid cuioui-, tha. . lorn tne front of the shop,—and, in la.ilrular, the gaily pril led lanterns ui I torn, musl.n, sk, a d ci, —the busy j uuiumde all in utouon, uitd all ol oue 1 seX) the painted and gilded inscriptions ta that, ih announcing the articlts dealt in, ir assure the passengers that “ they don’t re cheat kore,”—-the confused noise of link- 11 ers, cobblers, anti blacksmillis, in their w little portable workshops,—the buying, selling, bartering, & bawling, of different I' wares, —’he processions of men carrying " their new-married wives, with along train I of presents and squalling and noisy mu- n sic; or carry to the grave some deceased o relation, with moil lamentable bowlings, t —the mirth and b usts of laughter ocr.a- c sinned by jugglers, conjurors, mounte- Dunks, quack-doctors, musicians, and co- >■ rqediuns; in 111 midst o* ail which is con- t staidly h aid a strange twanging noise . from the bai hers tweezers; like the jarring ■ sound of a crack'd Jew’s k* l lV '‘ ia 1 gisti ales and officers, a'tended by their I Actors, and a numerous retinue, bearing flags, umbrellas, painted lanterns, and I other strange insignia of their rank anu , office;—all these picsent to the eyes am! ' ears of a strange*. a novel and interesting 1 , spectacle. Thd noise and bustle c‘ this t busy multitude commences with day light, and cease only with the setting of the suit; after which, scaicely a whisper is heard, and the streets are entirely dcser ted. Towards the Central parts of China, near to the places where the two gieal rivers, the Whang-ho and the Yang-tse kiting. intersect the Grand Canal, a scene, magnificent beyond de-scrip ion, will ar rest the attention of tbe traveller ; heA. he willfind himself in the midst bt bustle and business .The muliitudt of ships oi wav, of commerce, of convenience; and of ph-asuf., some gliding down the si:cam towards the sea, others working (ig-alfut it by sails, oars, or wheels, amVOtheis ly ing at anchu.-; the bunks on ei'ber side, At well as 111 -se of the canals, covered with towns us far at; the eye can reach , the continuance along the Canals of cities,- towns ami villages, almost without inter. r u !V -r.lhe vast number of light aSuiifc bridges, ail,!.three arches.— f,v icinpl is occi.rrin-^mirvqueiTCß’ruci's > sio with '.hint-double and triple tiers of • lo.ds.—the I’ei-los, or-triple gateways, In i coinnictn-iiVtioh of hones' man o; chaste virgin;—the face of tive sun uur'd ’ iv.g country, b auiiluliy. dlrersHi .fi wit;' iiii’- and dale,-'and:<eV(--ry pari of it,in tin highest slat ofcut'isati- n—die apparent ft .ppy condition of ilic-nnuieron ; inhab' lants, indicated by their / }'• ev)fj iop :s and. substantia' clothing, Bhkfly in silk, — such arr the seems which pyestn-te fucnis I os to O'iv countrymen who /om poii fi the embassy f ihe Kail of Maca-i. i.ey, anil were receuriy repeated to those who accuuijianh djJud A lo -rsl Jle would pr tbnoly he; in si align, how ever, in inferring live genetal happy « a'c i ..f the pi i.p’c-, or beautiful appear ihcc ol • ' lie country, from what might occur along this-great line of comma ncation between 'hr northern and southern c\i remit ies of , the empire The Dutch embassy .s<:umu; out in winter, when the canals were fo sen, proceeded by a different yonte, ami , the inconveniences they suffered, .s des ' r bed by Van Uraah), and in a MS JWr ■ nal in oar posscs.-aon, are such as can 1 scarcely be credited to have occurred in ■ any nat'uu removed but a few deg e-s fotn'he savage slate; The face of ;h i country was dreary, without a visible trace i of cultivation, or a hovel oi any kind, f the space of eigld. or ten miles tog' thee. In many parts the (MiTßcr -«-a» c-rver- •* with water, and the mud hovel's complete i Iv melted donm. Very few tines, towns or v iiluges, occurred in tit* it route, a those were almost universally in'a mi i ons condition. Near to the capital th y passed a city exhibiting only n m.s-i of-u --uis. It was not before th y had cross.', tin Yellow River that the nrints ot wine; carriages marked out the r<>a-t. The pe pie every where appeared in Agent nod . oppress d, equally destitute i f h fee ing* of i un.a u iy and of hospita i'y. KOHMGN. Savansau, Octubek 20, 1821. i heschr. Klix.i, captain Trowbridg-,} f ‘im N :\v-York, and the brig II ro, from Philadelphia, arrived hist evening, we have received tbe papes of those poru to Sa'U"day last 13U: lost inclusive, con taining Liverpool datesto the first of Sep lumber, r ceived ut New-Yoik by th-’ pack< t ship Albion. Ext ac s follow. In, die Albion, came passenger the Che valier D’Ancluago, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pie. inpot .utiar v, triim hu Catholic Majesty to the United States, Ur. Price and Mr PUiJltpps and livtly of the Th.-atre, and William G -sum, Ksq. of Savannah '.iv rp'i-l, September I.—The sales of Colton th;« week, kalie been, by private 4'.fid-bags and by auction, 235 J bags, of i ait sons, of which, by private, 24.50 were Atne ic .ii, and 1,409 do by auction The private sa,-s com ste l of 1700 bales up lands, viz. 7d ut 7-J; 790 , 9 '-Bto 7-8, i 27d at 10- ; 780 ut. 10 1-8 to j 1, and 10 a lid; 64 ) O ;• hiis, at 9d to 11 1; 80 i emu ssee at 9 a 9j i, an I fij sea islands u 15 ti. tOOd white an-d 200 stained sea islands, 13 i i O k-ii is, and 160 uplands. There weie a buve 2000 sea islands offered, and what 1 weiesold, went at loWer prices generally I by lii than any previous sales, a>d in the < b t .c- qualities, nearly 21. There was one i lot of seu islands that cost 33 cents in Sa- i Vanuati this year, tha' sold at 1 »d. We ne ver knew less inclination to buy, nor a 1 greater determination to set;; and if these i public sales ai c pe’sove.eil in, the general < qualities of sea islands will soon be down 1 to 121. The sales by miction, were f-om t m to 16(1, but generally at IJj to 14d, } anu siained from to 12d. t Uplands were low in any quality. Si sold fn m 8 to BJd. We co..sider the lower qualities of Orleans and uplands near a f farthing lower this week, but in the bet ter sorts, prices are the same, ’there is t no change in our market for any tiling a else. fi Tobacco, 2to 6 Rice, 13 a 15s; Tur pen tine 11s 6d to T3s 6d; tar 13 a 154; pot c iis ui 1 58 ; Montreal 32s 6J; pearis 38i> 6d li to 39s tab .imnican Stocks in Loudon, August 39 t Tbr.-e er.centf.7tl; 6 per cvuis, 98 to v lu J; 7p> r cents 102i;fire percents-101; banks ate-, iiorHinallj, 23 pounds. li V» ar between Russia and Tu’ key w.;s 3 s'il. U.ked of, but nothing decesi-.e had ti.Ren place. A letter from Paris of tin c 25? h August o .serves on tliis s bjeci, u ‘ neither vlo we think vve are in error in repeating cur assurance that war is cer- ain, and that there is not a human heart ■ n Europe that does not vi.-h the exter- H nination c«f the Turks, and their dttini. live expulsion troiu this quarter of the The Russian fleet, consisting of tenor B twelve ships of war, the (irid ot the navy was at Keison, a port at liie ninutb of lue r Dniester,- t.nd further north than Odessa; no changes had '.rkeii place in the situation H; of Baton Suogpiioll' v\ ar was the only theme of convcisauou at St. I’etersbur- B om die 20th. 0 ■< 1 The accounts from Odessa were to the 3-i of August. ‘lbsie had nut been at 11 that date any nmvenient in the Russian s ‘ army, and the greatest interest was exc;- led as to intelligence from Coiiitu.iiiiic pie, which had been interrupted far . ■toUnigh’. ‘ In co.iseqilencu of a proclamation by H professor King, at l.rtpsic, a number of young men in t.eimany have associated H l.ieinseln-s for the purpose ofassisting in tin work gs Giecian emancipation. It is smd that a p. inceof one of the most dig. tiiiguishfcd.sovereign houses m Germany, vt ho acquired grea. military lepiitatiouin -tue late v- ars, ti kas particular interest tiie cause, and has co.ilnbnt. d 60,0-jC i) o .^R<f | j I'.ns tow aids tlu- equipumnuol die >'oui;g^lw r i volunteers. I‘iofessor Kiug’s-proclamati.i'i lad boeh^Bjj at swered by pjoiitsor VVeark, of 'same university, iif.wi icli h- tile idea ot sending incxpeiic .a.c., men todigiu for the GievU- c;nl sa,s they wist, t > c iiUrmule to their > : -p|>it pet them ail irti pecurnary ussistaii ce. Krug’s p.oi.eriy i-.tui be- n r ca e , and proceedings instiiot d i.e i gau-.t him and Inc ; uu,ish s qiicCi-’s remains an it • ■ 1 ■- the Util August. As It \v?.;i 111-.*-.-. ;■ ; i remove tin- coipse to a saudi, Mined to il'c i-uvigh'icn J i,m -■ | in the aft--riW'.ii conveyed on b • i 1 d op of vvai Stc. by Hie Wye, sad cl ~u • el. S-.a t, ii-.re .uey it-rived •. --•wr • j . tided ill tb’ ut.,-: : BB» e!,r -tace iUd a |.a , Ou-.Uve-i, till m yoi-ds, “Hu: i ju cl tin, I-;-, « * d-- su-ne c ihl’vMgtluUl U< CtCi’O y -u llml •^H ( j istu ' a u-s.vick, when be soJeimi .-I, ; r b 1 ) ,y t Q u-i of ( S a *, take j-laci tm Saturday m i>- cied to ui- vc Hi •in w Messluii, order - B eiight be property . IJI tiori oi tlie royal corpse. i Tn« C-itotiali-ni (.i.'iinnl'tce i. • ” ter tradesmen TJL -la .„^^B i()US P b n g. tttng up tnfiir s'rienJid t;ey a. :,> il.al ~ c„ , >|)t | y( | was alii’rdi.d liy ti.c.n cu . - , deserving indiviihi-. s. ‘ be ' Ihe ki- g ot- K.vg.ia..l Was * . rk , -'iid o:i the fi.lt oi depict- -I • . ihe king, wid, it is , »;'ter urn ti-oiii I e ana. i i.-.u t ,e -urds the end t • e.Member. He. .i^^C ljng ■ I 'Mii'ing ,»t WiUtehuab.vd. msr.l^^K«„ ‘ t "li. re h. see his segnst sisier^^Bsi i '.' epc ■;iAi dial he in-euds ■ a iff,tU-thing under the title i.i^^B Vl j an . t Uu fetroiii'g ..., SIP 1 f’ Loiwidn TrrvcPer efthr t | . of the king’s v .sit to a . ak(-s tlic loli'iv. mg otis 'vatu 'is: "Every tiling shows dut extens g ' a mere sion d Ins • n;«^ Uoast ii'ik ue ] e coive that thi- t 0 thund out lif. vxc* • to be .p.img h-'« take i p.aw in t cii ■B h|glo]ljtlj w'utst me up oaricu.i break cut ot range luiiemian at the Jo;.! May i g i -p ak. with some si. i. ticanrv I j-'J ~ tr of Co Alienee on t.y ethei ’' * w Tin kef’., to be s.ue, has b*.—n g o j r an. ; and ibis is die o y Jwt • ')^H W Q(, een of t is!cd into an rndiCaUJit thy'- Dr( vv.il lead to Lnm diale or m^,l T;i. duke of Wellington has Paris,and held a Jjfivsie iiitt-mc^M^ lo | ler el( till- king. i ue sLt-a n pacict', Robert sq ianyle, f-o-ii GiVerponl to Sre on the 23th of August, ran J, i h P e .cater near Cema.-s : and “•'"‘'■teti wed peis.m mi'ired tuiva • b • got -ff and repaii vd. one of i The steam packet Britannia '^■ Olldon been injured by fire fr m a('lcj ! Accounts from I 25th of fitly state mat the j n Iliad arrived at Sumos, and ... , vv is and vlllag-s deserted; >h^^K|j yegt tu .ts supposed to baie fled to an( j w het tains * . OR Bi and may I.oxnoy, Atoitst 28 »„ er tban ’ The funds dechned ft| j tbai( one per co.,t, owing to the i nc- ived train Uonsiantinople. 1 a reSlJ | ul lug there is every appearance c . t , provement, as the panic subscribe measure subsided. i<n ailbl)s „ ai twelve o’clock were 75 3-8. • row is the settling day, and «« %< k great fluctuations, th .; made are reported to be on die 4 n eyrand - tensive scale. . to tl ’ Tbe last intelligence CoiisUnliuonle is of a rather recollection hk- c miph-xion that, the pro) c ™.0‘ CCS. Tne ultima;uni of the 1 exander would nut, it was ceded to by the-I’orte. . ■ihe min. ? This ultimat.Tin we gave ' n ff"^B« rn de week or two so ce; if '-he io ’ extendi, sr tnoralion of its demands be co . ’ ‘K d. in some slight degree ‘^B»ikmen has already appeared. 8 18 j* sai ‘ d tl e. of Russia exacts— -^B ul , n „„ • Ist. The evacuation oi )b'B.J" ,c "» , Pn*, Vt'allaciiM in 1.. vor of Russia. . j . ,e s * 2-hv. \m;.tstv'o tin jp arid 3dh'. Five nav igatlon of the f er<or h ja « full and complete. I,u ‘* 1 4thly Tuii and conrde'e ’ v tint, to (ho l.rei ks for dm I" 881 already wi A havt fuvther destruction. ‘ n LC uu^ sihlv. (Jomplete repair Hr otto or chiirche-s and re-esU.hiu.ir..- -j*^^ hgioii; And p u *uaj fi.i.tv A public ami ‘ K,lt Baron sy oganotf, to, the c ni- e K a t Ar; which the Porta tiad off-r'-| € od of A ■\ period of ight d .vs omy done than to answer this demand fan' . !e roofs « 4t. Petersburg. , ~ fro™ The Paris journals of " ,berß of th come to hand. The ,0 * ov*ithat. PAnis.Auo« T 'l’Ue eoiu’t w ill go ‘“W M