Show chinese mission Ki ision 0 r I 1 ff letter etter from E der jims lebis is to t eler ec eq ai I 1 PAROWAN NOV 25 1854 I 1 will give a few extracts from our journal of the I 1 I 1 s A t I 1 aft landed ut at hong Q ath of ofA April haeng arrived in ii tie hurb harbor orthe after bearch wj a avro oln to occupy w I 1 raj abad bad formerly been baen used for Stow ingi trea onto ga doable doi ible barred and ad tots bolts with wilfa privilege loge of eating with the ownby abt the rate of 4 one dollar per cerday dAy each thi lb being eing the chance clia uce vuk oui I 1 luggage luggage was m giova ovod asli li shore I 1 the th e harbor seems little ware more than an obion open rp allstead where vessels dorbain hort il up the river to io caironi Cai toni which is wmiles 30 miles from this point from the harbor tile the city lire bouts quite a handsome appearance appe aranca as it is situ abed at the base pf af f a high mounta moun tairi iiii which protects it from a strong south west wind winal which prevails the tha most of the year this is eft cily yasa as a few years ear sago ago old hong being situated on bu tile other side odthe of tha mountain islaub subject to the prevailing winds windo the prep pre sent location is feir far preferable to the former on account of Improve meal in ili tho the harbor ac upon our arrival the vessel was covered eithier for one predence pretence pre tence ence or another designing however to steal everything I 1 they carry away for they have the cha racier of being the most skilful thieves in the I 1 world or at least 4 portion of them title this place I 1 is of considerable importance in ili man many v respects cf the island was ceded to the english tit nt tile time peace was rattled aed after the war here is the residence of the governor general of china and is the great notary post in ili china and is tile the terminus of the one hue of steamers which bring hi ing tile the overland mail from the home government moi monthly movably Ably coshow to show the rapidity of information I saw the now new york herald 29 duy its to iesue and had tile the pleasure of reading tile the lesage message I 1 was informed that this line of steamers would in ili a 4 jey noritha noi itha bo be continued contin ded to ut falia and I 1 san sail I 1 0 the british government affords every f facility will t y otheir own tra transmission maion of intelligence within themselves on jonm m bitters pertaining pertain hig to governmental af affairs fars havink having war steamers alyin n f from tom this thir point along we the coast to any point epich V I 1 h affords trade or traffic which in ili ono one article within a few fw years yean i his has greatly arid and I 1 should say fearfully su fit creased cread viz viz tho the trade this drug has i spread its deleterious liten ce ovir over the whole con country and tens tells of thousands of the inhabitants finda find ii grave ith its use yearly I 1 here are quartered tired about 1000 br tar 1 1200 troops of the lower order or of english regiments nua m rile up of irish and scotch Scot cli though mostly ibish with a regiment ie 1 I t fram tile island or of ceylon blacks 14 tasy Is owing ig to the heart hea of ill flip climate th they ev all aro 0 only allowed out of barracks in tile the evening from six to eight when they throng flirting tl the places luces of prostitution tit ution mad ia so easy of access hy by license from authority the city of hoag Kon kong glias has probably inhabitants of a motley mixture of all nations a eions of these thep it is a slid lid are lac nord pros tit ti ites lites tare lire are hont english aside from froin thy troops station stationed bd herd fiere they are tho tha aristo 6 abic nabobs nabors who in that country to alike a cortil bordino for dino c and 1 retire i re from bu business I 1 as soon ai as deijs led I 1 this t is is op 1 tile vessels iu iii tiya harbor show alow thit that every nation is engaged lii iii the brou frou tins this point many ships are their boding I consists consist of 0 ti alie lie smuggled goods bruti tit from other 1 plates places to 0 o be here singed aid within il it a few years 1 quite a trade lids has sprung 6 vl ili i graigie arii itc ditc I 1 lound licie in ili great to sn francisco to td beautify fi that city oid e s of exact breadth length antl amt ti thickness are sent fo 0 o build a building of any dimensions which arl are finished uis lied by th diio chinese so exact as to fit in fit evry part pait ivi without sound of h anmer ilan here e aro emi consuls from al all i counti fos tb though there are some of them mo anora re merc huits lhnn klitin consuls generally doing that business which pays tho best tile the buildings are built of lif atone co mcd W with ith tile inana of alivin ali m lurg kirge and colin nodi oils |