The Times publishes a remarkable letter from Rangoon, from some
one who must have -access to Acid information. He announces that the French in Cochin-China are engaged in the conquest of Tonquin, a dependency of Anam, and have already,. in spite of the resistance of the Tonquinese, occupied Hanoi, and annexed five provinces, which, however, they have some difficulty in pacifying. The -writer announces-farther that the French have found the Sonkoi navigable into the southern portion of the Western provinces of China, and clears up the puzzle as to the sudden strength displayed by the Chinese against the Mussulmans. The Chinese had the aid of French rifles, and as is believed, of French officers, who materially aided in the conquest of the Mohammedan capital, Talifoo. The French cannot manage colonies, but an open water-road into South-Western China ought to give them a most important trade.
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