29 MARCH 1834, Page 13

The Celestial Empire is about lobe revolutionized, not only through

the commerce of England, but through the music of Italy ! An Ita- lian company is performing operas at Macao and other places in China. Rossini's music is preferred by the natives.

Great distress has been occasioned at Canton, and other towns on the river, by the overflowing of the waters, and the incessant rain. The city of X.!hienchow has been nearly destroyed ; 18,000 houses having been swept away by the water from the mountains bursting through a ravine upon the town.