CHINA.
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Gig of Amoy- tdnticide -tratic tn females. The city of Annoy is on island upon the coast of

 F0h-ke province, about 400 or 300 miles N F. ot

 Macao. From Mir. Gutzlaffs description !. would

 seem that ibe iphabitaDs are the KaDkees o China.

 The facts hch stated respecting the murder off male nants and the degradation ofthe sex, must

 der the plan of Christian mission to Amov peculiar y acceptable to our female readers--N. Y. Obs

 After many delays we finally arrived at

 Annoy. This place is situated on a very

 large island, on the loft side of a bay. which

 deeply indents the country, and forms nu-

 merous islands. The city is very exten-. siye, and contains at least two hundred

 thousand inhabitants. All it's streets are narrow, the temples numerous, and few large houses owned by wealthy merchants. Its excellent harbor has made it. from time immemoriaI. one of the greatest emporiums of the empire, and one of The most impor- iant markets, of Asia. Vessels can sail up close to the houses, load and unload wi.h the greatest facility, have shelter from all winds, and in entering or leaving the port experiences no danger of getting asaore.- The whole adjacent c5untry being sterile, forced the inhabitants to seek some means of subsistence. Endowed with an enter- prising spirit, and unwaaried in the pursuit of gain, they visited all parts of the Chi ness empire, gradually became bold sailors, aud settled as merchants all along the coast. Thus they coloAized Fprmosa, which, from that period to this, has been their granary 1; visited and settled in the Indian Archipel- ago, Cochin China, and Siam. A popu- lation constantly over1owing demanded constant resources for their subsistence, and this they found in colonization. This they have promoted all along the coast of China, up to .Mantchon Tartary. As ssoon as the colonists amass sufficient money they return home, which they leave again when all is spent.

 This constant emigration of the male part of the people contributes very much to the destruction of domestic happiness 1t is general custom among them to drown a large proportion of the newborn female 1 children. This unnatural crime is so com mon among them. that it is perpetFated without any feeling, and even ina laughing