The Press. — London, England, 1858-09-18 00:00:00

THE PRESS, SEPTEMBER 18,1858. Colonel Holmes's detachment, which hid kept up a hot pursuit of the enemy in a diff3rent direc npn wi w t h ith t hem, and theyout much result, found it impossible to come at last escaped by a pass which, being encumbered with artillery, he could not cros s. These rebels then turned to the west, and i n tend, it is said, descending into Marwar by the Chatter Boof, or one of the Marwar passes. It was nut thought any of the Thekoors would join them, and troops have been moved from Ahmedabad towards Oodeypore to check their advance into tiuzerat. The detachment under Colonel Holmes juiaed General Roberts's force on the 10th, and the pursuit was recommenced on the 13th. On the ltith of August the rebel fugitives were overtaken and defeated. The loss of the enemy in killed was very severe. Sur casualties are few. The Cavalry and Horse Artillery have gone after them. BENGAL PROPER. In Bengal Proper we have but few occurrences to notice. From Behar we have no news whatever, and IN apprehend that Brigadier Douglas has as yet not been successful in driving the rebels out of the Jugdespure jungle. In Shahabad the mutineers still continue to be troublesome. In Myrnensing an eineute has occurred, which shows the extreme care lessness with which the gaol has been guarded, at a time when experience has shown that one of the first acts of the rebels is always to liberate and let loose upon the community the inmates of gaols. On the 25th of July, nearly 000 convicts, handcuffed and fettered, managed to overpower the guard, seized their arms, and made clear off to Jumalpore. The collector, with the available guard, and assisted by the Eutopean residents of the station, pursued the fugitives, and recaptured about 300, who it appears surrendered without much opposition. THE PUNJAUft. A CALCUTTA CORRESPONDENT'S FEARS. Information has been received from the P unjaub of a somewhat gloomy character. The following account of the evidence elicited at a Court of Inquiry at Dera Ismail Khan is only too accurate :- - - - O❑ July 10th the 18th Punjaub Infantry mutinied at Dere Ismail Khau ; and a Court of Inquiry, which was still sitting three days later, elicited several important cir cumstances, which we will now mention altogether, as if they bad been known on the night in question. A por tion, then, of the 18th Punjaub Infantry had been told off for the murder of all the officers, after which the ' fort was to be seized, and the 39th, which our readers will remember was disarmed some time back, was to be re ariutsl out of its magazines and stores. Taking with them the gaits and treasure, the mutineers were then to em bark in boats for Dere Uhazee Khan, on the Indus, where they expected to be joined ny the troops of the place ; they were to cross the Indus and hasten to Mooltan, and the two regiments there, and march upon Lahore. No doubt is entertained that the Bth Police Battalion and the Pun it'd) Battery were in the plot; and, moreover, the conepi rating reckoned upon being joined by Renny's Regiment, the 3rd Sikhs, front Bunnoo, the regiment from which the mutineers originally came. Providentially, inforinstion was given to Major Gardiner, 16th Native Infantry, before the scheme was ripe for execution. He instantly went down to the lines, so late as ten o'clock at night, and sent for the ringleaders. One, a sepuy, came first. He was ordered at once to be confined, but no sooner heard the order than he turned round and bolted, pursued by some of the guard. Just as the guard had overtaken and was hying hold of him, a jemadar—the other of those for whom Major Gardiner had sent—rushed out, cut down one of the guard, and wounded the subadar of it. The two ring- leaders then ran, and nothing wore was heard of them till the 22nd, when news came to one of the outposts that the poy was caught, and that the jemadar was being hotly chased. The ulterior designs, had the plan remained six hours longer undiscovered, came out before the Court of Inquiry which we have mentioned. It appears that the authors of the plm belong to the Mabwa Sikhs, of whom about 130 were interspersed among the ranks which they sought to rouse and arm against us.—New Era, August 7. The Punjaub regiments fortunately are not all Sikhs, and the Punjaubees have little sympathy with their old masters. Any serious explosion would, however, retard for at least another year the pacifi cation of the country. We have already been in formed that such a misfortune is regarded by Sir John Lawrence as more than possible. CHINA. STATE OF AFFAIRS AT CANTON. We read iu a letter from Hong Kong, dated July Lord Elgin was at Shanghai by last advices, and pro posed leaving thence for Japan, but the unsatisfactory mate of matters at Canton may induce him to alter his plans and come down here. The fleet at the Peiho was to disperse at once and Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, I believe, i s on hia , way to Shanghai. His presence is much required at Canton, and I cannot help thinking if there bad been more determination shown in the government of the place, matters would not have become as bud as they ate. The Adventure, with the b9th Regiment on board, was in the Yangtze Kiang, on her way down. I have heard on good authority that at an interview Mr. Parkes had with l'ek wei, the latter deplored the present state of things at Canton, but declared his utter inability to alter them, and that the Chinese members of th Provisional Government, as well as the native soldiers, were as much ohjects of aversion to the associated gentry as foreigners were. Pekwei further stated his opinion, that the troubles of the province were only commencing, and that Hwang would not have the power to control the gentry and people. He recommended all precautions to he used, and expressed a wish to see reinforcements strive. Trade at Canton is quite suspeaded, and it is impos sible to say when it will he resumed. 893 intend to pass a few days before returning to Cam. bridge-cottage, Kew, for the autumn. His SERENE HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF LEININOEN, grandson of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, was united in marriage to her Royal Highness the Princess Marie of Baden on Saturday last. The . _ . ceremony took phce at Carlaruhe, the capital of the Grand Ditch , / of Baden. The Prince, it may be stated, though a German by birth, is a naturalized British subject, a captain in the Royal Navy, and proposes soon taking up his residence with his bride in this country. THE KING OF PORTUGAL'S banner, sword, and other insignia have been placed over his stall at the Chapel Royal of St. George's, Windsor, as the newly-elected knight of the most noble order of the Garter. At the back of the stall a brass plate has been placed, on which is engraven the arms of his Majesty, sur rounded by the Garter and motto " Honi soit qui mal y pense," with the following inscription : " Du tres haut, tres•puissant, et tres•excellent monarqne, Pedro V., Roi de Pcrtugal et des Algorves, Due de Saxe, Chevalier du tre-noble ordre de la Jarretiere. Dispense des ceremonies d'installation par lettres patentes daties du xxivme jour de Join, MDCCCLVII I." . _ _ THE EX-ROYAL FAMILY OF FRANCE visited Chel tenham last week, arriving from Malvern, where they have been staying for some time. The party included the ex Queen Marie Amelie, the Count de Paris, the Duke de Chartres, the Prince and Princess de Join ville, the Princesses Blanche and Francoise. the Prince of Ponthieu, the Prince of Wurtemburg, and a suite, consisting of the Count and Countess de Chabannes, and six or seven other attendants. Amongst the places visited by the illustrious party was Cambray-house, the ex Queen having a desire to visit once again the dwelling in which she resided when, forty-five years ago, she was staying in Chel tenham with the exiled Louis XVIII. THE MARRIAGE OF LORD WALTER SCOTT, third son of the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, and Miss Hartopp, daughter of Sir William and Lady Hartopp, is to be solemnized. the first or seccild week in the ensuing month, at Four Oaks, the family seat in Warwickshire. Lord Walter Smtt has recently retired frum the army. WE are sorry to learn that Lord Henry Cecil, fourth son of the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, is lying very dangerously ill at St. L mnards on-Sea. THE RIGHT HON. SIDNEY HERBERT, M.P., and Mrs. Herbert are expected in town in a few days from a tour in Germany. HIS EXCELLENCY THE AMBASSADOR OF FRANCE left Albert-gate House on Thursday morning for the Isle of Purbeek, fora few days. BALMORAL CASTLE is apparently finished. The fine new bridge erected over the Dee as a private entrance to the castle is completed. It is constructed alter designs by Mr. Brunel, on the principle of the tubular bridge at the Menai Strait; has a span of 165 feet, and contains nearly ninety tons of iron. It has been built at the sole expense of the Prince Consort. Viiittal. MR. SPOONER, M.P., AND MR. NEWDEGATE, M.P., AT TANIWORTH. THE anniversary meeting of the Sparkenhoe Farmers Club was held at Tamw•orth, on Tuesday, and was largely attended by the neighbouring gentry and farmers. The annual dinner took place in a spacious mar. quee erected in the field in which the show was held, and in which about 1,100 ladies and gentlemen sat down to an excellent cold collation, under the presi dency of Mr. Spooner, M.P., who was supported by his hon. colleague in the representation of Warwick shire, Mr. Newdegate. After the removal of the cloth, The PRESIDENT prozeeded to give the usual loyal and patriotic toasts. In giving "The Health of the Queen," he observed that he had heard with regret that in another part of the kingdom the name of the Queen had either been altogether omitted or had been made secondary to a toast which in this country was one of the most objectionable that could be pro posed. Whatever might be the case in Ireland, he trusted, and indeed he believed, such a thing could never take place in this country. It was an insult which might in the course of time be forgotten, but it was one that by an assembly of loyal English farmers could never be forgiven. Such a sovereign as we now had was an honour to the age, and to substitute for her venerated name that of the Pope was a direct insult to the Protestantism and loyalty of the country—such an insult as would not readily be erased from the minds of her more loyal subjects. THE TREA.TY. The North China Herald gives from a reliable source the following summary of the most important points of the treaty which was signed at Tien Tsin on the 26th ult. by his Excellency the Earl of Elgin and the Imperial Commissioners Kwei Liang, an l Hwa Shane, and which has since received the ratifi cation of the Emperor. The treaty contains fifty six articles : Art. I. Confirms the Treaty of Peace at Nankin, and abrogates the supplementary treaty and general regulations. Art. 9. Provides for the optional appointment of Chinese and British Ministers at the Courts of Pekin and St. James's. Art. 3. Contains provisions with r tspect to the perma nent establishment of the British Minister at Pekin, his family and suite. Art. 4. Makes provision for the travelling, postal, and other arrangements of the Resident Minister. Art. 5. The British Minister to transact business with the Secretary of State on footing of equality. Art. ff. The same privileges accorded to Chinese Minister in London. Art. 7. Provision with reference to Consuls and their official rank. Art. 8. Christianity, whether Protestant or Roman Catholic, to be tolerated, and its professors protected thnmghout the empire. Art. 9. British subjects to be permitted to travel for pleasure or trade to all parts of the interior ; arrangements with tespect to transports, and cities in the hands of rebels. Art 30. Chiukiang to be open to trade within a year from the signing of the treaty, and three other ports o n tho Yang•tze Kiang as far as Hankow to be opened on the evacuation of its shores by the rebels. Art. IL The ports of Nun Chwang ( Manchuria), fang Chow ( Gulf of Pecheli), Tai Van ( Formosa), Swatow, and Kiung Chow ( Hainau), to be opened in addition to present ports. Art. 26. Tariff to be revised by an Anglo-Chinese Com mission appointed for the purpose. Art. 27. Revision of tsriff to be decennial. Art. 28. An official declaration of the ameiltint of transit duties leviable at inland cnstom•houses to be published in English and Chinese. The British merchant, however, to be allowed, if he chooses, to commute the transit dues at an ad valorem rate. Art. 211. Reduction of tonnage dues, and a four months' certificate to vessels engaged in coasting trade. Art. 50. Official correspondence to he for the future conducted in English on the part of English officials—to be accompanied by a Chinese version for the present—and to be considered the text. Art. 51. The character I (barbarian) to bo suppressed in Chinese official documents. Art. 52. British ships of war to visit any port in the empire. The commanders to be treated an terms of equality by Chinese officials. Art. 58. Measures to be concerted for the suppression of piracy. Art.s4. Favoured nation clause. Art. 55. Conditions affecting the Canton indemnity guAstion, to be placed in a separate article. Art. 56. Rstitications to be exchanged within a year. CANADA. RE ELECTION OF MR. BROWN FOR TORONTO. A letter from Toronto of the 30th August says the great event of the past week which has attracted the attention of the whole province to the capital has been the contest for this city between Mr. Brown and Mr. J. H. Cameron, which came off on the 27th and 28th inst.; and after one of the closest and severest struggles ever known in the country, resulted in the reelection of the late representative—the Premier of two days. Court ann saslltna. THE QUEEN, the Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales. and some of the other junior branches of the Royal Family are at Balmoral, all in the enjoyment of good health. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, attended by Major Teesdale and Mr. Gibbs, arrived at Edinburgh ou Saturday morning by the night express from Lindon via Great Northern, North- Eastern, and North British railways. Although his Royal Highness was generally expected to pass through Edinburgh on his journey north, the hour of his coming was quite unknown, and very few had the pleasure of seeing him. After a few minutes' delay in attaching the royal saloon in which the Prince travelled to the north mail train, his Royal Hi g hness resumed his journey, proceeding to Aber deen, where a special train was in readiness to pro teed to Banchory, whence his Royal Highness posted to Balmoral. THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE and the Princess Mary, attended by Baron Knesebeck, have left Dover for Tunbridge Wells, where their Royal Highnesses M