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()/ f.;‘ _ t 1 I \. 2? 9 00 0 e %. • le 4 . 61 61/ !Cti - .it II .K 1 .fl S k 4 ;# c s O i r ° 4 " Wit /4 , • 1 411011k1 , - • • • , -• ,• • / f+.l 1.,t;;A . W4011 1 / 4 - 0, 1161 m., of. ' WO" E l; / ";,?. 111(ii ese pe4 old 4. t ie/ `"? 74\ t 'y ai11; and , .‘. _ , 66 . k. Din ik• .... \L" -.ardro 1 rane,ncurtains or broken if too large to betoarried away r, ornam lattice work, sc 7o e d ns p , i j o a o d es e o s f to in ne ot?h ol'a is in m ts, and furniture — none escarieil im destructi on . There were extensive:barrodridoored"fto i t n l / 4. 43 B v i e a ry aanrtdiclgeolodf • t d h r r e ea ss d ; , co in ats th ri e m chll7 embroidered Dragon. Vashion ; boots, head-dresses, fans, &c., in fact, roo ms ' all but filled 1 at 20 doll. to 30 dole. per piece. By , e caleilatio,q r w o i l t l h a, s th oo e h m a . s niStaoyreberoboomogs h o t f i m n a.enauniatol'etured silk in made in the rooms, there must have been 70,000 o'r 80,000 pieces, Hundreds , e,. :.'irowit 'down and thampi.ed on, and the floor covered thickly with them, moo: were throwing them at each other, and all taking as many as they could carry. They were used instead of rope to secure the loading of carts filled with them. Throughout the French camp were hundreds of pieces, some heaped up, others used to make tents or beds and coverlids. before BONDS of the OTTOMAN EMPIRE, of 500 fr. sari each, withdrawable a t par, issued at 312 fr. 50c., and ng an annual interest of 30fr., or per cent. Y a contract concluded on the 29th Oct., 1860, between the tarkish Government and Messrs. J. Mires and Co., a n d r atified by an imperial firrnan, a loan has been effected. The following is the explanatory statement which precedes "'la contract : — T he Government of his Majesty the Sultan, desirous of ntracti ng ga loan, h proposed to a companof bankers and Pitalists to sell and cede to them by contact a sum of ;uld entes or Turkish Bonds, the interest on which at 6 per cent. be payable in the different cities of Europe, and chiefly "" Paris and London. The Imperial Government, desiring also to afford every Varantee tor this loan, and to ensure the payment of the in s:est and the redemption of the nominal capital in 36 years, pa yments and undertakes to effect regular and equable monthly "Li/lents to the contractors or their representatives. th 0 this end and In order to fulfil the conditions of security I ,, , lnuerial Government assigns as guarantee for payment tint the necessary annuities fall due, the general revenues vt the Otto, an Empire, and especially the farmed revenues entlinerated in Article 9." Man- IT, on ced 34 ;alley, led on wards it wa3 work- THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1860. N k 21,347. pluck; 4D . STAMPED, SD. y 311" ,ended id Mr. lessrs. outlay has been incurred in clearing and timbering the drives. B ANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.- Incorporated by Royal Charter. The COURT OIL DIRECTORS HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That a HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND, at the rate of Six per Cent. per annum (free of Income-tax) on the Capital of the B ,nk, will be payable to the Proprietors of Shares registered in this country on and after the sth day of Jan. next, at the office of the Corporation, No. 7, St.Hel en's-place, Bishopsgate street, between the hours of Ten and Four. No Transfer can be made botween the 15th instant and the sth proximo, as the Books must be closed during that period. By order of the Court. C. IPNAB, Secretary. No. 7, St, Helen's-place, London, Dec 4, 1860. PUBLICATIONS. AUSTRALIA. longer drawn MISS BREMEtt'S NEW WORK. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., T WO YEARS in SWITZERLAND and ITALY. By FREDRIK A. BREMER. We have received files of papers from Melbourne to the 25th of October, and from Sydney to the 20th of October. " The reduction in the charge for crushing quartz is becoming more general, and this has led to the taking np and reworking of claims and reefs not found to pay under the old tariff. With this reduc• GUARANTEES. , 11 ,Y a firman of his Majesty the Sultan, the farmed revenues t ;s l ,9:ned as guarantee, and specified in Article 9 of the con tF,t, are confirmed. ~..14ese revenues, assigned for the payment of the interest ' 44 1 for the redemption of the loan, amount Translatod by MARY Howyrr. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. We take the following from the Melbourne Ar gus of the 25th of October : To 141,081,543 Turkish piastres, Or £1.282,500 pounds sterling, th h Or 32,064 , 000 fr. in francs. e y , 811 M required for the payment of the annuities due for 27„interest and redemption of the loan, only amounting to "' pf„_"" o ,ooofr., the surplus will be delivered to the Ministry of Lnee of the Ottoman Empire (Art. 11). COLLECTION OF THE GUARANTEES. On the Ist (13th) March of every year the farming of the l e t l i r epues of the Ottoman Empire is publicly awarded by the cuter of Finance. -in order to be admitted to compete for this farming the ndidates must be guaranteed by bankers resident at Con "actinople. w it is on account of this situation that the following clause 51 ag inserted in the contract : mitt sorted The annual ammmt of each farmed revenue as i,e,u,Ra gu arantee shall be divided into twelve parts ; each ao,l"tn par shall be represented by a bill to order, signed at Constantinople by the farmers and their guaran 4°. These bonds, guaranteed in every case to the tal 4 d runt by the Imperial Government, will be delivred to in o r nee for the l aga atterinst receipts toe th e e contractors, to their assigns, to their a. THE COMMISSION FOR THE LOAN. ~A•ecording to the terms of Article 12 of the contract the con- Zactors of t he loan have the right of deputing representatives ". 4 0 will be able to communicate with the Government. The 11,1i:tractors can also revive direct from the hinds of the far -4t I V guarantees the consecutive payments of the revenues cially farmed for the payment of the interest and the re- Ption of the loan. o,P:or the carrying out of this arrangement the Government s Imperial Majesty has authorised the constitution of a Atari ' Commission of twelve members, resident at Con , antinople Paris, and London, who will be empowered to ftervi s 1. ('he receipt of the farmed revenues assigned as guarantee. of the he reaular payment of the interest and the redemption ~ his Commission is composed as follows : If MEMBERS RESIDENT AT CONSTANTINOPLE. Glavany, banker. • Ch. S. Hanson, one of the Directors of the Bank of Turkey uat Constantinople. ' ll Arland of the firm of Arland, G. Court, and Co., of Con stantinople. T he Board of MEMBERS u.,!i . e a ll Ellice, Esq Directors of the Bank of RESIDENT IN LONDON. ,Lubbock, and Co 'am Gladstone,' Esq., Turkey , composed of of the firm of Robarts L of the firm It 'a CO. of Thomson, B onar, G. Gordon, Esq., _ of the Oriental Bank ittiLa l e t o odocanachi, Esq., thefirmo . of Rodocanachi, Sons, tottnt Shade) M s - EMBERS, RESIDENT AT PARIS. . ]). m a, enator. 41 It . , , 9p, Consul-General of Turkey. • 6 , [entitn, Vice-President of the Societe Generale de Credit Isiao wre _nimerel a l et Industriel. Fnuld (de Saint Denis). REPAYMENT OF THE CAPITAL. (Extract from the Contract.) 6. Every half-year and at least one month before the to m Of each period, that is to say, in June rnd December a /31,021nittee, composed of the Ambassador of the Sublime Pot:te la b tds delegate, the representatives of the Contractors, and a Notary, shall proceed, at Paris or London, to the draw iuy lottery of the bonds to be redeemed. 4, 4 11 official statement of the numbers drawn shall be imme )relY published and communicated to the Minis'er of th ese at Constantinople. l'hese bonds are redeemable at 500 frs. In 36 years by . half -441Y drawings. The first drawing will take place m the Ipptit of June, 1861, and the redernntion of the bonds drawn 4 11 1 the payment of the interest will be effected from the Ist 111 Y, 1861. TAI3 -- 13,r Mr: tram- lit con 'oaring Imway nil on ddition ospital vent to 'or the lat the fast to tram- )f acci equest, d and autions 11 that ised 15 ad this ich had nd the he well warn mr the tat the ;ht for 'can and nd good qualities roved 6d 3, beano, a full [uoted at tainabla. to sell. !old at Is r were demand, }eat, 643 barley 34a per ; beans, gow the ;11 white do., 61s ; ; Rus , 36s per ans, I down. up. up. d down. :--Red rley 14a the do med of. )y were heavy to —d to 611 • stone. ITLAR STATEMENT OF THE REDEMPTION OF THE BONDS IN THIRTY-SIX YEARS. let 8. ki . 6,716 4tod •. •• • . I th " . 7,5461 th• •••• • • • 7,998 • •• • • 8,479 1 nth "• • • 8,957 B th '" .... •• • 9,527 %h . •• • • 10,n98 Igth' • . 11th 12th 12,749 Years. Years. 13th • • 13,513 25th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 22,831 1 34th 23rd 24th NEGOTIATION OF THE SCRIP. T he Scrip of this Loan is negotiable in the following places: A t Paris, I At Brussels, I At Amsterdam, London, I Antwerp, Hamburg. PAYMENT OF INTEREST. at he Bonds arc of 500 f r. each, bearing an annual interest of to , Commencing from the Ist January, 1861, and payable on I st July and ist January. At the Societe Geaerale du Credit- Industriel et Commercial A at Paris. 4tt the Caisse Generale des Chemins de rer, Messrs. J. , Mires and Co., at Paris. At the Bank of Turkey, London. • ALLOTMENT OF THE BONDS. It ( fi•ec ' ordinP; to the arrangements which have been concluded— the B an k ers of Constantinople represented ll. Paris by Messrs. G. Couturier and Co., and Rostand (the latter representing Messrs. 1 , „ - • ttava and Co.), have been assigned " Messrs. Arland, G. Court, and Co.. in their 'Janie and in the names of their Constan t' nople correspondents 0 the Shareholders of the Caisse Generale I l es Chemins de Fer 25,000 bonds. In addition to which there have been reserved 250 000 BONDS FOR PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION. p r T,hete Bonds are for 5COf. each, and beat an annual interest ' ° f., payable on the let J u ly and Ist January. TERMS OF SITBSCRIPTION. ese Bonds are issued at 312 f. 50c. T hey are payable as follows : 62f. 50c. at the time of subscription. 50f. within 10 days from the publication of the division. 50f. from the 20th to the 30th January. 50f. „ 18th „ 2Sth February. 50f. 20th „ 31st March. 50f. 20th „ 30th ApriL T otal 312 f. 50c. te'hose subscribers who at the time of suloscriotion may pay o' total amount of their bonds will enj - y an allowance of 5f., 14 , 1 ,,hich they will cret on allotmen. t ,ne subscription was receive opened di on the 11th inst. t at the fol f,t44' offices i— tarig—J. Mres and Co., 99, Rue Richelieu. o ndon— I he Bank of Turkey. „-lutwerp--J. J. Legrelle. , I ru ssels--Tilberghien, Delloye, and Co. lk.tatiterdam -Alstorphins and Von Hemert. ; 15, autburg-,—J. Beremberg, Gossler, and Co. 11 ,- 1 0. tow ns where the Bank of France has branches the instal "u may be paid to the credit of Messrs. J. Mires and Co. e ci AISSE GENERALE DES CHEMINS DEIIFER. 11 ependently of the 250,000 Bonds open to public subscrip pap, there have been reserved for the shareholders of the fo r 1 85 GAndrale des Chemins de Fer 25,000 Bonds, or one bond , r ,',7311r shares. Of th e Bonds are issfied at 312 f. 50e., but the shaholders Caisse G4nerale des Chemins de Fer, not bein g subject tin re duction, should pay the integral amount of their au g bscrip ; at the time of subscribing. hi lt 'ley will receive in consequence an allowance of 5 per cent. t e B rest and thus their subscription is reduced to 307 f. 50e. „ 0 0nd Th • tht. shareholders who may desire to avail themselves of B dvantage will be required to present their shares, which I I be marked. 1 4 , 0 4 exchange for the:payment of 307 f. 50c. they will receive leaqllsui ti ional scrip, which will be afterwards exchanged for The vp scr p. e subscription in favour of the shareholders of the Caisse ll4rale des t hemins de Fer was opened on Tuesday, the 4th i nst. .„sPecial Mike is opened for that purpose at the establish of Messrs. J. Mires and 9 Rue Richelieu. C 0.,• , , • TEETH- 1860— Post free, three stamps. A , TREATISE EXPLAIIONG Messrs. GABRIELnSd FOPROVEMENTS in ARTIFICIAL TEETH a LEXIBLE CORALITE GUMS whereby one set will wear Pilger than three ordinary ones,' and being fitted without 4 1arings, wires, or metals, and without any operation, prov e tvaluable desideratum t o all who have occasion for the den tist's services. None but pure first class materials and hrlunanship employed, while th e expense is even l es s than alf the ordinary cost. To be o b tained only o f Messrs. v abriel, dentists to the Prince Dottaiana, established 1815, te diploma, No. 110, Regent-street, W., " ^ - 1, end 34, Lude,rate-hill, City. (next Mechi's) and "The advantages obtainable by Gabriel's system render it p r e - eminently superior, and the nearest approach to perfeo - Yet attained.' '—Obserrer. l's treatise should be read by all who value health; th eiri system will save much money and more annoyance."— - "Mine. Herald. Por obvious reasons it is necessary particalarly to note the and that the entrance to the city establishment is up ih e Private passage between Benson, the,silversmith's, and ) „e State Fire Insurance Office.— Liverpoo,„ 134, Duke-street ; 'ltnitngham, 65, New-street. to, " jhe temporary relief obtained b y means of purgative 4 4 ,, eines is purchased at the hitr,h price of the aggravation lf the perpetuating the disease." — HENRY, M.D. P : 11. 0 MORE PILLS OR ANY OTHER PHYSIC 0b CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION (DYSPEPSIA), PALPI TATION, NERVOUS, BILIOUS, AND LIVER COMPLAINTS, lIERILITY, DROPSY, EPILEPSY, PARALYSIS, COUGH, 48TIIMA, CONSUMPTION,. BRONCHITIS, SORE THROAT, I'EVERs . ,1) 1/ BARRY'S delicious HEALTH RESTOR rNG REVALENTA A RABICA FOOD, which, at a_ 4 -,Pence per day, eaves fifty times its cost in Medicine, and ' s without purging or any of the uncertainties, y oii" 6 , and ruinonsexp enses incurred by medicine, cod liver Cr an d to distant climates. d r v ertifieate No. 36,418.—We find it the safest remedy, .Anr: I, th e ", F.R.S. ; Dr. Harvey; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. sno ; Dr. Campbell. t , e extract a few out of 56.000 cures : tly7,, nr e No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies of many years'... sl'ePsia. Cure No. 49,832. Of fifty years' indiscri banie ti o , i n Y from dyspepsia, nervousness , asthma, cough. constipa pf f latulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting, Maria Jol y , Of 1,1 11, Norfolk. Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jaco bs, 14,4Xtreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, Ca nervous fancies. Cure No. 54,816. The Rev. James T. /, Syderstone Rectory, near Fakenham, Norfolk of ,gesti^n and liver complaints. Cure No. 56,814. Mr. Samuel Nii7 . lPll Leicester, of two years' diarrhoea. Cure So. 180. Mr. I),,,, • eeves, 181, Fleet-street, London, of 25 years' nervous nstipation, indigestion, and debility. Cure No. 4,028: sp as Years dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, toryti ;orfolk. nausea Cure , No. Rev. 1906. Thirteen ye John Flavel, ars' cough, Rec- P g , indi- K r , ° ,n, and general debility, Tames Porter, Athol-street, tie n.r l: Cure No. 58,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre,. be Li verpool, ,l verpool, of ten years' dyspepsia , and a l l the horrors of timrs irritability. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, lun fr . r Merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased 81',7, , ,! , Pitting of blood, liver derangement, partial deafness. ter re "V!ir testimonials from 56,000 patients who can be re- Th e 7; ~ 004 is sold in canisters, 11b. 2s. 94., 21b, 4s. 64., 121 b. 441 b. 40s. ; super-refined quality, 51b. 225„ 101 b. 335. The poB"il_l2lb., and 241 b. canisters carriage free on receipt of stre et uflice order by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent- L0 11 ,,1 London ; Fortnum, Manion, and Co , 182, PiColtcil . llY, tne i u2 , ; Abbis, 60, Graceelsurch-street; 4, Cheapsiande., 6 6 0 3 Iti Phillips fsh,',?, Oxford-street : 330 and 452, Strand ; 49 . a Ind ate-street ; Betty, 16, Finsbury-pavement , `").. tea dealers ,• Petty, Wood, and Co. , King in,litich uothorn I and all grosens THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, High Holborn.—The Best Entertainment in London —ln consequence of the great influx of strangers to the Me tropolis during the CAT IPLE SHOW,' and the kind patron age the establishment always receives on this occasion, the oncert will commence at half-past Seven, and Dancing con tinue one hour later than usual. The Smoking and Refresh ment Saloons are most commodious, especial regard being paid to the comfort of the visitors. and the Reading-room is well supplied with English and Foreign Journals. Mr. W. M. Packer's celebrated Band will perform Overtures and Selections from the standard Operas, and a choice programme of dance music. The Wines and Refreshments are of the very first class. Admission, Is. ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-NINTH SALE. CUSTOM HOUSE, London, December, 1860. FOR SALE, by order of the Honourable the Commis sioners of her Majesty's Custoing, at the COMMERCIAL SALE ROOMS, Mincing-lane, on WEDNESDAY, De cember 19, IE6O, at Twel're o'clock at noon precisely, the following GOODS, ibr the benefit of the Crown, viz. : BRANDY, RUM, SPIRITS, and WINE. The above goods may be viewed by sample at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom House, Thames-street ; and at the Lon don, West India, and Victoria Docks; on Tuesday, Decem ber 18, 1860, from ten o'clock in the morning until three o'clock in the afternoon, and on the day of Sale, from ten o'clock in the morning until twelve o'clock at noon—the tasting, as regards the Queen's warehouse, being restricted to the day of sale. Take notice, that goods sold at this sale will not be de livered until after two clear days of the day on which they are sold, and that no lots can be paid for at the office of the Re ceiver-General after two o'clock In the afternoon. Catalogues may be had at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom House, Thames-street, price 3d. each. PURSUANT to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, made in the matter of the Estate of John Milne, late of Prior-street, Greenwich, in the county of Kent, gentleman, deceased—Persons claiming Debts or Liabilities affecting the Estate of the above-named John Milne, who was formerly a merchant's clerk in the city of London, and died in or about the month of May, 1860, are required to enter their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims. on or before the 14th day of January, 1861, in the Claims book at the Chambers of the Vice-Chancellor, Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, No. 3, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's inn, In the county of Middlesex, without making any affida vit in support thereof ; and give notice thereof to Mr. Alfred "William Smith, of Cooper's-hall, No. 71, Basinr_zhall-street, in the city of London, the Solicitor concerned in the said matter; and if so required by notice in writing from the said Mr. Smith are. by their Solicitors, to come in and prove their said debts or claims at the Chambers aforesaid, at such time as shall be specified in such notice ; or, in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Order. 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Just published, 7 1 st thous slid , price la., post f ree f or 13 stamps, sold by Mann , 39, Cor nhill, London ; or dire ct from the Author. R. LA'MERT D on th e Treatment and c ure or NERVOUS and PHYSIC AL DEBILITY, resulting from pernicious habits contrac ted in Youth, excesses in -Man hood, or residence in Tropical Climates. With Cases and En gravings from Life, representing the various Organs in Health and Disease. The extensive circulation of this work may be attributed in great measure to the fact that the Author is the only duly qualified and legally registered Practitioner who for 20 years h as made etl Diseases arising usually from Imprudence the peculiar l objects of his attention. The im pediments which so often eitherrohibit wedlock, or embitter f v r a o r m ied th in e and render it a state of misery, by disappointing its fondest n n e oc ce e s n s t i l t y ie , s from_• deleterious influences ' d form, ,closely analogous in . years before the sufferers were born, from e reality. The mischiefaccident e u m ed g n a h t y o a r r t i i s e i e i t nia the necessities position—from circumstances which occurred prejudice, in fluence of tropical• climates, but chiefly . from Self-incurred Afflictions. datinz back . i low , * preceding th at at which reason could be matured by ex perience. too whichhappily numerous i s st anow e s , tofast a disap pearing, o d A professional though it still lin so me of the more antiquated with no little obstinacy in almost ignored the morbid affections medical schools, for a long time general designation "Nervous comprised under the and Physical Debility," though these affections are probably m va lent than any others. ore destructive and widely pre - The consequence of so important a d being neglected is, that sufferer department of nathology question, virtually r..pelled froth Consultation are with prac the hands of unqualified Empirics, thus liable to fall into of Physicians-and Surgeons, whos,'"`"e name res assuming titles in the Medical Register (whereby they Incur the treatmentserious legal these cases render these disorders a standing of medical profession. Those who may a• v r e eproach to the that any of the obser vations here made hav e peculiar suspicion applica tion to themselves , may consider that cases areindeed rare in which practised scie nce cannot full y reali se long-deferred hopes, remove all causes of mutual reproach, and replace chronic embitterment by permanent content. Dr. La'Nert, M.D., Honorary Member of the London - Hos pital Medical Society, .tc., is the only legally qualified re - ci tered practitioner who , for 20 y ears, has devoted his attenti on a to the treatment of these diso rders. At home for ee ention xisulta. tatioll daily, from 10 till 2, and from 6 till S. 87, ISXDFORD OQUARA, LospoN. By a PHYSICIAN of 20 years' practice. CONTENTS.—The Physical Education of Early Life—The Art of Prolonging Life—The Theory of Digestion—The Stomach and its Difficulties—The Cultivation of the Affec tions and Regulation of the Passions—Nervous Disorders, ac. London : Mann, 39, Cornhill, and all Booksellers. I , I IIE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 180. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive, intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." Kent and Co., late Piper and Co., Paternoster-row. The Fourth Edition, Just Published, Bvo, in cloth, price ss. by poet free, ss. Bd. ON TRUE and FALSE SPERMATORtHCEA; with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Hypochrondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medical reader. We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette. " The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrhaea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. " We have dilated so long upon the oontents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Piekford ; bat the moderate price at which the 'brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of every one interested in the matter."— Dublin Medical Press. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. A New Edition of T HE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE. By JOSEPH KHAN, Graduate in Medicine, Surgery : and Midwifery, in the Royal and Imperial Universities Of Vienna, Erlaiiken, &c. &c. This popular work (which his been translated into four different languages) has now gone through forty-one Editions of 10,000 each, and is designed to Impart accurate knowledge on subjects which involve the means of securing moral and physical happiness. Price One Shilling, or free by post (in an.enyelope) for 'eighteen stamps: J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row ; or from the Author's Address, 17, Harley-street, Cavendish-square, W. THE GREAT SALE OF INDIA. CHINA, FRENCH - , and BRITISH SHAWLS, CLOAKS, and DRESSES, has now commenced, previous to altering and re-decorating the premises. The Stock includes some very pretty Japan and Chinese ornaments, baskets, and jars, suit able for Christmas Presents. All at an enormous reduction in price. FARMER and ROGERS, 171, 173, 175, REGENT-STREET, W. KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES.—Statistics show that 50,000 persons annually fall victims to Pul monary Disorders, including Consumption, Diseases of the Chest, and the Respiratory Organs. Prevention is at all times better than cure ; be, therefore, prepared, during the wet. and wintry season, with a supply of Keating's Cough Lozenges, which possess the virtue of averting as well as of curing a Cough or Cold ; they are good alike for the young or for the aged.—Prepared and sold in Boxes, is. lid., and Tins, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 10s. 6d. each, by Thomas Keating, Chemist, ac., 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, London. Retail by all Drug gists, ctec. WHEATSTONE'S HARMONIUMS (English) in solid oak eases, manufactured by them expressly for Churches, Chapels, Schools, Acc., have the full compass of keys, are of the best quality of tone, best workmanship and material, and do not require tuning. Guineas. New Patent. five °eaves, from CC, double pedals 6 With One Stop, oak case 10 With Two Stops, one set and a half of vibrators 12 With Three Stops, effective forte stops With Three Stops, large size organ tones, ditto 15 With Five Stops, two sets of vibrators, ditto 22 With Eight Stops, twe sets of vibrators, ditto 24 With Ten Stops, three sets of vibrators, ditto 30 (The best and most effective instrument made.) Prize Medallist, 1851. An extensive assortment of French Harmoniums by Alexandre, with all the latest improve ments. WHEATSTONE and CO., Inventors and Patentees of the Concertina, 20, Conduit-street, Regent-street, London. AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY.-LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad mitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and consumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce in curable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes atter taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, Chemist, 20, Jermyn-street, Haymarket, and by all Druggists in bottles. 130., 2s. 3d., and 4s. 6d. each. Be particular and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. DOWNING-STREET, Dec. 14. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Young, Esq., to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Province of Nova Scotia. Her Majesty has also been pleased to ratify and confirm the appointments of Robert Hamilton, Esq., M.D., and Charles Clement Bravo, Esq., to be Members of the Legis lative Council of the Island of Jamaica. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Captain Archibald Edward Harbord Anson, R.A , to be Inspector- General, and Thomas Prince, Esq., to be Superintendent of Police, for the Island of Mauritius. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 12. Corps of Royal Marines—Captain Richard George Con nolly to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Hocker, deceased ; First Lieutenant Richard John Hardy Douglas to be Captain, vice Connolly, promoted ; Second Lieutenant Sydney Vere Alston to be First Lieutenant, vice Douglas, promoted. BANKRUPTS. Owen Sturgis, builder, Upper Belsize-terrace, Hamp stead. Henry Saunders, cabinet maker, Brighton. Charles Bridger, builder, Haslemere, Surrey. James White, miller, Chiddingstone, Kent. John Hall, wharfinger, Purfleet-wharf, Camden-town. Henry Rudd Knights, currier, Bermondsey-street, Surrey. John Coley, ironmonger, Tipton, Staffordshire. John Bartle, lace manufacturer, Lenton, Nottingham shire. Robert Mack, extractor of wool from rags, Cork-street, Camberwell. James Stannard, trader, Nowport, Isle of Wight. Victor Pascal Billiet, importer of French clocks, King street, Cheapside, City. Matthew Somerville, joiner, Liverpool. John Wood, licensed victualler, Birkenhead. Joseph Cunard Morrow and Robert Thomas Morrow, ship brokers, Liverpool. William Roe, grocer, Calverton, Notts. George Bowditch, nurseryman, Taunton. Alfred Foster, woolstapler, Bradford. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Patrick Maclean Kennedy, merchant, Glasgow. William Walton Swindon, commission merchant, Glas gow. James Nelson, grocer, Lanark. Donald Sutherland Mackay, merchant, Glasgow. James Rae, boot and shoemaker, Dunse, Berwickshire. John Meighan, flesher, Glasgow. James Leckie, slater, Bel'shill, Lanarkshire. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 12th day of Dec., 1860 : ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ......X27,119,415 Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 11,788,482 Silver Bullion ...• 875,933 427,119,415' £27,119,415 BANKING D : Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savinzs' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ao- :PARTMENT. Government Secu- rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) Other Securities Notes Gold and Silver Coin 802,699 counts) 7,029,111 Other Deposits— 12,104,219 Seven E?ay and o ther Bills 663,525 £37,527,626 M. I Dated Dec. 13,1860.1 £37,527,626 .RSHALL, Chief Cashier. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Returns made in the week:ending the 11th day of Dec., 1860, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain : Muscovado, the produce of the British pos sessions in America Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius Average price of the foregoing 27. 90 " Since the resumption of the Galle route the Peninsular and Oriental Company have delivered the English mails in Melbourne with a punctuality most commendable, and in strong contrast to the uncertainties and delays experienced in former years. The August mail from England was no exception to what we may now consider the rule, having been delivered by the Salsette in Hobson's Bay on the evening of the 11th inst., the day on which it was due ; but the news was anticipated by way of Adelaide, the new and fast steamer Bal clutha, chartered by the South Australian Govern. ment for the conveyance of the mails between King George's Sound and Adelaide, having reached the latter port on the 10th, in sufficient time to te'e graph a summary of the news to Melbourne and Sydney. The Balclutha's passage from the Sound to Adelaide was made in 101 hours; that of the Salsette to Melbourne occupying only 118 hours. The success of the Balclutha's trip has induced the South Australian Government ►o engage her for the service for six months, at £1,447 per month. " Since the sailing of the Jeddo with the Septem ber mails, little has occurred to disturb the calm of our Political atmosphere. Parliament has been further prorogued to the 20th proximo, then to meet for the despatch of business. " During the month extraordinary rains have occurred all over the colony. The rivers and water. courses have been flooded to an extent never before remembered, and many lives have been lost at the various crossing-places from want of bridges. Some of the miners have suffered from the flooding of their claims, but the only instance of serious damage to works took place at Clunes, where the water broke through the bottom of the creek into the workings of one of the smaller companies, and then made its way into the works of the Port Philip Company, flooding the lower levels, and doing con siderable mischief. To the farmer and squatter, however, the rains have been very valuable—grass for the squatters' cattle and sheep is everywhere most abundant, and the grain and root crops give promise of plenty. " The Volunteer movement is spreading through out the colony, and there is scarcely a township of any importance which has not now its rifle corps. In the larger towns—such as Sandhurst, Ballarat, and Castlemaine—the Volunteering has gone on with the greatest success, and in a spirit of rivalry which speaks well for the future efficiency of the force. The first instalment-2,000 Lancasters—of the long promised supply of rifles has been received, and will speedily be placed in the hands of the Volinteers. " It is anticipated that the Murray River Rail way will be opened from Sunbury to Woodend, a distance of 28 miles, about the beginning of Feb ruary. The total length then opened for traffic will be close upon 50 miles. To-day the arches of the Coliban viaduct will be formally keyed up by Dr. Greeves, the Commissioner of Lands and Sur vey, and the foundation stone of the great viaduct, near Taradale, will be formally laid by the Hon. Mr.Pyke. The contractors are pushing the works forward vigorously. " A few of the river fish sent out by Mr. Wilson, per ship Lincolnshire, have arrived in safety, though in poor condition, and have been placed in the pre pared ponds in the Botanic Gardens. " Mr. Stuart, the well-known South Australian explorer, has returned to Adelaide with information that he had penetrated northward nearly to the 17th degree of latitude (thc longitude is concealed for the present), and was then compelled to retreat, by the fierceness of the natives. He gives an ac count comparatively favourable of the country over which he passed, and the South Australian Parlia ment having voted £2,500 at the instance of the Government, for a larger armed and organised party, Mr. Stuart is about to return at its head to the scene of his discoveries, to force his way, if necessary, to the coast. A messenger has been despatched to overtake the Victorian exploring party, to communicate t€ Mr. Burke as much in formation respecting Mr. Stuart's success as the South Australian Government would give. " A new goldfield of some importance has been discovered by a prospecting party, beyond Ararat. It is named the Londonderry diggings, and already some 5,000 persons are on the ground. " THE GOLDFIELDS. "At length we have some prospect of a return for the expenditure of public money in prospecting, although the results of this first attempt to promote the interest of our greatest producing class may not possibly be equal to anticipations. An official an nouncement has just been made of the discovery of a new tract of auriferous country to the north-west of Ararat, and still further westward than gold in quantity has been found before. This is merely a portion of the Ararat goldfield, but it promises to be of much extent and value, as the lead first struck is rich, and the indications around are most promis ing. The sinking at the spot now opened is shallow, and several of the mining parties who were the first to commence work after the prospectus are already getting gold in the proportion of between 2 oz. to 3 oz. to the load—a yield that, when known gene rally to have been got at such a moderate depth, will speedily cause such a rush' as we have not had for some time. Indeed, this has commenced on a large scale, and will quite divert attention from the much dreaded Kiandra, the reports from which place are now very bad. The prospecting parties sent to the unexplored portion of our territory in the direction of the Snowy River have as yet made no discoveries of an auriferous nature which are likely to be of the least importance ; but a party engaged in exploring the Dividing Ranges between the heads of the Yarra and Gipp's Land has added much to the known extent of the gold country in that direction. This is, however, so dense and scrubby and difficult of access that it can be ren dered available but slowly, although gold and water are both abundant. Other prospecting par ties receiving aid from the public funds have also somewhat extended the different fields for opera tions elsewhere ; but, with the exception of the places named, none of the new ground promises to be of much extent. Public attention was, of course, for a while more especially directed towards the movements of what we may call the public pro specting parties, but private enterprise in this direction has by no means abated, and through such agency the mining district near the Indigo has been much enlarged. Deep leads have been found at Wahgunyah, within a few miles of the Murray, and as some five or six have been opened up in less than as many weeks where gold was not before known to exist, this new field is likely to be of considerable extent as well as that in the far west. But for the discovery of this last there would have been a monster rush to Wahgunyah ; but now, fortunately, attention is divided between the two extremities of the gold fields, and we shall par tially escape the evil of a too great concentration of miners, and their still more numerous followers on one point. Besides this new ground there have also been good spots opened up among the old workings in different parts of the country ; so that the alluvial miners are likely to be fully employed so long as the supply of water lasts, and this is at present abundant —in fact, has been often too much so of late, for heavy floods have caused serious da mage to low-lying claims, and interfered with much work at different times within the last few weeks. At Clune, the creek broke through thebed into the mines beneath, and before its course could be diverted rendered a large portion of them un workable for a long time to come, and until a large tion, however,, there is a vast quantity of stone wllich may be raised and crushed with profit. In most of the quartz districts the reefing interest generally is in a prosperous condition, and about h l a a r v g e e had cakesbeuffo r u e m n a i o g w a tu t o a t c e h d r ognuilcdl,e butth the last product of the sort is by far the greatest e the usual proportion of la rge yi e ld s h as b een ob tained.production W o e f of all. This weighs no less than 2,247 oz., or heavier by about 700 oz. than the largest cake of gold ever turFed out before from any of our crush ing mills. It was the yield of 22 tons of stone raised from a claim on the Columbian Reef, at In glewood, and this and one or two claims on the same reef are said to contain stone equally rich. None, however, giving such a yield—upwards of 102 oz. to the ton—has yet been crushed, unless in very small quantities. The reefs on this district are generally rich, and as they are followed down ward the bulk of stone is found to increase ; the great drawback at lest having been the smallness of the veins near the surface. More than average yields have been obtained in other districts, but none appears worthy of special mention after the monster cake described. Some large parcels of amalgamated gold are now coming into market from the works of the different companies which have commenced operations. " LABOUR. "As far as Melbourne is concerned, the demand for labour of all sorts has continued bad up to the present time; nor has the weather during the past month been fine enough to cause the services of shearers and their assistants to be in urgent request up the country. Most of the extra men required in the interior are to be had on the spot, and in many places the number of the unemployed is pro portionally as great as in town. Some are men with means, who are disinclined just now to en gage for a period on terms to suit the conve nience of masters, with the harvest time near at hand; but too many are trusting to chance for the food they eat, and are obliged to take any employment that offers. In this class are seldom or never to be found men of known efficiency ; but the fact of so many being willing to take anything they can get renders it difficult to quote any fixed rate of wages. Farming men, mechanics, and ordinary labourers are all alike in this respect, and although excep tions have to be made in special cases, the general tendency is downward, to an extent perhaps of about £5 a year on the annual wages of house ser vants, and of ss. a week in the rate at which farm ing men can be hired. Mechanics do not wish it to be generally known at what rates they under take work, but many of those not under permanent engagement are obliged to be content with a mode rate remuneration for their services when they can obtain employment. With regard to domestic ser vants there hss been little change otherwise than has been mentioned. Useful married couples with out children most readily find situations, as such are always in demand for the country. Well recom mended single women can obtain good places, but they have sometimes to wait longer than they may wish for these. We have the same large number of rough country girls unprovided for ; and as their ranks seem to increase, and the demand for their services to diminish, many of those who are with out money or homes to go to have but a dreary prospect before them. For men-servants the demand is about the same as it has been for some time past, and this is not equal to the supply. " AGRICULTURE. " As to the prospects of the farmer, we have only to repeat what was said last month. Never before did the crops promise better at this season ; and so favourable was the dry winter to the use of the plough, that a great additional breadth of land must have been brought under cultivation. "The Great Britain took her departure from Hobson's Bay yesterday forenoon on her voyage for Cork and Liverpool—a full ship. She carries 415 passengers and 119,000 oz. of gold—nearly half-a million sterling. " The Argus Office, Oct. 24. " Export entries were passed at the Customs to day for 12,2890 z. 16dwt. of gold, of which quantity 11,6090 z. 16dwt. were for shipment in the Behar, mail steamer, for Galle ; and 680 oz. in the Fides, for Hongkong. " The Customs returns for the week ending the 20th inst. give the imports at the port of Melbourne at the declared value of £460,899, and the exports at £326,133, the balance being in favour of imports to the sum of £134,766. " Preparation of advices for the mail appears to have chiefly engrossed the attention of importers to-day, and but little general business has been transacted. A fair amount of up-country trade has been doing." NEW SOUTH WALES. The Parliament of New South \Vales was opened on the 25th of September by the following speech from Sir W. Denison : " Hon. Gentlemen of the Legislative Council and Gentle men of the Legislative Assembly, " 1. The protracted period to which the last session was extended has constrained me to call you together, after an unusually short interval, in order that the present session may be concluded in time to enable a return to a more con venient season of the year for the completion of the business of Parliament. " 2. I am happy to be able to assure you that, notwith standing the falling off in the revenue during the early part of the year, its present state is encouraging, and the gene ral condition of the colony is more satisfactory than when I last addressed you. " 3. In consequence of the disturbed state of political re lations in Europe, the attention of the Government has been directed to the propriety of making provision for ade quate defence in case of war; the readiness, however, with which the colonists have, in considerable numbers, ♦olun teered their military services, shows that this may be accomplished without an expenditure which would be bur densome to the revenue, and cannot fail to be most grati fying, as evincing the existence of the same patriotic and loyal spirit which has led to similar results in the mother country. The Government has anticipated the concurrence of the Legislature in ordering from England a further sup ply of heavy ordnance, as well as of the most approved description:of small arms, and the attention of Parliament will be directed to the general question at an early period of the session. " 4. Further correspondence has taken place between the Imperial Government and Mr. Edward Hamilton on behalf of the colony, respecting the change in the mode of con ducting the steam postal service by way of Galle, by which Melbourne was made the terminus of the line. This corre spondence will be laid before you, and I have much satis faction in informing you that upon a representation being made of the inequitable character of the plan as regarded New South Wales it was at once abandoned. A bill for guaranteeing a moiety of the cost of a steam postal service by way of Panama will be forthwith presented to Parlia ment. " 5. The time for hiking the quinquennial census of the population will arrive ix 1861, and a bill has been prepared for carrying out in this colony an arrangement which has been proposed for taking the census throughout all the British dominions upon the same day. " 6. The production of gold within the colony continues to increase. New goldfields have been discovered, and con siderable progress has been made in the construction of works for facilitating the means of communication with them, and otherwise providing for the requirements essen tial to their advancement. The rapid development of this interest will render necessary some amendment of the Gold fields Management Act. 7. The rapid extension of easy and certain means of in ternal communication becomes daily of more pressing im portance, and has engaged the earnest attention of the Go vernment. The trial surveys have been completed sufficiently for the purpose of preparing estimates of the pro bable cost of extending railways to Goulburn, Bathurst, and Muswellbrook, and the information obtained will be laid before Parliament at an early date. From this it will be seen that the natural difficulties to be overcome on the southern and western lines to allow of the effective applica tion of steam power are such as to ueceolitoto au ex pendituro `roc of u r yt the sa g remeeofart construction.el n y in ex t c p es a s r of f Ao t tf h tt a hh t ee r c e so q au umu same r e f time forwitt with the ehrequiremente linos ra, n g in and s e rapidly-increasing interests, would be comparatively unpro vided for even were railways completed to the points indi cated. The consideration of Parliament will be invited to a plan which will obviate the difficulties and meet the require ments in question. " 8. Considerable progress has already been made in the continuation of telegraph lines, by which the facilities for communicating with those parts of this continent with which important relations exist will be greatly increased. The success which has attended this enterprise, and the great benefits found to arise wherever its advantages are enjoyed, has determined the Government to propose some further extensions for the sanction of Parliament. " 9. The systematic improvement of our harbours and rivers is continuing to engage the attention of the Govern ment. " 10. The necessary arrangements have been completed for immediately opening the public abattoirs at Glebe Island, and for terminating the dangerous nuisances so long:complained of within the city of Sydney. " Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly, " 11. The Supplementary Estimates for the present year and the estimates for 1861 will be submitted without delay. " 12. Your attention will be invited to a consideration of the present system of taxation, with a view to introduce such modifications as will more equitably apportion the public burdens among the several classes of the community. "Hon. Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, and Gentlemen of the Legislative Assemby. " 13. Bills for amending the constitution of the Legisla tive Council, for regulating the alienationand occupation of Crown lands, and others having for their object legal and social improvements, will be laid before you. " 14. In your deliberations on these and an other ques tions which may come under your consideration I trust that you may be guided by Almighty tilod to adept eiticitraea sures as shall tend to promote the lasting welfare of this colony." As soon as his Excellency had concluded he left the Chamber, and the members adjourned. We take the following fromthe Sydney Morning Herald of the 20th of October : " The quantity of golddust imported into the Sydney branch of the Royal Mint during the quarter ending the 30th of September, 1860, for the purpose of coinage, has been 118,120 ounces; revenue, £5,958 88.4 d. During the corre sponding quarter of 1859 the amount received was 84,512 ; revenue, £4,134 6s. 3d. The increase on the receipts of the quarter is therefore 33,608 ounces. The coin issued during the third quarter of 1860 was 485,500 sovereigns, and during 1859 258,000 sovereigns. During the first nine months of the year 1859 the amount of golddust received for coinage was 227,696 ounces, and the coin issued 598,500 sovereigns and 341,000 half-sovereigns; total value, £774,000. For the same period of 1860 the golddust received amounted to 378,568 ounces, and the coin issued, 1,246,000 sovereigns and 156,000 half-sovereigns; total value, £1,324,000. WAR 11V CHINA. (From the .North China Herald, Oct, 20.) The following letters were brought down by her Majesty's ships Pioneer and Furious : " Camp of the British Army, one mile distant from the North Eastern Gate of Pekin, Oat. 9. "We encamped here on the 6th. On the same evening the Emperor's summer palace Yuen-min- Yuen was taken possession of, and yesterday Messrs. H. S. Parkes and Henry Loch were liberated and returned to the Embassy. " I sent a letter to you from the camp, six miles from Tung-chow, on the 4th, which will probably reach you with this. On the following day the allied forces were on the march in search of the Tartars, who were supposed to be in great numbers about four or five miles off. The front of the two armies stretched over a large extent of country, but the enemy was not seen, nor any sight of an abandoned camp visible. We halted at one o'clock p.m. Reconnoitering parties were sent out at night, and they fell in with the Tartar pickets, who fired three shots at them. On the morning of the 6th we were again on the move at an early hour, but on reaching the ground where the pickets had been seen all was still. " Here are some very high brick-kilns, from which several gates and other structures within the walls of Pekin were distinctly seen about five miles dis tant. Still in pursuit of the retreating enemy, we marched on through a thickly-wooded country until within half a mile of the earthwork which extends along the north side of, and distant one mile from, Pekin, where some Tartars were seen among the houses close by. The King's Dragoon Guards went in at them and they fled, leaving eight dead or disabled and one of the dragoons wounded in the skirmish. In a short time after the earth- work was reached, and a gap of 60 or 80 yards opened upon a straight road of the same width leading to the north-east gate of Pekin. The troops entered by this gap, and, wheeling to the right, halted where we now are, within the earth work—an embankment of 40 to 80 feet high, which would be a strong defence in the hands of efficient troops. Here the greater part of the British army encamped. Why it did not proceed to the Summer Palace at once, as was planned, I do not know. The French, and most of our cavalry with some artil lery did so, but the former did not arrive on the spot until two hours after the latter, who were waiting for the remainder of our army. Oa the French coming up the brigadier offered to co-ope rate with them. They asked him to go round to cut off the Tartars, whilst they attacked the palace. This they did, and found 300 eunichs in charge of it, and 40 men who take care of the gardens, onl y2O of whom had guns. They mad a slight resistance ; two eunichs were killed, and two French officers wounded, and they then took possession of the palace. " It is said that the reason our army did not ad vance was that a body of Tartars was seen to come out of the north-east gate, and disappear in a southerly direction, and that we should follow them. I believe it was a false alarm. " In the evening a communication was made to the authorities demanding the release of the prisoners. A promise was given that those who were in the capital should be released next day. The surrender of the gate was also demanded, with an intimation that it would otherwise be taken. The first has, happily, bees complied with, so far that we had the pleasure yesterday of welcoming Messrs. Parkes and Loch, with a French officer attached to the Societe Scientifique, and six or eight French, and privates of the Sikh cavalry. They were whilst with San-kolinsin's army treated in a most cruel manner; forced to kneel before every mandarin, however petty, their faces rubbed in the dust ; they were ,bound with their hands behind them, and carried on horses to Tung-chow, and thence, in the same state, in one of the carts of the country, to Pekin, where they were placed in dungeons, and remained so until ten days ago. Mr. Parkes was beaten when he did not instantly reply to a question, and Mr. Loch because ho could not speak Chinese. Within this last week these atrocities have been discontinued, and they have met with some consideration. It appears that when the party was returning from Tung-chow, where you will remember that Mr. Parkes went to remonstrate against the Tartars encamping on the ground appropriate d to the British army, they arrived at Chang-kia-wan, where the battle of the 18th was fought, and seeing preparations for an attack, they consulted together whether to charge through them, or to apply to San-kolinsin, who was a short distance behind, for a pass. They resolved on the latter course. He received them with insult and abuse, and made prisoners of them. They do not :know where the rest of the captives are , but suppose them to be with San-kolinsin's army, whether in or out of Pekiu is not known. "The Summer Palace is about five miles by a circuitous road north-west of this camp, outside the earthwork. A description of it is given in Staun ton's account of Lord Macartney's embassy, an d other works on China, but no pen can describe correctly the scene that hss taken place there Within the two last days. Indiscrimina te loot has been allowed. The public reception hall, the state and private bedrooms, ante-rooms, boudoirs, and every other apartment has been ransacked ; articles of vertu 6f native and foreign workmanship, takes "In the afternoon yesterday, a party of French ng went through the apartments with sticks, breaking everything that remained -- m i rro rs, screens, panels, &c. It is said that they did so la revenge for the barbarous t reatment 1 h e released prisone rs, their countrymen , ha d received . "A treasury conta inin g a lar g e q u antity of geld i a n n g d ot i s s a t n o d h s y e c ee divided silver betweenis under cthhaer gEE nglish e of l a and guard, French. "The total value of property destroyed would amount to a large instalment of .the indemnity claimed, " In one of the ante-rooms of the state bed-room at the Summer Palace the treaty of Tien-tsin in English and Chinese, signed by Lord Elgin, was found. It has been thrown on the ground by some one, and lay in the heap of broken articles, till the English paper evidently attracted the eye of the f o up:toioono curiositi e s of dollars, taking person who discovered it. "A general order from the British commander- • in-chief desired that all articles taken by officers and men were to be sent •, in ler sale by, , public auction for the benefit of theirmy; which was d0ne".k,;,,,. All were permitted to have the articles they had brought away for themselves valued, and have the them. t ph rui M sz eo a b n uit y ao i b nne e ey a d u o t an i t aisnd o t r o r be souvenirs ejet dividedi n rejecting were er as es a nominal price. The sale realised 32,000 dollars, 6 w l hich, with the value of the treasure, estimated at the spot. " Much dissatisfation has been expressed at the decision of the commander-in-chief that only those of the troops who marched from the last halting place on the 6th are to participate in the prize money—all the rest, those at the depot at Tung chow and elsewhere, being excluded. The c ommander-in -chief and general officers have waived their right to share. A gold jug of great value was presented to the commander-in chief by the army. Nearly all the articles were sold at very high prices, large enamelled and in laid vases and ornaments realising full shanghae prices for such articles, the fact of their having been the property of Hien Fung adding an imagi— nary value to everything. The scene where the sale was held in the temple Lamasiri, occupied by head-quarters, was worthy of the pencil of an artist. Had his Imperial Majesty handed over the whole of the contents of that palace, uninjured, it would have been sold for an enormous amount, more than three-fourths having been destroyed or taken by the French. " All round the vicinity of the palace are large enclosures, parks, or cemeteries, with trees of some magnitude ; and many stone bridges over nullahs, the country being very dry at present. Bro..nelsing off from the palace are several paved roads, and just outside of it is the French camp, by the side of two large lotus ponds. It is reported that they are to leave that place to-day, and take up a position on our left. They wish to take the west gate of the city, which is the only one left open, but it is objected to, as the Emperor's brother, the Prince Hung, would not be able to enter the city should he be induced to return from the country, to which, it is said, he has fled. We propose to take one of the gates on the north side near to this camp, and shall do so as soon as the siege guns, which have been ordered up, arrive. I have not learnt what is then to be done. It is supposed the army will not enter Pekin in any case, but that the officers will be allowed to do so with a pass. The utter de struction of the interior of the Summer Palace, where, be it remembered, Lord Amherst, as ambas sador from England, was insulted, is but small punishment for the Emperor's contumacy and the treatment of the prisoners who were captured whilst on a peaceful mission ; yet the:like visitation being inflicted on the palace of Pekin might be im politic, though deserved. That would not only detroy the present Government, but prevent the organisation of a new one under our protection, should it be desirable to do so. " The prompt release of the prisoners on our near approach to Pekin proves that only a firm policy can succeed with this Government. It is to be hoped that the same will be persisted in, and that no terms short of our demand will be accepted. Whe ther we shall treat before the rest of the prisoners are released is not made known. If San-kolinsin remain obdurate, notwithstanding the defeat of his army at all points, we may have to do so, or the end will never come. " At sunrise of the morning after we arrived here a salute of 21 guns was fired by the artillery to announce our positions to the prisoners, and to our cavalry and artillery, which had crossed our trait. and gone on to the Summer Palace, expecting to find the army there. " The Emperor is reported to have gone to his palace, Zehol, in Tartary, where Lord Macartney was received. He has 13 wives with him. P.S. The siege guns have arrived, and I believe the gate will be summoned to-morrow. There is a report that a part of the Summer Palace is on fire. The buildings are many and detached, yet I think it very probable they will be destroyed, thefeelinogf being so strong against the Chin ese on account the barbarous treatment of the prisoners. The following is a separate account of the affair at the palace : brigade of cavalry, advanced . ~ Th e French column, together on ebrys with eriureNe_n C ke ..di o mn l n . " P nea a i sl t au t r l teg e hn ' e s : French entered the English column rathuesr.beenTnehareo body of the enemy having two officers being wounded T NN i i l t la h g o e n n ly ow tw o o c c c a u s p u i a e l d ti b e y s, by the eunuchs of the palace. The follo w i ng d ay, no signs of th e French being visible, the English terin fired 2 1 gu ns to attract attention,and later the morning the commander-in - chief learned where they were. Lord Elgin, Mr. Wade, Sir H. Grant, Sir It. N a pier, and their respective staffs, proceeded to the palace, and found the French had been com fortably established there, and that a great portion of the principal valuables had been already taken away, leaving the heavy but less valuable articles for the English, or at least what things the French could not carry they left for us. No description can give an idea of the splendour of th is residence. The entrance or receptionhall is paved w ith marble, and painted with gold, azure, and scarlet in the most gorgeous style. The throne of the Emperor is of beautiful carved dark wood, and the cushions, embroidered with gold dragons, attracted general admiration ; every inner c hamber and saloon was very handsomely fitted i len satin, and crape, all of s p d nigied cummerbunds and p u p, .an .. w th , e rolls . of silk, d orkmansbip, fur , uggarees for the French dopted our custom in soldiers, who appe a rJ a st v o e n a e and china were of this respect. Ihe -. some a great value, an have delighted theof would Quatorze and a presentation . sword, with the t d o e h CUT arms, studded with gems, and evi dently coat o . f rise to antiquity,.,. gave rise some speculation. English ; offtreaty o . t lien-tsin was also found, and the immense quantity of loot of all kinds made it possible to know what to take away. T d e h n e t jestl o i m Some i dea idea of the quantity of silk may be given by the fact that fowls, old pots, &c., were wrapped in the most costly silks and satins. All the ladies had • di sa ppeared, but their little Japanese dogs, some thing resembling a King Charles spaniel, were running about in a distracted state. Mr. Wade secured some valuable books and papers, some we believe for the British Museum. The Emperor had left the day before, but his destination is, we believe, unknown. It is said that a panic took place am ongs t the French, and that they evacuated the palace, returning, however, when the alarm sub s id e d . O ne thins is certain.—our allies took rare of themselves." .• 14.