The Sun. — London, England, 1860-12-14 00:00:00

1860: IMPERIAL TURKISH SIX PER VENT LOAN. (Sanctioned by special Firman of his Imperial MAiesty the Sultan.) Messrs. T. Mires & Co., the Contractors for a Turkish Loan, have instructed the London Agency of the Bank of Turkey to receive subscriptions on account of the 125,000,000 Francs, .or .f.. 5,000,01 0 sterling, offered to the public at Paris, London, Antwerp, Brussels, Amsterdam, and Hamburg. This. Loan will be redeemed at Par by means of a sinking fund, in 36 Years, in half-ye irly drawings, the first drawing to take place in .June, 1561, and the obligations drawn will be paid at Par, on the Ist July following, with interest. Special revenues are assigned for the payment of interest and sinking fund, which revenues were farme d last year for £1,282,560 sterling. This amount will be sent in equal monthly remittances to the Contractors, or their representa tives. The above amount exceeds the requirements, and the balance will be banded over to the Turkish Finance Minister. The Contractors, with the approval of the Turkish Govern ment, have appointed four Commissioners at Constantinople to receive the Revenues ' - as well as four at Paris"; and the London Directors of the Bank of Turkey, to see to their ap ;plication. The duties of this Co mmission will be confi rmed 'by an Imperial Firman. The Loan will be represented by obligations of the Turkish Government of 500 Francs, or £2O sterling, bearing Interest, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, payable hali-vearly, at either London or Paris ; and these obligations will be issued at the price of 312'50 Francs or £l2 10s. sterling, and will be redeemed at the rate of 500 Francs, or £2O sterling. Interest to commence on the Ist January, 1861. Obligations of a larger denomination may be had, if re (faired, These obligations will be issued on the following condi tions, calculated on the price of issue, viz.:— 20 per cent. as deposit on application. 16 „ within 10 days of allotment. 16 „ before the 30th January, 1861. 16 „ „ 28th February, 1861. 16 „ „ 31st March, 186!. 16 „ „ 30th April, 1861. Any par`ies desirous of payin•• their obligations in full w be entitled fa a deduction of 4s. at the time of allotment. On default of payment of any instalments at the time named, previous payments to be forfeited. The deposits on application will be carried to the credit et each Subscriber, and, in the event of such deposit exceeding the amount payable upon allotment, the balance will be im mediately returned. The Drawings of the Obligations will be conducted in the usual manner, in the presence of the Ambassador of the Sublime Porte, in London or at Paris. the Contractors of the Loan or their representatives, and a Notary Public. The numbers of the Obligations drawn will be advertised in one or more of the daily papers in London and at Paris. Applications for allotment to be sent to the — Agency of the Bank of Turkey, 6t, Moorgate-street ; Messrs. Roberts, Lubbock, and Co., Mansion-Hoube at. ; Union Bank of London, Princes-street. Forms of App:ication may be obtained of the above, or from - - Messrs. J. Hutchinson and Sons, Angel-court; Messrs. Ricardo, 11, Angel-court. FORM OF APPLICATION. Imperial Turkish 6 per Cent. Loan in Obligations, payable to bearer of 500 Francs or £2O each, issued under the Special Firman of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan. To the Agency of the Rank of Turkey. Gentlemen, —Having paid to Messrs. the sum of , being a deposit on Obligations in the above Loan, I hereby re'uest you to allot me that amount of Obli gations, and I agree to accept the same, or any less number that may be allotted to me p , subject to the terms of your Notice. Name Address Profession or Business Date ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT. GARDEN. —Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr.W.Harn'son, Cole Lessees. The sensation created with the public On the first represen tation of Balfe's New Legendary Opera was most enthu siastic. Continuous applause marked its progress from the rise until the fall of th e curtain. Thedemand for places daily at the Box-office to witness this great music il work of our popular English Composer, places the Management in the Tposition of announcing' the performance of BIANCA, THE BRAVO'S BRIDE, Every Evening until further notice. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, Balfe's New Legendary Opera, BIANCA, THE BRAVO'S BRIDE : bliss Louisa Pyne, Miss Thirlwall ; Messrs. A. Lawrence, J. Wharton, A. Corri, A. St. Albyn, G. Kelly, Wallworth, T. Distin, Lyall, and W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. Orchestra of Eighty Performers. Chorus of Fifty Voices. Concluding with a DIVERTISSEMENT.—Stage manager, Mr. Edward Stirling. Acting-manager Mr. Edward Murray. Doors open at 7 ; commence at half-past 7. No charge for booking, or fees to Box-keepers. At Christmas a Grand Pantomime. Morning Performanoeg every Wednesday and Saturday. I)OVAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN—under the Management of Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING. BIANCA, THE BRAVO'S BRIDE. Mi:s Louisa Pyne. Miss Thirlwall ; Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. A. Lawrence, Mr. H. Corri, Mr. St. Albsrn, &c. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. And a DIVERTISSEMENT. Doors open at Seven. Commence at Half-past. THEATRE -ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LPFOPC, Mr. J. B. Buekstone. No performance To-Night. TO-MORROW, THE SUN AND THE WIND. By the Leclercqs. Followed by THE BABES IN THE WOOD. Atter which, JENNY LIND AT LAST. Jenny, Miss Rose Howard. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCE S S'S THEATRE.- Lessee and Manatter. Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with SUSAN SMITH. To be followed by, st 8 o'clock, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Supported by Messrs. Pechter, A. Harris, Meadows, Graham, Shore, and Miss Murray. To conclude with THE GARIBALDI EXCURSIONISTS MHEATRE -ROYAL I,Y CF.IT M. So'ie Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, THE PE I7S OF THE PARTERRE. Scenic Department under the direction of Mr. Wm. Callcott. The Music by Mr. George Loder. Principal characters by Mr 'H. Neville, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. .7. Morris, Miss M. Ternan, Miss Neville, MissTimispoth, Miss Stuart, Miss Turner, Miss Doin2-,las, Miss Annie Collinson, and Miss Lydia Thompson. After which, the revived comedy of THE IRISH AM BASSADOR. Sir Patrick O'Plenipo, Mr. John Drew. Followed by the new drama, entitled ADRIENNE ; or THE SECRET OF A LIFE. Principal characters by Mr. Henry Neville, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. H. Butler, Mr. Villiers, Mr. G. Vining, Mr. Forrester. Mr. Campbell, Mr. Clifford, Mr. J. Johnstone ; Mrs. Keeley, and Madame Celeste. To commence at a quarter to 7, on account of the length of the entertainments. A n REPT-TT, NRW THEATRE-ROYAL. 7, Col , Proprietor and Manager. Mr. Benj. Webster. Encragement for a limited number of nights of Miss Agnes Robertson and Mr. Dion Flacicault, who will appear every evening. in the highly successful Drama of "The Colleen TUN EVENING, AN UGLY CUSTOMER. Measrs..T. T.. Toole, C. Selby, and Warde ; Miss K. Kelly, and Miss E. Thorne. After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Poneicanit, D. Fisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson. C. J. Smith, Romer. Mi s s Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. After which. THAT IH.F.SciED BABY. Mr. Billington, Mr. J. L Toole, and Miss K. Kelly. Doors open at half-past a ---Commence at 7. Box-office oven limn 10 till 5. No charze for booking*. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l. Orchestra Stalls, ss. • Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, Ss. ; Pit Stalls, 28.; Pit, Is. std. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d. Actfniz Manager--Mr. Wm. Smith. STEEV'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Proprietor and lianar.rer, Mr. Wm. BATTY. Astounding sensation created by the Lions and the great Brut° Tamer. Miss Rebecca Isaacs every Evening. Notice.—There will be no half-price during the engage ment of the Lions, except for children under ten years of at4o, and then to Pit and Boxes only. This Evening, a new Spectacle, entitled THE • LION CONQUEROR ; or, The .Death Jungle, expressly for the introduction of the Wonders of the World. " The Groupe of Performinc, , Lions." The Lion Conqueror, Mr. J. Crockett. To be succeeded by Scenes in the Arena, supported by talented Parisian and Bri ish Artistes. ConcTodinT with the First Act of THI.3 DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT. Marie, Rigs Rebecca Isaacs. Doors open at half-cast 6, performance commence at 7. Bos-office open daily from 11 till 4 Stage Manager—Mr. W. WERT. Director of the Arena—Mr. Pearson. THE CA TTLE SHOW AND CANTERBURY HALL. C. MORTON begs to inform visitors to London that the above HALT., with its Magnificent Gallery of Modern Paint ings, by all the best masters, is OPEN EVERY EVENING at 7 o'clock. GRAND SELECTIONS FROM B ELLINPS NORMA AND FLOTOW'S MARTHA. PRINCIPAL 'ARTIF4TE, MISS RITSSF,T.L 11TAD.‘ME MARIA MISS TYIIIIEL MISS WILKINISON Wr * HENRY HERBERT and Mr. BERNARD. Condnct or Mr. JONGIIMANS, The Comic D epartment comprises Messrs. A. B. Hollings worth, J. Blanchard, G. W. Pell, Charley Fox, and E. Mar shall, in his transformation song, "THE DOMESTIC DRAMA," personatinz five different characters. THE EMPRESS OF TIIE FRENCII. The Empress of the French rived at Folkestone on Wednesday ni.e.ht at 10.40, and st,it immediately proceeded to the Pavilion Hotel, where a engaged for her reception. of apartments had been left the Pavilion Hotel Yestei day morning the Enap reßs at 10.40, and embarked from the South,. numi_tehre harbour. quay on board the Imperial corvette is Corse, Company's Fouillioy, which immediately steamed „ t of tse, Captain The morning was wet, but a great w, - re about, who cheered cont inuousl y until the o vefvesseli n People t out to sea. The Empress appe ared much pleased `-`1 with her reception, and, although the deck was wet, she r emained thereon bowihg; to the public until th e vessel had lef t the harbour. The Pelican, tender, which had been in Dover Harbour ttr some days, came round this morning and followed La Cot's. from Folkestone to Boulogne. Her Majesty would travel by special train from Boulogne to Paris. The prepa-Ations for the embarkation were made by Captain J. F. 80,, r , the South-Eastern Company's naval superintendent, assistea 137 Captain Paul, harbour-master at Folkestone. ller Majesty, before leaving tht Davili„, expressed her self to Mr. noredant highly satisfied Nilo— +he accommoda • tion provided,for her at his hotel. To Captain Boxer the Empress also signified her thangs. Mr. Knight, superintendent of• the South-Eastern Rail way, had the honour of being presented to her Imperial Majesty by the Marquis de Lagrange, and received• thanks for the railway arrangements. The wind was N.E., and La Corse would have a toler ably good passage. Her Majesty declined with thanks a guard of honour offered by the Folkestone Rifle Corps. The Mayor of Folkestone (Mr. Wightwick) and corpora tion wore in, attendance, TUB FEATHER.—Strx OFFICE, DEC, 14, 1860, TR - MANOMETER, IN THE SHADS. 44--highest since noon yesterday. 39—lowest this morning and during the night. 41—this day at noon.! BAnoMWrER-30.33; rising rapidly. WlND—North-Easterly—light; with dense fog. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. fRIEI DAY.—Morning, 2h. 45m.—Afternoon,: 3h. Sm. To-monnow.-Morning, 311. 29m.—Afternoon, 3h. 59m. I__ ,___t sp ,Ai.u . 1. Al_ Az t . !.... • : - (Z+,4,-.7a 13 - .•!Sio A , 4 '; ' - 'lrt:;';•l44, ii„..,._ '• ' L'Amtro i ~ y l ~` ea.ix~ ~~ _,~ S. ~,~.rn; t . ; .1 • 31 THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, DEC. 14, 1860. The Chinese Mails have in due course reached us this afternoon, in fulfilment of our own confident expectations, but contrary to the opinions expressed this morning by our contemporary, the Times— " the wish" there being probably " father to the thought" of what would doubtless have been to our morning contemporaries a generally little opportune postponement. The telegrams already received during the past week are now—by the detailed particulars con veyed to us through the Mails come to hand this afternoon—in one sense gloriously, in another frightfully corroborated. Pekin, we now learn is completely, not merely a couple of the gates of it, but the very capital itself, in the possession of the Allies. The tricolour and the union jack flutter there from the public buildings of that mysterious Chinese metropolis hitherto impenetrable to the armed bands of the Europeans. Where the foreigner's footsteps have never before penetrated save under the shelter of the garb of the Jesuit missionary, the soldiers of VICTORIA and NAPOLEON are firmly established as conquerors. It appears now that from the 22d of September up to the 3d of October, the Allies remained at a distance of a few miles from Pekin, waiting for the siege train slowly coming up towards them from Tien-tsin. Nay, the advance upon the Chinese metropolis even then can hardly be said to have been commenced in real earnest until the sth or 6th of October the previous days having brought the invaders only for a few minutes face to face with a few of the pickets of the army of SAN-KN-LIN-SlN—the said pickets being hurriedly withdrawn as the army itself was, en masse, after wards. On the 6th, however, the Allies threw up an earthwork near the city, and gave evidence at length of their resolute determination to set them selves in earnest to the terrible work of the bom bardment. Before another week had elapsed a formal and peremptory demand was sent in to the authorities, requiring them forthwith to give up unconditionally the prisoners they had so long and so lawlessly held in durance, and to succumb to the other requirements of the Anglo-French Ambassadors and Commanders-in-Chief. An alter native was cer teinly allowed to the Chinese autho rities, but that alternative was simply to be expressed in one word—bombardment. A certain hour of the eleventh of October was fixed moreover as the extreme limit of the time during which the enemy—then threatened by the brass rifled cannon of the French, and by our still more formidable English Armstrongs—could have any choice what ever allowed to them in regard to this alternative. Upon the verge of the last moment only—it is so like the Chinese !—the Pekinese " gave in" upon the 11th of October. Our demands in reference to the return of the prisoners were partially complied with—our other demands being complied with entirely and unconditionally. As to the pri soners—about a dozen appear to have been returned into the camp of the Allied armies then close under the walls of Pekin. Her MAJESTY'S Consul, Mr. HARRY PARKES, was there in that welcome group —snatched from the jaws of destruction. There too was Mr. Locu, Lord ELGIN'S private Secretary. Besides these tw3 gentlemen, the Chinese restoring to the Allies a French officer and nine Sowers of our Sikh cavalry. Now, however, comes the horrible part of the story to be told of these and of all the other prisoners— two of them known to have died under the effects of the brutal treatment to which they had been subjected, together with their companions—the rest unaccounted for in any way, and by this time we fear, long since snatched from the inhuman hands of their tormentors by a kinder foe than the Chinese—Death. All the prisoners there be it related now—all the prisoners, without exception, prove to have been most impartially dealt with by their barbarous persecutors, to have been most infamously treated quite indiscriminately. Among other tortures to which they appear to have been all of them alike subjected, the wrists of each prisoner were, we are told, tied tightly round with cord. The food allotted to them seems to have been vile and insufficient. Her MAJESTY'S Consul and her Ambassador's Secretary appear to have fared with the worst—Mr. PARKES being beaten with bamboos like a dog if he answered not immediately —Mr. LOCH being caned in like manner, for what offence ? for not knowing how to speak Chinese ! Mr. PARKES, and Mr. LOCH are further described as having been compelled to kneel down before every wretched little peddling Mandarin—and the Consul of the Queen of ENGLAND and the Secretary of her Britannic MAJESTY'S Ambassador were, besides this, forced down into a yet more grovelling position— having their faces rubbed in the dust before these miserable MANDARINS. ' Surely such details as to the treatment of the prisoners lawlessly seized upon and carried off by the Chinese in direct vio lation of all the usages in vogue among the various civilised races of both hemispheres—surely, these details here given as to the cruel and brutal treatment to which oxr countrymen have been subjected at the hands of these Chinese ruffians, are enough to make the blood of any Englishman worthy of the name of an Eng lishman boil with indignation. We may be certain of this, that the knowledge of these facts will nerve the arm of every gallant tar, of every dauntless soldier out there at the actual seat of war in the northern part of China, will serve effectually until the end of that war to hearten them to deeds of daring against. an enemy so base and dastardly as this ! Was it not cult' a few days since that Sir FRANCIS DOYLE celebrated in : ringin g r s v e ae and ho nour for the brave dead, the execution of that there of the B u ff s, w h o d i ed not long since out in the far off East rather than perform the kotou to his Chinese torturers : " _Last night, among his fellow roughs, Hejested, quaffed, and swore ; A drunken privat e of the Buffs, Who never looked before. cc Aron-idua:: b,deonreiartohnlthßerfitaeiv:,e, fr,,,,, her race." He stands in Elgin's n l au 8 - '-' And type or au Not a man in a ll that Allied Army , ut ' : samen China, French orbt English, but in the riits t would do likewise. Not a man amo ng them but will burn to avenge these later indignities. Upon the afternoon of the day which witnessed i THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1860. the return of the twelve released prisoners, the Allies may be said to have enjoyed the satisfaction of retaliating in some small degree at last upon the fagitive chief of that vast nation of barbarians. It was upon the 11th of October that the Emperor ' of CHINA'S Summer Palace at Pekin—those pala tial halls of delights and luxuries the Yuen-min yuen—fell into the possession of the French and English, being looted or sacked and ravaged from roof to basement, yielding to its captors spoil of immense value in coin, jewels, and apparel of Oriental magnificence. The British share alone has been estimated at the value of some 90,000 dollars, - which in our money would give a return of some £20,000 ; this, remember, being merely a portion of the spoil taken at the ramsacking of a single structure, as it would appear the extramural Summer Palace of the Chinese EMPEROR. The capital of the Empire being now actually in the hands of the Allies--the EMPEROR himself having fled into Tartary or otherwise into Manchouria—it appears startling, upon the very morrow of the capture of Pekin, to learn that the Commanders•in-Chief meditate wintering not at Pekin but at Tien-tsin ! Whichever place they may definitively select for their winter-quarters we may rest quite certain of this, that they will know far better than any of us hare at home which place of the two should be preferred—and they will act accordingly. And now for the responsible diplomatic labours opening up before the French and English Ambassadors. With whom can their Excellencies treat under these new and astounding circumstances —namely, with Pekin as their own standing ground, and with the feeble, effete, faineant EMPEROR vanished far away into the dim wil dernesses of Tartary ! With that fugitive chief of the old expiring dynasty, it would almost be ludicrous to open up our next negotiations. Why not turn our attention now rather to that far more youthful and vigorous power wielded by the new KING, having his Court and Government during these several years past in the old Chinese Capital of Nankin—the Moscow of the Chinese ! He is a rebel, and a leader of rebels, not a doubt of it. But in whose estimation ? In that of the feeble fugitive, now fled away towards that vanishing point in the picture of the Chinese dynasties, Tar tary ! What to us, his conquerors, are these petty considerations. He has gone, and there is an end of him. Let us turn our regard now towards the so called rebels, the Taipings. They are powerful enough to deal with us. And if they hesitate to do so, we may possibly come to terms with their new rivals at Shen-si ; for it turns out actually now, by these last advices from China, that there is a choice before us in that land of revolt—positively a most tempting choice before us—between two great divisions of triumphant Revolutionists. What means this gradual but perpetual extension of French occupation in Italy ? It seems as if France must be making herself consequential, or of serious military consequence, everywhere. Now we hear of a French Colony established in Monte negro. Frenchmen have, we know, little aptitude for colonisation, and it would be no unfair supposi tion that occupation, a protectorate, or something of that kind, is to follow colonisation. Then, again, as to Syria, we have continual hints that a longer stay than six months may be neces sary; if not to the safety of the Christians, yet to French influence. But in the Roman territories, even in parts by no means neces sary to the defence of Rome, and which do not form even a part of the " Patrimony of ST. PETER," the Sardinians are required to withdraw from the charge of their Italian brethren who invited and welcomed them, and the unwelcome French are ordered to enter whether the inhabi tants like it or not. What means, also, the French pertinacity in doing all it can to mar the Italian revolution ? Pertinacity so availing for mischief, that the rejected Bourbon actually thanks the parvenu and illegitimate monarch, by way of bitter taunt and reproach, in a circular to all the great legitimate monarchs of Europe. Those thanks are, however, earned by causing useless bloodshed in Italy. LOUIS NAPOLEON is really responsible for the greater part of whatever loss of life there may be before Gaeta or in it; since, but for his perverse intervention on the sea side, the fortress would not have held out so long as Ancona did. It is indeed most probable that the KING, if he had seen his retreat invested both by sea and by land, would have come to terms without fighting at all, or that his army would have compelled him to do so. Still worse, in some respects, is his sending home the troops which had entered from the Papal territory. Had he Prevented them from entering they would haVe been harmless prisoners, for the present, in the hands of CIALDINI. Had he kept them till the war was over they would have done no mis chief; but to send into the Neapolitan territories a host of disbanded Royalist soldiers —men, most of them, beyond doubt, the scum of the population, and who had long lived upon the wages of the KING because that begging or brigandage was their only means of getting bread—was just to create all the disturba . nce he could, and to throw the northern part of the Neapolitan kingdom into bloody turmoil. We see, unhappily, from almost all the accounts that there are continually civil commotions originated by the dispersed Royalists. They exist in sufficient numbers merely to harass, and to produce the impression that things will be long in settling down ; and it is to be feareti that this is just what is well pleasing at the Tuileries. A NAPOLEON was not wanted by Italy at Florence, at, Genoa, or at Naples—if so, then let them see what they get by rejecting the blessing of BONAPARTE rule ! We do not, indeed, like to admit such ungenerous suspicions; yet when we see conduct which admits of no other interpretation, what can we say ? The French EMPEROR can have no reasonable political reason for de- fending Gaeta, or for sending hungry brigands :nto the Abruzzi when he had them safely in his keeping. We wait for some more honourable explanation of his otherwise inexpli- cable conduct than that of the merest jealousy and spite. Italy certainly has not bowed the knee to the NAPOLEON to whom she is willing to show all honourable gratitude for the opportunity his cam paign in Lombardy afforded her. She thought gratitude enough, and she might have been willing to aid him as a grateful nation in any reasonable policy; but she did not see fit to " ko-tou" to his MAJESTY, and his MAJESTY therefore, like the Chinese we read of to-day, appears bent on show ing the Italians how much they are in his power, by making them bite the dust. A contemporary this morning, in an angry leader on the Chinese war, tells us that two things we can never do, though we have got to Pekin, and perhaps may remain there as long as we like. One of the two things is, that we shall not get either as an indemnity, or in any other shape, the money We have spent in the war. We have remarked before, and we yet see nothing to contravene the 'dew, that it is in the power of the Allies to get back every farthing of the cost, if they please, and that without pressing ruinously, or even very pain fully, on the Chinese Exchequer. It may be done by the very same process by which loans have been raised frequently in Europe, and by which the Turkish Government is at this moment offer ing security for the repayment of a loan as well as for the payment of the interest—the security of the Customs Revenues. The indemnity must of course be repaid in a series of years ; it would not be of the least consequence that the payment should be extended over ten years or more, if necessary ; it might then be a very light impost on the immense foreign trade which must spring up if the country were thoroughly opened to us, the anti-commercial policy of the Mandarins completely nullified by their humiliation, or their overthrow, and all the large cities accessible to European and American vessels at once thrown open to the trade of the world. The late Return shows that the trade of Shanghae alone amounts to about £9,000,000 of exports, and X 15,000,000 of imports annually. Five per cent. on this alone would give us about a million and a quarter per annum ; but, of course, the average customs might be higher than that, though per haps the lowest duties the Chinese would think reasonable would be best, as we can hardly doubt that the foreign trade with this industrious and thoroughly commercial people would be im mense indeed, were it perfectly free. to strong are their trading tendencies that, as we see at this very moment, neither the general war with the EMPEROR at Pekin nor the local war between the rebels and the Mandarins in the neighbourhood of Shanghae itself, could hinder an immense business from being transacted. Some indeed urge this as showing the folly of going to war at all, represent ing it as being merely a diplomatic war. But it must be remembered that it was a war, not at all more necessary, which gave us Shanghae itself and all the additional ports in China, and delivered us from ignominious restriction to a narrow strip of ground in Canton; and that the result of this war will as certainly be to carve a way for our commerce to an extent which it has never known before. As to the position and difficulties of our troops, we have little anxiety on that score. Supplies of the necessaries of life they will find in abundance in a city of such immense size, where if money would not, as it certainly will, command anything, force would; but there will be no need for that. JOHN CHINAMAN, though not his Tartar Master, will bring out anything he has for the omnipotent Dollar. Can we blame him ? Why should he lose a good bargain to forward the objects of his Tartar Masters ? As to the cold, we have now authentic information. It is that the Winters of Pekin are on the average ten degrees colder than those of London, and the Summers nineteen degrees hotter. Though the cold is occasionally very severe, and the heat occasionally excessive, there can be little difficulty in sending to Pekin, either from India or from Europe, all the military supplies which may be needed, and if the Peiho be frozen we must remember that the muddy soil will also be frozen ; and transit overland proportionally easy. Should the army, however, winter at Tien-tsin, of course there will not be much difficulty in communication with the coast, and we shall have shown the Mandarins that we are ready any day to re-enter Pekin, and, if they have not come to their senses, to send to Nankin for an Emperor with an army of Tae-pings at his back, who will be quite ready to make a treaty with us, and who already regards trade with foreigners as the best policy for the Empire he desires to govern. We need not long want an Emperor and Government with whom to treat. POST-OFFICE LONDON DIRE C.70.R The Post-office London Directory for 1861 is now published. On the merits of this carefully com piled work it is unnecessary to dilate. It forms part and parcel of the goods and chattels of every commercial establishment in the metropolis, to say nothing of the provinces. It is an official, com mercial, trade, law, parliamentary, postal, convey ance, and banking, as well as street directory, corrected and revised from year to year. It has been extant for more than 60 years, increasing in volume and extending in detail to keep pace with the increasing business of the metropolis. It was found necessary a short time since to publish a suburban directory, London having outgrown itself, and as it were overflooded the surrounding country with a floating population of city and western capitalists whose private whereabouts were undefined, and it being found impossible to comprehend so yak an area in one volume, it was thought better to add a supplemental one, to which we drew attention at the time of its publication. The Post-office Directory is to a certain extent considered infallible, and Messrs. Kelly and Co. have endeavoured to the best of their ability to make it so. It is not uncommon to see notices in the windows of various publichouses stating that " The Post-office Directory to be seen at the bar," by way of an inducement to the wayfarer to step in and taste Mr. Boniface's double X, but we would warn those seeking correct information to inquire for the Directory for 1861, otherwise Messrs. Kelly and Co. cannot be held responsible should the un wary address seeker meet with disappointment. A map of London and its environs is appended to the directory. But its extent is such as to render a paper map attached to a large volume inconve nient for general reference ; therefore the compilers of the directory have issued a glazed roller map on cloth, which will stand any amount of inspection without injury. It may seem amusing, but it is nevertheless true, that the weather has interfered with the earlier production of this work much the same as it has with the Farmers, for as the crops would not ripen from too littte sunshine, so Messrs. Belly could not " get up" the big book for too much wet ! Notwithstand ing this heavy wet, yet they contrived to finish it within about four days of its usual time of appear ance ;—and they did this with some corresponding advantage, for as the season was behind, they took time by the forelock and seized all the latest changes in life and circumstanced, thereby adding to their store by forestalling the casualties due to the next year. For instance, the very recent death of the lamented Duke of Norfolk, and other matters, find place in this Book of marvellous variety. The public cannot fail to appreciate such painstaking diligence and praiseworthy promptude. Viscount Valletort, M.P., has arrived at Far rance's Hotel, on a Visit to the Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe, from Mount-Edgcumbe, Devon. Lord Edwin Hill, M.P. for Downshire, is, it is said, to fill the vacancy of " whip " to the Conservative party occasioned by the retirement of Sir W. 11. Jolliffe, M.P. Mr. Labouchere has left Fenton's Hotel, for Amsterdam. The Dowager Lady Clinton has arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Brighton. The Right Hcn. Sidney Herbert, M.P., and Mrs. Herbert are entertaining a distinguished circle at Wilton House, near Salisbury, including the Earl and Countess Nelson, the Earl of Fowls, Lord and Lady Ash burton, Lord John Manners, the Bishop of Oxford, Arch deacon Marriot, the Hon. and Rev. C. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Motley and Miss Motley, Mrs, Montgomery, Mr. Wyatt, Mr. Burnett, &c. ILLNESS OF THE MARCIIIONESS OF LONDON DERRY.—We (Northern Daily Express) regret to announce that this estimable lady is suffering from severe indisposi tion. A letter was received yesterday from the Right Hon. Earl Vane regretting his inability to preside at the dinner given in connection with the Darlington Cattle show, to-day, in consequence of her ladyship's sudden illness. Viscount and Viscountess Sydney have arrived in Cleveland-square from visiting the Countess Cowper at Wrest Park, Beds. Mr. William Wilson, of Kinneil, and Mrs. Wilson, have left Fenton's Hotel, for York. Lord and Lady Edward Thynne left town on Monday to join the family circle at Longleat, the Marquis of Bath's seat in Wilts. King Victor Emmanuel has ordered the Court of Turin to go into mourning for a week for the Count of Syracuse. According to a circular of Messrs. Arles Dufour and Co., of Lyons, the activity which recently prevailed in the silk market has subsided, owing to the unfavourable accounts from the United States. Many orders for that country have been cancelled, and buyers have expressed their intention of refusing any goods delivered behind time. Still prices have not experienced any sensible decline. On Thursday morning the schooner Primrose, with a cargo of coals, ran on the Doomed Bar Sand. The crew were taken off by the Plaistow life-boat. Advices from the manufacturing districts report continued activity. About 2,000 artisans, mechanics, and labourers are out of work at Southampton, owing to the slackness of ship and house building. A meeting of costermongers was held yesterday in the sale-room of Messrs. Keeling and Hunt, when a petition to the Court of Aldermen were agreed to, asking for protection while vending their goods in the City. ROBBING A VOLUNTEER RIFLEMAN.—WiIIiam Thomson was yesterday charged at the Southwark Police court, with defrauding George King, a member of the North London Rifles of his watch. The Volunteer was simple enough to accompany the man to a skittle ground and stake his watch against £3, the watch was lost. The prisoner was remanded. The usual assembly for the distribution of prizes at the Royal Military Academy, will take place on the 18th. The Duke of Cambridge will preside. The Russian Government are taking means to re-people the Crimea. A number of families have been sent there from Koursk. THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.—SeveraI of the large city firms, amongst whom are the Messrs. Leaf and Sons, Ellis, Everington and Co., Morley and Co„ Brad bury and Greatorex, Goodyear and Son, and Alien and Badger, have determined to close their establishments on Monday .the 24th, thus giving their assistants three days' holidays; The London Glee and Madrigal Union, whose concerts of old English vocal music obtained last season an eminent success, will resume their entertainments, under the auspices of Mr. Mitchell, at the Dudley Gallery Egyp tian, for one month only, commencing on Monday, Jan. 7. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—On Wednesday night the shop of Mr. Jacobs, jeweller, of Bristol, was entered by thieves, when 80 watches, mostly gold, 20 or 30 neck and watch chains, nearly 100 rings, and a quantity of plate, was stolen. The loss is estimated at several thousand pounds. No clue to the thieves has been discovered. THE ROBBERY OF £5,000 OF JEWELLERY.— William Giles, the errand boy of Mr. Henderson, was fully committed yesterday for trial. It is said that the cost of the Chinese expedition will be alleged as the reason for raising the new and con siderable loan which is expected to be required soon in Paris. THE THREATENED STRIKE OF MINERS.—The strike in the Adwaltcn and Gildersome district has com menced, the men employed in the Cuckoo Colliery having suspended work on Tuesday,' because two of their number were discharged by the employer. The subject for the Chancellor's gold medal at Cambridge this year is "The Prince of Wales at the Tomb of Washington." SOUTHWARK ELECTION.—A meeting took place at the Queen's Head Inn, High-street, Borough, last even ing, for the purpose of adopting measures for defraying the expenses of Mr. Layard's election. The meeting was numerously attended, Mr. G. Newman in the chair. Raelutions were passed appointing a sub committee for the purpos e of receiving subscriptions. Nearly 200 guineas were subscribed on the spot. HIGH TIDE IN THE THAMES.—Yesterday a very unusual .high tide for new moon springs occurred in the Thames,several of the wharves and landing-places on the south side of the river, West Shadwell and Limehouse, on the Middlesex shore, having been overflowed. The water rose within a few inches of the top of the quay walls at the Custom House and Billingsgate ; and the horse-road be tween the Adelphi arches and the river overflowed to the depth of several inches. In Lambeth the water covered the road near Church-street, and forced its way into the cellars and basements. This extraordinary rise is attri buted to the recent heavy rains and land floods, which have swollen the tributaries so as to overflow their banks. The afternoon's tide did not rise so high as that in the morning, nevertheless precautions have been taken to prevent damage should the tide of this morning increase in height. COUNT PERslGNY.—Whenever Louis Napoleon is about to do anything, or to enter upon any course of policy which is really for the good of France, he sends for Count Persigny. Whenever he intends an act, or a course of policy which makes the judicious grieve, the first thing is to get Count Persig ny out of the way. This Count Per signy is a Frenchman to the heart's core, which is his praise. He is a Bonapartist by political conviction, and who shall blame him for sticking fast to his party. More than this, he is a personal adherent of the French Emperor, tried and found faithful through years of penury and adversity. Thus he has earned a right to speak out, and he does speak out. If Louis Napoleon never heard a word of truth from the lips of any other man, he would hear it from Count Persigny. The late French Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, and actual Minister for the Home Department at Paris, has shown that neither by threats nor by favour, neither by appeals to his fidelity, nor by apprehensions for his own future, can he be induced to give the sanction of his name to a course of policy which he deems injurious to the Emperor and the Imperial cause. Louis Napoleon knows this, and he knows the value of the man.—Onee a Week. SCOTTISH COMMERCE.—The usual official returns with reference to the Scotch banks show an average weekly circulation of £4,574,077, being an increase of £290,664 on the previous month. The banks were £1,824,806 above their fixed issues, and held bullion to the amount of £2,578,803, or an increase of £104,117 on the previous month. Scottish railway traffic, so far as the 12 principal lines are concerned, shows an increase of upwards of £3 per mile per week. Last week's shipments of pig-iron were 8,779 tons, as compared with the 10,398 tons in the corresponding week of 1859. The Customs' duties received at Port Glasgow were £12,643, being a great increase on the corresponding month of last year. The Dundee linen trade is reported cf favourably; a good many sales have been made on Brazilian account and the demand for the home trade keeps up pretty well, especially for fine goods. The importations of flax at Scot tish ports this year have been 37,433 tons, as compared with 34,486 tons in 1859. GREAT BIRD SHOW AT SOUTHAMPTON.—The second annual show of the Hampshire Ornithological Asso ciation has taken place this week at Southampton, and has proved a great success. Between 300 and 400 cages, contain ing in all about 1,000 birds, were sent to the exhibition, which was held at the Victoria Assembly Rooms. It in cluded specimens of every known variety of canary, which formed the leading feature of the show, and there were also on the stands a number of cardinals, cockatoos, par rots, paroquets, love birds, waxbills, and other British and foreign cage-birds. The birds were arranged in 72 classes, and about 120 prizes were awarded among the competitors. The fine band of the Southampton Volunteer Rifle Corps was in attendance on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, and played choice selections of sacred and classical music. The show was well attended on each of the three days, and all present were well repaid by an inspection of the beauti ful specimens of the feathered tribes collected on the occa sion. Many of the gentry of the town and neighbourhood were numbered among the contributors. Swiss Cows.—Almost every cow in Switzerland has a large bell suspended around her neck; and, in passing through the valleys or wooded slopes of the mountains, it is very pleasing to hear the continuous tinklings of these bells from a large herd, more especially when approaching, as they often do, from a considerable distance. The finest black cow is adorned with the largest balls, and the two next in appearance wear smaller ones. It is surprising to see the pride and pleasure with the cows stalk forth when ornamented with their bells ; and, though it would be hardly expected that such animals would be sensible of their rank, and affected by vanity and jealousy, yet such appears to be the case. If the leading cow is deprived of . her honour, she indicates her ense of disgrace by lowing incessantly, abstaining from food, and losing condition. On the other hand, the happy rival on whom the badge of superiority has been placed, becomes the.object of her vengeance, and is butted, wounded, and persecuted by her in a furious manner, until she re gains her bell, or is entirely removed from the herd. The herd are frequently adorned with a harmonious set of bells, chiming in accordance with the celebrated Hans des Vaches.—Cassell's Popular Natural History. A CURIOUS STRATAGEM.—In order to increase the number of the Crusaders, St. Louis had recourse to a pious fraud, of which, as it bears upon the subject of costume, we shall give the details. At Christmai it was the fashion to give new dresses to the gentlemen in wait lag. The king caused an unusual number of dresses to be prepared, and on the shoulder of each of these dresses the cross was secretly sewed. He invited his courtiers to be present at the midnight mass. Each' received his new garment at the door, and put it on with out observing the symbol that adorned it. When the first rays of day penetrated into the chapel they perceived the cross on their neighbours' shoulders without knowing that they also boie it on their own. But at length they dis covered that they had been piously entrapped by the king, and, as it would have been disgraceful to lay down the cross, they said that the King of France had gone on a pilgrim hunt, and had found out a new way of catching men.—The LoOfe Treasury, . r N THE WAR IN CHINA, We have this morning received files of papers from India, China, and Australia, in anticipation of the Overland Mail. The mail has brought the most exciting news that has ever reached these shores from China. Pekin has fallen, without a blow having been struck in its defence, and the allied flags now wave from the walls of the imperial capital. The following are detailed accounts of these most stirring and important events, extracted from the China Mail, the North China _Herald, and from the letters of correspondents at the seat of war : (From the China Mail.) The intelligence from the seat of war is of the highest importance. Two of the gates of Pekin are in our hands. Mr. Harry Parkes and Mr. Loch have been safely returned to us by the Chinese. The army of San-ko-lin-sin is still in the field. The Emperor has fled to Tartary. Pekin has sub mitted to us. The wintering of the whole force either there or at Tientsin is now resolved on, In our last Overland we mentioned that the allied army was in a hostile attitude, seven or eight miles from Pekin, waiting for the siege guns, and demanding the release of the captives who had been taken. There does not seem to have been any change in the position of matters from the 22d of September till the 3d of October, when an advance was made in search of the Tartar army, which only resulted in a few pickets of the enemy being seen and driven back. On the 6th a further advance resulted in an earthwork near Pekin, where no defence was made, being taken by our troops ; and the Yueng-min-yuen, or summer palace of the Emperor, was taken, and completely looted, afford ing immense spoil. The chief share of the plunder app6.rs to have fallen to the French, who had the first ransacking of the rich ornaments, jewels and clocks, and watches, the rich robes and embroidered silks of the Son of Heaven ; but a quantity of the treasures which was taken is to be divided between both French and English. Some privates are said to have Fold their shares for about 30,000 f. The entire British share, including both treasure and private loot, is estimated at about 90,000 dols. Next day, in reply to a demand for the release of the prisoners, Messrs. Parkes and Loch were given up, together with a French officer and seven or eight prisoners. On the 12th everything was prepared for the first great event of the war—the assault or the occupation of Pekin, the unviolated capital of China. The siege guns and other artillery were in a position to bombard the town, unless it should be surrendered by noon of the 13th, and the fol lowing general order was issued by Sir Hope Graht for the disposition and control of the forces under his command : Head Quarters before Pekin, Oct. 12, 1860. GENERAL ORDER. One regiment to be detailed by the first division will pro ceed to the Temple of Earth this afternoon and be there quartered. The Deputy - Quartermaster-General will make the ne- Ceasary arrangentent. All the live cattle belonging to the commissariat will be dri , /en to gie same place to-morrow morning early, and kept there till further orders. The'whole of the troops will be furnished to-morrow with two ditYV iations, cooked, and be held is readiness to turn outs .t krn2rnent's notice. The Cavalry Brigade will detail one squadron to patrol in the neighbourhood of the camp to-morrow; they will move off at 9 a.m. and act according to instructions, which they will receive later in the day. The whole of the artillery will be placed at the disposal of Brigadier-General Crofton until further orders. In'the event of an attack upon Pekin being ordered, the following directions will be observed : As soon as the officer commanding Royal Engineers re ports that a practicable breach has been effected in the city wall, it will be stormed by the 2d Division. Major-General Sir R. Napier, K.C.8., will be pleased to make the necessary dispositions. As soon as the wall has been gained the storming party will turn to the right, keeping along the ramparts, and seize the An-ting gate ; this post being gained, the Engineers and Sappers, who should follow the supporting column, will proceed at once to open the gate below. This post will then be placed in a state of defence with the least possible delay, and be held by a garrison of such strength as may be necessary. H. E. most positively forbids any officer or soldier under any pretext whatever to quit the gate or ramparts, or enter any street or house without his express permission con veyed through the D.-A.-General or that of the Major- General commanding the Division, and he cannot too strongly impress upon the troops the necessity of their restraining from straggling and of keeping in as compact order as possible, not only for their own individual safety, but for the more complete efficiency of the whole force. H. E. takes this opportunity of expressing to the soldiers the satisfaction he felt at their conduct on a late occasion, when a large amount of plunder was at the mercy of the troops. No crime has been brought to H. E.'s notice, and the discipline of the army remains intact. H. E. has ordered all property collected by officers on this occasion to be sold for the just benefit of all ranks, and he wishes them to bear in mind that he has taken upon him self a serious responsibility in appropriating to their benefit the treasure which was found in the Emperor's palace, and which by right belongs to the Crown. The troops are now about to occupy the Imperial city of Pekin, where they will be exposed to many and more seri ous temptations, and his Excellency trusts that the boon just conferred upon them will act as an additional induce ment to them to preserve their uniform good conduct, and prove to them that they best consult their own interest in maintaining it.—By order, (Signed) F. STEPHENSON, Dep.-Adjut.-General. Just immediately before the period given for surrender would expire, Hangchun came out and said that our demands were acceded to, no resist ance would be made, and the gate was at our dis posal. Thereon the outer and inner gates were immediately taken possession of; and a portion of the Allied Force was quartered on the wall of • „ Pekin. The Earl of Elgin and Baron Gros are at the military head-quarters; but as Mr. Bruce has been sent for, it is possible that his lordship does not propose to spend the winter in the North. Mr. Bruce, however, was sent for before, after the occu pation of Tientsin. Count Ignatief, the Russian Minister, followed the Allies to Tientsin, where we believe he is still. Mr. Ward, the American Minister, came down here, the other day, on his way home. There have been rumours published at Shanghae of the outbreak of a new rebellion—no way con nected with that of the Taipings—in the pro vince of Shen-si, which lies to the west of that where Pekin is. This, if true, would be of great importance,. as placing the Emperor in a worse position than ever. Of the Tai-ping rebels we hear little at present. They are reported to have appeared before Han chow lately, but to have moved off on finding it well garrisoned. From Ningpo we learn that the insurgent move ment in the neighbourhood of Shanghae has con siderably increased the tea and silk trade at the former port. Should the approaches to Shanghae be blocked up by th e same cause f or any length of time, that may possibly be the means of diverting a considerable amount of the trade of that port to Ningpo, parti cu l ar ly as b o th the tea and silk dis tricts are nearer t o Ni ng po than to Shanghae, and there is an easier internal communication with th e former. At Swatow a local difficulty is causin g trou ble. The gunboat Weasel proceeded to bombard a village, alleged to be connected with some acts of robbery committed on the property of foreigners resident at Swatow. After th e fi r i ng had been kept up for about two h ours, the master and fell into the ha n d s of the enraged of the gunboat landed , to see how m a tt ers were getting on, villagers. These latter treated the captives well, but declared that if any further proceedings were taken they would put them to death. Lao, the Governor-General of Kwang-tung, has been a ppealed to in :their favour and has sent up a proclamation requiring their release. Dr. Winchester, the aeting-consul, goes home, and his place is now filled by Mr. Robertson, the Canton Consul. In Hong Kong has been the the g rea t even t o f th e f or t n i g h t visit of the Japanese Ambassadors, in the magnificent s t eam vesse l Ni agara. Th ey an d 1 their suite have availed themselves of their stay at Hong Kong to make minute inquiries into various institutions of the place. (From the Overland Register, Oct, 29.) It is distressing to have to note that Capt. An derson and Mr. de Norman died from the effects of the brutal treatment they received at the , bands of th e i r T artar captors. Nine sowers o f the Sikh cavalry were released, and reached the camp on the evening of the 12th. At the latest dates, several of the prisoners were still in the hands of the enemy. Among those unaccounted for are Capt. Brabazon, and Mt. Bowlby, Times special correspondent. A sergeant of the Sikh Cavalry has deposed to the fact that all the prisoners were most inhumanely used, having their wrists bound with cords, an insuffi cient quantity of food supplied them, and otherwise barbarously tortured. Lord Elgin has now entered upon the more legi timate duties of his office. Mr. Bruce has been summoned to attend him at Pekin. In Chinese treachery he has a more formidable obstacle to contend with than Tartar troops. It is said to be the intention of the Commander in-Chief to withdraw from Pekin, and make Tien tsin his winter quarters. Lady Grant has left this to join him. Another letter, dated 9th October, from the camp of the British army, says :—" In the even ing of the 6th a communication was made to the authorities, demanding the release of the pri soners. 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 been complied with, so far that we had the pleasure yesterday of welcoming the return of Messrs. Parkes and Loch, with a French officer attached to the Societe Scientifique, and 6 or 8 French and privates of the Sikh cavalry. They were, whilst with San-ko-lin-sin'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 becSuse he could not speak Chinese. Within the last week these atrocities have been discon tinued, and they have met with some consideration. It appears that when the party was returning from Tung-show, where you will remember Mr. Parkes went to remonstrate against the Tartars encamp ing on the ground appropriated to the British army, they arrived at Chang-kia-wan, where the battle of the 18th was fought, and seeing prepara tions for an attack, they consulted together whether to charge through them or to apply to San-kolin sin, 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-ko -lin-sin's army, whether in or out of Pekin is not known." Another letter from the camp before Pekin, dated Oct. 13, has the following : " Last evening nine Sowars of the Sikh cavalry were released and came into camp. They bring the distressing news that Capt. Anderson and Mr. de Norman died from the effects of the brutal treat ment received from the Tartars, the former on the Bth, the latter on the 11th day after they were cap tured; the wounds caused by the cords binding their wrists, insufficient food, and other inhuman torture having caused their death. One of these Sikhs, a sergeant, was bound with them ; he sur vived, and has made a deposition of the facts; they are all suffering much, and it will be long before they can return to duty. They were brought from a town some 30 or 40 miles off, to which they were conveyed soon after their capture. No informa tion has been obtained about the two other Euro peans, Captain Brabazon and Mr. Bowlby, the Tines' special correspondent. " The Emperor accedes to all our demands. Harry Parkes and Colonel Stephenson, the Deputy- Adjutant-General, went in a hall of rec e pti on out side They told hi m th e city would guns were i n position, and other morning to confer with Hung K e y (l a t e Hopp thiso of Canton). be bombarded if it was not surrend ere d at noon. art'ilTlehrey siege e y to open fir e at the hour appointed, when, at a quarter befor e 12 , Hung Key came said all our d emands were acceded to, the gate was open, a n d no resistance would be outand made. The generals and staff, with the Punjaubees and 67th Regiment, then entered the outer and inner gates, and ascended to the ramparts and took possession of the gate and a number of brass guns (30 I believe), and mounted our guns in their place. The British Jack and the French Tricolour were hoisted, the former on a high pole by the side of the gate, the latter out of one of the portholes, where they show that Pekin was in the occupation of the allies, and that the vaunted invincibility of the Imperial Celestial City was a myth. " The wall is 60 feet wide and paved, and the troops inside have their tents pitched on it. The only thing the Chinese asked was that the Chinese Coolies should not be allowed to enter the city. This was conceded. "I wrote to you on the 9th relating that the British army encamped here on the 6th. The French on the same evening attacked the Em peror's Summer Palace, Yuen-min-yuen, entered and sacked it, while the only British troops pre sent were the cavalry and artillery, who were, by command of the French General, placed in a position to cut off retreating Tar tars. There were none, as the Palace was only occupied by 300 eunuchs, and 30 or 40 men in charge of the gardens. They made a slight show of resistance, when two were killed, and two French officers wounded. The next day the Palace was given up to indiscriminate loot after the French had made first selection. They got a vast amount of jewellery, watches, &c., much of which could be purchased from them afterwards at very low p r i ces. - Some privates sold their shares for as much a s England is said to enter into all her wars un prepared, but the Chinese Expedition presents a laudable exception to this general rule ; for, from the incipient to the ultimate step, so far, all the arrangements connected therewith are worthy of the highest praise. The Commissariat, even in the most trifling details, is unexceptionable, and as a consequence, the general health of the troops has r all along, been excellent. It remains to be seen, however, how the Indian soldier will stand the rigours of a northern winter, which does not offer a pleasant perspective even to the hardy sons of Britain. It is to be hoped that the chiefs of the commissariat will show as much judgment in , catering for the comfort of their charge during the , winter as they have done for the summer campaign. Big coa,ts,and blankets, warm stockings and flannel shirts, in addition to a well-filled stomach, are great assistants to the efficiency of an army. Doc tors and gallipots are, at best, but necessary evils. It is worthy of note, and highly creditable to the masters of the merchant shipping employed as transports—British, American, and others—that in the navigation of these, to many of them, un known waters, no casualty, worthy of mention, has occurred. A letter from the camp says that Messrs. Parkes and Loch were, whilst with San-ko-lin-sin'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, when they were placed in dungeons, and remained so for some time. Mr. Parkes was beaten when he did not instantly reply to a question, and Mr. Loch because he could not speak Chinese. 30,000 f. are said "AG 14-Chief and men tioa, for All Were brought option of ful euric v 6 1,003 d Spot. " The great wi " I be is the si retire fr gageme than kt beaten " Let lin-sin 1 donee ii rilents 1 where I begged to the r number and de: " Th 4 to 70,01 but pr exist. 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