The Sun. — London, England, 1860-11-14 00:00:00

THE ALLIED ARMIES IN CHINA. (From the Speetal Correspondent of the Times.) TIEN-TSIN, SEPT. 9. The allied armies are in full march on Pekin, where they will afford a lesson to the effete and faithless clique of Mandarins who direct the policy of tails empire. There, and there alone, can this lesson be taught, for the Imperial Cabinet has during the past fortnight added another to the ma:ny proofs already given of its utter falseh oo d and treachery. When Lord Elgin and Baron Gros arrived at Tien-tsin they were informed that Kweiliang, Se cretary of State, who negotiated the Treaty of 1858, was appointed Imperial Com m i ss i oner, and corcking down from Pekin with the fullest powers to treat. He was to arrive on the 31st. Lord Elgin thereupon wrote that England demanded all thiit was contained in the ultimatum, required that Tien-tsin should be opened to foreign trade, and fixed the indemnity to be paid by the Chinese Go vernment at eight millions of taels—about two millions and three quarters sterling, the Taku Forts to be occupied until the money was paid. Ealf this amount was due for the Canton indemnity, not one farthing of which has ever been paid to Great Britain. The remainder was on account of the expenses of this war. The French claimed a Eke amount ; but, inasmuch as their losses at Canton only amounted to two millions of taels, their demand for the present war in effect amounted to six millions of taels. Oa the Ist inst. Kweiliang arrived, and informed Messrs. Wade and Parkes that he and Hang-fuh (G ovecnor of the Province) had, as joint Commis sioners, the fullest powers to conclude a treaty, anti that the Imperial seal had been intrusted to them for the purpose. He announced his intention of calling on Lord Elgin, but was told that the English Ambassador could not receive him untilan answer from the Imperial Commissioners had been returned to his letter. On the evening of the 2d their answer arrived, containing a most unqualified acceptance of all demands. A convention was pre pared for signature by the respective Plenipoten tiaries, and it was agreed that Lord Elgin and Baron Gros should proceed to Pekin, with an escort of 2,000 men, for the purpose of ratifying the Treaty of Tien-tsin. On the 6th, all preliminaries being settled, Messrs. Wade and Parkes had an interview with the Commissioners to arrange for the signa ture of the convention on the following day. Lord Elgin's full powers were then prod uce d. K we ili ang and his colleague were invited to show their cre dentials. They were not sufficient. The Commis sioners had no power to conclude a treaty, They must refer to Pekin. They had assumed a position to which they were not entitled, and had been lighting for a few days' delay, Fortunately, past experience of Chinese duplicity and fraud had led the allies to neglect no precautions. The army had been marched up to Tien-tsin, with the exception of a small garrison left in the Taku Forts. Commis sariat and other supplies had been accumulated, and the day after negotiations were broken off the advanced guard was on the road to Pekin. The Commissioners were informed that Lord Elgin refused to enter into any negotiations whatever, or to receive any fresh proposals, until he arrived at Tang-chow,l2 miles from the capital. This morning the whole army is marching out, and will reach Pekin in seven days. There we are informed that Sang-ko-lin,sin is endeavouring to rally his beaten troops, but I hardly believe they will ever meet the allied army' in the field. All the country people state that the men who escaped from the forts were completely panic-stricken. " What is the use," said they, " of fighting against men whose guns carry eight miles .?" Sang ko-lin-sin himself arrived the night of the fight, with jaded horse and torn gar ments. He exchanged his coat with a villager, at a place three miles hence, and lost no time in pro ceeding on his journey to Pekin. He was said to have been degraded, but there is no certain infor mation on the subject. The Emperor Hien-fuh, prematurely worn out by debauchery, is now paying the pe nalty of early excesses. Confined to his bed, he is unable to take any part in public affairs. The management of this great empire has fallen into the hands of four Mandarins, virtually irre sponsible, and exercising uncontrolled power. Tsai•wan, a Prince of the Blood, and Grand Presi dent of the Imperial Court of Punishment, is said to be a man of some capacity and leader of the clique. After him comes Twanhwa, Prince of the Blood, and Commander-in-Chief of the Forces and Gendarmerie in Pekin, a position which gives him enormous porwer. Suhshun—brother of Twanhwa, " a speaker at the classical feasts," is Superinten dent (above the President) of the Board of Rave nue,'Captain-General of the plain white banner of the Ilanchun (Chinese enrolled and organised like Mantchoos and Mongols), and President of the Colonial (Mee. Mien-yu, President of the Board of Music, is the only surviving brother of the late Emperor. These four old gentlemen, safe in what they believe an impregnable stronghold, have com placently heard of towns stormed by English armies and provinces ravaged by rebel hordes. No foreign soldier, no hostile force, had appeared at Pekin. Tien-tsin had been the furthest point reached by barbarian Ambassador or rebel chief. No arm was long enough to reach them, no Power could attack their haunt. Because in all previous wars you have never gone to Pekin these Mandarins doubt your power to do so. They will now be unde ceived, and will be taught a lesson which, in all probability, there will be no occasion to repeat. Kweiliang's conduct in this matter is proof posi tive, if any were needed, of the thorough duplicity and mendacity of the Chinese character. Here is the Senior Secretary of State, the first man in the empire, calmly and quietly asserting a lie, whi c h he knew must be discovered in a day or two. By fear alone can the rulers of China be taught to re spect their political engage men ts. By arms alone can China be opened to trade. An Ambassador must negotiate with as army by his side, ready to act at a moment's notice. For two centuries have we traded at Canton, and we know as much about China at the end as at the commencement of our intercourse. At length the opportunity has arrived, and the Ambassadors of England and France, with the troops of the two nations at their backs, will under the walls of Pekin dictate the terms of a peace likely to endure. There is no subject in which all England, from her Maj esty to the peasant, takes so great an in terest a s t he o treatment of her si c k an d woun d e d soldier. the 27th ult. I went ou t t o th e fl ee t, and was o ccup ied hos during the followin g d a y i n visit ing the h os p ital-ship s , They are f our i n num b er . The Mauriti an iron steamer of 2,134 tons, is fitted for 212 bed s . Ty . two rows, o ne ab er bunks are arrang e d i n o pen to considerove 'l able other, an arran gemen t can only be r eached b obj v oction. The upper berth a ladder, up and down which a man suff er i ng friz, i f , the fittings dysentery must mount and descend times inu nta : able. a lso, whose patient's limb M s fractured, For the surgeon, i of the Mauritius are m ost no t c onveniently hold moren c 2 i veuient. She cou ld Were not Inall 160 beds. For tunately, her capabilities thing like that number, wound ly ed. for she on. tested to any ad on board nine officers and 56 sick and Her ports are too small, and, were she much crowded in hot we ather, one of her wards--empty when. I saw it. . would be quite unfit for hospital Par Poses , being close to the engine and very confined. , The Melbourne, an iron steamer of 1 ,300 tons nad 120 beds, every one of which was occupied, and three wounded officers were in her cabins. The Sir William Peel, a steamer of 1,500 tons had 8 officers and 74 men on board, being fitted for 100 ; and the Lancashire Witch, sailing ship of similar burden, contained two officers and 82 men, with accommodation for 96. The two latter ships were taken up and fitted out at Hong-kong with iron beds riveted tight into the deck. All the occupied wards were well ventilated, and even early in the morning were fresh and free from:smell. But the creme de la creme is the Lancashire Witch. There is no engine -room to break the whole sweep of the main deck, upwards of eight feet in height, so the most perfect ventilation is secured. The men were hearty and cheery. Each man had rush to the front, and in half a minute have hoisted the cart on its wheels and the pony on its legs. good flannel clothing, and on every bed was a clean pair of sheets and a famous blanket. Each vessel was supplied with a complete file of the London papers and a good selection of books: The men seemed most grateful for this, and nearly every one not too ill to read had in his hand a paper, arrived by the mail of the previous day. The newspapers will be continued as long as the army remains in China. " You had your work to do the other day," said Ito a wounded 67th man. " Yes, Sir, and we did it." " What will they think of it in England ? Will the Queen know what a fight it was ?" asked a 44th man with five gingal balls in him. I ventured to assure him that her Majesty would be the first to appreciate the valour displayed at the storming of the fort. They were all anxious on this subject, for the Chinese war has excited 'so little interest at heme that the soldiers fear they may not obtain that best salve for all wounds—the sympathy and admiration of their countrymen. Never did men deserve it more. Here, at 15,000 miles from home, were upwards of 150 44ths and 67ths wounded in the attack, and nearly all belonging to two com panies of each regiment. There was no grumbling, no vain complaints. Every man was resigned to his fate, and an artilleryman whose leg had been amputated cheerily hoped to obtain a situation among the soldier commissionaires of London. Various games had been sent from the War-office— chess, backgammon, draughts, solitaire, &c.—of which the last was the favourite. As to stores and medical comforts, these ships contain a supply of everything that by the most remote possibility can be needed, It made one's mouth water to see the portable soups, the potted meats, the preserved vegetables, and the other good things ranged in the store-rooms tier over tier. Boxes of sago, tapioca, and other necessaries of that kind would have fitted out a large grocer's shop, while the cellar was filled with campagne, claret, port, and sherry, not forget ting bitter beer. In short, there was nothing whatever that could be required for the care and sustenance of the sick, the wounded, and the con valescent which was not provided. Exception has been taken to the expense incurred on board these vessels; but I put it to every man in Eng land—by whom, after all, the bill is paid—whe ther he regrets one farthing that has been properly spent with a view to the comfort of the sick and wounded ? Even in the economical point of view, the British soldier in China is a costly article, and a few thousands more or less are well expended in restoring and preserving his health. But I need not labour the subject. The Crimea taught that prevention is not only better, but cheaper than cure, and we have profited by the lesson. The sick and wounded are tended with the same care and solici tude as in the best London hospitals, and the ar rangements made by Dr. Muir and his staff leave little or nothing to be desired. On returning from the hospitals to Tang-kow I found Major Anson, Major Sarel, Captain Farqu harson, and Lieutenant Johnson, R.N., about to start for Tien-tsin with the head-quarters horses and coolies, some baggage animals and carts, and the Commander-in-Chief's escort of 20 Sikhs. They were going up the south bank—pioneers of the road for the first division, which followed next day. I joined the party, and we left camp about 5 p.m After considerable delay at the bridge from the French artillery waggons returning to Sinho, we reached the south bank. Passing through an orchard we gained, soon after dusk, a large plain covered with the inevitable salt-hills, and there we encamped for the night. At cockcrow next morn ing our party was in the saddle. After riding across the plain for a couple of miles we reached a village, in front of which a deep trench 12 feet wide was cut across the road, with a ditch on one side and a swamp on the other. It was impossible to get the carts across, so we parleyed with the villagers. Within five minutes, 60 or 70 men were shovelling in earth, and in half an hour the road was repaired. Nothing could exceed the alacrity and goodwill with which they worked, and they were delighted with the dollar which rewarded their pains. We were now on the great south road from Taku to Tien-tsin and Pekin—probably the first Europeans who had ever travelled on it. For upwards of six miles we passed through gardens, the produce of which supplied the garrison of the forts and the town of Taku. They were admirably cultivated. Little waterwheels furnished an easy means of irrigation, and the vegetables might have put a Battersea market garden to shame. Large Swede turnips, excellent French beans, crisp radishes, lettuces, yams, and many other vege tables grew in great profusion. The fruit was mag nificent. Trellised vines, whence the ripe luscious fruit hung in mellow clusters, reminded us of Italy. Peaches, water melons, apples—very like Newtown pippins—and pears of every description, were abun dant. For six miles drooped the heavy-blossomed bower, hung the heavy-fruited tree." The road was a wide mud track. No pains whatever had been taken to make it, and not a single stone did we see during our journey. Had the weather been wet it would have been utterly impracticable, but the hot sun which has shone over us since landing had baked the mud quite hard, and we rode on without much difficulty. The road was encumbered with people returning to Taku. They had fled when the forts were attacked, and, now reassured, were returning to their homes. The women rode in a wheelbarrow fashioned after the model of an outside jaunting car. These barrows are on a well-devised model, the whole of the load being thrown on the wheel, which is of the height of the barrow, and exactly in its centre. They consequently carry two or three times the quantity of ordinary barrows, where nearly half the load is carried by the man. One fellow gaily trundled along four of the fair sex, evidently much surprised at meeting the barbarians, but showing no signs of fear. I had my first good view of Chinese beauties. Flat noses, linear eyes, high cheek bones, and broad upper faces are not suggestive of Terms or Psyche, nevertheless there is an expression of sweetness about a Chinawoman's face which redeems it from positive ugliness. Her jet black hair is combed into a turret at the top of the head, and there plastered with grease and poma dim—much after the fashion of the English dame during the days of the Regent. She is small in sta ture, with remarkably pretty hands, and her feet find favour in the eyes of her lord. Each barrow was followed by Coolies, laden with everything, from fans to tables and chairs. We pass a wounded Tartar, carried up in a basket to Tien-tsin. Poor fellow ! his face is frightfully smashed, and he will have a hard struggle for life. After working our way through this stream of people for upwards of six miles, we reached a town called Ke-tai. Here we were met by the Mandarins, who prostrated themselves and implored protection. They were soon reassured, and informed that we should merely pass through the town en route to Tien-tsin. Water melons and cakes were brought for our refection, and after a few minutes' chin-chining we proceeded on our journey. Chaque oiseau trouve son nid beau; so I suppose the Chinaman appreciates the vile stenches and filth amid which he lives. For a mile and a half did the road wind through the streets of Ko-ku, no street exceeding eight feet in width. The open sewers were choked to repletion with offal of every description; what they were unable to contain lay scattered about the streets. Coarse black pigs wallowed' in the mire, and dogs innume rable basked in the sun. At length we got clear of the town—which runs along the banks of the river—and found ourselves on a large plain. One side was covered with coarse paddy, the other mere swamp. Four miles' march across thisbrought us to another town, Kiang-kia chwang, near which we determined to halt for the night. A large acacia at the entrance of the village shaded a strip of green by the side of some water, and there we pitched our tent. The whole population turned out to see us. They were soon assured that we meant them no harm, and became inconveniently inquisitive. They peered into our eyes, wished to know our ages, and our " honour able names," and were delighted at the materials of our garments. A tweed shooting coat of mine ex cited special admiration. It was handled and fingered by all who could get near it. The watch and the compass they understood at onee, but a copy of the Times which I spread open for their inspection caused a wondering shout of " Aah yah !" Having bestowed sufficient attention on us, " the great Kings," they turned to the Sikhs, " the black Princes," as they are christened. They marvelled at their horses, stood by their side, and measured their height, inspected the saddles and trappings, touched the bridles, and kept at a respectful dis tance from the scimitars. The Sikhs were in their glory. They unsheathed their sabres and ran their fingers along the keen edges, explained the theory of their double-barrelled pistols in unmistakeable pantomime, and showed how their lances had pierced the Tartar cavalry. At sunset I was tubbing in a secluded spot, but the eyes of the Chinamen had followed me thither, and turning round in the middle of my bath I saw a score of them gazing at the operation in speechless wonder. The expression of their faces was absurdly droll as they witnessed for the first time an opera tion so superfluous. Meanwhile the chiefs of the town had procured all sorts of supplies—hay and Indian corn for the horses ; sodden cakes, fruit, and poultry for the men. With great difficulty eould we persuade our friends to relieve us of their com pany at nightfall, but at last they departed, pro mising to return with fresh supplies in the morning. As good as their word, they appeared at dawn, " Awake, arise, great kings, and eat, food and drink are provided." Their charge was moderate enough— but two dollars and a half. The forage was cut with a rude scythe, precisely the pattern of the patent mowing machine. A bamboo cradle caught the grass, and the mower got down his crop with ex traordinary rapidity. Leaving the town, we came on an extensive plain covered as far as the eye could reach with millet 12 to 14 feet high. For six or seven miles we rode through this gigantic corn, now nearly ripe for the harvest. The millet answers a vast variety of pur poses. Its head is ground into flour, and very good flour it makes, or distilled into shamshoo, the vilest and most deleterious of drinks. The leaves when green are eaten by the cattle, when dry they make excellent fodder. The stalk serves for fuel, for thatching, for partition walls, for fences, for mixing with mud for the walls of houses and for the em bankments of the canals. It was the only grain we saw on the road. We were told that directly the millet is cut at the end of this month wheat is sown, which is reaped at the latter end of June, The wheat when cut is replaced by the millet. A sharp turn brought us to another town, again on the river's bank, called Sinchwang. Beyond this was a large entrenched camp resting on the river, and stretching right across the road for some miles. It was quite deserted, long grass grew within its walls, and it had evidently been some time unoc cupied. Passing through the camp our road lay by the side of the market-gardens which stretch far beyond Tien-tsin. Three miles before reaching that place two large forts command the roads which pass through them, as well as the river. They are built, one on the south, the other on the north bank, and are immensely strong. In the cavalier of the southern fort are embrasures for seven guns. The guns have been taken away and buried, but a few have already been dug up. They are brass Chinese guns of great calibre and beautiful work- manship. We now see the English camp on our left, and the town of Tien-t.sin before us. We have ridden 31 miles from Sinho, which, being seven miles from the forts, makes the distance thence to Tien-tsin exactly 38 miles. The whole country over which we rode was plain, without hillA or elevation of any kind. It is just above the level of the river, and seems an excellent nursery for fever and ag4e. Passing through a suburb we reach the south gate, and find ourselves in the walled city. Through this we proceed for three quarters of a mile, find a gate which leads into another suburb, and then, riding a good mile down " the Street of Everlasting . Prosperity," we reach our destination, after being nine hours and a half in the saddle. I regret to say that our ride nearly proved fatal to one of our party—Lieut. Johnson. The sun had been frightfully hot during the whole day. On the evening of our ahival Lieut. Johnson felt unwell, and went on board the Granada to sleep. Next day he was unconscious, with a remittent fever of the most virulent kind. After struggling for three days between life and death he turned the corner, and I am happy to say is now quite out of danger, and in a fair way of recovery. The sun has been fatal in not a few cases. Lieuts. Palliser, of the Royals, and Breedon, of the Buffs, have fallen victims to its pernicious influence, and even one of Probyn's hardy Sikhs was struck down and died next day. Still the climate is by no means unhealthy, although it is necessary to avoid expo sure during the hottest part of the day. We have not had one drop of rain for three weeks. The thermometer has risen to 98 in the shade at noon, and yesterday we were treated to an Indian hot wind, but the nights are cool, and even cold. Tien-tsin, on the south bank of the Peiho, 38 miles from the Taku Forts, and 68 from Pekin, is the largest port on the coast north of Shanghai not hitherto open to foreign trade. It is the terminus of the Grand Canal, which skirts the town and enters the Peiho outside the walls. By this canal all the produce and taxes for the use of the capital have been brought for centuries. Since it was broken up by the irruption of the Yellow River the produce and taxes have equally reached Tien tsin, borne by junks across the sea and then up the Peiho. All the salt for the use of the capital is stored here. An imperial monopoly, the dreary salt flat on which we landed, constitutes one of the most valuable appenages of the Crown. There, and all along ale coast, may be seen innumerable salt hills. When the salt is evaporated it is brought tq lien-tsin, and piled in stacks covered with matting, as large as the largest haystacks in EuglrAnd. Acres of them may be seen on the north bt.nk of the river just below the town. A consider able trade is carried on in grain and rice. The river is thronged with junks, and the crowded, bustling streets are full of life and motion. The position of Tien-tsin renders it one of the most im portant cities in China, and the key of the capital. Its population is said to be nearly half a million of souls. It is certainly upwards of 300,000. Though the Gulf of Pecheli be shallow, the Peiho difficult of navigation, and the bar at its mouth inconve niently large, yet ships of considerable burden can ascend the river. The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Granada, which brought up Lord Elgin and Sir Hope Grant, and draws 11 feet water, is anchored off the town at the mouth of the Grand Canal. The steamer Carthage, drawing 12 feet, with commissariat stores on board, is moored just below, and her Majesty's despatch gunboat Rey nerd, of the same draught, just above her. The Granada and the Carthage ascended the river in one day, under the skilful pilotage of Captain Roderick Dew, R.N., and neither grounded more than once. Now that the port will be opened to commerce the Dents will have more than one The houses of mud and straw bore a strong family likeness to those of Sinha and Tang-kow, and the peculiar faint, sickly smell, so well known to all travellers in China, greeted our nostrils from every group we passed. The men are taller than those of Southern China, but equally fiat, flabby, and unmuscular. Fully one-half had cutaneous disease, engendered by their filthy habits, and ring worm was extremely prevalent. A blazing hot sun braught the various agrentents of Sio-ku into full relief, as we forced our way through the town with all the coolies, mules, asses, hors t e h s e , a e n ar d t c l a a r d t e s n in w o i u th r train. A n a ti ve servant drives shores too sharp round a corner ; ovar it goes on fits side, and over goes the wild Tartar pony which does duty as wheeler. Alack and welt a da ►y ! the beer flows out —we h a d b ut half a dozen by and exposes our dreadful loss. One cart is packed hi g h with boxes innumerable, but the ropes are stout, and the packers have been handy, so the bo.xas are not scattered over the road. 'We discuss tin best mode of proceeding, when 50 Chin a men " Yang-tse," the Jardines more than one " Fiery Cross," plying between Shanghai and the Peiho. The walled city is of considerable extent ; dirty and filthy as every other Chinese town. Outside the wall is the north suburb, greater in extent than the city itself. It is built along the Grand Canal, and the river, running at right angles to it. Here are all the principal shops and warehouses. The streets, though unpaved, are clean, and the houses fitted up with something like comfort. The mansion occupied by Lord Elgin, Baron Gros, and Sir Hope Grant belongs to one of the principal corn merchants. It is of enormous size, and actually has glass in many of the windows. Like all Chinese houses it is built without plan or design, a suite of rooms here, ti courtyard there, but the rooms are airy; THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 14, 1860. may be had in abundance at 3d. per lb. ; the largest peaches at ld. each. Water melons—most refresh ing of fruits and large enough for a dozen—cost sth each. Ice in large blocks of 251 b., pure and clear as the finest Wenham Lake, is sold for 61 a of country, save only where the road is made or houses are built, is covered with millet 14 feet high. But the " enemy" is invisible, and, according to the villagers' account, the Tartars were too much alarmed in their flight to think of anything except their own safety. Soon after encamping here yes terday we had a tremendous thunderstorm. For seven hours the rain descended in torrents, and soon converted the country into a swamp. The road was quite impracticable for artillery, and the order was given that we should not march this morning. How ever, it cleared up at 11 p.m., and now the sun has risen with every promise of fine weather, and a fresh breeze is blowing, which will soon dry the roans. block. There is any quantity of forage of every description—hay, millet stalk, green grass, paddy, peas, beans, and Indian corn. Coal costs td. and caarcoal Id. a pound. Coolies receive Is. per day per man. Supplies of every description are abundant and excellent. The mutton is fat and well flavoured, and no finer grapes or peaches are grown than those which now come to Tien-tsin market. A favourite fruit with the Chinaman is the classic lotos, in shape like a small melon ; it is full of stoneless kernels, sweet and pleasant to the palate. Often and often have I eaten them without experiencing the dreamy sensations they are said to produce, and most cer tainly no man in this expedition has exclaimed— " 'We will return no more ; our island home Is far beyond the wave, we will no longer roam." On the 7th a dozen of us went up the Grand Canal in the gig and cutter of the Granada. For the first two miles our progress was but slow, against a strong current and through two bridges of boats, which were opened for our passage. All the latrines of the town seemed scattered along the banks of the canal, and " the nymphs who reign o'er sewers and stinks" must take special delight in disporting on its margin. At length we clear the city, and find a plain covered, as usual, as far as the eye can reach, with a sea of gigantic millet. Large villages are built on the border of the canal. The population seems miserably poor ; the men thin and haggard, the women small and filthily dirty. The canal, for the 15 miles we ascended it, is a canalised river, winding and tortuous. Its depth in the centre is not less than 14 feet, and close to the bank there are five or six feet of water. The current is very rapid, always setting into the Peiho. The tide rises and falls four or five feet, but so great is the body of water rushing down from the west that even when A flag of truce has just come in, borne by two Mandarins of the fourth class. They announce that the leading members of the war party Tsai-wan, President of the Imperial Court of Punishment, and Mu-hyn, President of the Council of War, and a member of the clique which has of late directed the Government, are coming down to Tien-sin in order to treat. The order is given that we march at noon, which is the best answer to this announcement. Tsai-wan and Mu-hyn will be met on the line of march, and informed that the Ambassadors refuse to treat before arriving at Tung-chow. At last the fox is unearthed, and it will be our own fault if he be not killed in the open. The Pekinese will see a European force under the walls of their capital, and the leaders of the war party, unable to protect them, suing for mercy. Last night, during the storm, the drivers of the carts hired at Tientsin bolted with their horses. This was, no doubt, done by order of the Government, in hopes of delaying our march. The scheme will not succeed. A number of junks have been seized and manned by sailors, and, as the river runs up to Tung-chow, the baggage will be carried by water instead of by land. the tide is rising it only checks the strength of the current, and does not alter its direction. It is more than probable that some portion of the Yellow River, which ten years ago broke into the canal and destroyed the sluices, now finds its way down this course. There is a great local traffic on the canal. We saw fully 200 passenger junks, and half as many laden with goods. The banks of the canal are fringed with very large willows, weeping and upright. Ascending ten miles the aspect of the country changes. First come topes of large trees, and then what may really be dignified by the name of a wood. We jump on shore and enjoy our tiffin sub tegmine. The timber is large and fine—walnut, willow, locust trees, and immense pear trees. Some 300 or 400 of " the enemy" came from the villages to gaze at the barbarians feeding. They eyed the empty bottles with covetous glances, so we gate them a scramble. Entering at once into the fun with great spirit, they hustled and struggled for the coveted prizes with all their might, and amid shouts of laughter. It is sad to think that this great work is now used solely for the local traffic of the towns and villages on its banks. By means of its connection with the river which flow into it an almost entire water com munication was completed across the country from Pekin to Canton—nearly two thousand miles. No work of the kind in Asia could compare with it, and when first put into full operation in the 14th century there was none in the world to equal it. The Grand Canal passes through the alluvial soil in every part of its course of 650 miles. The junc tion of the Yun-ho was probably taken as the sum mit level. Thence northward the trench was dug through to Lintsiug, to join the Yu-ho, and embankments were thrown up southward to the Yellow River. In some places the bed is cut down 40, 50, and up to 70 feet, but it passes through no material obstacle. The banks are some times 20 feet above the surrounding country, and are of enormous thickness. The sluices which kept the necessary level were of rude construction, and thick planks sliding in grooves of stone buttresses formed the only locks. Still the objects intended were fully gained, and for centuries the Grand Canal formed the high road between the capital and the southern and middle provinces. To what extent it has been damaged or what is required for repairs is quite unknown. The scientific mission attached to the French Embassy will endeavour to return south by that route. Should they succeed we shall have reliable information on a most interesting sub- SBERIFFS FOR 1860-6 L (From the Gazette of last evening.) ENGLAND. BEDPORDSHIRH.—Joseph Tucker, of Pavenham, Esq. ; William Lynne Smart, of Eversholt, Esq. ; and Crewe Alston, of Odell, Esq. BERKSHIRE.—Henry Lannoy Hunter, of Beech-hill, near Reading, Esq. , Robert Campbell, of Buscot-park, Esq. ; and Frederick William Allfrey, of Hill-house, Shin field, Esq. BUCKINGHAAISHIRE. — Sir Anthony Nathan De Roths child, of Aston Clinton, Bart. ; William Pennington, of Fernacres, Esq. ; and Philips Cosby Lovett, of Liscombe house, Esq. CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND HUNTINGDONSHIRE. — Edward Hicks, of Great Wilbraham, Esq. ; George Onsloiv, New ton, of Croxton park, Esq. ; and Stanlake Ricketts Batson, of Horseheath, Esq. CHESHIRE.—John Ralph Shaw, of Arrow-hall, Birken head, Esq. ; Edward Holt Glegg, of Backford, Esq. ; and Thomas Aldersey, of Aldersey-hall, Esq. CUMBERLAND.—Thomas Ainsworth, of the Flosh, Esq.; Samuel Lindow, of Cleator, Esq. ; and William Nicholson Hodgson, of Newby-grange, Carlisle, Esq. DERBYSHIRE.—WiIIiam Thomas Cox, of Spondon-hall, ject. The health of the troops continues good, not withstanding the fierce sun. Yesterday the ther mometer stood at 102 in the bell tents and under the awnings of the Granada. The fruit has pro duced a few cases of diarrhoea, but they are of no im portance, and, including the wounded on beard the hospital ships, the sick do not exceed 4 per cent. of the whole force. From Hongkong and Canton the accounts are very different. No less than 50 men and two officers were buried last month, and the soldiers are dying like flies. The Commander-in- Chief has directed a month's extra pay to be given to all the coolies, a reward they well earned during our ten days' campaign. The army would have done badly without them, for the Military Train fairly broke down for a time. Three years ago a detachment of the Military Train was sent to China, whence they were at once forwarded to India, in consequence of the demand for troops during the mutiny. There they acted as cavalry, and did excellent service. The present detachment joined this expedition with the full expectation of seeing similar service, and were much disgusted at being placed under the orders of the Commissariat to perform the duties for which they were created. In fact, they were above their work. With all the trappings and accoutrements of dragoons they did not relish the necessary but by no means exciting work of bringing up supplies from Pehtang, and guarding sheep and bullocks along the cause way. At length the matter reached a climax. Mr. Turner, the head of the Commissariat, had frequently complained of Major Cooper acting independently of his orders. He now officially reported that the baggage animals were not pro. perly looked after, that a sufficient exertion was not made in keeping them together on the road or in giving assistance to the weak and disabled, that an opinion prevailed among the Military Train that they were employed on a duty derogatory to them, and that this was in a great respect due to the example of Major Cooper. The Commander in -Chief, at once relieved Major Cooper of his I command, and he returned to England by the last I mail. The military Train is now commanded by Captain Gray, and works much better, as it acts in I unison with Mr. Turner instead of against him. Some complaints have been made about the Com missariat, and Sir John Michel commented strongly ton the Commissariat officers of his division during the march from Tang-kow. The fact is that the I Commissariat officers are so tied down by red tape that they dare not purchase anything for which they cannot produce a receipt. The villages con tained ample supplies ; the villagers were anxious to sell, but, not being acquainted with the mode of writing practised by Europeans, they could not supply a receipt for the money they received. This produced some delay, but the men eventually got their rations, and orders have been given with a view of obviating such difficulties in future. Sir Robert Napier remains at Tien-tsin in com mand of the small garrison left behind. He had a much narrower escape at the North Fort than I imagined. Wearing:a white mackintosh, in conse quence of a feverish attack from which he suffered, he formed a conspicuous mark for the whole Chinese garrison. Not only was his glass knocked out of his hand, but a 'bullet broke the hilt of his sword, another cut open his boot, and three pierced his clothes. There is but one opinion in this army as to the skill and energy with which Sir R. Napier executed the task assigned to him. Should an European war break out, it will be a subject for congratulation that the fusion of the armies enables England to avail herself of Sir Robert Napier's ser vices on a larger field then is afforded in the East. Let me draw the attention of the proper autho rities—whoever they may be—to the means pro vided for enabling a storming party to cross a ditch under fire. The pontoons, used in action for the first time against the north fort, answer admirably for crossing the Medway at Chatham, but amid the hurry and confusion of a siege they are everything they should not be—heavy, lumbering, unwieldy, and useless if hit by a single shot. No man crossed by the pontoons until the place was taken, and the Marines and Sappers who carried them suffered frightfully. The English scaling ladders—models of strength and . durability—were so heavy that they could not be carried from the first ditch, over which they were placed, to the second, which they never reached. The French have all these things in their books, but they are too wise to use them in action. Their ladders were light and not over strong, but they answered the purpose, and carried both English and French over the second ditch. I must close my letter, for the column is marching. YUNG-TSUN, WITHIN 45 MILES OF PEKIN. SEPT. 11, 6 A.M. Esq. ; Haughton Charles Okeover, of Okeover-hall, Esq. . . and Sir Henry Flower Every, of Egginton, Bart. DEVONSHIRE.—Sir John Thomas Buller Duckworth, of Weare, Topsham, Bart. ; Major-General Edward Studd, of Oxton ; and Sir George Stucley Stueley, of Hartland abbey, Hartland, Bart. DORSETSIIIRE.—Robert Hassell Owen Swaffield, of Wyke Regis, Esq. ; Joseph Gundry, of the Hyde, Brid port, Esq.; and Charles Wriothesley Digby of Studland, Esq. DURHAM.—Richard Lawrence Pemberton, of Barnes, Esq. ; George Henry Surtees, of Dinsdale, Esq. ; and John Hildyard, of Horsley, Esq. ESSEX.—Sir Wm. Bowyer Smijth, of Hill-hall, Epping, Bart. ; Joseph Samuel Lescher, of Boyles, Brentwood, Esq. ; and George Alan Lowndes, of Barrington-hall, Hatfield Broad Oak, Esq. . . GLOCESTERSHIRE.-john. Waddingham, of Guiting Grange, near Winchcombe, Esq.; Sir George Samuel Jenkinson, of Eastwood, near Berkeley, Bart.; and John Battersby Harbord, of Stoke-park,: Stoke Bishop, near Bristol, Esq. HBREFORDSHIRE.—Robert Henry Lee Warner, of Tiber ton, Esq.; John Hangerford Arkwright, of Hampton court, Esq. ; and Stephen Allaway, of Courtfield, Esq. HERTFORDSHIRE.—Wm. Jones Loyd, of Abbotts Lang ley, Esq. ; John Hodgson, of Gilston-park, Esq. ; and Samuel Richard Block, of Barnet, Esq. KENT.—Alexander Randall, of Foley-house, Maidstone, Esq.; Henry Bannerman, of Hunton-court, near Maidstone, Esq.; and Arthur Vansittart, of Footscray, Esq. LEICESTERSIIIRE.—Richard Sutton, of Skeffington, Esq.; James Beaumont Winstansley, of Braunstone, Esq. ; and Sir Robert Burdett, of Kirby Bellars, Bart. LixcoLNsuinc.—Weston Cracroft Amcotts, of Kettle thorpe, Esq. ; Thomas John Dixon, of Holton-le-moor, Esq. ; and Rowland Winn, of Appleby, Esq. _ I take advantage of the courier who leaves this morning for Tien-tsin, to add a short postscript to my letter of the 9th. We reached this place yester day, after two days' march through frequent vil lages and over a flat alluvial plain covered with millet. Had we to contend with an enterprising enemy this march would have been attended with the greatest difficulties. In the first three miles out of Tien-tsin we crossed seven bridges over wide canals, not one of which had been broken. The road thence runs along the south bank of the river, and a few gingal men in the high millet on the opposite side might have galled us fearfully. Had barricades been made or the road been broken up in the villages a serious obstacle would have been afforded, for the streets are narrow, and every inch MONMOUTHSHIRE.-James Proctor Carruthers, of the Grondra, near Chepstow, Esq. ; James Jameson Cordes, of Bryn Glas, near Newport, Esq. ; and Joseph Davies, of Bedwas, near Newport, Esq. NORFOLK.—John Thomas Mott, of Barningham, Esq. ; Henry James Lee Warner, of Little Walsingham, Esq.; and Joseph Stonehewer Scott Chad, of Thursford, Esq. NORTHAMPTONSIIIRE.—John Edmund Severne, of Then ford, Esq. ; William Smyth, of Little Houghton, Esq. ; and George Ashby Ashby, of Naseby, Esq. NowrifumßEßLAND.—William John Pawson, of Shaw • don, Esq. ; John Cookson, of Meldon-park, Esq. ; and Watson Askew, of Pallinsburn, Esq. NOTTINGIIAMSHIRIL—John Henry Manners Sutton, of Kelham, Esq. ; Henry Savile, of Raiford Abbey, Esq. ; and Thomas Blackborne Thoroton Hildyard, of Flintham house, Esq. _ . _ OXFORDSHIRE.—Henry Birch Reynardson, of Adwell, Esq. ; Charles Edward Thornhill, of Woodleys, Esq. ; and Emilius Watson Taylor, of Headington, Esq. R U TLANDSHIRE.—AIexander Doria, of Manton, Esq.; William Fludyer, of Ayston, Esq. ; and the Hon. William Charles Evans Freke, of Bisbrooke. SHROPSHIRE. — George Pritchard, of Broseley, Esq. ; Sir 'Vincent Rowland Corbett, of Aeton Reynald, Bart. ; and Thomas Charlton Whitmore, of Apley-park, Esq. S O MFALSETSHIRE.—Francis Wheat Newton, of Barton grange, Esq. ; Ralph Neville Grenville, of Butleigh-court, Esq. ; and William Speke, of Jordans, Esq. SOUTHAMPTON (COUNTY).—William George Craven, of Brambridge-house, Winchester, Esq. ; John Deverell, of Purbrook-park, near Cosham, Esq. ; and Sir Henry Bou verie Paulet St. John Mildmay, of Dogmersfield-park, Winchfield, Bart. STAFFORDSHIRE.—John William Philips, of Heybridge, Esq. ; Newton John Lane, of Elmhurst, Esq. ; and Win. Hanbury Sparrow, of Penro, Esq. SUFFOLK.—John Berners, of Woolverstone-park, Esq.; Edward Robert Starkie Bence, of Kentwell-hall, Melford, Esq. ; and Sir John Ralph Blois, of Cockfield-hall, Yox ford, Bart. SURREY'.—Samuel Gurney, of Carshalton, Esq. ; Sir J . Andrew Cathcart, of Cooper's-hill, Egham, Bart.; and Joseph Godman, of Park Hatch, Godallning, Esq. SUSSEX —George Gatty, of Felbridge-park, East Grin stead, Esq. ; the Hon. John Jervis Carnegie, of Fair Oak, Rogate, and .Herbert Mascall Curteis, of Windmill-hill, Rye, Esq. W A RWICKSHIRE.—Richard Greaves, of the Cliff, War wick, Esq. ; the Hon. Charles Lennox Butler; and A llesley Boughton Leigh, of Brownsom-hall, Esq. WESTMORELAND.—WiIIiam Hopes, of Brampton Crofts, Appleby, Esq. ; Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Gandy, of Heaves-lodge, Kendal; and William Wilson, of High park, Esq. WILTSHIRE.—CharIes Penruddocke, of Compton Cham berlaine, Esq. ; Thomas Fraser Grove, of Fern, Esq. ; and John Elton Mervyn Prower, of Purton-house, Swindon, Esq. WORCESTERSHIRE.—James Moilliet, of Abberley-hall, near Worcester, Esq. ; Sir Edmund Anthony Harley Lech mere, of the Rhydd, Worcester, Bart. ; and Richard Hem ming, of Bordesley-park, Bromsgrove, Esq. • YORKSHIRE,—Sir George Orby Wombwell, of New burgh-park, near York, Bart. ; William Frederick Webb, of Pepper-hall, near South Cowton, Northallerton, Esq.; and Godfrey Wentworth, of Woolley-park, Esq.. WALES (NORTI1). ANGLESEY.—WiIIiam Bulkeley Hughes, of Plas Coch, Esq. ; Robert Davies, of Bwlchyfen , Esq. and the Pion. Florence George Henry Irby, of Llanidan. CARNARYONSHIRE.—Owen Jon s Ellis Nanney e , of Gwynfryn, Esq.; John Priestley, of Braichybib, Esq.; and Henry M'Kellar, of Sygunfawr, Esq. DENBIGHSHIRE.—CharIes Jo hn Tottenham, of Berwyn_ and Boscawen Trevor Griffith, Esq. ; John Lloyd Wynn e , j un., house, near Llangollen, Coed Coch, Abergele, Esq. ; of Trevelyn-hall, Wrexham, Esq. FLINTSHIRE.—Robert Howard, of Broughton-hall, Esq. ; Philip Pennant Pennant, of Bodfari, Esq. ; and Charles Butler Clough, of Llwyn Offa, E sq . E sq . ; Charles Ansell , of Glanrhiadr, Esq.; and MERIONETHSHIRE. —David Williams, o f Deudraeth castle, Samuel holland, of Plas-yn-Pentryn, Esq, MONTGOIIERYSII IRE.—Pric e James Drew, of Glanha fren, Esq. ; Jo hn He y ward He y w ard, of Crosswood, Esq. ; and John Lomax, of Bodfach, Esq. WALES (S OUT BRECONSHIRE.—WaIter De Winton, of Maeslough castle, Esq. ; Jeston Williams Fredricks, of Talwen, Esq. ; and David Watkins Lloyd, of Aberllech, Esq. CARDIGANSHIRE.—Pryse Loveden, of Gogerddan, Esq. ; Herbert Vaughan, of Brynog, Esq. ; and Pryso Lewes, o f Gwastod, near Lampeter, Esq. CA RMARTH ENSHIRE.—Arthur Henry Saunders Davies, Pentre, Esq.; Sir J o h n B urnet D un d as , V e li nvo l e , Bart. ; and James Price Gwynne Holford, of Cilgwyn, Esq. GLAMOR GANSUIRE.—Edward Robert Wood, of Stout hall, Esq. ; Sir Ivor Bertie Guest, of Sully-house, Bart. • and John Whitl oc k Nicholl Carne, of Dimlands-castle, Esq., D.C.L. PEMB ROKESTIIRE.—Edward Wilson, of Hean-castle, Esq. ; Jamee Bevan Bowen, of Llwngwair, Newport, Esq.; and Lord Kensington. RADNORSHIRE.—IIenry Thomas, of Pencerrig, Esq. ; George Greenwood, of Abernant, Esq. ; and Walter de Wiltin, of Maesllwoh-castle, Esq. large, and lofty, and two successful attempts at a garden have been made in the inner courts. The English and French Ambassadors and the Eng lish Commander-in-Chief, with their numerous Staffs, are accommodated without being crowded, while from the construction of the building each of their Excellencies virtually has a separate house. General Montauban's residence, at the junction of the river and canal, is quite coquet in appearance. The verandah is covered with flowers snd exotics, and I never enter the enormous building occupied by the Artillery and E ng i neers w ith ou t f ear o f losing myself midst its courts and corridors. Let us walk down " the Street of Everlasting Pros perity," the Regent-street of the north suburb. At its "entrance is a crowd of Chinamen, which, con stantly renewed from dawn to sunset, stand gaping through a gateway at the head-quarters horses picketed in a large courtyard. Forcing our way through these unsavoury Celestials, we find our selves in a small square occupied by the " eel-pie" and "baked-potato" men of the place. Your working man dines iu the street, and this square is a favourite al fresco restaurant. Li, on our right, deals in meat pies. He has a small charcoal fire below his oven, and in a trice his pate is com pounded and cooked before the public. Ho, by his side, supplies vegetable diet, turnips, onions,pump kins, yams, cut into small slices and served in the water wherein they are boiled. Here is a man with sweetstuff, pastry, and "tuck." There ano ther with fruit—grapes, peaches, lotas fruit, water melons, apples, and pears. All tastes are supplied. But even in dining the ineradicable love of the Chinaman for gambling is evinced. Every one of these dealers has a box like a dice box, in which 20 small sticks are placed. Two of these sticks are prizes, the remainder blanks. Each portion of food is supposed to be worth 10 cash, and on staking one cash every corner may try his luck. From morning to night is the rattle of these sticks to be heard in the square as the dealers invite their customers. From morning to night may the Chinaman be seen yielding to the invitation. Here is an old fellow, a " bargee" on the river. He has 10 cash, ;which he stakes, and loses one after the other. His face is rueful, and his belly empty, so we give him 10 cash, win which he may insure the meal he covets. He takes the cash, but, instead of buying his food, he recommences to gamble for it. One cash after another is drawn from him, and when he loses his last he walks away dinnerless. The fishmonger is perambulating about. His fish, in a shallow round wooden bowl, lie gasping in their three or four inches of water. Here are eels, brown and silver, large fat muddy carp, soles, and a fish speckled like a trout and of much the same flavour. At an open cookshop Chinese artistes are preparing the dinner of the day. The favourite dish is a stew composed of chopped pork, onions, sea weed, shrimps, and eggs. Wa taste, but its flavour is by no means agreeable to our western palate. And now, in a quiet secluded nook, is a good humoured laughing crowd, enjoying the feats of a juggler. A wonderful man ! He takes two pieces of sharp wire a couple of feet long, inserts them in his nostrils, and passes them thence down his throat. There is no deception, for he opens his mouth wide, and we see the wires down his gullet. Then he fakes two leaden bullets, one the size of an ordi nary musket ball, the other weighing 12 ounces. He swallows the little one first. With many con tortions he brings them up again, and the small bullet is the first to reappear. He draws the wires back through his nose, and spits blood. A shower of cash rewards his feat. Then he swallows a sword, crams pointed sticks into his ears and eyes, and performs a variety of tricks too numerous to be detailed. Could Mr. E. T. Smith secure him for Drury-lane he would make a fortune. We enter a perfumer's shop, full of knick-knacks and neces saries for my lady's toilet. Pearl powder is made up in neat little packages, and with rouge and paints of various hues. Lotions for the complexion, perfumes, dyes for the hair, and here, in a corner, " thine incomparable oil, Macassar." A barber is plying his trade. He shaves the head, combs and plaits the tail, and extracts wax from the ears. The latter operation is evidently a favourite with the Celestia.s. Alas ! " false tails" are common here, as they are said to be in England. The shop is full of them at a dollar the half-dozen. A distinguished officer of irregulars bought a few to make a plume for his helmet. A " curio" stall contains very ordi nary china at very exorbitant prices. Among its prizes are a common English bottle, price half a dollar, and an English earthenware plate, with " Swiss scenes" painted thereon, for which double that amount is demanded. Here, also, are small boxes labelled Superior congreve matches, without smell or sulphur." They would cost a halfpenny at home ; their price at Tientsin is 20. We come to a linendraper's, and find Manchester and American goods—linen, cotton, and calico. Here is blue stuff for the common tunics and trousers. It is labelled " Manchester, John Pender and Co." By its side are calicoes marked " Saunders," and printed cottons from the Manchester looms in great abundance. Ihe prices are 100 per cent higher than at Shanghai. Immense quantities of Russian cloth, both red and blue, are to be found in every shop. This cloth is of double width, thick, and coarse. It is sold at 25s a-yard, the price being fixed by the Russian Go vernment. Coming by land all the way from Nijni Novgorod, such a price can never pay, but the Go vernment is careless as to profit, for this cloth foams the principal object of barter for tea and silk. When Tien.tsin is open to trade our Yorkshire manufac turers should be able to drive the Russians out of the market. But let it not be forgotten that the Chinaman will only purchase that to which he has been accustomed, and for the present none but the most ordinary woollens should be sent to the north of China. It is somewhat remarkable that not one yard of English cloth can at the present moment be found in Tien-tsin. I propose addressing myself to the commercial question at greater length when I return to Shanghai, and have more leisure and better opportunities than camp life affords. I have seen enough, however, to feel satisfied that the opening of Tien-tsin to foreign commerce will encourage an enormous trade in all the main branches of English manufacture. The crowd at our heels laughs as we enter a pawnbroker's shop. It is full of depositors, old clothes being the principal articles in pledge. We ask the head men to see the establishment. He would be delighted, but it is against rule. He deeply regrets that he must refuse our Majesties, but his orders are explicit. After a little pressing he yields, and we are conducted through one court after an other—the buildings containing all that man can imagine, from pocket handkerchiefs to junks' anchors. The goods may be pledged for 30 moons (two years and a half), when they are sold, if unre deemed. The rate of interest is 12 per cent. per annum. Here is a large icehouse, very long, very deep, very well drained. The ice is in blocks full two feet thick, and gives abundant evidence of a severe winter in this district. Returning home we enter a tea shop. The " cheering" beverage is con tained in a large brass kettle, a brass butterfly with extended wings on its spout. We drink, are re freslied, and bid adieu to " the Street of Everlast ing Prosperity." Immediately after the arrival of Admiral Hope at Tien-tsin a proclamation was placarded on the walls in the names of the Admiral and General, assuring the people that the Allies would protect the city, that the troops would be encamped two miles out side its walls, and inviting them to continue their avocations as usual. A few shops were opened, but most of the valuables and the whole of the women had been removed from the town. Mr. Parkes, as usual, was indefatigable. He c, Idled on the Taoutai (Mayor), who endeavoured to a ssume a patronising air, and affected to treat the I?mglish and French as guests of the Chinaman. He was quickly unde ceived on that point, and informed that we were masters of the place, and that this Taoutai and all his countrymen were there on suffer ranee. When about to take leave the Taoutai ado aired Mr. Parkes's horse, and said there were two things which he never could accomplish, " ride i n a cart or mount a horse." " How do you travel, tthen ?" "In a chair of course." "I thought there were none, and that all the Mandarins travelled in carts ?" " A Man darin travel in a cart ! Such a thing was never heard of, they all go in chairs." " I'm very tired, and the sun is so hot that I would gladly return in a chair." " Certainly, you shall h ave one at once !" Within a minute the chair was brought by its four bearers, and Mr. Parkes was carried back to the Embassy. In truth, the plat ais full of chairs. There is not a decent house which has not one standing in the courtyard. It is therefore more than ever certain that had Mr. :Bruce consented to enter Pekin in a cart the dignity of Great Britain would have been lowered in the eyes of all China, while the excuse that such was the ordinary mode of travelling, and that chairs were not used in this district, was a palpable, unblushing falsehood. Mr. Parkes heard that a committee of merchants bad been appointed by Sang-ko-lin-sin to furnish supplies for the whole Chinese ar my in the north. He sou "ht them out, and explained that, as their office had now become a sinecure they must transfer their a.i'legiance to the Allies. The committee made no dent ur, and a tariff of prices was soon. arranged. They rs led the Mexican dollar at 1000, c ash which at the p resent rate of exchange gives 200 cash for a shilling. The pound avoirdupois is equal to the Tien-t sin catty, by which every thiing is sold. Bull°, ;Its are divided into three classe s. The first weigi I about 5001 b, and cost 25 dols. (£Z) per head ; the si .3cond, weighing about 4001 b, are fixed at 20 dols. ; the third, about 3001 b, are 15 dole. each. Shee pof all sizes cost 3 dols. per head. Beef and mutt on are also sold by retail, the first at 3d., the seem id at 4d; per lb. nut is ls. 2d., sugar 4d., and flour 21-d. per lb.; onionst, turnips, and pumpkins five cash per lb.; fowls Id., and ducks is. 9d. each. The finest grapes TIIE CONVICT MULLINS. No answer had been received at Newgate last night from the Home Secretary to the different memorials and representations that have been transmitted to the Government by the prisoner, through his solicitor, Mr. Hubert Wood, and it is expected that no reply will be made until the Saturday before the day appointed for the execu tion, when the usual formal notification will be sent to the Sheriffs, that all the facts of the case have been considered, and that there do not appear to be any sufficient grounds for recommending the prisoner to the clemency of the Crown. There is no foundation for the rumour that the prisoner had received a respite from the 12th to the 19th of November, and the rumour appeared to have arisen from the fact that according to the ordinary prac tice the execution would have taken place on the second .clear Monday after the trial, and this would have been the 12th. As, however, the prisoner was only tried at the end of the week, and sentence was not passed upon him until late on the Friday evening, if the Sheriffs had adopted the usual course the execution would have followed upon the sentence in the very shortest time allowed by the law, and they therefore deferred the execution for another week, the law giving the Sheriffs the power to fix any time not within the period men tioned. The culprit still continues to' assert his entire innocence of the crime for which he is to suffer, and upon every occasion when he has been visited 'by the authorities of the prison he con ' tinues to delare that he did not commit the murder. He is permitted the flee use of pen, ink, and paper, and he occupies a good deal of his time in writing, and has addressed several letters to his wife and his children. It will be recollected that at the trial a person named Barnes was called as a witness on his behalf, and she stated that about half-past ten or eleven o'clock on the Tuesday morning, the murder being supposed to have been committed on the previous evening, she saw one of the windows of the house of the deceased opened by some one. It appears that the relations of the prisoner have discovered that a tradesman named Davidson, living in the neighbourhood, was with Mrs. Barnes at the time she saw what she repre sented took place, and he conirms her statement, and the prisoner relies upon this as a confirmation of his assertion that he did not commit the murder, and this is one of the facts that he has transmitted to the Home Secretary in support of his application for a remission of the sentence. The prisoner is visited three times a week by his wife or some members of his family. His wife and daughter were with him on Monday, and they conversed for some time upon family matters, and also in refer ence to the murder, and Mullins again asserted his innocence of the crime, and in allusion to the pos session of the cheque for £lO. which was the prin cipal point of evidence against him, said this could be accounted for without his being in any way connected with the murder. He has never attempted to give any reasonable explanation of the circumstances under which the property belonging to the deceased, and which undoubtedly must have been stolen at the time the murder was committed, came into his possession. As the period approaches nearer for the carrying out of the sentence, the culprit appears to become more restless and excited, and within the last day or two he has expressed his intention, if he should suffer, to ad dress the crowd from the scaffold, and he says he hopes that his strength will be sufficient to enable him to do so. He is visited every day by the Rev. Mr. O'Callaghan, a Roman Catholic priest. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—Nov. 13. There was a good attendance of town and country millers at this morning's market, but we had only a limited busi ness in wheat, which may be quoted at 2d per 100 lb lower on the week. Flour still inactive and may be noted Gd to Is per sack and barrel under late ra+es. Oats and oatmeal sold slowly, and prices without material alteration. Barley, beans, and peas in moderate request at about late rates. For Indian corn there was a better demand, at is 6d per qr decline on the week. ' BRISTOL—Noy. 13. A dull business doing in the wheat trade to-day. Fine sorts exceedingly scarce and much wanted. 'LEEDS—Nov. 13. Our market to-day was fairly attended by millers, but the arrivals are moderate. Good descriptions of new and old wheat scarcely held for former rates. Inferior barley quite neglected, and must be quoted at fully 2s below the rates of last market. Beans and oats quite as dear. NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYNE—Nov. 13. At this corn market there was a very fair show of old and new wheat, but the demand was inactive, and prices declined is to 2s upon late rates—white making 60s to 70s, red 54s to 665. The supply of barley shown was middling, with a firm demand. Oats in small supply, and the trade firm, from 26s ' toa34s per 24 stone. Beans made fzom 48s to 54s per qr. SLEAFORD--Nov. 12. The attendance was moderate to-day, with a free supply of wheat, and sales to a fair extent were effected, at late values. Wheat wheat ruled at 64s to 70s, red 59s to 65s per qr. Barley a rather imited supply, 35s to 37s ; oats in small supply, with a better demand, at 24s to 345; beans, 52s to 55s ; peas, —s to —s. NORWICH CATTLE. The show of store cattle to-day was an excellent one for the season, and as buyers were very numerous, a fair business was transacted, and previous rates were well maintained. At the close about one-fourth of the beasts remained unsold. Scots, 4s; s 6d to 5s Od ; shorthorns, 4s to 4s 6d ; Irish, 3s 6d to 4s Od ; Devons, 4s to 4s 6d (estimated weight when fat). Fat beasts scarce, 8s Od to 8s 6d per 141 b. Sheep—There was a thin supply of sheep in the pens. Lambs, breeding owes, and• keeping sheep were a slow sale. ~ Fat sheep, 8s Od to 8s 6d per stone; prime, Os to Os Pigs—A fair supply. Store pigs, 25s to 30s ; fat pork, 8s Od to 8s 6d per stone. [ADVERTISEMENT.I—AII medicines aggravate, but Du, Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabica Food effectually cures indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaint,. cough, asthma, consumption, and debility, without medicine, is admirably displayed by the following letters :—Ridington Rectory, Norfolk, June 10, 1850. No. 4,2oB.—Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility with cramps, spasms, and nausea , for which my s ervant had consulted the advi ce o f m ny, have been effec tually removed by Du Barry's health.restoring Food. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries.—Rev. J. W. Flavell. Cure, No. 48,311.—8ury, Lancashire, Aug. 17, 1851.—Gentlemen, For a considerable time I have suffered severely from a violent pain in my left side, extreme flatu lency, accompanied by an intolerable sensation of heartburn, and other disagreeable symptoms df dyspepsia. 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ROGERS.—On the 12th inst., at 7, Cleveland-street, Fitz • roy-square, Mr. Stephen Rogers, aged 72, LONDON : Printed and Published by MTJRDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tito Sun :Ace, N0..112, st r and, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the ootUlti Of AUddleoes s Wednesday s November 140560. a z 4 "', ;- (~ ` ~. ' I