The Sun. — London, England, 1860-11-30 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN.—Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. _ _ SPECIAL NOTlCE.—Production of a new legendary ro mantic opera, by Balfe, BIANCA, THE BRAVO'S BRIDE. The music composed by the popular English composer, Balfe. Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Thirlwall ; Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. corri, Mr. St. Albyn, Mr. Lawrence, Mr. J. Wharton, Mr. G. Kelly, and T.. Distin. Conductor, Mr. A. Mellon.—Doors Open at 7 ; (nmmence at half-put 7. -ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GA.RDEN—under the Management of Miss LOUISA TYNE P.nd Mr. W. HARRISON, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, THE AMBUSCADE. The new Operetta, THE MARRIAGE OF GEORGETTE, 'Kiss Louisa Tyne and Mr. IL Corri. To eonelnde with THE NIGHT DANCERS. Messrs IL HrAlzh, H. Corri, G. Kelly, Distin, and Lysll ; Madame Palmieri, Miss Albertazzi, Miss Lahr, Miss Thirlwall, and Miss Huddart. Conductor—Mr. Allred Mellon. Doors open at Seven. Commence at Half-past. r i TR F-R0 Y AL, H AYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Backstone. TIITS EVENING the performances will commence with Tull SON AND THE WIND. By the Leclereqs. After which, THE BABES IN THE WOOD. Followed by THE LION SLAYER. To conclude with ANY PORT IN A STORM. Commence at 7. YA i, P R TNCF, S S'S THFATRE.— Tmio.f. and Manager, 11'7% A. ITarris. THIS EVENING, an adaptation of Victor ITun - o's cele brated Play of RUY BLAS, by Edmund Falconer, Esq. ; when !Tr. Pechter, the favourite actor of Parisian renown, will make his 30thappearance on the English stage, supported by Messrs. W. Lacy, Meadows, Garden, Graham, Raymond, Morland, Collett, Paulo. Daly, A. Harris ; Miss Rose Leclercq, Mrs. Weston, and Miss Heath. To be preceded by SUSAN SMITH. To conclude with THE GARIBALDI EXCURSIONISTS THEATRE - ROYAL LYCEUM Sore Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE. THIS EVENING, THE PE N 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. J. Morris, Miss M. Ternan, Miss Neville, Missßudspeth, Miss Stuart, Miss Turner, Miss Douglas, Miss Annie Collinson, and Miss Lydia Thompson. After which, a new Drama, entitled BANDY ANDY. Messrs. Campbell, Johnstone, T. Lyon. Forrester, Villiers, Butler, and John Drew (his sth appearance) ; Mrs. J. Rouse, Miss Hudspeth, Miss M. Ternan, and Miss Neville. Followed by the new drama, entitled ADRIENNE ; or THE SECRET OF A LIFE. Principal characters by Mr. Henry Ne , rllle, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. H. Butler, Mr. Villiers, Mr. G. Vini mr, 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. N-EW THEATRE-ROY AL . sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. IRenj. Webster. Enzeszerne'at for a limited number of nights of Miss Am es Roberfion and Mr. Dion Boueicault, who will appear every evening in the highly; .Euccessful Drama of "The Colleen Bawn." THIS 'EVENING, THE RIFLE BRIGADE. Messrs. W. Smith, y). Fisher, C. Selby, Miss W oalgar, Miss Kate Kelly, and Mn. Billing - ton. After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN, D. Boucicanit, D. Fisher, Billinzton, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer. Miss A rmes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. To conclude with ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Messrs. Miss K. oo Kelly, &L. Tc. le, C. Selby, Billi ng t on, ' M rs. Ch atterley, Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. No charge for bookine". Private boxes, 42 2s. ; Family Boxes, 41. OM! testra Stalls, ss. • Balcony, 'is. Front Circle Stalls, Ss.; Pft Stalls, 25.; Pit, 'ls. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. A STLRY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE . - ' Proprietor and Mana...er. Mr. Wm. BATTY. _ Notice -din consequence of Al vast preparation necessary for the introduction of the Wonders of the World, " The Groupe of Performing. Lions" in the new Spectacle, their ap pearant•e is unavoidably postponed until MONDAY next, Decerreber 3. This Evening, the highly successful new Spectacle, in Three Acts, by E. Fitzball, Esq., entitled ROBIN HOOD ; or. the Merry Outlaws of Sherwood ' • introducing the Stud of highly trained Horses, Herd of real Deer, Stag Hounds, &c, Allan a-Dale, Miss Rebecca Isaacs ; Robin Hood, Mr. John Prit chard. b 4 succeeded by Scenes in the Arena, supported by the celebrated Madame Newsome, Mr. James Newsome and their Troupe of unequalled pert , rmers, &c., inclndinz the incomparable Young Charles Ducrow, the Greatest Wonder of the age. Concluding with a laughable Farce. Doors open at half-Fast 8, pertorman9e commence at 7. Box &Dee open daily from 11 till 4 Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST. THE CATTLE S.H 0 w AND CANTERBURY HALL. C. MORTON begs to inform visitors to London that the above h ALT,, with its Magnificent Gallervof Modern Paint ings, by all the best masters, is OPEN EVERY EVENING at 7 o'clock. GRAND SELECTIONS needs, but he has a very different number of both to contend against. The garrison amounts to 18,000 men, which enables them, of course, to relieve each other with ease, and they have no fewer than 800 pieces of artillery. But there is another cause of delay. A large rounded hill, at the base of which the town :of Gaeta lies, has been included in the defences of the fortress, and strongly fortified with numerous powerful batteries. Two other more distant hills must be gained, and batteries erected on them, to get possession of the first hill, by which alone the right side of the town can be approached; and these latter hills could only be reached by constructing a road with great difficulty and trouble where none existed before. IvAt this road the army were at work, at the date of the letter (the 20th), and were making progress which astonished our Gene ral CODRINGTON who saw it. The Piedmontese are in thorough good spirits, but the task before them, though it is one in which they know they must succeed, is not one to be accomplished in a day. The construction of the road, the erection of the batteries, and the reduction of the first hill referred to, will be a work of some time ; and it is only then that the real siege works will be cora -1 menced. The writer says that the intention of the Piedmontese General is to open fire with 90 heavy guns ; to spread terror among the demoralised gunners ; and thus to frighten them into compelling the King to surrender. Another NAPIER claims now at the hands of .his nation—not for his memory, but from our gratitude—a fitting public monument. His own heroic, and in every sense historic fame, he has himself long since imperishably commemorated. It is due to the great Annalist of the Peninsular War however, that some simple but majestic evidence of his having been duly appreciated by his contem poraries should be raised forthwith in one of our public places in the form of a solid and enduring Testimonial. And it was solely and exclusively to this end, for the sake not of his own fair fame, but for that alone of his immediate contemporaries, that upon the very morrow as it were of his lamented death, now but a very few months back, a movement was organised for the collection of funds enabling his old comrades in arms to erect upon some con • spicuous site in the capital of this Empire (the heroism of which his sword, and his pen have alike so resplendently illustrated) a colossal bronze statue upon a giant granite pedestal. That was the determination immediately arrived at by those amongst us who honoured this lion-heart the most earnestly. It was instinctively felt that an enter prise of this nature ought at. once to be set on foot and accomplished—in justice not merely to him but to each and all of us in like manner who appre ciated to the full his rare combination of valour and genius as one of the most chivalrous among our soldiers, and as a military historian whose writings in that capacity have never been surpassed. Already the subscriptions poured in—almost without the publication of an advertisement— amounts to very nearly one entire half of the sum required for the payment of any expenses that can be incurred in the erection of this proposed monument, T o th e cata l ogue of these eagerly volunteered contributions, a catalogue pub lished elsewhere by us in another part of our impression of this evening, we would very earn estly direct the attention of the public at large— for that mere list alone amounts in reality to a noble and enviable testimonial. It is a striking attestation in itself that General Sir WILLIAM FRANCIS PATRICK NAPIER is in very deed and in very truth appreciated by the noblest among his contemporaries. To that roll of gallant and illua trious names we would now gladly see added, whai PROM BELLINI'S NORMA AND FLOTOW'S MARTHA. PRINCIPAL ARTISTES, MISS RUSSELL MADAME MARTA MISS TYR REL MISS WILKINSON Mr. HENRY HERBERT and Mr. BERNARD. Conductor The CoMic Department eomnrises Messrs. A. B. Hollinc,rs worth, W. T. Critchtield, J. Blanchard, G. W. Fell, Charley Fox, and E. Marshall, in his transformation song., "THE DOMESTIC DRAMA," personating five different characters. FEI.III OFFICE, Nov. 30 um. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 44 —highest since noon yesterday. 42 —lowest this raorniti,g and during the night. 49 —this day at noon. BAnomETER.-29.63; falling. WlND—South-Easterly ; light, with dull rainy weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE, Tuts D A Y. — Morning, 2h. 44m.—Afternoon, 3h. 2m. To-mottitow.-Morning, 3h. 20m.—Afternoon, 3h. 40ni. 47: 4 1 . 1 ;1_ C .4r4„. % • ~.... .1; ) , t, •r•' ••• .4.` , •iitZ ••-••• ' , •" :4 4 - ;7 - ' , ---H . ... - '24 - ..p.- <140.,...,,g. \ t ~.; --,...,, z; ,.... ;,:7?...... ...,-t._ .. icy,?,. ~.,,,re . ., ~.„.,),. •---.-- ‘0 ,„ , ,57-,4,, i .,4 _ ,.. A ......„ ..,.. , 4 p' , E 7 . ,, , , , , . 1 .: 7• , 1 0 ' . ''''' , .. - i - t ,i r A.;v:_. - ...4, '----- ..... t_"F TUE SUN. LONDON. FRIDAY, NOV. 30, 1860. - The narrative of these late events out at the seat of war in China, towards which our attention has during the past week been so eagerly and almost uninterruptedly directed, has now happily been com pleted by the official record coming to us, by way of France, through the columns of the Mollie:tr. This official record by our Allies, extracted from that Paris Gazette, the organ of the Imperial Govern ment, we have given elsewhere in our impression of to-night—doing so merely in order that our readers may thereby gain ready- access to the latest frag mentary intelligence in regard to these late occur- Not by any means, however, in these accounts published in the .3foniteur, can we recog nise any very material novelty in the way of addl.- tional information. It has its value, however, in spite of that, in the mere fact of its being thus distinctly corroborative of the records already received and p u bli s h e d h ere i n England. Thee I e French official :narrative confirms only too pain fully all that had been previously told by us in reference to the base and flagitious proceedings of the Chinese army and the Chinese Government. It confirms, moreover, quite as distinctly, the descriptions already furnished through English source s or those contests, which had illustrated so sign " lls7 between Tien-tsin and Pekin the absolute . powerl essness of the Asiatic hordes when opposed ' f) the serried ranks of the highly-disciplined and formid bly_ hrmed Europeans. As a thrice-told tale, however, this narrative from the Moniteur will be read in this country with the liveliest inte rest, if only for the sake of those brave fellows of ours, English bona and English bred, whose lives are thus, each and all, staked upon the hazard of a die in dealing with that ruthless and treacherous race of the Chinese. rcnces. While reading this account it is impossible not to feel indignant at the petulant intervention which has strengthened the place by keeping the sea open. If the French EMPEROR openly espoused the cause of FRANCIS 11., we might be indignant at his aiding the cause of a tyrant whom all the civilised world regard as unfit to rule any nation—the young BOMBA of Palermo; but we should not have to reproach him with inconsistency. But by keeping open the sea for supplies to Gaeta, and hindering the Sardinian navy from co-operation on that side, he is fully doubling the strength of the garrison, and that against his ally the King of SARDINIA. We know of no selfish advantage even which he can hope for from his conduct. It is impossible to explain it, except as an act of officious vain-glorious intermeddling —an affectation of displaying a power which all the world knows he has, merely for the sake of the display. At the date of the letter the garrison of the fortress were afraid to venture on a sortie. The telegrams of to-day mention, however, one on or about the 29th, made with the intent of capturing the strategical positions of the suburbs. Most probably the refer ence is to the hills, to which the Piedmontese were constructing their road, with the view of placing batteries to silence those on the hill near the town the sortie was repulsed, it seems, with great loss to those who made it. The work of bloodshed will probably begin in a few weeks at least, perhaps sooner ; when, for the sacrifice of life, whatever it may be, humanity will hold LOUIS NAPOLEON personally guilty. But for his encouragement, there can beflittle doubt the King would long ago have left Gaeta. A letter from CIALDINI'S head•qusrters, b y the special correspondent of the Daily News, gives by far the most precise information which the p u b lic has yet received respecting the state of thing s before Gaeta. From hi account, there is evidently a great deal of bard work to do ere Gaeta can be reduced--provided the garrison defends it with vigour. In regard to the general position of besiegers and besieged, it is very similar to that ,of the same place when besieged by 3IAssENA in 1806. The sea was then kept open by the Eng lish, and with a garrison of 2,900 regular troops and 2,000 convicts, and 17-1 piece of artillery, the fortress - was defended for months against the French General. Both besiegers and besieged increased their strength during the siege; the former more than trebling theirs; the besieged capi tulating- at last with 6,200 men and 178 pieces of artillery, and • MASSILNA havinF before the town 12,192. men and 134 guns. we do not doubt for one instant, what we cannot doubt for one instant, WILL be added—as it may be remembered was the case in the instance of Sir WILLIAM'S glorious elder brother, Sir CHARLES, the Conqueror and Administrator of Scinde a still longer catalogue of those " unnamed demi- gods," the dauntless Private Soldiers of England Who has ever earned a tribute of that kind more nobly than that greatest of all our Military Historians, to whose pen the whole empire is indebted for the deathless commemora- tion of the most heroic achievements that have ever illustrated the glory of British arms ? To whom should the soldiers of England ever raise a monument of love, and honour, and gratitude if not to the military annalist of the great war waged for six years between the legions of France and England in the Iberian Peninsula ! For himself, Sir WILLIAM NAPIER has, in the production of that resplendent historic master piece raised for the perpetuation of his reputation, both as a soldier and as an annalist, the most lasting monument ; one, in truth, 'ere perennius ; one, in effect, which is—thanks to the art of printing— altogether imperishable. Eor himself, therefore, he relight very well be regarded by his survivors as a man who could readily enough dispense with any such monumental commemoration as that now proposed to be raised to his honour and in his memory, as a token of the admiration of his fellow countrymen. It is consequently alone for the imrpose of thus signally attesting th e p opu l ar appreciation of this the greatest of all England's military annalists that we are now about to erect, in the most conspicuous spot of all in London, a statue of the dead Soldier-Historian, by way of the most appropriate attestation of the nation's i ns t a nt gratitude, and of its enduring admiration. Where else, moreover, should this same bronze statue be raised than in cur English Forum, as a riCIALDINI has a much severer task before him; of men and gauri he can, we suppose, have all he companion effigy to the one already standing there (in Trafalgar-square), to the right of the Nelson Testimonial? There—upon that particular site— it is that we are most solicitous this statue of Sir WILLIAM NAPIER should be erected by preference. Let it be remembered that among all the heroic names of our English Worthies, the name of NAPIER is that, not so much of a man as of a race. England has her one NELSON, her one MARL BOROUGH, her one WELLINGTON, her one COCH RANE or DUNDONALD. But associated with these immortal names—associated intimately with them in heroism and in warlike genius are the clustered names of the dauntless race of THE NAPIERS ! The later annals of England are filled in every chapter almost with frequent references to the deeds of daring done by " The NAPIERS." There was that gallant old tar CHARLES NAPIER, "Black CHARLEY NAPIER," the cousin of the two heroic sodier-brothers already particularized, there was that old sailor lineally descended from the immortal JOHN NAPIER of Murchistoun, the inventor of Logarithms— one remembers, in regard to that brave old admiral their cousin, how he, too, like the rest of them, sought the bubble reputation, time and again, even in the cannon's mouth—as when, with his shirt sleeves tucked up, cutlass in hand, his bulldog at hisheels, he clambered over the house-tops, leading 'on his men to the capture of St. Jean d'Acre. As for his cousins, " The NAPIERS," par excellence— is it not yet remembered in their regard, how at one and the same time the three eldest of those five gifted brothers, the three who had dedicated their genius and heroism to the advancement of the military glory of the Empire, were simultaneously et different parts of the globe governors of three widely scattered dependencies of the Crown Sir CHARLES JAMES NAPIER, Governor ,(after having been conqueror) of Scinde-- Sir GEORGE THOMAS NAPIER, the second son, overnor at the Cape—Sir WILLIAM FRANCIS APIER, the third son, Governor of the island of Guernsey. It was significant of the important part played by this gifted and heroic race in our modern annals, both as soldiers and as administrators. Every one will eagerly admit, without doubt, that none could be more fittingly commemorated in effigy, upon either side of our immortal NELSON, than those two glorious NAPIEES, than those two greatest representatives of all that illustrious race—Sir CHARLES, the chivalrous conqueror and ruler of Scinde—Sir WILLIAM, the matchless historian of the Peninsular War. There already is standing the effigy of the elder of these heroic soldiers— " Brothers in arms, and rivals in renown " Let us now look forward confidently to the time—already, we rejoice to think, very nearly arrived—when upon the opposite side of the Nelson Column there shall stand the companion figure, carved in bronze and reared upon another lofty granite pedestal, the effigy of the grand and knightly form, of the noble head and handsome features of that lion-hearted Soldier-Historian. Sheathed be hes chivalrous sword too in that coming effigy—as in the effigy of his brother, Sir CHARLES, it is noticeable is the case with regard even to that Durandel of %is that. flashed forth the signal of vic tory upon the glorious fields of Meannee and Hyder abad. As in the effigy of his brother, Sir CHARLES, moreover, one hand bears the scroll in commemora tion of the Scindian Administrator, so too in this effigy of Sir WILLIAM, and with a yet greater significance, let there be conspicuously visible the scroll of his unrivalled History. It would be well even if, while the 'sheathed sword of the dauntless soldier hangs there by his thigh, in his right hand were shown that pen, the every turn of which was as the flash of a sword upon the annals of the War in the Peninsula. Of that imperishable history it might quite as truly be said, as was said of old by Sir PHILIP SYDNEY, when speaking of the knightly verse of SPENSER, that the martial music of it stirs the heart like the sound of a trumpet ! Reading the twenty-four books of that grand prose epic of the wondrous war waged by England against the Great NAPOLEON, the whole of that glorious panorama of battles and sieges seems unrolled visibly and audibly before us. In the midnight assaults upon those grimly walls of Badajoz, do we not hear still the " shrill scream" of CRAWFORD bidding his men " charge " through the darkness ? Turning the leaves of those all but pictorial volumes we seem listening yet to the rever beration of the great noise and shock of that ever memorable war of the giants—we seem there still to hearken at intervals to the stormy sounds of that dread struggle between the legions bearing the imperial eagles of the Great NAPOLEON and the iron phalanx martialed under our great Duke of WEL LINGTON—there in those vivid and striking annals penned by NAPIER we (literally)—as we read— seem still to hear at intervals— MAILS FOR NAPLES.—lnformation has been received from the Sardi n i an P os t- o ffi ce th a t , commenc i ng on the Ist De cem b er next, the mail packets recently este lished between Genoa and Naples will leave Genoa every morning at ten o'clock, instead of three times a-week, as at present, and that the packets for Sicily will leave Genoa every Thursday and Saturday. COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE —The convict Cowley, who was sentenced to death for the murder of his illegitimate child at Oundle at the last assizes, and who was respited, has now received a commutation, his capital sentence being changed to one of 15 years' transportation. CHARGE OF INCENDIARISM.—At the Southwark Police-court, yesterday, Jeremiah Fitzgerald was charged with setting fire to a house in Margaret's-court, Redcross street. He was remanded for a week. OBTAINING GOODS BY FALSE PRETENCES.— Yesterday Mr. Commissioner Kerr, at the Old Bailey, sentenced George 'Willis, a shopman, to eighteen months' imprisonmEnt for obtaining a quantity of silk from the Messrs. Pawson by false representations. The discount establishments have reduced their allowance on deposits from 41 to 4 per cent. for money at call, and from 5 to 41 with seven days' notice. The joint-stock banks have also lowered their terms from 41 to 4 per cent., the London and Westminster, however, giving 4 per cent. on sums only of S5OO and upwards, and 3 on smaller amounts. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Wednesday Night.-The whole of the large fleet of screw colliers, some of which had been detained above a week, were able to get out of the Tyne this afternoon. Some small sailing vessels, but very few, also sailed. The Tyne and the Northumberland and Tyne Docks are quite crowded with laden vessels await ing a sea tide. There have been several arrivals of large Dutch and Norwegian vessels since Sunday. Coal freights tolLondon are Bs. 3d. per ton. The seamen at Shields are demanding £5 per London voyage, with other ports in pro portion, and, as freights are tolerably good, no doubt that demand will be acceded to, as seamen are not very plen tiful in the north-east ports. Within the past 10 days there has been a considerable demand for small vessels to take coal to the northern ports of France, and higher rates have been paid. THE EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH.-Intimation was conveyed to Liverpool yesterday morning that her Majesty the Empress of the French was to leave Glasgow in the morning, and would arrive in Liverpool about a quarter past five in the afternoon. Immediately on this information being received M. Maubauchin, French consul, sent and secured apartments for the Empress and suite at the Adelphi Hotel. He also put himself in communication with his worship the Mayor, and, it being intimated that the illustrious visitor wished to keep her visit as strictly pri vate as possible, it was arranged that no public display should be made on the occasion. It was, however, at the same time resolved that an address should be pre pared for presentation to her, and likewise to invite her in the course of to-day to inspect St. George's-hall and to visit the docks, the British and North American Royal Mail Steamsh p Company placing their steam tender Satellite at the disposal of his worship for that purpose. Up to 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon no positive information as to her Majesty's movements was received, and the most donflicting reports obtained currency as to the hour and mode of her arrival. It was intended to have called out a party of the Voluntears to act as a guard of honour on the occasion, but owing to the impossibility of ascertaining the exact hour of her arrival, added to the express wish for privacy on the pa't of her Majesty, it was resolved to omit that expressionof respect, and they were not called out. THE POST-OFFICE.--It appears that in the year ending March „p 1 the postage collected by country post masters amounted to £136,525, as compared with £159,122 in 1858-9, £174,407 in 1857-8, £177,658 in 1856-7, and £201,087 in 1855-6. The postage collected is the metropolis was last year £118,8(1, as compared with £142,158 in 1858-9, £166,584 in 1857-8, £170,813 in 1856-7, ard £183,069 in 1855-6. The postage charged against public departments was £148,862, as compared with £132,706 in 1828-9, £143,377 in 1857-8, £145,119 in 1856-7, and £172,152 in 1855-6. The collections by postmasters and agents abroad amounted to £138,047 last year, as compared with £145,341 in 1858-9, £142,089 in 1857 8, £132,772 in 1856-7, and /76,432 in 1855-6. The stamps charged to postmasters last year reached a total of £2,053,487, as compared with £1,934,217 in 1858-9, £1,803,210 in 1857-8, £1,688,995 in 18L6-7, and £1,566,188 in 1855-6. The stamps charged to the Inland Revenue Office were last year valued at £105,915, as compared with £551,642 in 1858-9, £518,187 in 1857-8, £497,960 in 1856-7, and £486,811 in 1855-6. The ccrnmis sion on money-orders realised £117,8291a5t year, as compared with £108,212 in 1858-9, £112,720 in 1857-8, £104,079 in 1856-7, and £100,575 in 1855-6. The miscellaneous receipts were £12,139 last year, as compared with £8,892 in 1858-9, £12,656 in 1857-8, £13,249 in 1856-7, and £7,554 in 1855-6. The gross receipts were £3,331,609 last year, £3,197,820 in 1858-9, £3,061,403 in 1857.8, £2,930,950 in 1856-7, and £2,793,870 in 1855-6.; but these amounts were reduced, from the lass on returned, refused, or missent letters, to £3,310,655 in 1859-60, £3,175,560 in 1858-9, £3,038,112 in 18.57-8, £2,909,130 in 1856-7, and £2,767,201 in 1855-6. On the the whole the course of the department has been one of steadily increasing financial prosperity-a circumstance which makes the recent complaints as to the management all the more inexplicable, if well-founded. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.-.lt transpired yesterday evening that some private telegrams from New York have been received, bringing later news than that :already published, although the date in beth cases purports to be to the evening of the 17th of November. The published telegram quotes Illinois Central stock at 57, while the private one states that there had been a further fall to 554. This makes a total decline of, nearly 20 per cent. in less than a fortnight. It is also stated that the quotation of exchange on England had receded to 104 to 105, that remittances had been made at 1042, and that orders have been sent for specie to be transmitted to New York from this side. The anomaly of the Atlantic steamer being reported to have sailed from New York on the 17th with £16,000 in specie for England must be accounted for, it is presumed, by the supposition that the amount consist:, el' sawerican dollars. There is no ground, however, to suppose that, even if th e rate at N ew York for bankers' bills shall be found to have descended to 1044, any considerable amount of gold will be sent hence. Tha sudden nature of the ilu c t uat i ous alreuuy reported shows the uncertainty that would attend any such operations, and it is unquestionable that the receipt of a very small sum from England, coupled with the constant arrivals from California, would almost immediately change the whole character of the market, even if were not found that the panic had already fully subsided. On this point some remarkable experience was obtained during the panic of 1857, • although at that_ period the alarm, nulike that of the present moment, was based upon valid and to some extent permanent causes. The existing difficulty results neither from ovortrading nor failure in crops, but simply from a sudden movement of specie from one section of the country to the other conse quent upon apprehensions of a run upon certain banks, and also a temporary distrust affecting the ordinary facilities of the internal exchanges. The whole affair is entirely poli tical, and the operation of merely political influences on the money-market is usually of short duration. The im mense fall which has taken place in the leading speculative securities is easily accounted for by the fact that large amounts are commonly held by means of borrowed money, and that when such loans are suddenly called in there is no alternative but to force these securities for sale at any sacrifice.-Times. HORRIBLE AFFAIR.-A horrible affair has just eerie to light in California. Some time since George Wilson and two of his "friends" got drunk at Reed's Rancho, Marion County; his " friends," not so much the worse for liquor, " amused" themselves with soaking the clothes of Wilson with whisky, and, to make surer of their project, they poured a considerable quantity down his neck, in order to thoroughly soak his shirt with the liquid, after which theyset fire to the clothes of the wretched man. He remained there, abandoned, without a charitable hand to offer him a glass of water during his long agonies. War rants have been issue ,l for the arrest of the murderers. THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW.-The number of entries are stated to be above the general ave rage, and by the rule of the club all animals intended to be exhibited at the show must arrive at the yard before 10 o'clock on the evening of Saturday, the Bth December, after which hour none will be admitted. With regard to the implements, nene will be admitted after three o'clock in the afternoon of the 6th December (Thursday next.) The private view will take place on Monday evening, December 10, after tho awards have been made by the judges. and the show will he opened to the public on Tuesday, the 11th, and remain open the three following days. GENEROUS CONDUCT.-The French brig La Loire, of Nantes, Capt. Cordier, bound to Liverpool with a cargo of wheat and flour, sprung a leak in a gale of wind, and got her pumps choked with g ra i n , on th e Sth inst., and continued endeavouring in vainto reach a port or to obtain assistance, with a flag of distress flying, until about noon of the 12th, when in let. 49.5 N., long. 6 . 20 W. the steamer Danube, Capt. Duchesne, of Rouen, from Marseilles, Gibraltar, and Lisbon for Havre, bore down to her assistance and took her in tow. It blew so strong, and there was so much sea run ning, that they parted their hawsers twice during the night. The steamer, however, would not desert her dis tressed countryman, and brought him in safety to Penzance, with five feet of water in his hold, on the following day. The steamer was detained in Penzance a day to take in fresh coal, and has reached Havre in safety. Mr. Pearce, the French vice-consul here, placed himself in communication with the several parties. The value of the brig and cargo is from £4OOO to £5OOO, of which the cargo (more than one half of the value) is English property, insured at Liver pool. We call the attention of our readers to the noble conduct of the captain and owners of the French steamer Danube, as set forth in the letter from the owners to Mr. Pearce. L TEST " The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, The rattling musketry, the clashing blade, And ever and anon in tones of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade." Upon the granite cairn about to be raised in honour of this glorious soldier-aunalist, what citizen of this great empire, whose glory his luminous pen and his heroic sword have alike tended to adorn and to • enhance so resplendently,what Englishman amongst us all will not be eager to cast his tributary con tribution ? WINDSOR CASTLE.--Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Nemours and tho Duke d'Alengon arrived yester day afternoon on a visit to her Majesty. The following visitors also arrived :—The Earl and Countess of Hard , wicks and Lady Augusta Yorke, the Earl and Countess Spencer, Lord and Lady John Russell, Lord Stanley, and the Right Hon. George Grey and Lady Grey. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary, attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and Colonel Home Purves, arrived yesterday at Cambridge Cottage, Kew, from Brighton. The Duke of Duchess of Argyll have left town to join their youthful family at Buxton, Derbyshire. _ _ _ The Marquis and Marchioness of Lothian, and Lady Gertrude Talbot, have left town for Paris, on their way to the South of France. HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST, BROMPTON,—A quarterly court of the gover nors of this excellent charity was held yesterday, in the hoard room of the hospital, the Rev. Sir Henry Foulis, Bart., in the chair. The preliminary business having been gone through, the secretary read the report of the commit tee of management, from which it appeared that the charity had been continuing to fulfil its great and useful work; the whole of the beds (being nearly 200) having been constantly occupied since the last court. The out-patients depart ment had also steadily maintained its high character for usefulness. Tho committee continued to observe most en couraging evidences of the great value of this charity to the sufferers from pulmonary and other chest diseases, who re sort to this hospital in large numbers (both as in and out rAtients), from all parts of London, and from distant places 'An the country. The . committee regretted to find that the amount of new contributions, during the last three months, had been comparatively small. They lamented this the more inasmuch as the present high price of many neces saries of life, and the cold, damp weather, render adrnifAon to the hospital doubly acceptable to the poor consumptive invalid. The demands upon the funds of the charity being, in consequence, increased, both directly and indirectly, the committee had no resource tut to remind the public that the hospital is entirely dependent upon them for support ; and constantly and earnestly to appeal to their Christian liberality, for the means to carry on so important and ex tensive a work of charity. The death of the president, the late Duke of Richmond (who had been one of the earliest friends of the charity), was reported with deep regret. The committee had likewise to lament the loss of th Duke of Norfolk, who had been a vice-president of the hospital from its commencement, end who was also an esteemed roernlpr of the committee of management up to the time of his death. The following legacies hail been announced to the commit tee since the last court. Mr. Charles Jones, £lOO, per Cents. ; Mr. W. Starke, £3OO, contingent upon children not attaining 21; J ose ph Mayer, Esq., £•i00 ; It. J. Ashton, Esq., 12th part of a 3d of certain property after death of widow. The number of new in-patients admitted since August 9 was 282; discharged, many greatly benefited, 222; number of deaths 60, number of new out-patients 1433, being an increase of 482 on the last quarter. Upen'the unanimous recommendation of the committee, a' cheque for 20 guineas was voted to the secretary, in consideration of his zealous and successful services in connection with the late public dinner. The report having been adopted, the procoedings terminated by a vote of thanks to the chair man. The Earl of Pembroke has, we are glad to learn, quite recovered from his recent indisposition. The marriage of Lord Delamei; and Miss Augusta Seymour, daughter of tho Right Hon. Sir Hamilton and Lady Seymour is to be solemnised the second week in the onsuing month. MISS EMMA STANLEY'S ENTERTAINMENT.—It is with great pleasure we perceive that the attraction of the " Seven Ages of Woman," given by this talented and versatile actress, continues on the increase. Nightly her elegant salon is crowded by, delighted audiences, whose applause is as enthusiastic as it is well deserved. Among the many " entertainments" with which the metropolis abounds, we know of none more entertaining than Miss Emma Stanley's, at the Egyptian Hall. PRINCE OF WALES' BAZAAR.—Captain Morton Price and Miss Catherine Lucette continue to attract, nightly very large audiences to witness their very pleasant and truly amusing duologue. There is a freshness and originality about the entertainment which is quite delight ful, and no pleasure-seeker ought to omit to set apart an hour or two to he spent in company with Captain Price and Miss Lucette during the performance of their inusical melange. SURREY GARDENS AND MUSIC lIALL.—The managers have succeeded in forming an engagement with the London Glee and Madrigal Union for a series of entel•- taiuments.in their grand Music Hall. The vocalists are Miss J. Wells, Miss Eyles, Mr. Cummings, lir. Baxter, and Mr. Lawler; and the pieces selected for performance consist of some of the most delightful compositions extant, both as regards glees, madrigals, and old Enl;lish ballads. Mr. Land has the direction of the music, which, of itself, is sufficient guarantee that nothing the most relined taste can imagine will be omitted. We cordially wish the enterprising managers success in their speculation. CURIOUS ASTRONOMICAL FACT.—The last three total eclipses of the sun visible in Europe, were separated from each other by exactly three years ; :and in each the duration of darkness was three times three minutes. The first of the trio took place in July, 1842 ; the se;zond in July, 1 8 5 1 ; and the third, in July also, of 1880, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 30, 1860. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) N E Vir NAPLES, Nov. 29. The garrison of Gaeta has made a sortie in order to capture the strategical positions of the suburbs. The Neapolitans were repulsed by the Sardinians with great loss. PARIS, Nov. 29 (Evening). It is rumoured that there is a likelihood that Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne, French Ambassador at Berlin, will shortly replace M. Thouvenel as Minister for Foreign Affairs; CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 24. The collective note of the ambassadors to the Porte, urging reforms, originated with Sir Henry Bulwer. It was well received. Ferhad Pasha, who was recently tried at the instance of Riza Pasha, has died suddenly. It is suspected that he was poisoned. The Chief of the Eunuchs has been degraded for violently assaulting another official of the palace. The news from the provinces is pacific. Exchanges are falling. BREMEN, Nov. 29. A convention was concluded between the Hanse Towns and Sardinia on the 20th Sept. for the extension of their mutual commercial relations. This convention has been ratified within the last few days. FRANCE. BOURSE, Nov. 29.—The market was heavy at the commencement of business, and prices kept looking down, but intelligence having arrived that the Bank of England had again reduced its rate of discount to 5 per cent., a rally took place. For the Account, Threes are now at 70f 20c ; Mobilier, 757 f 50c ; Orleans, 1,388 f 75c ; Northern, 987 f 50c ; Mediterranean, 911 f 25c; Austrian, 506 f 25c ; Lom bard, 488 f 75c. The following are the last quota. tions:— • 41 per per Cents ... 96 45 Credit Foßcier 915 Do end month.... —1 Belgian 4f 9Bk 3 per Cents Do. end month 7O 351 Roman Bank Shares 2945 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 777 60 Spanish Threes 49 25 Do. Account 776 251 Home Debt .. 4B P.AILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1385 .. 1388 75 Northern New ditto — Lyons and Mediterranean 912 50 .. 912 50 Geneva 407 50 .. 405 Southern 625 .. 525 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard . SARDINIA. The Sardinian Government has addressed the following despatch to Count de Lauany, Minister of King Victor Emmanuel at the Court of Berlin : " Turin, November 9. " Monsieur le Comte,—Count Brassier de Saint Simon has communicated to me a despatch, dated Coblentz, the 13th October last, in which Baron Schleinitz, whilst ex pressing the desire of the Cabinet of Berlin to maintain friendly relations with Sardinia, makes known to us the divergence of views whieh exists between the King's Go vernment and that of the Prince Regent in the apprecia tion of events which have taken place in Italy. " Baron de Schleinitz, after having observed that the policy of the King's Government, set forth in the memo randum of the 12th Sept., is based on the absolute right of nationalities, hastens to add that he is far from:disputing the high value of the national idea—an idea which, on the contrary, is the essential and openly-avowed basis of Prus sian policy in Germany. " But, in his eyes, this principle ought not to be put into opposition with the rules of conventional international law, under pain of disturbing the repose of Europe, and of leading peoples and Governments into the paths of revo lution. " tiv e are nappy to see that tne Uovernment of the Prince Regent not only recognises the national idea as one of the essential elements of public law, but that it considers itself honoured in being the representative of that idea in Ger many. On the other hand, if w,e must now regret to see disapproved the necessary application of a principle which is respected, it is nevertheless permitted us to hope that the Cabinet of Berlin, better enlightened as to the veritable bearing of events, may one slay regard them in a more friendly and more equitable manner. " There is one point which it is important to define clearly, and on which we must insist ; it is that the ques tion of the Marches of Umbria, and of the Two Sicilies, is a purely Italian one, and that, as such, it in nowise affects the positive rights of other Powers. , "In point of fact, the public law of all times has recog nised in each nation the right of regulating its own destinies, of giving itself institutions in conformity with its interests, or, in a word, constituting itself in the manner which it thinks best calculated to protect the security and prosperity of the State. " This right has never been denounced as contrary to international laws. It is even the foundation of them ; for, if it were disregarded or violated, there would no longer be either independence or liberty in Europe. "But the objection is made to us that the territorial divisions of Italy have been sanctioned by solemn treaties. Europe has consequently a jurisdiction in it, which it can not abdicate without at the same time renouncing all the traditions of the past, and exposing the future to the un known result of revolutions and to the dangers of popular violence. " I shall not here examine as to how far the international stipulations which are alluded to, have been dictated for the real interest of Italy; but can the fact itself, that is to say the clauses of a treaty, imply the complete and perpetual abdication by the nation of the settlement of its internal constitution? It certainly is not the Cabinet of Berlin which would support such a doctrine. " The history of the last 40 years shows us that public conventions are destined to undergo modifications called for by the times, and that Europe does not think it contradicts itself by respecting and afterwards admitting the changes accomplished without its initiative. " Europe had for a long time since admitted that the situation of Italy must be modified in t he interest of peace and of order. The Cabinet of Berlin, by the organ of Baron de Schleinits, has more than once addressed you in this sense, and its language was in conformity with that of most of the other Cabinets. But, now in presence of what has taken place in the Marches and at Naples, we are told: Your conduct has not always been correct ; one act is contrary to the maxims of right, and another establishes a dangerous precedent ? " I however think that we in our turn have the right to ask—ls it our fault if Italy has quitted the path of reforms which have been recommended to us by the Prussian Government, and of which we have given the example during the last ten years ? Causes must not be forgotten when facts are to be judged of. It is the petty States of Central Italy, it is the Holy See, and the Government of Naples, which, while there was yet time, refused all expe dients of conciliation with the embittered and oppressed people. It was Austria, who last year in attacking Pied ment precipitated events ; it is her who has proved to the Italians that the Peninsula would have neither real secu rity nor independence so long as it should not be united into one and the same State. " We will not further insist on this fact, which is the most important feature of the case, and we ask what is the grievance alleged against the King's Government ? It is accused of having aided populations which had thrown off their own Government, a Government against which they had been struggling for forty years. But what we have done under circumstances which of themselves would justify our conduct, have not the different States of Europe done at other times; and under circumstances which, however, were far from offering the same justification ? Did France and England, when they lent their support to Flanders in revolt, tread under foot international law ? Were those laws infringed by Louis XIV. when he lent a helping hand to the Hungarian insur rection, by the States-General when they supported William of Orange against James 11., by Louis XIV. who so nobly contributed to the emancipation of the United States of America, by Christian Europe when it withdrew Greece from the Ottoman sway ? "We cannot therefore accept the blame which the late ac's of the King's Government have incurred at Berlin, aria which are expressed in the despatch of the 13th October. We are grieved to see a liberal and Conservative Cabinet express so harsh an opinion of our conduct, which has always been inspired by two principles. 'We are grieved; for Europe ought not so far to misjudge the events of which Italy is the theatre. Europe ought not to lose sight of the fact that the King's Government is the only Conser vative power in Italy capable of opposing an obstacle to the really revolutionary spirit, and of mastering it. "It is neither just nor prudent to weaken this power by isolating it, and in a manner compelling it to see k for aid in a given conjuncture, from elements which might become dangerous. It would be wise, on the contrary, to ass* its efforts in the interest of order and peace, by helping it to surmount the difficulties which surround it. "We have nothing to conceal, no cause for dissimula tion. We are Italy; we act in her name. But we are at the same time the moderators of the national movement; our efforts, our most constant cares have no other object but that of directing it, retaining it within its regular path, and preventing it from degenerating by the adjunction of any impure alloy. " We are the representatives of the monarchical prin ciple which, in Italy, had disappeared from the hearts of the people before it was overthrown by their vengeance. This principle we have restored ; we have tempered it anew, and given it a new consecration. It is our force at pre sent ; it will be our shield in. tha future. " With full confidence in the justice of our cause, and the rectitude of our intentions, we hope to solve and con quer the difficulties of the situation. And when the king dom of Italy shall be constituted on the immovable bases of national and monarchical right, we are convinced that Europe will not ratify the severe judgment which is now pronounced against us. " You are requested, Mr. le Comte, to read this despatch to Baron Von Schleinitz, and leave him a copy of it if he desires it.—Accept, &c., " C. CATOUIi." AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 30. The North Atlantic Company's steamship Atlan tic, Captain Gray, has arrived. She brings 34 pas sengers for Havre, and 20 for England, and specie for France 80,000 dole. The Atlantic left New York on the 17th ; on the 18th, at 1.30 a.m., she exchanged signals with the Vanderbilt, 130 miles from New York ; on the 28th, lat. 50.04 N., long. 12 W., exchanged signals with the American ship Cornelius Grimvelle. The screw steamer Edinburgh left New York the same time as the Atlantic. The crisis in the Southern States continues. At Charleston preparations were steadily progressing for the Convention. Cavalry and infantry were in the streets in large numbers, drilling. In Mobile a meeting of all parties unanimously favoured secession. Resolutions to await the action of other States were voted down and withdrawn. The students of the University in Virginia had held a meeting, and adopted resolutions approving the action of the seceding States. In Georgia it was agreed that no Union party should be formed, and that the delegates elected for a Convention should be untrammelled by pledges. At Alabama the disunion feeling is on the increase. The people more quiet than ever before known, but all are determined to act. Mexican affairs are rather gloomy. There is little hope of a settlement of the imbroglio. Advices from the South represented business as hampered by the pending political agitations. Exchange is hard of sale, and the movement of cotton correspondingly retarded. The New York money-market is distressingly tight; the offerings of the banks were unusually large. In the sheet best names were quoted from 12 to 18 per cent. The foreign exchange-market was dull from the impossibility of selling bills. The leading drawers ask 1061 to:. Commercial bills range from 104 to 105. The stock-market closed unsettled at a small decline. Brokers obtained money at 7 per cent. without much difficulty. THE CHINESE EXPEDITION. The Ilioniteur publishes the following details of the late events in China : " The official journal of the 14th inst. made known under what circumstances the Ambassadors of France and of Great Britain in China were obliged to come to the resolu tion of making the allied forces advance as far as Tong- Tchou, four leagues from Pekin. " Baron Gros and Lord Elgin had scarcely commenced their march when they received despatch after despatch from new Chinese Commissioners, supplicating them to remain at Tien-Tsin, whither those Commissioners, Tsai, Prince d'Y'Tsin, and Muh, Minister of War, announced that they would immediately go, provided this time with the necessary powers. After what had taken place at Tien-Tsin, the Ambassadors could only repeat their decla ration, that they should proceed to Tong-Tchou, ready to there resume negotiations, if the Chinese Commissioners justified their powers, but decided, in the event of that not being the case, to march immediately on Pekin. " The Prince replied by a more pressing message, in which he annonnced that tha lihinase Onvanament had acceded to all which had been required from it, and there fore requested that the allied forces would halt six miles before reaching Tong-Tchou, where the Chinese Com missioners were waiting for Baron Gros and Lord Elgin, to there sign with them the convention prepared at Tien-Tsin, after which the two Ambassadors would advance to Pekin with an escort of 1,000 men, and proceed to the exchange of ratifications. After thai communication, Count de Bastard, Secretary tc the French Embassy, was sent to Tong-Tchou, where on the 18th September he found the two Chinese Plenipoten tiaries, who agreed with him on everything relating to the signature of the convention. But at the moment at which, on the same day, M. de Bastard was returning to give an account of his mission, and on which the troops themselves were arriving at Chang-kia-wang, at the limit indicated for their bivouac, the latter found themselves in presence of a Tartar force of from 15,000 to 20,000 men, who, suddenly unmasking 70 pieces of cannon, opened fire on them. " Nothwithstanding the surprise occasioned by such an unexpected and odious attack, the allied troops took only an hour to carry, with very insignificant loss, all that was before them, and to put the enemy into the most complete route, causing them to leave 1,500 men on the field of battle. " The Chinese Plenipotentiaries appear to have had nothing to do with the preparation of this ambuscade, which San-Roli-Tsin, the inveterate enemy of foreigners, had, to all appearance. alone conceived and executed. _ For a moment some disquietude was felt respecting the fate of several persons, who having gone on in advance of the army, were in Tong-Tchou when the affair of Chang-Kia took place. But from information subsequently obtained, the cer tainty was acquired that they had been simply carried into Pekin, where they are receiving the best treatment. These persons wore, on the part of the French, in addition to some men forming an escort, Colonel de Grandchamps, the Abbe Duluc, interpreter to General de Montauban, and Mr. d'Escayrac de Lanture ; whilst on the side of the English they were Mr. Parkes, interpreter of Lord Elgin, Mr. Loch, his lordship's secretary, and Mr. Bowlby, cor respondent of the Tones. " After the success which had been so unexpectedly gained, and no explanation having been sent either to the allied camp or the ambassadors by the Chinese commis sioners, the Franco-English forces left on the right Tong- Tchou, which they knew to be completely abandoned, to advance on Pekin : and they learned that there had been Formed at Palikiao, three leagues from that capital, a large camp defended by a numerous artillery and the canal which unites the Pei-ho to Pekin, and commanded by San.li- Tsin at the head of his best troops. On Sept. 21, at seven o'clock in the morning, a conflict commenced ; and at three the Tartar camp was carried, and San-Koli-Tsin, after having sustained enormous loss, left there all his tents. The French Government has not yet received the report relative to the affair of the 18th at Chang-Kia, it only knows the principal result ; but General de Montauban's report on the battle of the 21st at Palikiao has arrived, and its moving details will be found below. " The day after the victory so gloriously won by the allied forces, the Emperor's elder brother, Kong, wrote to the ambassadors announcing that Tsai and Muh were dis missed, and that himself, a Prince of the Imperial family, was appointed Imperial Commissioner to conclude peace. Baron Gros and Lord Elgin had replied to him, at the date of the last despatches, that, before sus pending hostilities or entering on any preliminary negotiations with him, the Europeans detained at Pekin must be sent back to the allied camp. Th e ambassadors were expecting a favourable answer, and that short delay afforded a salutary rest for the troops, who were easily supplied with provisions by the squadrons in the Pei ho." The following is the report of the General-in -Chief of the expeditionary corps in China, addressed to the Marshal Minister of War • " Bivouac of Palikiao, eight miles from Pekin, 24th September. " Monsieur le Marechal,—The viceroy of Chang-kia had avenged the treachery of the Chinese Government. I naturally expected to receive at my bivouack some explana tion of the causes whieh kd to the engagement of the 18th. No communication, however, came to hand, and the intelli gence obtained during the 18th and 19th apprised me that the Tartar army were occupying camps prepared long before on the high road to Pekin, and only two leagues ahead of us. These fresh arrangements showed that they were directed by an energetic and skilful person. They were due to Prince San-lioli -Tsin, who last year defended the forts of the Pei-ho, and who under the title of Sen-Wang (chief of the war party) commands all the forces of the Empire. During the first phase of our operations, at the mouth of the Poi -ho, we had not acquired certain proofs of his pre sence, but the unexpected resistance we had met with and the reports of spies no longer allowed us to doubt that the Sen- Wang would defend in person, to the last, the approaches to the capital. " On the 20th, it was agreed upon between the English General-in-Chief and myself that the enemy should be attacked on the following day, and I directed Capt. de Cools, of the Staff, to reconnoitre, in concert with the officers el the English Staff, the positions occupied by the Tarta army. " In advance of our bivouacs of Chang-Kia-Wang, we had, at about three miles distant, the large town of Tong- Tchou (with a population of 400,000 souls) which is united to Pekin by a granite road, the work of former dynasties, seven miles and a-half in length. This road crosses, at the village of Palikiao, and by a large stone bridge, the canal which unites the Pei-Ho to Pekin. We resolved to pay no attention to Tong-'Thou, where there was no longer a single soldier, but to advance on this bridge, the front and rear of which we knew were occupied by the camps of the Sen-Wang. The French army was to march directly on the bridge, while the English, deploying on its left, would seek a passage nearer Pekin. "At half-past five in the morning of the 21st I passed in advance of the English army, where my line of march called me, and left my baggage under the protection of two com panies of infantry in a village situated at a league in ad vance of Chan-Kia-Wang. I afterwards advanced to about three kilometres (nearly two miles) from Palikiao, and we there met the first Tartar vedettes. I then made the following arrangements " A small column as an advanced guard, consisting of a company of engineers, two companies of riflemen, a detach ment of pontooners, a battery of 4, and two platoons of horse artillery, received the order to go in advance under the command of General Collineau. General Jamin, with the rest of the battalion of riflemen, with rocket-men, the battery of 12, and the 101st Reginient of the line, followed the movement. 'The advance guard was soon checked by large masses of cavalry, which outflanked its left, to which point the English army had not yet arrived. General Col lineau stopped, and placed his guns in battery. I made ready to support him with the rest of my troops, when a fire of artillery, well sustained, was opened all at once on my right. My chief of the general staff, Colonel Schmitz, went forward in the direction of the enemy's cannon, and afterwards returned to report to me that the point from which the firing was made appeared to be the centre of their first line of defence. This superior officer did not hesitate to designate that point as indicating the veritable position of the bridge, which was hidden from us for some time after by groups of houses surrounded by trees, and by large masses of men. I ordered General Jamin to cause the battalion of riflemen, the rocketmen, and the battery of 12 to deploy to the right, and to advance as rapidly as pos sible the battalions of the 101st to form our right. "This movement left between the little corps of General Collineau and my own a space which A was of urgent im portance to fill up. I sent Chef d'escadron Campenon, of the Staff, with the order to those troops to fall back on us ; but the order could not be executed before the entries:tee, in line, of the English army, for, at that moment, the enemy's cavalry outflanked our two wings. " The Sen-Wang cleverly availed himself of these cir cumstances to charge on mass*, enclosing us on all sides. In the centre, the charge, repeated several times with savage cries, was repulsed by the rocket brigade, the battery of 12, and the Foot Chasseurs. On the left it was arrested by the small handful of men xnder General Collineau, by the accurate fire of Jamin's battery, and by the English cavalry which was then debouching on the field of battle. The Tartar cavalry failed equally on our right, where they were received by the 101st of the Line, disposed with great skill and coolness by its commander, Colonel Pouget. " As on the 18th, our troops came out victorious from this circle of cavalry. These charges having been repulsed, the position of my left, where the English army has just deployed, caused me no more uneasiness. I was able to bring up General Collineau's small corps nearer to me, and I ordered him, by wheeling to the right, to turn the village of Palikiao, going along the banks of the canal, whilst General Jamin attacked in front, marching straight on the bridge. The village thus attacked with the utmost vigour was defended foot after foot by the Chinese infantry. It is hardly possible to explain, except by the inferiority of the Chinese aims, the very slight loss we experienced from an enemy so numerous and so obstinate. But the taking of the village was not to terminate the struggle ; for while General Collineau, having arrived at the edge of the canal, came in sight of the bridge of Palikiao and plied it obliquely with his artillery, I ordered Colonel de Bentzmann to send for ward the rocket-brigade and the battery of 12, to enfilade the bridge and fire on the pieces which defended it. Our infantry, advancing from house to house, succeeded in gaining those on the side of the canal, and which covered all the approaches with their fire. " At that moment the bridge of Palikiao offered a spec tacle which was certainly one of the most remarkable episodes of the day. " All the horsemen who were so ardent in the morning had disappeared. On the roadway of the bridge, the latter a splendid monument of an ancient civilisation, foot sol diers, richly clad, waved standards, and responded, with out anything to protect them, by a fire, which, however, was powerless to that of our guns and our musketry. These men were the elite of ' the army, and were devoting themselves to cover a precipitate retreat. " In half an hour the concentrated fire of our batteries silenced the cannon of the enemy. General Collineau, joining to his advanced guard Captain de Moncet's com pany of the 101st, crossed the bridge. He advanced on the right of the road to Pekin, and I followed with the rest of my troops. It was now noon, and since 7 o'clock in the morning we had not ceased fighting: but a. th e enemy now disappeared in a state of complete disorganisa tion, leaving the field of battle covered with dead, I ordered a halt, and after two hours' repose my troops were esta blished in the camps and tents of the soldiers of the Sen. Wang, about 7i miles from Pekin. " In the combats of the 18th and 21st the allied armies took 100 pieces of cannon. "In terminating this report, I feel, M. le Marechal, that the pen is powerless to give a correct idea of what is pass ing around us. " The enemy surrounded us further than we could see; and the reports of the prisoners and spies, received after my first despatch, varied—not to speak of the moat exag gerated—in estimating the Chinese forces at from 40,000 to 60,000 men. "All this is so strange, that, in order to explain our suc cess, we must go far back in the past, and call to mind the constant victories of a few handfuls of Roman soldiers over barbarian hordes. " I cannot accord new eilogiums to the troops which I command. I beg your Excellency to call down on all the kindness of the Emperor and the interest of the country. I annex hereto the general order No 95, and a return of the killed and wounded. Accept, &e., "DE MONTAUBAN." The General Order referred to is thus worded : " Soldiers of the Expeditionary Corps—The engagement of the 21st August opened our way to the Pei-ho, that of the 21st September brings us within three leagues of Pekin, into the very midst of the Tartar camp. " These immense successes are owing solely to devoted ness of your chiefs, and to your own courage. " The masses of the enemy which rushed on you during the last few days nover shook you for a single moment. " You may yet have further trials to pass through, but you will triumph over all perils, for you are brave and dis ciplined in battle." _ _ The General then mentions the names of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates who most distinguished themselves in the action, among whom Generals Jamin and Collineau stand first. The list of casualties contains only 3 killed and 17 wounded. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Nov. 30.—Wind this day at noon—calm, with foggy weather. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 29.—Wind B.E.—Arrived—Boldora Canton Surat; from Quebec for Dundee. DEAL, Nov. 30.—Wind E.—Arrived—Roward, from the River and sailed for Demerara. PILL, Nov. 29.—Wind B.—Sailed—Lord Duncan, for N Africa; Jane, for Charleston; Moro Castle, for ew York. FALMOUTH, Nov. 29.—Wind E.—Sailed—Choice, for Melbourne. DoNaH, Nov. 29.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived—Venus, from Lowestoft for St. Valery, leaky. Sailed—Noord Hol land, for Monte Video. r 0 OLB Nov. 29.—Wind E.S.E.—Sailed—Anderida, for Newfoundland. GCOUCESTER, Nov. 28.—Wind S.—Arrived—Nicaragua, from Quebec. CROOKHAVEN, Nov. 28.—Wind E.—Arrived—Romeo, from Whampoa. (ET ELECTRIC TELE(IRAPR.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Wind E. ; rain, Arrived, Nov. 29—Three Sisters, from London; Alliance, steamer, from Havre; Temora, steamer, from London; Courier, steamer, from Jersey ; Dane, steamer, from the Cape of Good Hope; Allice Little, from London; George Canning, from Waterford. Sailed—Margaret, for Newport; Sophie, Souvenir, and Mary Coles, for Cardiff ; Atalanta, steamer, for Guernsey ; Southampton, steamer, for Jersey ; Argyll, steamer, for Carentan ; Temora, steamer, for Dublin. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) _ GRAVESEND, Friday Morning„ Wind S.E. ; light and fine. Arrived, Nov. 29.—Veredross, from Reaste, - Heroine, from Gijon; Metropolitan, steamer, from Hamburg Aurora, from Svendborg ; Concordia, steamer, from-Rot terdam ; City of Hamburg, from Hamburg ; Albion, steamer, from Boulogne. Wind S.S.E. ; moderate. No arrivals. DEAL, Friday Morning, A LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER. — Miss Jane C. Martin has been appointed keeper of the Marblehead Light. Miss Martin is a daughter of the late Captain Ambrose Martin, who kept the Baker's Island (Salem) light for a quarter of a century, and, as assistant to her father , gained a thorough •xperience in light keepin g. — Bos to n Courier. LETTERS FOR AUSTRIA, &C.—A quick daily mail has recently been established between Paris and Vienna, via Munich, and letters despatched to Paris by the morn ing mail from London are, in the ordinary course, in time v France" are f orwar d e d to P a ri" for that mail. 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