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........ 4th instant at J'allandur. There have been several fires pre of late. R. MONTGOMERY, Judicial Commissioner, INDORE. (From the Mofussilite, June A.) Copy of electric telegraph message, received from Colo nel Durand, at Indore "An express from Captain Lloyd, dated sbh, Chota Jadree, reporting rise of Neemuch troops on the night of 3d inst. All joined. The Artillery commenced. Fort gate opened by a native officer. Officers known to be saved :—Captain Lloyd, Lieutenant Ritchie, Dr. Cotes, Ist Cavalry, Captain Sir J. Hill, Lieutenant Ellice, Lieu tenant Stapleton, Quartermaster-serjeant and family. "Artillery. —Lieutenant Walker and child, Dr. Clark, Lieutenant Barnes. Sergeant, fate of family unknown. " 7th Gwalior Infantry.— Captain M'Donald, Lieutenant Bose, Lieutenant Gordon, Lieutenant Davenport. The 72d officers safe with families. " Dr. and Mrs, Hockin. at Jewud, Mrs. Ruston and family at Jewud, Sergeant Brahyon, wife, and family, and ,(r. ►rilliams at Jadree. "H. A. PRINSTP, Aide-de-Camp. " June 8, 147." CHINA. HONG KONG, JUNE 5. The Chinese fleet has been destroyed in two decisive engagements, but the sentiment of our navy has under gone an entire change in respect of these "timid" b::rba rians. More Englishmen have been killed and wounded in these two conflicts than were disabled before the walls of Acre. The first expedition was under Commodore Elliott, and the operations lasted during the 25th, 26th, and 27th of May. The second was under Commodores Keppell and Elliott, commanded by the Admiral in person. The first I can only relate from hearsay. ' If you will:refer to the small chart of the Canton river, recently published by the Admiralty, and which, so far as it gees, is very correct, you will see four creeks marked as running from the Canton river eastward. The northern meet of these is Escape. Creek ; next, to the south, is Tazekee Creek, which is, in fact, but part of Escape Creek ; about four miles further to the south is an en trance called Second Bsr Creek, and four miles still south wards is a larger inlet celled Sawshee Channel. Only the mouths of these four inlets are marked in the chart. They were supposed to communicate with each other further inland, but nothing certain was known upon the subject. About live miles up Escape Creek a large fleet of Man darin junks had lain for some time, and here it was that the operations commenced. On the morning of Monday, the 25th of May, Commo dore Elliott, in the Hong Kong gunboat, followed by the Bustard, the Staunch, the Starling, and the Forbes, and towing the boats and boats' crews of the Inflexible, the Hornet, and the Tribune, steamed into the creek, and came upon 41 Men iarin junks, moored across the stream. Each was armed with a long 24 or 3. pound gun forward, and also with from four to six nine-pounders. The first shot fired after she got within range struck the Hong Kong, and for some minutes the shot came thick aboard of her. The other gunboats now came up, and forming in as loose order as possible immediately opened fire. The junks stood for some time, and returned the fire with spirit. It requires no small- amount of steadiness and courage to work that large exposed gun, rising in the bows of the junk and without a• scrap of protection to the man who fires it. After some little time confusion see ned to increase. They are all swift vessels, impelled by oars or sails. Several of them got under way and turned for flight up the creek. Immediately they did so they were comparatively powerless,' for their stern guns were of small calibre and were not well served. The steamers pressed on in pursuit; but the waters shoaled. The gunboats draw from 7ft. to lb. 6in. ; these flat bottomed junks can float in three feet. One by one the steam gunboats grounded, but the Commodore's cry was, " Never mind, push on." They had towed behind theta the boats of the larger ships. Quickly as a steamer got fast into the mud the men swarmed into the boats, manned the gun in her bows, and rowed off in pursuit. At last there was not. a steamer afloat, the junks were in full flight up the creek, the rowboats ware in hot pursuit. It was hard work, fur these are swift vessels, and with 40 Chinese pulling for dear life, they pass deftly through the shallow and treacherous channels. The guns, however, in the bows of the pursuers, told heavily, and when a boat did get alongside the crows always fired a broadside of grape, jumped out on the other side, swam ashore, and . were lost in the paddy-fields. . Sixteen junks were thus taken and destroyed in the main creek. Thirteen escaped by dint of swift rowing. The sun was tremendous, and cases of sunstroke were occurring among the men- One junk in its terror turned up a little inlet to the right, and being followed was politely led out. A squadron of 10 went up a passage to the left, which i 3 supposed to have a shallow channel up to Canton. They were now, however, so utterly panic stricken that upon being approached by four boats they were all abandoned and burnt upon the spot. Thus ended the first day's wolk. Commodore Elliott, however, was not satisfied about those 13 junks. He had suspicions also that there were a great many more in those creeks. The next day was employed in stopping the four holes of this rabbit warren. Captain Forsyth of, the Hornet was now left te gnarl Eseepe Creek. The Inflexible had her broadsides bearing upon the entrance to the Second Bar Creek. Captain Eegell in the Tribune took charge of the • Sawshee ()spanned. All the points of escape into Canton river being thus closed, Commodore Elliott and his gun boats, with all the ships' boats of his squadron in tow, on Wednesday morning set forth to explore the Sawshee Channel. For twelve miles his gunboats found water — but found nothing else ; but the Commodore saw a very remarkable pagoda, which he ha I seen before when run sting up the Escape Creek, and he felt convinced that these creeks were all in communication. He also met a China man who told him that four of his friends who escaped on Monday had got away to a town whereof thispagoda laths principal building, and which we now know t 3 be Tung koon. Abandoning his steamers, therefore, he took to his boats, and after rowing for 12 miles between paddy fields rounded a point of the creek and found himself close in . with the town of Tang-keen, and also with a fleet of junks (one of them of great size and splendour) and under a bat tery. The Chinese were utterly unprepared for this sudden meeting. The English boats fired all their guns, gave a s e' cheer, and male a rash; the Chi nese ju m ped ov e rbear.' without firing a shot. • - - Now, howeven i came the worst part of the affair. It was necessary to destroy these junks, and it was desirable to take away the chief junk. But the boats were in the midst of a city. The crews of thejunks established them selves in houses and fired upon the sailors with jingslls. The Marines were obliged to form and charge in the streets. Tee Mandarin junk was found to have powder upon her deck and trains communieating between her and the streets. Then a house close to her was set on fire, and up she went nearly carrying an English pinnace up with her. Twelve large junks were here destroyed. The sailors, who had no sails in their row boats having now done their work, tly cared to pull back again. Sails, therefore, were improvised out of the mats and other spoil of the junks, ane they came sailing down Sawshee channel in guisw, which might have puzzled the master of each ship to re :. c o gniae his own boat. in this affair one man out of every 10 engaged was hit e-a large average even in European warfare. Stich was the result of the expedition of the Escape Creek. I shall describe the battle of Fatshan hi all its details, net only because it was the most desperate cutting-out affair that has happenee in these waters, but also because it enables me to describe at the same time the theatre of our operations and the present position of the British force in China. I have sent home by this mail a plan of the operations, and if Mr. Wyld will publish it in a cheap form, and if people will refer to it while reading ray nar rative, I believe I can make the incidents clear to them. If I do not it must lle my own fault, for no one had a bet _ ter opportunity of seeing them. On 1 41 riday, the 29th of May, at 9 o'clock in the morning Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, Commanding in Chief, left the Calcutta line-of-b sttle-ship and hoisted his flag on board the Coromandel, a small paddle-wheel steamer which had been a passenger boat, and was very weak both in scantling and armament. She bad been brought when our force here was too small for its work; and her recommendations were that her draught of water is not great and her ma chinery tolerably trustworthy. The latter cannot be said for the gunboats, which break down constantly. Their boilers are worn out, but others are on their way, and all will then be right. The Coromandel, however, is a lucky boat. The Admiral uses her as a tends to the Calcutta, and takes his little eggshell into a hot fire as confidently as if she were a shotproof battery. She has been five times in the thick of it, has been hulled over and over again, but her vital part, her machinery, has never yet been hit. The Admiral was accompanied by Commodore Reppel, Commander Rolland, of the Calcutta; Mr. Fowler, flag lieutenant; Mr. Somerset, acting signal lieutenant ; and Dr. Anderson, staff. surgeon. Lieutenant Douglas, of the Calcutta, commanded the Coromandel. With the excep tion of Mr. Janes, the Admiral's Secretary, and of one in dividual who was there as the Admiral's guest, these were the only occupants of the quarter-deck. Bang goes the signal gun and the Coromandel is unti:e . way. Four low, black, vixen looking screws immediately show signs of movement and they are soon follewin; in the wake of the Admiral. These are the Haughty, the Opos sum, the Forester, and the Plover gunboats. Two of these are armed wi:h two long 3G's and one 68-pounder ; the other two have not toeir large gun oa board. Away we go, the Haughty holding her own well with the flagship, and the others coming on some distance astern. We pass.throtieh the archipelago of islands which lie in the great estuary d the Mouth of the Canton River. . We coast by the C +stle Peak Bay, a large inlet where 17 jun' s e ere eestroyel sums weeks since, and where those papers were taken which have told us something of the proceediegs of our enemies. We pass the pyramidal • islet of Lintin —the great feature of the entrance of this river ; and as we lose it behind us we begin to see main -14-V; or what ins teined to be mainland, on each side. that are clouds upon the mountain tops, and lam told that run is that inainh-nd there are creeks and channels n i c Infinitely reticulated convolutions and commu . ,ivaya'efaeihnapininat4eith large rivers which keep open the water trafee 80 mile the country. Captain Keith Stewart pent populAion, bu t no them and found a civil and friendly rint h. There is ( a ' M a of any termination to the laby one of the junks ; but it nre map of them recently taken in of a handful of r lik e a picture by a pre Raphaelite ' I A m i res be an aide memoirs to a man who knows sh e U pirates prow l't is of no use to a stranger. A mon g them theta jmiit ani hide, and here, when close pressed, the Man larin lie and watch tilleof war take refuge. also, t hey Here, riu o i r ortunity, coming d o;en Su case of opportunity to January, as they mobbed the Coroniaudel on the 4th c,ir gh , i,e, nu a a w rr c , k rd the Cow us not lon . since, sending thrall o ff a .sea Man's leg., went through a shot' which tookchest of and destroyee all the captaie's rawer',crockery. What we call " nets elan 1," therefore, is only the banks of the channel which leads to Canton through this maze of shal low and loam w w a ters Now we ,hug the right hand shore of this sickly pale green river, and we Fuss a group of marnelons that mark the entrance to a bay. This is Anson 's Bay, and low down, nearly level with the water, is a line of stone em brasures, at which 12 large guns show their muzzles. These are hostile guns. This is i the fort of Canenp ee. There is a sensible old Mandarin there who writes to Pekin that no barbarian dares to look upon Chuenpee ; but he also gives strict orders that no gun in Chuenpde shall ever be fired on a barbarian ;so we have hither'o let him alon e. We were in clos e range some time, bat no Chinaman showed his eye over his gun. The channel contracts. Away to the 1-ft there is an un limited extent of rocks, shoals, and shallows ; but the channel runs between two hills. Midway between these high shores interpose two grien islets. At the bottom of the hill which forms the right hand bank run two separate lies of embrasures, built of very large now knocked about in strange confusi on . Th e islets have similar lines of fortification, which circle their summits like coronets. As we steam up between the islets and the shore I look with horror on the place. Hera ale four bat teries, each having embrasures for a hundred monstrous rHE SUN, L•ONDON, SAT,URDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1, 1857 guns, and all concentrating four cross fires upon this very sp - d. Happily the danger has ceased. These are, or rather were, the Bogue Forts. John Chinaman comp lains that we don't tight fair when we from time to time take these forts. Instead of going up to them like brave men, we send a few small ships in for all the guns to fire at, and when the guns are all at work some marines and blue jackets leap over the wall in the rear and drive the gunners out. The Chinese are of a prictical and reasoning turn of mind. When asked why they ran away from a storming party, one of them answered, in my hearing, " No can. Two piecy man no can stand all same place. S'pose you must come in, I go out." These Wantong islands are, I am told, to be occupied by a force of Marines expected to arrive by the Sanspareil about the end of July. After' passing this celebrated spot we come to a lerger island, called Tiger Islan d. It is a green hill and valley, but with no trees upon it. Here are Commissariat officers laying plans for making it a depot for their bullocks. Major Kearney, who as Assistant-Quartermaster - General , has been associated with them in this service, comes on board and tells me he here joins the expedition on duty, having it in command to report to his General the military character of the country through which it may proceed, and its capabilities for purposes connected with his de- tment par • Poor Kearney ! he was every inch a soldier, full of zeal and hope ; after a career of honour at Sandhurst, a youth passed in India, and many years lost in office duties at the Horse Guards, the desire of his life was now about to be accomplished. He was to see active service in this Chinese war, and to acquire personal distinction, as he certainly would have done, in military operations. We came out together, and (.uting the voyage acquaintance had aug mented into intimacy. When I congratulated him that he was about to receive his baptism of fire it never occur red to me to imagine that such a man would be knocked to pieces by a 32-pound shot from a Chinese junk, yet so it happened. Hall an hour's steaming brings us to the entrance of the Sawshee Channel--a broad water which runs away east ward into a plain covered with little round trees and well covered patches, having that peculiar air of greenness so well imitated in Chinese landscapes—the tender green of the young rice. This is the Sawshee Channel mentioned in my account of Commodore Elliott's expedition. It is suppased to lead to a large river to the eastward, but no one knows. There are mamelon-shaped hills in the back ground—here all hills are of that shape—and Commodore Elliott's pagoda is just visible; but'beyond the scene of his operations we know nothing. At 4 o'clock we reach a wide reach of the river, called the " second bar anchorage." and are in the middle of a British fleet. Here we find the Tribune, the Fury, the Hornet, the Bittern, the Sybille, and also the gunboats Staunch, Hongkong, and Forbes. Seven of Commodore Elliott's captured junks are also here. We had an opportunity of inspecting all those junks, With one exception, the large gun had upon some former occasion been captured and had one of the trunnions knocked off. The manner inwhich this had been repaired by the Chinese excited great admiration. They had pass ed a strong iron band round the gun, fitted a false trun nion to it, and kept it in its place by a firm iron breech ing. The prize s were full of cordage, mats, Chinese cloth ing, powder, loose balls, and shot holes. On the next day (Saturday, 30th May) we steamed up the river to Macao Fort, passMg many picturesque horse shoe-form tombs, and some villages that had been destroy ed by the rebels. Our guns look out formidable and item, but the hundreds of sanpans a:d junks which we meet manifest no fear. The I:unboats attach themselves to the ships of war immediately they anchor. Thera is an air of fearless confidence about the people which shows that the industrious classes know that we have no intention to hurt them. A few weeks since a Chinese who supplied our ships with beef was beheaded—he and his wife and his children -- yet the Admiral has found no difficulty in making ano ther contract for beef at about 6d. per lb. The boats come round us with bananas and lemon syrup, and sweet pota toes, and the Chinamen are taking Jack's shillings and English coppers at a most usurious rate of exchange. The husbandmen upon the banks pursue their labours in their paddyfields, not only as though no enemy were near, but under the protection of his guns, for they know that while we are here the Mandarin sailors and soldiers cannot come down and do them spoil and violence, as is their wont. We have a Chinese pilot, who, having got his wife and children out of the clutches of the Mandarins and located them at Hong Kong, wishes it to be understood that he is not a traitor, but an English subject. He wears a glazed hat and a regulation jacket. I thought at first that he hail cut off the last link which bound him to Whampoa—his tail. But no, he has gone no further than a compromise in this respect—he wears it coiled round his head, inside his hat. When it blows hard he ties it round his hat outside. Our branch of the river (the Blenheim Passage) now con tracts to the dimensions of the Thames at Richmond, and but for the banana and lychee trees one might expect to see a punt and a chair, an elderly gentleman and a land ing-net. Ever and anon we come up to a British ship, whose captain goes off to hold converse with the Admiral. Thus we pass the Inflexible paddle steamer and the Niger screw ; also the Cruiser and the Elk. Farther on we find the Acorn, 12 gun brig, and the Bustard gunboat. Now we arrive at a bar made by the Chinese by sinking junks filed with stones. One narrow passage has been partially cleared, and it is said that there are 16 feet of water over that part at high water. The Coromandel was obliged to go at it at full speed, and some rotten timber came floating up where ,he had got through. This bar is Let marked in the Admiralty chart. It is astonishing, not that this bar exists, but that a hundred of them do not occur. At one time we had only two ships here, and junks were accustomed to come out and mob them. Some way above this there is a boom half way across, placed by the English to prevent the descent of fireships at night, and, having passed this, the Blenheim Passage, Ilion; which we have come, debouches into the full river, and we have a channel to the left, which is called Fatalists Branch. This channel leads up to the city of Fatshan, a city reported to be rich in dockyards and arsenals, and about 12 miles distant. Thither it is said the most timor ous of the magnates of Canton have retired in anticipation of our attack upon that city. This Fatshan Breech is oar ultimate destination. Up that channel is the fort and the fleet wo are going to attack. We see our battle-field as we cross the mouth, and proceed directly up to Macao Fort, ,which is ph d at the top of a reach running down directly to Cant • The fort is only two miles and a 43 half from the city. Ii this entrenchment are 250 marines, a strong embra sured wall, surrounding a pagoda of. three stories. The whole is in capital order, armed with large ships' guns, and commanding the channel. The time is gone by when the junks could come down and throw shot into the fort and retire unmolested. From the top of the pagoda we see the city of Canton on the one side, and the fort and the junks on the other. Admiral Seymour and Commodore Keppel are recon noitring the fort. Let us join the Marine officers and look towards Canton. The chief part of the city is hidden I from WI by the rising ground on Sonata's Island at our feet ; but we look down the reach on a large suburb not very unlike what we see on the banks of the Medway a couple of miles below Rochester-bridge. There are two rained lines of forts, which I am told are the Shameen forts, blown up by the English when they retired from the city. We can see also Gough Fort, which at this distance looks not unlike Chester Catheiral, and stands on an eminence far back. We also see the celebrated five-storied pagoda, which has an ancient and re spectable appearance, and suggests the idea that these structures wre originally suggested as imitations of the bamboo, just as the Corinthian capital was suggested by the Acanthus, the Gothic aisle by avenues of forest trees, and the Saxon arch by twisted willows. The Chinese are as busy as bees round Gough Fort. There is a groat encampment there. They are throwing up e ribankments, connecting the works with the eity walls, and evidently expecting that the tactics of the last attack will bo re peated in the next. They are immen.ely mistaken The Admiral and Commodore having completed their surrey we can now occupy the opposite aperture in this pagoda. We see the fort we are to attack on Monday and a portion of the junk fleet. All who would understand the operations must bear with me while I describe the locality of them. Just two miles from the month of the Fatshan Branch, is a long low island called Hyacinth Island. Thera is a steep hill on the left bank opposite to that island ; and beyond it, and higher up the "Branch," two smaller tri butaries which go off right and left. These features map our field of battle. Stand on the Thames below Twicken ham Eyot, bring the Star and Garter hill close up to it, make two creeks branch right and left from the river above the eyot, and you would have something like it. It is tolerably well shown in the Admiralty chart, but the two creeks are not quite correct, and the distance between the island and the transverse creeeks is too great. This is our fighting-ground. That hill has been con verted into a fort. Nisebeen large guns are there mounted. Along the two creeks and across the channel above the island 72 junks are moored, with their large bow grins so placed as to command the channels on either side of the • island. A 6-gun battery is erected on the shore opposite the fort. The fire of the 70 junks will sweep the narrow channels on either side of the island. The fire of the fort and battery will plunge upon them from either shore. This is the position we have to attack. The Chinese believe they are here impregnable. They know you cannot get at the junks without first taking the fort, and they believe that no man can go up that hill in the face of their guns. Several vessels have from time to time gone in and exchanged shots with the fort and coma back again. This confirms their confidence. ( We now return to our anchorage down the river, and the captains receive their instructions for the attack on Monday morning at 4 o'clock. The Coromandel is to go in first, towing the Marines, and manoeuvring to take off the fire while they are lauded ; then she is to dash in among the junks, the gunboats and the rowboats following. Hard work for the little Coromandel. On Sunday there was a large congregation on board the flagship. The solemn words of the prayer before battle fell heavy upon every ear. It was scarcely 3 o'clock on the morning of Monday, the let of June, when those who slept on the deck of the Coromandel wrapped in their cloaks were aroused from their sleep. A hushed movement among the sailors had already begun. The steam was up. The vigilant young commander, Douglas, was already at his post, and looking through the darkness for the arrival of the boats contain ing the Marines. They soots came, and in a long string el crowded. rowboats attached themselves to the Bern of the steamer. Then the Admiral took his place upon the bridge, the wheels slowly revolved, and the Coromandel moved forth from the surrounding fleet. Those dark hulls, seen dimly by their own lights, would appear to be soundly at rest but for a hushed munnur which ever and anon comes from the darkness, the hum of men mus tering in secret. The Admiral's last orders were, "Let no ono up anchor till am well in with the fort. Respect private property ; and do no violence to unarmed people." It was en obedi ence to the first of these that the Coromandel was allowed to Thesteam p a o s u alone. s a t ge through the bar was buoyed with lights. It night as tho steamer cleared it, and fo s r h alf - m an e - d hour, t wi l th her freight of 300 red-coats in tow, she ( P l a aw hi n ie s b on r mul u er n.w w r i sY t p— h e e 4 up to the month of the Fatshan x of thatas an anxious thing to look forth from the the enemy's country—alone., as she steadily advanced into became indistinctly up when, from the sr visible. right rocket shot up in the air ; bank, and a minute after it the fleet of junks. alone, An almost imperceptible ealerkness loss opaque, and ()ejects isg , determined : , was la k ni al eaanresl another i wiu t t ea l rr e ekdf showenn S i h n e ea h t a o dgone about a mile :r o - ba h m yn edaatndohonetohwof another fw e rs r eoi , :me a t to • I : o Jo o le a n ug C h la t in n a a rn pp a i n n that be is not for another five minutes. There is little twilight here ; the division between thick darkwis and broad daylight is almost to be nie.ibizredhy moments. Now wo could see the higher hills that form the back. ground to the forla an 1 the Coromandel was abreast of a village which is about 1,500 yards from the fort itself. Suddenly, in the gray distance, a_ flash and -a curl o! smoke, and before the booming sound reached us the big shot struck the waters %bout 200 yards a-head, driving the spray high up in the air. It was a beautiful line, straight from the vessel's bows, and the spot was carefully noted, for it showed the range for which the lower tier of guns was laid. Your Chinaman does not aim his guns at the moment according to his judgment of the - distance of the object. He practises at certain points which an assailant must pass and notches the elevation on the carriage of the gun. Scarcely had the splash shown the gunner that his range was short when another flash came from the higher tier. The shot, with 'a rushing sound, passed over the ship a little to the left, and dashing into a paddy field on our port quarter sent a column of black mud up 30 feet. All this time the Coromandel was advancing, and the dawn was becoming day. It being certain that she was within range, the fort opened in earnest at the steadily advancing mark. First came a general salvo, then flash after flash in rapid succession. Then the battery on the other side of the island opened ; rushing sounds came strangely near and the waters sometimes splashed the deck. Fortunately the ricochetting shot which a China man best loves was out of the question, for his guns were high up upon the hill, end a small steamer, moving stem on at.a distance of 900 yards, is a little object and hard to hit. The shot came near us and around us, but did not strike, We reached the island Hyacinth Island —and were steaming up the left hand channel, directly to the fort. Suddenly there was a concussion and a grating sound. " Back your paddles, we are aground." We were aground open a line of junks sunk across the channel. As soon as the Chinese saw this they redoubled their fire. The boats were cast off and told to row quietly under the land, while the fort was occupied with firing at us. Lieutenant Douglas took a dingy and a boat-hook and sounded the obstacle. The Chinamen had left a narrow channel as an escape hole for themselves, close under the bank beside us ; all the rest was blocked. The Coromandel was too firmly fixed to benefit by this information. It was dead low water, and she must float in a few minutes. Meanwhile she was fulfilling her pre scribed duty, which was to take the shot of the fort. The crew ran up and down the deck to try to start her, but in vain. The Coromandel did not fire a shot; in fact, she had only one gun loaded. She could not afford to make a smoke at this critical part of the river. But now Koppel thought he had restrained himself long enough to fulfil the Admiral's orders. He came upon the paddlebox of the Hong-Kong gunboat, which bore his pennant ; and, having with his quick glance noted the soundings and the result, stood in between the Coroman del and the bank. There he was like a man enjoying him self. His blue trousers tucked up to the top of his Rus sian boots, his white pith hat, his small, active, springy figure, his constitutional good-humoured, devil-may-care laugh—there was a man who, without the least ostenta tion, was ready to go into any fire that gunpowder and iron could get up, and around him were men who were quite ready to follow him. " May I pass, Sir ?" " Yes, pass ; we are aground." Immediately behind the Hong-Kong comes the Haughty, admirably handled. She is towing the boats of the Fury, Inflexible, and Cruiser, la.ige steamers which can only send their captains and their crews into these shallow channels. Lieutenant Hamilton takes his little ship through the narrow, steams directly for the fort, and diverts the fire from the poor Coromandel, who, however, is making violent °efforta to get free. Next come the Bustard and the Tribuue. i They are waved to pass where the Hong-Kong and the Haughty passed, but they do ' not see, or they think they know better, rile they get hopelessly aground. It is a pity, for the Hong-Kong has met with some stakes of the other side of the channel, - and those junks whose painted ports we leave been so long looking at at, and which remained so steadily inactive while the range was uncertain, have now opened fire, and are plump ing round shot into her with an uncomfortable precision. I saw her struck three times while I looked at her. The Plover gets up beside the Hong Kong. but cannot break the barrier. It is here that Sergeant Christian had his head taken off by a round shot. And now the Opossum having cast off her boats goes up the right hand channel at full speed, and dashes into the fire. Several of the other gunboets are .aground astern; but the ships' boats have taken to their oars. Crowded with men, and cheering lustily, galley and gig, pinnace, launch, and barge come racing up. The scene is like a regatta, but Death picks his victims as they pass. But now the tide is making and the Coromandel is free. As she steams up tothe foot of the fort the fire slackens — only now and then an obstinate gun gives out. The hill is now comparatively free from smoke, and the scene is as plain from the paddlebox of the Coromandel as if it were enacted upon the stage for our amusement. :'The boats' crews and Marines have landed and are mounting that steep hill. They have taken the precipitous side, where the fat Chinamen, who had prepared to receive them by the zig zag path, never thought they would come. The Chinese gunners are trying in vain to depress their guns so as to sweep thorn with grape. Failing that, they are rolling down 32-pound shot upon them, and throwing stink-pots which do not explode, and three-pronged spears. They have have not much time for this amusement. Commodore Elliott, with a middy by his side, is running a race with Captain Boyle, who commands the Marines, and is nearly up to the embrasures. Captain Boyle fires his revolver at a Chinaman who is trying to fire his matchlock at him. He misses him, for the gallant captain is too mach blown with his race to shcot with accuracy. The Chinaman in return rolls a couple of huge shot down at the captain and then takes up a spear of prodigious length and hurls it at the middy. A shot from Commodore Elliott's revolver settles this brave man's career. I saw him afterwards near where he fell, grim and fierce in death. Mired with the marines, and but little behind the fore rank, climbed the post-captains: and commanders. We can recognise Corbett, and Forsyth, and Leckie (and by his side Major Kearney, conspicuous by his helmet-shaped pith hat), and Fellows& contending vigorously with' the laws of gravitation. Eagell is hit ; no, he has only slip pod while dodging a roun 1 shot, and has rolled halfway down the hill. He gets up and shakes himself, and re commences. Mounting the same precipitous ascent with quick elastic step, his flag-lieutenant, Fowler, by his side, goes the Admiral himself. He went off from the Coroman del in his own boat, unobserved by many on board. Ho has no weapon, not even a walking-stick, to help him up; yet he outstrides many of the marines. He goes to see what next is to be doneand wewill make haste to join him. This part of the affair is soon over. The gunners sulkily retire as the storming party arrive, bat they firo their guns within 50 yards of their assailants. They walk away down the back of the hill, and it requires many shots from the' Marines to make them run. The Marines fire very badly; running up hill is not a good preparation for rifle-shooting at moving objects. From the top of the hill I have a most magnificent pa ' noramic vie vof the operations below. Lieut. Fowler has brought one of the Chinese guns to bear upon the junks, and the junks fire up at us, but neither do much damage. Now Elliot and his captains run down to their boats and follow the Haughty, which is already clear of the island and up with the junks beyond. The marines descend into the paddyfields at the foot of that side of the hill fort which faces the junks, and, up to the waist in water, they take pot shots at the Chien. The Haughty drives right stem on into ono of the two large junks that have been sweeping the channel, and cracks her like a nutshell. For eyth jumps first on board, and the crew jump overboard. It is the old story, " 'Spo-e you come, I must go." The shots must be flying furiously down there, for thirty junks aro blazing away their twelve guns each at the intruders, who rush i nto their creek from our side o boats that are' equally ra pid i n th e ir discharges that have g one u p on the and the h f e o a r other side. How any mortal thing can live in that hell of htharege island, an upon d flying lion it seems impossible to conceive. The secret, I believe, lies in the resolution of our men. They pull directly up alongside, and from the elevation of the guns the inevit able broadside of grape passes over their heads. I saw this happen in the case of Commodore Elliot's boat, which emerged unharmed from a discharge I thought had annihi lated it. The junk had coolly waited till the boat was alongside, and then poured in its shot, It all passed high, and when the smoke cleared away the crew were running across the paddyfields, andthe Marines were shooting them. The game was soon up. First came a rush of fire and a loud explosion. A pillar of white smoke rises high into the air and swells at the top like a Doric column. Then another and another, and the guns cease, and the cannon smoke blows away, and the beat's crews are rowing from junk to junk, and in two long lines almost as far as the eye can reach, lie the junks —some kindling, some in full blaze, but all stranded and abandoned. In one of these the sailors rescued an old man and a boy, chained to a gun, and left to burn. In another, a woman and child were tied with whisps of bamboo to a 32 pounder. There were many which the sailors could not enter, and perhaps these also had their victims. We have been looking down upon the junks which Pay across the Fatshan Branch, and also along the windine creek that stretches away at right angles to the left. Our view of those which lay along the creek that bears to the right was not quite so near. Bat here the contest ceased about the same time. Right and left, covering an immense extent of narrow water, the junks lie, prizes either to us or the flames. We have leisure now to count them—they use 72. For the first time I appreciate the far-sighted wisdom of the admiral's plan of attask. By leading up his ships at dead low water he not only obtained. the advantage of a rising tide when his steamers grounded upon the shoals and unknown impediments, but he also made sure of finding the junks all aground, knowing, as he dld, that they were moored along each shore, to leave the channel clear for ordinary traffic. Thus the crews were obliged either to fight or run. Had he taken them at even quarter flood they had been afloat. Some of the hindermost would have been destroyed, and by fire or by sinking would have choked the channel, while the rest would have escaped up the numberless creeks, which the Chinamen c nly know. :While some are plundering and some are thinking of breakfast there) is heavy firing in the distance. People ask where is Keppel ? We must follow his fortunes ; for all is not over yet, and there is much to tell. When Commodore Koppel passed us at dawn he steamed away up the channel to the right of Hyacinth Island, until he came under the six-gun battery, and within fire of the junks. Hera his vessel ran aground, and, the Plover com ing up, the Commodore transferred himself to her ; but as she could not get up, he got into his own galley, and, followed by the rowboats of the Calcutta, the Bittern, and the Niger, pulled straight away through the tire. The big junk that lay across the channel was boarded in her own smoke. As usual, when the assailants grew very near the Chinamen Bred a broadside and also a train, and slipped into the water on the other side. The boats were scarcely free of her when she blew up. Right in among the 35 junks dashed Koppel and his cheering dare-devils, receiving their fire and driving the crews away as they approached. Vain were 'the Ciainemen's stinkpots, their three-pronged spears, and their ingenious nets, so contrived as to fall over a boat's crew and catch them like herrings, while they spear them through the meshes. To utilise such ingenious inventions John China man must wait till the boats come alongside, and this ho has not yet tutored his nerves to accomplish. Through this wilderness of junks they pulled, driving out their crews by sheer audacity, and leaving little to be bs done by those who should come after. They shot through the lines up in to the vacant channel. Some of his boats had been hulled by the junks ; perhaps some lingered to pay a visit to a deserted Chinaman, or to 'stop his mouth ; but Koppel still pressed onward, and where he goes he always gets some to follow. Where could he b 3 going ? Was it information or was it intuition ?or was he resolved to attack with his seven boats the city of Fatahan and its population of 200,000 people 2 I have not asked him and he has not said, but I suspect the city was his object. With four galleys and three boomboats, carrying a gun each in their bows, they speed away from the con quered junks and hold on for nearly four miles ; but now there are junk waste in sight, and every one knows that a tight is corning... A little further on, and they come upon their prey, and also upon one of those strong positions which the Chinese have now learnt to take. At the part of the Fatehan Branch—which they bad now reached there is an island shaped like a leg of mutton placed lengthway in the river. The broad part is towards the British boats, and across the knuckle end 20 large junks lie moored to the shore and aground. The conse quence of this position is, that to attack them the British boats must pass through one of two passages, both of which narrow to a funnel ; and upon that narrow neck of water the whole fire of the twenty junks will be concentrated, One of these funnel passages has been staked and is impassable. Two other has not water to carry two boats abreast. At this perilous pas sage Keppel and his crew now dashed. The three boomboats took the ground in attempting to follow. The base of this triangular island consists of high land which the grounded boomboats could not fire over, so their guns were useless; the apex, or to use my more familiar illus tration, the knuckle part, was low paddy fields, which the junks' guns could not sweep across. It was a position worthy of a Carthaginian — locus insidiis natus. Na sooner did the boats appear in the narrow passage than 20 32-pounders sent 20 round shot, and a hundred smaller guns sent their full charges of grape and canister at a range of 500 yards right among them. The effect was terrible. Keppel was sounding with the boathook for water for the boomboats and went back amid the storm to get them up. They start afresh, and make another effort to get through. The Commodore pushes on a-head. There was Captain Leckie in his galley, with Major Kearney by his side. Thera was Captain Rolland in the launch of the Calcutta, and Lieutenant Seymourin thebarge of thesame ship. The Tribune's cutter wasin among them. The Hong Kong, who had worked herself up through the mud to within 500 yards of the scene of action, had sent her gig. Perhaps there were others, bat amid so much smoke and fire even those who were in it cannot agree as to minute details. If the gunners of the Excellent had been in those Chinese junks, and had worked these 32-pounder guns, they could hardly have thrown the round shot straighter. Kep pel's galley, not a largo mark, is hit three times in two mi nutes • a 32-pounder shot strikes Major Kearney in the breast, tearing him to pieces. He must have died without a sensation. Young Barker, a midshipman of the Tri bune, who wore upon his finger a ring bequeathed to him by his brother, who was killed at Inkerman, is down, mor tally wounded. The Commodore's coxswain is killed, and every man of his crew is wounded. But the miracle is not that the men are falling, but that any escape. The God of Battles is there, and wonderful are the instances of His merciful protection. Captain Cochrane has the sleeve of his coat torn away by a shot, which leaves him unharmed. A. round shot enters the Tribune's boat and passes along her line of keel, from stem to stern, without touching is man. " That was close, Victor," said Keppel to his flag lieutenant, as a cannon shot passed between their heads. Fortunately for himself, Victor (Prince Victor of Hohen lohe, as thorough and as unpretending a British seaman as if his name were Drake or Jervis) .was leaning forwards, and using his handkerchief as a tourniquet stop the bleeding of a seaman whose hand had just been shot off, otherwise that ball must have taken Victor's head off. At this time the galley was disabled, and she was drifting down under the guns of the junks. Even Keppel saw that it would not do. The matter was, however, settled for him, for the next shot tore away the stern sheets of his galley while he was fortunately stand ing up with the tiller ropes in his hand, " Seymour, you must take me in," and he stepped from his sinking galley into the barge of the Calcutta. All the other occupants of the galley wore also removed into the barge ; all except the mangled corpse of the coxswain and the favourite dog of the Commodore, who had been accustomed to be tended by that man, and would not leave his body. With this freight the wreck of the galley drifted with the rising tide up towards the junks. Now the boats retired amid a sounding of gongs, strange shouts of triumph, and a redoubled fire. They retired to the Hong Kong, which was aground astern ; but, sup ported by the Starling, threw shot and shell up among the junks, and received from them a full equivalent for their fi re. The Commodore was waiting for reinforcements and for more water in the river; meanwhile be piped to dinner. The men were getting their rations, and were devouring them when the fire from the junks slackened. " Three cheers for the Igue," cried a Raleigh boat that ' that now came up. " Man the boats, lads ; those rascals are getting afloat." Off they go again dinnerless, but in high spirits, and under a fire so hot that the dalcutta's launch is sunk, and Captain Rolland has to scramble into another boat. This time they find water enough in the narrow pas sage, and, dashing through the shot, find the enemy afloat and in movement. It has now becomes a chase. These junks, manned by from 60 to 100 rowers, go faster than our heavy boomboats can follow. But shrapnell shell go faster than even a snake junk ; there are twistings in the creek that are not shown in the chart, and in following these windings pursuers and pursued often find themselves side by side with an interval of land between them. They fire at each other across these peninsulas, and the guns are so well served, and the shells are so terrifying, that every now and then the crews leap out and the junk is deserted. Spike the guns and push on. Six miles this hot chase lasts, and there are now but eight junks uncaptured ; when rounding a sharp point pursued and pursuers rush almost together into the city of Fatshan. A. Chinese town is not seen afar off ; the pagoda and the pawnbrokers' warehouses are the only high buildings. Three of the junks escape, the other five are headed and are abandoned. But the braves of Fatshan would think it a shame that their five junks should be taken from under their eyes. They turn out in martial array ; they ring bells and beat gongs, they come filing down a fosse, so covered from view that only their waving banners and their brandished swords and shields are visible. "We are terrible ; flee before us !" they are supposed to sing or cry. Koppel has his own way of settling these matters. He turned his marines out of his boats, drew them up on the margin of the suburb and poured into the Fatshau militia such a volley of Minie balls that the Chinese army went quickly back up its fosse again. He proposed to land his howit zers and pass the night in the city—a daring scheme, which might have produced a ransom of half a million of dollars or utter destruction, as the fortune of war might incline. A. message from the Admiral, however, recalled him He had his five junks towed out before him, and as ho left the city he stood up in the stern-sheets of his boat and shook his fist good-humouredly, saying, " You rascals, I'll come back again to you soon ;" and those extraordi nary Chinese, they, too, laughed —a broad, good-humoured grin--and so they parted. It was 3 o'clock when Commodore Koppel returned to the flag-ship, which was now anchored where the Chinese Admiral's junks had been moored at the commencement of the engagement, As be came down his lost dog recog nised the yellow Raleigh boat, and swam off to his master. Not a junk was preserved. Their materials are so in flammable that they readily igeite one another, and as we can make uo use of them they were not worth saving at the price of danger to the men. As it was, the shot from their heated guns rushed about in a most unpleasant manner. At sundown the view from the deck of the flagship was a mixture of the grotesque and the sublime. The boats were all adorned with bar baric spoils; banners of every amplitude, some of them adorned with colossal pictures of the fat god Fo, flaunted upon the breeze. Mandarins' coats and mandarins' breeches were freely worn. Commodore Elliott's crew were equipped each with a mandarin's hat and foxes' tails. They had dutifully reserved one r the Commodore, but I must confess I did not see him put it on. Around, far as the eye could reach, following the windings of this maze of creeks 89 war junks were smouldering or blazing, and every five minutes an explosion shook the sir. The Can tonese hal said that Commodore Elliott's expedition in Escape-creek only capfured a few deserted fishing boats. From their own verandahs they could see and hear what had been done in Fatshan branch. It was bruited in Hongkong that a mandarin of high rank, one greater than Yeh, had come from Pekin to Canton. If Igo, he has now gained hi s fi rs t experience. Then came Dr. Anderson's sad labour of marshalling the wounded for transport and collecting the reports of the assistant-surgeons. But the public despatches will tell all this; enough for me to state that in these two battles of Tung-koon and Fatshan 84 men have bean killed and wounded. That night the two Commodores s l e pt, side by side, the sleep of the weary on the deck of the Coromandel, and so ended the let of Tune. Next morning as we passed dow n the r i ver , two war junks appeared three miles astern, and fired a gun. They wore chasing tho barbarian fleet. JUNE 9 When the Admiral had returned to his anchorage a naval court-martial was held on board the Sybille upon e r s eonft form.to s 7: u y w theas chiefly spr.t remark able rendered Commodore Koppel and his craw for the lose of the Raleigh. a f o r mill om acettr the Commodore, who appeared with his breast quite cover ed with orders and medals , and T t h h i e s reftfroitrial la r a t s 1 pot most speech os h ht e never allu tied in any way to himself durin g the whole of his defence. The fact is 119 great loss has been sustained in the Raleigh. For modern naval warfare, and especially in these seas your old 50-gun sailing ships are useless. They are pleasant as marine residences, but for fighting you might as as well arm your men with bows and arrows. The Commodore received back his sword, and is left in co in mand up the river. To-day I visited the wounded men. All the severe cases are on board the Hercules. With the exception of two cases—one where the poor creature has the back of his head shot away, and lingers still with half a brain--the men are all doing well. The main deck of the Hercules might be envied as a hospital ward by the surgeons of Guy's or Bartholomew's. Many of the wounds aro of the most frightful description. They are all caused either by-cannon shot or jagged pieces of iron. It is wonderful to find the men so cheerful under the pressure of such wounds. I hoard no moan or sob all the time I was in the ship. Yet there was one poor fellow who was even then having extracted from his shoulder small bits of a comrade's skull, which had been smashed and scattered in splinters by a round shot.' I talked much to Jenkins, the seaman of Keppers piker, whose life Prince Victor saved by timely twisting his haukerchief over the stump. Jen kins is a very intelligent fellow ; he looks calmly at his stamp—perhaps he thinks of England and Greenwich, and strikes a balance in his mind. Upon the whole I must re port that up to this present time no wounded men could possibly be better cared for than those of this Chinese squadron. in Hongkong we are now listening for the gun which will announce the arrival of the mail. It is a great incon venience to every one here that it is so arranged by the authorities that one mail comes in either about 12 hours before the other goes out, or about 12 hours after it is gone, thus causing uncertainty and most precipitous haste in all matters mercantile. Why not arrange the arrivals and departures for alternate weeks ? I dare say there is some stupid clerk in some inaccessible office who has some stupid reason for inflicting this annoyance upon us. The merchants have at length resolved to make a demon stration upon the Chinese question. It appears singular that they have not done so before; but the politics of Hongkong are very i n t r i c ate, and there were objections to all previous propositions. The Dents have now taken the matter in hand, and an address to Lord Elgin is in course of signature. After the usual congratulations, the address proceeds thus : " We venture upon no opinion at present respecting the readjustment of our relations with the empire at large, though always prepared to hold our advice and experience at your Lordship's command; but upon that branch of the question which we distinguish as the Canton difficulty, we would take this, the earliest opportunity, of recording our opinion—an opinion founded upon long, reluctant, and we msy add traditional experience—that any compromise of it, or any sort of settlement which shall stop short of the complete humiliation of the Cantonese —which shall fail to teach them a wholesome respect for the obligations of their own Government in its relations with independent Powers, and a more hospitable reception of the fc.reigner who resorts to their shores for the peaceable purposes of trade, will only result in further, suffering to themselves and further disastrous interruptions to us. "Many of as have already been heavy sufferers by the present difficulty. It must be apparent to your lordship that our best interests lie upon the side of peace, and upon the earliest solid peace that can be obtained. But, not withstanding this, we would most earnestly depreeato any settlement of the question which should not have elimin ated from it the very last element. of future disorder." This means, " You must take Canton, my lord, and negotiate at Pekin, with Canton in your possession." Such is the opinion of every. one here, from the highest to the lowest. Even those Chinese who live by gratifying Eng lish tastes, painting portraits of vessels for uxorious sea captains, or selling puzzles, bamboo chairs, and grass cloth handkerchiefs, are quite- of the same opinion. They ask, " Why not that soljee man come catchee that city ?" I am obliged to close my despatch without any tidings of the mail. We are, of course, most anxious to know whether it brings Lord Elgin, and whether General Ash burnham comes down in her from Bengal. I hope to be able to subjoin in a postscript a list of killed and wounded, and Mr. Secretary Wade's report of the contents of the papers taken in the junks. These last, I understand, are rather curious than important. _ _ . JUNE 10, 12 O'CLOCK. After we have closed our despatches, and while the Aden is getting her steam up for departure, the mail-boat Singa pore, Captain Grainger, is announced,to be entering the harbour. She brings General Ashburnham and his staff, who all appear to be in good health. They left Bombay on the same day that the news of the disasters in India reached that city by telegraph. Lord Elgin left at Singa pore. RETURN OF CASUALTIES IN THE FORCE ENGAGED IN THE CAPTURE AND DESTRUCTION OF CHINESE WAR BOATS IN ESCAPE CREEK, ON TILE 25TH OF MAY. The Hornet's Pinnace —Richard Warren, B. 8., severely; Edward Roche, A. 8., slightly. CASUALTIES ON TIIE 2TIII OF MAY AT TOUNG-KOUAN. Tho Sybille's Boats.—Henry Matthews, private, R.M., ser iously; Thomas M`Donald, A. 8 ., severely; Richa r d Han naßfoarlde,ig-phr,isvaßtoea,tßs..—Michs..l slightly. p tly u . r ies, midshipman, severely ; Mr. Pilkington, midshipman, slightly ; William Tre win, A. 8., dangerously ; James Mansell, leading seaman, severely ; Edward Pepper, A. 8., severely; W ll'am Drew, leading sea man, severely ; Luke Sharp, private, R,M., severely : Wm. Fogwell, A. 8., slightly. Tribune's Boats.—Lieut. Norman, bullet through right cheek; William Lan pidge, A. 8., bullet lodged in left cheek, dangerous ; William Nelson, leading seaman, bullet wound, right shoulder; eßenfield Howe, private, bullet wound, right. hand; Edward Strickland, private, bullet wound, upper lip ; Robert Groves, sail mate, bullet wounds, left hand and leg ; Thomas Clack, private, bullet wound, spine, dangerous ; and Henry Halfyer, private, bullet wound, left (high. Inflexible's Boats.—Liout. Bacon, slightly ; Mr. Magrath, Assist .nt-Surgeon, slightly; William Yeo, boatswain's elate, seararely ; Colin Graut, A. 8., severely; Thomas Farmer, A. B. , slightly. Fury's Boats.—James Carry, gunner's-mate, slightly ; George Grogan, corporal, R.M., severely ; Chas. O'Donn.ll, private, severely ' • William Keechee, AB. severely ; and James Gibson, leading seaman, severely. Total wounded, 31. A RETURN OF CASUALTIES ON BOARD HER MAJESTY'S GUNBOATS AND BOATS of THE SQUADRON DURING TUE OPERATIONS IN TUE FATSHAN CREEK ON MONDAY, TILE IST JUNE : KILLED. Raleigh.—Commodore's Galley.—Pater Tolhurst, captain of the forecastle, Launch. —Thomas Coleman, A. 8., nior tally wounded, since dead. Pinnace.—John, Dart, A. 8., Simeon Bone, private, Royal Marines. Naukin.—John Smith, private, Royal Marines, killed on board the Hongkong. Tribnne.—Barge.—Richard Harper, A.B. Pinnace.—Mr. H. Barker, midshipman, mortally wounded, since dead. Highflyer.—Pinnace.--Mv. E. C. Bryan, master's assistant. Niger. —lst Gig. - George Griffin, A. 8., mortally wounded, since dead ; Thomas Christian, sergeant, Royal Marine Ar tillery, killed on board the Plover gunboat. Hornet.—Cutter.—Thomas Cronin, ord. Fury.—Gig.—Major Kearney, Deputy-Assistant-Quarter mabter-Gentral, who, being on duty in the Canton river, gallantly volunteered his services in the boats. Plover Guuboat,--Charles Mead, mortally wounded, since dead. WOUNDED. Raleigh.—Commodore's Galley.—Alfred Jenkins, A.B. loss of left hand, severely ; James Buckley, A. 8., contusions from splinters, slightly; Edward Rowe, A. 8., contusion of right shoulder by a grapeshot, slightly. Pinnate. —J. S. Graham, Lieutenant, contusion, slightly ; William Seymour, A. 8., flesh wound of left shoulder from fragment of a man's skull, severely ; Mark Riceout, A. 8., lacerated wound and contusion of shoulder by a round shot, severely ; John God ding, A. 8., contusion of shoulder by a grapeshot, severely ; John Raffell, A. 8., contusion of elbow, splinter, slightly. Launch.—George Sackett, A. 8., penetrating grapeshot wound of right shoulder, severely ; George Payne, A. 8., contusion, slightly. Ist Cutter.—Joseph Hatherly, captain of foretop, grape wound, left shoulder, severely. 2d Cutter.—Mr. Pilkington, midshipman, contusion, slightly. Hongkong Tender.—Edward Braaghton, leading seaman, gur shot wound of groin, dangerously. Calcutta.—Launch. —j. Callister, ord., right hand and leg contused by a round shot, slightly, Ist Pinnazs.—Danie Toomey, ord., 2 C contused won d of chest and knee by a round shot, severely ; Michael Rourke, ord., contused wound of loft leg by a round shot, slightly. 2d. Pinnace.—William Green, ord., eaten -ice burn from a gunpowder exp osion, severely. Landing Party, Royal Marines,—William Collins, pr vate, Royal Mari es, ditto, severely ; George Pope, pri vate, Royal. Marines, contused wound of chest by a round shot slightly. Sybill,.—Commodore Elliot's Galley.—Mr. H. Hiopesley, midshipman, spear wound, slightly. Launch. —Mr. B. Staunch, master's-assistant, contusion of I houlde., slightly ; Richard Light, captain of 'oretop, diAs, severely ; John Smith, d tto, wound of head, slightly. Tribune.—hnnace.—ECtriamin Shellrake, leading seama^, gr eshot lodged in lung, dangerously ; William Nelson, ,A.B , grape-wound of wrist, wi.h fracture, severely. Niger.—Fint Gig.— The Hon. A. A. Cochrane, Captain, C. B , grapeshot contusion of arm, s'ightiy ; Mr. W. Potter, gunner, slightly. Second Gig.—Henry Searle, sailmaker's mate, slightly. Pinnace.—Jame; Pearce, stoker, sl ghtly ; Alfred Durrant, ord., 26, slightly. Hornet—Pinnaee—Emanuel Buchanan, gunueres mate, grape wound of arm, d mgerously ; Thom4loderson, A. 8., wound of shoulder, severely ; James Rive 8., wound of neck, dangerously ; David Aitchison, ieading seaman., wound of scalp, slightly ; J Copping, bombardier, Royal Marine Artillery, wound of arm, slightly • Henry Wyatt, private, Royalarines, wound of neck, slightly. Elk,yWilliam Walker, boatswain's mate, gunshot wound in right lumbar region, slightly ; H. Starkes t private, Royal Marines, splinter wound ,in right thigh, slightly. Cruiecr—Ed ward Mitchell, private, - Royal Marines, slightly. Haughty—Gunboat= Mark Patterson, A. 8., wound of wrist, slightly. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS FP,OII GREAT BRITAIN. At Hong-Kong—May 11, the Wellington, from London, 13, her Majesty's steamer Highflyer, and gunboats Plover, Opossum, Haughty, and Forester—all from England ; 24, her Majesty's ship AmOthyst and the Patti& ' from Liverpool ; 26, the Cairugorno, from London ; 27, the Wellington, from Newcastle ; 31, the Northfieet, from London ! June 2, the John Wade, from London. - At Shanghai =May 3, the Fiery Cross, from London ; 14, the Spirit of the Age, from London ; 23, tha Harriet Armi tage. from London. DEPARTURES TO GREAT BRITAIN. From Hong Kong--May 15, the Esberu Snare, for Cowes. From Foochow—flay 25, the Crest of the Wave and the Queen of May, for London. From Shanghai—May 10, the Sea Star, for London. SIIIPS OF W , AR. At Hong Kong—Her Majesty's ship Calcutta, her Majesty's steamers Sampson and Coromandel, her Majesty's schooner Saracen, her Majesty's gun-boats Starling and Staunch ; the French steamer Catinat; and the American steamer San Jacinto. At Macao—Her Majesty's steamer Encounter, her Majesty's ship Nankin ; the Portuguese brig Mon lego, and the lorcha Amazona ; the French frigates Virginie and Capriciense, the French steamer Marceau, and the French brig Nisus, At Amoy—Her Majesty's sloop Comus. At Foochow—Her Majesty's brig Camilla. In Canton River—Her Majesty's brigs Acorn, Bittern, and Elk ; her Majesty's steamers Niger, Cruiser, Fury, High flyer, Hong Kew. c , Sir Charles Forbes, Hornet, Inflexible, and Tribune ; her Majesty's ship Sybille ; her Majesty's gunboats Bustard, Trusty, Haughty, Opossum, and Plover ; her Ma jesty's frigate Amethyst. At Shanghai—Her Majesty's ship Pique and her Majesty's sloop Levant. lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. FAREWELL PERFORMANCES AT REDUCED PRICES. THIS EVENING, SATURDAY, Aug. 1, LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, with the following powerful cast : Sussanna.h, Mdlle. Piccolomini ; Cherubim), Mdlle. Spezia; The Countess, Mdlle. Ortolani ; Marcellina, Madame Pomo, ; Il Conte d'Almayiva, Beneveutano; Basilio, Bc!art ; Curzio, Mercuriali; Antouia, Corsi ; Bartolo, Rossi ; and Figaro, BAletti To conclude with the new Ballot Divertissement, by Paul Taglioni, entitled ALPHEL Mdle. Marie Taglioni, M. Cacchetti, and M. Charles. PRICES : Pit Tier, Grand Tier, and One Pair.. £2 12 6 Two Pair Half Circle 1 1 0 Pit Stalls Gallery Boxes 0 12 6 Gallery Stall 0 3 6 Gallery Side Stalls 0 3 0 Pit Gallery No freo list.—Applications to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. Doors open at 7, Jpera to commence at half past 7. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Farewell Performances at Reduced Prices. THIS EVENING, SATURDAY, Aug. 1--LE NOZZE DI FIGARO and ALPH EA MONDAY, Aug. 3—LA. FIGLI k DEL REGGIMENTO. Last Scene, LUCIA DI LAMMERAOOR. TUESDAY—IL DON GIOVANNI. WE DNESD AY—FIG ARO. THURSDAY, (Last Night)—LA TRAVIATA and the Last Act of I PURITANI. The NATIONAL ANTHEM will foll - m the Opera. The entertainments in the Ballet will combine the talents Madame Rosati, Madlles. Katrine, Bosehetti, and Mario Taglioni. Prices as above. THEA TR E-R OYA G, DRURY-LANE Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. OPEN EVERY EVENING. GREAT EQUESTRIAN AMERICAN and CONTINENTAL COMPANY. Feces—Pit and Promenade, is; Boxes, 2s. 61., 28., and ls. 61. ; Galleries, sa. Doors Oa at half-past 7. Commence at 8. JACK THE GIANT KELLER, with novel effects. O TH A N T' EVENING PRINCESS' SwII beT performedilEAT RE, Shakespere's Play of THE TEMPEST. Preceded by LIVING TOO FAST. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMA.RKET Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with the new and greatly successful original Comedy, entitled VICTIMS, in which Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. William Farrell, Miss Reynolds, &e., will appear. After which, the successful Classical Love Story, un der the Apple-lation of A VAL A.NTA ; or, Tho Three Golden Apples : iu which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M. Wilton, and Miss Ellen Ternan. Followed by ACTRESS OF ALL WORK, in which Miss Anna Maria Quinn (from the principal theatres in Australia) will sustain six characters. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d. Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 U ppe r Boxes ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0 Pit L ower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. BOMBAY, JULY 1. IMPORTS. —Cotton Piece Goods. —From the commencement of last month, the season may be eonsidered to have closed, the disturbances in the country having had an effect to expedite the cessation of transactions. Exroars.—Cotton Wool.—Since the date of our last report, the rates have advanced from two to three rupees, from the favourable advises received by the last overland mail. We quote Surat and Broach at Rs., 142. EICHAN, it has continued steady at about last mail's quota tions, say 2s. 2id. at Ito 2s. 2id. Ou Calcutta, sight is Rs. On M^dras 30 days' sight Rs. 99. On. China 60 days' sight Rs. 221. CALCUTTA, JUNE 19, Our produce market has experienced no change since our last ; business continues very limited, consequent on the in sufficient supplies of staples, and the extreme prices. The Money Market.—The unsettled state of affairs has dis arranged the market. The natives are panic struck, and are drawing largely on the Bauk of Bengal in silver ; the effect of which has compelled the directors of the Bank to raise the rates 2 per cent, all round last week, and increased the mar gin for loans on company's paper 5 per cent. Government securities maintained their value till the re ceipt of advices last week of heavy discounts in the North Western provinces, and they have receded to the following rates, vip. : Sicca, 4 per cent., 19 8 to 20 per cent. discount; Company's, 4 per cent., 18 8 to 19 per cent , discount; Public Works Loan, 5 per cent., 1 to 1 8 per cent, discount. Exchange on London—Sales for the present mail were first made at 2 1i for six months paper; but owing to the state of the market, there being no great demand for remit tance, the rate rose to 2 2, at which the bulk of transactions has taken place ; but during the last few days there has been little doing, and rates have risen to 2-2 i r o 2-21 for first class credits, and 2-21 to 2-2 i for document bills. On China the rates are 228 to 230. Freights.—Notwithstanding a considerable demand for tonnage for rice to China, rates to Great Britain, owing to limited transactions in produce, have somewhat declined. DEATH OF MB. MINT; h.t.P. —We are sorry to an' nounce the death of Mr. G. F. Muntz, M.P., for Bir mingham, which, according to letters received in town this morning, occurred yesterday afternoon, at his resi dence in the neighbourhood of the town he represented for 17 years. It, is unnecessary for us to say that, as a public man, Mr. Muntz was remarkable as possessing peculiar views on monetary questions and as an ad vanced reformer. The hon. gentleman, who was in his 64th year, had been in ill health for some time past. THE MURDER AT MAIDSTONE.—At the assizes held at Maidstone, yesterday, George Edwards was indicted for the wilful murder of his brother. It will be recol lected that the prisoner caused the death of the unfortu nate deceased by nearly chopping his head to pieces with an axe. The jury found him guilty, and he was sen tenced to death, the learned judge holding out no hope of mercy. Just published, price as. &l , letter to Viscount Pal mereton, B.G. on the political importance of the Euphrates Valley Railway, and the necessity of the financial support of her Majeity's Government.. By W. P. Andrew, F.R.G.S., &c., Chairman Euphrates Valley Rail Way, with reports by Major-General Chesney and Sir J. Macneill, and memorandum. &c., by Sir Justin Shell, K C. 8., and map. Al=o niioutes of evidence before the House of Commons on the establishment of telegraphic communication with India through Turkish Arabia. By Sir W. B. O'Shaughnessy, T. K. Lynch, Esq., and W. Ainsworth, EA., &c., &0., &c. Kur rachee, by the Euphrates,, is 1,400 miles nearer to Eng l..nd than Bimbay is by the Red Sea'— Sir Justin Sheil. Ludon. W. H. Allen and Co., 7, Leadenhall-street THEATRE ROYAL, AD ELPHI. Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. TTITS EVENING, will be performed the new drama of GEORGE DARVILLE, in which Mr. BenjaminWehster, Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, and Madame Celeste will perform. After which, the now sketch of WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright. Mr. Paul Bedforrl, Ac. To conclule with " FEARFUL TRAGEDY IN THE SEVEN DIALS." .• DOYAL OLYMPIC TREATRE. Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan. . 7 "- ) THIS EVENING, FRIDAY, July 31, will be performed ALL IN THE WRONG. Characters by gr. Robson, Mr. Addison. Mr. G. Vining, Mr. G. Cooke, Mrs. Stirling, Miss Swauborough, &c. To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by RThert B. Brough, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrsßob son, Cooke, Danvers, &c. ; Misses Sivanborongh, Thirlwall, Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. Commence at half-past Seven. OYAL SURREY THEATRE. 1.) Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING will be performed the grand opera of MASANIELLO. Mr. Haigh, Mr. Durand, Mr. Manvers, Mr. A. Cooke. and Miss Lanza. After which, A GRAND CJNCERT. Lucy Escott, Miss Dyer, &c. To conclude with THE WATERMAN. GREAT NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. John Douglas. Professor ANDERSON in a round of Dramatic Characters, supported by Mr. Hamilton Braham, Mrs. Vickery, &c. Jerrold's drama of BLACK-EYED SUSAN. William, Pro- THIS EVENING, will be performed PIZARRO. Pizarro, Professor Anderson. After which, TIE MILLER OF WHETSTONE. To conclude with MARY, THE MAID OF THE INN. A_STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and. Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Under the patronage of her Majesty and His Royal Highness Prince Albert. Last Nights of the Splendid Spectacle of MAZEPPA. The gre It Parisian Equestrienne, Madlle. Mililos, continues to be received with unbounded approbation. • THIS EVENING the entertainments will commence with Byron's grand spectacle of MAZEPPA AND THE WILD HORSE. Mazeppa, Mr. James Holloway. Concluding with a Brilliant Series of Mr. William Cooke's Novel and Inimitable SCENES in the ARENA, in which Madlle. Mililos will appear. Commence at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 35.; Private Boxes, from 215., no charge for booking; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Half-price at half-past Eight. B x•oullco open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. ',V. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. ANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— V.) OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow tr.; company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of elections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Goes, Duets, &c., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. Palmyre, Miss Walcott, ! - .iss Brunch% Miss;Summers, and Madame Marietta; Kr St. Abyn, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T, Far rant, S. lolec, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corn, Senor An tonio M. le Soila, and E; L. Rime ; Master Corri; Messrs. Sam Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr Cecil Ricks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans Commence at Seven o'clock precisely, Sip pers, &c, until twelve o'clock :?TG WATER AT LONDO'27 MUDGE. T A/E 4 D AT —M orn ., 1 rain. aft. 10 —Even. 39 ni!tt aft. 10 ro•!.loy;E,0 - 77-1 , St - , , rn. 17 min. aft. 11—Even., 0 rain. aft. 0 TdE WEATTIEII , —NUN OFPIOZ, AUGUST 1. THEEMODIETEE. IN THE SHADE. 73 —highest sines noon Yesterdr.y. 6G —lowest this morning end during the night. 74 —this day et BAIIO noon. NETEB, 30.15. WIND, Westerly, light, with fine weather. , q7;g; Aav 1 :i r ,?1,) were chiefly enlisted in the Bengal Army, while the Bombay and Madras consisted mainly of Parsees and the lower castes, and amongst these there has not been • the slightest symptom of dis affection manifested. The native chiefs have, generally speaking, behaved very well. They have protected those who sought refuge with them, and b the best, of their power discourage the mutineers. We are as yet ignorant of SCINDIAH'II proceedings. The contingent which he supplied have joined the mutineers. But it is not, there fore, certain that he will join the movement or place his entire fate on the cast. Wherever conflicts have taken place between Europeans and natives, the former have invariably been successful. At the first collision, the troops under Major• General BARNARD completely de feated the enemy stationed before Delhi, captured their positions, and drove them within the walls. Subsequently, two formidable sorties were made, but in each instance the assailants were driven back with considerable loss to themselves, but comparatively trifling on the part of our troops. It is satisfactory to know that the conduct of the Ghoorka Battalion, of the Sappers, and other native troops, was exemplary, and elicited the warm approbation of General BARNARD. The Corps of Guides particularly dis tinguished itself. The Cavalry made an extra ordinary march of 750 miles iu 28 days, and the Infantry were brought down on camels from the Punjaub to take part in the contest. The con tingent of JIIREND RAJAH also rendered true and loyal service under the walls of Delhi. This concentration at Delhi is, in some respects, fortunate. It gives the rebels "but one neck," and, that disposed of, the insurrection will be completely suppressed. Great vigilance must of course be exercised for some time to come, and India must be garrisoned with a large proportion of European troops ; but we cannot doubt the issue of the contest, or that, when concluded, the Anglo-Indian Empire will rest on a firmer basis than it has done for many years past since Sir CHAS. NA PIER issued his neglected warnings. The arrest of the King of OUDE and his Minis• ter is confirmed, but we have not the evidence of his alleged complicity in the conspiracy. On this point we must patiently await the next intelli gence, which may be looked for about the 12th inst. The proceedings may have been taken on conclusive grounds, or been merely justifiable pre cautions against any possible treachery on his part. The most deplorable part of the transaction is the atrocious murders that have been committed, not only on officers and civilians, but on helpless women and innocent children. For these san guinary outrages ample retribution awaits the of fenders. None can pity or sympathise with those who have disregarded every law, Divine and hu man, and set aside every obligation. We hope and believe that the next mail will bring a very different tale. The auxiliaries expected daily by General BARNARD will enable him to attack and, we trust, to capture Delhi. That will be the signal for submission, and it is more than prob able that when Sir COLIN CAMPBELL and the troops from England have arrived at the scene of action, they will find the work finished, and but little if anything remaining to be accomplished. 3 was truly fortunate that the troops en route to China could be intercepted on their way. Their arrival, of which we shall hear the next mail, will probably setVe the affair. The Government can not, however,display any apathy, or false econoniii Whatever may be the result for the present, some time must elapse before the Anglo-Indian Empire can rest upon a secure foundation, and the pros' sure of a large European force will be essential to a safe and satisfactory arrangement. We have but little fears as to the result, but no effort should be spared to render it what every true' hearted Englishman must desire. LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1857. he advices from India have at length come to hand. We are no longer dependent on the curt notices of the telegraph. Our information, so far as it reaches, is compl,ta. It is not, as we have already stated, by any means worse than might have been anticipated. It is true that Delhi still remains in the hands of the mutineers, and that the puppet King maintains a Brummagen Court That temporary holding out has led to the seces sion of those who cherished disaffection in their hearts, and who coull only have been held faith ful to their duty through fear, not love. In every instance the insurgents have hastened to Delhi, whore alone the standard of revolt is erected, and which is their camp and stronghold. It is, perhaps, as well that we should know the full extent of the evil, so that there should be no undue confidence manifested in those who might have turned their arms against us at this most critical period. We are told that the Bengal Army has ceased to exist. No less than fifty-eight regiments have actually mutinied, and gone off with the arms supplied to them by the Indian Government., and twenty-one others have been disarmed, as they could not safely be trusted. Seventy-nine regi ments are thus accounted for, a large proportion of the entire number receiving pay from the Com p m y. The troops in the other Presidencies have, however, remained faithful. It will be remem bered that they art composed of very different materials. The Brahmins, or high caste Hindoos, THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH DUBLIN, JULY 31. All the arrangements for the sailing of th e Atlantic Cable Fleet are prepared. Yesterday evening the respective portions of t he cable on hoard the Niagara and Agamemnon w•O r8 joined together, and messages were sent through the whole length, upwa r d s o f 2,500 m iles in less than one second ! Everything works beautifu% and as the preparations proceed all connected Wi t it feel more and more confident of success. TDE INDIAN TgLEGRAPH. The Government are understood to have commenced t ° inquiry regarding the causes of the delay in the tranaro"; sion of the Indian telegraph from Trieste on Tuesf il 'h last. It appears that the message was despatched fr ° '" Trieste at half-past 10 on that morning, and was not ,4' ceive I here until half-past 12 on the following day. hours were thus occupied in a fluty which ordinsr l s ,id takes four. Meanwhile the news had been fully receivedX, private person'. If the latter had obtained it bY. same line a case of gross delinquency on the part of so 6 0 one connected with the company would have been at 0 0 ir established, but the statement is that the private 1 1 6. sago was received from Turin. It is to be 11017 however, that the whole affair will be thoroughly sift .fl Probably the blame will be thrown on the Aus ti n!' ( , r some other foreign officials, but even in that case it 111 1 , be well for us to be aware of any impediments wil fu l placed in our way, either for political reasons or to sniV o g speculative purposes of these functionaries. Accorti l o . to some accounts there was a disturbance from a thil deratorns,—a plea which may be true, but which c& di ways be conveniently resorted to. On the other /int should the suspicion be that the English directors or th,eo servants cannot be relied upon for that strict reserve vib t l io is Nital to the respectability of a telegraph compaili , exposure of the fact will be m o st important. There , 113 4 - 3 not be any immediate rem e dy, but it will ultimately 03 4, to the formation of s i m il ar companies on a better beoe'ti and meanwhile a ll p ersons i n th e money and other mer,l!,a will be mote than ever on their guard against OW speculative operations. TROOPS FOR INDIA. orti l Nothing but the delay in the arrival of the trans'', o f at Portsmouth prevents the embarkation for Ind la fl d some 3,000 men, who have arrived here. The 34th s o , 423, and other regiments, are ready for embarkat i lte and others would cume down, were there the requ' s ,he barrack accommodation, pending the arrival of " shipp. Yesterday afternoon the E and F troops of theßo9el Horse Artifl.ry, commanded by Captain J. Ander 0 ; 0 0 C. 8., and Captain C. L. D'Aguilar, C. 8., embarke d board the &ere w-vessel Scotland, for India. The six 0 0 , panies of Foot, now at Woolwich, under orders for % i v wilt embark at the Royal Arsenal Pier next week. d o Scotland will alto take out a large quantity of vl r ''oo scores. The sailing vessels Spartan and Sunderlan d now receiving similar stores for India at the itf Arsenal Pier. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Last night terminate O er opera season at the Lyceum. La Pavoriia wag off formed to a full and fashionable house, and vle.n oe so with great eclat, Grisi and Mario being in n3agel f ot voice, and exerting themselves with the happiest e i d° After the opera, Madame Ristori appeared in the d to comedy, La Collerica. This lady's performances e r be continued for four nights next week. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—There are to be c ev additional performances next week, at the red(id prices. In consequence of the success of Le N °% log Figaro on Thursd a y, it i s t o b e repea t e d this ev e- pil l and on Wednesday next. On Thursday the season come to an end. .er 11 s ITALIAN OPERA AT THE PRINCESS'S T11....,- --I{ „Ailh - , Arrangements have been made for a series of x" 00 0 operas at the Princess's Theatre, under the direetl i, Mr. Beale, commencing on the 24th of Augu s o oe' inediately after the close of the present dramatic sedope The company will include Madame Grisi, g a 0 0 01 Madame Gassier, Signor Mario, Herr _ °1 : 3) 130 Herr Reichardt, and other favourites of -. t h e two houses in London. betvleell The ratifications of the treaty of commerce - Franco and Russia were exchanged on July 16. ;a lit' Prince Napoleon quitted Osborne on Friday ° Ile sailed is La Reine Hortense for Cherl i onrg• o f th e Hughes, the jockey, who rode Gunboat, o ne horses that fell in the race for the Goodwood OW' sufficiently recovered•to ride yesterday. r ojov The Medway has been accepted by the Vn 3114 , frd Gannii,sioners for the conveyance of Plymouth to Melbourne. ' •is 5°4 ; YARMOUTH ELECTION.—Sir J. W. Hogg.lt intends coming forward for the representatiot! °' mouth conjunction pith Sir E. Lacer , pasenger pro hav e 1101)le iLppe rellia Will reetr they lic ,ase net •udi the 'eat for hay, cent roe/ ea div ke 981 AcE