The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-31 00:00:00

; h ind . ; s de ial at THE PEACE WITH CHINA. A London Gazette Extraordinary, published on Friday night, contains Lord Elgin's despatches relative to the ratification of the Treaty of Tien tsin and the Convention of Pekin, and other docu- ments. CONVENTION BETWEEN HER MAJESTY AND THE EMPEROR OF CHINA. (Signed in the English and Chinese Langnageig, at Pekin, October 24, 1860.) The following is the convention lietiteen her Majesty and the Epperdi• of kihitia, elided; in - the nglisil and Chiriesb hingiiages, at Pekin, tib ttoter ~ ~,.. 24, 18G0: 't Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and his Imperial Majesty the E',...0r of China, being: alike desirous:‘,„; 'bring ~lo ah end the misunderstanding Itt present existing between thetr.respeetiYe tloVefintlents, smi to s'et;ll.tb (belt ittAddiiA agtAtiit ilirth'eriiiterriiption, )1'4,4 !;# thli Hillosk dt;polnted - ,ll,enipotentif,ries,;, that is to Say; ,lie'r ;Majesty the plieen of. G r , .•,at i=ritaiu R eid rel And;. tbo Earl 'Of illgin and Biaai.nifie ; and his i - ilieel'hil Majesty the Emperor of China, his Imperial IZighness the Prince of Kung ; who, having met and communicated•to each other their full powers, and find ing these to be in proper form, have agreed upon the following convention, in nine articles : "ARTICLE I.—A breaoh of friendly relations having been occasioned by the act of the garrison of Take, which obstructed Her Ilrittanie Majesty's RepresentatiVe when on . his way to Pekin for tine pri g Of ep;hanging the ratifieatio,uk of the U.-6V/of fence 'coreluded ,at Tien-tsin in the Month of (rune, .1.08, Ills imperial Majesty the Emperor of China expresses his deep regret at the misunderstanding so occasioned. • - "ARTICLE IL—lt is further expressly declared that the arrano•erne entered into at Shanghai in' the month of October, 1858, between Her Britannic Majesty's ambassador, the Earl of Elgin and Riecardine, and His Imperial Majesty's Commissioners I:Nveiliang and /litashaiia; regarding the fesidalbe .Of Her Britannic Majesty's representative iii dliiia; is teicliy.crineelled ; arid,that; in accordatieeWih Artiele.lll; . of the treaty 'o*. 185 N. IX rAritirimc Ili jt estrs ropreseritatite iliill rticefOrWat fe y ,idri ilailiautotty or occasionally at ekiii, at I et Britannic Majesty shall be pleased to eide. " ARTICLE lII.—It is agreed that the . separate article of treaty of 1858 is hereby annulled, and that in lieu of the amount of indemnity therein specified, his Im perial Majesty the Emperor of China shall pay the stint or 8,000,000 taels In the following proportions Cr instal ments, namely i=at Tieti-tsili oh tit tidbit time Nth day of NoVeniher, the slim of t 00,006 taels; at Canton. and till or before the Ist day of liceember, 18d0, 03,333 taels, less the sum which shall have ,liecn i .nlyanced, by the Canton authorities ~•triiir,,aris :the ,epiiiptetiOti . 0 the Britieb i POtkjr,:Site at Shaffieeti i And the teMainder at W4°o4 qt;Cii CO thielgii trade, in quarterly payments, hich shall consist of one-fifth of the gross revenue From customs there collected, the first of the said payments being due on the 31st day of Decem ber, 1860, for the quarter terminating on that day. It is further agreed that these moneys shall be pal Into the hands of en Oftabf When% herb' filiiiii'6 lite city'sl l l VapitteiitatiVe ghat' .4Pe'Ciallit aillintrit ilje c i. , ei4 hem, aiid that the a6ilr44, f tlii &honks s all, before pay gent, he thilY aseettained by British and Chinese officers ijiptliiited to discharge this duty. In order to preient future discussion, it is moreover declared that of the eight millions of taels herein guaranteed, two millions will be appropriated to tbOndemnlfil . . , ,Oik 4 the British tit ercantilp,Ommiknitt At Cailton, or losses sustained by lr ite'ril - , Le th 6 kmaining six millions to, the liquidation 6f War expenses. "ARTICLE IV.—lt is a g reed that on the day on which this convention is signed, his Imperial Majesty the Em peror of China shall open the port of Tien-tsin to trade, and that it shall be thereafter eompetettt to British subjects to residt) and trade there 'bidet the sane cony ttidOns as at any other port of China by treaty open to trade. " ARTICLE . V.—As soon Alio ratiflcati¢ri df the treaty of 1858 shall hak cen Vhtiliged his Imperial Majesty, the EniOerar of China Will, by decree, command the Liggli, iinthotities of every province to.. proclaim thiolighout their jurisdictions that Chinese choosing to take service in the British colonies, or other parts bey Ali, and ' the sea, are at pert AS r ect liberty to enter into engagements with British e 4, that iiiirpose, and to I_l4. tliteiVelk thOir families on boa r d any rittch Vissel at any of the open ports of China; also, that the high authorities aforesaid shall, in concert with . her Britannic Majesty's Representative in China, f r am e such regulations for the protection of Chinese eiiiigra ting as above ) as the eirettnistantcs di' the different open pat may &wool: „ • tlaierii,e --=Withil irre* t" q tllte rli4tt4.teiiaiiee of taw aid order IA arid atorit the hitilaloiir of Hong Kong, JIOI grlatikla.Ntty the Emperor of China agrees to Vdde to Ha Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and to her heirs and successors, to have and to hold as a dependency of Her Britannic Majesty's colony of Hong Bong, that portion of the township of Cowloon, in the prcAinee of livvang-Titne, of Whir lease was granted lit perpetiiitV tO arkes, Esq., Codipattion o4' - thij Nth, ii. nieniliei of the Allied. Com iiiinsiOn at Canton, on behalf of Her Britannic Majesty's Government, by Lan Tsung twang, GoV el - noir:General of the Two Kwang. It is fitrthei•debblied thak the lease in question is hel'ebY that the olaims.of any Chinese ko iii'ciiivAAYbil tile said portion of Cowloon shall tivestlgated by a mixed commission of British ithd Chinese officers; and_that compensation shall be awarded by the British Government to any Chinese whose claim shall be by the said commission established, should his removal be deemed heeessary by the British noverhnieht. " ARTICLE I r it.--:-it greed ilia prbVisions of the treaty of . 1858, eiteePt int so fat as these are modified by the. Pieteht tltiterition, shall without delay come into iteittiOn as soon as the ratifications of the treaty afore h'aid shall have been exchanged. It is further agreed that no separate ratification of the present convention shall be necessary, but that it shall take effect from the date of its signature, and be equally binding With the treaty above-mentioned ott the high holitractitig parties. " AntithE Weed that as soon as the ratitleatiOns r the treaty of the year 1858 shall have been biabaheed, His imperial Majesty the Emperor of China Iv decree, command the high authorities in the . Capital and in the provinces to print and publish the aforesaid treaty and the present convention for general in formation. " ARTICLB IL-It is agreed that as soon as this con vention shall have been signed, tlic ratifications of the treaty of the year 18514 shall hate been eichatiged, and an imperial decree respecting the publication of the said convention and treaty shall hate been promulgated, as provided for by Article VIII. of this convention, Chusan shall be evaettated by her Britannic Majesty's troops there station 4 and her Britannic Majesty's force now before Pekin , shall commence its march towards the city of Tien-tsin, the forts of Taku, the north-cast of Shang tung, and the city of Canton, at each or all of which places it shall be at the option of her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland to retain a force until •the indemnity of eight millions of taels guaranteed in Article 111. shall have been paid. "bone at Pekin, in the Court of the Board of Cere monies, on the 24th day of October; in the - year of Our Lord 1860. (L.S.) " ELOTN AND KILCARDINE. "[Signature of the Chinese Plenipotentiary.]" THE TERMS INSISTED ON BY LORD • tLGIN. "The undersigned has the honour to acknowledge receipt of a despatch from his Serene Highness the Prince Kung, under date the 12th inst. " As that despatch was in its principal part a reply to a communication which had been addressed to Prince Kung by the Commander-in-Chief of ll6r Britannic Majesty's force, he transmitted a copy of-it as soon as it reached him to his excellency, in order that he might take such notice of it as might seem to bim to be fitting. "It is unnecessary, therefore, for the undersigned , to refer to those parts of the despatch in question which refer to the attack on Yuen-Min-Yuen, and other mili tary acts consequent on the advance of British and Trench troops to the neighbourhood of Pekin. He will only observe, on this head, that this advance took place beoause the Chinese Government refused to accept the terns of peace offered to it by the undersigned, firstly at Tien-tan, and again at Tung-chau, and because, in the latter case, that refusal was accompanied .by an act of barbarous treachery, for which it would be difficult in the annals of the world to find aparallel. "The Commander-in-Chief has informed the under signed that he took no notice whatsoever of that portion of the despatch of the prince in which his highness requires that a letter should be written to him specifying the regulations under which the gate shall be held when surrendered to the allies. "The gate has, nevertheless, been surrendered uncon ditionally; this is well; had the prince adhered to the demand implied in that clause of his despatch, the city of Pekin would have been assaulted and taken. "The undersigned has further to inform his serene highness that the letter of the Commander-in-Chief, stating the terms on which the city of Pekin would be spared, was written before he knew the treatment to which the British and French subjects, seized in viola tion of a flag of truce on the 18th ultimo, had been sub jected, and when all the evidence which he possessed on this point was contained in the despatches of the prince to the undersigned, in which despatches the prince repeatedly averred that the prisoners in question had suffered no mortal injury, were comfortably lodged, and treated with all proper attention. "Information since received establishes the fact that, at the time when these words were written, several sub jects of her Britannic Majesty, not taken in fight, but seized and bound while relying on the security that should have been afforded them by a flag of truce, and offering no resistance, had already died from the effects of the barbarous cruelty to which they and their com panions had been subjected as prisoners. This flagrant misrepresentation of the facts of the case, for which the prince is himself responsible, would fully justify the Commander-in-Chief in setting at nought the conditions under which the gate of the city was surrendered into his hands, but he is still desirous to spare, if possible, the lives of the common people. " The undersigned now proceeds to advert to those portions of the despatch of his serene highness which concern him more immediately, and especially to that clause which speaks of peace as already established between Great Britain and China. " The undersigned begs to remind his serene high ness that in the first communication which he bad the honour to address to him he informed him that suspen sion of hostilities and negotiation of peace would be impossible until the officers and subjects of her Britannic Majesty still missing had returned; to that declaration' he has constantly adhered. " How has this condition, which the undersigned has throughout declared to be indispensable to the resump tion of negotiations for the establishment of peace, been fulfilled by Prince Kung and the Government which he represents ? -" Of the total number of 26 British subjects seized in defiance of honour and of the law of nations 13 only have been restored alive, all of whom carry on their persons evidence, more or less distinctly marked, of the Indignities and ill-treatment from which they have Buffered, and 13 have been barbarously murdered, under Circumstances on which the undersigned will not dwell, lest his indignation should find vent in words which are not suitable to a communication of this kind. " Until this foul deed shall have been expiated, peace between Great Britain and the existing dynasty of China is impossible. "The following, therefore, are the conditions the . , . „ itnrnediate acceptance' of which will alone .aveit from it the doom impending on it : " What remains of •the palace of Yuen-Min g -Yuen, . ... _0 which appears to have beeii the place at whicli'several of the British captives were subjected to the greatest indignities, will he immediately levelled to the ground ; this condition requires no assent on the part of his High ness, because if will be at once carried into effect . by the Commander-in-Chief. "A suns of 300,000 taels must be paid down at once to tha officers appointed by the undersigned to receive it, which-sum will be - appropriated at the discretiou.of her Majesty's Goirrrnment to those who have suffered, arid to the fatnilieS or, the nitirdered " The-ininiodiate si7iititt4e diftwit up Tlen:tsiii; *ill ferkiii it is with the sin a eliankth that it shall. be eohipetent ter the armies of England and Prance to remain at Tien-tsin until the whole indemnities spoken of in the same convention paid, if the Governments of 'england and Prance see fit to adopt this course. "The demolition of Yuen-Ming-Yuen will take place ' " . "Unless Ue,fore a.m., on the e, prince itifOrMs. ,the,, undersigned ~ip. writing .that ,the pun demands:4l- as, esorNusation . I for ~ the slbjects whq hiiVe, been. malty rated ,or murdered. will .be •- • •- ready for paynient on the 22nd, and . that be Will be prepared to sign the Convention and to exchange the ratifications of the Treaty of Ticn-tsin on the 23rd, the undersigned will again tall on the Commander in-Chief to stize the Imperial Palace in Pekin, and to take such other measures to compel the Chinese Govermient -to accede to the - demands of that of Great Britain as may scans to him to be fitting'. It is proper, holteter, that be should inforni the prince that, should the con • t4riiaFy ,Of hini to, 4014 .11 .is he addi - egi hiniSelf to the Cosi2,mander-in-Clnef of . her Majesty's naval forees,.tis *Chi tiB td the Consniatider-ni- Chief of her Majesty's land forces. lie begs to remind the prince that the customs' revenue of Canton is being collected for the profit of the Supreme Government of China, although that city is in the military occupation of the allies; that it is the military force of the allies whin 41s for "some time pact prevented Mhanghaifrom falling into Clio liaiitlff of the fe leis) .and that the junks carrying. rice apid,t,riblite to •Pe:Ori have heed, tillos'vedtd pass and i repties pnmolestpd, 4 q19 , fleets of the allje4 eqinmand both the seas .und thupvers. • "If petite lie riot tit 6tice emtelstdcd; - -thii state of things will cease, and the' undersigned will concOrt measures with her Majesty's Naval Commander-in-Chief, with the view.of obtaining from these and other sources indemnification . for the. expense which her Maje Sty's Government, is compelled to incur by the bad faith :0. - that•of China, ELGIN AND KINCADDINE.i' • (Ith .c•• 6 ved October 26thi seten i "The ilfince of I(uiig, Imperial :CommiSsierier, makes a communication in rely:• • tlgon i the,fplarth 6,f.,thg,•nintligniqon (17tli Octoberj letelted Abe Orel, and lie iiOr ill evidence of his desire for friendly relations makes answer plainly and clearly that we positively agree to everything (therein demanded). "The despatch under acknowledgment states that of 26 persons seized but 13 have been sent back, and that to compensate these and [the families] of the 13 who are dead, tbr what they hate suffered, the British Minister requires t 00,04 tatty., "Peelilig . that his Ocellyncy's requisition for the Stint to be so appropriated.isprompted by the best intentions on his part; the prince at mice approves its payment. " ks regards the barharoOs treatment of ihe officers and men of the (French and British) the Prince has assented to,the .of competisation Money; fliat, in tO.edi&AdA it malted o'l6 &acid it tll afford) there might be proof (of the re-establishmeht) of friendly relations. " The day on Which his Excellency the British Ambas sador will exchange the ratifications can be satisfactorily arranged between whatever officers may be deputed (for this purpose) on either side. "A necessary reply ; addressed to his Euellency the . Earl of l in, Dien-1 ung,loth year, 9th moon, Bth day (19th OCteberi 1800). n Traftslatbd by , Tilwils Chinese gecietary.i' THE RATIFICATION OF TTIP, TREATY. .• • • • • • "liritislt Eifil3iss3r,Peß.id; Oct. 2(i) "11ii Ldliti,--zi4 niy, desiiatCh Jf the 111'4 instant I enclosed the (6,3 g, of a letter from myself to the Prince of Kting„ fixing the 24th instant for the signature of the Convention of Pekin, and for the exchange of the ratifi cations of the Treaty of Ticn-tsin. "I have now the honour to report that, on the day appointed ) . I went to the Rall of Ceremonies ) which is near the sonata* wall Of the Tartar city , aeConipanied by Sir Hope Gran p and se4reral officers df tatik;. and attended, 135 r esbditi faritished br dicier dt the dont niatider-iti-bhicf, ennui the Prince of Kung already there, surrounded by a large number of mandarins of distinction. "After the exhibition of our respective full powers, we proceeded to the signature of the convention, which does not materially differ from the - draught transmit ted to your lordship from TiEn-tsin in my despatch of the nth ¢f t eptentlict. Ttvo articles hate, how ever, been added to those 6c:int:lined in that draught, the 'one •and the other ceding to Her Majesty thdt piktidii 6f the toWliship of Cow looil 4011: is indlided in the lease granted to'ltarry Smith Parkes, tsq., C. 8., on behalf of the British Go vernment, by the Governor• General of the Two-Kwang. "The signature of the convention was followed by the exchange of the ratifications of the Treaty of Tien tsin, and, as the. Chinese form of ratification is different from ours, I thought it proper to require that the Prince of Kung should certify on the thee of the document, undei his sigilatfire aild seal; that the form adopted was binding on the .13mperor. " A minute, recording the proceedings which had taken place in- connection with the exchange of the ratifications, was then drawn up in duplicate, and signed and sealed by the plenipotentiaries, of which duplicates 'one was delivered to the Prince of Kung, and the other to me. . "I enclose herewith the donVefitiOn. of Nicht, duly sighed thhl scaled by . myself and the Prince of lung, the Treaty of Tien-tsm ratified by the Emperor of China, and the minute certifying the act of ratification, signed and sealed by the plenipotentiaries, and I havo 'com mitted these important documents to the care of Mr. Loch, my private secretary, in order that he may in person deliver them to your lordship, " I commend Mr. Loch to your lordship's favourable consideration. no was illegally seized and cast into prison by the Chinese authorities on the 18th ult., while engaged in the discharge of his -official duties, and his conduct Under very trying circumstances was in the highest degree creditable to him. • "I have, &c., " ELGIN AND KINCARDINE. " The Lord John Russell." Next comes a formal communication from the Earl of Elgin to Lord J. Russell, enclosing a translation of the imperial decree, by which full powers were conferred on Prince Kung, and stating that the writer had consulted Baron Gros, the French plenipotentiary, on the subject of the sufficiency of that document. To this follows a copy of the decree in question, dated Oct. 24, 1860, a translation of the certificate of the. Prince of *mg as regards the twenty-five seals of, the Emperor affixed to the treaty. LORD ELGIN'S RECOMMENDATIONS IN FAVOUR OF MR. PARKES AND THE OTHER PRISONERS TO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. Mr. Parkes.--Of Mr. Parkes his lordship writes : "Mr. Parkes' consistent refusal to purchase his own safety by making any pledges, or even by addressing to me any representations,- which might have embarrassed me in the discharge of my duty, is a rare example of courage and devotion to the public interest; and the course which he followed in this respect by leaving my hands free enabled me to work out- the policy which was best calculated to secure his own release, as well as the attainment of the national objeCta entrusted to my care." Captain Brabazon.—ln giving an account of the prisoners, Lord Elgin says : " Captain Brabazon was an officer of much promise, and held the appointment of daputy assistant quarter master-general of artillery." Mr. Loch.—Lord Elgin says, in sending the treaty:— " I commend Mr. Loch to your lordship's favourable consideration. Ile was illegally seized and cast into prison by the Chinese anthorities on the 18th ultimo, while engaged in the discharge of his official duties, and his conduct under very trying circumstances was in the highest degree creditable to him." Mr. BoVvlby.—Lord Elgin says : " Mr. Bowly was the correspondent of the Times. He made the passage from England in the same steamer as myself, and I became acquainted with hint during the voyage. I deplore his loss, not only because he was a highly-accomplished and well-informed gentle man, but also because from the conscientious and liberal spirit in which he addressed himself to the investigation of the singularly complicated problems presented by the moral, social, political, and commercial condition of, China, I had conceived the hope that he would be the means of diffusing sound information on many points on which it is most important for the national interests that the British public should be correctly informed." • MR. PARKES'S NARRATIVE. The narrative of his captivity, now forwarded by Mr. Parkes, extends to six columns of ordinary type. It is dated October 20. He narrates the conversation at Tang -chow with Hang-ki, on the 17th, and the negotiations with Imperial Commissioners the next day. That day he also found the camping ground agreed on for the Eng lish occupied by the Chinese troops, and he protested. He gives the same account of the capture as has already been given by Mr. Loah, and then describes his INTERVIEW IVITII SAN-KO•LIN-SIN. tine dismounted in order to cross to him, and directly we did so the soldiers fell upon us, tore off several of the things we had on, dragged us across the canal, and hurled us prostrate on the ground before the Prince. The moment the Prince gave me an opportunity of speaking to him, which he did by asking me •my name, I at once clearly informed him who I was, and of the whole 'Character of my mission ~to Tung-chow, adding that I was returning to my ambassador when I was stopped by his troops. I was proceeding with a remonstrance against the treatment I was receiving, when the Prince interrupted me.by saying, " Why did you not' agree, 3 esterday, to settle the audience question ?" "Because I was not empowered to do so " 'I replied. The Prince then continued to talk in a very forbidding tone. " Listen ! You can talk reason ; you have gained two victories to our one. Twice you have dared to take the Peiho Forts; why does not that content you? And now you presume to give out (the Prince here alluded to the proclamation of the Commander-in- Chief) that you will attack any force that stops your march on Tung-chow. I am now doing that. You say that you do not direct these military movements, but I know your name, and that you instigate all the evil that your people commit. You have alio used bold language in the presence of the Prince of I, and it is time that foreigners should be taught respect for Chinese nobles and ministers." I endeavoured to ex plain the mistakes of the Prince ; told Lim distinctly what my functions were ; that I had come to Tung-chow by express agreement with the Imperial Commis sioners, and solely in the interest of peace, and I again begged him to show the same respect to an English flag of truce that we had always paid to those so repeatedly sent in by the Chinese. The Prince, however, simply laughed at.all this, and going towards a house that was close by, directed the solditrs to bring me after him. On arriving at the house, I was again thrown on my knees before him, and the Prince asked me if I would *rite for hint Having asked what it was that he iVislicd Me to. Write; lib write to your people, -and tell them to stop the attack." "it *Mid be use less for me to do so," I replied; "pia I cannot control or influence military movements in any way. I will not deceive your .highness by leading you to suppose. • that anything I might write would have such an effect." "I see you continue obstinate," he said, "and that you will be of no use to me." tlien hord i hini ;ire 4it'ectietis, to take Mr. Loch, he . rcif self t; litiircd 6f I; bdt td condtict es6di•Liiito Chang-ked4laii. [While waiting in a tent for some time, two officers of San-ko-lit-sin's suite conversed with Mr. Parkes to the same effect—saying he ought to stop the attack, & e . They were then taken in a rough jolting cart to Tung chow, there dragged before a mandarin and questioned, dti6 thfiii - dratted oft us if for etecution by a, party Of ccited soldiers, and then suddenly hi,r ed aff./ oon we, found ourselves again on the Pekin road, and .suffering pinch f iruore than, before frAom SoltMg,of the art;, as;we conlsi not Aim Joe our. hands or arms to ward off the shackii. re ;:_ , oi4id se tliat Fe were, in the charge of Tsing Tajin, the officer already descrithtd as being on the suite of the Prince of I ; and our first soli citations for relief from pain and thirst afforded him so much cruel gratification, that we made no second appeal to his humanity. Fortunately one of the four soldiers itt the Cart with its Was less relentless, and gave us a little Water; The streets Wete tiro ?dad with people, and ottr,6piera made the best Usti ovid (if its ti) give their return ,the 61)31 . .04,dt • After We bad been gept walking a,dense crowd for, ldegt. I Was taken ftoni the ca#, and carried before a tribunal coniposed dt e aniiner Of sniall rank, who made me kneel, and after treating nie iii ii very tyrannical manner, and questioning me on a few unimportant points, they loaded me with chains, and gave me over to a number of rufflanly-looking jailers. _ . . . At last we stood before a building, whicli I could see was d i doninton prisop and at the massive door opened and aoged 611: me, fednd nlyeelf it throng or scitenty or wild-lookingeighty piisonerg, most ot,tbout.,tiffensitp in t l he etrenn; i t ri s6on - i disease and dirt; Arid Wlio Were naturally a:niiotis to gaze on the new-comer. [Ho was placed on a board and &fined 40wn.1 ANOTII ER EXAMINATION. Being exhausted with fatigue and want of food, which. I had not tasted fOr. upwards of twenty-four hours, I fell asleep, but Was soon made sensible of my position by being balled tip and again carried before the same board Ofinquisitots. It *as then abont midnight, but the hour • ol did not,preve i nt t 4 . ection of a large efoifti, composed ; lioweVr.'r, t this iti4ant)e; of 06116e-riinners, Janes:, ' tors, and the other inimefais ili - i-Jiiffc;tlS effChinese law. The mandarins, as I was placed kneeling in my chains before them, warned me that they would force the truth from me if I did not give it willingly ; and, in proof of their earnestness, they ordered four tor turers to seise me, even before they began to put their questions; by the ears and the hair of the head and fade: • T,lll ,first asked ,rile If I *et.e a Chinese. told tiledi.tlicy had tiiil - 37.ttiliidlirit hair to see that I was Jiot:.• , Their next questions related tq my age, tength, of, residence in China; bow and where I had been employed, &c. They then proceeded as follows i _lnquisitors ,—State the name of your headman. Answer' one do you mean ; the Ambassador, Genefal, of Addiiral linqtlisitors ` , angrily)—Yon have no such functionaries. I)net presume to rise steli titles. Here the torturers suited their action to the tone of the mandarins, by pulling simultaneously at my hair, ears, &c. Inquisitors—Now give the name of your head man. Answer—Which one? Inquisitors—Tho head of your soldiers. Answerin Englishy—Lientenant-General Sir Hope Grant, Inquisitors—What I' Answer (in English)--- - - - Liententint. , General Sir Hope Grant. Inqiiisitors Say soniething that We gad. understand. Ans*er i I Mil dtiligtd id use the 14nglish terms as you will not let Mb gii'e yoti these iii Chinese. - They attempted to write dawn, in Chinese sounds, "Lieutenant General Sir Hope Grant," but not streededing they asked the narilea . another head Irian. ..,A.iis*Ct; (in English) :AnihasSiddi . Eitraohlinary the Rift df Illnin. Finding it equally impossible to write this down in Chinese, or • to get on with the examination, they told me I might revert to Chinese names and titles, and I then gave them those of the ambassador and the commanders in-chief. Inquisitors: flow many soldiers have you ? Answer: . Not less than 20,000 fighting men. . . Inquisitors That is false. (Torturers .cluieheeme as before.) Repeat how many. Answer ; Not less than 20,000 fighting Om; in Ithich I do nut ioqlude followers, 6.;c. .I•lidVe stated that once to yoii, add hafe iio abet answer to give. Here I was again threatened, both by mandarins and tortnresr, but deeming .it ddngerous ; to swerve from any statement I had once made, I adhered to that which I had already ~ r iven them, and it was taken 'down. Inquisitors : How many soldiers have the French ? Answer : lam less acquainted with their force, but they cannot have kis than 10,000 fighting men. ingitisitors 'YoU are Tying again. The same ques- Lien was repeated and enforced br the torturers, but I returned thb sddie atilWer, and it ttas noted down. I then apliiinCd that &Mg tilyseg a Eifillati t diAld not be expected to be familiar with military Matters, dr to know all the particulars of so large an army as the present combined force. Inquisitors—So lat'ge an army do you call it. What arc 30,000 men ? They arc a mere•nothing. They then proceeded ,to examine me iu [e same strain as to the :nuir: her of our cavalry and artillery, ships, steamers, horses, Chinese coolies, &c., and in particular of the range of our field and siege guns, which I gate theth at three miles and up*attls, together with other particulars of their destructive properties. Bat the remark which probably gave them most dis pleasure, and caused me some pain at the hands of the torturers, was the use on my part of a term fur her Majesty denotinc , equality of rank ,with the Emperor. They had inquired after our "Prince," to which I had replied by stating • that .we had many princes both in England and India, but that they were all under one sovereign, as in the Case of the empire of China. " What do you .mean by using such language?" they said. "You have yourself shown that you have been long in China—that you can speak our language and read our books; and you must know; therefore, that there is but one Emperor, who rules over all lands. It is your duty to communicate your superior knowledge on this subject to your countrymen, instead of encouraging them in their extravagant ideas. They then insisted that I had often been at Pekin—that I had confederates there, and that they . would force me to reveal their names. I firmly denied this, and told them that . I knew but three persons in Pekin. Inquisitors: Name them: Answer: The two imperial commissioners, Prince of.l and Muh yin—and the assistant commissioner liang-ki. I made this reply ,in the hope of disarming their suspicions, hick I could see were very strong On this pohit ; and the idea that through our Chinese coolies, or in some other way, we had set treason at work within the wails of the capital, was one which evidently gave them con siderable apprehension. Towards the close of the examination, throughout which I was compelled to remain kneeling on the stone floor, I obtained their permission to make a statement on my own account. I then told them why I and the other gentlemen of my party had come to Tung-chow; that we were all employed in the cause of petite, and not of war; but, although acting under a flag of truce, and admitted to interviews with the Imperial Commissioners, we had been seized and were now being treated, not even as prisoners of war, but as common felons, and as offenders against Chinese law. I was urgin g that this great, and to me unac countable, mistake should not be persisted in, when they interrupted me by saying, "That is your account, but we have another story. Besides, if, as you state, you are a civilian, and have nothing to do with soldiers or their movements, why are you always seen with the advance ?" To this I answered, that we always kept an interpreter in the front, to be ready to receive over tures or communications from the Chinese authorities, and to look after the interests of the people. The exa mination ended, I was ordered back to prison. [ln his interview with the President of the Board of Punishments he found the same ignorance of foreign countries. His fellow prisoners were kind and respect ful to him ; 'most of them were burglars and murderers.] In the prison roll, which was hung up ou the wall, I found myself returned as "a rebel," and that I was one of five, out of a total of seventy-three, who were ordered to wear the heaviest chains. On the 22nd of September I was removed from the common prison to a separate ward, about eight feet square, on the opposite side of the court, the four jailers appointed to watch me crossing at the same time, and putting up in the same little room. This was scarcely done when I received a visit from the inspector of the prison, who, instead of making me kneel before him, as he had done on previous visits, desired me to be seated, and introduced another mandarin of small rank as his relief. Their object was to endeavour .to induce Mr. Parkes to open negotiations ; but in this they were unsuccessful. INTERVIEW WITH HANG-ICI. [The 'first interview with Ilang-lti merely disclosed an effort on the part of the Chinese to induce Mr. Parkes to open negotiations. The scCotid interview was very interesting.] On the 26th Bang-ki came to the prison, and I quote from a note made at the time the following summary of our conversation : At about 2 p.m., 26th of September, received a visit from llang-ki, attended by two Prison Inspectors, Gan and Choo Laou-yay. I first spoke about being put in the same prison with Loch ; a small request, and easily granted if they wished to show us any humanity. Jiang-ki followed with a long speech. Grand Councils had been held, he said, on the subject of foreign rela tions. It was considered that the hostilitidof the allies are very different on this to all previous occasions, as by advancing on Pekin they are attacking the Emperor him self, and not, as heretofore, the Emperor's Viceroys. The Emperor is therefore on his defence,.and must fight for his throne and dynasty . . I reply that the conclusion of peace is a very simple matter, and might be managed at any moment. All that is necessary is that both parties should sincerely wish for it.' There can be no doubt as to the desire of Great Britain to be at peace with China. What has Lord Elgin come all this great distance for but to make peace ? But any peace that we conclude must secure to us our rights and national honour. The refusal of China to admit the principle of equality in her relations with foreign countries is the source of all the troubles that have come upon her. Had it not been fur those unreasonable pretensions, to which foreign powers will no longer submit, she would not have seen foreign armies within her borders, and would have saved the - large sums paid as inamnities. It is of no use, said Hang-ki for me to return to, the Prince of Kung with a set speech. Business presses, and I doubt whether I shall be able to see you again. Have you nothing else to say ? Do you still reuse to suggest a plan? Here the prison Inspector, Gan Laon-yay, interposed the remark that I ought to write a letter. Yes, said Hang-ki, write to your Am bassador, or to Mr. Wai3e, engaging that the mandarin who takes the letter shall be well treated, and that there shall be a cessation of hostilities. I replied that it was quite out of my power to say any thing about the discontinuance of hostilities, and that were I to make such a proposal it would be wkolly use less, as it would have no effect upon the proceedings of the English ambassador. As to your menace, I know that I am in danger as long as I am .in your hands, because it is no uncommon thing for the Chinese to deal cruelly with their prisoners, or even to take their lives. But while I should prepare for the worst, I know also that my fate will be determined, not by your will, but by that of God. On the other hand, it is for you to bear TtIE DAILY TIMES, MOND,. in mind that, altbouzh pia would do the allied force but little injury by killing the few prisoners who have fallen into your hands, you would by such an act bring down upon yourselves a terrible vengeance. I also reminded Ilang-ki of the different treatment which he face,irpcl when detained as a yisoner by the allies at Canton in 18,t8. lle said,„ "Y ou be in no danger during did ileit trid threo f 1: PRINCE KUNG—IMPROVED TREATMENT: • Two days afterwards, the 28th of September, Hang ki again appeared, being accompanied on this occasion by a mandarin named Sung, whom he introduced as an officer attached to the Prince of Kung. The Prince, , I,fang-14 said, had heard of the private visits which he had paid nie ott. theAri4.•andgoth ; and had sent for him in order that he might hear Liarig.. l 7l'S ,a,e;, , e4rit of all that had passed between us. The prince wholly dis: approved of the manner in which I was treated, a!d attributing this injustice to San-ko-fin-sin and the Prince of I, declared his intention of following a very different policy to that of the latter. "having now the direction of foreign affairs," said . the Prince, " I shall take my gr..' course. Therefore go to Mr. Parkes and tell him O l af h alla/I ‘ ll , lretnov i ettp good quarters, and that he shall not,haVe_ to complain ,of Iris trea;raettt now that he is. in my hands., Let , there ; be to wri,te orders, but take,the officer Sung with you in proof tbat.you arq actin by piar.directimp" After a suitable reply from Mc.•ktrliek Hafrrig-lci said to three mandating Were with hiiri3 " lestp ; he declares that his nation will act according .0 jtstice. Take off his chains !" [ln several subsequent interviews Bang-ki tried to induce Mr. Parkes to write at once_ to Lord Elgin to make peace. Mr: Parkes disclaimed all influence in the Matter: They *ere also desfroas that Mr. -Parkes stead write that fit had Heed treated with kindness. Mr. Parkes atio deCtin'ed this as he svgs st2il detained in the common prison. The next day both,liC and Mi. Loch 1.1.4t&v6d N;iliere r thpi,rqciVed ;3'4) good food, beds, &c., and wei:e 1 As soon as he had seen us located in our new qnaiie n rfr . , . I gave him, according to my promise, the following note:— "The Chinese authorities are now treating Mr. Loch and rrtystif well, and we are informed that this is done bI diteetion Of the Plitite of liung, We are also told hy,.piefq WWI liis Iffabno4 is d maxi of decision and I great intelliaence; auf, I trust ,ihaiVnder these Warm stances hestilities,m4 q. t eniporaKly siisp`ended id give . Bppe'rtiitlty for, negqiiition.", i , ~ , , Sept. 30.—One of headHang-kis. ier4aar; derivffed; in the name of the Prince of Kung, d large' present of fruit and confectionary. [Hang-ki came afterwards, and had long conversa tions with Mr. Parkes, but all going over the old ground, objecting to our march on Pekin, &c. They blamed Sari-ka-lin.sin and the Prince of I, and admitted that the drrest of the prisoners teas treacherous. In subse quent intertiews, the fettei?.i tram Mr. Wade to Parkes were delivered by the Chinese.] Oct. 6.—Hang-ki called at noon. He had been up the whole night, he said, with the Prince of Kung, discussing the provisions of the Treaty of 1858, and the proposed contention. The Prince of Kung had determined to accept both, and to give up the prisoners in three aye time on the condition that both the all iii . i tgo . thiatee &reds , girould fall back a few 11 mile* an thus place Kink mstdried lietrleeri each other. The Prince now wanted me to Write to yetir lordship to this effect, and he also wished explanations from me on several poll's in both treaty and convention, particularly in respect to the resident Minister, the pa,fnlent of indemnities, and the evacuation of the places held 14 the d/lied troops . . 4 I again pointed out how useless it was for me to contititie td write notes to your lordship, and repeated my objections to tieing made the medium of proposing that our troops should fall back from any position they now held before or near Pekin. It was equally useless for me, I also said, to discuss the treaty or convention; but, in order to gratify the Prince, I gave such explanations on some points as I felt at liberty to make, while con others I merely referred him to your lordship. I then wrote a dote in Chinese to Mr. Wade, stating that I had been irifdinled lii the Chinese authorities that they intended to send back the vthdle of the prisoners on the Sth instant; that their ttootis had direddy bear directed to fall back ;. and that I trusted there would no lodger he ocettsion for ours to advance. I also gave Hann-ki, at his particular request, a note, stating, " If Mr. Loch, myself, and all the other prisoners, are sent back in a proper manner, the English Government will take no revenge. As far as I understand the present position of affairs, the British Government do not intend to make fresh de mands upon. the Chinese, if the latter agree, without any exception, to the provisions of the treaty of 1858, and the itis t idsed e9nYention." October 7.—At daybreak this marring we heard the sound of a' cannonade, which lasted for a few . ' minutes and then ceased. We anxiously. looked for the next morning, and felt some relief when no cannonade was heard as daylight broke. sending to Hang-ki's house, we learned that he had returned home at three a.m., and would be with us shortly. He came at nine, and the glimpse obtained of his countenance, before he had put on the look he wished to assume, showed considerable dejection and anxiety. He explained to us why he had not returned yesterday. " I left you full of concern," he said, " as I knew that the city and your lives were both in danger. Had the city been assaulted; the first cry raised by the soldiers would have been, " Away with the foreign prisoners !" When I inquired for Prince Kung, I found that he was too far off for me to hope to reach him. I therefore despatched a note, proposing that you should be given up at once, on conditiqn that the foreign troops should retire from Yuen-Ming-Yuen, which they hal begun to plunder. At the same time I received an invitation from Mr. Wade, to meet him outside the Tih-sing gate at. four. ..o'cloci in the after noon. .1 went, awl we had a long discussion. Ile demanded not only the immediate surrender of the pri soners, but also one of the City gates, and he' handed me this letter, in which yon see he states the same in writing. It is quite impossible to comply with such a demand, and what, therefore, can be done under such circumstances ?" I read the note, which ran in the names of the allied Commanders-in-Chief, demanding the liberation of all the prisoners'who had been seized, and the'delivery into their hands of one of the gates of the,city, as a precau tion against further acts of perfidy on the part of the Chinese. I could only tell Ilang-ki that this step was rendered necessary by their previous acts of bad faith, and that the allies could no longer put any trust in them. It was useless to hope that the allied generals' would alter their determination when they had once taken it, nor did I see any course open to the Chinese except compliance. At this moment the prospect before us seemed darker than ever, but llang-ki, after some hesitation, relieved us from our suspense by 'remarking that he bad agreed with Mr. Wade that we should be given up to-day, as already promised, and that we should be sent out at four o'clock in the afternoon. At last, at two o'clock, he told us that all the prisoners had been assembled, and that we could take our depar ture. We were placed in covered carts, without being allowed to see each other, and were escorted by a large party of soldiers and mandarins through streets which wore a deserted appearance to the Se-che, or north western gate of the city, We soon saw, with thankful hearts, as those great portals opened, and then imme diately closed behind us, th it we were already free men, for our guard, not daring to follow us out of the city, had left to ourselves the pleasant task of finding our own way to the allied camp. I must not close this report without endeavouring to express my gratitude to your lordship for the firm and uncompromising manner in which you insisted, from the first, upon our surrender, and which, under the blessing of Divine Providence, has mainly contributed to our liberation. Nor should I omit to acknowledge the great debt I owe to my fellow-prisoner, Mr. Loch, for the warm support I invariably received from him when ever a moment of trial or of danger presented itself.—l have, Sit., HARRY S. PARKES. STATEMENT BY SIR HOPE GRANT, SHOWING HOW THE PRISONERS WERE DIVIDED, AND WHICH OF THEM HAVE DIED. " IST PARTY TAKEN TO HILL FORT.—Lieutenant R. B. Anderson, Fane's Horse, died on the 9th day of captivity, 27th of September ; Mr. De Norman, Attache of her Majesty's Legation, died on the 17th day of cap tivity, 6th of October ; 1 duffadar, Fane's Horse, re turned to camp on the 12th of October, 1860 ; 4 sowars, Fane's Horse, 1 died, 3 returned the 12th of October. Bedies of those who died brought in on the 14th of October, 1860. - " 2ND PARTY TAKEN TO HILL FORT.-1 French officer, died ; 2 French soldiers, 1 died, 1 returned 12th Oct.; 5 sowars, Paties Horoo, 1 diod, 4 roturnod 12th October, 1860. Bodies of those who died' brought in on 14th October, 1860. " 3RD PARTY TAKEN TO HILL FORT. —1 French officer, died ; Mr. Boulby, died on the seventh day of captivity, 25th September; Private P. Phipps, King's Dragoon Guards, died on the fourteenth day of captivity, 2nd of October; 1 Sowar, Ist Sikh Irregular Cavalry, died on the 9th day of captivity, the 27th of September; 1 duffadar, Fane's Horse, died the sixteenth day of cap tivity, the 4th of October, 1860 ; 2 sowars, Fake's Horse, returned to camp on the 14th of October, 1860. Bodies of those who died brought in on the 16th of October, 1860. " 4TH PARTY TAKEN TO HILL FORT.-1 French officer, 2 French soldieri, 4 sowars, Fane's Horse. Died in captivity; bodies brought in on the 17th of October, 1860. " PEKIN PARTY.—Mr. Parkes, Mr. Loch, 1 sowar, Ist Sikh Irregular Cavalry, 1 French officer, 4 French soldiers. Brought back to camp on the Bth of October, 1860. "MlSSlNG.—Captain Brabazon, Abbe Duluc (French missionary.) Believed to have been beheaded in the Tartar camp during the battle of Palichau, on the 21st of September, 1860." LETTER FROM LORD ELGIN.—TIIC following letter from Lord Elgin to the Lord Mayor (then Mr. Alder man Cubitt), was published on Saturday •—" Pekin, Nov. 1, 1860.—My dear Sir,—As you took an interest in my mission to China, you may be pleased to hear from me that I am actually at Pekin, and that peace is concluded between Great Britain and this country. China is now opened up to Christianity and commerce, and if foreigners, both authorities and private indivi duals, conduct themselves towards the people of the country With consideration and fairness, I hope that all the advantages gained by the British Treaty of 1858, and supplemented by the British Convention of 1860, will be retained, whatever dynastic changes may take place in the empire. I hope soon to see you in London, and am, meanwhile, yours very truly, ELGIN AND KIN CARDINE.. Mr. Alderman Cubitt, M.P. for London." — A letter from Lord John Russell to the Lord Mayor communicated the news of the treaty of peace the per vious evening. Colours were presented to the Hampshire Volunteers at Romsey on Thursday. Lord Palmerston was present at the subsequent banquet, and remarked that every man, whether in the army, navy, or militia, who served his country in this happy land, was a volunteer, although we had been accustomed to think of the volun teer force as differing too essentially from those other military and naval arrays by which the country is to be defended. He referred to the part which civilians took in the Sepay mutiny as a great encouragement to the Civilian volunteers of this country. (BER 81, 1860. T i VA R OR: At hut w •se an iron frigate afloat. The Warrior, the drat of t new ships of a re-constructed navy, was SaturiLY smiled at Blackwall. True, she is not yet fitted k • ft;is tot of mune run her measured mile, or had n alt Uteaittiiig qualities tested as the more f, o Freficli h Tint as this enfant • of France is floating in il4M4tefirinean; and ass .. , naot carry more than three days' coal; it is satin •cy to think that the Tower of London and Westo Abbey are for the present at least safe from Mack of our "good friend" across the tt trot bcett for the delays which have taken place i tii t e of the Warrior by the contractors, too, might . by 1,12 i 0: 1 66 h . a ., 7e11 . 2d glowing repoi ••; sea-going qualities of an armour clad frigate, ,-• ly of the apprehensions of timid Englishmen rig•;; been allayed. It is gratifying to find that the Th •;-: Works Company have, after ' repeated disal . at length advanced so far with I the woric:•7s tc le hull of the new frigate being I launched e4en iL ►&ate: Iron-plated ships I have no ,• . •.w become tot naval In the old Sais 7 ; M e te ; Vaial l, rai gieat icsuits w6re ! aelJded 113 tVC re,aii9as 7141 . 0 i. have now come to be regarded a, / ati4 gip'op-riu l n's;" the old 24's and 32's, h ave shattered many d 48oden armada, are thin,: the past ; guns firing 13-inch shells, Paixhan's n 3, shells filled with molten iron, which spread ruing contents over the timber decks, .or• deadly co/I-. stibles, which explode on con cliSsitsni and scatter. ~ ath and destruction between' decks after #ds., , ikit,'-f- rgh the framework ; 68-pOunder solid shOt &a ` oitifinndkairtnutds weight, fired from the Armstrony iii** man deaf inge nious akiiiinets lea(); htirningi or destroying the cr. .11- shlpS, Isa4e irjrioyeAer defensive measures necessar: When it is found that some Go liath of the ocean, )in his invulnerable iron armour, can employ with in , ty all these means for destroying his unarmed and i tested opponent, it would be &Ames to oppose ships to such an unequal con ' test. 'Fe* the iiitert 'peace, not less than for saf e ty id 14r, - th'efe radst riethel reconstruction of the The !nod oh qind6 of 4 1 / 6 aiving protection for. fighting ship's' ie t. th'erri Vaal' iron: Plates of iron an lath /n thick ill 614 keep Oht the shells, but they will be pciti• te,g4tYst the h i caVY shot, and something more is re., I tot p'rott'etioi against the heavier " bolts" of wa, he French Government have taken off the upper e : of their three-deckers, and plaited the lower pot of the hull with iron plates, four inches and a half ;: thickness, and the result is the Gloire. In so do y• they have made the best use tfosstlilc of their exisrii "hips ; but the work of recon struction of the rtrttl i tlt deferred for a few years. Strengthen them as the. th timber ships will not sustain any lengthened r, .i.od the enoimOds strain upon them, for the working of . eir machinery and the weight of their armour. TIIE IRON-CLAP SHIPS OF FRANCE. A great deal is said of y ~,,t is being done, or about to be done ; in France, and/ conduct of the French Goverdrilerft is held ma a xample for our Admiralty to follow. A Writei"ri k udoort says that, by May next, the French w )d rifled gains behind float ing armour plates, 1. similar to the Gloire, and 100 iron-clad gunb ,float. In the Independence Beige we are told thre .e iron-cased frigates are to be laid down in the Fren. .ckyards. These, it is said, in addition to the ten nor :Iding and the three already launched,will giire a tOt4 sixteen. The new frigates are to be ready for sea on P.: f January, 1802. Never was there a ship that has h the fortune, good or bid, of being the subject of so t3l) vaunting as this famous La Gloire; it has, Wq a , old, beaten the Algesiras in a trial of speed, full and half steam power, and is, like everythi . inch, when seen through certain descriptions ( - a perfect marvel of naval architecture and sum i. ineering. One correspon dent, in the height e co, 'rusiasin, declares she is "e9ual to the Great I in her sailing qualities." It is not improbable t' more impartial critics might think, as the sharehol, of the great ship have learned to their cost by this ti hat some other qualities are required in a ship besi• ia t o f steadiness in the water. The'power of resisting and tear is as necessary in a ship of war as in a mon steam vessel ; and it yet re mains to be seen how tL wide of the French navy will behave after she has h , some months at sea. La Gloire is, after all, but tir 'd wooden hull covered with armour plates. She is , ioubt, a great advance on the old timber ship in. ;. aver of resistance to shot and shell, but she cart, y in her timbers;. while her rival, the Warri4 iron ship throughout, and it may yet be that in this matter of iron armour ships • to r ea lly lost nothing by waiting to see of experiments made by our neighl;,,e,.. The panic respecting these ships is, like most others, founded on exaggeration The fleet of sixteen shies sinks to rather less dimensions when one condescends to particulars. In this list we apprehend there will be found to be included the Ton nante, Devastation, Lare, Foudroyante, and Congrue, which arc the same floating batteries as were tried at Kinburn during the Crimean war, and to these we/ could oppose an equal number of the same description of bat teries, which were built in so much haste at the same time as the French ships. They arc of the class of the Trusty, and are worthless except for the defence of river mouths or places which can be commanded in smooth water. We may therefore dismiss these from notice. Next we have this much talked-of La Gloire, launched and equipped, and the only one which has yet been tried at sea ; La Normandie, built at Cherbourg, launched, but not fitted for sea, nor provided with its armour plates. There is the Invincible, building at Toulon, Ind the Couronae at L'Orient. These arc but 252 feet in length, 55 feet of beam, and 900-horse power. Against these there are the Warrior and the Black Prince, each nearly twice the size and. tonnage of the French ships, and built throughout of iron; and a third ship has been commenced at Chatham, said:to be of still greater power. The Warrior and Black Prince will be ready for sea by the tir that the French have two fairly equipped. Then the Fr • have four others,the Paixhans, Peiho, Saigon, and Pa - small floating batteries, now building at Bordeaux, feet in length, 471 breadth, 21 height, and 33 feet water. No great progress has been made with 1,!:t. `teries, and as a match for these our Admiralty a • ime since called for ten ders for three more iron- 01 frigates, and which but for some necessary alti , t. ~ons in the details would by this time have been in loird. When finally accepted wo may fairly back the The', a Iron Works Company, Mr. Laird, of Birkenhead; !Y- - •lsrs. Napier, of Glasgow; Messrs. Palmer, of New do ; Messrs. Westwood, of Millwall, and others to the work out of hand as rapidly as M. Annan, of ideaux. Then the French Government have two stea:, ms building—the Magenta at Brest, the Solferino at )rient ; these are of 1,000 horse power, length 281 f breadth 50 feet; but these are matched by the Rey , lee and the Defence, now nearly completed, and be ready for launching in a few weeks. The Res ice has been built at Mill wall, and the Defence by ssrs. Palmer and Co., of Newcastle. So far, there , , s ships actually complete, or in progress, as distingui, d from thop in nnbibns, are concerned, the difference ietween the two navies is not so alarmingly on the sid• of France as is generally supposed to be the case. If here is to be another re construction of our navy, i as well that it should be carried out upon the best ~ eni that can be devised, and in the long run it wi ..obsibly be found to be a wise and prudent measure wait to learn something respecting the sailing and i 7 qualities of the Warrior before we transform our n into ships of that class. THE HULL AND . E FORM OF RIG. The shell of the Warrio. built entirely of wrought scrap iron. The keel, or p. tion to which the ribs arc bolted,. is formed of immense Jabs, 3 feet 6 inches deep, and 11 inch thick; the ;- , s which spring from this are wrought iron T shaped lams, mad e in joints of 5 feet in length by 2 feet in . )th. They are placed 3 feet 8 inches apart, except a distance of 10 feet on each side of the keel, where .!y are bolted at half this distance apart. The main an) upper decks are of iron, covered with timber, and ti s glop deck is of timber. Tho decks are supported by wrought iron girders of enormous strength. Ah 'he entire length of the vessel, from stem to stern: 'sere are solid wrought iron beams placed at in: !s of 5 feet inside the ribs, and these again :. strengthened by cross girders. The bows and stem the ship are divided into twenty-seven water-tight cc rtments, and arc shut off from the engine-room and .ting part of the ship by wrought iron transverse bill ads. As the armour is not intended to cover the whole. . the ship, these compact ment_q will afford increased s , rity. They may be riddled with shot in every direction itliout wet:clog bet ttarucy -nay, even were the bows : td stern shot clean away, the centre would still remain floating battery, 210 ft. in length, 27ft. in depth, and t. wide. The armour of the frigate consists of plates oft ,mered iron four inches and a half thick. The tests ap ed to the plates famished by the builders of the Wv :or were of the most trying character; as shown by le effects on the Sirius. Some plates were fired a' th 6S-pounders, at 200 yards distance, and were liten:' ;gut in half by balls fired one after another on a line sn on the surface, each ball striking immediately be' is predecessor. Upon some other plates the ball mad. circular indentation nearly as deep as the plates, exo.,. • of the form of the projec tile, and as though a m d bad been taken of it in some soft and yielding stance. It was only after repeated trials that it WitS led that the plates should be of annealed scrap ire aly one row of the plates has yet been fixed on >el's side; it is the lowest tier, and on a level n . water-line. The weight of the whole of the p' 'uld have been little short of 1,000 tons, and it msidered advisable not to add this weight to ip before launchin g , lest it might strain the on the "ways ." In the design and build of a nor there are some points which are open to gi etion. For the purpose of obtaining a high rati led, the bottom of the ship has been made nu: :mils the keelson, instead of having an even floor, ;: he case of the Great Eastern, and there is a very gets Incurrence of opinion among practical men that th, of this will be to give a de cided pitching motion . ship when under way. In the fore part, too, t is a vast amount of useless material in the shape - erhanging bows, figure-head, bowsprit, and other ors. The length of the ship being some 400 feet, Las 200 feet fore and aft, which acts as a leverage c. . its midship, and every foot and every ton weight innecessarily added at the ex tremity of bows mii-! .xereise •a prejudicial influence on the sea-going our. .2s of the vessel. In the case of " the Gloire" the: ,• so figure-head, and her bows form an obtuse ang a the level of the water, similar to our own smaller • 'oats. No doubt a handsome figurehead and fir. :led bows tend to improve the appearance of a s' this pleasing exterior is bought too dearly when tres from eighty to a hundred tons of extra b', be placed at what may be re garded as the mad of the lever of a steelyard. It was origins ed to give the Warrior the heavy rig of an eight . tip, but upon a re-consideration of the subject en decided to follow in this respect the baque-like .1 "the Gloire," the cross-jack and mizenyards :pensed with. If this rumour be correct, the eha)-- one decidedly for the better. TIIE DIMENF S OF THE ARMOUR PLATES. The Warrior ~ throughout an iron steamship of most extraordinary ,Irength, formed of plates -2 of an inch in thickness. The plates at the bottom or keelson, are 11 inch in thickness. Her length ever all is 420 feet, abgnt two-thirds of the length of the Great Eastern. Her length between perpendiculars is 380 feet ; extreme Og feet;, extreme depth, 42 feet. • Her tonnage '5.(3',15.7 tons, and she will .hove screw engines of 1,250 horse tWer ,s',antk there; With her Wilms and armaments, will give . a total YYekfl , 7 't of: eOusid &ably more than 10,000 tons. The hues' r,?ch' Vlach this frigate is built are exceedingly fine, both 101 1 d. alfti and it is antidipated that she will make..l4 knots an hour; so that, assuming the perform:me° of the Gleire has been correctly reported, and that, she really made 13 knots , and not miles, the Warrior will still be a faster resset The port holes of the Warrior are 9 feet abOe'cli c e ,ifiter thie f those of the Gloire being, it is said, eill) ma in' it rotag,:h sea could not be worked. This is n'sei'Y ihipbitant &attire in favour of our frigates. Add to AM . the f i abt that in' the Warrior and the Black Prince there tillf ii‘.4 tfouble• with respect to unseasoned or unsound timberi airthe effect of the shot will not tell upon •them so severely as it the case of the plated wooden ships of the French. An oxen/illation lately made.of the Trusty, one of our iron plated' froatin:i,butteries ; upon which experiments were tried, has heir timbal have been very much injured by • the severe .I:ll'ffreg, she underwent from the concussion of the shot from thb Armstrong gune The Sirius also, upon the sides of 4Weit some plate were fixed for the purpose of experiment, *dor! finally deciding upon the form to be given to those tit the Warrior, affords unmistakeable evidence of the shock to* her timbers. The plates fixed on to the Sirius were fired at saith oki 08-pound shot, and at a short distance; the plates stood shoch well, and many persons supposed that a shilicakd- sf?th' fhle would have 'been perfectly, protected against the Ore of MC bealiest sea ,ordnance. A close: . , of the' i ; nt odor, fiat - fever, has thormighlf anbh notion's W.Theias the shot penetrated, did it.osS'ed thiongli iron plate as well as the vessel's side, file IrfAY ant' has been actually less than when the penetration trot so complete. In those where the plates have successfully resisted the shot, the timbers behind are riven into lath wood, the bolts are drawn, and the massive timber knees of the vessel were, by the chock on the plate, destroyed. So complete has been the destruction of the timber work that the vessel could not be repaired except in a dock, and ifirqi thoroughly repaired a ship so struck would leak like a sites% .afft.l tiqiidly sink. The outer covering being,d iron it cot t lia! t impossible to repair her outs_ c; *bile it ,would he' hope s 4 to attempt to patch up her shatteited tinitieii: Vesicle; THE tAVNOFi o S'ATUR'DAt• The weather on Saturday td& got -iedyikipitihn's for the launch of the largest man-of-war In the Wald; nor was it of a kind calculated toinduce many peraot4 to take a trip to the bleak and uncomfortable promises at the Thames Iron Works, at Blackwell. Despite the frost and the cutting wind, however, several thousands were present oft the occasion, and among them a con siderable !Mintier of ladles: Sir John Lawrence from India'. Was there, General Peel; .t i le Minister of War under Lord Deri*s Govern'inerit, With Ijs Colleague, Sir John Pakingtott, /Ira Doi'd or the AdrOralty, who ordered the first batch of irOulllated i shilA, fhb Persian Aruba . sadors and their suite looking eitrernefy dOld sadly mystified, and somewhat timid ; Sir Geo'rg'e Lords of the Admiralty is irreverently termed; Mr. Peter Rolt, I,(r. Samuda, Mr. Woolaston Blake, of the firm of Watt and Co.; Mr. Penn, and many.other persons well known in various scientific and engineering professions. A plat form was erected tinder the bows of the ship for the Lords of the Admiralf' Oki the friends of the contrac tors, and a shed near the stern fa theascicommoclation of several hundred persons. The sides of the•ereek and every part of the yard and adjoining premises from which the hull could be seen was occupied by spectator's. The band of the Royal Artillery was in attendance, and played several popular tunes during the time that the necessary preparations were being made. Shortly after two o'clock tl;d arrangements had been so far. advanced as to leave bin trio or three supporting blocks at the bows to he coat allay. At about half-past two o'clock Sir John Pakington adiainced to the front of the platform and performed the amid tismal ceremony of breaking a bottle of wine on the ship's . bows, wishing, as he did so, "Success to the 'Warrior." This is the first time within our knowledge that a ship has been launched Without receiving the Christening wine from the hand of ono of the fair sex, and having the wish. for its success expressed by a lady's lira: We hope the future of the 'Warrior will not be affected If these unpre cedented circumstances. *Whether it was an Oct of courtesy on the part of the Lords of the Admiralty to permit the late First Lord to perform the ceremony, or whether they wished to show that the Warrior was none of theirs, and declined all responsibility for its success, was not stated. At all events, it was fitting that Sir John Pakington, who had, among other things, distinguished his tenure of office by the recon struction of the navy, by the application of screws to timber ships, should assist at the commencement of a second 'reconstruction, which promises to render value less all that has already been done. For sonic moments the 'Warrior remained immovable, the hydraulic pumps . were worked with vigour, till the cylinders were nearly burstin g , hundreds of hammers were wielded at the " chocks" of timber and wedges, ropes were strained, and blocks and pulleys urged the monster forward, and at length it moved, but most reluctantly. The grease on the " ways" was hardened by the cold ; the ship's cradles were frozen to their timbers, and, .after some four or five inches had been passed over, the ship came to a stand, and there were not a few present who remem bered-the launch of another great iron ship, and feared that there was to be a repetition of the same lingering, tedious process as that of the Great Eastern. The tide had nearly reached its highest point; in a few minutes it would be too late for that day. Accordingly a powerful steam-tug picked up a hawser from the stern, and with full steam tugged at the unyielding hull. Still there was no movement; a gun was fired from the deck in the hope that the concussion caused in the air would have some effect, the men on hoard the ship ran along the deck towards the bows ; the Artillery band even played a lively tune—but all in vain. At last the tug steamer was itself taken in tow by two others, and the three tugs at last dragged the mass of 5,000 tons cf iron a few inches down the incline. Slow and cautious the giant hull crept on; gradually, as if gaining con fidence, it moved less slowly, the timbers and ropes creaked beneath the enormous load and strain upon them; the speed grew every instant, till the sole piece first touched water, and then the hitherto inert Warrior rushed with a resistless bound from its birth-place to its future home, dashing the water into foam around and on either side, and appearing intent upon its own des truction as well as of everything which stood in the•way of its progress. A dozen hempen cables, seine of them a yard in circumference, run out at the bows and made fast to massive timber, sufficed to restrain the ship within bounds, land to bring it up before it had run its slender-looking sternpost on to the opposite bank. When these enormous cables swayed high in the air as the ship passed out of the yeti, and then, when they slackened fell heavily into the broken water, throwing up foun tains of white foam, one could not fail to he struck with the tremendous force in motion, and the enormous power required for its control. Stout yarns, which had lashed the cable at the port-holes to the sides of the ship, parted like burnt thread; the huge.hawsers, let loose, seemed as though they would carry with them every pile of timber that stood so near to the sides of the hull. As the Warrior passed down the. " ways" the bind played the National Anthem, and the spectators cheered lustily, not less on account of the success of the launch than of the opportunity which it afforded them of quitting the cold and cheerless positions which they hes° long, so uncoa fortably, but so patiently occupied. So far as we could learn, the whole proceedings pissed off without a casualty of any kind. There was a large attendance of police present. under the direction of Superintendent Howie, of the K division. COLLISION ON THE GREENWICH RAILWAY. On Saturday morning a collision took place on the line of the London and Greenwich Railway, between the "London markets train " and what is termed a "light engine," about 150 yards on the London side of the Greenwich station. The train in question is the first up train at this season of the year, and leaves the Greenwich terminus for London at 725 a.m. At the spot indicated there are points leading both to the up and down platform of the station. The up train, which contained but few passengers, chiefly traders for Billingsgate Fish Market, had just left the station, and was proceeding at the rate of about four miles an hour, when, in consequence of the fog, and the difficulty of observing the signals, it came into collision with the down " light engine," which had started from the Bricklayers' Arms station to bring up the ,second train from Greenwich, when in the act of crossing at the points referred to. Although it is stated that the engine was proceeding very slowly towards the station, the offoot of the collision was to knock off the buffer plank of the engine of the up-train, and inflict similar damage on the buffer plank of the tender of the "light engine." Some of the passengers are said to have been a little shaken, and some two or three to have received cuts and contusions, but very slight. J. Varney, the guard, was standing in front of his break at the time of the shock, and at the moment the handle of the break swung round and struck him a blow on the chest. He was much bruised. One of the engine drivers injured his back, but the other driver and the two stokers continued their work throughout the, day. Neither engine . was displaced from the line, and after the collision they both ran up to town and were placed in the locomotive shed for repairs. Although the occur rence .created considerable alarm amongst the passengers no one, as we were assured, was in any way seriously injured. The statement of the accident in the evening papers of Saturday night, "both the drivers and stokers narrowly escaped with their lives, the force of the col lision almost completely doubling up the engiiies and rendering them altogether unfit for service," is au exag geration. The royal mail steamer America; which sailed from Liverpool on Saturday, fur Halifax- and Boston, took ,£162,603 in specie. • LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRM.% RY.—Return for week endimr, December 29; 1860. Admitted : in-patients, 33 ; out-patients, 29; surgical casualties, 42. Discharged : cured, 11 ; relieved, and at own request, 5.; made out patients, 0 ; irregular, 0 ; dead. 6. Remain in the house, 176. Visitors : Messrs. IV. Ratlibone, jun., and Richard Brooke. Physician, Dr. Inman; surgeon, Mr. Long ; house 'surgeon, Mr. R. Harrison ; junior house surgeon, Mr. 11. G. Rawdon; chaplain, Rev. Edward Poole; treasurer, Mr.-Charles Wilson. Lisr OF PASSENGERS l'Elt S.S. CANADIAN, PROM PORTLAND.—Mr. G. White and lady, Mr. Alex. Thom, Mr. Robert Thom, Mr. W. D. Hamilton, Mr. L. L. Vigor, Mr. Genereux, Mr. John - White, Miss Isabella Drummond, Mr. J. Leishman, Mr. William Brown, Mr. J. D. Howell, Captain W. P. Serocold, lady, and child, Mr. William _Ross, Mr. B. Brennan, Mr. R. Smith, Mr. A. Crawford, Mr. Vivian and lady, Mr. G. V. Gerard, Mr. A. Lanter, and 24 steerage passengers. A variety of rumours having circulated as to the probable successor to the arduous and responsible duties so long and so ably performed by Sir William jollitie, we are authorised to state that the vacancy will be filled by Colonel Taylor, who will be assisted by 1110 4 . Whit more, M.P., and Mr. Gerard Noel,. M.P. for Rutland shire. It is almost needless to say that the appointment has received the unanimous approbation of the party.— .Eferald, THE TOWN COUNCIL. The niontlity and special Council will be held on Wednesday nell i the 2nd January, to take into consi deration and deterinctie upon the fbllowing subjects, viz. : The proceedings, resolutions, rfrAPiepbrfs IX the Finance Committee comprise the following tatnninetidations 'To increase the salary of Mr. E. Roberts, assistant clerk to the clerks to the magistrates, from £l3O to £.2oo'per I annum; the consideration of which was postponed at the last monthl/ Council, pursuant to the standing orders. To appoint Mr. ltohbit.Mason as an assistant book-keeper in the Treasurer's OfEbo, at a salary of £l2O per annum. and Mr. James Lewtas, cce4, at £2O per annum, the consideration of which was postpaittl at the last monthly Council, pursuant to the standing oriN.3, To increase the salaries of Mr. IL M. Hutton, chief clerk in the Treasurer's Office, from £2OO to £250 per annum Mr. B. J. Owen', second clerk, from £l3O to £l6O per annum ; land Mr. D. M. Brown, clerk and collect& from £l5O 2 to £l7s' per annum, the consideration of which was postponed at fhle last monthly Council, pursuant to the standing . orders. To commute the tine on the lease to Mr. Jonas Booker of prOptrty, Church-street and Post office-place, viz., £1,587 Bs. 4d., the consideration of which subject was postponed at the last monthly Council. Report on the probable income and expenditure of the iCornoration,for the year commencing Ist gept,, 1860, andrentlink*„. 311 t August next ; and consideration of the proprieff tit N'Otin t ,( l gratuities to the public charities, which granig, Fttd by the Council last year, were as follow : —The t_Asykil.s . aries, tlin 10s. ; the Northern Hospital, £100; the Sottllietir I/ospital, £100; the Royal Infirmary, £lO5 ; the C.:Ophthalmic Institution, £lOO ; the Refuge for the Destitute, £75 ;: Lire Ladies' Charity, £3O ; the Lying-in Hospital, VO; the District Provident Society, £100; the Hompepathic Dispcneery, £5O; the Strangers' Friend Society, £ 25 . The proceeclings, resolutions, and reports of the Watch, Lighting,. Vice Police, Fire Prevention, Hackney Carriage; Neon - Iwo, and Gas Committees, comprising— Letter train the Ifome Office, certifying the efficiency of the police force of flreteratrgh during the year 1859-60; recommendation that the gaiety of Mr. Cooptr, surgeon to the police force, be increased ItOtn) tiao to £l7O per annum. Proceedings, resolutions, and reports of ate Health Committee, Courts of Law and St. George's-hall Corn mitttee ; and the Markets Committee, comprising a re commendation to accept the tender of Mr. E. P. Jones, for great coats and waterproof capes ; the Education Committee, Gaol and House of Correction Committee, and fhc Townhall Establishment Committee. '!`'heis_, 'resolutions, and reports v." the Gar dteh§;- Libra'r3Y, anti Museum Committee, comprising --,ll4e'otmilbhdation that the name of Shaw's-brow be changed td thai of, William Drown-street, the considera tion of which subject Wais• postponed at the last monthly Council ; recommendation Mat re portion of the New Free Library and Museum be uppropriated, during the pleasure of the Council, for the exhibition , of it , ew inven tions and improvements of a scientific &matter,- under the management of the learned societies of the town ; recommendation to levy a library and museum rate, not exceeding Id, in the pound, under the provisions of "The. Libtlity and Museum Act, 1555." the ptoteedings, resolutions, and reports of the Water cottirthifee ; FArths'' Committee, and Improvement Com mittee. . The proceedings • lesolutkris f and reports of the Audit Committee, comprising N recommendation to increase the salary of Mr. P. S. Rlairid, the Corporate Auditor, from £3OO to £4OO per annum, th's , consideration of which was postponed at the last monthly Council, par suant to the standing orders. The Coroner's Account, amounting. to £79 16s. 4d, bale.—By order of the Court of Quarter Sessions, the coronet has been paid the sum of for fees on inquests held by hint bet - wenn the 24th day of October and the 7th day of December,- IMO. The Mayor's commanications. The following motions, of which notices have been given, by Mr. Alderman Bennett :—" That Mr. Henry Christie Beloc be ap pointed a member of the Improvement Committee." Dy Mr: JaMes R. Jeffery :—"That as the Council has not' decided that the new public offices shall he limited to accomm'otlation for the departments under the direc tion of the Health f Watch, and Water Committees, and as a majority of the gpeeial Committee appointed on the 9th of November last, to consider plans for new public offices, is of opinion that each limitation will be • insufficient to meet the exigencies of the ease, and be prejudicial to the public service, the resolution of the fith November last, appointing such Special Com mittee, be rescinded," By Mr. Alderman Parker : "That the galleries of St. Michael's Church be free to the public, as orris done in respect to the galleries of St. George's Church, in 1853." By Mr. Robert Hutchison :—That the following resolution, passed by the 'Council on the 9th NoveMber, 1860, he rescinded, viz., "That no member of this Council, except the Mayor for the time being. who is a member of the MerseT Docks and Harbour Board, shall be placed upon the Finance Committee." IVERPOOL POLICE COWL-SATURDAY. (Before Mr. B.Arrixs.) . TIIP, POOR-BOX. His Worship acknowlexige4 the receipt of £.5 from " H. P." for the poor -boy. CLEMEXTS GOING TO rA y Ins LICENSE. A tidy looking girl, named Catherine Tatlock, was charged by James Clements, beerhousc-keeper, Athol street, with stealing £3 from him. The comp?ainant, a respectable looking person,—said I was going to pay my license, and on passing through Arley-street I saw the prisoner. I went into the house with her and had a "beer," and soon after that I missed my purse. Mr. Raffles : Who took it ?- Witness: The prisoner. how do you know ? Why because the Mistress called for her petticoat—(laughter.) In answer to further ques tions, he said, he had the parse when he went into the house, and uo one could. have taken it except the prisoner, and she must have conveyed it out in the petti coat. (Laughter). He then went home, got more money, and paid his license. He went back to the house in the evening, gave the prisoner a quart of the best ale, and offered her 10s. if she gave him back the £3, hut she refused, and then he gave her in charge. Mr. Raffles : Did you know this woman before ? 'Here the wife of the complainant stepped forward, and looking at the prisoner with a smile that may well be imagined, cried out, " Yes, she comes to our house for ale, and that's the Way he knows her." The prisoner was remanded. A "SMASHER." A well-dressed young woman, named Catharine Goulding, was charged with having broken a square of glriss,'value £9, in the window of Mr. Walker's public house, London-road. At six in the morning the priso ner went to the house and asked for drink, but being already in a state " half seas over," she was refused. She then went into the street, got a stone and broke the window. She was fined £5 or a month's imprisonment. (Before Messrs. CASTELLAIN and BooTir.) CHEAP DRIVING. William Ramsay, the chief officer of the ship Nephon, was summoned by John Smith, car-driver for James Dowling, fur .C 1 car hire. It appeated that on Wednes day about one o'clock, the defendant engaged the com plainant to drive him and two females from one of the docks, and he continued to do so from that hour to eleven at night,. being ten hours. lie drove him to several public houses; to Berkley-street ; to Finch-street, and other streets, and at length he refused to pay the driver. The defendant did not appear, and the .magistrates made an order for the amount claimed. FURIOUS DRIVING. Samuel M'Donnell, horse dealer, was summoned by Police-officer 271, for furious driving. Mr. Cobb appeared for the defendant. The officer said on the 11th December, he saw the defendant driving furiously down Ranelagh-street, at the rate of about twelve miles , an hour, to the great danger of the public. Mr. Cobb cross-examined the witness at some length, and caused great laughter, in consequence of questioning him about a pony seventeen hands, and the like. The magistrates fined the defendant 10s. and costs. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (From the Illustrated Yews.) The will of the Duke of Richmond bears date March 19, 1850. His son, the Earl of March, now Duke of Richmond, is sole executor, to whom probate was granted on the 17th instant. The personalty is under £120,000. The will directs that all the books and family pictures in Gordon Castle shall be held in trust as "perishable moveables," according to the Scottish law. The books, plate, and family pictures at Goodwood, and also at his town mansion in heir 'lo'oms m . ppytland-place, are to be held as heir ms. The whole of the real and personal property is bequeathed to his son, the present duke. The deceased died at his residence, 51; Portland-place, October 21, aged seventy. The of Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., M.P. for Southwark-, of Murchistoun Hall, Horndean, Hants, and Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, dated. the 4th 'of December, 1818, was proved in the London Court of Probate on December the 12th, by his daughter, Eloisa Fanny Harriet Jodrell, and her huAand, the Rev. Henry Jodrell, M.A., chaplain to the Duke of Leeds, and Rector of Gisleham, Suffolk, two of the executors; power reserved to the Right Hon. Francis Lord Napier, of Thirlestane, Scotland. The personalty was sworn Jincler 430,000. Sir Charles disposes of his estate, real and personal, to his daughter. for her life, and after her decease to the Rev. Henry Jodrell ; and on the death of the last survivor of them the estates arc to devolve to their eldest son, on the express condition of his assuming the name of Napier, together pith the arms and crest of the family. The witnesses to the will arc C. B. Hibbard, solicitor, and J. C. Chandler, his clerk. A codicil, dated .i. 855, in Sir Charles's own handwriting, giyes an annuity of £lOO and the admiral's residence in Albemarle-street, with the furniture, to Mrs. Charlos Wilkins ; the annuity to descend to her children. The will of Sir 11. G. Ward s G.C.M.G,, Governor of Andras, and formerly Governor of Ceylon, dated in 1839 at Gilston Park, Hertford, named Emily, Lady Ward, and her brother, Rear-Admiral C. H. Swinburne, executors ; but both required the grant of probate, and on the 17th inst. administration, with the will annexed, was granted to Mr. Swinbourn - Ward, the deceased's son. The personalty iu England is under £5,000. Sir Henry died at Madras on the 2tid , Octoher last. His will leaves the whole of his property to his wife, to ber own absolute use. Sir Henry was forinbtly. a member of the House of Commons, and, for a while, Secretary to the Admiralty. . Nearly all the Cabinet Ministersareout of town The loss Cqmillu in the China Seas, with all hands, numbering 200 officers and men, is confirmed. A rapid thaw commenced in London during t'attirday night, and still continues, accompanied by "rain. Wind S.W. Mr. Loch, private secretary to Lord Elgin, arrived at Windsor Castle on Saturday, and had the honour of joining the'Royal circle at dinner.. It is stated in the Paris letter of the Daily _Yews that M. Thouvencl has written a diplomatic note to Austria in favour of Count Telvki. Le Nord states that the Cabinet of St. Petersburg has issued a vigorously-written letter, reminding the French Minister that the presence of Admiral Barbier De Tinan at Gaeta has the character of a veritable intervention. Le Nord says it knows, from a very good source, that the Emperor will withdraw his fleet in a few days. Early next term, the coroner implicated in the Road murder case, will show cause why a writ ad prelims inquir endum should not be issued. Sir F. Kelly is retained by the coroner. The Chinese official despatches are very voluminous, and till more than ten columns in each morning paper. The Times in a leader remarks that with the exception of the indemnity as to which Lord Elgin was probably bound by his instructions, it will be surprised to find any other item upon which, in our present state of informa tion as to the requirements of our commerce with the Chinese, it will be easy to raise a cavil. LATEST NEWS. (ivy BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) FRANCE. PARIS, Dee. 30. The Monitewr publishes a resolution of the• Minister of the Interior, authorising the Directors General' of his department to give a decision in any affair of minor importance. The Directors aencial will also constitute a superior council for deliberating on all important questions. This council will assemble twice a week under the presidency of the Minister of the Interior. The correspondent of the Herald says that the warlike preparations of France are on a larger scale than at the same period in ma. THE FRENCH FUNDS. PARIS, Dec. 29, 3.35 p.m. _ The Bourse has been very flat and inanimate. Rentes closed at 67f. 65c., or 10c. lower than yesterday. ROME. ROME (via MARSEILLES), Dee. 25. The party in favour of the annexation of Romo to Sardinia assembled at the Cathedral of St. Peter, on the 23rd instant, and made a demonstra tion. The Philharmonic Academy will be dis solved. A company is being formed for the pur pose of buying all the property which formerly belonged to the convents in the Marches and Umbria. WARLIKE MOVEMENTS OF PIEDMONT AND PRUSSIA. The Patric says that Piedmont is purchasing steamers in France to convert them into men-of- War and transports. A Berlin Niter states that, for some weeks past, large pure Mses of horses have been made in Eastern Prussia f tb.c French and Piedmontesc Governments. VICTOR EMMANUEL AT ANCONA, TURIN, Dec. 29', King Victor Emmanuel arrived yesterday at Ancona, and is expected here on :Monday next. The health of Farini is improving. 'Fite report that Farini had tendered his resigiraction as. Lieutenant of the King at Naples is prematuirc. GAETA. GAETA (via MARSEILLES), Dec. 25, Notwithstanding the rain and snow, the bom— bardment continues with great fury, some of the. shells reaching the most remote parts of the city.. Several inhabitants have been killed. The officers of the Royal troops have presented an address to the King, in which they promise to remain faith ful to his Majesty. NAPLES, Dec. 28. It is asserted that the French fleet has left Gaeta. The Italian ships of war are proceeding towards Gaeta. TURIN, Dec. 29. The Opinione confirms the news of the depar ture of the young Queen of Naples from Gaeta. For some time past Francis 11. has gone orb board a Spanish vessel every evening, and returns , the following morning to Gaeta. THE CABINET OF VIENNA AND THE POLICY OF BARON SCIIMERLING. VIENNA, Dec. 30. The official iVienner Zeitung contains the ap pointment of M. Mavarinch as President of the Provisional Court of Dicasterium, which is to be re-established for Croatia and Hungary. The• Austrian Gazette says it is asserted that Count Mennsdorff will be appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Baron Selmerling President of the Council of Ministers. The Vienna journals generally condemn trather than praise the circular of the new Minister.. The posts- of Minister of Commerce and Millis ter of Public Instruction, in the Cabinet of Vienna, remain vacant. Dispassionate politicians clearly see that Count' Rechberg and M. Von Schmerling cannot pos sibly pull well together. The Ostendentsche Past of to-day says : " According to reliable information Count. Rech berg has tendered his resignation, which, how ever, has not yet been definitively accepted.' HUNGARY. The Iranderer of to-day contains the follow- ing :—" It is positively asserted in high political circles that the Government has already weed, to the incorporation of the Servian Woiwoodssliatt. with lfungary. PESTIL, Dec. 29. According to official information an imperial resolution was taken yesterday, sanctioning the unconditional incorporation of the Worivorina with Hungary. ARAD, Dec. 29. On the occasion of the assembling of the con— gregation of Arad Comitat the city was splen didly illuminated. Public order was not dis turbed. The congregation continues its sittiDgs to-day. The number of members comprising the committee of the Comitat has been increased to. nearly 700, among whom are M.M. Deak andL Schoggiengi and several refugees. PESTU, Dec. 30. It was in consequence of the claims of the- Hungarians that the Emperor decided on sanc tioning the incorporation of the IVorivorina and the Banat with Hungary. The claims of the Servian nationally are to be brought forward by the Servian deputation, whose proposals will be submitted to the next diet in the form of royal propositions. HIS MAJESTY'S RETURN TO TURIN. RIN, DCC. 30. A Royal decree has been issued, ordering the dissolution of the Sardinian Chamber of Deputies, The King arrived here yesterday evening, aceetn , - panied by Prince Carignan and the ministers whoa went to Alexandria to meet him. His Majesty was received by the Municipality. The national guards were ttndcr arms. An immense crowd cheered his Majesty as he passed through the streets. The city was illuminated. The following appeared in our later editions of Saturday : TilE COURT. The Queen and Prince Consort, with Princess Helena,. went out sleighing in Windsor Park yesterday. Princess• Alice and Prince Louis of Hesse followed in a second' sleigh. • Prince Louis left Windsor for the Continent by a special train last night. His Serene Highness was accompanied to the station be the Prince of Wales. On Wednesday the Court will leave Windsor for Osborne, and on the 12th will return to Windsor. On the 4th of February the Queen will proceed to Bulking,ham Palace for the season, being at, a muck earlier period than usual. AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, Pei 29. The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Company's steamer City of Washington arrived here at midnight, with dates from New York to the 15th inst. She brings 137 passengers and the United States mail. From the 18th to the 26th she experienced strong gales and heavy seas. The Vigo and North Britain arrived oat. Passed Etna on the 7th, and Washington on thy 15th. General Cass, Secretary of State, has re signed his post, and his resignation has been accepted by the President. General Cass was induced to this course owing to an irreconcilable difference of opinion as to the propriety of rein forcing the garrison at Fort Montreal, in the harbour of Charleston : the General being in favour of sending additional troops there, while the. President opposed the measure. It is stated that the President, in view of the critical condition of the country, and in compliance with the suggestions of many associations and wate citizens, has determined to recommend the observance of the 4th of January next as a day of national humiliation, fasting, and prayer. NEW YORK, Dec. 15. The screw-steamer North Star, from Aspin wall on the sth, arrived at this port yesterday morning. .She brings upwards of 51,000,000 in treasure. Her adviccs have been anticipated by the overland express. The stock market was higher. New York Centrals quoted 72 to 72, after selling as high as 741 ; Missouri, 661, after selling at 654. Money easier on mercantile paper, though at Continued high rates. Exchange moved with • more freedom at 1031 ; at 101 for bank and bankers. Cotton was in moderate request at pre vious rates; sales 2,100 bales; middling Uplands, 10e, and ditto Gulf s , 101 c. Flour : A - moderate inquiry prevail e d f or St a te and Westerns, with prices in favou r o f b u yers. Wheat less abund ant and unsettled; demand restricted. Corn better. Provisions heavy and lower. Sugar in moderate demand and unchanged. Freights unaltered. Lqrd Clyde in thanking the officer commanding the London Rifle Brigade who formed a guard of honour on his lordship r eceiving the freedom of the c ity, s p ea ks of their soldier-like bearing, and hopes to see the regiment again. I E. scree the 'Lite d of and Biers o are w ho cou nt to ga r ; sucu F for a t of sanle L y by sus- , wan 3 'y, by before *A S jOth and undo' t ., tetgu from to 10 bet htoat• f the ,f the uring