The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-11-14 00:00:00

THE CHINESE EXPEDITION.

From the North China Herald Extra, of Sept.
16, we make the following extracts, which give
the latest intelligence regarding the progress of
the expedition :
"We have been put in possession of the following im-
portant and authentic intelligence from Tien-tsin brought
down by the Scotland, just arrived :
"It appears that all the terms proposed by the Eng-
lish and French plenipotentiaries as a preliminary to
the • exchange of ratifications had been agreed to by
the Imperial commissioners ; everything was sup-
Posed to be progressing satisfactorily, and Lord Elgin
Was to set out for Pekin on the 10th instant, with
an escort of about one thousand men only; but
finally Kweiliang, after several days' trifling and delay,
'declared that he had not power to sign the papers, the
contents of which had been agreed upon. Consequent
upon this Lord-Elgin intended proceeding at once (on
the Bth or 9th) towards Pekin, the army, with the
exception of the 3rd Buffs, who are about to return to
Europe, preceding him. Admiral:Jones only was to
accompany him, Admiral Hope remaining behind. It
is not known on what particular point Kweiliang has
grounded his objection, neither are the demands of the
allied ministers publicly known.
" San-kolinsin has been degraded, and his peacock's
feathers and yellow jacket taken from him. It is re-
ported by the villagers that he has a large body of
troops collected between Tien-tsin and Pekin, but not
much reliance is placed on these accounts.
" Pehtang, Tang-fur-ku, and all the adjacent villages
have been evacuatd, the fortified places alone being held
by the allies. They consist in most instances of small
detached forts stretching along the Peiho from Taku,
and again from Tien-tsin about five miles towards the
mouth of the river. The main forts at Taku are being
*systematically and effectually destroyed.
" The army marched from their camp about three
Miles south of Tien-tsin on the morning of the Bth (the
date of our intelligence), on their way to Pekin ; and it
Will take them five or six days to reach it, the distance
being about 60 miles. The native inhabitants do not appear
at all effected by the presence of the army, and pursue
their usual occupations with great nonchalance, and not
the slightest ill-feeling is exhibited by them, and on
some occasions, seeing our artillery proceeding over
difficult spots of ground, they have willingly assisted in
dragging the guns along.
"The English and French forces do not seem to
amalgamate, but keep quite distinct from each other,
Which appears to be satisfactory to both parties. The
losses sustained by the Chinese are reported from 1,000
to 3,000, but about 2,000 is generally supposed to be
the number by those most comutent to judge."

Sir Charles Fellows expired at his residence in London
on Thursday night. The deceased was son of Mr. John
Fellows, of Nottingham, and was born in 1799. He
received • the honour of knighthood in 1845, as an
acknowledgement of his services in removing to the
British Museum, the Xanthian marbles and antiquities
previously discovered by him in Lycia. He was the
author of a " Journal in Asia Minor," " Discoveries in
Lycia," &c.
THE COLNE STRIKE.—This strike has now extended
over its 24th week, and still there does not appear any
sign of an early settlement. The recent robbery of the
funds of the executive of the strike (L 139) and the
attempt made by some of the masters, a day or two
ago, to force the recusant employes to return to
Work (by ordering them to quit their cottages unless
they would do so), has not had the desired effect;
While the move on the part of the manufacturers
to import hands from Colne has also proved a signal
failure. The last weekly report of the Strike Corn-
Inittee says :—" We are proud that the amount ten-
dered for our support by you this week is larger than on
any previous occasion ; thus verifying the old adage that
opposition does good. The employers at Colne are yet
Unwilling to pay the same rate of wages as their neigh-
bours, and, as an excuse, they have been attempting to
show the amount of money some of the weavers were
receiving previous to the strike ; but this we know,
they were not receiving the same rate of wages for
Quantity and quality of work performed as their
neighbours in other districts. This is the sole point
dispute, and it is all we wish them to pay; and
the moment they are prepared to do this the strike
Will be at an end. We think it is high time
That they ought to take some active steps tower& settling
affairs ; they have tried stratagems long enough, but it
must be evident to them that they only tend to make the
breach wider and more disadvantageous to themselves."
• The executive of the strike have offered a reward of
• £lOO for the discovery of the thieves who robbed the
treasurer's house of the £139 of their funds on Saturday
Week. Meetings in favour of the strike are being fre-
quently held in Burnley, Preston, Blackburn, &c., and
the income of the executive, on Sunday, for the past
week, amounted to £682 15s, Id., while the)t? onditurq
erne to £616 14s. Sid,