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

THE COURT.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 12.

The Queen, accompanied by Prince .Alfred, walked in
' the Home Park this morning, and visited her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent at Frogmore.
His' Royal Highness the Prince Consort, attended by
Major-General the lion. C. Grey, and Colonel the Hon.
A. ilaiEnge, rent to London, and presided at a Com-
mittee of the: to-linen of the Royal Horticultural Society
at South Kensington..
Priiwess Alice, PrincOs`Hrlens, and Princess Louise
rode on horseback.
The Prince and Princess of LeininOw took leave of
her Majesty and left the Castle.
The Duchess of Sutherland arrived on d visit yester-
day. Her Grace quitted Windsor this forenoon'.
Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Paget have also takes their
departure.

RE-ASSURING ACCOUNTS OF THE SAFETY
OF THE ROYAL SQUADRON.

(BY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)

Captain Maury, of the United States navy, who
sailed from New York on the 27th ult. in the
Bremen steamer New York, which put into Ply-
mon,th Sound on Monday for coals, has been
requested by the Admiralty to give his opinion
respecting the detention of the royal squadron.
Captain Maury, writing to Admiral Fitzroy of
the meteorological departme-nt, says :
I do not think there is the least cause for uneasiness,
for the weather has been such as to render it simply
impossible for a vessel like the Hero, with only an auxi-
liary steam-power, to make any headway at all. We
met these easterly winds ten days ago ; and when
when we were not half way across, with a high
barometer and a mottled sky, they blew strong and
steadily, not furiously; but they raised a high sea, such
that canvas, even with auxiliary steam, could not do
more against than simply bold its own. Therefore,
while we may look for the arrival of the Royal squa-
dron every day, I should not be at all surprised if it did
not arrive as long as these strong easterly winds last,
and even for some days afterwards; for I doubt whether
the squadron, supposing it has not run down to the
southward for a port, or for better weather, is much
nearer these shores than it was on the day it encountered
these easterly winds, with heavy head seas.
The Globe says that, by directions of her Majesty
yesterday, orders were sent from the Admiralty to
the Commander-in-Chief at Devonport, to ascer-
tain by what time the powerful new steam-frigate
the Orlando could be got ready for sea. Simul-
taneously with the message sent to Devonpert,
one was conveyed to Vice-Admiral Bruce, Com-
mander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, by which he was
ordered to inform the Lords of the Admiralty of
the state•of the screw steam-transport Himalaya,
" and the possibility of her being despatched im-
mediately to cruise in the hope of falling in
with the Royal squadron." By this time the
Himalaya, under the command of Capt. Seacombe,
will be sailing and steaming down Channel with
a favourable wind. The Himalaya will run 150
miles west of Scilly. She will then haul up, and
will run 50 backwards and forwards. The
Orlando, under the command of Captain Astley
Cooper Key, will, it is hoped, be at sea in the
course of to-morrow, and will follow in the wake
of the Himalaya, and pursue the same tactics ;
so that if the Hero has persevered in beating
against the strong easterly winds which have
prevailed now for several weeks, there is every
chance of her being met by some of the ships
at present on the look out for her.

THE ILLUSORY TIDINGS OF PEACE
WITH CHINA.

We are sorry, says the Times of yesterday, to have to
dissipate so pleasant an illusion as that by which two
of our contemporaries have been led away with res-
pect to the conclusion of the war in China. It is
known that after the capture of the Taku Forts the
allied army remained at Tien-tsin, while the ambas-
sadors and generals were engaged in negotiations with
the enemy. This was in the beginning of September,
and before the 9th the troops, according to the tele-
gram from Shanghai, dated the 20th of Septem-
ber, had begun their march on Pekin, Lord Elgin
having followed the troops on the 9th. Also, in a
telegram received by the British Consul at Marseilles,
it'is stated that at Hongkong, so late as September 26,
it was reported that the negotiations with the Chinese
had been brought to no satisfactory conclusion, and that
the allied army had commenced its march on Pekin. It
therefore seems antecedently almost impossible that a
renewal of the negotiations should have taken place, and
that too at Tien-tsin, and that peace should have been
concluded at this spot at a time when, according
to all calculations, the Allies ought to have
been at Pekin. Yet, on the strength of a
telegram of Sir Hope Grant, making some an-
nouncement respecting the sending away of two
regiments, it has been asserted that the negotia-

tions were successful, and that the troops were
probably on their way home. The telegram in
question arrived on Saturday evening, and in it Sir
Hope Grant announced his intentions as to the disposi-
tion of the force under his command. It can hardly be
doubted that at the time this telegram was despatched,
the Commander of the expedition looked upon the cam-
paign as closed. The question, then, is, when was it des-
patched ? It had no date of place, but simply began,
"Twenty-fourth. September." To reconcile it with the
other despatches, of course, is difficult ; but, if the above
date were. correct, there could be little doubt that the
negotiations had succeeded. Unfortunately, however,
the telegram, on being repeated from Marseilles, ran as
follows :—" Tien-tsin, 4th September," an alteration
which explains everything. The word "twenty" had
been errbneously substituted for " Tien-tsin." It is
plain that this is the correct version, and that the
telegram is an old one of Sir Hope Grant's, sent
off when the first negotiations were in progress,
and when he thought that an expedition to Pekin
might not be necessary. This expectation has been,
as is well known, falsified by succeeding events. By
the 24th of September Sir Hope Grant was, we hope,
in complete possession of Pekin, and not at Tien-tsin
at all. According to the dispatch from Shanghai of the
20th of September, only 2,000 men remained at Tien-
tsin, and, though the march to Pekin had been delayed
by the want of carriage, there can be no doubt that by
that time the two armies had reached the neighbour-
hood of the Chinese capital. The distance from Tien-
tsin is only about 100 miles, through a fiat country;
and, from the character of the British commander and
the strength of the expedition under his command, it is
probable that he would be able to give a good account
of any army which might stand between him and Pekin.
The next mail will, we trust, bring us news of the
capture and complete occupation of the enemy's capital.

A PLEA FOR THE
BY A.l* TE
By visions of glory,
Lured from green Ireland.
Went the Six Hundred

IOULD BRIGADE.*

NNYSONIAN.

All down the left of them,
Over and under them,
Vermin by thousands
Attacked the Six Hundred.
Out from their pallets bare,
Rushed they into the air,

Into a drier land
Never once dreaming
How madly they blundered,
Misled by scheming,
And fair (but false) seeming,
Went the Six Hundred.

Crying akuid, they were,
`•Kilt, starved, and plundered.
Early next morning they
Marched off to join the fray,
Marched forty miles a day,
One bad meal on the way :

Small thanks had he got then,
Small
ventured to tell them
That the menwho they thought
Had their services bought,
Meant simply to sell them.
From Limerick and Derry,
Cork, Mayo, and Kerry,
All reckless and merry,
Though from home sundered,
On went the Bould Brigade,
Deeming their fortunes made,
Woe the while ! how betrayed
Were the Six Hundred.
First on the steam-boat's deck
Did their hopes come to wreck,
Much to their wonder.
None of their wants supplied,
E'en food and drink denied ;
"Bah, these vile Irishmen,"
(Thus s poke the Captain then)+
" Must be kept under."
Roughly pitched out on shore,
Hoping their woes are o'er,
Still there's no food in store,
And, worse than all before,
From their vile beds of straw
Slumber is sundered ;
For all down the right of them,

—Luckless Six Hundred.
Now, those who're half eaten,
When they should be eating,
Are like to be beaten,
When meant to be heating.
With food, drink, and sleep de-
nied,
Can it be wondered
That crushed was the strength
and pride
Of the Six Hundred?
Then, if it be true
That they prisoners are taken,
Pray, who can blame them,
And why should it shame them,
To save thus their bacon?
Were they not cheated all,
Brutishly treated all,
Starved, mocked, and plun-
dered ?
Cowards, we all can swear,
Irishmen never were ;

Had they been treated fair,
Rather than yield.
They'd have died on the field.
Like the othert Six Hundred.
—From the Era.

• The telegraph tells us that "the six hundred prisoners of
war taken at Spoleto are Irishmen !" See Times, Sept: 20, 1860.
4 See letters to The Times for this and other statements.
See " Charge of the Light Brigade."---Tennyson.

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should be rubbed as near the part in pain as the patient can
bear, it is absorbed and directly conveyed to the diseased
textures, where, acting on nerves, vessels, and guiders, it will
arrest disease and again establish healthy action. The aperient
qualities of•the Pills have the happiest effect in assisting the
Ointment.

ECONOMICAL COOKERY.—In accordance with the design
expressed by us, at the commencement of our GARDENER'S
WEEKLY MAGAZINE, of making it a useful periodical, we have
occasionally, under the head domestic, availed ourselves of the
privilege of offering a few suggestions or hints that may prove
acceptable to the gardener's wife, not a few of whom, we are
gratified to say, are readers of our little publication. On the
present occasion, we hale a few words to say in favour of
economical cookery,' a most important subject, which, as yet,
has not received that attention it so highly merits. During a
recent visit to the establishment of Mr. Phillips, the gas
engineer, of Skinner-street, after inspecting some improve-
ments in heating hot water by means of gas, we were shown a
small apparatus, termed an economical gas oven and boiler,
and were asked to test its efficiency by seeing and tasting a
mutton chop cooked in our presence. We may be allowed to
add that it performs its duties very satisfactorily, as will be
seen by the following. The size of the oven is rather above
twelveinches each way, and the form circular, made of sheet
iron, and capable of containing a' good sized joint, bakinr, pies,
or loaves of bread, &c. The oven may be removed and a'boiler
substituted, and it will hold three saucepans for cooking vege-
tables, &e.; in fact, it is quite a multum in ivarvo for the
kitchen ; indeed, roasting, baking, and boiling, may be all
carried on by it simultaneOusly. This small apparatus is, in
fact, capable of well cooking four pounds of potatoes, and five
pounds of ribs of beef, a: the cost of one penny only, and,
being portable, may be placed in any situation most conve-
nient. The cleanliness, economy, and convenience of cooking
by gas is now fully admitted, and wherever available, these
inexpensive ovens and boilers, as manufactured by Mr. Phillips,
are very desirable. We were muss gratified by the ingenuity
of the inventor, an,'
equally •so with the performance of his
invention. Mr. Phillips' Gas Boiler for heating pits, green-
houses, or conservatories; has been described by us already, see
Vol. 1., p. 287.