The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-29 00:00:00

JOHN MTAIITITY'S PANTOMIME!

Vas npt ilobn,olll‘garthy as gook a. right to have a
n. Ms own, aeconnti
ias he has to
possess his coat or his ehitti tr an Cith6 garment ? To
be sure he has, and more particularly as Mr. John.
111'Carthy has plenty of money, and is able and willing

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to pay for his pantomime. And it came to pass that
Mr. ;lan MTlartby lives in Queen-street, and is the
keepet of .teinperatide,
,cuiree arid boarding-house in
odebh:Aieei) ti 6 also pursues or
folloWs *the business of an emigrant runner into the
bargain. Mr. M'Carthy is a small man, but he possesses
powerful courage and great nerve, and no doubt would
not be afraid to meet a Russian bear, or an African lion,
if citbet Cdritt in his e+fx, A photograph of this cele-
brated a6a 6-; .14ct11 be worth
possessing. The following is the best portrait We can
present of him :--About 54 inches (in his stocking feet,
for he had neither boots, shoes, slippers, nor clogs on)
high, and as he looked over the iron rail that separated
him from his attorney, Mr. Bluck, Mr. M'Carthy's nose
ran a tisk of coining into collision with the posterior
part of thug lVa.trieci.gent;lenlaes legal skull, so long was
the protuberance that issued froin het;eeir the" eyes of
the prisoner, Ite had a striped shirtebut neck
c • • .
one of his fingers boie a large and brilliant ring, and a
winged coat; conipieted, his upper. " toggery." There
was a strong Presiirription that he Mid a trousers on him,
but there was a positive certainty that he had nothing
on his feet Ofilre a pair of socks. His look was rather
and eyes din fine frenzy rolling; u.o teeth were
*hit t as the. elle* on the roof of his own house, and
when lie opened his Moab; the Went cried out clearly,
as Paddy Blake's eel°, Mayo; Mayb; being the County
that had the hOnthir of the tiatibitk Of this Child of.
genius Mr;.l\lrbaithSr 13e!fig the kg/0 Of ti,telliPeranee
Coffee-66A Of.entifsa did not tidtroiltse tildigelf i but
his custom appeared to have been transferred to sothe
public house in the locality. Whether black spirits or
blue were dispensed at:any emporium in the neighbour-

liood of not, was not manifested, but it seemed that a
"bottle imp" of gthae sort or other, had introduced
itself into Mr. MCarthy'S cUpboard; and the necromantic
effects of thii .‘1 dickitt 4isitdiit appears td bade been
truly wonderful on the animal spirits of lvir: k`Carthy:
After some cogitation with himself, he came to the con-
clusion that he was Mr. Pantaloon (not a trousers), and
then he was changed into a clown, and after several
transformations he was thoroughly convinced that he
was the real original harlequin, and having divested
himself of all his duds, save the shirt aforesaid and the
socks on his feet, -he seized the paker, and marched
into the street in search of his abducted columbine. He
had not much difficulty in discovering the giant who
had ran away with his darling: and that monster pre-
sented hirriself in the shape of a police-officer, No. 858,
who was 'Sassing along /ery quietly, thinking only of
black-eyed Susan, and a cozy supper ;• when he was
brought to a sense of his propriety by receiving a blow
from the poker, wielded by the athletic arm of Mr.
M`Carthy, upon his right arm, that nearly left that
important limb fit for the operations of Mr. Evan
Thomas. Police.:officer 858 had no objection to Christ-
mas boxes ; but he preferred them of a milder and less
striking character, and he ventured to tell Mr. M'Carthy
that his salutation Pas not one of an agreeable sort.
Mr. M'Carthy told him he was very'untemionable, and

if he did not like what he had got, he would make out
a second edition, and was about to heap that on his head
with the poker, when the unreasonable officer made a
grasp at him, to claw him in his clutch;' but Mr.
M'Carthy was aware of him, and, after giving him
another " souce" with the poker, made his escape,
crying loudly for his dagger. Whether the dagger came
before him after the fashion of Macbeth, is not easy to
say; but certain it was, that he appeared very soon
after in the street with a formidable cane sword, swear-
ing that he would do for all who opposed him. Now,
the officer, not caring about the doing department, suppose
he was to 1362" done brOwn," did oppose hiin, and after a
severe conflict; the "bould and brave M`Carthy" was
obliged to yield to the over-powering numbers of 858. and
4M., although they both declared that they had considerably
more than a noggin to wash, before they mastered
Master M'Carthy with his poker and cane sword. Here
the two articles Were exhibited ; and very ugly-looking
implements they were. The first numbered officer, in
addition to the above, added—When we got the prisoner
to the station, he said, " well, you have got me now, but
I will get off for a fine—l can pay any amount in that
way, and when I get out I will settle your hash and no
gammon about it, either." Mr. Bluck cross-examined
the policeman, who said the prisoner had only his shirt
and trousers on at the time ; he could not tell if he had
boots or shoes on. Mr. Bluck—What was he doing
when you first saw him ? Officer—l did not see him
first at all—(laughter)—the first thing I saw of him was
a clout of the fire-poker on the arm that nearly broke
it, and before I had time to lay hands on him, he gave
me another wipe of it, and then ran through the streets

like an escaped lunatic, and I could not catch him till
he came out with this sword in his hand, and swearing
he'd rip me up like an, old sack. Police-officer 473
was called, and be corroborated the evidence of
his comrade. Mr. Bluck, with all the eloquence he
was able to -cornmand, and all the soft and
bland constructions which he knows so well how
to put on a case when occasion requires it—and good-
ness knows he gets plenty of such occasions—pleaded
Christmas time, Mr. M'Carthy's respectability, the
great effect the frost and snow had on him, his unshoed
feet, and a variety of other things in extenuation; but
Mr. Raffles, after duly complimenting Mr. Bluck on his

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ingenuity, said he considered all these things aggravated
Mr. M'Carthy's offence, and therefore he fined him £2
and costs for the assault on the officer. Mr. M'Oartlay
sent for a small bag full of sovereigns, paid the money,
and then walked away in his stocking feet. (N.B.—
One of the bridewell keepers remarked that the M'Car-

thy pantomime would be likely to have a run in Queen-
street for the remainder of the week.)

THE CHARGE AGAINST MRS. COTTERELL.

Mrs. Mary Anne Cotterell, who std d remanded on a
charge of stealing certain articles from Mrs. Harris, of
Berry-street, was brought up on another charge of
having obtained goods by false pretences. Mr. Littler,
instructed by Mr. CaMpbell, appeared for the prosecutor,
and Mr. Cobb for the prisoner. On two or three occa-
sions heretofore the details of the case were published in
the Times. From the opening statement made by Mr.

Littler, it appeared that in September last the prisoner
went to London to purchase goods for Mrs. Harris, and

that she made purchases at Messrs. Parsons and Co.,
Paul's Church-yard, London. She purchased two parcels
—one was sent by rail to Mrs. Harris, to Liverpool, and
another to the prisoner, at the Cathedral Hotel. The
latter parcel was never received by Mrs, Harris, but the
goods were traced to a pawnbroker's in Liverpool, where
they were pledged by the prisoner, and the prisoner was
never able to account for them. Mr. Raffles What
about the jurisdiction I have in this case? The false
pretence was in London. Mr. Littler : I think it is
one continuous case from the delivery of the goods.
Mr. Raffles : The delivery of the goods took place
in London. Mr. Littler said he would then proceed
under the recent Fraudulent Trustee Act. Mr. Raffles
said that would be the most likely course to
adopt. The following evidence was then given :
Mr. Stanley, a manager of Messrs. Parsons and Co.,
9, St. Paul's Churchyard, London, proved that in Sep-
tember last goods were ordered by the prisoner for ;111.5-
Harris, of Liverpool. He was handed some invoices,
and said there was a shawl for £5 10s., and velvet io
the amount of £9, and jewellery; the whole came to
£l9, and sent the goods to the Cathedral Hotel. Mr.
Raffles : Am I to understand that some of these articles
reached Mrs. Harris ? Mr. Littler : None ; I will prove
that. The witness said there was another order to the
amount of about £49 sent to Mrs. Harris by rail. Mr.
Cobb cross-examined the witness. A porter from the
house proved having delivered a parcel of goods at the
hotel for Mis. Harris, of Liverpool. Mrs. Harris was
called, and proved that she did not receive the goods
mentioned in the invoice. In reply to Mr. Cobb, the
witness said the prisoner told her she had purchased
things for herself. Robert Bailly, salesman to Hugh
Jones and Co., of London, proved having sold goods to
the amount of £8 2s. to the prisoner in September last,
and sent the goods to the Cathedral Hotel to the priso-
ner, and sold her goods to the amount of £24 next clity.
for Mrs:Harris. A young man froni Mr. Critehley's
pawnshop proved that the prisoner pledged goods now

produced at the shop in the name of Mrs. Harris,
and signed the name •of that lady in the book.
Mr. Littler then said he would prefer a charge of for-
gery in that ease against.the prisoner. In reply to Mr.
Cobb the wltuess. said the prisoner expressly stated that
she had kis. Ilarrisis' atitharltf td gign the book.
Mrs. Harris Nias again called add denied thdt she ga+e
the pristnier any aiithoritY to pledge the property, or
sigri hei iianiei Itaffies said the Case l+as ddiffiCult
one, but he would s'effti4 theprisoner for trial. Mr:
• •
Cobb .said he would not prodnoe any witness in that
case, but if his- instructions were carried out he knew
what the fesiili would be; TWe priso'n'er wa's thed sent
for trial.

RENOLER'S CIRQUE-THE GRAND

PANTOMIME.

Panteininies Med to lie ptifely associated with thee-
ties; were the there Icedtsteys tet a learned horse would
riot lae allowed to enter; un Mattel Oat tiiifintit of
Asses riqght already, he there.; Time; hoWeiter, alters'
ail thugs, and .Perhaps, the liprtf rg trot I..ery distant
when the electric telegi:apfh Will, be left behind.;" and so
it is wiith our old.friends, ",Hereter they
have givenup doing,the pe thing on foot, and taken to
horsebaCk for its which we think is much more excellent
every way. For instance, v;,+icii would walk when he can
get a beautiful steed to carry him ? We dotht believe
in walking under such circumstances ; and we feel much.
inclined—if we could—to follow the example of a gen-
, tleamn, viiliont We once knew, who used to ride his pony
into. his dravring-robin t Oh, but start not, they do this
at .11erigter's, no'' arid hire too'ffer they enter King's
palaces and ladies' Chainbei'S arid teas; bolters ;• and
encharited glens arid: glen's on6hanied ;: and
places tha't riohodY ever liedel of before; afid piobahlt
never rill hear pi a ain, mid all on 'horseback, too mind
Mr. Charles Hengief tras Ooduee4 out of the short' of
Valentine and Orson—it makes ifoi th 4. slightest dif-
ferenCe Whether the. story has any, reference to 611er-
-fat:mance,' nor Whether .the lattei bears the least resem-
blance to the Steiy----Mr. Hengler haS succeeded in
bringing out one of the rtic-At tinecestiful things of the
sort probably ever seen in Liverpool. tilfferent persons
possess different genius, • and the ability shoWn by Mr.
Hengler in this piece, is only equalled by the magni-
ficent mariner in which the whole is carried out by the
large and isiented ctimpany belonging to the establish-
ment., They do these thiligA i!ette? in France I •No.
We defy France, or anywhere else, to ecinal this cothical,
entertaining, and really national paritomithe. As for fun
and frolic, and every other mortal thirig, "it licks other
ereaUcins irito everlasting yen, we haie clowns
and harlequins, and Pantaloolis--;:ctd bind:the latter
are not "inexpressibles"—aad columbines, and transfor-
mations, and goodness knows what; and we haVe them
on horseback and on foot, and, not unfrequently, their
heads, too; kings, queens, princesses, and knights; and
palaces, and forests of gloom, and heralds, and King
Pippin's daughter in the shape of Mr. Johnston ! We
lia4e Or'2ly,ohe find With the *hole, and that is,
the StriitliFf only are With this eiception,
everything and everybody may iie totind itt this acme of
equestrian pantomimes. Mr. John Henry Cooke per-
sonates The Green Knight on his fiery charger ; and,
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much al H kale said, and much as was desired to o.;
of him, in other characters; 4.6ilantii f.talChOngh of him
in this.. Mr. John M. Hengler, as Valentine (a going
knight), is nearly as wonderful as he is on the tightrope ;
and in the latter he has no peer, nor have we any hesi-
tation in saying he never will have one. Mr. Charles
ftenglet does everything well, and therefore his repre-
pntation of _king Pippin is food; and as for our friends,
Frariksi dlidrley li3fi, Clark, Oriel), and Watson—the
lyrical jester-e really dolt know What to say of them,
except this, that after an efenirig s'p-ent Trt the' 'jinn's, gouty
and other patients may adopt the advice of Macbeth—
and " throw physic to the dogs," for sure we are they ;
would not require any medicine after the " fun " for a
fortnight or three weeks to come. The grand wind-up,
called the "Imposing Finale," is excellent ; and, on the
whole, the piede may be pronounced an admirable hit.
During dig Week the house has been—crowded is not
the word-Lfor thinitsandi had to go 'away who could not
gain admission ; for, the instant the dddrs are opened,
the house is filled after a very magical mariner-=except
that one, feels a good bit crushed trying to get in. The
performance is not confined to the pantomime, as there
are several other splendid novelties; and with the entire
of the star company engaged, the cirque is now one of
the most fashionably attended houses of public entertain-
ment in the Northern Metropolis.

ACCIDENT ON THE IVIANCHESTER, SHEF-
FIELD, & LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY.

An accident of a serious character occurred near
Gainsborough, in connection with the last through train
from Manchester to Hull, on Wednesday night. It
appears that the railway company are in the habit of
attaching a third-class carriage to this train at Retford,
which is invariably placed behind the guard's van. On
arriving at Gainsborough, about eight o'clock, several
third-class passengers were booked, and altogether there
would be about 20 passengers in the carriage at this
time. All went on well for about a -quarter or half a
mile. after leaving Gainsborough, when, son nearing
Thonock-lane bridge, the passengers in thisias,t carriage
noticed that something was wrong, the carriage jumping
about in quite an extraordinary manner. Presently
there was a crash—the windows were broken, flying
inwards, and the carriage fell down on one side, one of
the wheels having come off. The other wheel soon
followed, and then the end compartment of the carriage
was gradually smashed to pieces. When the bottom
gave way, about half a dozen passengers were thrown
betsVeen the lines of rails, whilst others had the greatest
difficulty in keeping themselves in the carriage by clam-
bering over into the other compartment. One mart,
named Wm. Cook, a potato merchant, clung for about
two miles by one' arm to the window frame, until both
window and door gave way. A man, his wife, and child,
named Trevethick, were amongst the passengers who
were pitched out. The first-named immediately became
insensible, but, beyond a few bruises, was not hurt.
The child was subsequently found about twenty yards
from amongst the snow, quite uninjured. The
wife presented a remarkable spectacle, all her clothes
being torn to shreds ; even her
,stays and boots were'
ripped up ; but, strange to say, she hez self almost
escaped injury.. The most serious case is that of a man
named John Wm. Restrick, mechanic, of Grimsby, who
sustained a fracture of the skull, and is hardly expected
to survive. Mr. Burgess, cattle dealer, near Grimsby,
reported' himself amongst the sufferers, but his
injuries are pronounced insignificant. The accident, it
seems, was not discovered until the arrival of the train
at Blyton, four and a half miles from Gainsborough,
notwithstanding the cries of the passengers, which must
have been terrific. Every assistance was then, however,
given to the sufferers, the most serious cases enumerated
above being brought to Gainshorough, and at once
placed under the best medical advice. Two others, who
were slightly injured, proceeded on their way to Brigg
and Scawby. Of
,course, most of the passengers were
more or less shaken and bruised. The company's sur-
geon, Mr. Harrison, visited the sufferers on Thursday,
and declared them to be getting on as well as could be
expected.

The Aurora has arrived from Demerara with sugar
and rum.

A GOOD ERAMPLE.—A benevolent lady resident in
Bideford, Devon, is now using every effort to raise, in
small contributions, the cost of a lifeboat. Soon after
the wreck of the Royal Charter on the Anglesey coast,
last winter, when 455 poor creatures lost their lives, she
composed a poem on that sad disaster. In the course of
the same winter, some fearful wrecks took place on
Bideford bar. Successful efforts were made by the life-
boats of the National Lifeboat Institution to save their
crews, which induced Mrs. Hartley to compose another
poem, called the "Lifeboat." She then decided, in
conjunction with some of her friends, to circulate some
thousands of the poems; and the proceeds of the sale
have already realised £l5O. Mrs. 'Hartley has put her-
self in communication with the National Lifeboat Insti-
tution, which will take measures, as soon as the requisite
sum (about £250) has been raised; to plant the lifeboat
on some exposed point, where, probably, hereafter many
a poor shipwrecked sailor will feel grateful to the lady
who so persevezingly and successfully laboured in his
behalf.

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FROZEN TO DEATH.—A married woman, living
separate from her husband, aged 30, and named Martha
Briggs, was killed by the cold at Halifax, on Wednes-
day night. She was a mill worker, but a drunken, dis-
solute woman. About eleven o'clock, she left the Blue
Ball Inn, to go to her lodgings, and she was intoxicated.
She was not seen till next morning, about eight o'clock,
when she was found quite dead, near Boys' Well, Bow-
ling Dyke, a short distance from the inn. What excited
surprise was, that her clogs were gone, and could not be
found. Her habit was, on going home drunk, which
was almost every night, not to undress herself, but to
cast off het clogs, and then lie down. It is surmised
that on Wednesday night, stupefied by the drink and
cold, she laid her down by the river side, where she was
found, having first thrown off her clogs into the stream,
actually supposing she was going to bed.
NOVEL ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH AT OLDHAM.—A line
of telegraph, of somewhat novel construction, has just
been completed for Messrs. Platt Brothers and Co., the
extensive machinists, of Oldham. The two great
bseahe sdof n
rtkhpi
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pe
et establishment, sehmmpelne
employed,
, e whered,.
are
about upw upwards d s
mileo f
andfive
a
thousand
q-lf from each other, on opposite sides of the town,
which In
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^ of steel, and about two-tenthsap of an
bri
isdged over by the electric telegrh.
The .wire, -,mported for its entire length, near
inch in diameter, is chimneys, at an elevation
the summits of six tall fact.— ' leaving clear spans of
of 180 feet from the ground,' anu _ supports, the
1,000 to more than 2,000 feet between
lowest points of the curves ranging from 70 to .1.
20 feet
tpe
the
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reaches
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laawetbhnofvectenhhes thevetahxnsteiurs
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fixedt h the other. The
alwaysT h e chimneysa t work,
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consequentlyhi o th e t edtlivgw:sinyep
ohtdovrpeyi
rss,
reefntdheersahianfstualbatern; almostgained übnynineceeasnsaareyf,
arocepesess
by means of a kite spring. The works were projected
and carried out by Mr. H. Wilde, of Manchester; the
wire furnished by Messrs. Johnson Brothers; and the
beautiful instruments which point to the letters of the
alphabet at the rate of one hundred per minute; and are
so simple that any child who can spell can work them,
are the recent invention of Professor Wheatstone.

CHINA:

THE PEACE OF PFKIN.

The following most interesting and important
letters froni hedd-tparters have arrivved

THE 15RISONItS A:Wr) idEiR tRkS.T3I.MXT,
Camp before 14eicin, dei,
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The Chinese atithoritiee had giver} notice thet on the
12th sokzio incite cif the piisoneri atilt remaining in their
hands would be given up, and adaditic;ly hi the Boursee, s
' • 4. "
I of the day eight Sikhs were brought into camp, bit he
Downy .or Brabaz9n, ,as had almost been hoped for
! ,
against hoPe; tic&ompanied them,...nor ,were the Sikhs
, , •
able to give us any tidings of therm' We hod nob hcy-
ever, long to wait for these. On the .hod
tylio mare,
Sikhs, who turned out to be the last of the survivors, were
released, and from them we learnt that Bowlby and
Phipps, the private of the King's Dragoon Guards, had,
like ale Dorman, Anderson, and the two Sowars, whose
fate I was enabled to communicate to you by last mail,
been Unatle' id ettiffite the brutal treatment to which
they had been subjected airing the earlier period of
their, •inkrisqnment: On the Same day &elf tile' Atte-
inentioned tsyc; Sililia came in, the bodies of tie Norma,,
Anderson, and two Sikhs; arrived, in carti, and on the
16th those of BowihY, PhipPs;
,arid
.tvit4 other, Sikhs;
those ,of four more Sikhs which were bieedght in on!
the ,17t4 comp! gted„ with ,the survivors' the, entire
party that had, been talSen on the 18th of September,
with one exception, 'that of peor!BrahazOn„ whose
fate for some time f ti6aTned en eloped
.. ,in,
mystery. Twenty-six, in all, were captnred---ieven
Englishmen, 19 Sikhs; of these two Englishmen
(Parkes and Loch) and 11 Sikhs were released, and four
Englishmen (De Norman, Bowlby, Anderson, and
Phipps) with eight Sikhs, died of their sufferings.
krabOon alone continued missing. Accounts subse-
quently,reeeived left us in na doubt, however, either as
Co' the fact, of his death or: of the 'way 111 which it hap-
pened. Thodgh the earliest of Mein alli in point of
time, it was perhaps the' liappieEit death, for Ile *as- wed
much 9f the sufferings the other's undefitent. 1'
attempt was made by the Mandarin's to produce his
body, and when they vide asked whit had Won* of
him, they said two Etliopeans had teen beheaded by
order of the General commanding at Pah,li-choli;vdied .
that
,position was attacked by the allied armies 9ii the
morning of the 21st 'of September, and their bodies
thrown into the Canal. .

This statement agreed so ac'eUraiely with that given'
by the Chinese Christians who visited Baron Gsos,and
also with the information derived through the Russians;
that no doubt remained that poor Brabazon was one of
those Europeans.
When the An-ting Gate was surrendered to the allied
Commanders-in-Chief, they- were ignorant of the sad
particulars attending the deaths of these poor fellows ;
the details were grachially obtained through the released
prisoners ; and; as the bodies of our murdered country-
men were Ifrought id, the treatment they bad endured
burst upon its with appalling distinctness.

THE RETRIBUTION—THE EMPEROR'S PALACE
BURNT TO THE GROUND.—THE INDEMNITY.
There was but one feeling throughout the army,
horror at the treachery and the atrocious cruelties that
had been committed, a feeling most fully participated in
by Lord Elgin and Sir Hope Grant.
The Prince of 'lung, by almost daily letters and
messages; was
pfpressing his readiness and anxiety to
come td.aii e'AYeetflenYenst.of all diffilcultiesi hirt a great
retribution awaited4.:h6 tinpeitur Mid the Chinese
Government for their acts, before midi at feltet 6;ulcl
Dv; ceded to.
The puti istmgmt in;;;;:ted cannot be judged by any
standiad of Otit evriti, but it falls with peculiar force on
the COW ytto
.attach so much importance to estab-
lished customs; aid feekslich, Venerratton for everything
belonging to or connected the Omperof:
To exact a money indemnity, even cOnM have
been made forthcoming, would have teed flat
adequate way of marking the opinion of a great civilised
nation on acts that would disgrace the most barbarous,
and an indignation that required money to allay it would
hale been deemed merely affected, and put forward as a
pretest for obtaining a larger indemnity than the one
named hi the Contention: All such exactions, also, fall
on the *pie, arid they Were not to blame.
To reach the Emperor and. the Mandierins Was the
great object and the great difficulty. It eOuld only he
done by adopting some measure that cyould.place beyond
the possibility of doubt in the minds of the gOverning
classes of China that we were at Pekin as Masters; that
the arrogance of the Chinese Government could be
lessened, and it made to feel the responsibilities that
attach to the commission of acts of duplicity and
cruelty. The only hope that could be entertained of at
last awakening the Emperor to the necessity of accept-
ing the State of things forced upon him by circumstances
and the tidies 4d ithidt he lived was by attacking his
prestige, which had. for so long enveloped him like a
cloud, and prevented his perceiiing the datigers that
threatened and surrounded his throne. By an evidence
of power, that all the sophistry of the most canning
Mandarins could not gainsay was this object alone
attainable.

There seemed two ways of arriving at this result ;
one was by capturing and holding the Imperial city of
Pekin; the other was by the destruction of Yuen-Ming-
Yuen, the favourite palace of the Emperor, and where
the cruelties to the prisoners were first commenced.
At Yuen-Ming-Yuen the tablets of the dynasty were
preserved, on the ,safety of which, in the opinion of the
Chinese, the existence of the present reigning family
depends. By the people the palace was held in great
veneration from its being the constant residence of the
Emperor, and the place where all the great princes and
nobles of the empire assembled ; the gardens and build-
ings, were famed for their beauty throughout China,
and immense sums were expended yearly on their
maintenance. It was the scene of all the intrigues and
gaieties of the Court. It was there that the great
receptions and levees were held, and there that the
Emperor had his concerts, evening parties, and private
theatricals, when, it is said, he mixed on more familiar
terms with those invited than we imagined could exist
in the ceremonious Court of Pekin, an obeisance to the
Emperor on his entering and leaving the hall of recep-
tion being the only ceremony performed.
The high walls and open spaces that surround the
Imperial city inside Pekin, separating it entirely from
the city itself, would, to a certain extent, have protected
the people from injury in the event of an attack having
been made upOn it, but the Allied Commanders-in-Chief
felt themselves precluded from adopting this course on
account of the conditions they had granted to the Chi-
nese on the surrender of the An-ting Gate. The
destruction of Yuen-Ming-Yuen was therefore finally
decided on. •

Lord Elgin and the Commander-in-Chief both ad-
dressed the Prince of Kung by letter, informing him of
their decision and the reasons that influenced them in
arriving at that decision. Lord Elgin, in terms of great
severity, pointed out the treachery that had characterised
the conduct of the Government of China from the first
moment of their attempting to negotiate at Tien-tsin
to their last act of perfidy in violating a flag of truce and
murdering those captured while under its protection—
that, in consequence of this conduct, he had called on
the Commander-in-Chief utterly to destroy Yuen-Ming-
Yuen, as being the spot where the cruelties to the
prisoners first commenced ; he further demanded that a
sum of 300,000 tads should be paid within 48 hours as
an indemnity to the families of the murdered prisoners,
and informed the Prince of Kung if there was any delay
in so.doing, or any hesitation to sign the convention and
exchange the Treaty of Tien-tsin, then the Emperor's
Palace inside Pekin should be burnt to the ground.
These letters were accompanied by proclamations that
we're placed on the walls of Pekin, informing the people
of the measures that were to be taken and the reasons
for their adoption. 1
The English, in the course they now followed, acted
entirely by themselves, the French commander-in-chief
being opposed to the destruction of Yuen-Ming-Yuen,
fearing it might preclude any chance that existed of
coming to an arrangement with the Chinese Govern-
ment ; but Sir Hope Grant and Lord Elgin were not
men to pass lightly over the want of good faith on the
part of the 'Emperor of China. The more indifference
Lord Elgin displayed about signing the Convention or
coming to terms, the more alarmed the Chinese Govern-
ment became, and the more pressing for a day to be
named to exchange the ratified Treaty of Tien-tsin.
On the 18th of October Sir John Mitchell's division
marched to Yuen-Ming-Yuen; they met with no resist-
ance—not a Tartar soldier was to be seen. On his
arrival be disposed his force for the proper and system-
atic carrying out of his orders.
From the place that was seized by the French on the
6th of October, it was at least six or seven miles before
the last building of Yuen-Ming-Yuen was reached.
This was at the foot of the first range of hills that bound
the' plain to the north of Pekin. Over this large extent
of ground were gardens, palaces, temples, and pagodas,
on hrtificial hills, some of them 300 and 400 feet in
height, with forest trees of all kinds covering their sides,
through the green foliage of which were seen the
yellow-tiled roofs of the various Imperial residences.
A large lake lay burried in the midst of these wooded
hills, with two or three islands on it, with
turesque buildings, joined to the mainland by quaint,
but beautiful stone bridges. On one side of the lake,
extending upwards of two miles, winding in and
out, among grottoes and through flower gardens,
roofed in by flowering creepers, was the favourite
walk of the Emperor and his Court ; in some places,
where the palaces came to the water's edge, the walk
was carried past them on a light and beautiful stone
terrace overhanging the lake. The high mountains of
Tartary forming the background made it, while it cer-
tainly was one of tae most curious, also one of the most
beautiful scenes I had ever beheld.
Two days were required effectually to set fire to and
destroy all the buildings and walks of Yuen-ffi ing-
Yuen. Much valuable property that it was impossible
to remove was destroyed. It is said that it exceeded
two millioni sterling, exclusive of the buildiegs.
The 20th of October was the day named tor the pay-
ment of the indemnity of 30t,000 taels foi the families
of the murdered prisoners. The money was ready long
before the time appointed, and a letter arrived from
the Prince of Kung, earnestly entreating that an early
day should be named for signing the .ionvention:

THE *FUNERAL OF THE MURDERED
'ENGLISEYCEN.

It was on the •17th that the remains of poor De
Norman, Andersen, -,lowlby, and Phipps were consigned
to the grave. - At noon of that day we all assembled to
bear them to their last kesting:place. The coffins were
each on a separate gun-cartage. A portion of the
King's Dragoon Guards and Irregular Cavalry formed
the advance; a body of infantry followed, with the
band playing the " Del..d March." Lord Elgin and
Sir Hope Grant were chief moerners. The pall-bearers
were the members of the Embassy and the Com-
mander-in-Chief's Staff, Pane and some officers of his
regiment, and some men of the King's Dragoon Guards.
Parkes and Loch, who had shared their captivity,
4 had escaped almost by a miracle the fate of these
companions, walked on either side of De
Numbers of officers of both armies,
"-mmander-in-Chief, closed the
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their poos
Norman's coffin.
including the French tiu—
procession. The Russian Minisits,
With that consideration and in the libera. ,
have distinguished him in all his intercourse wit...
army ever since their first landing at Pehtang—had
placed the Russian cemetery ate the disposal of the
Conimander-in-Chief. They were all buried in one
grave,; the service was performed by the chaplain to the
forces, the Rev. Mr. M'Gee ; and one of the most strik-
ing occurrences was the presence at the grave, in their
vestments, of a Roman Catholic and Greek, priest., who