The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-11-05 00:00:00

Emperor, and accompanied only by an escort of cavalry.
A hope is expressed that the news is not true. The
Ponciuest of the forts is described as a dashing little
campaign of eight days. When the Allies established
themselves at Pehtang they had still a march of twelve
miles before they could arrive at the object of their
attack. The Chinese are learning the art of war, and
contrary to all Chinese precedent it was found that
positions upon the road had been taken up with con-
siderable military skill, and fortified with care. , A
Tartar camp had been formed, and the best troops
of China placed behind the works. If the enemy
had weapons equal to our own, the contest might have
been compared with several European battles. The
English and French acted together with harmony and
equal gallantry in the attack on the camp. The first
fort fell to the English, who were about ten minutes
before the French, on their side of attack—Lieut. Shaw
being the first man in. The possession of this camp
brought the allies Within about half-a-mile of the great
north fort, which appears to be the key cif the whole
position., But some difference of opinion is said to have
occurred between the two generals on this point. The
FrenPla commander agreed to send his forces' to the
attack, leaiiitig to Sir Hope Grant the responsibility.
The attack was made on the 21st ; four English and
four French gun-boats diverting the attention of jthe
forts lower down on the northern bank. When the
batteries opened; the execution of the Armstrong guns
was found to be tremendous. As their shells pierced the
walls arid burst within the fort, awful explosion shook
the ground ; hilt, amid the ruin, the gallant Tartars
stood to their guilt, Mid as the fieldpieces advanced to
complete the work, and as the riflemen scattered them-
selves under the walls, the fire from the fort was still
hot, and many a
sa'an'n6-- fellow was struck by the rude
was here, and.
missiles which still fell among them. 1.:
in the assault that now took place, that much of our loss
was suffered, and that the deeds of heroism occurred
which are'reoorded by the Times' correspondent. Even
at last the obstinate resistance of these Tartars was
overcome only by an escalade. The surrender of the other
forts follohed, not, hoheier, Without sonic ChiCatiOry on
the part of the Viceroy. The loss has been severe:
Twenty-two officers were wounded, of whom two were
dangerously, thirteen severely, and seven slightly. The
officers wounded dangerously are Captain Miller,
67th Reginient, gun-shot wound in the breast;
' and Lieutenant Kingsley, same regiment, gunshot
Wound in the knee. The names of the 13 officers
severely wounded are--Capt. Brooke, 48th Regiment;
gunshot wound in the thigh ; Brigadier Reeves, 90th
Foot, fore-arm and shoulder ; Lieut. Gye, Royal Ar-
tillery, in thigh ; Brevet-Major Graham, Royal •Engi
neers, gunshot wound in the thigh ; Capt. George
Ingham, 44th Regiment, contusion in the back of right
thigh; Lieut. Morris Giagal, ball in the left shoulder ;
Lieut.-Colonel Thok, gunshot wound in the face ; Lieut.
M'Gregor, Fane's Horse, and Limit: Roberts, 44th Regt.
gunshot wound in the right side ; Lieut. Burslem, 67th
Regt., gunshot wound in the shoulder; Ensign Chaplin,
same regiment, contusion, by shell, in the arm and
thigh ; Ensigns Fraser and Turner, 67th Regiment,
contused by shell. Officers slightly wounded—Ensign
Macaulay and Lieut. Stewart, Probyn's'Horse ; Lieut.
Kempson, 90th Regiment; Lieut.-Colonel Travers, Capt.
Harrington, Lieut. Barker, and Lieut. Straghan, Royal
Marines; Lieut. Termon, 67th Regt. The 44th Regi-
ment had 10 men killed and 50 wounded-4 mortally
and 38 dangerously and severely. The 67th Regiment
had 6 killed and 62 wounded-40 dangerously and
severely. Total British killed, 17 ; no officers, and 161
men wounded."
Part of the victorious army occupied Tien-tsin, and
the remainder' was to do so on. the following Tuesday,
leaving a small garrison in the forts. Not a Tartar-or
Chinese soldier is now in arms, and Sang-Ko-lin-Sin has
fled to Pekin. Lastly, the Armstrong gun has been
thoroughly tested in the field.' Its success, as will be
seen from the account, given in another column of the
superb practice made with that arm and its terrific
effects upon the forts and upon the enemy's troops, are
triumphant and unequivocal. Beyond question or dis-
pute, the Armstrong rifled gun has proved itself to be
the best and most effective piece of artillery ever yet used
inaction. The French cannon raye, as compared with
.the. Armstrong, is as a pop-gun compared with an Enfield
rifle, in all the qualities which constitute an effective
piece of ordnance.
Another fact, likewise, has been established, viz.,
that, notwithstanding the elaborate training of the
French soldier in gymnastic exercises, the English sol-
dier surpasses him even in point of agility, while he is
far and away his superior in size, strength, and length
of limb. The brunt of the battle in the several actions,
namely, the storming of the Tartar entrenched camp, the
passage of the Peiho, and the assault and capture
of the key of the Chinese position, the nothemmost of
the Taku forts—was borne by the English troops, the
French force only taking the field after the fighting had
commenced ; nevertheless, the English were the first to
scale the walls, to enter the forts, and to take full pos-
session. Let it not be understood, even for a moment,
that any suggestion depreciatory of the Frenoh army is
intended in these remarks ; on the contrary, it is con-
ceded that they acted with the utmost courage and devo-
tion ; so ton 'did the Tartars and Chinese. But of-late
days there has been such an unhealthy tone prevalent
on tbe subject of French military prowess in this coun-
try—a tone so widely different from that which existed
in the last great war with the first Bonaparte, when
every Englishman believed himself a Match for three
Frenchmen, and was ready to test the national.faith on
that point in his own person—that it is nothing
more than a plain duty to place the truth on record
whenever there is an opportunity offered. The Moniteur
is claiming for the French the entire glory and honour
Of the recent victories in China, and the easily-flattered
Frenchmen, it would seem, are eagerly accepting the
—Official account orthe affair.
Aclvices from Calcutta by the same mail, state that it
is feared that there Will be a necessity for a loan in
India to meet the deficit. It is expected that govern-
ment will shortly make a statement as to the reduction
in military expenditure they are prepared to carry out in
consequence, of the suggestions of the Military Finance
and Police Commission. The apprehensions of a 'famine
in the • North-West and Central India, which were
removed by a heavy fall of rain at the end of July,
have been revived, and it is generally believed that
the revenue this year will be affected. Lord 'Canning,
of his own accord, has issued a letter to the local
governments, promising all assistance to Volunteer Rifle
Corps'of not less than fifty members, and to private rifle
clubs throughout India. The corps are to be supplied
with everything but uniform, and to be under the same
regulations as are applicable to the English volunteers.
The indigo districts of Lower Bengal are again in a
state of excitement, and there seems to be no prospect
of an immediate settlement of the difficulty. Govern-
ment has issued a notification, informing the local
European army that the amalgamation of the armies
will not affect their rights and privileges ; that they
will not be called on to serve out of India during the
term of their engagement.
Paragraphs have lately made the rounds of the news-
papers, both in this country and abroad, on the'subject
of a supposed engagement between her Royal Highness
the Princess Alice and Prince Louis of Hesse Darmstadt.
It is now stated by the Observer that these announce-

ments are at least premature. The young Prince, it
appears, has been over in this country during the last
season with his brother Prince Henry, and they have
been guests at the court of the Queen.
It is said that Prince Louis will again shortly visit
England upon the invitation of her Majesty. He is the
eldest son of Prince Charles, brother and heir presump-
tive to the Grand Duke, who has no children. The
mother of Prince Louis is a Princess of Prussia, daughter
of the late Prince William (uncle to the King, and
whose name was distinguished in the great wars) and a
sister of the Queen of Bavaria, and of Princes Adaibert
and Waldemar ; the latter of whom, now deceased, was
well known in this country for the noble part be took
in the dangers of our armies in Lord Hardinge's Punjab
campaigns.
A requisition, numerously signed by the Conserva-
tives of South Nottinghamshire, calls upon Lord Stan-
hope to come forward as a candidate to fill the vacancy
that occurs through the - elevation of Viscount Newark
to the peerage. There is no doubt about Lord Stan-
hope's return, as the electors are resolved to continue to
be, as they have been for many years, represented in
Parliament by one professing sound Conservative prin-
ciples.

We have again the gratification of recording another
triumph to the Conservative cause. Mr. Hardy, the
Conservative candidate for Dartmouth, has beaten his
Radical opponent, after a very keen and exciting con-
test, and is now member for that burgh.
The bar at the mouth of the Tees, which has hitherto
been shifty and uncertain, is about to be rendered more
of a fixture by the construction of a breakwater, which
will contract the area of the tidal flow. The breakwater
will be three miles'long, and it is expected to have the
effect of deepening the channel of the river, as well as
fixing the bar and increasing the depth of the water

thereon.
It is stated in Mr. Bright's organ, The Star and Dial,
that the import duty on carpets was considered by the
mixed committee in Paris on Tuesday last, that the;
intended specific duties were abandoned, and that an
ad valorem duty of 15 per cent. on all descriptions of
carpets was finally adopted.
One of the most kindly acts of the Queen was the
restoration to Lord Dundonald of the honours of the
Bath of which he had been unjustly deprived. "It is
a fact within our personal knowledge (says the
Athenceum) that when this gracious message from
Windsor Castle reached the earl, his first letter of thanks
was written—not to the sovereign or her minister—but
to Douglas Jerrold, who, by his frequent and masterly
exposure of the wrong in Punch, and in other quarters,
had been the chief means under Providence (as Lord
Dundonald believed) of bringing the crown to do him
this great act of justice."

Tho convict Mullins has been busying himself in
4rawing up a kind of memorial to the Home Secretary,
in which he endeavours to explain what he calls " some
difficulties" that appeared against him at the trial. E•