The Express.
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not hare any influence upon your lordship's actions. I then
wrote and gave them, in English and Chinese, the follow-
ing reply to Mr Wade :
Ny 11,nr Wade.—We hare received your letters of the
4th, arid I rr.nl the contents of yours to Hangki (who
brought it to me). it. order that he might see that the only
way of adjusting &ink:titles i• the one which you point out.
The llunree, if they are sincere in their wish for peace,
have the means in their own hands of bringing shout a
settlement at any moment, and if the destruction of Pekin
or uy great calamity ensue, it is the colllo,lWerlCe of their
own conduct."

October called at note. lie had been up the
',hole night, be said,, with the Prince of Kunz. "tsizuastp.:4"
the provisions of the treats. of MAR, and the
osiveution. The Prince of Kung had determined to
both. and to give up the prisoners in three days'
time. on the condition that both the allied and the
Chinese forces should fall back • few miles, and thin place
diutiuce between each other. The prince now incited
roe U. write to your lordship to this effect ; and he also
wished explanat.iens from me on several rouge in
both treaty aid convention, particularly in rers
to the resident minister, the payment of indemniet
Ise
sea the evacuation of the places held by the allied
troops. I again pointed out how timeless it wan
far Mr to. coottone to write notes to your lonl,hip, and
repeated my objection' to being made the medium of
proposing tioit our troops should fall beck from any post-
tioo they now held before or near Pekin. It was equally
useless for me, I also said, to dismiss the treaty or cow's-
. but, in order to gratify the prince, I gave such ex•
pLustioo• some print a.O I felt at liberty to make, while
on oilier- I merely referred him to your lordship. I then
wrote • note in Chinese to Mr. V. stating that I had
been int.need by the Chinese authorities that they intended
to send back the whole of the prisoners on the Atli instant ;
that their troops had already been directed to fall back ;
and that 1 trusted there would no longer be occasion for ours
t.. advance. I also gave Hang.ki, at his particular
request. rote, stating, "If Mr. Loeb, myself, and
all the other prisoners, are sent back in • proper
manlier, the English goverumeut will take no re-
venge. A, fur au I unilenitanil the present position of
affairs, the ftritisli government do not intend to make fresh
demands upon the Chinese, if the latter agree, without any
exception, to the provisions of the treaty of Igrel, and the
promised courention.l

dctober 7th. —At daybreak this morning we heard the
sound of a cannonade, which Listed fur a few minutes and
then ceased. It seemed to come from no considerable di..
Lace, and, as the information couveyed to u., both publicly
and secretly. from oar friends in camp, had warned us that
an attack might take place at any tune, we thought that this
anon! moment had now arrived. .tt a quarter
to eight Hang-ki came in to learn from us
the rumuing of the firing. He could no longer
conceal from us that our army was before Pekin, and ad-
mined that Yuen-Xing- Yuen—the emperor's ormuner palace
—hail been taken by the allied troops yesterday afternoon.
The Prince of Kiang, who had been staying there all along,
had managed to escape ; but he, lei, had been needy
Likes, as he was going out to the *me, yeeterdey after-
omit. Returning to the city, in the eveming, be fad all
the gates closed and the walls manned, and kit only means
of getting into the city was by being hauled lapin a basket.
He festal that my note, stating that we should be sent out
aa the Atli. and the official letter hors Prises sung cover•
lag it, could not hate reached the English camp.
I told him that, daring the whole time of our confine-
meat, both in the prison and in the temple, we had never
ceased to warn them against the danger of delay, and all
that we bad foretold seemed now to be coming to pass.
Their only chance of escape lay in the immediate surrender
of thew prisoner..
How is that to be done, said Hang-ki, in the face of firing!
and how can I now get the authority of Prince Kong for
your surrender` Your immediate de um woold also
interfere with the interview he intended to give you to-day.
The interview, we replied, was of little importune, sod
danger to the city, in aim of delay, was imminent We
mimed him, therefore, to arrange for our being sent away
et once, regardless of whether we had to r out in the face
of Are or not, as we were very willing to risk that danger.
He left us, pneodstog to return shortly, sad we counted
the minutes until Rime became hours, and the day began to
weer away. We did not again hear the mood of attack,
but deteciol„ Dow and then, some stir, as of the movement
.4 troops, in our vicinity, and could observe looks of am-
own on the fame of our guards and gaolers. We sent to
Haerg•krelerest, to inquire about hie movements, bet ell we
odd leers hoes his servants was, that after leaving us he
had been lowered over the rite wall, and had gone, as they
supporod, in quiet of Prince sung. it was unpoesilde to
tefl when he would return.
We windy "shed for the next morning, and felt sonic
relief when so comonade was beard as daylight broke. By
seeding to Haag-lei's house we loomed that he had returned
home at 3 ma., and would be with as shortly. Ile caner at
it, and the glimpse obtained of his counteamice before he
had pet an the look he wished to M 04111141, showed con-
redouble depelka and anxiety. H. explained to in why
led sot returoed . " I left pia full of coo-
mew." he odd, "a• I brew flat the city and your lives
were hot► in danger. Had the shy bees aauaulted, the
het cry raised by the soldiers would have been 'Away
with the foreign penmen.' When I inquired for
Prince Kung. I fouud that be was too far off for me to hope
to roach hies. I therefor, despatched a note prop csior that
yea should In given up at iiunw, on coodinou that the
',weir troops sirooki retire from Y uendillog• Yuen, which
they tool here to plunder. Al the same time I received
air limitation from Yr. Wade to meet him outside the
Tibithing.gate at four o'clock is the afternoon. I west,
and we bad a L,ngs ilisemeon. He ilealanded not only the
immediate surrewkr of the prisoners, but also one of
city gates, and he hooded me this letter, in which you see
be *Am the MAN in writing. It is quite int 66 to
seem* with sorb demand, and what ore me be
eel owlet such tuvutu-Lacts.

I reed the WA+ wLa it n.l7ll;the MUMS of the allied oast-
weeders f deuwteLue the liberatiue of ell the
sewn who ina.l ,nted, and the &Wray into their
beads of use of the g.t•. of the city ea • promotion
spied further act. of perfidy us the part of the Meese.
eonkt only tell Ilang•ki that this step was rendered ne.
awry by their pr•reioua acts of bed faith, and that the
albs could nu rput any trout in them. It war useless
to hots. that the *filet! genemls would alter their detenNii•a-
tt.,u eke° they had euee takes it, nor did I see any merge
open to tine Chum. ext.cpt

. .
At this noaaect the 'sr...pert lwfore na seemed darker
thin ewer, but Hagoki after aonie hmitatiou relieved to
from our surreal,e by remarking that he Inol sewed with
It,. Wade that we should he given tip to-day as already
iseurnised, end that we should he sent out at four o'dock
W aft. rnouti. rued* to rely upon the assunnioe of any
ataadarin, we aaaiously awaited the hour 1111Illed, and could
ass that considerable tunenuteao, we. evinced by Hang.ki,
who visited se several tunes iu the "mime of Ow
At one Sisal he whispered to we, "I am I.rt.'ulvfll
maims to get you away for re..ffiens that I will
tell you eg St some future time, and I will
ad wait for the boor in.ined to Neal you off." He was
bow inning to rgive w wine niforuilition nape...tins tlie
other pruousea l'pwaids of twenty had been taken, he
said, but with a view to then sac custody, they hail been
divided tato small parties and sent away to different cities
Ia the iuterrui. It cull Like sonic day. to get them all
back, sad he hod heard that four or tire of them bad
sickened and Ord. Thor, iu l'ekiu numbered eight iu all,
iaelneire of M.. Lod, hail toys& ; sail we were all to be
seat out together.

At last. rt two o'clia L. 1:.• told us that all the prisoners
ken Leen assembled, it ml ti. t we 1.1/111.1 take our departure.
We were planed to eovi rid ia rt., without being allowed to
see each other, and were ,e.,,i toil by a large party of
soldier, awl maniLaii, th.• stim-t., which wore a
deserted IAWKI htICC, to t!,. id,w,.,,t,een gate of
the city. 'We woo eta, with thankful heart.•, et (h.*
great portals opened, anal than immediately closed behind
es, that we were alomly free men, (or our guard, not
daring to folios, u. sot of the ens, tad left to ou:salsas the
task of finding our way to the allied Map.
I WWI% UMW .1.1041 din report, without endeavouring to
expreria my grutitushi to .our lonlship for the gnu and etc
~,,, pronining mamma in ullich you waisted, from the first,
upia our surrender, and which, under the blessing of Ui•
nee Vroraleacea has mainly inutributed to our liberatioo.
Nor should I wait to adieus ledge the great debt I abo
our to toy fellow.prbeirrer, Mr. Loeb, for the wen,. support
I invariably received floor him whenever a wurneut of trial
or of Jaeger preempt...l ,teal(.--1

ti. PARILVI.

Tor. Rues wrne CUM 4.—Yeuterday tuoritiug
be usual order was given, and the salutes in honour of the
pea. e were fired at Mt. Jam.% Park, amt uy the Tower
guns. This customary crrk.m.Phy is not gone through wad
lb, written deepatehe. arrive—although the tulapatua, of
• oune. communicate the Dews ht adrauee.

Txe VAI 'ANT A I.D17.;;;;;17.
CI .1W N. —The Loril
reetenlay inane.' hi, precept for the election of an
ahharnieli for the want of Caudlerna, crated by the death
• sir Carroll. The election will lake place at the
White Hart Tarrru, Abchurch-lane, or Tuesday nest, at
2 o'clock. Mr. Dewily I Wkia ir the only candidate, aud
bon the este..., in which Ws gentkinau la held by his
kiluw•eitiselim, and his active and useful ezertieto for .o
kiss a i nod in the l'ourt of Common Council, there does
Wit appear to be the tarot prulwbilty that any OW will
ore Forward to olio oe
U NIT ED A M.." ATION up S 4 NMN ANT ERA Or
GMAT MESTA If. The annual meeting of thia association
was eoatissed yeeterday of terio.on is the house of the
Ikariely uf Arta, .144 in mitr..et, A.l.lpbi ; Mr. Edwin Chad-
.6A, wads& 31r. J. 1:. h 4 11, pnucipsl of the Monolith-
rued Normal Celkge, nil prier ort " The Clams of
media nriemka, on the attests... Teachers." A paper en-
titled, •• FAllicataos 14.• giv, in our c 0.., )4,6.6 r
war nail at tin. erecting /nestles by Mr. W. A. shields. Voles
of %louts aria Oren to the elcorioeu, and sin., co 11.
defy el Art. ter the „„,4 tine p„xewtiMP
torsaissted. _ .

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CRYSTAL PA LAC& —Notlvatlistamiing the homey
fell d wow oe nerdy otaroely • particle rein,ine.fl ou the,
ead d the Pekoe )estaility, ea the warmth .4 the i,iwiDg
mated it I. ask whet es it fell. The park end wooed.,
eevenel 4. the depth of several WARN but the well..
are kept well swept or pron.emodors. Fur the emeenieuee
4 kneed., vieltars the eleriesaa souteeeista will
et two o'dlocit thee dey, and the SaladOW t...rime et
whew which ill. peke:* will he lirilliestly illumusete.l C.r
Oiret11111: 141411r...1r. will be open ha a.1•:..vn.0
lOW Kt t .lok this eeeekv.