The Express.
London, England, 1860-12-28 00:00:00

Theparioe in Pekin woad have heal isensoyed when the
fate of the prisoners was rosnakied, had not the gement'
ghee hie peaks to protest it provided the city gate ens
surrendered en the 13th. When the letter demanding it
was sent, ft wee sot known that any of them bad been her.
bereasfy murdered. That sad truth was discovered before
the abonenamed day, bat Sr Hope Heat feeling committed
to his promise, spared the atty. The dammed were not aft
. brought into camp mail the lath.
Several letters and epee Marin epee the present au-
dition of slain were found in the pekes. Amongst them a
letter from Son-ko-liacas reciammading the &spew
,to
nave the espile/, ad no ea • natiag tea to Enna in
Tertiary, beyond the Greet Wall, acceding to the secant
image of his anseaces Upon this the Emperor remarks
ist awe the preparatioss for his adds* depeature
should Want the people he will make them appear self be
.were akin*, head of his army against the bakeries*, end
then poised to Tatary Instead. la arrothar he says he he
made sash aneagesesalefor altaeldagthe harberima shoeld
they advance from SKIP-1M to Twagehow that his army
eeryl eseinde end reetirely annihilate them, sad be bogs the
Emperor to teal milldam In his rooms.
There are 1111.1001 ALLI from his ministers requesting kiln to
return from Itianinneynen to his palace within Pekin, and
remain there, where de safety is provided for by the shod-
fag army, tied by the strength of the palm*, alarms by
going into Taney ho will be exposed to local hadai and
the rebels. They remind him that it is 40 years siva en
Emperor has made the hunting tour, that the panes of
EMMA amid probably be in a dilapidated condition, and
the gala in a diagramed slabs They also speak of the
Imperial Treesury being too impoverished to allow tan to
make the usual presents to the tribunary princes and others
who would visit him, to do bane" according to anneet
eastoni—many other arganiente ere wad to dim e& him
from his intentioa.
The policy of Sen.ko-Enein is evident. He pormadien
the Emperor to quit the capital and proceed to Tertiary •
he feels coelkisat of being able to osequer the bartorians
and the throat to which he empires would then be as WY
acquisiticia. I expect to obtain maim of these doonments,
and shall forward them to you. They pet beyond doubt
the bei a the treecheey pratised at Chan-kia-wan on the
lath having berm deeply laid, with the saqition of the
coast, the duplicity of Kwel-liaag at Tlen-tain being part
of it.

Champ, soar Tam/how, Got. 1. 1860:
Tear fir,—As you were unavoidably absent wins the
army laft, Hoee.woo os the 17th Mimi, the following so-
emit of its progress to Tuagobow may perhaps be UM,
wand :—ODD that day, the force wider Major-Osuatal Sir
J. Michel, consisting of the Cavalry Brigade (Brigadier Pat-
tern, viz., the Slog's Dragoon Gouda, Probya's aad Pwas's
Ins. Ham with Stirlieg's half 'Weary. two bold bakeries
snider Captain Dioreogh, Beterlisit Buttoes and Reiro's
brfgistts, via., Qum's, nth Pealwahl, Reyna MeMiaos,
sad Nth Beentsait, with deMbsseats d Royal Be-
stagers sad Milituy Troia, marehed bas Hose-woe at
dayliatit ; tßr Hope Groat esescapaaying 11. Ised !let
reariaid at Plesa-woo. 0.. Praia mimed (the Bad
Clumers de Ylassams) sad am did battery followed.
We had seaway lamed two seas *bag this read each the
eamy's picheas were °burred, which at our spier&
law* Mired to a lop camp, distant *boat l flit,
11613 e hilted, to moth the saloon to form ap. • IlOg
, trace was Nought in by • few issiaisd atea, whisk we
11.11, homed by a wads* Is, a MAN allairoist=
; the pink tattoo tad pet ma% Sodlhor •
'ISM, who was recognised es the temerliapprutostatm,
kiip4loto oomatiaskatar seat to Thoisiolo oapotiala lA% oft
maloardsp. WWl* ba Ina aoltioap 11* anal Medi ow

! A f

r gokiskiiiatto,' was, complied with oe the 20th, •114 cages Mr. Lath/Mk end bath I abode! nisei* that Kiss
the Komi carried out this day, the' 24th. gentleman, who is Lord Elgin's private cemetery,
' The ceremony took place in the Hall of Ceremonies, in Mr. Parka, C. 8., Mr. Bowlby, the Times correspondent,
'Pekin. At 3 p.m. the precession entered the As-tin flare and Mr. De Nermawn, snail& to the ligation at
in the following order :-100 cavalry (deathwatch; el Eiegli Shanghai, had preceded the army for the purpose of
Dragoon ElOards, Probyn's add Pase's Horse), 400 infantry aireakfing Matters for the romplien •af the embassy at
(detacluneuta of ' the various regiments of foot) ; officers TessgelieW, where they, with their MOOR* Lieut. Ander-,
and others Mounted ; the general and 'toff ; Lord Elgin son, and 20 men of Epos'. Hens, slept en the night of the
•in his grew sedan chair, carried by sixteen Chinese coolies 16th. Everything having been satisfartonly settled, Mr,'
•in scarlet livery, attended by a detachment of cavalry and Parkes and Mr. Loch started to rejoin the erniy,,the alum,
ishintie. The street from the gate was lined by &Ugh- remelting in the city, when, after riding 'WO mass on thfsi
mats at infantry, amounting to 2,000 men,who followed Op main road, they came apes as immense Tatter form, who.:
the procession mit vessel, forming altogether a force of while treating them civilly, geld them in very decided.
about 3,060 men mioching through the capitaL On reach- tone that our army eould advisee no further. Mr. Parkes,
lag the ROI of Ceremooke the party passed through a gate. Awing rentonekannv anion.;;rnoineig, Ida agaia tal‘aay.
h
oettaa
demssading.hete flied
fogromonkbeltenktherside,4lairleamovingiordaisa avenue
wasue thrometugb: agmernensievot
tethrountevhadmettimil.
:717ehersiErsliono:.:'
way into a court-yard, when the horsemen dismounted, and ohm to woos go the aughorgego asalii** eislatiem of;
yya
which bee lEalfetY's envoy wee conveyed to the stn of thl ageing. lie Loch smite-the lithihrmiciaml-Cleted, Id
rebid IhMe of the hall, whilst a flouriab of trumpets eniF oboe; reported ths auto ***L-01 17' whom hi.
the mitisall air Witted him es the whines presented mum gaa ragemeeg jaws,. Perks, 44a;'„a4aa.wit.V
lime Rai& the Eropeele'e brother, who nollated 'in the iiilgsg.64oSesaingiamegpigilimntrummouisagn dap
wad mreirg of the adage, entelailig the Iwo WWI ! • molvilk: toe Tota"mbehi
ugh MIA Wither, the end renthg 'his hat. Hi Wow% pg
lbe~a' btunfireds WON(
Ipedithp ihmtlifenseti toernrds the *ibinsopl. pf laßr.
end is the ineii.4l Simile *mil there fog. bin; et [ TWtafria .the troop wars Jammed ate in mega
same time meantime :the, pia ee Woe . the lower seat thete thlnepth ef same lea awaited 'during
about 15 feet ow Ys' Tight: • Sir ilepeotheat occe. Mitre of the tailitt'Ttneeliew.=
Aiken Lerdloft. ASW iderefintl withchimp nem ibilb
beeidered ol& operi before lothidd-7X f•
"telliellirldlllllTOSlllf trotOtabjW Om mss, eta otheing, vea snide aimtlei Madge • yeller of
eatedisr eadowiton ow shoed Po' with** th I send sir Maid from mmierampeas sisegtheir setemada
mesmosy, end IS tha opposite ;Meth* primes of the council Mein.; 'A taw' horsed en enveloped in a cloud of dint-ply
mid minholes of anima betthill'ned /Where • took. up • toga/ ip, These proved to be Carew Walker, Logo,.
traria=rmin- Hetet:de
orhtstherneld the
egediXenede tr•raky.dregoe..,Ar.ii.-
-bas ti mina and
advamse for the pm
zany at 6 table whereon paper, insPaithabistlab he. pose of obtaining sepplies for the army, sad wt,, while
none placed. The esamitiatioa of aredealials and other wen through the aamp, abiaa.ng a Frew; °sm.,
PIPE; Occupied about had an 4001/4 and et• quarter to who wee enieloyed" )n a similar duty, savagely assaulted
S Veto& lb* signabitee of ' the MO contrast- resat defend* himself. In attempting lin rescue the
PS Perdu . were ettiehed the, documents. 'dead woe 'wounded, Mr. Thounee received a Nevem
L Iwitisowl the IstPoun't eidnekbe i• venaint timed-from glance, and me orderly email sword ems,
lib the mai of the amen anwohed 003 yellow PIP•Zo ala bad be was 'reluctantly obliged to retire under a heavy
Waft him to sign the twilletioiL bed figs then wit OM, which bed tn. effect Sishowing at all events that every
• innings an'inflik the interpret rs b Wang exPteedlieltie peemdint for hostilities bed bees made by the enemy,
hoc* that the 6•1117 now onieladed wellkl Le 'Wittig, to end the trss mouth diplomacy ae Tientsin we ealy
nhith the Teeter mopped it tree deban mak Be 'keyed S Mulling attempt on their part to pin time to throw it)
would UM • seared Mete that albite hod been bay entrenchments, end to prevent our near approach to the
menepel bikes* hat thee mew he bed iodinates the Ijapeeiai ye, Then being no sign. of the return of M.
at el ditem.llth holleved no asisouidsestandialis would periele aaat.we eategeatee,„ Sir liege "med. aireageleamea
Aram Oil teats& as Lend WI 'reeked towards Wie Wes- for the iinendiate stream af. the allied foram. The died.
their, Kent elhelliniour both at Ifi. side, bet he k &ion of the troop ale I. follows :—The French on the
bled akAtlerthelbfilinW4oooll4lo trait sisfirsetfor" right, with Fanti's lieges ; Deaborough's and Berry%
Thmegheei lb. espnemy the prised* impress* batteries, .1111600014 tif • iii!•••••1 ag Don°,
we saw if madlohlefied ealeafwee ; he Welted no reply GYM% Me Yee IMb Twejsubs in the main ; the Shed
with eharlitharis to all that Tao said to htih. He had on queeieg, yea the eggebly aid Stirling's battery ea the kit
a Purple demeeked elk kolkdocok Tien button en his kat the remaining regiment, in reserve. The enemy sit often
:wemisfiela with red elk the Wog which bead lroen
.wponed a heavy fire, and showed their position to No
.it. Led Bela wee in moinneatieds UthilereL amemed Mitiadea entreneirmat mad miles in With, sae-
celd mad distant air, sad deathless felt the winessi di. teg the high peg, • why/ was geteaged by a heeterg
pnl at Mein to treat with the vaunter of • bier beareed of skim sew Site lett tames leeward, egg
"an Peel_diowi waster. Atallith all ions from •101MIWY teeth* ape* a vilbge in a grove of trees; their riga
el Sepd detillsoy ea the mil at the Antis gate misotembi egeseded se fee ea the eye could reach over the nab'
thet poem we —'-L led. It bad bee iatanated thole*
.gelds, ht, coup eg which bed bean roontia, cat eon*
refreohmeein en 11111011 0001140•11 wield not be two Ape glee from tae weed, jamas a Ammo& imp,*
tibia of : therefore none were offered except the WC • 'mod to the troop.,especially the meshy. After a sheep
toe, which is catomary at all times. agagenent, which lasted two boars, the enemy, who coal
11m/1b et iilonded treachery at the hurt semme MR• , sit Build pont the fire of oar artakey, puha, ad.
:411.11101diellilbarb esthetic Priests The se*, SS Taming to Main aoo yards, gave way, and spirited Merges
haw* bet pattesane wore take. *nth • Shissibl .ileami wide Ty mss wary r lene's Here on she MOM put,
imelega bagalleree within the city inleeiled an wen; rem them geough the ewer ; the gin.. mega. g 5.0&
mouldy, as was bat intended. • • - Probrdi Hem, on the left, drove them several mike,
'This He Si Comm as. Is a towl••••10111141 obalsketi dui went wely obliged to deist on finding themselves at a
alinalY open iw bent, with kart efelldidant et the kook: wemileseitiedistanr• from the main column. During this
-•• which the seed *km of ellaelfilthedmi enrated- 'hasp sevend hand-to-head emounters occurred. Captain
Alia the ening ia bone Son woes eons thethp elk 'Usher, LW., we Phoned, and would have been cut down
1•11111• P, the Am we Pink? welt* 41111 saMad 011•16 bed not Captain Grimm, D.d.G., ridden to the ramie, and
ef srpmt, aid tin whole ems we Melethektekr Welke to with ass out maniedthe sock el the Tartar at whose mercy
the stay oe • woondIVI• a•V•301 .41* •6014 the gabawk prevestilimehal ley. The Seth* beaded by
An attempt au the pat on& twee to take • AMMO.* their officers, did peat 11110061011. One rid sower was heard
ed as woos at the welment al delft bawl is onowlenewie describing the Chinese army es so many moorgee (Aeglice,
lulus light be indaveashth leerse aninciag, heinewitr, feed), very MIMI& te eantalua and imairely hermloth
ene lookom-en to seethe Tolman &Wade of the petty fee -whey mege6 mew* Ng the enemy, the 155 15mPehe
about thirty woods whilst the camera was aeloiwoof to be eel 90th Regiment mitered the welled city of CidaMl-
- the impreenon. wag, beyond which several camp wen semi, which were
air returning, the troops were formed in bodies at Fillet evacuated as we approached, and we encamped for the
ladeteola from the pleas to the pm light. It was animated that the form oppoied to us ream.
_The greet hem the As4ia Pro, ke which the Procession •hsred 311,000; Saw aisE tempi wom nadir 3,600 men. The
1110111011. nu lie am* felf about loin' Whet meet d ilin mmoday 77.gami ware consoled end dentromil. limy of
`nigh Si sheet Shy PAL It is SAT het wilkiiiiPowl them were mosatal m canape draws by mules, the first
and NI of lA% •012101010.7 may "OW* ap. eM J Sinide BMWS= am fteld artillerybiome in Chinese war-
.lll wet woad& rho 'houslo._ lOW •••• fore. A. large stem Si tea, elliaaated to be worth emexal
teems •111111thalwei *lb aged bangles eirlfewft7 and -inadred *mead pomade stalbg, we else 1011 W. 1160110
• Noweinln bwFwbrddd
_ otsff._ _am! by morn and easpeseed into brick-gimped pease, is is for
SG Mil* *WO 11111•01111010‘•••••14•21 superior to the calmer article supplied es part of the
mama number Si fen*••
•• •• ••••• d /41/116 Si the Baia /Aim Mr. Wady Chinese mere-
obese% psi; et the panomith. ' ' with • omell rode to nephew, to
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iniaire the fate of Yr. Parcae and his unfortunate party.
Mir an pot allowed to ester the gate, but was referred to
the elepiamedant of a large camp a short distance oif ; on
eggpmething *doh, letter in head, and preceded by a flag
of Imam he was raw by seri Taoism, who deliberately fired
pilepas, end obliged him to Mho. 13s, however,
' eneeeedel la delivering his despatch at another place, but
meld *Ma' no inhumation with regard to the misahut
pry, tweed the report by some villegere that nix
Ilemignees had been sees team:Die, he a art towards Pekin,
end our mina were tionsiderably relined ,oe afters: doing
that their lives had not yet beep @scraped. After two days,
.1411, while enabled • Frisch battery sad 1,000 men to
rani am, wesais marched to attack numerous camps which
mei•Mstiern a earl is the vicinity at Tuagehow. The
lama spin tech the eight, and oar artillery and infantry
fir the cavalry brigade the left. We advanced. in
-eiateloit of eorps,andfound the enemy in Mimeos° number.
Ifs IL Clem* to sierra, rode up eloseto their skirmisher.
Ilhermsne NI with their meal shwas sad gesture' of do-
imese, tepidly approaehleg to *Min 300 yards of our gat..
A few rounds of ease from aildinee six potuklers, with a
volley from the 2nd Quemee, compelled them tortaire. xhe
heeds now drove them from the right sorer our front,
'deeding many opportasities to our artillery; whose
wain was eta:Beet. Ai we were cowardly
ow* forward the cavalry at length got a chance, of
wleb they were not slow to avail themselves : the
Arlen ant them at the charge, bat soon turned Mil.
A few humbled Issemenea amid however do little mischief
against the thous* who were now retreating, and the
. Ware al As wad, intereseted by wide ditch..,
ebiled then Wramis.. Prom Tag: how there is a
wit nal to l'als, mid* Grows the maid by a
tilarsham iiililge, oe whisk the Chinese made their
esimak lesviog seemed Moss guns mounted.
nate the Preach monied at the point of the bayoaet.
Ile .allied fames then halted for • few howl. In the
ailleneeon, two round shot having plumped into the middle
4 ear batteries, the lath Pun** with two howitelen,
were ordered to advance end elan the woods which Aped
the basks of the meal sad the Pekin reed. They soddenly
mote upon • large camp of the " Imperial Cleard," clothed
in yellow, with milk standards of the mine colour, who, bbw.
ever, immediately decamped with amaiderable loos. ainco
the 214 instant the army has remained encamped on the
and, two miles N. W. of Tsegulow, and distant„

PAM some seven Whs. Itecentreinumes go set daily, and
approach the wells of the capital. The Tartars aostrp34 an
entrenched camp on the N.E. el the city. and we eisPect
to move forward ha blew days. The thitli Zan, 87th Regi-
ment, and Bth Penjauhs, have joined the twee, and also
two batteries of siege artillery. The weather is pleasant,
the nights cold, and the days paneeelly cloudy, without
rain. Oue day het week the thermometer in the .11111
steed 4 110 deg., at night it mak to 10 deg. Oreggiogally,
when ibscried blew. from the westward, the dust rims in
Maids, eves more disagreeable than the well.known
Aestralim Briekbelder. The army is tolerably healthy. 'The
eftwohlwriee erealsgemmits astoellaat. Better rations of poet
and mnifise lesught in boa the reigkbeewhood, with fresh
Iseeie ewe now hem* men in perigee, and abuedance of
fens% vepithills, awl' ?tuft is easily obtained from the vil •
helm hem Take to Tang-chow is a level
OM% etr Mbisit wheat Is cultivated first, and a crap of
imagreas. That plied *S em °Wale Weep, is
InighgeMed as S. the read hem Thevisin—the paved way
malrbefflisher at ?..gab w. Pitied Pekin we use metal-
inert issestdoe. the mem* range ban estimated at 8,000
go* poi lowed 4e *up peke rigkag in all direetioes
Eseele fez greeter decade& The perambulator hes ilea-
Med T 2 Miles Imes Mumble to this imp The Tarter