The Express.
London, England, 1860-11-16 00:00:00

CHINA.

The Monitear publishes the following account of
the progress of affairs in China :
After the capture of the forts of Taku, the French and
English Ambassadors immediately proceeded to Tien-Min,
where, after a brief negotiation with the Imperial Commis-
alone' Keuei-Liang, &project of convention was decided upon
for the purpose of re-establishing peace between the allied
governments and that of China. The last-named, yielding
on all points to the demands of the allied powers, declared
itself reedy to accept the ultimatum which France and
England had presented in March last. Baron Gros and
Lord Fig% had already made their preparations to proceed
to Pekrn with a suitable escort to exchange there the rati-
fications of the treaty of June 27, 1858, and deliver their
letters of credence into the bands of the Emperor, when
the Chinese commissioner suddenly alleged that be had not
sufficient powers, and refused to sign the prelhnioaries
already accepted ; and he declared to the ambassadors tle.t
be could not treat except ad referendum. Such couduct
evinced on the port of the Chinese negotiator a want of
good faith which necessarily irritated the plenipotentiaries
of France and Great Britain. A resolution was home-
diately come to with common accord between Baron Gros
I sod Lord Elgin that they would reply by causing the allied
force* to advance as far as Ting-Tchou, a large town situated
on the road to Pekin, and about ten miles from the capital.
It was there only they declared that they would listen to the
propositions of the Imperial Commissioners, provided
this time with full and real powers. After this resolution,
which was come to on the Bth of September, the escort
which was to have accompanied the ambassadors to Pekin
was obliged to be trawsforanwl into a body of troops suffi-
ciently strouz to convince the Chinese government of the
firm determivation of the allied powers to attain the object
which they proposed to thenmelves. The latest information
received, and particularly a despatch from General Sir
Hope Grant, detest the zith Sept., end which cone from
Aden by telegraph to her Britannic Majesty, fully authorises
the hope that a fresh reeouree to arum will not have been
necessary, and that the Chinese gov_•romeut will have
hastened to sanction the conditions already consented to by
the plenipotentiaries.
"It hi stated positively," says the Illcesauer du Midi,
"that when the Chinese expedition has completed its ob-
ject, General Montauban will take his forces to Cochin
Chinn. The following is the state in which things are in
the latter country :—We have at Segou, the second capital
of that vast empire, 300 men at the most, of whom 150 are
Marines and 150 seamen. These men are commended by a
young mid intelligent caFtain in the navy, who has con-
ducted the expedition with great energy and skill. The
Spaniards have a force of 1,200 men stationed at Turon.
This handful of soldiers of the two nations are surrounded
by an army of ii 0,1,100 Cochin Chinese. General Montauban,
no resohnig Cu Chia China, will, it. is said, ednune on Hue,
the capital of the empire, and it is there that peace must
be concluded."

The Espana of Madrid states that the Queen had
written an autograph lAtcr to the Bing of Naples, ex-
plaining the line of policy which her government is obliged
to follow in Italy under present circumstances, and ex-
pressing sympathy with his position.
The Mmes of Libge says :—" A local journal
lately announced that. a son of Garibaldi was at present
in this town. The Italian gentleman alluded to ie not the
ion, but the ,epitew, of the illustrious apostle of Italian
unity, and ho Lai awn• lien., it is said, to treat for the
purchase of 25,000 muskets."