The Express.
London, England, 1860-11-29 00:00:00

&dome 11.

Ps-S-chiser, Sept. 23, 1860.
My Lord.—lt had been of coons the intention of Mr.
Pubes and myself to npoirt formally to your excelling
the result of our sigeglaion to Tang chow, and the @min
before Mr Parkes left Ho-si-cou, we carefully went over
the whole ground . From oar joint recollection of
what took paten _ by some rough notes made dialog
ear arentat fele ate enaneinientee ley Yr.Parkes, I ple-
d amMirreldemikonaleas. be was
rible =raillara amps ad aped by le both,, bet ay
ems tioreenarak se your mesa bare hen
well ill M Menne and I mast,
1L 1_ MIMI myself to a put. tie Japer, trade.
eat as the departure el Int Nil I absall be able to pre.
Vls pen with 31r. Pram) agergema
reeland Tentehow and aeon in the 14th, not
Mat the eight at Ma-bee. Ow vamp at which your
we shield 1101 the Imperial Goon-
eigFeastenti. lls-Ma Is • most wretched pie"
awl the had left it, I presume, on hem*/ al
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our advasco to Ipisi-oou.

Alaog the Teri teitaiirhow we New relfldent eri,lene•
of the nrObeerbeed of a Urge form, bet nose of dr
works or berries hied by the allied force on the 18th
instant.
We rerbed the alb shoot noon and took up our abode
is the jese el the chief drilla., and about four o'clock
paeeefeY to the bee* outride the ear gate, io which the
eareirieseere Wile Wader our arrival. One approach had
bra ,reseed Übe eseeksit hakes from ratan.
V. IMO shown he. a side, room. and the essuniaronere
sheer Mowed. The Prince Ter (I tein.wang)
is a tell ase with an intelhger countenance,
sererbei i.pherest eye. 11111syin, the Presi-
dent of the bred of War teeter aid ewe wily in his
rim" bow sir leielllede. Both were estreseely polite,
the
tot em prise sepeidek. sad Wesel eledememeion or am.
Ib •
The resneholleare refired we of the amenity of pro-
&oft( of of sersese, by requesting to I. Informed
what bed dieserilled
We
enssieney to whom they had
emitter oar NM yam We said that your excellency
found ditlicelko kosierillug when to trust ea representative
of the Chume osetimealie er by whet forms it would
consider itself *era, aid le explanation we reviewed
briefly the Wig of OW istarcourve for the
but three The pine' deprecated anodes
to the par. Kweilines se very old and
rine, and es tee nillorded by his own
high reek far the valliblp of rep respreeeta be might sc.
eept for his gowzmaisit, Aeoseiteeded that reference to
the peat was vehheppap heriteble, and closing with whet
be advanced he eeppletat hie own auperionty as imperial
wpreertatin, unierserd to draw from him what
fy he wield be ebb rprodece to your excellency
Ike his maim r ipba4a power ss
111:= thdof d
the hew& employed y K +saalineumed( by
wee
edema We did the dimes 41.8t2 anbd 1858, ear atter
reel diendie as the norm all object of powers, and in
satiosel arieing not of con.
11441314141h.wPi"tutroted"llnw ide
widbiel"airruria
Exispeor okrae
peoroch a chrurtes would
tererpodThis obtained, to know wherraTwould be lie
required to alga. We road that he knew what hid
peeled at Tieeklie. Be tpaseed the conventMo alt
aitheugh is Need his deeptlehei already writtectt
promied he sipraided him of this, sad predated
a espy of the reavadlea. which I had le my pocked. He
mid It rapidly, flOadtlai at 671 that if be could peonies
all the net, he meld act the payroll demanded
within two mere et Tt ,* •if the ropey ware erg
forthcoming we should be charging China with another
breach of ; could we sr promise to make the term five
mints! Ol erriewe could promisee nothing. Then he could
sot
_promise &Dobler till he had eonferrod with your
exeettesey.
1 think he here rose and left the room •, bluh.yin mean-
wide prided the drat, sad although he lied pestered dif-
ficulty La aedereturhei oar MINIM sad had even affected
little deateme, he shod limed: wall up in all
• Mime. ordisully a lasdise place or port, hers fluidally
of s roes sere ado ben Palm

f"

tie*
ese. bed tut peen,peen,rrued,- indeed, in ell-Aire-linethic••
at h
Presintly, the
poiprime ',kera nning, Mr. Parker tied bile
whether lei ivy* nt oat y other ariah
took encegires, end b. then ebdecteth d to mauls to Is
the Wow.- the reddensdher Ma
Pelds, the ! plyitent of hedeethiV, the oilskin of Thai
tain to trade, mg kitty, time ibis was not in the oonvon-
tioi,lo the event which he had bred was to accornpney
YcgrAllenalaVneerthie, , with little show el earnestneee the
old our modes sera M all, tho %liar%
the=lt peopleffi_ds., wine urged, but not es if
it Wee expeethil theY 'TOM igihrthee in. After a meet
deal of beseltary 46•••„ bowie. we arrived it the fol-
lowing position t •
We explained that year ele2=lherbirg declared your
intimation net to elsewhere . than at
Tuacchow, worildtfetsly eaves to tint eity for that per.
peee ; that. it would peke ne dilipreerie to your seal-
len* whether you cam with to=hwes now on its way
from Tientsin cw the Newt nentliened to KIM*
ling ; but that your onierMeney, eriwqrsing that it WO*
nalt, orrery difference is the Oldnere Owathmant, had
and on to -wait °Nth, ,Seisei and his eelhegue tar the
Val hammy isolethses the °eolith,' as which
ervence of the feat mien Tairpehoor slight beihweiL
We Wens emu i.es libreeeniwywor togillesets ilk
size-for aped& lisSori of die pound oilinedweleed•
ing &add it be possible, Wil VG week lintharleed to pro-
known
tr tteatfutheabsgri lanwerntat. tha
we' 41.1ter Si be
rennied be. wind led elms, erwashiel el Pek.
ye, that !other of the anlifeetiOn el thee*
wadi but ef 11101117; the tied we could
uldisloholge grip *it iteseilgVsbimi tore port to
betwis4:24C
preieweeihney . vas test to kigil
the '..sopmrig,poirl.• sato
Wei& mesh sesatiliee See the. eithereuse of the
Chinese gederment Mlle he' wee to esistnci
for it, the ylieltfecarool . • calor
be , sir
cd -Werwen. eft
101 l rwrd , eontiksitheteheir . IPlrer ran seed/ ci Tung"
chow. We bed eirenhgole couvrenetion goon the
character of the meth wee to be lent with your
excellency, end - Ihe with which •ve winutto4
the pstfoot right of the Aimee*weoommibnionersth to be
attended *en Plead qf opal ,or it ey 1644
it al peeler direeigth, bud dhpeeed al that diSculty. The
greeter* oppoilthe wee air trillered by the pities to our
=Drwileete:=:=lnine=o nth all rides me=
sauced, this pckak A. dieleeee at Roe g, eiy a and a
, half, he etl.lederbeithe would suffice, and i withdrew to
byroam be per • draft of the letter to be written"
by the easetheisetere be your ethelleney.
' -- - - - -- - -

11es Mashy In this wen the pans Die for the future.
lII* Prima esti waled to his position in the IND pire.
repeating bat what- hi gigues' was se though the Zmperot
Niguel hamt eastafir a little diesumion et to bow by
s*hednodd ohne this, wdeclaration se it now elude wee
fe•
my prism bed bees in convematioa
wilbillr Manna the
heites, via in army la as of the generel en-
peseekes of • UM beinekelit tetsadly relations would
eanima bed remesited 'Qat an ilbolllllllll WI
dpatahm Eike as better Maeda, sad
lie the clip? of its aequaiMeaca between
the regitemblorse te sad the this,
ries& Year asselieney will Mar dud that fans 4
we haw eni bens *VIII, to eadereeind the saluei "mom
moat of the egeniy is in the beads of Ilium Hind, this
Prim of CMS and the Ilium of 1, Se whom Mt
Parkes was speding. Be started at the words the three
gime ; wham, added Mr. Perko, we bars hem much
• sod be itwinftgmediteip reined i—Net by
aka% but also by the ehmeeter with his
finksisr tie air, seier) the Han agasest
Blethia mes, went :mud the table, and spin vilispeisd
'as dad Man. They *ea heron may &heft, eel
inainsmr to Mr. Parkee's sasenas iiiiesrandwti bed
ewer beta lh do the conetry ssevise, tisegatie at ones eag-
gaited that we might help this with in supplybr the
otad with ; hinting of flo lifer tlme thst We aould
be ellimpt te maim be pee, some wan it. Ha
this le sand .Nr Psehes sigea- ~Miss ell °n-
ormalise *lei rebels, but b. his asebi aids vier
nee, riaaraed to the grain wpply. • •
My return with the dealt pat an sad be addlrdii•
awl am Ilona as it had reorived its And ameasilea ft wee dal
to be copied. We did not waitlfor it, otibk
mg woo at their madam in the oily ; gad lilt wilailige=
well pad midnight, we took our la" v•IFY you,' of as in•
terview which bad laded upwards el eight boars.

The esesesiesse sal ewes simmasee wail T the
prisoM haMdiesseetdi ha the gaellisieed poem. aid La*
the post*, of the fatal. ladaeed balk es believe the)
bb surrereder at last was tont Sae for the peewee of
previaliat farther hostilities. I think so_ .40 • the deep
sighs with whielt Ifole.yie perused the Awe& ere eery
to Garr/ away, may ha" heit ether worms, bet they ap-
pend to me at the time not aafaventabie symptom. ,
_The expected letter arrived shortly after us, at our
Imagine, and at Ire o'clock we started for lio-semwaci.
Beath of Chang.lda•wan we observed remerons cavalry
whist" but so large body, sad woe of the works upon
which our force ease two days later. In the neighbour-
hood of Milan, tong lines of every•wretcbed cavalry pro-
moted themselves in parade order. Thor °Seery to whom
Vs spoke inquired eagerly if there was a prospect of peace,
and the following day were wttliehaws throughout the
country is question. Mr. Perks, who heel meson to ac-
company a civil mandarin, who had been waiting our reliant
beyond oar hues is my *nth:lL? this statement.
think it worth Mention, that a er taken on the 21i
is the course of conversation, "leered the remark that
the fighting was all the doing of iisa.ko&nirhs, who was st
anxious for it as the prince Tai was opposed to it. This
esiords with other reports.
In the absence, of Mr. Parks, I maw he permitted to Mate
that, as on all aimilar occasions, the pester part of the
work of &suasion and persuasion fell to his share. lila
wad evidently well known to the col:emir/4one"
they treated whet fell from him with laartionlar at'
Saigon. —I have, ha., (dilluod)
Mosso WADE, Chinese Secretary.

Enclosure 5.
Received Sept. 14, 1860.
Ted, Priam of S., and Mullin, President of the Board
of War, Imperial Commissioners. make a ommannicatiee :
The Prime and his colleague addressed a emamenication
to his Excellency the ibitish Minister, on the 16th instant
(15th September), and a reply to a communication resolved
hem his excellamy on the 27th instant (13th September),
sad being aware that both dispatches have hero received by
lir exoelleacy, they are really at a loss to understand why
ha has not replied to them.
'The Prince and his colleague having been sent from the
capital, by hie Majesty's commands, for the purpose of ne-
lumating peace with the British, their sole desire was to
mast his smeaency, and in person effect with him • restora-
tion of friendly relations ; but the cantons stationed north
et Hogetowao are under the command of the high odious
I in charge of the form ; the Prime and his colleague have
nothing to say to them and were the troops aecompairy.
lag his enseßency, which they understand have reached
Hoese-weq, to advance so far es to come In contact with
that garrisons, the inevitable cognomen would be a cis. '
.la•rstanding between the two bodies, which would diame
paint the hops, doom as it is entertained by the Prince and
his colliegus, that fnendly relations may be firmly estab•
hand ; a cessemmies seriously to be deplored.
the Doltish minister's reply of the 26th inst. he stated
I thek his only object was to proceed to Tung-chow ; the
Prises sod hr ealiesses ham really no object to baulk hie
ereelleacy's worthy purple and they DOW engage, that if I
loserill Magna Ms fares at Yang•tenn-taabtettn and
wain, without mein further movement onward, and will
=meet the Prises and his colleague according to the
by bier at Tientsin. on the subject of his
eilimiXVP•isin, with a small suite unarmed, the me-
vertigo, they promise, shall be cumbuled, sealed, and
sped ; sad this dose, • day chasm for his excellency's
entry into Pain for the purpose of exchanging the ratifies.
time, that no further time may be lost.
The carriages and other vehicles reqeired by his excel.
limy shell he provided by the local authorities, and shall be
seat forward as soon as the number of his suite shall lave
been stated. Orders shall at the same tune be given to the
military authorities to furnish an escort ; and the Priem
end he colleague will write to the high officer moo
manding the forces to explain to the troop. in peremptory
gums that there is to be no alarm of unruly conduct. This
will his excellency be enabled to advance with all speed.
The Prince and his colleague an further desire that the
load authorities supply the British form with everything it
may require at the Pointe at which it is stationed.
If matters can be arranged in this sense, the Prince and
his colleague may be more or Ism spared the disappointment
of their desire for the establishment of friendly relations.
They mum* that his excellency entertains a corresponding
dean, and they trust that be will have the goodness to re-
ply to theta as SOPS ae Roselde.
A neeessargii.ommunication addressed to his Excellency
the Earl of tc.
Bicolor's, I th ear, 7th moon, 28th day (13th Septem-
ber, 1930), about 10 pm.
Translated by
THOILUS Want, Chinese Secretary.
Enclosure 6.
We imperial Goismaissionen Tom Prince of S., and Mak
Prasideat of the Board of War, make the following comma-
:
1=.7 the A
ads mbaseadoL
.krauviiiinitkusenwt
perelre-
aaMs colleague were informed by them, es lair amtvesle
leetto-day, of all those point* upon which lb* auslameador
Mite, and there is no
understood by the
of.thee:adwifitch mil mew tho-
eldle subject et powers weelieh arele Wires&pset by
thapiegipotoatisedies ea both Mae who *ay most at
show for tor the diesosiam of bialmok like Maas and his sal-
low, have ao dillheaaelew that the mermary he-
abet shell be ea the paid ir part.
To the inquiry made of the ambassador as to
whit meanly can be ghee for the Wahl emeglima the
engesereents now entered into, the hike sod biacet
hags to reply that no 'coverless gesi blamer* hotaet:.
authority vested is them awl that baktle other inhalers I
who-may have bees charged with sicemisdiogs, and that.'
this fact :fonts a positive memsaos at • the (nitre °Marv-
mee of good ialth on the part of their government.
We Priam sad his colleague harem fmtier been celled

VEN,I,

, won to state whether they gas some to osaishade sod sign
ao=didsatkel ia every be
that resat*
to tb• 12tuirtor K —sad this '&O4
WA the treaty of 113613 shdl be in Peking--
VElj ”dirtake the pairfonamas both these sti•
cge and his Soleague bavlag ties ample* thi
above oontlitiomi without awseptioo, him mow to mews an
MP" Oa Go* Ida ftaantray Ibn i Ataairmaider via not
Aankameriswie
Boa Ihs bsir all Ills PaiiiMma:alo lanediew,
A>
kale Alt ea i
.
i
mikristitErFei .1*••
to
daninvlatiasti mid aril aped,
WHIM ilia babe AG* Um Aril ii• • villainies et an
1.17 liaW •
lasAi's owsiwarY oommtudcation to hie Excellency the Earl of
, he.
Dated rDsofuog, 18th year, 7th month, 29th day (14th
eaplanaber, 1964 Translated bilis=
S. Panics


Sockeenre 7.
He-seevu. Sept. 16.
The undersigned, ho. has received a despatch from their
Exoellenciee UN Impala Commissioners, Prince of Toe
and pub, Presidia of the Board of War, adder date the
13th instant ; the despatch of their wedloci . of the 14th
instant, brooghteack by hie secretariS from Tang-chow,
has also mashed him. .
In reply, the eadersimeed has the honour to Mate that be
is willing, if all the conditions specified below be faithful!)
carried out, ,to stipulate that the main body of the British
force shall hot advance !woad five li en thie side of Chan-
kia-ma It will eciouneoce ita mania towards that place to-
morrow, and it will commit no hostile set upon the route,
unless it eneounters opposition.
In order, however, to prevent minuelectanding it will
be well that their excel envies should cause • proclamation
to be forthwith issued to the effect, that as pesos segotim
time are in foot, end as the Belot unbasawler and corn-
isiamberenchtel have agreed, ia erspliame with the TO-
that the mean body of Ithe
=likata..=buir at the point in vertices, the
people a$ emseetern to their hernia, weeks them
arlciece libiii Ornatbeis. This is emented far the
ryTise7 wiltriasj".Bl:afer, it le=
for gale, ' 'erlee be mowed to Meek
them if ap ha
White all eithrtipthsed to shall have been
head, ead aisethiniffigreges thal has been made
at Tung-chow far hie seemaka, the undeestped will pro-
ceed to Tang-. reef with as asert of about one thousand
men, and rime there aped the convention, will go cm
the 11111116 Med to the . • ...theire to e
Mange the el the aod to
Proust to liedeeteilie Nemeeetrealieree= letter
slime.
with-which beans the amour te be Segel by her
Majesty Quota of
MSc thee' thmeral acill= bashes perfanned, it is
the etheatich of the serape( te take seeps without de-
lay kr withdrawing .Brillth laces fro* the eta* of
gm lePitokeed.pleciathelgtheln in the DIMON gesthed In
Artiele Yu. of UN ormsaillas Beit hens* gmehed their
seithacieth that by their ewe Smiths be Saban twice
deedsd be fm•Willse preludes te bad from the
Emperor et Mina full ewers to gabs hoe, Meek!
meets with him. Whethee, the dery he ego be able
give West tot that intention mew or later will depend
=on the evidence whisk the Maine Government shall
of its dthermination to carry out faithfully all the
articles of the treaty of 1868, and of the convention about
to lig cowls:led at Tung-chow.
Es A= Kieceitente.
Their( aVealleethm es Tea and Mob,
Imperial Osounithoss
Padie-ohiaw, Sept 23, 1860.
ley Lord,—ln my dietheth et the 16th instant I did
myself the honour to en for your lordehip's informa-
tion • statement of the incidents width had occurred here
between the 11th insert, wires the Ist oommunicatiou
from Piths Tsai and his colleague reached me at that date.
I now' proceed to small whet be. taken place subsequently.
The arraegemeate dat the close of my deepath
abovamealimed. as ' been determined on after the
return of Masa Wade Parkm from Tung-chow, ware
exactly canted get. Mr. Parkes gloried for that place
at a very early hour on Monday, the 17th instant,
accompanied by Dolma Welker, Quartermaster-Genera
of the Cavalry Brigade, Mr. Thomson, of the Commis-
sariat Department, Mr. Loch, my private se.effe_trz,
Mr. de Nommen, one of Mr. uee's
who volunteered to go with him to mast him, end
Mr. Boulby, and wetted by five men of the King's Dragoon
Guards anal twenty of lan's Horse under the command
of Lieutenant Anderson. The allied fora and the coin-
mandermin-chief commenced their march somewhat later.
I received no commethethis, from either daring the course
dilate day. On the ham* weresker, however, at about
10 am. the sound of Seller, me hoard in the distance, and
at noon a Sikh trooper arrived, Irma Sir Hope Grant's camp.
He brought. me • letter from lam. Paths, but no news from
the camp, except the verbal resift that • blink cannonade
had commeeicd half an hour after be left it.
Mr. Perks in as letter, lafeemed me that the Coll2Mis
stoners had raised the Ours fonewbg objections to my des-
patch to them of which ha had bent the bearer :
let. To the incleathis date for the withdrawal
ot our timely, which hob! eemieliffist *lad take place im-
mediately ter the themes el the sesention ; 2nd, To
my peoosediog to Pekes with an score or at learnt with an
smart equal to that, which 1 had stated would accompany
gas to Truagmhow • and. 3rdly, To the delivery of her Ma-
jesty's letter to ;he Emperor at en audience. It was on
this lath objection that they chiefly buisted. Ido not
enclose the copy of Mt. Parkee's letter as it was marked
privet., but the diode( sentences are so characteristic that
I belt leave to gads this He dates it at 4.30 a.m. from
Tung chow, whisk is six miles from the proposed place
of the eiCammeent el the army, four miles from
Chan-kiseran, sod tereciezy-foer miles from Ho-names
where I se residing, and he writes, "I am now starting
with Colonel Walker and a Chines officer to attempt the
arrangement of the first of the points (the camping ground
for the army). I then go to Chao-kis-wan to math supply
work (also for the army them come back to Tang-chow to
get out the proclamation, upon which block-cutters have
been at work during the night, and if time and phygiced
strength will thee admit I shall ride back in the seeing to
HO-bee-1M that I may know your lordship's views on the
question of audience, which the Chinese authorities will, I
ammo recur to the mamma theLase.u.:,me '
an'At about balf an hour after midnigh I received • letter
front Sir Hope Great, Scribing the ece which
led to the eagagement of the 181 b, its successful issue, and
inquiring how I considered the Degociateme en Meth I was
engaged for the restablishment of peas to be oilseed
by thin incit The general's letter was in pewee and I
cannot nowfurnish • copy of it. But I seise a copy of
my reply, w ' I despatched at 4 am., of the 18th instant,
to . the head-quartere of the conamanderinchief, by the
bands of my military secretary, LisetemealeColonel CM-
leek. hollowed myself at 5 am., se I thought that*.
deleadoe of Mr. Parks end the other' who were with him
entot gave rise to questions, la the determination of which
I &odd take my share Of responsibility.
I round that Sir Hope Oesat had established his head-
qupaitalkia-eneee, sad son after my arrival there,
we together to the reddens at the French icom-
manikr-in in order that we might confer with bie
excellency es to the best means of recovering the subjects
of her Needy mil of the Emperor of the French who were
snimieq.
It ma aimed that a reccenoiscos of British caral
should proceed forthwith to lung-chow, sad that Mr. Wade
should accompany it with • salamis to the chief
manderin of that city, to the effect that the commandeneht-
ahieVof the allied armies required all Bee& mad
French subjects to Ware to the Sedges/ten of their re-
spective armies, and that if my impediment was put in the
way of their return the city of Pekin would forthwith be
attached and taken. It was added that Tung-chow would
not be molested if the inhabitant. kept aloof from all
resistance to the allies. Mr. Wade, in the execution of this
mission, endeavoured, in the first plea to communicate
with • Tartar camp situated on the Pekin ads of the city
of Tung-chow. But he could get no one to acknow-
ledge his flag of trace, and was fired at mere
than *nee. He succeeded, however, at length be
obtaining access to the chief manderin of Tang.
chow, who spoke of our countrymen who _ bed See
Ia the city, with great ramose way* that he hawed •
part of upwards of twenty bad loft it some time before
the firing on the loth bad esemeased. This cathereatima
left on my mind the painful impression that cm their way
back to the camp they had been out down by the Tartar
army in its retreat, an impression which the fact that we
bad received no communication from the Chinese authori-
ties after the defeat of their army cc that day coded to
confirm. In • further reconnoissance, however, which was
made by Major Probyn on the day following, an intelligent
native was ea/Steed, who afforded as some relief by as
goring us he bad seen some of oar countrymen proceeding
in • cart to Pekin. No communication was, however, re-
ceived from any Millie! authority respecting the fate of
these persona, and the commanders-in-chief, with great pro-
priety, as it appears to me, resolved to prosecute their
in advance. On the 21at instant, accordingly,
• large body of Tartar troops oa the road from Tung-chow
to Pekin was attacked and dispersed, and their carnswhith
covered a space of several milswere taken and destroyed.
On the morning of the day following, I received a com-
munication from the brother of the Emperor, informing me
that, in cosmoses of the mimesnagename of affairs by the
Prince Tsai, sad Huh, he had been &Related imperial cone
rassirmer to treat with me, and proposing an armistice with
• view to the re-establishment of peace. I answered by re-
=them to the notifistion which bad been already de-
to the chief mandarin of Tang-chew, ie the aame of
the esinmandashechiefaand informing tam, tinte until the
British subjects detained in Pekin were restored, I could
net take any step to May military operations. I inclose
herewith the copy of fhb oorreepondens
I may be expected to say something respecting the origin
endows of the mama el hestililice which took place on
the 18th instant. To heard conjectures as to the motives
by which Chinese functionaries me actuated is not a very
sale welertaking ; and lets they possible that further C.
foemation may modify the views winch I now entertain on
this paha. I am, however. posed at present to doubt
there having been • deliberant intimate's of treachery on the
Chaug-kia-wen ii 12 ll (ea rather lees than 4 miles frqn
the aouth face of Tong-chow—the disease alluded to will
thmegfore be about 5 miles hem the laths elty.—M.S.P.