Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-15 00:00:00

CHINA.

The mail has arrive& ,bringing complete details4of the
affoh. on the Peiho, whieh resulted in the total (fefeat
of the British forces, with the loss of no less than five
gunheats and about one-:third of the whole -force

engaged.
The Allied Ministers, andlhe squadron escorting them,
reached the mouth of the Peiho on June 20, The river
was found to be very effectutilly barred across by means
of iron stakes of a formidaile appearance, as well as
booms of ingenious constraf-tion and considerable
strength.. These booms were raked by the fire of
newly-constructed forts on either bank of the river.
There were altogether five forts, mounting 90 to iOO
,guns, or, more properly speaking, having embrasures
for that number.
Admiral Hope's appearance, in the Arst instance, was

of gold.
There is no political news of the least interest or
importance.

.. ,
unmistakably pacificin character. A solitary man-of-
war's boat carried in his first mescage. The Fury and
.sna TO TUE 1-1 two gunboats were left outside the bai, The rest of
,
y evening ti
nselves ;ntnoEs or LUCKNOW —On the squadron was lying thirty miles off.
their' le People 1
om efforts to d ° Dover honoured The mese o
' • Ch. G venal:tient appears to have kept away
eers and n o honour
L'urtsmouti men of the 32 person of official authority who might
to the 300 gal- from Takes any
their he 1 a fortnight " Regiment who lauded have informed us that the whole.route was closed to the
[ who "le and
were r • ea fast
st since,d direct from the scene ministers, whose visit to Pekin to exchange ratifications
[cal, with an eemved, as th_endurance in India, of the treaties had been known for twelve months be-
the quiet town enthusiasm 1 reported on their fore. The ambassadors, finding no proper officer to
inner to the men, ce.f Dover. a ,i,ahost
, unparalleled receive them, decided to remove the obstructions, and
iked with an ahunrposed of substa- Ate embraced pass up the river. These, however, being composed of
I a light refection to suPelY of uti:ll viandsandstrong • bars and chains, resisted all the efforts for
o the good . ,
ceedi -b • held •
ngs beingin the Po t.
oths-:ers thi, English ale, this During the six or seven hours that these We learn that there has been p
-, purpose.resent Ato Mr. W. H.
- beautifulgold
pencil-
ofx the Western "[colt spacious gu r len of the tmaking not a gun was fired from the forts, Goulbourn, by a few friends, a-
ahemp s were ,
1 been readily 1,-, ts Barracks
, tt
the use at the although gunboats were at a distance of 500 to 700 case, as a token of esteem for • d in which
the kin manner
artillery granted by the colone.f lis° of whichof society in
of them hadgot aground. At 1.30 he assisted to carry out certain objects a the
ery force now qua-t comm . yards, and some
Vie' and which ered there, Colo ((riding p.m. the signal for action was run up, and the Oppossum township of Everton.
d evergreens ' was very tastefully decoratedt,vn9l CV- and. Ploverpushed in close up to the first barrier. AMERICAN AND CANADIAN MAILS. The screw
Public. A• Admission by tickets was 'ith flags .
Suddenl 'Pabout two .m , the guns in the Chinese forts steamer City of Baltimore,
Captain Leitch, sailed for
inhabitants congratulatory address was wasted to semi-weekly
'lo: nts of Dover, which was reied from opened fire the action. bccay.e general: It was at New York via Queenstown, carrying out the
steamer
the
eCarmichael,. C. 8., the senior. officer °nee evident that had rdinarg Chinese artillery mails and about 150 passengers. The screw
to by ,_()weno o y .
in COMm
an 4 I contend against. Their fire both in weight an rt,-
d -, North American sailed for Quebec yesterday, with the
)se withr gunent. The proceedings were brought cision, t'
Chinese • g bweekly Canadian mails and about 100 passengers.
144 The
games, upon neighbouring to a was. such as no campaigner ever core
Ivere yet„ a plateau i experienced,
i nßritish and North American royal mail steamer Asia
-•es•set; by several thousand ' I In
enemy's slacken, sails for New York direct on atur,lay. The box at the
spectators,
about two hours the fire began to
It
40911 afterwards became almost silenced) although Post-oftee will close at 9 30,
and finally at 10 a.m.

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,t-,xQurr

The French mail has not arrived. A telegraphic
despatch states that the Belgium mail packet has landed
the mails at Deal.

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