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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1860.

BEN TL E Y'S MISCELLANY.
In the January Number will be commenced
THE CONSTABLE OF THE TOWER :
An Historical Romance.
By WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTII.
Illustrated by John Gilbert.
To be continued ➢lonthly until Completion.
London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

ONE ITUNDRED AND FORT Y-NINTII SALE.
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FOR SALE, by order of the Honourable the Commis-
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Just published, price is., new edition, by post 14 stamps,
THE SCIENCE OF LIFE : or, How to Live,
and What to Live For ; Explanatory of the Mysteries
of Man's Existence, and the various Phenomena of Life.
With Instructions for Securing health and Strength ; and.
Remarks on the Treatment of Disorders incidental to Seden-
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THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE
fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S
A_
" GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES."
The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex
perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi-
ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive,
intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all
is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully
examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin-
ciples."
Kent and Co., late Piper and Co., Paternoster-row.

PURSUANT to an Otdcr of the High Court of
Chancery, made in the matter of -the Estate of John
Milne, late of Prior-street, Greenwich, in the county of Kent,
gentleman, deceased—Persons claiming Debts-or Liabilities
affecting the Estate of the above-named John Milne, who was
formerly a merchant's clerk in the city of. London, and died
in or about the month of. May; 1860, are required to enter
their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts
or claims, on or before the 14th'day of January, 1861;.in the
Claims book at the Chambers of the Vice-Chancellor, Sir
Richard Torin Kindersley, No. 3, .Stone-buildings, Lincoln's '
inn, in the county of Middlesex, without making any affida-
vit in support thereof ; and give notice thereof to Mr. Alfred
William Smith, of Cooper's-hall, No. 7'l, Basinghall-street,
in the city of London, the Solicitor concerned in the said
matter ; and if so required by notice in writing from the said
Mr. Smith are, by their Solicitors, to come in and prove their
said debts or claims at the Chambers aforesaid, at such time
as shall be specified in such notice; or, in default thereof,
they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the
said Order.
Dated this 28th day of-November, 1860.

CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk,

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ON TRUE and FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA ;
with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors
in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De-
bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Hypochrondriasis.

Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD.

" Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent
practical contributions to German medical literature. This
is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself
to the non-medical reader. We trust that this may not be the
last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it
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" The editor has confefred a great boon on the sufferers
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any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ;
but the moderate price at which the 'brochure' is sold, places
it within the reach of every one interested in the matter."—
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S. GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET, W., NEAR
THE PANTHEON.
fR. CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal
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rd both Sexes, emanating from early and excessive :indul-
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OURSELVES.
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" SANITAS AC FELICITAS."
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the Author.
DR. LA'MERT on the Treatment and cure of
NERVOUS and PHYSICAL DEBILITY, resulting
frompernicious habits contracted in Youth, excesses in Man-
hood, or residence in Tropical Climates. With Cases and En-
gravings from Life, representing the various Organs in
Health and Disease.
The extensive circulation of this work may be attributed in
great measure to the fact that the Author is the only duly
qualified and legally registered Practitioner who for 20
years has made the Diseases arising usually from
Imprudence the peculiar objects of his attention. The im-
pediments which so often either prohibit wedlock, or embitter
and render it a state of misery, by disappointing its fondest
hopes and marring.
form, dos, analogous in reality. The mischief may arise 'n-
its highest objects, are, though varied in
in-
nocently. rom deleterious influences devolved from the
necessities of position—from circumstances which occurred
years before the sufferers were born from accident or the in-
fluence of tropical climates, but chiefly, from Self-incurred
Afflictions. dating back, in too numerous instances, to a period
long preceding that at which reason could be matured by ex-
perience.
though still s with no li obstinacy in
A professional prejudice, which happily is now fast disap-
psoemarenogf'the moreit atling antiqued meredical schools,tt le
for a long time
almost ignored the morbid affections comprised under the
Y more destructive and widely pre-
eneral designation "Nervous and Physical Debility," though
of so important a department of pathology
erethperrosb.abl
thanei
qoaunnes
ynac e
being neglected is, that sufferers from the infirmities in
theseval
Thee n te affect
e ns
question, virtually spelled from consultation with prac-
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' the hands of unqualified Empirics, sometimes assuming titles
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in the Medical Register (whereby they incur serious legal
penalties), whose ignorant meddling With the treatment of
these cases render these disorders a standing reproach to the
medical profession. Those who may have a suspicion
that any of the observations here made have Peculiar applica-
tion to themselves, may consider that cases are indeed rare
in which practised science cannot
fully realise long-deferred
hopes, remove all causes of mutual reproach, and replace
chronic embitterment by permanent content.
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pita: Medical Society, thc., is the only legally qualified regis-
tered practitioner who, for 20 years, has devoted his attention
to the treatment of these disorders. At home for consuita-
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a 7, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON.

AUSTRALIA.

We have received files of papers from Melbourne
to the 25th of October, and from Sydney to the
20th of October.

We take the following from the Melbourne Argus
of the 25th of October :

" Since the. resumption of the Galle route the
Peninsular and Oriental Company have delivered
the English mails in Melbourne with a punctuality
most commendable, and in strong contrast to the
uncertainties and delays experienced in former
years. The August mail from England was no
exception to what we may now consider the rule,
having been delivered lay the Salsette in HObson's
Bay on the evening of the 11th inst., the day on
which it was due ; but the news was anticipated by
way of Adelaide, the new and fast steamer Bal-
clutha, chartered by the South Australian Govern-
ment for the conveyance of the mails between King
George's Sound and Adelaide, having reached, the
latter port on the 10tI4 in sufficient time to tele-
graph a summary of the news 'to Melbourne and
Sydney. The Balclutha's passage from the Sound
to Adelaide was made in 101 hours; that of the
Salsette to Melbourne occupying only 118 hours.
The success of the Balclutha's trip has induced the
South Australian Government to engage her for
the service for six months, at £1,447 per month.
" Since the sailing of the Jeddo with the Septem-

ber mails, little has occurred to disturb the calm of
our political atmosphere. Parliament has been
further prorogued to the 20th proximo, then to
meet for the despatch of business.

" During the month extraordinary rains have
occurred all over the colony. The rivers and water.
courses have been flooded to an extent never before
remembered, and many lives have been lost at the
various crossing-places from want of bridges. Some
of the miners have suffered from the flooding
of their claims, but the only instance of serious
damage to works took place at Chines, where the
water broke through the bottom of the creek into
the workings of one of the smaller companies, and
then made its way into the works of the Port Philip
Company, flooding the lower levels, and doing con-
siderable mischief. To the farmer and squatter,
however, the rains have been very valuable—grass
for the squatters' cattle and sheep is everywhere
most abundant, and the grain and root crops give
promise of plenty.

" The Volunteer movement is spreading th.rough-
out the colony, and there is scarcely a township of
any importance which has not now its rifle corps.
In the larger towns—such as Sandhurst, Ballarat,
and Castlemaine—the Volunteering has gone on
with the greatest success, and in a spirit of rivalry
which speaks well for the future efficiency of the
force. The first instalment-2,000 Lancasters—of
the long promised supply of rifles has been received,
and will speedily be placed in the hands of the
Volunteers.

" It is anticipated that the Murray River Rail-
way will be opened from Sunbury to Woodend, a
distance of 28 miles, about the beginning of Feb-
ruary. The total length then opened for traffic
will be close upon 50 miles. To-day the arches of
the Coliban viaduct will be formally keyed up by
Dr. Greeves, the Commissioner of Lands and Sur-
vey, and the foundation stone of the great viaduct,
near Taradale, will be formally laid by the Hon.
Mr. Pyke. The contractors are pushing the works
forward vigorously.
" A few of the river fish sent out by Mr. Wilson,
per ship Lincolnshire, have arrived in safety, though
in poor condition, and have been placed in the pre-
pared ponds in the Botanic Gardens.

" Mr. Stuart, the well-known South Australian
explorer, has returned to Adelaide with information
that he had penetrated northward nearly to the
17th degree of latitude (the longitude is concealed
for the present), and was then compelled to retreat,
by the fierceness of the natives. He gives an ac-
count comparatively favourable of the country over
which he passed, and the South Australian Parlia-
ment having voted £2,500 at the instance of the
Government, for a larger armed and organised
party, Mr. Stuart is about to return at its head to
the scene of his discoveries, to force his way, if
necessary, to the coast. A messenger has been
despatched to overtake the Victorian exploring
party, to communicate t..) Mr. Burke as much in-
formation respecting Mr. Stuart's success as the
South Australian Government would give.
" A new goldfield of some importance has been
discovered by a prospecting party, beyond Ararat.
It is named the Londonderry diggings, and already
some 5,000 persons are on the ground.

outlay has been incurred in clearing and timbering
the drives.

" The reduction in the charge for crushing quartz
is becoming more general, and this has led to the
taking up and reworking of claims and reefs not
found to pay under the old tariff. With this reduc•
tion, however, there is a vast quantity of stone
which may be raised and crushed with profit'. In
most of the quartz districts the reefing interest
generally is in a prosperous condition, and about
the usual proportion of large yields has been ob-
tained. We have had before now to chronicle the
production of large cakes of amalgamated gold, but
the last product of the sort is by far the greatest
of all. This weighs no less than 2,247 oz,, or
heavier by about 700 oz. than the largest cake of
gold ever turned out before from any of our crush-
ing mills. It was the yield of 22 tons of stone
raised from a claim on the Columbian Reef, at In-
glewood, and this and one or two claims on the
same reef are said to contain stone equally rich.
None, however, giving such a yield—upwards of
102 oz. to the ton—has yet been crushed, unless in
very small quantities. The reefs on this district
are generally rich, and as they are followed down-
ward the bulk of stone is found to increase ; the
great drawback at first having been the smallness
of the veins near the surface. More than average
yields have been obtained in other districts, but
none appears worthy of special mention after the
monster cake described. Some large parcels of
amalgamated gold are now coming into market
from the works of the different companies which
have commenced operations.

" LABOUR.

"As far as Melbourne is concerned, the demand
for labour of all sorts has continued bad up to the
present time; nor has the weather during the past
month been fine enough to cause the services of
shearers and their assistants to be in urgent request
up the country. Most of the extra men required
in the interior are to be had on the spot, and in
many places the nnmber of the unemployed is pro-
portionally as great as in town. Some are men
with means, who are disinclined just now to en-
gage for a period on terms to suit the conve-
nience of masters, with the harvest time near at
hand; but too many are trusting to chance for the food
they eat, and are obliged to take any employment
that offers. In this class are seldom or never to be
found men of known efficiency; but the fact of so
many being willing to take anything they can get
renders it difficult to quote any fixed rate of wages.
Farming men, mechanics, and ordinary labourers
are all alike in this respect, and although excep-
tions have to be made in special cases, the general
tendency is downward, to an extent perhaps of
about £5 a year on the annual wages of house ser-
vants, and of ss. a week in the rate at which farm-
ing men can be hired. Mechanics do not wish it
to be generally known at what rates they under-
take work, but many of those not under permanent
engagement are obliged to be content with a mode-
rate remuneration for their services when they can
obtain employment. With regard to domestic ser-
vants there has been little change otherwise than
has been mentioned. Useful married couples with-
out children most readily find situations, as such are
always in demand for the country. Well recom-
mended single women can obtain good places, but
they have sometimes to wait longer than they may
wish for these. We have the same large number
of rough country girls unprovided for ; and as their
ranks seem to increase, and the demand for their
services to diminish, many of those who are with-
out money or homes to go to have but a dreary
prospect before them. For men-servants the
demand is about the same as it has been for some
time past, and this is not equal to the supply.

phICE 41) STAMPED, sp.

very greatly in excess of that required for the lines now in
course of construction. At the same time the requirements
of the more distant parts of the country, with their large and
rapidly-increasing interests, would be comparatively unpro-
vided for even were railways completed to the points indi-
cated. The consideration of Parliament will be invited to a
plan which will obviate the difficulties and meet the require-
ments in question. •
" 8. Considerable progress has already been made in the
continuation of telegraph lines, by which the facilities for
communicating with those parts of this continent with
which important relations exist will be greatly increased.
The success which has attended this enterprise, and the
great benefits found to arise wherever its advantages are
enjoyed, has determined the Government to propose some
further extensions for the sanction of Parliament.

" 9. The systematic improvement of our harbours and
rivers is continuing to engage the attention of the Govern-
ment.

" 10. The necessary arrangements have been completed
for immediately opening the public abattoirs at Glebe
Island, and for terminating the dangerous nuisances so
long:complained of within the city of Sydney.
" Gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly,
" 11. The Supplementary Estimates for the present year
and the estimates for 1861 will be submitted without delay.
" 12. Your attention will be invited to a consideration of
the presen,t system of taxation, with a view to introduce
such. modifications as will more equitably apportion the
public burdens among the several domes of the. community.
"Hon. Gentlennei-of the tegislatlve Council, iria - °-
Gentlemen of the Legislative Assemby.
" 13. Bills for amending the constitution of the Legisla-
tive Council, for regulating the alienation and occupation of
Crown lands, and others having for their object legal and
social improvements, will be laid before you.
" 14. In your deliberations on these and all other ques-
tions which may come under your consideration I trust that
to Alprmiemgehtteyttodlastotinagdowpetlfarsuechafmthiea-s
syurouesmaasy beshall
g
colony."
As soon as his Excellency had concluded he left the
Chamber, and the members adjourned.
iid
tend guided
d by
We take the following fromthe Sydney Morning
Herald of the 20th of October :
"The quantity of golddust imported into the Sydney
branch of the Royal Mint during the quarter ending the
30th of September, 1860, for the purpose of coinage,has been
118,120 ounces; revenue, £5,958 Bs. 4d. During the corre-
sponding quarter of 1859 the amount received was 84,512 ;
revenue, £4,134 6s. 3d. The increase on the receipts of the
quarter is therefore 33,608 ounces. The coin issued during
the third quarter of 1860 was 485,500 sovereigns, and during
1859 258,000 sovereigns. During the first nine months of
the year 1859 the amount of golddust received for coinage
was 227,696 ounces, and the coin issued 598,500 sovereigns
and 341,000 half-sovereigns ; total value, £774,000. For the
same period of 1860 the golddust received amounted to
378,568 ounces, and the coin issued, 1,246,000 sovereigns
and 156,000 half-sovereigns; total value, £1,324,000.

" AGRICULTURE.

WAR 131 CRINA.

(From the North China Herald, Oct. 20.)

" As to the prospects of the farmer, we have only
to repeat what was said last month. Never before
did the crops promise better at this season ; and so
favourable was the dry winter to the use of the
plough, that a great additional breadth of land
must have been brought under cultivation.
" The Great Britain took her departure from
Hobson's Bay yesterday forenoon on her voyage for
Cork and Liverpool—a full ship. She carries 415
passengers and 119,000 oz. of gold—nearly half-a
million sterling.

The following letters were brought down by her
Majesty's ships Pioneer and Furious :

" The Argus Office, Oct. 24.

" Camp of the British Army, one mile distant from

the North Eastern Gate of Pekin, Oat. 9.

" Export entries were passed at the Customs to-
day for 12,2890 z. 16dwt. of gold, of which quantity
11,6090 z. 16dwt. were for shipment in the Behar,
mail steamer, for Galle ; and 680 oz. in the Fides,
for Hongkong.
" The Customs returns for the week ending the
20th inst. give the imports at the port of Melbourne
at the declared value of £460,899, and the exports
at £326,133, the balance being in favour of imports
to the sum of £134,766.

" Preparation of advices for the mail appears to
have chiefly engrossed the attention of importers
to-day, and but little general business has been
transacted. A fair amount of up-country trade has
been doing."

"We encamped here on the 6th. On the same
evening the Emperor's summer palace Yuen-min-
Yuen was taken possession of, and yesterday Messrs.
H. S. Parkes and Henry Loch were liberated and
returned to the Embassy.
" I sent a letter to you from the camp, six miles
from Tung-chow, on the 4th, which will probably
reach you with this. On the following day the
allied forces were on the march in search of the
Tartars, who were supposed to be in great numbers
about four or five miles off. The front of the two
armies stretched over a large extent of country,
but the enemy was not seen, nor any sight of an
abandoned camp visible. We halted at one
o'clock p.m. Reconnoitering parties were sent out
at night, and they fell in with the Tartar pickets,
whp fired three shots at them. On the morning
of the 6th we were again on the move at an early
hour, but on reaching the ground where the pickets
had been seen all was still.

" Here are some very high brick-kilns, from which
several gates and other structures within the walls
of Pekin were distinctly seen about five miles dis-
tant. Still in pursuit of the retreating enemy, we
marched cn through a thickly-wooded country
until within half a mile of the earthwork which
extends along the north side of, and distant one
mile from, Pekin, where some Tartars were seen
among the houses close by. The King's Dragoon
Guards went in at them and they fled, leaving eight
dead or disabled and one of the dragoons wounded
in the skirmish. In a short time after the earth-
work was reached, and a gap of 60 or 80 yards
opened upon a straight road of the same width
leading to the north-east gate of Pekin. The
troops entered by this gap, and, wheeling to the
right, halted where we now are, within the earth-
work—an embankment of 40 to 80 feet high, which
would be a strong defence in the hands of efficient
troops. Here ihe greater part of the British army
encamped. Why it did not proceed to the Summer
Palace at once, as was planned, I do not know. The
French, and most of our cavalry with some artil-
lery did so, but the former did not arrive on the
spot until two hours after the latter, who were
waiting for the remainder of our army. Oa the
French coming up the brigadier offered to co-ope
rate with them. They asked him to go round to
cut off the Tartars, whilst they attacked the
palace. This they did, and found 300 eunichs in
charge of it, and 40 men who take care of the
gardens, onl y2O of whom had guns. They mad
a slight resistance ; two eunichs wore killed, and
two French officers wounded, and they then took
possession of the palace.
" It is said that the reason our army did not ad-
' vance was that a body of Tartars was seen to come
out of the north-east gate, glad disappear in a
southerly direction, and that we should follow
them. I believe it was a false alarm.

" In the evening a communication was made
to the authorities demanding the release of
the prisoners. A promise was given that those
who were in the capital should be released next
day. The surrender of the gate was also demanded,
with an intimation that it would otherwise be
taken. The first has, happily, been complied with,
so far that we had the pleasure yesterday of
welcoming Messrs. Parkes and Loch, with a French
officer attached to the Societe Scientifique, and six
or eight French, and privates of the Sikh cavalry.
They were whilst with San-kolinsin's army treated
in a most cruel manner; forced to kneel before
every mandarin, however petty, their faces rubbed
in the dust; they were bound with their hands
behind them, and carried on horses to Tung-chow,
and thence, in the same state, in one of the carts of
the country, to Pekin, where they were placed in
dungeons, and remained so until ten days ago.
Mr. Parkes was beaten when he did not instantly
reply to a question, and Mr. Loch because he could
not speak Chinese. Within this last week these
atrocities have been discontinued, and they have
met with some consideration. It appears that.
when the party was returning from Tung-chow,
where you will remember that Mr. Parkes went to
remonstrate against the Tartars encamping on the
ground appropriated to the British army, they
arrived at Chang-kia-wan, where the battle of the
18th was fought, and seeing preparations for an
attack, they consulted together whether to charge
through them, or to apply to San-kolinsin, who
was a short distance behind, for a pass. They
resolved on the latter course. He received them
with insult and abuse, and made prisoners of them.
They do not know where the rest of the captives
are, but suppose them to be with San-kolinsin's
army, whether in or out of Pekin is not known.
"The Summer Palace is about five miles by a
eireuitous road north-west of this camp, outside the
earthwork. A description of it is given in Staun-
ton's account of Lord Macartney's embassy-, and
other works on China, but no pen can describe
correctly the scene that hss taken place there
within the two last days. Indiscriminate loot has
been allowed. The public reception hall, the state
and private bedrooms, ante-rooms, boudoirs, and
every other apartment has been ransacked ; articles
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with them. Store rooms of manufactured sulk in
rolls, such as may be bought in Canton at 20 4' ohl.
to 30 dole. per piece. By a calculation made .in •
the rooms, there must have been 70,000 or 80,0011
pieces, Hundreds were thrown down and trampled.
on, and
the floor covered thickly with them, men
were throwing them at each other, and all taking
as many as they could carry. They were wed
instead of rope to secure the loading of carts fillea
with them. Throughout the French camp were'
hundreds of pieces, some heaped up, others used
to make tents or beds and coverlids.

" Much dissatisfation has been expressed at the
decision of the commander-in-chief that only those
of the troops who marched froni the last halting
place on the Gth are to participate in the prize
money—all the rest, those at the depot at Tung-
chow and elsewhere, being excluded.
" The commander-in-chief and general officers'
have waived their right to share. A gold jug of
great value was presented to the commander-in-
chief by the army. Nearly all the articles were
sold at very high prices, large enamelled and in-
laid vases and ornaments realising full Shanghao
prices for such articles, the fact of their having
been the property of Hien Fung adding an imagi-
nary value to everything. The scene where the
sale was held in the temple Lamasiri, occupied by
head-quarters, was worthy of the pencil of an
artist. Had his Imperial Majesty handed over tile
whole of the contents of that palace, uninjured, it:
would have been sold for an enormous amount,
more than three-fourths having been destroyed or
taken by the French.
" All round the vicinity of the palace arc large
enclosures, parks, or cemeteries, with trees of some
magnitude ; and many stone bridges over nullahs,
the country being very dry at present. Branching
off from the palace are several paved roads, and
just outside of it is the French camp, by the side of
two large lotus ponds. It is reported that they are
to leave that place to-day, and take up a position
on our left. They wish to take the west gate of
the city, which is the only one left open, but it is
objected to, as the Emperor's brother, the Prince
Hung, would not be able to enter the city should
he be induced to return from the country, to which,
it is said, he has fled. We propose to take one of
the gates on the north side near to this camp, and
shall do so as soon as the siege guns, which have
been ordered up, arrive. I have not learnt what
is then to be done. It is supposed the army will
not enter Pekin in any case, but that the officers
will be allowed to do so with a pass. Tho utter de-
struction of the interior of the Summer Palace,
NN here, be it remembered, Lord Amherst, as ambas-
sador from England, was insulted, Is but small
punishment for the Emperor's contun2acy and
the treatment of the prisoners who were cavtured
whilst on a peaceful mission ; yet the like visitat; on
being inflicted on the palace of Pekin might be im-
politic, though deserved. That would not only
detroy the present Government, but prevent the
organisation of a new one under our protection,
should it be desirable to do so.

" The prompt release of the prisoners on our near
approach to Pekin proves that only a firm policy
can succeed with this Government. It is to be hoped.
that the same will be persisted in, and that no
terms short of our demand will be accepted. Whe-
ther we shall treat before the rest of the prisoners
are released is not made known. If San-kolinsin
remain obdurate, notwithstanding the defeat of his'
army at all points, we may have to do so, or the
end will never come.

" At sunrise of the morning after we arrived here
a salute of 21 guns was fired by the artillery to
announce our positions to the prisoners, and to our
cavalry and artillery, which had crossed our trail
and gone on to the Summer Palace, expecting to
find the army there.
" The Emperor is reported to have gone to his
palace, Zehol, in Tartary, where Lord Macartney
was received. He has 13 wives with him.
P.S. The siege guns have arrived, and I believe,
the gate will be summoned to-morrow. There is a
report that a part of the Summer Palace is on fire.
The buildings are many and detached, yet I think
it very probable they will be destroyed, the feeling
being so strong against the Chinese on account of
the barbarous treatment of the prisoners.
The following is a separate account of the affair
at the palace :
" The French column, together with Col. Pattle's
brigade of cavalry, advanced on Yuen-min-yuen,
the English column rather nearer Pekin, a large
body of the enemy having been observed near the
village now occupied by us. The French entered
with only two casualties, two officers
being wounded
by the eunuchs of the palace. The following day,
no signs of the French being visible, the English
fired 21 guns to attract attention,
the morning the commander-in-chief leatund.neldate in
r where
they were. Lord Elgin, 111 r,
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vae staffs,de,Sir
Sir R. Napier, and their' mrt
respective
to the palace, and found the French had I ibp ell eoneGe readnetd
com-
fortably established there, and that a great portion
of the principal valuables had been already taken
away, leaving the heavy but less valuable articles
for the English,
or at least what things the French
could not carry they left for us. No description
can give an idea of the splendour of this residence.
The entrance or reception hall is paved with marble,
and painted with gold, azure, and scarlet in the
most gorgeous style.
The throne of the Emperor
is of beautiful carved dark wood, and the cushions,
embroidered with gold dragons, attracted general
admiration ; every inner chamber and saloon was
very handsomely fitted up, and the rolls of silk,
satin, and crape, all of' splendid workmanship, fur-
nished cummerbunds and puggarees for the French
fwe Lreouoisf
soldiers, who appear to have adopted our custom in
china
this respect.
and
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some
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g reat val ue,
Quatorze would have delighted the eyes of many a
curio fancier ; and a'presentation sword, with the
English coat of arms, studded with gems, and evi-
dently of antiquity,. gave rise to some speculation.
The last treaty of 'l'ien-tsin was also found, and the
immense quantity of loot of
all kinds made it
almost impossible to know what to take away.
Some idea of the quantity of silk may begiven by
the fact that fowls, old pots, &c., were wrapped in
the most costly silks and satins. All the ladies had
disappeared, but their little Japanese dogs,
thing resembling a King Charles spaniel, some-
thing
about in a distracted state. Mr. Wade
secured some valuable books and pap
believe for the British Museum. The Emperor some
we
left the day before, but his destination
is, we believe,
unknown. It is said that a panic
took place
amongst
the French, and that they evacuated
returning, however, when the
thing is certain —our air alarm subsided. One
the palace,
ies took care of themselves."

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"In the afternoon yesterday, a party of French
went through the apartments with sticks, breaking
everything that remained mirrors, screens,
panels, &c. It is said that they did so in revenge
for the barbarous treatment the released prisoners,
their countrymen, had received.
"A treasury containing a large quantity of gold
ingots and sycee silver is under charge of a guard,
and is to be divided between the English and.
French.
"The total value of property destroyed would
amount to a large instalment of the indemnity
claimed,
" In one of the ante-rooms of the state bed-room
at the Summer Palace the treaty of Tien-tsin in.
English and Chinese, signed by Lord Elgin, was
found. It has been thrown on the ground by some
one, and lay in the heap of broken articles, till the
English paper evidently attracted the eye of the
person who discovered it.
" A general order from the British commander-
in-chief desired that all articles taken by officers
and men were to be sent in for sale by public-
auction for the benefit of the army, which was done.
All were permitted to have the articles they had
brought away for themselves valued, and have the
option of taking or rejecting them. Many beauti-
ful curiosities and souvenirs were thus obtained at
a nominal price. The sale realised 32,000 dollars,
which, with the value of the treasure, estimated at
61,000 dollars, is to be divided as prize money on
the spot.