The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27, 1860.

IMPERIAL CONTINENTAL GAS
ASSOCIATION.
Incorporated by Act of Parliament.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Half-Yearly
Ordinary Meeting of the l'roprietors of the Imperial Conti-
nental Gas Association will be held at the Office of the Asso-
ciation, No. 7, White Hart-court, Lombard-street, London,
on WEDNESDAY, the 28th November, 1860, at Two o'clock
in the Afternoon precisely, when a Report will be made to
the Proprietors, and a Dividend declared for the Half-Year
ending 30th June, 1860.
By order of the Board,
• WILLIAM WALTON, Secretary.
Dated this sth day of November, 1860.

CONTRACT FOR COALS FOR MALTA.
Department of the Storekeeper-General
of the Navy,
Somerset-place,-24th Nov.; 1860.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the
OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED
KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO
HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on TUESDAY, the
11th Dec. next, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat
with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for
supplying and delivering into Store at her Majesty's Naval
Yard at Malta monthly,
1,200 Tons of SOUTEI WALES COALS.
for Six Months.

The first monthly proportion to be delivered at Malta by
the 28th February next, and the same quantity to be delivered
monthly till the 31st of July next.
The Coals to be fit for the service of her Majesty's steam
vessels.
_ _

The said Commissioners having the power to increase the
monthly supply to any quantity not exceeding 2,500 tons in
each mouth, if required, on Three Weeks' notice. _ _

The conditions of the Contract and a form of the Tender
may be seen at the said office. No tender will be received
after Two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed
unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised
in writing.
Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Ten-
der for Coals for Malta," and must also be delivered at
Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter signed by two re-
sponsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person
tendering, in the sum of £4,000, for.the due performance of
the Contract.

GARIBALDI AND MAZZINI.

in a subject to rebel against a tyranny, however
oppressive, provided it is clothed with that degree
of prescription and stability of possession which
constitutes what is ordinarily called a lawful Govern-
ment ? We had thought that Locke, Blackstone,
and Bentham had effectually established that a
King differs from other magistrates in degree, but
not in kind—in the largeness of his power and the
comprehensiveness of his jurisdiction, but not in
any peculiar sanctity and inviolability attaching to
his office. To maintain the contrary would be to
stimulate the ambition of every tyrant by holding
out to him beforehand the promise of impunity.
In whattrases, then, is rebellion justified ? To justify
,rebellion two things ought Nocombine —a good cause
and a reasonable probability of success. The evil of
leaving things as they are should be greater than
the evil of altering them by violent means. This
will not be the case unless the Government be op-
pressive to a very hi degree ; and, let the Govern-
ment be ever so oppressive, rebellion cannot be jus-
tified unless there be such a prospect of success as
renders it likely that the result will not be to
strengthen the tyrant by an unsuccessful movement.
Let us apply this rule to Lord Robert Montagu's
three cases. We approve the rebellion of the Nea-
politans because we believe the Government of the
King to have been in the highest degree oppressive,
and because the event has shown that there was a
reasonable prospect of success. We disapprove the
enterprises of Mazzini because, though there was
the same oppression to justify them, there was not
the same probability of success. -The supposed en-
terprise of Marshal M'Mahon on Ireland having no
oppression to justify it, and we should Baylis little
probability of success, would therefore appear to us
not only imprudent but criminal. As for the punish-
ment of death, he who heads a rebellion sets his life
on the cast, but whether he deserves death or not
must depend on the degree in which that rebellion
was justified. Had Garibaldi failed signally, instead
of succeeding gloriously, we feel convinced that in
his misfortune as in his prosperity he would have
received the sympathy of every true-hearted
Englishman. It is not our habit in this country to
be prostrate worshippers of success, and we
disclaim, as a libel on the press and people of this
country the imputation that the favour of fortune
makes all the difference between a murderer and a
hero. We have read with regret such a letter from
an English member of Parliament, but we have
inflicted on its author the most severe punishment
in our power by giving publicity in our columns
to his name and to his opinions.

demands for a permanent residency at Pekin, and
for an immediate and large instalment of indem-
nity money, Their counter-demand for delay was
met by the advance of Lord Elgin with s great
portion of the allied force. Soon the towns upon
the march were found to be in a great part de-
serted, and supplies had to be taken by force. One
large town, Ho-si-wu, was completely looted by the
force, and if became evident that there must be
another appeal to arms. On the morning of the 18th
of September Mr: Parkes and his party fell into the
hands of the Chinese, and it was fotmd that the
army was surrounded by Tartar troops at the
village of Ho-ko-chuang. An engagement immedi-
ately took place, which caused the Tartars to retire
with some loss. A second engagement took place
on the 21st of September, when about 25 of our
force and several hundreds of the enemy were
placed hors de combat. The next day a flag of truce
was sent in from Pekin, and proposals were made
to re-open negotiations. On the following day sup-
plies were sent in by the Chinese for the use of the
allied army, which saved Tung-chau from being
looted. The latest news we have is by verbal com-
munication with a French steamer, which entered
the Yang-tse as the mail from Shanghai was leaving.
It brought intelligence from the seat of war up to
the 27th or 28th of September, when the allied
army was still in its position, seven or eight miles
from Pekin, and two or three from Tung-chau.
The statement was confirmed that the prisoners
were well treated.

The rebels still continue to absent themselves
from the immediate neighbourhood of Shanghai.
Their object in coming to that place was to be at a
port where they could be in contact with foreigners
and obtain foreign ammunition and arms. Hating
been driven from Shanghai, it is likely they will
try to effect their object by advancing on one or
the other ports where foreigners reside.

In the south of China there is nothing stirring,
and, but for the news from the north, Hong Bong
would have been quite dull during the past fort-
night.
The following letters, which we have received
from the neighbourhood of Pekin, give full accounts
of the progress of the allied army:—

" PU•SI-TSA, SEPT. 22.

" The first detachment of troops, consisting prin-
cipally of cavalry, left Tien -tsin on the Bth •f
September, and about 1,000 men followed the next
day. The cavalry had halted only a few miles oat
of Tien-tsin, and were soon overtaken on the 9th.
The column halted about noon at a town called Pu-
k'au, which was about half deserted by its in-
habitants. A market was soon established, princi-
pally by people who had followed us from Tien-twin.
Supplies were brought in, and everything was as
comfortable as could be desired.

" On the 10th we reached a large town called
Yang-tsun, where supplies were also easily obtained
—4OO sheep having been bought. Heavy rain fell
on the afternoon, and the force was unable to march
on the 11th from the muddy state of the road.
"On the 12th the march was resumed, and a place
called Nan-tsai-tsun was reached, and on the 13th
we arrived at Ho-si-wu, the largest town, except-
ing Yang-tsun, we had seen on the march. At this
place the opposition of the Chinese commenced, pas-
sively as usual. The town was found more deserted
than any of the others, and although supplies were
promised none were forthcoming. The troops there-
fore took what they could get in the place, which
was finally completely plundered. We stayed here
three days.
"Each day's march on the way up discovered to
us a more beautiful country than that which we
had passed through on the preceding. As at Tien-
tsin and the neighbourhood, not a barren spot could
be discovered ; but the flatress of Nan-tsin was re-
lieved by the trees and the hills which could be
plainly seen in the morning.
" Mr. Parkes and Colonel Walker usually rode on
a-head with a small escort of cavalry to choose the
encamping ground, and report on the state of the
roads. At Ho-si-wu, General Mitchell, with the
60th Rifles, the 2d Queen's, the 15th Punjabs, and
some Artillery joined us, and the French also came
up. Mr. Parkes rode on to Ma- tou and Tung-chau,
and made the usual arrangements for our encamp-
ment. He reported that Chinese troops were sta-
tioned at Tung-chau.
" We left Ho-si-wu on the 17th, and after a
very dusty march arrived at Matou. Mr. Parkes
rode on and passed the night at Tang-chau.
Colonel Walker and a Commissariat officer ac-
companied him to a village within a short dis-
tance of Tung-chau. Mr. Parkes rode back to
this village on the morning of the 18th, and seeing
that a large number of Chinese troops had taken
up a strong position on each side of the road
through which we were to pass, he rode back to
Tung-chau, accompanied by Mr. Loch, Mr. de Nor-
man, Mr. Boulby, the Times' correspondent ; Capt
Brabazon, of the artillery, another gentleman
whose name I have forgotten, and Capt. Anderson,
with 20 Sikh cavalry, to ask an application of the
appearance of such a large force.
" In the meantime the army (which had left
Ma-tou early in the morning), had advanced to
within a mile of Ho-ko-chuang, where the Chinese
troops were assembled. Our attention was first
attracted by a trench which had been dug across
the road at a village about four miles from Ma-tou.
A passage was made acroes, and our troops passed
on leaving the French at the Tillage. About a mile
from Ho-ko-chuang our troops halted, and a Chi-
nese officer came out with a message to the effect
that we might encamp where we were. He was
told that we wanted to encamp on the other side
of the village, as previously arranged by Mr. Parkes,
where the river was—but he held to his request
that we should encamp where we were, and offered
to supply us with water. This offer was declined,
but for the time we made no movement in advance,
as the safety of our party within their lines gave
the General considerable anxiety. This party, con-
sisting of Col. Walker, Mr. A. C. G. Thompson, and
five or six Dragoons, were waiting in return of
Mr. Parkes :and his party from Tung-chau,
when their attention was directed to a struggle

between a Frenchman and some of the Chinese
troops. The cause of the disturbance is not known,
but it is thought the Chinese wanted some pretext
for beginning the day's work. Col. Walker rode
up to the rescue of the Frenchman, but he was sur-
rounded, deprived of his sword, and almost dragged
from his horse. As the place was full of troops no-
thing was left for him and Mr. Thompson to do
but to run the gauntlet. They escaped from the
village and got within our lines under a heavy fire
from the Chinese. Mr. Thompson was wounded in
the back by a spear thrust and one of the dragoons
was shot in the leg. The general lost no time in
advancing the troops, and in about an hour the
Chinese were cleared out of the village by the artil-
lery and cavalry. The French drove them out of
the encampment on our right and protected the
village in the rear, where all our baggage was.
The position of the Chinese was well chosen, shel-
tering their camp, extended across our front and
out on our left and right in the form of a semicircle
and had we encamped where they wanted us, we
should have no doubt been severely cut up in the

night.
" After driving the Chinese from their position,
we entered a small walled town, called Chang•chia•
wan, where we remained the 19th and 20th. The
place was looted.
" On the 21st the allied army moved on in the
direction of the canal between Tung-chau and Pe-
kin. I have no time to give you a detailed descrip-
tion of this day's work. The French advanced to-
wards the stone bridge called Pa-li-chian, a mile
and a half west of Tung-cheat, and the English upon
the wooden bridge Pu-si-tsa, a little to the west of
the stone bridge. The Chinese were assembled in
force in front of these bridged, and the ight soon
commenced. .After about two' hours' firing we had