The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-17 00:00:00

lIE BMUS,

THE SUN, LONDON WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11, IMO.'

not carry off. At length, towards nightfall, this
poor man and his family, fairly frightened to death,
determined on poisoning themselves. The opium
acted much more rapidly on the women than on
the man, who was probably aecustomed to its use,
and when the last party of French arrived, they
found the women dead and the man just alive.
They carried him to the hospital. There a strong
emetic was administered, and he is now walking
about. On Monday Mr. Parkes took two coolies,
and, accompanied by Captain Grant, went with
the Chinaman to his house, in order, if possible,
to save something from the wreck. On behold-
ing the scene of desolation which awaited him, the
poor fellow burst into tears, and regretted that his
life had been saved—ruined, wifeless, and childless
as he was. Mr. Parkes did his best to administer
comfort, and he will now be properly looked after.
I trust and believe that the result of all this will be
that the army will never occupy another town with-
out giving the inhabitants 48 hours' notice to depart
with their valuables. The force which landed on
the Ist inst. was drawn up on a narrow causeway,
surrounded by a sea of mud, where no tent could be
pitched, and unless the troops had been housed at
once they must inevitably have perished during the
rain which fell soon after our arrival. It was a hard
necessity of war, and most devoutly it is to be de-
sired that such a necessity may not again arise. A
kinder hearted man than Sir Hope Grant does not
exist, and no efforts are or will be wanting on his
part to diminish the miseries entailed by a hostile
force. Above all, it is to be hoped that the women
will be protected, for I have heard of scenes—in
which English soldiers took no part—that I cannot
describe, though happily, they aro few in number.
The houses of Peh-tang are built of mud, one
story high, with rooms running out of each other,
like a rabbit-warren. Never—not in the wildest
parts of Bulgaria or the furthermost steppes
.of
Russia, have I seen so miserable a place, and yet
thesewretched houses contained much valuable pro-
perty in silks, furs, and embroideries. The officers
of the 15th Punjaubees occupy the principal pa wn-
broking establishment. Room after room is piled
from roof to ceiling with costly goods, all neatly
ticketed and perfectly arranged. An enormous
provision of water was kept in large stone jars,
some houses having as much as six or
eight tons. This water is brought down in boats
from a place about six miles distant. In the house
occupied by Brigadier Crofton is a curious collection
of pictures, principally caricatures. One, represent-
ing the signature of Sir Henry Pottinger's treaty,
is uncommonly well executed. The Mandarins are at
one table, the British authorities at another, their
uniforms strictly copied; down to the proper number
of stripes on the Post-Captain's arm. Behind them
are six marines, and behind the Mandarins an equal
number of " braves." This house is one of the best
in the town—large, airy, and spacious. From three
courtyards, in one of which is a grapery, the rooms
run out in every direction without plan or order.
The centre court communicates with the women's
apartments—the nurseries on one side, the sleeping
rooms on the other. In the former toys, little
shoes, and Chinese primers lay scattered about,
while the principal sleeping apartment was rich in
silks, embroideries, and small-footed satin bottines,
covered with paper butterflies, which spread their
wings to the air and fluttered about as their owner
toddled along. In this room also was a mechanical
group of a most filthy character, which was immedi-
ately destroyed. In the building occupied by Bri-
gadier Pattle we picked!. up a letter, enclosing a
document written in the most delicate characters,
and a model of caligraphy. It turned out to be
from Pekin, and addressed to an uncle by his
nephew—studiorton emeritus. He had passed his
examination for the second degree, and sent a copy
of his successful essay. His letter was full of plans
for visiting his relations at Peh-tang, and was only
dated in April. The wreck and ruin spread around
us afforded an excellent commentary on the vanity
of human wishes.

The Commissariat have taken possession of a num-
ber of the country carts, in one of which it was pro-
posed that Mr. Bruce should have Pntered Pekin as
Minister of England. They are of the most wretched
description,—common arabas without springs, co-
vered like the tilted market carts in Holland.
There i 3 no seat inside, and not more than three
feet and a half from the roof to the floor, A curtain
let down in front, and the contents of the vehicle
could be carried from one end of China to the other
without any Chinaman being one whit the wiser.
The object of the Pekin Mandarins in insisting that
the Ambassadors of France and England should_
land at Peh-tang, and travel in such vehicles, is
abundantly apparent. However, to Peh-tang the
Emperor ordered the allied Ministers to go and
wait his pleasure, and to Peh-tang the allied armies
have come, and only wait the morrow to advance
on the Peiho. In no sense can Peh-tang be said to
be the highway to Pekin. Between the river on
the banks of which we landed, and the Peiho there
is no communication, except it be by canal. This
river runs to the north, while the course of the
Peiho is westward. Sad, indeed, is it that the ob-
stinacy of the war party should cause such miseries
to an unoffending multitude, but a lesson will shortly
be read which Sang-ko-lin-sin himself is not likely
to forget.

Having taken a trip up the river in the Coromandel,
to search for a practical road, and having discovered
nothing but mud and osier beds for four miles, Sir
Hope Grant determined to make a strong reconnais-
sance along the causeway on the morning of the 3d.
At 4 a.m. the force started from the town. It con-
sisted of 1,000 men of the Queen's Rifles, and 15th
Punjaubees, under the command of Brigadier Sut-
ton, and an equal force of French, under the com-
mand of Gen. Collineau, with two French rifled
3-pounder mountain guns, and a party of engineers.
It was arranged that the French should be in ad-
vance, the English in support, and so they marched
along the road. For three miles the prospect was
unvaried, a raised mud causeway and a sea of mud
and water on either side. Then came a ruined joss-
house on the road, where a few Tartar vedettes
were visible, who retired as the head of the column
approached. About half a mile further stood a
bridge, about 15 feet wide, at a point where the
causeway had been cut, so as to admit the flow of
the tide to the other side and prevent the road being
flooded. This bridge the enemy did not attempt to
destroy. Half a mile beyond the bridge the raised
causeway stops, at a point where the tide ceases to
flow. The road is then carried over the level of the
flat, which consists of hard mud, sparsely covered
with thin green furze bushes. Here are three de-
serted houses, which were occupied by some 300
Tartars, with mounted vedettes extended on either
side. The night had been rainy, and the causeway
was ankle-deep in mud, and the ditches full of water.
Soon after the head of the column had passed the
bridge the enemy opened a sharp fire from gingals
and matchlocks. The ditch is here fully three feet
deep, but on the French being ordered to deploy
they jumped in at once, formed on either side the
road, advanced skirmishing behind the salt mounds,
and drove in the Tartar outposts, who retired be-
hind the houses on the right of the road. They then
showed 2,000 or 3,000 cavalry extended right and
left, protecting their own flanks and threatening
those of our allies. The two French mountain guns
were ordered to the front, and commenced shelling
the houses. In 10 minutes the enemy again retired,
and the column continued its advance. The road
now ran over the flat, the country around bein;
practicable for cavalry, tlkugh flooded in many
places by the heavy rains of the previous nigkt.
The French formed on the right of the road, and the
English on the left, in column in echelon of y(1,4-
ments. This formation was rendered necessary by
the deep pools interspersed here and there, which
prevented an advance in line. A large ietierm'aed
camp wee seen stretching right ecroea the road,
protected by crenellated mud walls and by salt
hills. From the moment the first shot was fired
the enemy had been receiving constant reinforect.
meats, until at length they bad fully 5,000 cavalry
in the field. A large body manoeuvred to threaten
the left flank of the English, who changed front to
the left, and the Queen's threw forward two com-
panies of skirmishers up to the edge of some pools,
where they opened fire on the cavalry. They soon
retired, and the skirmishers were recalled. All this
time a heavy fire was kept up by the Tartars. The
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fire was well directed, but from the great distance

at which it was opened—at least 1,500 yards—the •
balls of the gingals and matchlocks did very little
execution. An advance was now made up to within
1,200 yards of the camp, at which point the brigade
halted. The Queen's again threw forward two
companies of skirmishers, but beingunable to silence
the guns from the camp they were soon withdrawn.
The men were then ordered to lie down, and the
commanders sent to the town for instructions as to
whether the camp should be stormed or the troops
return. Sir 11. Grant and Gen. Montauban went to
the front, and decided that, as they had no cavalry,
and had merely intended to push forward a recon-
naissance which had answered its object and had
drawn the enemy, it would be better to retire with
the troops at once. This was done, and the Tartars
did not attempt to follo wup the allies. Just as the
troops were withdrawn, two 24-pounder howitzers
of Desborough's battery came up at a gallop. They
received their orders an hour before, and the horses
had only been landed on the previous night. Never-
theless, they turned out as though they had been
stabled on Woolwich-common instead of having
passed the night in a muddy bivouac at Peh-tang,
and the easy.way in which the guns were moved
along the filthy causeway excited universal admira-
tion. We had three men slightly wounded in this
little affair, all contusions from gingal balls, of
little or no consequence. Major Greathead, also,
was hit in the lower part of the thigh with a spent
ball, but the blow was not worse than from a cricket
ball, and he was about next day. Major Anson's
horse had a narrow escape, a ball passing between
his legs, fortunately without touching. him. The
French had six men and one officer wounded.
This reconnaissance has been attended with most

important results. It proves that the causeway ends
some four miles hence, and that the ground is prac-
ticable for cavalry. Where 5,000 Tartars can
manoeuvre there must be room for our King's Dra-
goon Guards, for Probyn, and for Fane, and the
presence of such a number of horses affords conclu-
sive evidence that water must be pretty abundant.
Just behind the Tartar camp the country seems
under cultivation, and not far in their rear we can
see the Peiho, which makes a sharp curve at a place
called Sinho. A few days' dry weather, and guns
could manoeuvre over the greater part of the ground,
which the artillery pronounce eminently suited for
the Armstrong shell. The enemy is very different
from the wretched rabble hitherto opposed to us in
the South. These Tartars seem brave, resolute
men, well commanded, well disciplined, and well
mounted on strong active galloways. They moved
in good order. Their supports came up rapidly,
and it is quite clear that their leader knows some-
thing of his business. However, so far as is known,
they have no field artillery, and I cannot but think
they will fall an easy prey before such infantry,
cavalry, and artillery as are about to meet them.
What can a gin gal, however well directed, avail
against an Armstrong shell ? and Sang-ko-lin-sin
himself could hardly hold his own against such
swordsmen as Probyn and Fane. Immediately
after their return the Commanders-in-Chief deter-
mined to disembark the whole force immediately,
and, as soon as the necessary preparations were
made, to advance, storm the Tartar camp, and fol-
low them up with vigour.
On the 4th the landing of the artillery was con-
tinued, but under very great difficulties, as the wea-
ther was squally and the sea high outside the bar.
But " where there's a will there's a way," and
though the waves were rough the disembarcation
proceeded rapidly. The Tartars waxed valiant after
the reconnaissance, which they doubtless converted
into a great victory. On the 4th three men -ad-
vanced within 200 yards of the French picket at
the gate, and one, detaching himself from the rest,
came forward brandishing his sword within 50
yards of the advanced sentries. At firit it was sup-
posed that he might wish to parley, so a white flag
was hoisted, or rather a white handkerchief stuck
on the end of a musket. But his voice was still for
war. He fired his pistol, and got a volley in return,
which wounded his horse, but not mortally. He
rode back along the causeway, and about 300 yards
from the gate dismounted, and led back his steed.
From the fort their advanced pickets and camp are
distinctly visible. They evidently keep good guard,
and are on the alert so soon as any one passes the
gate.

The night of the 4th was vain wet, and during a
tremendous squall, which did not last five minutes,
the water in the gulf fell six inches. All through
the night the cavalry were landed, and the narrow
wharf presented a scene of apparently hopeless con-
fusion. But out of this disorder order came, through
the exertions of the Quartermaster-General's De-
partment, of whose complete efficiency it is impos-
sible to speak too highly. Colonel Stephenson,
Deputy Adjutant-General, and his Staff, were also
indefatigable, and in due course the whole of the
cavalry and artillery were landed without a
single accident, except that a favourite mule of
Sir Hope Grant's, which had followed his
fortunes in India for many years, got staked
and was shot. Let it be remembered that
thesehorses and guns were brought from ships lying
some miles out at sea, towed in open boats across a
dangerous bar and up a narrow tortuous river, in
which the tide runs like a mill stream, and landed
on a narrow mud wharf; that the horses are over
2,000 in number, and the baggage animals as many
more, and it will be evident that the Staff of this
little army is most thoroughly efficient. Some com-
plaints have been made as to the course adopted by
the admiral, who has not landed the force according
to the plan carefully prepared by Col. Mackenzie,
in consequence of which commanding and staff offi-
cers were kept for some time without their horses.
But all's well that ends well. The whole expedition
has been landed within a week, amid squalls, gales,
and heavy seas, and the navy has certainly worked
with a will, often for 18 and 20 hours at a stretch.

Probyn's Horse are picketed on one side the fort,
and part of Desborough's battery on the other.
Mid pouring rain and in heavy slush the Sikhs had
to pitch their camp, but the weather fortunately
cleared, when a hot sun and strong breezes soon
dried up the mud. I am writing this letter in an out-
house which forms my quarters, the slate roof of
which affords better protection against the sun than
the canvas of a tent. My domicile is built of mud,
the roof of wood and matting with a substantial
tile cover. There is neither door nor window, for
the oiled paper I found doing service for the latter
excluded both light and air, and was pulled out at
once. My apartment is proved with brick, and is ten
feet by eight. It is unfortunately occupied by a
numerous tenantry, whom all my exertions have
been unablo to eject, and who feed on my poor body
nightly. For the rest, it keeps out the rain, except
when the wind is due east, and it lets in the sun at
five in the morning, so that I am driven perforce to
very early hours. As to the dust, no windows
ever constructed would keep out that, so that their
absence is of little consequence. From the cava-
lier before me floats the Union Jack, indicating
the head-quarters of the Commander-in-Chief.
At the corner of the highest bastion is a group
composed of Sir Hope Grant, in flannel shirt and
trousers, Sir John Michel, Colonels Stephenson and
Mackenzie, and Captain Willes, carefully inspectin,-
(tjeiie portman-
teaus the enemy's outposts. In the foregroe•-:u an obsti:
1
cts to t
nate mule of Major Sarerg
with which_ he is being loaded, and kicks about
frightfully, though 4 syce is holding on like grim
death tq 4 twitch on his nose, Descending the hill
aro Lord Richattl Cirosvenor, who has come from
Japan tQ Nee the fun, Colonel Ross, and a couple of
French soldiers. Amid ropes, wooden gun carriages,
and debris of every description, the coolies are cook-
ing their dinner, a most mysterious and unsavoury
mess, and behind them are the Artillery, just leading
out their horses to water. Signor Beato, whose
photographs of Indian camp life are so well known,
has just asked for " steadiness" while he takes a
Horse
photo graph of the scene. To the right are Probyn's
With their little square tents, their lances
glittering in the sun, their red and blue pennants
theirsn;, 0
flaunting in the wind, their magnificent Arabs
fighting, squealing, and kicking in every direction,
and beesties, their goats, dogs, mules,
and asses. A more picturesque scene was never
witnessed. This sort of bivouac is, however, attended
with its disadvantages. Some of the gunners had
Partaken rather freely of samshu before coming,
into the fort. '-About midnight I was awakened
bya noise in my room, and maw a stalwart

bombardier in the doorway. Jumping up at once,
I asked his business, and he hiccupped out, "My
name's O'Brien, and (needless information) I'm an
Irishman. I've lost my coat, and I hould you
responsible." With some little trouble, and after
a threat of appealing to the sentry, I got him out,
and be staggered to a large heap of wood, on which
he fell. " Ought Ito kick him, or cut his throat, or
shall I kick him first and cut his throat afterwards ?"
was his soliloquy regarding myself, as he quietly
resigned himself to sleep.
The landing of the artillery was concluded on
Monday. On that and the previous day all the
idlers, both French and English, turned out to see
the guns. The 32-pounders and the 8-inch mortars,
and the newly-invented carriages, were taken at a
hand gallop through the streets more than axle deep
in mud, slush, garbage, matting, bricks, broken
china, and other Peh-tang delicacies. Not one acci-
dent occurred. Not one gun was halted. Mortars,
howitzers, Armstrongs, and 9-pounders, were all
safely conveyed to the artillery park at the gate,
and neither gun, waggon nor carriage was injured.
On Sunday I saw several gunners thrown on their
knees in the kennel, but the sergeant cheered them
up, saying, "Sure, it's Sunday boys, and where
could ye be better than on your knees ?"
Notwithstanding the position of the town, and
the many inducements to cholera and typhus, the
health of the army is most extraordinary—very
much better than at Tah-lien-hwan. There the per-
centage was a little • above 4, here it is positively
only 11 per cent. on the whole force, for "no one
now has leisure to be sick, in such a jostling time."
The excitement carries the men through, for they
know they are soon to meet the enemy, and should
they fall ill they would be sent to the fleet. How-
ever, this state of things could not possibly last
amid the close streets and pestilential atmosphere,
redolent of cholera and typhus, which surrounds us,
and it is a subject of universal congratulation that
we go into the open the day after to-morrow. I am
sorry to learn, however, that the force left at Hong-
kong is in a very bad state, and that the men are
dying fast. It is high time that something should
be done about this charnel house for English troops,
and I have reason to know that the strongest re-
presentations have been made to the home Govern-
ment against any European regiment being again
stationed there. Kowloon, our new acquisition, af-
fords an excellent site for barracks. I cannot pur-
sue the subject at present, but it is one which I pro-
pose thoroughly to investigate hereafter.
A house in the French quarter took fire on Mon-
day, but after the greatest exertions the flames were
extinguished, and the damage confined to the house.
Next day Captain Govan, ILA., discovered a slow
match lighted in a house occupied by the artillery,
which 'match was connected with a large catty of
powder. It was providentially discovered in time,
for the effect of an explosion in the town, with the
enormous mass of ammunition collected in every
quarter, would be something frightful. Almost at
the same time an alarm was raised in the French
quarter that the Chinese were poisoning the water.
On examination, however, this turned out to be
incorrect, though a Frenchman had died foaming
at the mouth shortly after drinking freely. The
result of these alarms was to cause a general search
for Chinese, who were all expelled the town.
The weather is on the whole as favourable as we
could expect, though very hot, the thermometer
standing at 90 in the shade. Still the sun does not
seem to produce the pernicious effect attending a
summer campaign in the south of China, and though
the men have been much exposed there has been
no case of sun stroke. We are never 24 hours
without a breeza, or rather a smart gale, now from
the S.W., now from the N.E. During the week
that has elapsed since the landing there have been
heavy showers, but no continuous downpour except
on Sunday, when it rained six or seven hours at a
stretch. It is clear, however, that there is no re-
gular rainy season. All the inhabitants laugh if
asked when the rain is expected. " How can we
tell ?" say they. "We know when it has fallen,
but cannot tell when it will come." This is satis-
factory, for amid this mud and marsh rain is our
worst enemy.
As the Peiho is inaccessible to the larder gunboats
except during spring tides, the Taku forts cannot
be attacked from the river for another week. About
the middle of the month the great affair will most
probably come off, and I trust by next mail to in -
form you that the English and French flags float
from the forts of the Peiho.
On Saturday, the 11th inst., the mettle of the
Tartar troops will be tested, for the Commanders-
in-Chief have determined on attacking their camp
in force. The English force will consist of the
whole of the first and half of the second division,
Barry's and Milward's batteries of Armstrong
guns, and Stirling's, Govan's, and Desborough's
batteries—thirty English .guns besides rockets.
All the cavalry will be out, and our contingent will
be upwards of 7,000 men. The English will be in
front on the causeway ; the march being opened by
two of Barry's guns and 200 men of the Royals,
after which will follow the remainder of Barry's
battery, the Royals and the 31st, this advanced force
being under the command of Brigadier Staveley.
An equal advanced guard of the French will be
next, and then the main body of the English. It
is anticipated that the Chinese left may be turned,
and that the cavalry may get possession of the
bridge over the Peiho, in which case the Tartars
would be caught in a trap, and the war finished " in
a clap of thunder." They are hard at work throwing
up intrenchments, but they have no Todtleben to
direct them here,
On the 6th inst., when the Beagle was getting
water up the Peh-tang river, Admiral Hope sent
Mr. Morrison ashore with a flag of truce to announce
that if the Tartars did not fire on our watering party
we should not fire on them. This was arranged,
and Hang-fuh, governor of the province, took ad-
vantage of the opening to send Lord Elgin a letter
by a second or third-rate mandarin. It is said that
this communication did not concede a single point
demanded by the ultimatum, but was evidently in-
tended to delay hostilities on the part of the allies.
However that may be, Lord Elgin, after consulta-
tion with Baron Gros, sent back the messenger and
declined the overtures of the provincial governor,
who had no power whatever to treat. Just as I
conclude my letter, heavy rain is descending, and
the glass has gone down considerably.. Happen
what may, the army will move forward. on Sa-
turday.

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diture thereof, for the year ended the 30th day of June,
1860, amounted to the sum of £912,168 10s. 7d. ;
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt hereby give notice that the sum of £228,042 2s. 7d.,
being one-fourth part of the said surplus of £912,168
10s. 7d., will be applied, under the provisions of the sail
Act, between the 11th day of October, 1860, and the 31st
day of December, 1860, to the following purposes, viz.:—
£ s.
To be applied to the purchase of Stock....
42 2 7
To be applied to the purchase of Exchequer
Bills, commonly called Deficiency Bills,
made out in pursuance of the Act 57 Geo.
3, cap. 42
.. 228,000 0 0
Add interest receivable on account of dona-
tions and bequests, to be applied to the
purchase of Stock

National Debt Office, Oct. 10, 1860. £232,410 5 2

C. H. W. A COURT, Assist.-Comptroller.
WAR •OFFICE, PALL-MALII, SEPT. 5.
Ist Regiment of Dragoons--Captain James Ainslie to be
Major, by purchase, vice Michael Stocks, who retires;
Lieutenant Walter Balfe to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Ainslie ; Cornet William Lawrence Twentyman to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Balfe.
2d Dragoons—Thomas Jessop, Gent., to be Cornet, by pm-
actse, vice Herbert, who has retired.
10th Light Dragoons—Captain Edward Levitt to be Major,
by purchase, vice Richard Plane Smith, who retires;
Lieutenant Esdaile Lovell Lovell to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Levett ; Cornet Thomas James illiams
Bulkeley to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
,vice Lovell ;
Cornet John Cecil Russell, from the 11th Light Dragoons;
to be Cornet, vice Bulkeley,
Military Train—Captain Charles B. Wynne, from the 90th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Henry Richmond Hoghton
Gale, who exchanges,
Grenadier Guards--Ensign Charles James Herbert, from
the Rifle Brigade, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Bridges, promoted.
Bth Foot—Ensign William W. Madden to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Leeson, who retires.
12th Foot—John King Dooner, Gent., to be Ensign, by, purchase, vice Fiddes, promoted.
13th Foot—Ensign Richard Fitzgerald King to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Henzell, superseded for
being absent without leave; Lieutenant Edward Lut-
wyche England, to be Adjutant, vice Bond, promoted to
an Unattached Company.
18th Foot—Ensign Charles Henry Stevenson to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Theobold deceased ; En-
sign George Augustus Nicolls to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Bryant, promoted.
27th Foot-IStaffAssistant-Surgeon Joseph Henry Thomas
King to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Cameron, appointed
to the Staff.
36th Foot—Lieut. Edward Dorrien Newbolt to be Instruc-
tor of Musketry, vice Lieut. Le Mesurier, who resigned
that appointment.
56th Foot—Lieut. and Adjutant Henry Williams to be Cap-
tain, without purchase, vice Baxter, deceased; Donald
James Gordon Stewart, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, in succession to Lieut. Williams.
58th Foot—Ensign Win. James Hall to be Adjutant, vice
Lieut. Wm. Bolton, who resigns that appointment.
70th Foot—Ensign Rodney Stuart Riddell to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Crozier, who retire§.
74th Foot—Lieut. Robert Frederick Martin to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Chas. Wylde Sherlock, who retires;
Ensign Norman Magnus MacLeod to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Martin; Ensign Henry Smith Andrews,
from the 12th Foot, to be Ensign, vice MacLeod.
78th Foot—Si aff Assistant-Surgeon Alexander Watt Beve-
ridge, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice M'Master,
appointed to the 6th Dragoons.
90th Foot—Captain Henry Richmond Hoghton Gale, from
the Military Train, to be Captain, vice Charles B. Wynee,
who exchanges.
Rifle Brigade—Anthony Cope, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Herbert, appointed to the Grenadier
Guards,
2d West India Regiment—Ensign Robert Straker Turton
to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant George Wm. Reade, who
resigns that appointment.
DEPOT BATTALION.—Major Charles Carew de Morel to
be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevel-Colonel
James Well Armstrong, retired on half-pay.
UNATTACHED.—Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
Charles Spalding S. Evans Gordon, from the 23d Foot,
to be Major, without purchase.
MEDICAL DIPIARTMENT....- Assistant-Surgeon John
McLeod Cameron, M. 8., from the 27th Foot, to be Staff-
Surgeon, vice Bradshaw, placed upon half-pay.

BAKRUP S.
Egbert Lambley, tailorN, Charles-T street, Soho-square, to
surrender Oct. 25, at one, and Nov. 29, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
Moses Moses, merchant, Devonshire-square, City, Oct.
31, at half-past twelve, and Nov. 28, at two, at the Court
of Bankruptcy.
Walter Lawrance, cowkeeper, Budock, Cornwall, Nov. 7,
at eleven, and Nov. 28, at one, at the Exeter District Court.
John Turner, grocer, Halifax, Oct. 26 and Nov. 16, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Alfred Silvester, photographic artist, New Dorset-place,
Clapham-road, Oct. 25, at one, and Nov. 29, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
William John Cox, grocer, Fetter-lane, City, Oct 31, at
two, and Nov. 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
rank Adams, lighterman, 'Ohancellor's-wharf,Hammer-
smith, Oct. 31, at half-past two, and Nov. 28, at one, atthe
Court of Bankruptcy.
Joseph Mathews, innkeeper, Holywell, Flintshire, Oct.
26 and Nov. 16, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court.
John Rowbothara and James Shaw, picture dealers
Manchester, Oct. 31 and Nov. 21, at twelve, at the Man-
chester District Court.
Robert Edward Martin, surgeon, Brighton, Oct. 26, a
half-past one, and Nov. 30, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy.

Henry Edgar Morgan, confectioner, Oxford, Oct. 26, at
half-past eleven, and Nov. 30, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
James Thera n, innkeeper, Aberdeen.
Neil Brown, wine and spirit merchant, Glasgow.
William Murdoch, shepherd, Corry of Torridon, Apple-
cross, Ross-shire.
John Anderson, builder, Particlr, Lanarkshire.
Charles Grubb, farmer, Ladeddie Quarries, Fifeehire.
Ernest Chapuy, general merchant, Fenchurch• street,
London, now residing at Kingston, near Glasgow.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL—Ocr. 16.

There was a good attendance of both town and country
buyers at this morning's market, with a brisk consumptive
demand for wheat, which may be quoted at tho extreme
rates of this day week. Flour was a slow sa!e, and Ameri-
can must be noted 6d to is per Darrel lower on the week.
Prime new oats as befGre ; inferior descriptions id to hi
and is per load
a b 1
per 451 b lower. New oatmeal plentifd,
decline on the week. Barley and peas were unaltered, but
little or none offering. Egyptian beans 6d per qr dearer.
mixedi n lndian
broughtcor 37s corn thereper wasqr
~ a fairout Gdae 1 l
peran qdr' oanvedr lAa tme erria can
Best American white held at 42s per qr.

BRISTOL--OeT. 16.
A fair business doing in the wheat trade to-day, and
considerable inquiry for feeding stuffs, which still fetched
rather more money.

NEWCASTLE-UNDER.LYNE-0 CT. Xl6.
At this corn market there was rather a limited show of
wheat for the season, but the demand was steady, and prices
Were at about last week's rates—white making 60s to 70s,
red 56s to 665. The samples of barley shown were few.,
with a fair demand. Oats in sivall supply, and the find*
firm, from 29s to 36s per 24 stone. Beans made um.
46s to 50s per qr.