The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-03 00:00:00

rflE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 3, 1860.

summons to surrender. The Chinese officer in com

Staff, rode up to the upper northern fort with a

mand was extremely insolent in demeanour, told
the English party to be off at once, and said if they
wanted the forts they must come and take them.
About 11 a.m. the two northern forts opened on
the working parties, and sent some 32-pounders un-
pleasantly near, but an hour's duel ended by Mil-
ward's Armstrongs shutting them up after some
splendid practice at 2,000 yards. During the night
the engineers got close up to the ditch, and were
discovered by the Chinese, who made a fine display
of fireworks to discover their position, in which
they utterly failed. By early dawn the work was
done. The centre battery-600 yards in front of
the main entrance, contained three eight-inch mor-
tars, under command of Major Pennycuick, R.A.
In the left front battery were two eight-inch
howitzers and two 32-pounders, under Captain Bed-
ingfield, R.A. In the centre of the second line
were Milward's battery of Armstrongs at 1,250
yards ; the left of the two flanking batteries con-
taining two of Govan's 241 b. howitzers, and the
right Major Rotton's eight-inch gun, two of Barry's
Armstrongs, and two 121 b. French canons raycs.
The fire of the latter battery was directed against
the upper south fort, and the four remaining French
guns were placed on the right to silence the fire of
the numerous batteries on the other bank of the
river. Two of Barry's Armstrong's and two of
Govan's 9.pounders were at the south salient of
Tang-kow, in face of the upper Taku batteries,
which threatened the right flank. The remaining
two guns of Barry's battery passed to the left of the
mortars and there opened fire. Desborough's bat-
tery and the remainder of Govan's directed their
fire on either forts as required.
At 4 o'clock on the morning of the 21st the Eng-
lish column marched from camp at Tang-kow. In
addition to the Royal Artillery and some
Madras mountain guns, the force consisted of Major
Graham's company, Royal Engineers, 215 Madras
Sappers, the 44th and 67th Regiments, and 330
Royal Marines, amounting in all to upwards of
2,500 men. The French force-1,000 infantry and
six 12-pounder canons rayes—under command of
General Collineau, had marched up to Tang-kow
the previous evening, and arrived on the ground
soon afterwards. It was arranged that the artil-
lery fire should open on the upper northern fort at,
sx a.m., while four English and four French gun-
boats shelled the lower northern forts. The English
gunboats detailed for the purpose were the Janus,
Clown, Drake, and Woodcock. The French sent
four iron gunboats, one of which had arrived the
day before the engagement.
Hardly had the head of the English column
reached the advanced picket, when the enemy
opened fire, about five a.m., from both northern
forts, from the upper southern fort, and from the
river batteries. Milward's battery of Armstrongs
immediately replied, and one wing of the 67th
pushed up to the borders of a canal, affording
shelter at 450 yards from the ditch, a wing of the
44th rushing up to another canal on their left.
The French took up position on the English right.
Their guns at once opened on the southern fort, and
soon after six a.m. all the batteries had opened fire.
Govan's and Desborough's howitzers came into
action, and Mil ward's and Barry's Armstrongs
were advanced. At half-past six a tremendous ex-
plosion took place in the upper northern fort, and
about ten minutes later another still more terrific
in the lower north fort. Beams of wood, earth,
shells, splinters, and bodies were hurled into the
air, while the concussion shook the ground for
miles around. Still the Chinese stood to their
guns, though their fire waxed fainter and fainter
as that of the allies became more intense. The
whole of the English field artillery was now pushed
up to 500 yards from the gateway, and kept up an
incessant fire, under cover of which the skirmishers
obtained a position near the counterscarp of the
outer ditch. Here Lieut. Gye, of Milward's battery,
a most promising young officer, son of the director
of the Royal Italian Opera, was shot through the
thigh. A gunner was wounded almost at the same
moment. A lad of 15, on the Indian medical
establishment, a soldier's son, and Fitzgibbon by
name, was on the field as hospital apprentice,
attached to the 67th. Without a moment's hesita-
tion he rushed to the artilleryman and dressed his
wounds under a tremendous fire. In so doing he
was shot in the arm, but the bullet has been ex-
tracted, and the wound is healing. A more gallant
lad never lived. His character is excellent, and he
well deserves some promotion.
At 8 a.m., the Chinese heavy guns having been
nearly silenced, the ladder party was ordered to ad-
vance and throw a bridge over the outer ditch.
Two had been prepared, made of Blanshard's light
infantry pontoons, under charge of Lieutenant
Pritchard, R.E. They were carried by 82 Royal
Marines, accompanied by 12 sappers of the Royal
Engineers. The scaling-ladders and the powder-
begs for blowing in the gate followed the pontoons.
The first pontoon was, after much difficulty, carried
up to the causeway over the water, leading to the
main gate of the fort. Hence the road up to the ditch
was narrow, and crowded with killed and wounded.
The pontoons were heavy and unwieldy; one of
them was shot through, and despite the struggles
and exertions of Marines and Sappers, who did all
that brave men could, the pontoons could be ad-
vanced no further. Major Graham, Royal Engi-
neers, was wounded while leading on his men. An
officer and 11 men of the Marines, and two of the
Sappers, were also wounded. One of the Sappers
is since dead.
Meanwhile two companies of the 44th, ono com-
manded by Captain Gregory, the other by Lieute-
nant Rogers, had rushed to the ditch to keep down
the enemy's galling fire of gingals and matchlocks.
There was no cover against the bullets, spears, and
arrows flying about in every direction, so Captain
Gregory placed his men up to their middle in water
and commenced a fusillade against the Chinese on
the parapets, himself seizing a rifle from a
wounded soldier and using it with excellent ef-
fect for 30 rounds. Man after man of the 44th
continued to drop, and still there was no bridge.
Lieutenant Rogers rushed through the ditch,
pulled out,the spikes, and succeeded in reaching
the berm under the parapet wall. About the
same time the storming companies of the 67th
went at the ditches with a will. Some swam, some
struggled through, and a few succeeded in reaching
the berm. There they found the French, who bad
already crossed over light bamboo ladders carried
by their ,Coolies. These ladders bent when placed
tteroS.s the' ditch. In jumped six ObolleS up to their
necks..., The ladders were supported across their
shoulders, and the French quickly- crosned over.
" These men should have a riband, ' said Colonel
Dupin, himself conspicuous in the front, " their
gallantry is marvellous." A plank was now placed
across the ditch in front of the main gate, over
which very rickety bridge many soldiers passed one
by one. The English ladder party was also sent
to the salient angle of the fort near the spot where
the French had crossed. Here their ladders were
laid and the troops got over. •
All this time the fire of the enemy continued in-
cessant. Cold shot, hand grenades, stinkpots, and
vases of lime were showered on the crowd of be-
siegers who stood upon the berm. The ladders
placed against the wall were pulled into the fort,
or thrown over, and in vain did man after man
attempt to swarm through the embrasures. If the
defence was desperate, nothing could exceed the
gallantry of the assailants. Between English and
French there was nothing to choose. A Frenchman
climbed to the top of the parapet, where for some
time he stood alone. One rifle after another was
handed to him, which he fired against the enemy.
But his courage was unavailing, and he fell back,
speared through the eye. Another, pickaxe in
hand, attempted to cut away the top of the wall.
He was shot, and Lieutenant Burslem, of the 67th,
caught hold of his pick and continued the work.
Lieutenant Rogers attempted to force his way
through an embrasure, but was driven back. He
ran to another, but it was too high for him. Lieu-
tenant Lenon, 67th, came to his assistance, forced
the point of his sword into the wall, and placing
one foot on the sword, Lieutenant Rogers leaped
through the embrasure just after Jean Faucherd,
drummer of the French 102 d, had got over the
right angle. Lieutenant Rogers acted with con-
spicuous gallantry. He was the first Englishman
Iti the place, and was afterwards of the greatest
service in assisting others through tne embra-
sures. He was wounded in the side by a match-
lock ball, but is doing well. Jean Fauchard was
followed by many of his own countrymen, and
by Lieutenant Pritchard, R.E., Lieutenants
Lenon and Burslem, 67th, who assisted their own
men across the ditch, and were both wounded;
Captain Prynne, R.M., and Lieut. Hume, R.E. In
addition to them, among the first in the fort were
Colonel Knox and Ensign Chaplin, 67th ; Captain
Gregory, 44th; Brigadier Reeves (wounded in three
I Kempson, 99th; Colonel Mann,
h.E., a;-;,1 Major Anson, Aide-de-Camp. Colonel
Mann and Mai,nr Anson cut the ropes, and lowered
which the mass of the English
the drawbridge over alf an hour's tremendous
crossed; and now, after
tl2.e, allies were in
fighting under the parapet wa2l,
uesperate resin
the fort. Still the Chinese made
ss resign
ranee under covet' cng
almost along
Chaplin of their casematt,.. •
Chaplin ascended- i:;: ra.713,----lf-WaY up he was
against a French soldier. la.- ' I,e recovering
,knocked over by a bullet, but, quick.,
himself, he was up again, and won by a boa,.
second shot struck him through the leg as he planted
the Queen's colours of the 67th at the top of the
cavalier, and private Thomas Lane, 67th, took his
place by the flag. Lieut. Kempson, who had a
tourniquet in his pocket, bound up Mr. Chaplin's
arm, Lieutenants; Rogers and Burslem and Ensign

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Chaplin have been recommended for the Victoria
Cross, which they right well deserve.
And now the soldiers came rushing in, but still
the Chinese fought. Captain Prynne shot the
commanding officer with his revolver. The 67th
caught the enemy on the left of the ramp, and
bayonetted 27 in one mass. The French rushed
at them on the other side as they vainly endeavoured
to escape. At the proper left angle of the fort lay
17 bodies, blown up by a shell from Govan's howit-
zers, which General Napier had brought up in sup-
port of the French column as they stormed the fort.
On the stakes outside were dozens of Chinese, "hoist
with their own petard." One had fallen on his

eyes, another was staked right through the body.
" They lie in sections, sir," said a 44th man. One

hundred and thirty-seven were buried in the fort in
one grave. For days the dead were floated from
the ditch into the river, borne backwards and for-

wards with the tide. Their wounded were carried
off in a most ingenious manner. A rope passed
under their arms let them down into the ditch.

They were then towed to the river, and thence along
the edge of the stream to the lower northern fort,
where they were passed across in junks. The Chi-
nese loss in killed and wounded cannot have been
less than 1,500 men. The English had 200 casual-

ties-17 men killed, 22 officers and 161 men
wounded. The 44th and 67th, having provided the
storming parties, were naturally the greatest suf-
ferers. The former had ten men killed, two officers
and 50 men wounded ; the 67th had six men killed,
eight officers and 62 men wounded. I append a
nominal return, and am happy to say that most of
the wounded are doing well. The French list of
casualties was a little over 100. No man was hit
on board the gunboats. Two shots fell harmless on
the deck of the Woodcock. Sir Robert Napier had
an extraordinary escape. During the thickest of
the fight be was quietly surveying the enemy's
position, when a ball hit the binocular in his hand
without injuring him. Capt. Brooke, his Aide-
de-Camp, was wounded in the leg, and Major
Greathead, on his Staff, had his trousers torn open
by a ball. Sir Hope Grant, as usual among the
foremost, sent Col.Wolseley to reconnoitre the lower
northern fort just as the storming party obtained
an entrance into the upper. Off started Col.Wolse-
ley with loose rein and easy seat, as though he
were riding in Rotten-row, and went right up to
the ditch. The enemy " potted" at him with every
species of missile, from 32-pounders to arrows, but
he returned scatheless.
And now the fort was taken. It contained 42
guns, many of them large, and was the key of the
position. The lower northern fort, with its cava-
lier open in rear, lay at our mercy, and the whole
of the southern forts were enfiladed by that just
captured. The judgment of Sir Hope Grant was
completely justified. Against the opinion of the
French commander and engineers, who maintained
that the attack should be made on the south, he
resolutely and consistently maintained that the
upper northern fort was the key to the whole, and
so it turned out. The heavy guns were
now ordered to advance, and two faesh regi-
ments, the Buffs and the Bth Punjabees, sup-
plied the place of the wearied 44th and 67th. But
hardly had the order been given when the flags
of defiance were withdrawn from all the forts, and
flags of truce hoisted. Mr. Parkes and Major
Sarel rode out to see what was meant by these
tokens. They crossed the river and were met on the
mud by a man who called himself a Major. Mr.
Parkes demanded the surrender of the forts. " Ab-
surd and ridiculous request," said the other, " you
have only taken one fort out of five ; that is not
much." " Well, then, we shall commence again at
two o'clock." " The sooner the better • we only
hoisted flags of truce to enable our civil authori-
ties to communicate with yours." By two o'clock
all preparations were made, and the French and
English skirmishers advanced against the lower
northern fort. No shot was fired, no resistance
made. Upwards of 2,000 soldiers—many of them
wounded—gave themselves up as prisoners. They
were at once released and sent across the river.
Again a flag of trace was hoisted on the south forts ;
and Mr. Parkes, Major Anson, and Mr. Loch
crossed once more. They walked along the front
of the south fort, but the mantelets were down, and
not a man visible. On passing a drawbridge which
led up to the gate, an officer rushed out and
ordered them back. "We shan't go back," said
Mr. Parkes, " I must at once see the Governor.
General." After some parley the officer conducted
them to Hang-fuh's house, before reaching which a
messenger with a flag of truce presented a letter
from the Governor. He agreed that Lord Elgin
might proceed up the Peiho to Pekin, but he re-
fused to surrender the forts. Mr. Parkes returned
his letter to Hang-fah, telling him that nothing
but absolute surrender would suffice. "But I have
no power." "Who has ?" "The Military Com-
mander." "Where is he?" "He is dead." Then
you are a man of straw ; you call yourself Viceroy
and Governor-General, yet you can do nothing,
and refer me to a dead man. I shall stay no longer."
";Let us discuss the matter," said the Viceroy, and
so they did, until nearly five o'clock, when Mr,
Parkes, seeing that nothing would be done, rose to
depart. On leaving the house he said, "By the
by, I hope you have sent all the people away from
the town." "No, why should I?" Because the
place is full of batteries, whence you fire on us.
You have seen what happened to the north fort to-
day. Well, that is nothing to the storm of
shot and shell which will be poured on you to-
morrow." " Come back, come back," said the
Viceroy ; "1 will sign what you like." Mr. Parkes
dictated an absolute unconditional surrender of all
the forts, guns, and materiel, and himself inserted a
provision that no soldiers should be allowed to
leave the town without a pass. The Viceroy signed,
observing, " My predecessor was degraded in '5B,
and so shall Ibe now." It was night when Mr.
Parkes returned from his important mission, by
which time the whole of the southern forts were
already in possession of the allies. Three hundred
men, half English, half French, had been sent
across the river to garrison them. The enemy was
departing, and they entered the great fort of the
Peiho without striking a blow.
Thus 'in a ten days' campaign were the Peiho
forts taken, the disaster of last year avenged, the
Chinese war of 1860 brought almost to a close.
The bridges, roads, batteries—earthworks, in short,
all the preparations for attack, were made exclu-
sively by the Second Division of the British army,
our allies arriving on the ground at the hour ap-
pointed for opening fire. Nothing could exceed the
skill and ability with which these difficult opera-
tions were Conducted by Sir Robert Napier. From
the evening of the 19th to the assault on the 21st he
was constantly on the ground, directing and super-
intending. An engineer himself, no man could have
been found more fitted for the purpose. In three
hours and a half after the first shot the work was
done. But General Napier would never have had
the opportunity of which he so ably availed himself
save for the firmness and resolution of Sir Hope
Grant. In insisting on the attack from the north he
assumed an enormous responsibility, but ho con-
stantly asserted that the upper northern fort was
the key of the position, and the event proved he was
right. The large south fort is surrounded by an
enormous marsh, in which no canals have been cut.
It is therefore, always swampy, and without a great
expenditure of time and money would have been
impracticable for artillery, and very difficult for
infantry. One mud causeway, with three others
branching from it, leads up to the gates. The ditch
is 14 to 16 feet deep, and very wide. This fort was
defended by no less than 207 pieces of artillery, 53
of which are of the largest calibre. One 68-pounder,
three 32-pounders, one 10-inch gun, and three 24-
pounder brass howitzers, all taken from the gun-
boats, were mounted on its ramparts. Twenty-
five beautifully finished brass 7-inch Chinese guns
were also found, in addition to a perfect arsenal of
powder, shot, shell, grape, and canister. By the
side of the Cormorant's 10-inch gun are boxes,
labelled " 10-inch shell, filled, metal fuze, three
inches, Hong Kong, gunboats." The walls of the
casemates are 18 feet thick, and gingalls and
matchlocks lie scattered in every direction. True
that the fort might easily have been cerne from the
south side, and reduced by starvation. But such
a result could only be secured at the cost of a win-
ter campaign, and the capture of the south fort did
not involve the fall of those on the north bank.
But when the north forts were taken the attack on
this stronghold became comparatively easy. All
its cavaliers were enfiladed, and the flood-gate
which retained the water in the ditch was com-
manded by the guns of the lower north fort.
,:;;The passage up the river was barred by obstacles
showing the greatest ingenuity on the part of the
Chinese. There were literally acres of impediments
of one sort or other. FirLt came sharp pointed
iron stakes, their points turned down stream. Each
stake weighed several tons. In order to sink
them, two junks laden with stones had been
attached to the stakes at high water, when the
points just touched the mud. The tide falling
11 to 12 feet, of course the junks fell with it.
At low water they were cut loose, and the iron
stakes were so firmly imbedded that an 80-horse
power gunboat at full speed could not draw them.
Behind these barriers was a large boom floated
by oil chatties, then iron stakes again ; after them
oil
sampans moored across the stream, filled with
and combustibles for uselas a fire-raft ; and lastly,
a boom secured by two cables and two
hausers anchored up and down, centre and.
sides. h
The wrecks of the Lee and Plover are
still
1-1.- at the edge of the mud. I pulled round them
their masts,
the C,liniir_ireinseesh, aadndcugtotawo
auyt the greater
The Cormorant has

and f0u1...
taken out their v,
part of their copper-boiLo.
disappeared. Gunboats
On the 23d Admiral. Hope With far

and accompanied by Mr. Parkes, started for 1 ien-
tsin. There the people came out to meet them, and
begged for mercy. " The Mandarins have fled ;we
belong to your Majesties." The town itself will
not be occupied, but the 67th and the cavalry with
Barry's battery were already encamped at its gates.
The remainder of the army follows on Tues-
day. Mr. Parkes has rendered the most important
services to the expedition. Ever, in the front, his
energy and ability have contributed not a little to
the results which have been obtained. Lord Elgin
left yesterday in the Granada for Tien-tsin, and the

next mail will probably infer from that all is ar-
ranged. The Tien-tsin people say that Sang-ko-
lin-sin was positively in the south fort on the 21st,
and that next day he passed through Tien-tsin en
route for Pekin, with 100 draggletailed followers.
Again, on the 21st, was the Armstrong triumphant.
Two guns out of three dismounted in the fort had
been settled by its shells, and two shells had burst
right in the centre of both cavities of the lower fort.
One of the dismounted guns, a 24 pounder brass
howitzer, bore unmistakeable evidence of the fearful
destruction caused by these missiles. The shell
had burst at the mouth of the gun. The mouth
was torn completely open, a deep indentation was
made in the centre of the gun, one of the trunnions
was torn off, and the carriage was knocked to pieces.
The pieces of shell had buried themselves in the
earth and woodwork around. I picked up 39 pieces
within the embrasure, and there was no mark of
any other shot whatever.
Let me summarise what the clfmpaign has proved
respecting this gun. Col. Barry's and Capt. Mil-
ward's batteries were shipped in the Thames, and
brought overland from England. Arrived at Alex-
andria they were unshipped, and conveyed across
the Desert by rail. Between Suez and China they
were shipped and unshipped at Kowloon and
Odin Bay, and when eventually landed at Peh-
tang, they had undergone that process no less than
eight times. Milward's battery was then dragged
for miles over ground all but impracticable
for artillery, and yet not one gun received the
slightest damage. It may, therefore, safely be
assumed' that the Armstrong gun is not too delicate
for the rough usage of war.
The French cansn raye is a beautiful gun, light
and handy, an immense improvement on the old
class of artillery. It weighe 600 French pounds
(about 5* cwt.), and throws an 81b. shell. The
Armstrong weighs 6 cwt. and throws a 121 b. shell.
In point of lightness, therefore, the Armstrong is
superior to the rifled cannon. The French car-
riages, however, are in every respect better than
ours. They are not two-thirds of the weight, sub-
stantial, enough for rough work, and quite un-
affected by the recoil of the gun. There is but one
opinion here, that the Armstrong carriages and
waggons are unnecessarily heavy. The ordinary
91b. gun weighs 13* cwt.—more than double the
Armstrong—but the carriage is so much lighter
that each gun and carriage complete is nearly the
same weight. I believe Sir William Armstrong
has improved on the pattern of carriage sent to
China, and there is great room for such improve-
ments. In this respect the French are unques-
tionably superior, and immediate attention should.
be directed to the' subject. But here their supe-
riority ceases.
The French Artillery in China, both officers and
men, have distinguished themselves on every occa-
sion. Most of the officers wear the Italian medal,
and the way in which they trained wild Japanese
ponies into useful artillery horses excited universal
admiration. They well know how to put their
canon raye to the best purpose. It is no fault of
theirs that the French gun is inferior to the Eng-
lish in point of range, accuracy, lightness, and
destructive effect. Neither on the 12th, when the
attack was made. on Sinho, nor on the 14th, nor
at the storming of the fort, did their guns,
though very good, make such practice as Mil-
ward's battery on the 12th and 21st, or Barry's on
the 14th. The Armstrongs are made of wrought
iron, the French of bronze. The chances of injury
`to , the interior of the gun from the effect of
the ball are, therefore, sensibly diminished in
favour of the Armstrong. Milward's battery fired
90 rounds a gun within three hours and a half on
the 21st, and the gun was only sponged every
tenth round. Not one gun is in the slightest degree
injured. The Armstrong is loaded at the breech,
the French at the muzzle. Here again the advan-
tage is on the side of the English weapon. In de-
structive effect the Armstrong shell is greatly
superior to the French. Built up in sectionfi, the
121 b. shells must burst into 4J angular pieces, ex-
clusive of the top and leaden casing. Their effect
is frightful, and the range over which they spread
death and destruction almost incredible. No troops
could stand against them in the open. The French
are not masters of this secret, and the effect of their
shells is much less deadly. - Once get the range
with an Armstrong, the word is passed down the
battery so many degrees of elevation, and the
graduated sights enable the gunners to place each
shot in the exact spot indicated.
England may well be congratulated on possessing
such a weapon. The Armstrong is the best gun
that has yet been tested in actual war, and the
sums it has coast the country have been wisely and
well expended. Considerable doubts were enter-
tained as to its success by some of the most experi-
enced officers here; but all question is now removed.
There is no " but" or " if," and only one opinion as
to the absolute and complete success of the " Arm-
strong gun." No men could haVe worked harder
to secure this result than Brigadier Crofton. com-
manding the artillery; Captain Brabazon, Deputy
Assistant Quartermaster-General ; and Major Hay,
Brigade-Major. Colonel Barry and Captains Mil-
ward and Harrison were indefatigable in, their
exertions, as were all the officers and men in the
batteries. Colonel Barry was very unfortunate ;
his battery was brought from Suez in a ship (the,
Berenice) which afforded no sufficient accommoda-
tion for the men. The seeds of sickness were sown,
which developed themselves at a later period, and
on first going into action. all his officers save one
(Lieutenant Phillpotts) and one-third of his men
were laid up in hospital. But the zeal and energy
of officers and men surmounted all difficulties, and
the country is deeply indebted to them.
The weather continues magnificent. We have only
had two heavy showers since leaving Pehtang.
Most providential is it that we have been favoured
-with sunny days, for two hours' rain converts the
mud into a swamp and floods us out of pur tents.
The thermometer ranges from 85 at noon to 60 dur-
ing the night. But the nights are getting rapidly
colder, and the diplomatists must hasten their work
or we shall be surprised by the winter. Nothing
could be better than the arrangements for getting
the wounded off the field on the 21st. They were
taken at once to an airy, comfortable hospital, and
I saw them all the same evening. Their wounds
had been dressed, and they were well supplied with
beef-tea, sago, and all sorts of medical comforts.
The arrangements reflected great credit on Dr.
Muir, on Mr. Thompson, attached to the 2d division,
and on the Medical Staff. All the wounded are
now on board ship. A word for the Coolies, on
whose conduct at Pehtang I remarked so strongly.
Without these on the 21st we should have fared
badly. Chirping and chaffing, they went under the
heaviest fire without a moment's hesitation, carried
their wounded man two miles and a half, and re-
turned again as quickly as possible. Six of them
have been wounded, and I am glad to hear that all
Coolies employed on the 21st will be decorated with
the order of the dollar. ' The health of the army
.is
not now so good. A fortnight's encampment in
the mud has produced diarrhoea, dysentery, and
ophthalmia, and there have been two cases of
sporadic cholera, both ending fatally. But in forty-
eight hours we shall be on firm ground, and iiii
a lovely plain, with abundance .of water and
vegetables. The country people are reassured, and
bring in supplies of fresh provisions ; and, _ once
away from the mouth of the Peiho, I have no doubt
the men will recover rapidly.
with
They the
destroyed avowed
There is bad news from Shanghai. Thirty thou-
sand rebels marched from Soochow
intention of occupying Shanghai.
a small place about twelve miles off, where there'
was a French mission, burnt the chapel, and killed
the officiating priest. The European community
were alarmed, and volunteers turned out in every
direction. Sandbag batteries and barricades were
erected, and 300 additional troops brought up
from Chusan. 1 Yesterday a report reached us
that the Chinese portion of Shanghai was ac-
tually occupied by \ the rebels, so the 44th Regi-
ment has been despatched to reinforce the gar-
rison. The mail of the 26th of June from England
has just arrived, but the letters are not yet de-
livered. Two typhoons have swept the China sea,
and caused enormous damage. One vessel, bringing
horses for the expedition, was thrown on her beam
ends and every horse killed.

NOMINAL LIST OF OFFICERS AND MEN KILLED AND
WOUNDBD ON TEE 12TH OF AUGUST.
TILLED. •
Probyn's Horse.—Sowar Nuttah Sing.
Fane's Horse.—Sowar ayeer Khan. •
WOUNDED.
Probyn's Horse.—Ensign Macaulay, slightly--Lieut.
Stawart, slightly—Duffidar Berjon sing, slightly—Sowar
Hern Sing, severely—Jemadar Kurruch Sing, slightly.
Fane's Horse.—Lieut. M'Gregor, severely; Jemadar
Nedham Sing, severely; Sowar Allaoodeen Khan, severely ;
Sowar Buckhoda, slightly ; Sower Secundah Shah,
slightly ; Sower Mahomed Shab, slightly.
King's Dragoon Guards.—Trumpeter Taylor, slightly.
Royal Artillery.—Gunner M'Dowell, slightly; Gunner
Mutton, severely ; Gunner Travers, dangerously.
3d Foot.—Private Patrick Shea, slightly.
44th Foot—Private Charles'Sinclair, severely; Private
John Berry, slightly; Private Robert Molloy, slightly.
NOMINAL LIST OF WOUNRED, AUGUST 14.
Royal Artillery.—Gunner Jolliffe, severely ;
Gunner John George Hare, severely; Driver John
Thomas, bliglatly,

NOMINAL ROLL OF OFFICERS AND MEN KILLED AND
WOUNDED IN ACTION AT THE PEIHO FORTS ON THE
21ST OF AuGtsT.
Staff.—Capt. Brooke, 48th Regiment, Aide-de-Camp to
Sir R. Napier, wounded severely; gunshot wound of thigh
—Brigadier Reeves, 90th Regiment, severely; gunshot
wound of foot, forearm, and shoulder—Lieut. Kempson,
slightly; contused wound of face.
Royal Artillery—Milward's Battery.— Lieut. Gye,
severely ; gunshot wound in thigh—Assist.-Surg. Prescott,
slightly; gunshot wound in neck—Driver Francis Wills,
severely; gunshot wounds in arm and thigh.
Govan's Battery—Gunner Ed ward Casey, dangerously;
gunshot wound in arm (amputated)—Gunner John Welch,
severely; gunshot wound in head—Gunner Edward Moran,
severely; gunshot wound in chest—Gunner Michel
M'Nalley, severely; gunshot wound in right arm—Gunner
William Lawless, slightly; gunshot wound in left foot—
Gunner Robert Harwell, slightly ; gunshot wound in leg.
Pennycuick's Battery.—Gunner John Troll, severely ;
gunshot wound in left shoulderblade.
Larry's Battery.—Driver Charles Baxter,. slightly; gtm- •
shot wound in right shin.
Rotton's Battery—Driver G. Roberts, slightly ; gunshot
wound in right foot—Driver R. Coulter, slightly; contusion
of right cheek.
Desborough's Battery.—Bombardier Henry Elliston,
slightly ; gingall ball in right shoulder.
Royal Engineers-23dCompany—B revet-Maj or Graham,
severely; gunshot wound of thigh—Sapper James Chap-
man, dangerously; gunshot wound, abdomen (penetrated).
Bth Company.—Corporal W. Willcox, dangerously; gun-
shot wound, shoulder and chest—Sapper William Edey,
mortally ; gunshot wound, abdomen (since dead).
3d Foot--zlot Battalion.—Lance-Corporal Michael Forde,
slightly; contusion over right hip—Private Edward Timbs,
severely; gunshot wound, left knee.
44th Regiment.—Capt. George Ingham, severely; contu-
sion of back of right thigh—Lieut. Robt. Rogers, severely;
gunshot wound in right side—Private John Biddle, killed—
Private John Smith, killed—Private Wm. Jolliffe, severely;
gunshot wound, left shoulder—Private James Greyson,
severely; gunshot wound, left leg—Private James Rodgers,
severely; gunshot wound, head—Private Anthony Golen,
slightly; contusion of right forearm—Private James Mat-
thews, severely ; gunshot wound of head—Private Henry
Bridehope, severely ; gunshot wound, left thigh—Private
John Gough, severely, gunshot wound, left thigh—Private
Robt. Fitzgerald, dangerously; compound fracture, left arm
—Private Alex. M'Carthy, severely; gunshot wound, right
arm— Private George Shorten, severely ; gunshot wound,
left arm—Private Charles Taggart, slightly; contusion of
right temple—Private Michael Mealey, killed—Private
Joseph Claydon, dangerously; gunshot wound, left arm—
,Private Thomas Dyer, dangerously; gunshot wound, right
side—Private John M'Clavarty, slightly ; gunshot wound,
right leg—Private Henry Boyle, slightly; contusion of
right ankle joint—Private Patrick Murray, slightly; con-
tusion of left shoulder—Private Wm. Moody, slightly; con-
tusion back of neck—Lance-sergt. John Hassett, killed—
Drummer James Bolwell, severely; arrow wound, right
leg—Private Patrick Dynan, dangerously; musket wound,
left leg—Private Jonathan Beavis, killed—Private Charles
Cash, killed—Private Samuel Clarke, killed—Private
Edwin Leeney, killed—Private Hamilton Marshall, killed.
—Private James Steward, killed—Corporal Aronille Cot-
trill, mortally; gunshot wound in head (since dead)—Cor-
poral John Murphy, dangerously ; gunshot wound in head
—Private Robert Alcock, severely; gunshot wound, right
shoulder and wrist—Private Wm. Barrett, severely ; gun-
shot wound, back and shoulder—Private John Burford,
severely ; gunshot wound, right wrist—Private Daniel
Callaghan, severely ; gunshot wound, chest—Private Ema-
nuel Collick, severely; gunshot wound, right shoulder—
Private Thomas Carrigan, severely; gunshot wound, right
temple—Private John Coffey, dangerously; gunshot wound,
head—Private Charles Chap Man, severely; gunshot wound,
right shoulder—Private James Chilvers, mortally; shell
wound of head (since dead)—Private Wm. Cox, severely;
gunshot wound, right arm—Private John Davis, severely;
gunshot wound, head—Private James Donnelly, severely;
gunshot wound, left arm—Private Robert Durrant, danger-
ously ; gunshot wound, head—Private Jeremiah Easton,
mortally ; gunshot wound, abdomen (since dead)—Private
Wiliam Easton, severely, gunshot wound, left arm—Pri-
vate Joseph Felton, dangerously; gunshot wound, head—
Private Henry Fordo, severely; gunshot wound, both legs
—Private Francis Kelly, dangerously ; shell wound, right
knee—Private Wm. Lloyd, dangerously; gunshot wound,
chest and arm—Private Wm. M'Cave, severely; gunshot
wound, hip—Private Thomas Murphy, mortally; gunshot
wound, chest (since dead)—Private John Pardoe, slightly;
gunshot wound, left leg— Private James Patterson, se-
verely ; gunshot wound, temple—Private Michael Power,
severely; gunshot wound, side—Private Hugh Robinson,
severely ; gunshot wound, neck—Private John Harridino,
severely ; gunshot wound, right groin—Private David San-
derson, severely ; gunshot wound, right wrist—Corporal
Thomas Straight, slightly; gunshot wound, left ear; Pri-
vate James Clinton, severely; gunshot wound, thigh.
Royal Marines.—Private Hugh Sweeney, killed—Lieut.-
Col. T. 0. Travers, slightly; contused wound, right leg—
Capt. Carrington, slightly; gingall ball through lower hip
—Lieut. G. Maires, severely; gingall ball, left shoulder—
Lieut. Barker, slightly ; lacerated wound, right foot—
Lieut Straghan, slightly, lacerated wound, right foot—Pri-
vate Philip Powell, severely ; gingen ball, right hand—
Private James Andrews, severely; gingall ball, left wrist—
Private William Wintrip, slightly ; contused wound of ab-
domen—Private John Malone, severely ; gingall ball, right
thigh—Private Charles Bishop, severely ; gingall ball, left
shoulder—Private Lawrence Cline, slightly ; contused
wound—Private Frederick Burke, severely; gingall ball,
right ankle—Private Thomas Power, severely; gingallball,
shoulder—Private William Magin, severely; gingall
left thigh—Private Patrick O'Phelan, severely; gingen
ball, shoulder and breast—Private Thomas Fitzwilliam,
severely ; gingall ball, thigh ; Private Dominick Gavin, se-
verely; gingall ball, thigh—Private James Williams, se-
verely; gingen ball, thigh and testicle—Private Richard
Doer, dangerously ; gingall ball, shoulder—Sergeant Henry
Trent, severely ; gingall ball, thigh—Private George Ed-
wards, severely; gingall ball, great toe—Private William
Spencer, severely; gingall ball, right hand and leg—Lance
Sergeant William Erle, severely; gingall ball, right hand
and leg—Private Richard Baker, severely; gingall ball,
right shoulder—Lance•Corporal Thomas Smith, slightly;
gingal ball—Private Philip Parnell, slightly; gingen ball—
Private James Norman, sligLly; punctured wound—Lance
Sergeant John Thomson, slightly; gingall ball, right thigh
—Private Wm. Giles, slightly; contused wound by round
shot.

67th Regiment.—Lieut.-Col. Thomas, severely ; gunshot
wound of face—Capt. Miller, dangerously; gunshot wound,
breast—Lieut. Kingsley, dangerously; gunshot wound,
knee—Lieut. Burslem, severely ; gunshot wound, shoulder
—Lieut. Lennon, slightly; contused by shell, arm—Ensign
Turner, severely; contused by shell, arm and thigh—En:,
sign Chaplin, severely ; contused by shell, arm and thigh—
Ensign Fraser, severely; contused by shell, thigh—Hospi-
tal Apprentice Fitzgibbon, severely ; gunshot wound of arm
Lance-Sergeant Richard Stokes, severely ; gunshot
wound of right leg—Private James Ford, dangerously;
gunshot wound, chest Private Thomas M'Cormack,
severly ; gunshot wound, both legs—Private Jas. M'Coy,
slightly; stake in foot—Private John Murphy, slightly;
gunshot wound in shoulder—Private Patrick Power,
slightly; shell wound, right leg—Private Owen Dolan,
severely ; gunshot wound, left azilla—Sergeant Thomas
Pritchard, slightly; gunshot wound, left shoulder—Pri-
vate Wm. Barber, severely; gunshot wound, right thigh—
Private Benjamin Brierley, severely; lance wound, left
arm and neck—Private Chas. Buckley, slightly ; gunshot
wound, right ear—Private Arthur Crooks, killed—private
John Currie, slightly; gunshot wound, left arm—Private
Thos. Dignum, slightly; gunshot wound, left side—Private
Wm. Fuller, slightly; gunshot wound, left leg—Private
John Gardiner, dangerously; gunshot wound, ebest--Pri-
vete Thos. Hall, severely ; gunshot wound, left side of nose
—Private John Sally, killed—Private James Rafferty, se-
verely ; gunshot wound, left leg—Private Matthew Rat-
cliff, severely ; gunshot wound, right thigh Private
Michael Ryan, severely ; gunshot wound, left breast—Pri-
vate John Skeen, severely; gunshot wound, left leg—Pri-
vate Henry Wado, slightly ; gunshot wound, right armpit
—Private Jeffrey Burke, dangerously; gunshot wound,
right leg and knee—Private Lawrence Hea.y, severely;
shell wound, right leg and knee— Private William Johns,
severely ; gunshot wound, right leg Private John
M‘Lou ghlin, severely; gunshot wound, right leg—Private
John White, dangerously ; gunshot wound, left knee—Pri_
vate John Griffin, dangerously ; gunshot wound, left shoul-
der—Corporal John Flynn, dangerously ; gunshot wound,
left arm—Private Wm. Newbold, severely; gunshot wound
left side of head—Private Henry Spencer, severely ; gun-
shot wound, right thigh—Private Wm. Watson, danger-
ously; spear wound, right shoulder and forehead—private
Charles Webster, severely ; gunshot wound, left side of
head—Private illiam Graham, killed—Private James
Beatty, slightly; gunshot wound, chest—Private Patrick
M'Sally, dangerously; gunshot wound, chest—Corporal
Timothy O'Connell, severely ; gunshot wound, left knee—
Private Thomas Beak, slightly; shell wound, right ear—
Private John Bresnan, slightly ; gunshot wound, right
temple—Private Owen Carroll, slightly; gunshot wound,
right shoulder—Private Stephen Corbett, dangerously;
shell wound, right thigh and left foot—Private William
Fallow, severely; round shot, right shoulder—Private
splinter, right knee—Private
William Fawn, dangerously;
Owen Flynn, slightly; contusion of right shoulder—Pri-
vate James Hetherington, severely ; contusion of right eye
.i.-;iPche,rievalteßroTwhonm,lightly;
arkillrowedwboyunrdounlett shot—Private
John Beag, idhDaonntasli,gBhitilgyh;tiayrr;oarw
rwoowunwo,dunledft,
lkneftee—armilipvarite.
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vete Andrew Connor, severely ; arrow wound, right arm—
Private Alfred Thompson, severely; shell wound of head—
Private John Gleeson, severely; gunshot wound, right leg
—Sergt. Patrick M'Grady, killed—Private John Delaney,
left arm—private killed—Private Thomas Burns, severely; gunshot wound
vate William Creeny, severely ,• arrow wound
right leg—Private Charles M'Grigor, slightly; gunshot
wound, left, leg—Private Robert Wakeham, severely; gun-
shot wound, leg; Private John Scott, severely; gunshot
wound, right hand—Private Daniel Cunningham, severely;
gunshot wound, right hand—Private Thomas Lane,
slightly; gunshot wound, left side of face—Private John
Keefe, severely; gunshot wound, left leg—Private Daniel
Murphy, severely; gunshot wound, right cheek—Private
William Campbell, slightly; gunshot wound, upper lip—.
Lance-Sargt. Alfred Elliott, severely; gunshot wound,
right hand—Private Patrick Furry, slightly; gunshot
wound, left side—Private James Hunt, slightly; gunshot
wound, right thigh.
Madras Artillery.—Private Arroomooyam, severely.
gunshot wound, left arm and body_Private Noonan
Swanny, severely ; gunshot wound—Private Velley Dunn,
severely; gunshot wound. •
Chinese Coolie Corps.—Two severely and four slightly ;
gunshot wounds.
W. M. Mum, M.D., Deputy, Inspector-General,
Principal Medical Officer.

RECAPITVLATION.
Officers Wounded.—Two dangerously, 13 severely; seven
slightly. Total, 22.

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THE CHINESE INsURuENTS.

87, BEDFORD-S(4iiiiig. LONDON

From Shanghai we receive the following account
of the approach and repulse of the Tae-ping insur-
gents :—" Sunday morning broke on a scene of
conflagration and destruction. During the night
the enemy had advanced in large numbers to the
water suburb, thing a few gingalls at the south
gate en passant. A large number, too, concealed
themselves in the ruins both at the south and west
gates during the morning, but for some two or three
hours during which time the Rev. J. Hobson read
his usual service, no firing was kept up. The in
surgents had, however, worked their way round
almost to the French quarter, and had planted some
flags on the temple of the Queen of Heaven. Our
gallant allies set to work, in a manner peculiar to
themselves, to drive away the danger, and:to prevent
its recurrence fired the suburb, which is by far the
richest and most important collection of native
houses. It is here that the Chinese wholesale
merchants live ; an immense quantity of goods,
especially sugar, was stored there, and as the con-
flagration in its rapid progress licked up a sugar
hong or soy factory, the flames sprang up with
fearful grandeur. About 2 o'clock the Kestrel and
Hong Kong came steaming down against a strong
tide past the burning suburb with the news that
the rebels had evacuated Sungkiang, and could
not be heard of near there. Twelve conflagra-
tions that were burning round the city told them
that they would not have to go fur for them now.
The firing too had recommenced at the South Gates
from double-shotted guns and howitzers. Driven
from their cover by these means, and compelled to
take up a new position, the enemy laid himself open
to some fine rifle practice. Macintyre's guns were
too well handled to let them hide in any of the
buildings yet standing, and Lieut. O'Grady, with
some marines, opened a most destructive fire from
the " look out." This gallant officer is really an
excellent shot; the braves at Canton have some
cause toremember him, and we believe it is reckoned
that in this affair 20 men fell to his rifle with
scarcely one intervening miss. The immense range
of the Enfield bothered the enemy terribly and they
soon became anxious to get beyond it. On
Sunday night they were quiet enough, and it was
a very striking sight to see their camp fires dotting
for an immense distance the country on the south-
west, while on the east the fire raised by the French
was burning with great brilliancy, leading the
foreigners to believe from the noise made by the
falling houses that the musketry had recommenced.
On Monday morning, the 20th August, the
enemy had advanced in greater strength than ever.
It was really a curious sight to see them moving
along, every one of the little paths which run
parallel to the city walls, each man carrying a
flag, and all moving in Indian file, but in excel-
lent order and quite calm and steady. On they
came without hesitation, perfectly within range,
and seemed to direct their attention principally
to the west gate. Lieutenant O'Grady had been
sent there with some marines, to assist Captain
Cavanagh, and the Madras Artillerymen having
rigged up a Chinese gun, a heavy fire was kept up,
and the insurgents have to thank the nature of the
ground that their loss was not very large. Strange
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perialist soldiers, after firing a couple of times, got
up on the battlements of the wall, hung their legs
over, and smoked away without any apparent fear,
although the foe was lurking among the graves and
rushes below. The cracking of the rifles seemed to
have had no effect in changing the line of march of
the insurgents, who now seemed to threaten the
English settlement in great numbers. They
actually planted some flags within a couple of hun-
dred yards of the Race Course Stand, but were met
with a shell or two from a gun commanded by
Lieutenant Williams. Lieutenant Crease fired a
couple of rockets at them too, so they gradually
retired. During the night, the despatch boat
Pioneer had proceeded up the river, and began

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Borough of Boston—John Wingfield Malcolm, of Great
Stanhope-street, Mayfair, in the county' of Middlesex,
Esq., in the room of Herbert Ingram, Esq., deceased.
The Gazette of this evening contains the Speaker's war-
rant for issuing a new writ for the election of a member to
serve in Parliament for the Wick district of burghs, in the
room of Samuel Laing, Esq., who has accepted the office
of Fourth Ordinary Member of the Council of the Governor
General of India.

dropping 13 inch shells in among the rebel flags.
One of these exploded right in the centre of about
100 red banners, which immediately afterwards

able d. to state that, accord.
stercli ly from Merehistomi.
f Abcolirnirdirathi e RS:a:ha:fa/lee
.13.er Majesty's ship
W e
aadr
ve glad
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received
bvs
eeeadet
ye
eo
Napier, K.C.8., healti '1 of 1 the gallant Admiral
o her Majesty's
continues to improve.
'stOctober 7, says
a fleet of one brig
the river. The
tter, arrived at
ObWeAea rmeloesnith; eifptr
amafnrtdoemr
Bs
eaauytne,
nooffims datedcoAenry
rtitoeneviiscd,
ship Leopard, flag of Sir Stephen Lashing.
ton, K.C.B. The French halm a
and two steam gunboats in
D'Entreeastreaux, one of the Is
Montevideo on the 30th ult. with t a supplementary
mail from Buenos Ayres of the 2;lk th for England
and intermediate ports. The Br a zilians have
corvette and two gunboats ; the Sp 'a, niards a brig
and one gunboat ; and the America'. 's one brigan-
tine, at present in the River Plate. On the Ist
inst., at 4 p.m., on our return voyage to .Rio, in lat.
33 40 S , long. 52 40 W., the Mersey t stopped to
overhaul a brigantine, apparently Arneric, kn., which
had sunk, with all her sails set, in 17 fathoms
water. She must have gone down bodily, with all
oa board, as she was resting on the bottom, and
had evidently been there a very short time Her
topgallantyard was an ash. No signs of either
boats or crew could be found. Nothing of tl Ire ves-
sel was visible above water but her foretopg
atlant-
mast and part of her maintopmast."
Her Majesty's gunboat Wizard, recently !built at
Newcastle-on-Tyne, and forwarded to Wocktwich,
was yesterday taken in charge by
Mr.
Hall, corn.
manding the steam reserve at Woolwich, and
steamed down the river, on trial, preparatory to
being handed over to the authorities of the dock-
yard.
The Sparrow, 5, screw steam despatch o easel,
was yesterday admitted into the third-class a team
reserve of the yard at Woolwich, and will be' fol-
lowed by a fleet of the same class.
The Spiteful, 6, paddle, Commander Wiloont
sailed from Spithead for the westward on Thurs-
day evening.
The Landrail, 5, screw, Commander Martin,
sailed from Spithead by the Western Channel at 2
p.m. yesterday, calling in Plymouth Sound for final
orders.

disappeared. About 1 o'clock, tho despatch boat

The Cygnet, 5, screw, made her second Merit-
mental trial yesterday with the Griffiths' propeller
in Stoke's Bay, and afterwards berthed alongside
the dockyard to shift the pitch of the propeller,
preparatory to a renewal of the trials on Monday.
The Trafalgar, 91, screw, Capt. Fanshawe, yes-
terday landed her working screw at the Sheer-
jetty in Portsmouth yard for the purpose of having
its leading corners removed.
The Emerald, 51, screw, Capt. Cumming, lying
at Spithead, yesterday afternoon received sudden
orders to proceed from that anchorage to Plymouth
Sound. She had not sailed at sunset. Mr. John
stone, the Master of the Immortalite, was appointed
to convey her round, in the absence of her own
Master.

Nimrod threw a shell clean over the settlement

away out into the fields an astonishing distance.
This practice was kept up slowly for about two
hours, when the insurgents retreated out of range.
The Pioneer continued firing until the evening had
far advanced, but the enemy had had enough of it,

and retreated so far out towards Zee-ka-wei that

they were out of all possible danger.
On Tuesday but very little work took place, as
the rebels had retreated quite out of range, and
with the exception of one or two small bodies
none were seen near enough to fire at. The
conflagration raised by the French in the water
suburb was still raging, and it was melancholy to
see hong after hong full of valuable goods falling a
prey to the devouring element. But nothing could
possibly be done to stop it, as the houses are con-
structed of the most inflammable materials and
crowded together as thick as possible.
On Wednesday Mr. Forrest volunteered to take
to the insurgents the despatches that had been sent
to Sungkeang in the Kestrel and Hongkong. His
offer was accepted, and every aid afforded him for
effecting what seemed a sufficiently daring ride.
Accompanied by a single soldier named Phillips,
who had a white napkin attached to his bayonet,
Mr. Forrest rode out of the south gate, skirted the
city wall to the south-west angle, and then rode for
the bridge which crosses the Zee-ka-wei canal. A
good system of signals had been arranged with the
west gate, one dip of the flag on the bayonet mean-

The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Capt. G. Parker, to the
Charybdis, commissioned ; David Batt, Master, to
the Emerald; James Walsh, Surgeon, to the Hogue ;
Christopher K. Ord, Surgeon, to the Charybdis ;
Benjamin Browning, Assistant-Surgeon, additional,
to the Victory; and William Fisher Rowe, acting
third-class Assistant-Engineer, to the Indus, as
supernumerary.

ing all right, and three dips all wrong. Finding no
one at the bridge, it was determined to proceed to
the rebel camp which was about a mile ahead. On
nearing the flags a man was observed on the roof of
a house, and on being hailed by Mr. Forrest, de-
scended, and by the appearance of many soldiers
running to the camp, evidently gave the alarm.
The two foreigners thereupon rode through the
first lot of flags up to the gate of the camp, and
were met by several soldiers, almost all having
European arms in their possession. On the re-
quest being made that some officer should be
sent for, a mass of about two hundred rebels
came down, bearing a huge white flag, in the
centre of which was painted the "pa kua," and
a fine daring-looking man, dressed in purple silk,
then presented himself as an officer. After the usual
civilities the officer complained of the resistance that
the foreigners had offered to them, asserting at the
same time that the insurgents had been invited to
Shanghai by foreigners of all nations. Mr. Forrest
was pressed to proceed to Zee-ka-wei and see the
Chung-wang, but declining the request, that gen-
tleman delivered his despatches, and made his way
back to the city wall, making the signal that all
was well. About 20 corpses were passed on the
path alone, by the tainted atmosphere the locality
of many more was designated where they could not
be seen, and the loss of the insurgents, taking what
was seen on this ride as evidence, could not have
been inconsiderable.