The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-14 00:00:00

rush to the front, and in half a minute have hoisted
the cart on its wheels and the pony on its legs.

good flannel clothing, and on every bed was a clean
pair of sheets and a famous blanket. Each vessel
was supplied with a complete file of the London
papers and a good selection of books: The men
seemed most grateful for this, and nearly every one
not too ill to read had in his hand a paper, arrived
by the mail of the previous day. The newspapers
will be continued as long as the army remains in
China. " You had your work to do the other day,"
said Ito a wounded 67th man. " Yes, Sir, and we
did it." " What will they think of it in England ?
Will the Queen know what a fight it was ?" asked a
44th man with five gingal balls in him. I ventured
to assure him that her Majesty would be the first to
appreciate the valour displayed at the storming of
the fort. They were all anxious on this subject,
for the Chinese war has excited 'so little interest at
heme that the soldiers fear they may not obtain
that best salve for all wounds—the sympathy and
admiration of their countrymen. Never did men
deserve it more. Here, at 15,000 miles from home,
were upwards of 150 44ths and 67ths wounded in
the attack, and nearly all belonging to two com-
panies of each regiment. There was no grumbling,
no vain complaints. Every man was resigned to
his fate, and an artilleryman whose leg had been
amputated cheerily hoped to obtain a situation
among the soldier commissionaires of London.
Various games had been sent from the War-office—
chess, backgammon, draughts, solitaire, &c.—of
which the last was the favourite. As to stores and
medical comforts, these ships contain a supply of
everything that by the most remote possibility can
be needed, It made one's mouth water to see the
portable soups, the potted meats, the preserved
vegetables, and the other good things ranged in the
store-rooms tier over tier. Boxes of sago, tapioca,
and other necessaries of that kind would have fitted
out a large grocer's shop, while the cellar was filled
with campagne, claret, port, and sherry, not forget-
ting bitter beer. In short, there was nothing
whatever that could be required for the care and
sustenance of the sick, the wounded, and the con-
valescent which was not provided. Exception
has been taken to the expense incurred on board
these vessels; but I put it to every man in Eng-
land—by whom, after all, the bill is paid—whe-
ther he regrets one farthing that has been properly
spent with a view to the comfort of the sick and
wounded ? Even in the economical point of view,
the British soldier in China is a costly article, and
a few thousands more or less are well expended
in restoring and preserving his health. But I need
not labour the subject. The Crimea taught that
prevention is not only better, but cheaper than cure,
and we have profited by the lesson. The sick and
wounded are tended with the same care and solici-
tude as in the best London hospitals, and the ar-
rangements made by Dr. Muir and his staff leave
little or nothing to be desired.
On returning from the hospitals to Tang-kow I
found Major Anson, Major Sarel, Captain Farqu-
harson, and Lieutenant Johnson, R.N., about to
start for Tien-tsin with the head-quarters horses
and coolies, some baggage animals and carts, and
the Commander-in-Chief's escort of 20 Sikhs. They
were going up the south bank—pioneers of the road
for the first division, which followed next day. I
joined the party, and we left camp about 5 p.m
After considerable delay at the bridge from the
French artillery waggons returning to Sinho, we
reached the south bank. Passing through an
orchard we gained, soon after dusk, a large plain
covered with the inevitable salt-hills, and there we
encamped for the night. At cockcrow next morn-
ing our party was in the saddle. After riding across
the plain for a couple of miles we reached a village,
in front of which a deep trench 12 feet wide was cut
across the road, with a ditch on one side and a
swamp on the other. It was impossible to get the
carts across, so we parleyed with the villagers.
Within five minutes, 60 or 70 men were shovelling
in earth, and in half an hour the road was repaired.
Nothing could exceed the alacrity and goodwill with
which they worked, and they were delighted with
the dollar which rewarded their pains. We were
now on the great south road from Taku to Tien-tsin
and Pekin—probably the first Europeans who had
ever travelled on it. For upwards of six miles we
passed through gardens, the produce of which
supplied the garrison of the forts and the town
of Taku. They were admirably cultivated.
Little waterwheels furnished an easy means of
irrigation, and the vegetables might have put
a Battersea market garden to shame. Large
Swede turnips, excellent French beans, crisp
radishes, lettuces, yams, and many other vege-
tables grew in great profusion. The fruit was mag-
nificent. Trellised vines, whence the ripe luscious
fruit hung in mellow clusters, reminded us of Italy.
Peaches, water melons, apples—very like Newtown
pippins—and pears of every description, were abun-
dant. For six miles drooped the heavy-blossomed
bower, hung the heavy-fruited tree." The road was
a wide mud track. No pains whatever had been
taken to make it, and not a single stone did we see
during our journey. Had the weather been wet it
would have been utterly impracticable, but the hot
sun which has shone over us since landing had baked
the mud quite hard, and we rode on without much
difficulty. The road was encumbered with people
returning to Taku. They had fled when the forts
were attacked, and, now reassured, were returning
to their homes. The women rode in a wheelbarrow
fashioned after the model of an outside jaunting-
car. These barrows are on a well-devised model,
the whole of the load being thrown on the wheel,
which is of the height of the barrow, and exactly
in its centre. They consequently carry two or three
times the quantity of ordinary barrows, where
nearly half the load is carried by the man. One
fellow gaily trundled along four of the fair sex,
evidently much surprised at meeting the barbarians,
but showing no signs of fear. I had my first good
view of Chinese beauties. Flat noses, linear eyes,
high cheek bones, and broad upper faces are not
suggestive of Terms or Psyche, nevertheless there is
an expression of sweetness about a Chinawoman's
face which redeems it from positive ugliness. Her
jet black hair is combed into a turret at the top of
the head, and there plastered with grease and poma-
dim—much after the fashion of the English dame
during the days of the Regent. She is small in sta-
ture, with remarkably pretty hands, and her feet
find favour in the eyes of her lord. Each barrow
was followed by Coolies, laden with everything, from
fans to tables and chairs. We pass a wounded Tartar,
carried up in a basket to Tien-tsin. Poor fellow ! his
face is frightfully smashed, and he will have a hard
struggle for life. After working our way through
this stream of people for upwards of six miles, we
reached a town called Ke-tai. Here we were met
by the Mandarins, who prostrated themselves and
implored protection. They were soon reassured,
and informed that we should merely pass through
the town en route to Tien-tsin. Water melons and
cakes were brought for our refection, and after a
few minutes' chin-chining we proceeded on our
journey. Chaque oiseau trouve son nid beau; so I
suppose the Chinaman appreciates the vile
stenches and filth amid which he lives. For a mile
and a half did the road wind through the streets of
Ko-ku, no street exceeding eight feet in width.
The open sewers were choked to repletion with
offal of every description; what they were unable
to contain lay scattered about the streets. Coarse
black pigs wallowed' in the mire, and dogs innume-
rable basked in the sun.

At length we got clear of the town—which runs
along the banks of the river—and found ourselves
on a large plain. One side was covered with coarse
paddy, the other mere swamp. Four miles' march
across thisbrought us to another town, Kiang-kia-
chwang, near which we determined to halt for the
night. A large acacia at the entrance of the village
shaded a strip of green by the side of some water,
and there we pitched our tent. The whole
population turned out to see us. They were soon
assured that we meant them no harm, and became
inconveniently inquisitive. They peered into our
eyes, wished to know our ages, and our " honour-
able names," and were delighted at the materials of
our garments. A tweed shooting coat of mine ex-
cited special admiration. It was handled and
fingered by all who could get near it. The watch
and the compass they understood at onee, but a
copy of the Times which I spread open for their
inspection caused a wondering shout of " Aah yah !"
Having bestowed sufficient attention on us, " the
great Kings," they turned to the Sikhs, " the black
Princes," as they are christened. They marvelled
at their horses, stood by their side, and measured
their height, inspected the saddles and trappings,
touched the bridles, and kept at a respectful dis-
tance from the scimitars. The Sikhs were in their
glory. They unsheathed their sabres and ran their
fingers along the keen edges, explained the theory
of their double-barrelled pistols in unmistakeable
pantomime, and showed how their lances had pierced
the Tartar cavalry.
At sunset I was tubbing in a secluded spot, but
the eyes of the Chinamen had followed me thither,
and turning round in the middle of my bath I saw
a score of them gazing at the operation in speechless
wonder. The expression of their faces was absurdly
droll as they witnessed for the first time an opera-
tion so superfluous. Meanwhile the chiefs of the
town had procured all sorts of supplies—hay and
Indian corn for the horses ; sodden cakes, fruit, and
poultry for the men. With great difficulty eould
we persuade our friends to relieve us of their com-
pany at nightfall, but at last they departed, pro-
mising to return with fresh supplies in the morning.
As good as their word, they appeared at dawn,
" Awake, arise, great kings, and eat, food and drink
are provided." Their charge was moderate enough—
but two dollars and a half. The forage was cut with
a rude scythe, precisely the pattern of the patent
mowing machine. A bamboo cradle caught the
grass, and the mower got down his crop with ex-
traordinary rapidity.
Leaving the town, we came on an extensive plain
covered as far as the eye could reach with millet
12 to 14 feet high. For six or seven miles we rode
through this gigantic corn, now nearly ripe for the
harvest. The millet answers a vast variety of pur-
poses. Its head is ground into flour, and very good
flour it makes, or distilled into shamshoo, the vilest
and most deleterious of drinks. The leaves when
green are eaten by the cattle, when dry they make
excellent fodder. The stalk serves for fuel, for
thatching, for partition walls, for fences, for mixing
with mud for the walls of houses and for the em-
bankments of the canals. It was the only grain
we saw on the road. We were told that directly
the millet is cut at the end of this month wheat is
sown, which is reaped at the latter end of June,
The wheat when cut is replaced by the millet. A
sharp turn brought us to another town, again on the
river's bank, called Sinchwang. Beyond this was
a large entrenched camp resting on the river, and
stretching right across the road for some miles. It
was quite deserted, long grass grew within its
walls, and it had evidently been some time unoc-
cupied. Passing through the camp our road lay
by the side of the market-gardens which stretch
far beyond Tien-tsin. Three miles before reaching
that place two large forts command the roads which
pass through them, as well as the river. They are
built, one on the south, the other on the north
bank, and are immensely strong. In the cavalier
of the southern fort are embrasures for seven guns.
The guns have been taken away and buried, but a
few have already been dug up. They are brass
Chinese guns of great calibre and beautiful work-

manship. We now see the English camp on our
left, and the town of Tien-t.sin before us. We have
ridden 31 miles from Sinho, which, being seven
miles from the forts, makes the distance thence to
Tien-tsin exactly 38 miles. The whole country
over which we rode was plain, without hillA or
elevation of any kind. It is just above the level of
the river, and seems an excellent nursery for fever
and ag4e. Passing through a suburb we reach
the south gate, and find ourselves in the walled
city. Through this we proceed for three quarters
of a mile, find a gate which leads into another
suburb, and then, riding a good mile down " the
Street of Everlasting . Prosperity," we reach our
destination, after being nine hours and a half
in the saddle. I regret to say that our ride nearly
proved fatal to one of our party—Lieut. Johnson.
The sun had been frightfully hot during the whole
day. On the evening of our ahival Lieut. Johnson

felt unwell, and went on board the Granada to sleep.
Next day he was unconscious, with a remittent
fever of the most virulent kind. After struggling
for three days between life and death he turned
the corner, and I am happy to say is now quite out
of danger, and in a fair way of recovery. The sun
has been fatal in not a few cases. Lieuts. Palliser,
of the Royals, and Breedon, of the Buffs, have
fallen victims to its pernicious influence, and even
one of Probyn's hardy Sikhs was struck down and
died next day. Still the climate is by no means
unhealthy, although it is necessary to avoid expo-
sure during the hottest part of the day. We have
not had one drop of rain for three weeks. The
thermometer has risen to 98 in the shade at noon,
and yesterday we were treated to an Indian hot
wind, but the nights are cool, and even cold.
Tien-tsin, on the south bank of the Peiho, 38
miles from the Taku Forts, and 68 from Pekin, is
the largest port on the coast north of Shanghai not
hitherto open to foreign trade. It is the terminus
of the Grand Canal, which skirts the town and
enters the Peiho outside the walls. By this canal
all the produce and taxes for the use of the capital
have been brought for centuries. Since it was
broken up by the irruption of the Yellow River
the produce and taxes have equally reached Tien-
tsin, borne by junks across the sea and then up the
Peiho. All the salt for the use of the capital is
stored here. An imperial monopoly, the dreary
salt flat on which we landed, constitutes one of the
most valuable appenages of the Crown. There,
and all along ale coast, may be seen innumerable
salt hills. When the salt is evaporated it is
brought tq lien-tsin, and piled in stacks covered
with matting, as large as the largest haystacks in
EuglrAnd. Acres of them may be seen on the north
bt.nk of the river just below the town. A consider-
able trade is carried on in grain and rice. The river
is thronged with junks, and the crowded, bustling
streets are full of life and motion. The position
of Tien-tsin renders it one of the most im-
portant cities in China, and the key of the capital.
Its population is said to be nearly half a million of
souls. It is certainly upwards of 300,000. Though
the Gulf of Pecheli be shallow, the Peiho difficult
of navigation, and the bar at its mouth inconve-
niently large, yet ships of considerable burden can
ascend the river. The Peninsular and Oriental
steamer Granada, which brought up Lord Elgin and
Sir Hope Grant, and draws 11 feet water, is
anchored off the town at the mouth of the Grand
Canal. The steamer Carthage, drawing 12 feet,
with commissariat stores on board, is moored just
below, and her Majesty's despatch gunboat Rey-
nerd, of the same draught, just above her.
The Granada and the Carthage ascended the river
in one day, under the skilful pilotage of Captain
Roderick Dew, R.N., and neither grounded more
than once. Now that the port will be opened to
commerce the Dents will have more than one

The houses of mud and straw bore a strong
family likeness to those of Sinha and Tang-kow,
and the peculiar faint, sickly smell, so well known
to all travellers in China, greeted our nostrils from
every group we passed. The men are taller than
those of Southern China, but equally fiat, flabby,
and unmuscular. Fully one-half had cutaneous
disease, engendered by their filthy habits, and ring-
worm was extremely prevalent. A blazing hot sun
braught the various agrentents of Sio-ku into full
relief, as we forced our way through the town with
all the coolies, mules, asses, horstehse, aenardtclaardtesninwoiuthr
train. A native servant drives
shores too sharp round a corner ; ovar it goes on
fits side, and over goes the wild Tartar pony which
does duty as wheeler. Alack and welt a da ►y ! the
beer flows out—we had but half a dozen by
and
exposes our dreadful loss. One cart is packed
high with boxes innumerable, but the ropes are
stout, and the packers have been handy, so the
bo.xas are not scattered over the road. 'We discuss
tin best mode of proceeding, when 50 Chinamen

" Yang-tse," the Jardines more than one " Fiery
Cross," plying between Shanghai and the Peiho.
The walled city is of considerable extent ; dirty
and filthy as every other Chinese town. Outside the
wall is the north suburb, greater in extent than the
city itself. It is built along the Grand Canal, and
the river, running at right angles to it. Here are
all the principal shops and warehouses. The streets,
though unpaved, are clean, and the houses fitted up
with something like comfort. The mansion occupied
by Lord Elgin, Baron Gros, and Sir Hope Grant
belongs to one of the principal corn merchants.
It is of enormous size, and actually has glass in
many of the windows. Like all Chinese houses it
is built without plan or design, a suite of rooms
here, ti courtyard there, but the rooms are airy;

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 14, 1860.

may be had in abundance at 3d. per lb. ; the largest
peaches at ld. each. Water melons—most refresh-
ing of fruits and large enough for a dozen—cost
sth each. Ice in large blocks of 251 b., pure and
clear as the finest Wenham Lake, is sold for 61 a

of country, save only where the road is made or
houses are built, is covered with millet 14 feet high.
But the " enemy" is invisible, and, according to the
villagers' account, the Tartars were too much
alarmed in their flight to think of anything except
their own safety. Soon after encamping here yes-
terday we had a tremendous thunderstorm. For
seven hours the rain descended in torrents, and soon
converted the country into a swamp. The road was
quite impracticable for artillery, and the order was
given that we should not march this morning. How-
ever, it cleared up at 11 p.m., and now the sun has
risen with every promise of fine weather, and a
fresh breeze is blowing, which will soon dry the
roans.

block. There is any quantity of forage of every
description—hay, millet stalk, green grass, paddy,
peas, beans, and Indian corn. Coal costs td. and
caarcoal Id. a pound. Coolies receive Is. per day
per man. Supplies of every description are abundant
and excellent. The mutton is fat and well flavoured,

and no finer grapes or peaches are grown than those
which now come to Tien-tsin market. A favourite

fruit with the Chinaman is the classic lotos, in shape

like a small melon ; it is full of stoneless kernels,
sweet and pleasant to the palate. Often and often
have I eaten them without experiencing the dreamy
sensations they are said to produce, and most cer-
tainly no man in this expedition has exclaimed—

" 'We will return no more ; our island home
Is far beyond the wave, we will no longer roam."
On the 7th a dozen of us went up the Grand Canal
in the gig and cutter of the Granada. For the first
two miles our progress was but slow, against a
strong current and through two bridges of boats,
which were opened for our passage. All the latrines
of the town seemed scattered along the banks of the
canal, and " the nymphs who reign o'er sewers and
stinks" must take special delight in disporting on
its margin. At length we clear the city, and
find a plain covered, as usual, as far as the eye
can reach, with a sea of gigantic millet. Large
villages are built on the border of the canal. The
population seems miserably poor ; the men thin and
haggard, the women small and filthily dirty. The
canal, for the 15 miles we ascended it, is a canalised
river, winding and tortuous. Its depth in the centre
is not less than 14 feet, and close to the bank there
are five or six feet of water. The current is very
rapid, always setting into the Peiho. The tide rises
and falls four or five feet, but so great is the body of
water rushing down from the west that even when

A flag of truce has just come in, borne by two
Mandarins of the fourth class. They announce that
the leading members of the war party Tsai-wan,
President of the Imperial Court of Punishment, and
Mu-hyn, President of the Council of War, and a
member of the clique which has of late directed the
Government, are coming down to Tien-sin in order
to treat. The order is given that we march at noon,
which is the best answer to this announcement.
Tsai-wan and Mu-hyn will be met on the line of
march, and informed that the Ambassadors refuse
to treat before arriving at Tung-chow. At last the
fox is unearthed, and it will be our own fault if he
be not killed in the open. The Pekinese will see a
European force under the walls of their capital, and
the leaders of the war party, unable to protect them,
suing for mercy. Last night, during the storm, the
drivers of the carts hired at Tientsin bolted with
their horses. This was, no doubt, done by order of
the Government, in hopes of delaying our march.
The scheme will not succeed. A number of junks
have been seized and manned by sailors, and, as
the river runs up to Tung-chow, the baggage will
be carried by water instead of by land.

the tide is rising it only checks the strength of the
current, and does not alter its direction. It is more
than probable that some portion of the Yellow
River, which ten years ago broke into the canal and
destroyed the sluices, now finds its way down this
course. There is a great local traffic on the canal.
We saw fully 200 passenger junks, and half as many
laden with goods. The banks of the canal are fringed
with very large willows, weeping and upright.
Ascending ten miles the aspect of the country
changes. First come topes of large trees, and then
what may really be dignified by the name of a wood.
We jump on shore and enjoy our tiffin sub tegmine.
The timber is large and fine—walnut, willow, locust
trees, and immense pear trees. Some 300 or 400 of
" the enemy" came from the villages to gaze at the
barbarians feeding. They eyed the empty bottles
with covetous glances, so we gate them a scramble.
Entering at once into the fun with great spirit,
they hustled and struggled for the coveted prizes
with all their might, and amid shouts of laughter.
It is sad to think that this great work is now used
solely for the local traffic of the towns and villages
on its banks. By means of its connection with the
river which flow into it an almost entire water com-
munication was completed across the country from
Pekin to Canton—nearly two thousand miles. No
work of the kind in Asia could compare with it,
and when first put into full operation in the 14th
century there was none in the world to equal it.
The Grand Canal passes through the alluvial soil
in every part of its course of 650 miles. The junc-
tion of the Yun-ho was probably taken as the sum-
mit level. Thence northward the trench was dug
through to Lintsiug, to join the Yu-ho,
and embankments were thrown up southward
to the Yellow River. In some places the bed
is cut down 40, 50, and up to 70 feet, but it passes
through no material obstacle. The banks are some-
times 20 feet above the surrounding country, and
are of enormous thickness. The sluices which kept
the necessary level were of rude construction, and
thick planks sliding in grooves of stone buttresses
formed the only locks. Still the objects intended
were fully gained, and for centuries the Grand
Canal formed the high road between the capital and
the southern and middle provinces. To what extent
it has been damaged or what is required for repairs
is quite unknown. The scientific mission attached
to the French Embassy will endeavour to return
south by that route. Should they succeed we shall
have reliable information on a most interesting sub-

SBERIFFS FOR 1860-6 L

(From the Gazette of last evening.)
ENGLAND.

BEDPORDSHIRH.—Joseph Tucker, of Pavenham, Esq. ;
William Lynne Smart, of Eversholt, Esq. ; and Crewe
Alston, of Odell, Esq.
BERKSHIRE.—Henry Lannoy Hunter, of Beech-hill,
near Reading, Esq. , Robert Campbell, of Buscot-park,
Esq. ; and Frederick William Allfrey, of Hill-house, Shin-
field, Esq.
BUCKINGHAAISHIRE.—Sir Anthony Nathan De Roths-
child, of Aston Clinton, Bart. ; William Pennington, of
Fernacres, Esq. ; and Philips Cosby Lovett, of Liscombe-
house, Esq.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND HUNTINGDONSHIRE.—Edward
Hicks, of Great Wilbraham, Esq. ; George Onsloiv, New-
ton, of Croxton park, Esq. ; and Stanlake Ricketts Batson,
of Horseheath, Esq.
CHESHIRE.—John Ralph Shaw, of Arrow-hall, Birken-
head, Esq. ; Edward Holt Glegg, of Backford, Esq. ; and
Thomas Aldersey, of Aldersey-hall, Esq.
CUMBERLAND.—Thomas Ainsworth, of the Flosh, Esq.;
Samuel Lindow, of Cleator, Esq. ; and William Nicholson
Hodgson, of Newby-grange, Carlisle, Esq.
DERBYSHIRE.—WiIIiam Thomas Cox, of Spondon-hall,

ject.
The health of the troops continues good, not-
withstanding the fierce sun. Yesterday the ther-
mometer stood at 102 in the bell tents and under
the awnings of the Granada. The fruit has pro-
duced a few cases of diarrhoea, but they are of no im-
portance, and, including the wounded on beard the
hospital ships, the sick do not exceed 4 per cent. of
the whole force. From Hongkong and Canton the
accounts are very different. No less than 50 men
and two officers were buried last month, and the
soldiers are dying like flies. The Commander-in-
Chief has directed a month's extra pay to be given
to all the coolies, a reward they well earned during
our ten days' campaign. The army would have
done badly without them, for the Military Train
fairly broke down for a time. Three years ago a
detachment of the Military Train was sent to
China, whence they were at once forwarded to
India, in consequence of the demand for troops
during the mutiny. There they acted as cavalry,
and did excellent service. The present detachment
joined this expedition with the full expectation of
seeing similar service, and were much disgusted at
being placed under the orders of the Commissariat
to perform the duties for which they were created.
In fact, they were above their work. With all the
trappings and accoutrements of dragoons they did
not relish the necessary but by no means exciting
work of bringing up supplies from Pehtang, and
guarding sheep and bullocks along the cause-
way. At length the matter reached a climax.
Mr. Turner, the head of the Commissariat, had
frequently complained of Major Cooper acting
independently of his orders. He now officially
reported that the baggage animals were not pro.
perly looked after, that a sufficient exertion was
not made in keeping them together on the road or
in giving assistance to the weak and disabled, that
an opinion prevailed among the Military Train
that they were employed on a duty derogatory to
them, and that this was in a great respect due to
the example of Major Cooper. The Commander-
in-Chief, at once relieved Major Cooper of his
I command, and he returned to England by the last
I mail. The military Train is now commanded by
Captain Gray, and works much better, as it acts in
I unison with Mr. Turner instead of against him.
Some complaints have been made about the Com-
missariat, and Sir John Michel commented strongly
ton the Commissariat officers of his division during
the march from Tang-kow. The fact is that the
I Commissariat officers are so tied down by red tape
that they dare not purchase anything for which
they cannot produce a receipt. The villages con-
tained ample supplies ; the villagers were anxious
to sell, but, not being acquainted with the mode of
writing practised by Europeans, they could not
supply a receipt for the money they received. This
produced some delay, but the men eventually got
their rations, and orders have been given with a
view of obviating such difficulties in future.
Sir Robert Napier remains at Tien-tsin in com-
mand of the small garrison left behind. He had a
much narrower escape at the North Fort than I
imagined. Wearing:a white mackintosh, in conse-
quence of a feverish attack from which he suffered,
he formed a conspicuous mark for the whole Chinese
garrison. Not only was his glass knocked out of
his hand, but a 'bullet broke the hilt of his sword,
another cut open his boot, and three pierced his
clothes. There is but one opinion in this army as
to the skill and energy with which Sir R. Napier
executed the task assigned to him. Should an
European war break out, it will be a subject for
congratulation that the fusion of the armies enables
England to avail herself of Sir Robert Napier's ser-
vices on a larger field then is afforded in the East.
Let me draw the attention of the proper autho-
rities—whoever they may be—to the means pro-
vided for enabling a storming party to cross a ditch
under fire. The pontoons, used in action for the
first time against the north fort, answer admirably
for crossing the Medway at Chatham, but amid the
hurry and confusion of a siege they are everything
they should not be—heavy, lumbering, unwieldy,
and useless if hit by a single shot. No man crossed
by the pontoons until the place was taken, and the
Marines and Sappers who carried them suffered
frightfully. The English scaling ladders—models
of strength and . durability—were so heavy that
they could not be carried from the first ditch, over
which they were placed, to the second, which they
never reached. The French have all these things
in their books, but they are too wise to use them
in action. Their ladders were light and not over
strong, but they answered the purpose, and carried
both English and French over the second ditch. I
must close my letter, for the column is marching.
YUNG-TSUN, WITHIN 45 MILES OF PEKIN.
SEPT. 11, 6 A.M.

Esq. ; Haughton Charles Okeover, of Okeover-hall, Esq.

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and Sir Henry Flower Every, of Egginton, Bart.
DEVONSHIRE.—Sir John Thomas Buller Duckworth, of
Weare, Topsham, Bart. ; Major-General Edward Studd, of
Oxton ; and Sir George Stucley Stueley, of Hartland-
abbey, Hartland, Bart.
DORSETSIIIRE.—Robert Hassell Owen Swaffield, of
Wyke Regis, Esq. ; Joseph Gundry, of the Hyde, Brid-
port, Esq.; and Charles Wriothesley Digby of Studland,
Esq.
DURHAM.—Richard Lawrence Pemberton, of Barnes,
Esq. ; George Henry Surtees, of Dinsdale, Esq. ; and John
Hildyard, of Horsley, Esq.
ESSEX.—Sir Wm. Bowyer Smijth, of Hill-hall, Epping,
Bart. ; Joseph Samuel Lescher, of Boyles, Brentwood,
Esq. ; and George Alan Lowndes, of Barrington-hall,
Hatfield Broad Oak, Esq. . .

GLOCESTERSHIRE.-john. Waddingham, of Guiting
Grange, near Winchcombe, Esq.; Sir George Samuel
Jenkinson, of Eastwood, near Berkeley, Bart.; and John
Battersby Harbord, of Stoke-park,: Stoke Bishop, near
Bristol, Esq.

HBREFORDSHIRE.—Robert Henry Lee Warner, of Tiber-
ton, Esq.; John Hangerford Arkwright, of Hampton-
court, Esq. ; and Stephen Allaway, of Courtfield, Esq.
HERTFORDSHIRE.—Wm. Jones Loyd, of Abbotts Lang-
ley, Esq. ; John Hodgson, of Gilston-park, Esq. ; and
Samuel Richard Block, of Barnet, Esq.
KENT.—Alexander Randall, of Foley-house, Maidstone,
Esq.; Henry Bannerman, of Hunton-court, near Maidstone,
Esq.; and Arthur Vansittart, of Footscray, Esq.
LEICESTERSIIIRE.—Richard Sutton, of Skeffington, Esq.;
James Beaumont Winstansley, of Braunstone, Esq. ; and
Sir Robert Burdett, of Kirby Bellars, Bart.
LixcoLNsuinc.—Weston Cracroft Amcotts, of Kettle-
thorpe, Esq. ; Thomas John Dixon, of Holton-le-moor,
Esq. ; and Rowland Winn, of Appleby, Esq.
_

I take advantage of the courier who leaves this
morning for Tien-tsin, to add a short postscript to
my letter of the 9th. We reached this place yester-
day, after two days' march through frequent vil-
lages and over a flat alluvial plain covered with
millet. Had we to contend with an enterprising
enemy this march would have been attended with
the greatest difficulties. In the first three miles out
of Tien-tsin we crossed seven bridges over wide
canals, not one of which had been broken. The
road thence runs along the south bank of the river,
and a few gingal men in the high millet on the
opposite side might have galled us fearfully. Had
barricades been made or the road been broken up
in the villages a serious obstacle would have been
afforded, for the streets are narrow, and every inch

MONMOUTHSHIRE.-James Proctor Carruthers, of the
Grondra, near Chepstow, Esq. ; James Jameson Cordes, of
Bryn Glas, near Newport, Esq. ; and Joseph Davies, of
Bedwas, near Newport, Esq.
NORFOLK.—John Thomas Mott, of Barningham, Esq. ;
Henry James Lee Warner, of Little Walsingham, Esq.;
and Joseph Stonehewer Scott Chad, of Thursford, Esq.
NORTHAMPTONSIIIRE.—John Edmund Severne, of Then-
ford, Esq. ; William Smyth, of Little Houghton, Esq. ;
and George Ashby Ashby, of Naseby, Esq.
NowrifumßEßLAND.—William John Pawson, of Shaw •
don, Esq. ; John Cookson, of Meldon-park, Esq. ; and
Watson Askew, of Pallinsburn, Esq.
NOTTINGIIAMSHIRIL—John Henry Manners Sutton, of
Kelham, Esq. ; Henry Savile, of Raiford Abbey, Esq. ;
and Thomas Blackborne Thoroton Hildyard, of Flintham-
house, Esq. _ . _

OXFORDSHIRE.—Henry Birch Reynardson, of Adwell,
Esq. ; Charles Edward Thornhill, of Woodleys, Esq. ; and
Emilius Watson Taylor, of Headington, Esq.
RUTLANDSHIRE.—AIexander Doria, of Manton, Esq.;
William Fludyer, of Ayston, Esq. ; and the Hon. William
Charles Evans Freke, of Bisbrooke.
SHROPSHIRE.—George Pritchard, of Broseley, Esq. ; Sir
'Vincent Rowland Corbett, of Aeton Reynald, Bart. ; and
Thomas Charlton Whitmore, of Apley-park, Esq.
SOMFALSETSHIRE.—Francis Wheat Newton, of Barton-
grange, Esq. ; Ralph Neville Grenville, of Butleigh-court,
Esq. ; and William Speke, of Jordans, Esq.
SOUTHAMPTON (COUNTY).—William George Craven, of
Brambridge-house, Winchester, Esq. ; John Deverell, of
Purbrook-park, near Cosham, Esq. ; and Sir Henry Bou-
verie Paulet St. John Mildmay, of Dogmersfield-park,
Winchfield, Bart.
STAFFORDSHIRE.—John William Philips, of Heybridge,
Esq. ; Newton John Lane, of Elmhurst, Esq. ; and Win.
Hanbury Sparrow, of Penro, Esq.
SUFFOLK.—John Berners, of Woolverstone-park, Esq.;
Edward Robert Starkie Bence, of Kentwell-hall, Melford,
Esq. ; and Sir John Ralph Blois, of Cockfield-hall, Yox-
ford, Bart.
SURREY'.—Samuel Gurney, of Carshalton, Esq. ; Sir J .
Andrew Cathcart, of Cooper's-hill, Egham, Bart.; and
Joseph Godman, of Park Hatch, Godallning, Esq.
SUSSEX —George Gatty, of Felbridge-park, East Grin-
stead, Esq. ; the Hon. John Jervis Carnegie, of Fair Oak,
Rogate, and .Herbert Mascall Curteis, of Windmill-hill,
Rye, Esq.
WARWICKSHIRE.—Richard Greaves, of the Cliff, War-
wick, Esq. ; the Hon. Charles Lennox Butler; and A llesley
Boughton Leigh, of Brownsom-hall, Esq.

WESTMORELAND.—WiIIiam Hopes, of Brampton Crofts,
Appleby, Esq. ; Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Gandy, of
Heaves-lodge, Kendal; and William Wilson, of High-
park, Esq.
WILTSHIRE.—CharIes Penruddocke, of Compton Cham-
berlaine, Esq. ; Thomas Fraser Grove, of Fern, Esq. ; and
John Elton Mervyn Prower, of Purton-house, Swindon,
Esq.
WORCESTERSHIRE.—James Moilliet, of Abberley-hall,
near Worcester, Esq. ; Sir Edmund Anthony Harley Lech-
mere, of the Rhydd, Worcester, Bart. ; and Richard Hem-
ming, of Bordesley-park, Bromsgrove, Esq. •
YORKSHIRE,—Sir George Orby Wombwell, of New-
burgh-park, near York, Bart. ; William Frederick Webb,
of Pepper-hall, near South Cowton, Northallerton, Esq.;
and Godfrey Wentworth, of Woolley-park, Esq..
WALES (NORTI1).
ANGLESEY.—WiIIiam Bulkeley Hughes, of Plas Coch,
Esq. ; Robert Davies, of Bwlchyfen, Esq. and the Pion.
Florence George Henry Irby, of Llanidan.
CARNARYONSHIRE.—Owen Jon s Ellis Nanneye, of
Gwynfryn, Esq.; John Priestley, of Braichybib, Esq.; and
Henry M'Kellar, of Sygunfawr, Esq.
DENBIGHSHIRE.—CharIes John Tottenham, of Berwyn_
and Boscawen Trevor Griffith,
Esq. ; John Lloyd Wynne, jun.,
house, near Llangollen,
Coed Coch, Abergele, Esq. ;
of Trevelyn-hall, Wrexham, Esq.
FLINTSHIRE.—Robert Howard, of Broughton-hall,
Esq. ; Philip Pennant Pennant, of Bodfari, Esq.; and
Charles Butler Clough, of Llwyn Offa, Esq.
Esq. ; Charles Ansell, of Glanrhiadr, Esq.; and
MERIONETHSHIRE.—David Williams, of Deudraeth-
castle,
Samuel holland, of Plas-yn-Pentryn, Esq,
MONTGOIIERYSIIIRE.—Price James Drew, of Glanha-
fren, Esq. ; John Heyward Heyward, of Crosswood, Esq. ;
and John Lomax, of Bodfach, Esq.
WALES (S OUT
BRECONSHIRE.—WaIter De Winton, of Maeslough-
castle, Esq. ; Jeston Williams Fredricks, of Talwen, Esq. ;
and David Watkins Lloyd, of Aberllech, Esq.
CARDIGANSHIRE.—Pryse Loveden, of Gogerddan, Esq. ;
Herbert Vaughan, of Brynog, Esq. ; and Pryso Lewes,
of Gwastod, near Lampeter, Esq.
CARMARTHENSHIRE.—Arthur Henry Saunders Davies,
Pentre, Esq.; Sir John Burnet Dundas, Velinvole,
Bart. ; and James Price Gwynne Holford, of Cilgwyn, Esq.
GLAMORGANSUIRE.—Edward Robert Wood, of Stout-
hall, Esq. ; Sir Ivor Bertie Guest, of Sully-house, Bart. •
and John Whitlock Nicholl Carne, of Dimlands-castle,
Esq., D.C.L.

PEMBROKESTIIRE.—Edward Wilson, of Hean-castle,
Esq. ; Jamee Bevan Bowen, of Llwngwair, Newport, Esq.;
and Lord Kensington.
RADNORSHIRE.—IIenry Thomas, of Pencerrig, Esq. ;
George Greenwood, of Abernant, Esq. ; and Walter de
Wiltin, of Maesllwoh-castle, Esq.