The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-28 00:00:00

r JTE SCN LONDION, TnATRSDAY EVENING,

Assistant-Surgeon T. Carey, her Majesty's 64th Regi-
ment, between 29th November and 2d December.
t, 28th
Lieutenant Birch, her Majesty's 88th Reginazin
November.
Lieutenant Burke, her Majesty's 88th Regime nt, 28th
November.
vneamntbWer.. Gay, her Majesty's 88th Regiment,
26Lut
thieNoe
Ensign Mitchell, her Majesty's 88th Regiment, 26th
November.
Lieutenant and Adjutant Evans, her Majesty's 88th
Regiment, 27th November.
Lieutenant Austen, her Maj esty th Regiment, 27th
November.
Lieutenant and Interpreter Clarke (attached), her
Majesty's 88th Regiment, 27th November.
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel J. A. Ewart, 93d High-
lenders, between 29th November and 2d December.
Captain G. Cornwall, 93d Highlanders, between 29th
November and 2d December.
Lieutenant E. C. Haynes, 93d Highlanders, between
29th November and 2d December.
Lieutenant Travers, Rifles, 27th November.
Lieutenant Pemberton, Rifles, Nov. 27.
Captain M. Dillon, Rifles, Nov. 28.
Captain L. P. Mulles, Rifles, Nov. 28.
Ensign 11, Lawton, Rifles, Nov. 28.
Cadet Dyce, Rifles, Nov. 28.
Cadet Madden, Rifles, Nov. 28.
Lieut. and Interpreter C. Armstrong, Rifles, Nov. 28.
Midshipman Lord W. T. Kerr, H.M.S. Shannon,
between Nov. 29 and Dec. 2.
MISSING. - _

Lieut. M'Kinnon, H. M.'s 64th Regiment, Nov. 24.
Lieut. Gibbons, 52d Regiment (attached), H.M.'s
64th Regiment, Nov. 28.

The following is the Nominal Roll of Officers killed
and wounded during the siege of Lucknow :
General Staff.

Wounded—Brigadier-General Sir H. M. Lawrence,
K.C.8., commanding the force, mortally (since dead) ;
Officiating Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General, Captain
T. F. Wilson, slightly ; Officiating Deputy-Assistant
Quartermaster-General G. N. Hardinge, slightly.
Brigade Staff.
Wounded—Aide-de-camp to Brigadier J. Inglies,
Lieut. F. M. Birch, slightly.

Killed—Second Lient, E. P. Lewin.
Wounded—Capt. A. P. Simons, slightly (since dead) ;
Lient. D. C. Alexander, severely ; Second Lient. J. H.
Bryce, severely (since dead of cholera) ; Second Lieut.
J. Bonham, once slightly, once severely ; Second Lient.
J. Alexander, severely ; Second Lient. D. Mao Farlan,
F. J. Cunliffe, slightly (since dead of fever).

engineers wounded, also 15 gentlemen of the uncove-
nanted servioe and others killed and 9 wounded—are
not included in the above.
(Examined.) _
T. F. WILSON, Captain,
Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General.
J. INGLIS, Brigadier,
commanding Lucknow Garison.
(True copies.)
R. J. H. BIRCH Colonel,

Secretary to the Government of India in the
Military Department.

THE MARCH OF THE CAMERON MEN.
" Oh ! proudly they follow their ohief to the field."
Never did traditional ballad contain a line more
truthful in its application than this to the 79th
Cameron Highlanders. Sir Colin Campbell, their
chief, sailed for India in July, and ere that month
had expired, the 79th Highlanders had also em-
barked to
" The land of the East, and clime of the sun."
The regiment's embarkation was effected with so
much order and good conduct that it became the
subject of eulogistic remark in the Dublin Garrison
Orders of that date.
On the first day of August, then, the clipper-
ship Weimer Castle sailed from Kingston harbour
with the head quarters and body of the 79th Regi-
ment on board, and
" With white sails flowing the seas beyond,"
she continued
"To plough a furrow in the deep,"
until the Ist November, when the monotony of the
voyage was broken by the vessel casting anchor in
the roadstead of Madras.
Here it was that the regiment perused for the
first 'ime, with a thrill of horror, the accounts of
the Unparalleled atrocities which had been perpe-
trated in the Bengal Presidency. The men gathered
on the deck in groups, and repeated to each other
whispers those stories of treachery by which so many
brave men have been sacrificed, and those ghastly
tales of ruthless violence by which so many helpless
and unoffending women and children have been
sacrificed. Revenge, or a feeling much akin to it,
seemed to take possession of men and officers ; at
least, all became animated by a deep desire to in-
flict a condign punishment on beings who, by their
deeds, have cast a stigma on the human species.
But the Madras authorities detained those 500 able
soldiers for more than six and thirty hours, though
a favourable breeze was blowing, which would have
carried them on in but a short time to Calcutta.
No wonder, then, that the pipes played without
ceasing _ _

" Hey ! Johnnie Cope, are ye waukin' yet ?"
The sequel to this unnecessary delay was, that on
the third day from leaving Madras the wind fell,
and for an entire week the Walmer Castle lay be-
calmed off the Coromandel coast, literally
"As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean."
At length the welcome breeze returned, but being
from ;the N.B. it involved a constant tacking and
re-tanking, so that a fortnight more elapsed before
the ship began to stem the swelled waters of the
Ganges, aided by a steam-tug. It was on the 27th
November that the Walmer Castle at last dropped
anchor in front of what travellers have been wont
to call the City of Palaces—Calcutta.
These Cameron men are deserving of all praise
for their conduct during the voyage ; crime was
unknown, and the most perfect harmony pervaded
all ranks—the defaulter books being the only closed
during the passage.
The lett wing oft he regiment having been tran-
shipped at Point de Galle into the steamer Simoom,
had already arrived, and were in actual possession
of the Town Hall of Calcutta. Circumstances con-
sidered, it were impossible to have devoted that
noble building to a more rational purpose. Au
artist would have found good subject matter for his
pencil in delineating the picturesque tableaux
which its inside presented—here, a stalwart High-
lander might have been seen standing with folded
arms against some statue by the hand of a Chau-
trey, tie Herculean proportions of the former vie-
lug in their development with those of the latter ;
and there, a son of Scotia, wrapped in slumber, lay
reclining at the feet of some beautiful women whose
portrait, painted by the brush of a Winterhalter,
adorned the lofty wall.
The 30th of November being St. Andrew's Day,
in the evening the officers of the regiment gave a
dinner at one of the principal hotels, to which about
sixty Calcutta residents, of whom so many were
Scotch, were invited. After the repast, which was
in itself good and excellently served, succeeded
toasts, wherein the past, the present, and the future
were all severally alluded to—then
" Wild and high the Cameron's gathering rose,"
and the regimental pipers entered playing one of
those ,wild and spirit-like pibrochs that so entrance
and thrill the heart ; by and bye this merged into
the lively quickness of a strathspey. " A reel ! a
reel I neish t neigh !" was now the cry ; and now
all seemed inspired and dancing. Dervish-like
commenced the maddening " Hielind Fling" and
" Reel of Tu110..,,h." Rarely had the inhabitants of
Calcutta seen a "St. Andrew's Nicht" so well sus-
tained ; it brought back to them
"The days of acid langeyne."
On the 2d Dec. the left wing marched from their
quarters in the Town Hall, and commenced their
"up country" journey, going by railway so far as
Raneegunge. On the following morning the right
wing, head-quarters of the reLiment, paraded at
Fort-William for a similar purpose, and their pro-
gress to that point of the river where it is requi-
site to cross over for the railway station was a com-
plete ovation. As the steamer left its moorings the
band commenced playing " Partant pour la Syrie ;"
the crowd on shore reciprocated with a loud cheer.
The bayonets of the soldiers glistened in the sun,
while bright eyes sparkled with a responding gleam
on the river's bank, and fair hands waved snow-
white handkerchiefs, to which feathered bonnets
were doffed in reply. The whole was one of those
unique scenes in a soldier's life. That evening the
whole regiment found itself encamped at Ranee-
gunge, where the railway terminates, at a distance
of 130 miles from Calcutta. Here it is intended the
regiment should remain in quietness till the end of
the week—it is the calm before the storm—the
pause made by the lion before springing on the
treacherous tiger.
The Queen's Bays (2d Dragoon Guards) and part
of the 20th Regiment are also here encamped. The
20th, however, proceed on to-morrow by bullock
waggons.
Raneegunge, Dec. 8, 1857.
—Edinburgh Courant.

entailment of much misery in Canton from scarcity
of food.

Of rumours regarding the movements of the
forces, we have enough and to spare, but little
definite has transpired. Diplomacy continues re-
markably silent; we gather, however, that Yell
has been addressed by Lord Elgin and Baron Gros
separately, and that, failing his acceptance of their
conditions, the combined force will, in few words,
knock Canton about his ears. A notification in
the name of the two Plenipotentiaries is in circula-
tion along the river, warning the inhabitants of the
impending contingency, and urging them to look to
themselves ; and some copies, we understand, have
been sent into the suburbs for distribution. As
nothing is further from probability than that Yeh
will surrender unconlitionally, the assault on the
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evident,wAelrl the Marines are in the
eto land on the Honan will take place in the
side. The artillery are on board the troopship
Mooresfort, ready to start. The party of Engineers
arrived by the mail steamer, with, it is said, 4 c,m-
panies of the 59th Regiment, are under orders to
embark on board of the Lancashire Witch ;
and about 300 of the Chinese Coolie corps go up in
the Inflexible. The steam transport Hesper, under
command of Mr. Henry Hill, late master of Her
Majesty's ship Sybille, has been loading with
faQcines, scaling ladders, ordnance, and other mu-
nitions of war, and leaves this morning, having on
board also some of the military staff and 200 na-
tive camp followers.
Lord Elgin himself, we understand, will leave
Hongkong for the river either to-day or to-morrow,
Her Majesty's ship Furious having been prepared
for his reception.
Of the arrangements for the attack we 'are told
that the French fleet, the advanced ships of which
entered the river on the Bth, will take the Whampoa
breach
Captaone of the best
in A. C. Key, of the
s aoe of the river.
pa
re
il( w hois
considered
officers in the service), is to command the Naval
Brigade, and will be supported by Captains
Cochrane and Osborne, and Commanders Hamilton
and Hood ; while the field-piece parties are to be
under the immediate direction of Admiral Seymour
and Captain Hall. The Bittern has been converted
into a mortar-vessel ; and the crews of the gunboats
have been increased from sto 10 men each. General
Straubenzee, who went up on Saturday last, will
of course command the land forces.

Yesterday the combined fleets were to close in
upon Canton, but previous to that tho stations of
the British men-of-war were Actoson Hornet,
Ilighflyer, Elk, and ten gunboats (the
advanced squadron), from Macao Fort to the
Bittern,
Barrier ; Nimrod and two gunboats at Fatshan
Creek ; Sybille, Racehorse, and Surprise, with two
gunboat 4, at Whampoa ; Sampson, at Second Bar ;
Nanking, off High Island; the rest of the fleet about
Wang-tung and Tiger Island.
False rumours have been spread abroad to the
effect that plundering has been sanctioned by the
Admiral, and that 48 hours was to be granted for
looting in the city, it may be as well to mention,
that a circular has been issued by his Excellency,
expressly forbidding anything of the kind, and
threatening with severe punishment any breach of
his orde' s in that respect.

The steamer Adelaide, whose long passage had
begun to cause some anxiety, arrived on the 13r,
having on board 20 officers and 507 men of the
Royal Marine Light Infantry, and 5 officers and 20
men of the Royal Artillery. She left Port smooth
on the 17th August, arrived on the 3d
October at the Cape of Good Hope, whence,
after having been detained six days for coals,
she sailed on the 9th, and reached Singa-
pore on Nov. 19, leaving for Hong Kong ou the
same day. She reported that the Princess Glut--
lette, storeship, had left Singapore on the 18th, and
the S tnspareil, with the Marines from Calcutta,
on the 19th ; neither of which, however, though
anxiously looked for, has yet arrived. The men by
the Adelaide are in fine order, only one casualty—
the loss of a corporal overboard—having occurred
on the whole passage. She left for the river the
morning after her arrival.

The gunboat Lee, it appears, captured a snake-
boat the other day, with a valuable cargo. The
cargo she took out and brought down to Hongkong
—the junk she destroyed.
The military force has sustained a heavy loss in
the death, from inflammation in the bladder, of
Lieut.-Col. Lugard, commanding RoyalEogineerx,
whose remains were interred on the evening of the
2d inst., at the Protestant Burial Ground in the
Wong-nei-chung. The funeral procession was com-
posed of two companies of the b9th Regiment, and
one of the Royal Artillery, with a number of officers
and civilians. Lieut.-Colonel Lugard was highly
respected as a good officer and a kind-hearted man.
As some alarm may be felt for the safety of Hong
Kong during the absence of the expedition, Nye

would mention that the colony will-be properly
eared. for by Major Cazalett and Capt. King, with
from 800 to 1.,000 men, consisting of Artillerymen,
the remaining :companies of the 59 h, the Medi-
cal Staff Corps, and Madras Sepoys. It is also
rumoured that a body of French Marines will be
landed at West Point, for the protection of their
naval stores ; and we suppose the Americans will
have a strong guard at their stores in Spring Gar-
dens. The Tribune will remain for the protection
of the harbour.
The transport ship Neleus had arrived at Singa-
pore on the 22d Nov. She made a capital run
down the China Sea (only 8 days), and had had
lovely weather. Four of the invalids died on the
passage, but the rest of them were pic kingup rapidly.
From Amoy we hear little of importance. Trade
seems to be dull, and raw cotton, cotton yarn, and
rice are the only imports in which ti ansactions have
taken place; the latter is said to be in good demand,
and is quoted 2 dols 30 for Siam, and 2 dols 55 for
Formosa.

(Prom Special Correspondent of the Times,)
HONG KONG, DEC. 13.

It will be remembered that the last mail went
out leaving Hong Kong denuded of all its diploma-
tis grandees. There was a solemn *conference at
Macao:, and it was soon whispered that Count Pu-
tiatine was admitted to the councils of Lord Elgin
and Baron Gros. A rumour soon spread that Mr.
Reed had taken an independent line, and had met
with a rebuff. He had, so wont the story, sent a
proposal to Yeh to treat with him inside the city,
but Yeh replied that he should be happy to see him
outside the city, but could not think of admitting
any barbarian within the walls of Canton. Mr.
Reed then proceeded to Macao, but even rumour
did not venture to affirm what he proposed to him-
selfte
m pbtyn thish i,s refusaljo urney or whether the rather con-
temptuous e
had just received had in any
way
modified his opinion as to entangling alliances.
Tire Chinese have another version of this affair,
laugh They professwhn theyto have seen a copy of the answer, and
speak of it. I have not been able
to induce any of them to procure me a transcript,
e
and cannot make much of their description of ir.
If it should reach you by way of America, I
'
Mr,think
ih h er
hasyou repliedwill find
to
his
thati
s
the
Excellency
Imperial
sioner o
Reed
by what is vulgarly called " a sell," a sort of
Chinese version of is Don t you wish you may get
it 1" Certain it is that Mr. Reed is very irate with
his celestial friends, and has rather abandoned his
idea of being master of the position. Yeh seems re-
solved to show the world that he is determined to
carry out the policy openly acknowledged in that
notorious Chinese State paper, and to consider the
terms of the last treaty binding only so lou . as he
had not force enough to break them. He seems to
be confident also that the present is a proper sea-
son for perseverancein this policy. He has doubt-
less heard of the might and wonderful contrivances
of the Minnesota. Nothing that can be said in
praise of her discipline and arrangemen.s, her ex-
quisitely finished machinery fir economising labour
and e true
leer in
officers'the working
cabins,
of her guns, her Sharpe's
iti
and her state reception-
rooms, can be too great
r ~
praise, but Yeh has heard
Ili
all about these. We have just seized copies of a
correspondence which has been passing between a
Chinese writer resident on this island and Howqua.
It contains a minute chronicle of every event and
descriptions of men and things, including a by no
means flattering account of the personal appearance
of Lord Elgin. Possibly it also included a statement
of the draught of water of the Minnesota. I recol-
lect that once on circuit, when a zealous and hot-
tempered junior replied with a scarcely decent
violence to an interruption of the judge, and drew
down upon himself a rebuke, a sarcastic old stager
who sat by said, "Pitch into him again, give it to
him well, he can't come down
to you." Yeh knows
that the Minnesota cannot come up to him. More-
over, he has filled his city with soldiers from the
North.' We have just kindly rescued and released
300 of these from the wrecked Waverley. The
Chinese report that the walls are now bristling
with ctnnon, that the streets are all undermined,
and that Yeh is determined to blow the whole
place into the air rather than give it up. We
shal se? shortly what truth there is in these tales.
They by no means lessen the eagerness of our fel-
lows to get into the city, but they may perhaps in
duce the Admiral and Ge*eral to explode these
mines by a few shells before they set our British
bulldogis at the walls.
/sleanwhile the valleys and precipices of this
mountain island ring and echo with preparations.
The quiet citizen cannot take his afternoon walk
without his rumination upon the pricss of gray sh irt-
trigs or this sigh over the depreciation of " Malwa"
being interrupted by a sharp volley of musketry,
or the ringing of a Minie bullet, or the whistling of
a shell. The Chinese are certainly not a nervous
race. Ou the parade-ground to the east of this
wall-less and citadel-less city of Victoria some 500
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