The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-14 00:00:00

(Received Nov; 8, 1860, three p.m.)

The Prince of Kung, Imperial commissioner,'
makes a communication in reply.
The Prince has read with pleasure the despatch
he has just received from his excellency the British
minister. Time does not permit of his replying to
it more detailedly.
In answer to his excellency's question regarding
the hour at which he and his excellency Mr. Bruce
could have an interview this day with the Prince,
the. Prince has to state that he will await [their
excellencies] at the Kwang-liwa,-Sx, at 41-o'clock
A necessary communication, &c.
Hien-Dung, 10th year, 9th moon, 26th day
(Oct. 8, 1860.)
Translated by
THOMAS WADE, Chinese Secretary.

Tion-tsin, Nov. 15, 1860.

My Lord,—l have the honour to enclose the copy
of a letter from Mr. Adkins to Mr. Bruce, written
three days after our departure from Pekin, and
showing that the state of affairs in the capital up
to that period was satisfactory.—l have, &c.,
ELGIN AND KINCARDINE.
The Lord John Russell, &c.

Pekin, Nov. 12, 1860.

Sir, --I have the honour to report that imme-
diately after your excellency's departure on the 9th
inst. I took possession of the building which has
been chosen for the residence of her Majesty's re-
presentative in this city. I was assisted in every
way by the local authorities, and one of the magis-
trates of the city accompanied me to the spot.
The disposition of the people seems to be friendly
enough, and in my rides and walks about the city
I am as free from molestation now as I should have
been while the allied forces were before the city.
Report says that San-kolinson has within the
last few days been summoned to Jehol, to wait upon
the Emperor.
Several days must elapse before his Majesty can
return to the capital, as the memorial advising him
of a final settlement of the foreign business was
only despatched yesterday.
The city gates are most of them open now, and
the inhabitants who fled on the approach of the
allies, are returning in large numbers.—l have, &c.
(Signed) T. ADKINS.
His Excellency the Hon. F. W. A. Bruce, C. 8., &c.

Tien-tsin, Nov. 16, 1850.
My Lord,—l have the honour to report that, 'in
consequence of the dispatch addressed to me by the
Earl of Elgin, I left Shanghae in her Majesty's ship
Furious. And _r_en "9
lo 'away, Lou o ovem ben Finding that the
unfavourable reports of the state of affairs, which
had arrived at Shanghae before my departure, were
without foundation, I proceeded next day to Tien-
tsin, where I was informed by Admiral Hope that
the army was to leave Pekin on the 7th•or Bth, and
by starting immediately on horseback I was able
to reach Pekin on the morning of the 7th.
Lord Elgin will have informed your lordship of
the grounds on which it was decided that the Mi-
nisters should not take up their residence imme-
diately at the capital. I was, however, presented to
the Imperial P ri nce Kung, as her Britannic Majesty's
Minister in China. He returned the visit next morn-
ing before our departure, and I took that opportunity
to press strongly on his consideration the situation
of the province of Kiangsoo, the fact that the pre-
sence of the allied troops alone preserved Shanghae
from falling into the hands of the rebels, and, the
impossibility of our oeeupation being prolonged inde-
finitely. I urged upon him the necessity of imme-
diate steps being taken to restore the authorityot
the Imperial Government in the province, d h at
repre-
sented to him that he was misled in supposing
our interest would lead us to hold Shanghaethe
Imperialists,if the province find the principal for
marts
in it remelned in the hands of t hen b I
e r
e s. I polnte
out to him the anomalous posion in which I wpsd
faced in upholding the authority of a government
which pursued a hostile and defiant course of policy
towards us against the insurgents whose professions
and declarations, at all events, were couched in a
friendly spirit. I hinted that the best means of
counteracting these impressions, which could not
fail to act unfavourably on opinion in England,
would be to send an ambassador as a pledge of the
intention of the Chinese to conduct their foreign
relations in a different spirit.
The Prince listened with great attention and
interest. He expressed himself as greatly obliged
for information, much of which was new to him, in
terms which certainly seemed to recognise the bene-
fit his Government would thus derive from direct
personal intercourse with foreign ministers.
After the interview we left for Tung-chow, and
arrived at Tien-tsin on Monday, the 12th inst.,
where I propose staying for the present.
Before quitting Pekin it was arranged that a
house in the immediate vicinity of the Russian esta-
blishment should be taken for her Britannic Ma-

Frenchthheealdio-qnhouarrtetros,iTnifeonrm-tsiyno,ur
Nov. 17, 1860.
My Lord,—l have
Four lordship that their excellencies the Earl of
Elgin and Baron pros, finding
.it necessary to
delay their departure from Pekin -for some days,
Sir Hope Grant requested General de Montauban
to remain with his force. until the ambassadors
should be ready to proceed to Tien-tsin.
General de Monthban declined stop-ping
after the Ist of November, on the score of the
uncertainty of the weather, but signified his inten=
tion of leaving a battalion of 500 men of the 101st
Regiment, with two guns, as an escort for Baron
Gres.
On Sunday, the 28th ult., the bodies of the unfor-
tunate French prisoners were interred in the
Portuguese burying-ground, outside the north-
west gate of the city.. Almost all the English
officers off duty attended. The Roman Catholic
Bishop of Pekin and the bishop's coadjutor were
present.
On the 29th ult., at nine a.m., the ceremony of
re-opening the French Roman Catholic church in
the Tartar city was performed. Baron Gros, the
two bishops, General de Montauban, with their
staffs, and most of the French officers attended.
The Bishop of Pekin, in his discourse, expressed
in rTateftd t
• • 3knowledgmenth to .4r,Ma-
• tttreezzo-- and • the English army—tin
China, for theiiisikan "the 1 h Lance e atter a rendered to
the cause of Christianity. The ceremony was much
marred by the rain which fell, the roof of the church
being in a very dilapidated condition.
On Thursday, the Ist of November, General de
Montauban started with his force, leaving a bat-
talion of the 101st Regiment, with two guns, as an
escort for Baron Gros, and after a prosperous, but
very cold march, reached Tien-tsin on the 6th inst.
His Excellency Mr. Bruce passed us during the
night of the sth inst., en route for Pekin.
On the 12th inst., , his excellency the Earl of
Elgin and Sir Hope Grant arrived from Pekin, and
M. de Bourbillon from Shanghae. Mr. Bruce
returned on the 13th.
On the 15th inst, the allied naval and military
commanders in chief, with the sanction of their
excellencies the plenipotentiaries, agreed that the
Shantung promontory shall be held in terms of the
convention of Pekin as follows, viz.:—
" 1. That the ports of Chefoo shall be held by a
French force, naval or military, as convenient.
"2. That the Mia-Tau Islands shall be held by
an English force, naval or military, as convenient.
" 3. That such occupation shall cease when the
indemnities due by the Chinese Government are
paid, or sooner if the French and English Govern-
ments shall so determine." _

It was also agreed that the French flag alone
shall fly at Chefoo, and the English flag alone at
the Mia-Tau Islands. _

It is General de Mo4auban's present intention
to proceed about the 20th instant to Shanghae,
leaving about 2,000 men and two batteries of artil-
lery here. The rest of his force is embarking es
fast as possible for Shanghae, where he intends it
shall winter, and await further orders from the
Minister of ar.—l have, &c., _

(Signed) ST. GEORGE FOLEY,
Colonel, Commissioner at French head-quarters.
The Right Hon. Lord John Russell, &e.

BANQUET AT THE MANSION-SOUSE.

The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor gave a grand
entertainment on Saturday evening to his Excel-
lency the Governor-General of Canada and a select
party. There were present the Lady Mayoress
(Lady 011iffe), his Excellency the Governor-Gene-
ral of Canada, Lieut.-General Fox, the Hon. Col.
French, MX., the Hon. Butler Johnstone, M.P.,
Sir Frederick Rogers, Bart., the Under-Secretary
of State for the Colonies, Sir James Elphinstone,
Bart., M.P., &c.
The usual loyal toasts having beta drunk,
The LORD MAYon rose to propose the toast of the
evening. To our colonial system, lie said, the
greatness and prestige of this country were largely
to be ascribed. The enterprise of British merchants
led them to diffk.rent parts of the world, by which,
combined with individual enterprise, our colonies
had one b" one- Erft-tr okitoblialltd.-.441.a. trade
had
in
ex-
panded, and us distant regions were itcopied, -the
duty devolved on the government of this country to
take thosea remote
dependenciese
colonisationin charge,
in
tos
some:
that law and justice were administered, and that
safety to life and property was secured. We have
now dlongexperience
of our colonies we have brought the system of go-
vernment to a high degree of perfection ;• in all
great ameliorations and improvements have taken
place from time to time ; and generally speaking
our colonial empire is in a condition of which the
mother country might well be proud. (Cheers.)
One of the most important dependencies of the Bri-
tish crown was that which was under the immediate
rule of his Excellency Sir Fdmund Head, who sat
that evening on his right. (Cheers.) He felt he was
speaking the sentiments of every Englishman when
he said they were greatly indebted to his Excel-
lency for having administered the Government of
that great colony so as to maintain the attachment
of all its inhabitants towards the mother country,
and that spirit of loyalty and brotherly feeling
which now existed between Canada and England.
(Cheers.) The rapid grawth of the population or
Canada had been most marked. He was not quite
sure, but he believed he was not far wrong when
he said that 3,000,000 of people were spread over
that fair dependency of the British crown. (Hear,
hear.) The population, too, was augmenting at a
prodigious rate, which necessarily involved con-
tinual changes to meet the increase of -numbers, and
the exercise of an extraordinary
.amount of ability
to preserve, and, if possible, to increase the senti-
ments of loyalty and affection towards the mother
country, thereby imparting to it additional strength
and importance. (Cheers.) He could not refrain
from making those few observations in reference to
so fair and promising an apanage of the English.
crown ; and he felt sure the company would parti-
cipate in his sentiments. (Hear, hear.) His lord-
ship concluded by asking them to drink as a toast,
" The Governor-General of Canada." (Cheers.)
Sir EDMUND HEAD, who was cheered on rising,
in the course of his speech said, his lordship had
ascribed to his (Sir Edmund Head's) rule much of
the loyalty and attachment towards the parent
state which characterised the people of Canada in
an eminent degree. But it was not to any services
of his that that attachment on the part of the Cana-
mans was to ne referred. On the contrary, it was
to be ascribed to the people themselves and to the
principles and ideas they had carried there from the
mother country. (Cheers.) The people of Canada
have and enjoy their free institutions. They enjoyed
a constitution similar to that of the mother coun-
as the popula-
try, and enjoying that constitution,
land grew also.
tien increased so their love of Eng
nee t'ar appropriate-
(Cheers.) He might say with'iLuoni don, thatriate-
ness, there
ness, speaking within the City()
imressed h 'on t e mins of
was one feeling strongly
the people of Canada, andp that was that all true
true
to
the bottom of the
freedom must strike its roots
fertile soil of municipal institutions. They had
in Canada an organisation of municipal institutions.
It -had its faults, but on the whole it was successful.
It wag well known and understood in England that
those institutions were the substratum—the base—
on which freedom must rest; and those institutions
were spreading as well in Upper as in Lower
Canada. He said, therefore, standing where he did,
it was peculiarly apposite that in that, the first
commercial city in the world, of which the Lord
Mayor was the honoured head, he should allude to
the fact that the principles of municipal govern-
ment were understood in the British colonies, and
regarded as the bulwarks of liberty. They all knew
from the history of their country that when a help-
ing hand was wanting, it was to the City of London
that men looked to • kelp in the cause of freedom,
and that they never looked in vain. (Cheers.) For
those reasons he appreciated the honour that had
been conferred on him; conferred, also, in terms
far too flattering, and lie could not, sufficiently ex-
press his gratitude for a compliment paid him by so
distinguished a company. Sir Edmund concluded,
amid renewed cheers, by proposing the health of
the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor.
The toast was drunk with acclamation.
•Some other toasts having been given, the com-
pany separated shortly after 10 o'clock.

" WILLIAM," said a teacher to one of his pupils,
" can you tell me why the sun rises in the east ?" "Don't
know, sir," replied William, " 'cept it be that the east
makes everything rise." Teacher fainted.
POETICAL AND APPROPRIATE..--." Pray, madam,
why did you name your old hen Macduff ?" was asked of a
sentimental lady who kept poultry. " Because, air)" she
replied, "I want her to 6 lay on.'

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liv•••••••••••••10.1111.-- _
R OYAL .ENGLISH OPERA'
. COVENT-GARDEN.
Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W.
Harrison, So}e Lessees.
THIS EVENING, Mellon's Opera of VICTORINE. Miss
Louisa Pyne, Miss ThirlwalL.Mr. H. Corrie, Mr. H. Haigh,
Mr. A. St. Albyn, and Mr. G..Horncastle.
With the Grand Pantomime, BLUE BEARD ; or, Harlel
Bola and Freedom in her island Home. Clowns, Messrs. H.
Bolen°, H. Payne, Hildyard, and Lilliputians. Harlequins,
Messrs. Milano Old F. Payne. Pantaloons, Messrs. Barna
and Tanner. 'Columbines, Mdme. BolenW.
H. ° and Clara
ne, M Morgan.
sprites, the Zelinaki Family. Mr. Paylle.
Lamoureux, etc.
Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Commence at Seven.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
iiLmiee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENINOW the performances will rimmenfte 'nth
desire)SHF STOOPS TO CONQUER. Miss Tlardcastle,
Mss Fanny Stirling; Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Buckstone.
Atter which, a new Pantomime, QUEEN LADYBIRD
/IND HER CHILDREN. The Pantomimists by the un-
rivalled Leclercqs, Herr Cole, and Fanny Wright.
Commence at 7. ,

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE...-.
Lessee and Manager. Mr. A. Harris.
THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with
THE CORSIC kN BROTHERS. Messrs. Eechter, Harris,
Meadows, Mrs. Weston, and Miss Murray.
Atter which. a new Christmas comical pantomime, entitled
d
ROBINSON CRUSOE ; or, Harlequin Friday, and thein
of the Caribbe Islands.: in which Monsieur Espinosa and
Mdlle. Marie Dumilatre,
of the principal cantinental theatres,
will appear. Clown, Mr. A. F. Forrest.

THEATRE - ROYAL LYCEUM.
Sois Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE.
Last Week of Mr. John Drew's Engagement.
I.TrITS EVENING, a new Drama, entitled THE IRISH
EMIGRANT. Messrs. G. Vinimr. J. Johnstone, T. Lyon.
Forrester, and John Drew ; Miss Kate Saville, Miss Stuart,
and Mrs. J. Rouse.
Alter which, the Lyceum Christmas Comic Fattravazanza,
RYSTABELLE The Rose without a Thorn, showing
C
rim VISION' OF A ROSE. ITS FADING AT EYE,
AND TEM MAT-BLOOM OF THE WILD BRIAR.
To conclude with
.MRE BLITNDERS THAN ONE.
Larry Hoolagan, Mr. JoOhn Drew.

A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL.
(-A. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster.
THIS EVENING, AN UGLY CUSTOMER. Messrs. J.
L. Toole, C. Selby, and Warde ; Miss K. Kelly, and Miss E.
Thorne.
After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Boucicanit, D.
Fisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson Mrs. . Smith, Romer.
Miss Agnies Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Billington, and
Mrs. Chatterley.
To conclude with a new Burlesque Extraywanza. entitled'
BLUE BEARD FROM A NEW POINT OF HUE.
Messrs:J. L. Toole, P. Bedford. C. J. Smith ; Miss Woolgar,
K. Kelly, Laidlavr, and F.. Thorne.
Doors open at half past B—Commence at 7.
Box-office open from 10 till 5.
No charge for booking.
Private boxes, .£2 25. ; Family
Stalls, •
Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Ciro
Pit Stalls, 20.; Pit, Is. M. ; Ampllitheatre, Is •,eGallery,
Mr Wm. Smith.
Manager—• • •
Aeting

A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.-
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. WM. BATTY.
Last Six/lights of the Wondrously Trained Lions.
° A Grand Juvenile Fete will take place on Friday, Jan. S,
commencynK :st two o'clock with the Pantomime, concluding
with the Lionir,
This Evening, a new Spectacle, entitled TAE LION
CONQUEROR ; or, The Death ,Jungle, expressly for the
introduction of the Wonders of the World,Groupe
of Performing Lions." The Lion Conqueror, Mr. J. Crockett.
To be succeeded by Scenes in the Arena, supported by
talented Parisian and British Artistes.
Concluding, with Batty's Prize Equestian Comic Panto-
mime, for Good Little Boys and Girls, by T. L. Greenwood,
entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE WONDERFUL
HORSE •, or, Percinet and Grociosa, the Ugly Duchess and
the Greedy King, produced with Gorgeous Scenery, by Mr.
Cuthbert, new Costumes and Appointments, and introducing
in the comic. scenes Batty's Prize Equestrian frarlequinade,
and the celebrated Old Bob Ridley, and Brandon Ledger.
Doors open at half-past 6, performance commenoe at T.
Box-office open daily from 11 till 4
Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST.
Director of the Arena—Mr. Pearson.

CANTERBURY HALL.
Open Every Eveninr at seven.
GRAND SELECTIONs from LA FIGLTA. DEL RE
and
GI-
MENT° (Donizetti), NORMA, SONNAMBUL A
MARTHA.
Principal Artistes Miss RUSSELL, Madame MARIA, Miss
TYRREL.L, MISS WILLIAMS, Mr. HENRY HERBERT, C.
W BERNARD, and Signor TIVOLI.
Musical Director...., Mr. F. JONGHMANS.
The Comic Department comprPes I.Wess'is. J. BLA'NODARD,
A. B. HOLLINGSWORTH, Master BARRY, and E. MARSHALL.
The Fine Arts Gallery has been enriched by the addition of
the late John Martin's three Grand Pictures—viz., " THE
GREAT DAY of HIS WRATH." "THE PLAINS of
HEAVEN," and " THE LAST DG
ME
on view
from 9 Mn. until 4 p.m., and from 7 p.m. until 12.
CH R LSTM A S HOLIDAYS.
OPERA. DRAMA. BURLESQUE.
Gand PANTOMIME.
EVERY EVENIN.
C10wn...... ........ .......
Columbine Mr. E. MARSHALL.
Harlequin
Pantaloon.•
SPRITES, by the celebrated BROTHERS CONRAD.