The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-04-22
THE FOREIGN MAILS.
L II E. f. GLISH IN CANTON
From tie special correspondent Of the London Timesl
THE WAR IN CHINA.

THE BRITISH MARCH TO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF GEN
ouTRAM AND BGIGADIER FRANKS
CAMP CAwNPORE Saturday Fob o. Q NJ
The beod -cuortore 60 80 -; Va. y, - 60 "A; NJ
hour or two shall be on NV wa h an, P rnt % ~ hoi.
ing ground at Oonao in Oude tan ro;los for, ~
and on the road to Lucknow WaInoIa,s r;roda
Tombs' troop of Horse Artillery and tho rreato,
portion of the Headquarters STAFF crossed +bo c.
ges this morning; and the Commanders in Cbiar VIII
is anxious to wait here till the last moment to 500 !;
the Calpee enemy really intend to move AGAINST
Cawnporc, will start with his personal staff to Hnnto
IA (about 45 miles hence) to-morrow morninp, na
ly, and will ride the whole distance in on. - IA
so as to overtake us before we roach tbo san,a go
The garrison of Cawnpore Strengthened hy tbn rp
mains of the 18th Regiment viii he Nd ~ onc
mand of Major General Jnrlis who bos ,o;nI In
precise instructions for his Guidance in cos of ~
attack and n small cOrps of observation cons;,,;a
of the ssth and sd Regiments some Irregular Cav,
airy, and field battery under Col Maxwell arc
patroing the country between Cawnnorn and 81
pee The heat is very considarobIn ta Ja, "-' o'''
| have already reported TO you that thcenon1 81
tackled the AlumbaGh in the forenoon of Tbnr:Sda,
last But they were not satisfied with Tho roouIt IS
their first essay on the 25th Again they came ont
in force about o'clock, and animated perhaps bv
the uncertain light of the moon confirmed tbeir
abortive efforts on our position at the AIpmbogb III
10 o'clock, at night. They came up repeatedly
within range of our guns and rifles but thev fell in
files again and again. and retired quite ds6earten
ed, with very heavy loss Our casualties in tho
two engagements were killed and 30 wounded NJ
Colonel Berkley is shot through the RIGHT arm.
Captain Moorsom has a sabre cut in his ieft arm
and Lieutenant H. Cough has a musket ball tbrou~5
his leg.
Brigadier Franks last success is most decisive
The NaZim, whom he beat on the 18th rallied his
forces, and made forced march TO seize op tho
strong pass of Baydan, but Franks ont manUuyred
him, and seized upon the pass. The Nazim then,
by a long detOur, swept round Franks and took up
strong position at Badshah gunge, two miles from
Sultanpore On the 23d Franks made the same
I-n1Af
march of 10 miles, attacked them in the rear.
beat their army (Which consisted of % 900 men, in
Guiding 5,0OOSepoys and 100 cavalry,) drove them
on the held with the loss of 800 slain, and captur-
ed ~ pieces OF artillery out ot %, of which 10 were
heavy one 32-pounder, two N-pounders, two ls-
Founders, four l2-pounders and one 9-pounder; and
took all the enemy's ammunition their baggage,
ana standing camp. This great success which
leaves the road to Lucknow open from the right was
achieved at very small loss-two killed and ten
wounded IN all the three actions.
IL appears that 1T was the Nena's brother, Baiee
hao VINO crossed from Dude into the Doab the 9th
er night. As he was followed by 200 regular cav
airy, by body of infantry, and by several elephants
and wagons, containing his harem and baggage he
must have made noise in his passage across the
stream; but the policemen who were specially sta
uoneu at the very point where he crossed because it
was likely place TO make the ottnmnt nretandod
not to have heard him, and the only information
given to our officers in charge of cavalry detach
ment near Blttoor was brought by a chowke-
dar who ran in to say that, from the noise at
the opposite side of the river, he thought the
Ncna going to cross At the time he
brought in this news the Rao had cot safe
ly over, and when our cavalry arrived it
was only to find the traces of his pas
sage. On investigation il became evident that
the policemen were accomplices in the fact. and
that they had been bribed to keep their ears shut
and so, after due investigation, the whole party
eleven in number, were haured The Rao's marty
continuing their himht across the Doob ont nm tLo
m Of nNli
lateral proof of the guilt of the mon at the river
side station and got into Calpee in thn morninr -
He is said to have obtained large Icyees of mon
and to be enlisting Sowars at 30r a month and in,
tantry at l0r and l5r. month The most nainfuI
effect of our inability to defend those who are fitb
full to us, that they with Justice reproach us with
their losses and with the insults heaped mon them
These Calpee Sepoys have hnnn enobIod td d ,nant
wrong and injury to our fast friend tbn Roiob of
the little State of Churkaree south of thc I1mno
They invaded his territories beat his troons car
ried off his guns insultcd his Palace and carried
off three acs of rupees or $500 from his treas
ury.
REVOLVING REVELATIONS
The special correspondent of the Times has fur
nished graphic account of his pererrinations
about the hitherto virgin city of Canton. We
give below the most interesting portions of his LET
ter:
TRIAL OF AN IRISH SAILOR
After comfortable ablutions in the abundant warm
waters of this yamun, for the water is positively
/ nd aft
paigning breakfast we sally forth armed with rn
volyers and stout walking sticks. Tho commission
ers' court in the outer Guadranple is already sit
ting. The three commissioners in their s1uarc
open pavilion, are irving a rape case and hundreds
of Chinese, an orderly crowd are looking on. The
culprit is a fresh coored Irish bow of the marine
force, and the complainant is little wnozennd old
woman. who tOtters upon her small shcen,s fnat
and talks voluble Cantonese against tbo aran+ o,,
soldier The English polce corroborata bar Story7
| am afraid there can be no doubt abont tbe fact
The boy drunk and indiscriminating. He had
offered violence to that quaint creature. He is
found guilty, and fifty ashes, write in red letters
upon his back the Cantonese commissioners vnrs;op
of the axiom "si non caste touaen co,te
RAMBLE THROUGH THE STREETS
If we retrace our steps and pass again eastwards
we shall revisit the other great official yamuns
Twenty times NAV we ro about these 0reat strop
Cling places before we become aware of all their
walls contain Behind the treasury the portals
whereof seem to be in the centre of an overpeoped
have counted thirty head of deer,
their horns appearing and disappearipo in the
coarse bamboo Jungle There are not five men
besides myself who know that this miniature
deer forest exists in Canton city, or, DESPITE the
venison would not be so un-
known in our quarters These LITTLE w;IdarnassoS
WILL doubtless soon be cleared: and before we leave
they will become parade grounds or, perhaps. en-
but it shows how little our Enplish
residents know of what is lust an inch bevond their
noses that they in their northern newsnanar n,ada
pert merriment of nv early statement that there
were park-like grounds within the circuit of the
Canton walls. Our rambles are, however, more
usually among the intricatev reticulated streets
As we make our way towards the Southwest, by
aid of our Chinese cOmpass we mass 0uests nrocned
inc to marriara with the wedding presents in Ionr
procession behind their chairs-w6ole roasted MOS
cakes and continues. and baskets whose conta5ts
we can only guess at Perhans~it has bannennd
more than once-there is n terrific sound of ron;d
wheels " '"p''
There is an alarm Of fire. and the fire br;oodo in
their uniform cans are draoginq fire. enoin" aiondr
the pavement ofblack oranife af tramandons ratae
These frempn are fine fiow,s In tha boat Of a,,r
bombardmnnt we soyr tban, ,yortinn tha;r onl,;"a
under fire and once at least we hIau mn ncine and
fremen together by n she'll As we near the south
ern parts, passing under the wall of the old cty, we
come upop lower neiohborboods and tba ebons' ore
adapted To tbe wants of the Ivaters;da nonnlotion
Here (if Won observe cnrousy the sbdng which arc
filed with the sun-dried comest;blas the Cb;noso |
oroI Won n,o,- fnJ IL 80 al ~ ~ y. - ~