New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-04

We baye accounts from Hong Kong but only BY
telegraph from Susz, to the 9TH of July. Ii ap-
pears that on tie 25th of May the French aud En-
elsb eunbosts attacked and took the Chinese forts
at tie mouth of tie Peiho and that on the 23d they
commenced according the river. OF what had
transpred in the interval Of twenty days preceding
the attack we have yet DO accounts 1t is probable
that previous TO making it the British had been re-
enforced by the guLboats for which the Samson
had been cent to Hong Kong. The Chinese are
reported TO have fought we'll but as usual the loss
of the allies was very triliog. This, however,
does rot exactly agree with another statement that
the French suffered severely by the explosion of
Nine The whole loss in this attack is stated in
The London Times at II killed and "a wounded,
mostly French. The attack is said to have lasted
two hours. The weather is stated to be cool,
ard the squadron in good health and spirits. Six
hui dred French troops, originally destined for Co.
chin China, where tie French have some establish
mens lave been ordered TO the Gulf of Pc cheelss.
A letter Of tie Goth of April written on board one
of the French ships describes the entrance to the
river as guarded on tie south by ttrte forts, the
first noutirg eight heavy guns and FIVE field
pieces, the second thirteen heavy gurs and nine
teen field pieces sni the third thirteen guns with
out any fed pieces. On the north, upon the point
of a little projection into the river, was fort
mounting tW enty-o -one heavy guns, making seventy
Elk guns in all. A letter of the same date
Iurpoltipg to be written on board the United
States fiigste Mississippi, and published in
The Herald, gives much more formidable &C.
count of these forts This letter reckons the guns
at from hundred and fifty to two hundred AMI of
caliber OF from six to forty-.xo pounds, the
gsrrissr berg set down as some ten thousand men,
From these letters, which contain additional details
of the intercourse with the Chinese up to the 29h
of April, il appesrs that the Russians frat opened
communication with the shore. When the
Chinese SAW the boat approach, they collected iu
numbers on the beach, but without exhibiting any
signs Of hostility. There Wa. also ,ome commotion
in the forts but everything passed with the greatest
| courte.y and the mardarins responded by sending
on bOsrd the Russian ship quantity Of provi-
sion,, under the charge of two msndarins, to whom
| tie Russian Embs:ssdor explained the object
which had brought the ships ;hither. Tnis was on
the l7tb, on which day TIE Mississippi arrived
Two Days after, tha, ship was visited by jgpk
from the liver, in which wen. two maniaTins, who
were trier.ainsd by Mr.. Reed and Captain NicAol-
sor, TO whom the former explained through Mr..
Williams, the interpreter and secretary Of legation,
that all the Americans wanted was peace ard CON.
ueTce. Tie sane msndar.ps wen. on board the
Furious but Lord Elgn, Standing on lis raak
would hsye nothing to sSy to them The same dsy.
an American party Was sen. in a juas which tie
Mississippi had in company across the bar, ard
under the guns Of the foIt, where they cAme to
anchor, expecting some Chinese boat to which they
might deliver letter to tie authorities
Nore coming, boat from the junk, WITH