, 1859-11-18
British Testimony 10 American Sympathy
In the PeihO Affair.

British Testimony 10 American sympathy
In the PeihO Affair.
"An Eye-Witness," in q letter to the
London Times, thus speaks of the attitude
Of the Americans in the affair at the Peiho,
China l cannot end without referring
TO one matter, that, in connection with this
battle, should ever be remembered. Were
we children of the same mother we could
not have received more sympathy and kind
ness than we met with from the Ameri-
cans. Never were men more unwilingly
neutral As we passed in to the assault,
Flag Officer Tatnall was heard 10 say,
Blood is thicker than water ard in a
hundred different ways he and all his pco-
pie, to the very cabin boys, acted up to
this homely proverb. When he heard that
our Admiral was wounded at great per-
sonal risk he went on board the CoTmOraHt
TO see him. Many Of our men slept in the
American tender on the night of the fight
Cigars, coffee, brandy-everyihipg o man
could want-was placed before them. The
American crew forgot themselves, and
thought only Of the British.
"A few days after the fight, o Chinese
junk, with a flag of truce, brought fresh
provisions to the Potohatan, United States
frgate. These were Immediately sent to
our wounded The bond of American
brotherhood was indeed deeply cemented
in our trial at the Peiho. l believe there
was not q man in the feet who did not feel
it growing up within him, and | am sure
there are thousands, if | may not say mil
lions, on both sides of the Atlantic, who
will join me in the fervent wish that that
feeling of brotherhood may take deeper
and deeper root in both lands"
The London Times, in an editorial in
which it censures Admiral Hope for his too
great confidence and consequent defeat,
concludes its remarks as follows 1t is
more easy to found than to restore ,supre-
macy, but in the execution Of the duty
which deyolyes upon England and France,
it is an unspeakuble qualification to find
that we mny rely, at all events, on the
sympathics of the great Anglo-Saxon re-
public. Whatever may be the result Of
the fight, England will never forget the
day when the deeds and words of kindly
Americans sustained and comforted her
stricken warriors on the waters If the
Pciho.
Other English journals also acknowledge
the kindly sympathy of the Americans.
The official dispatches of Admiral Hope
are published in the Gazette, but add little
of Importance to the accounts already pub
lishcd
PREPARATIONS FOR a NEW CHINESE WAR.
Government had decided on dispatching
several additional steam-frigates and cor
vettes, together with sufficient number Of
sailing frigates, to uugmeut the squadron
in China. 1t was also expected that a
force of 1000 additional marines would be
dispatched to China. Great activity pre-
vailed in England in preparing the Chinese
expedition. The London Times says there
are about 5000 rather wrong-headed SOL
diers in the vicinity of Calcutta, waiting
passage home, aud the object should be to
divert them from the west to east. As
suming, however their re-engagenent i'm
practicable, there was still in India force
large enough to overcome even the mighty
Chinese Empire. The London DaiiU Ners
announces that Government had resolved
to send at once military force to China,
and to send it from India.
The latest accounts state that three 9l-
gun ships were under orders for foreign SER
vice at Portsmouth, and four gun-boats we're
being prepared with all haste for China
The utmost activity prevailed at WOowich
aud elsewhere, in getting off ammunition,
&c.
The London Times Paris correspondent
says it was stated that 10000 French
troops had been ordered to be held in
readiness to depart for China. General
Wimpfen was talked of for the command.
The Paris papers, almost without single
exception, express satisfaction at the an
nouncemeut of an Anglo French expedition
against China. and several Of them add
hope that the union of the two flags against
"a common enemy will strengthen the ALI
ance between the two countries, and dispel
the recent rumors Of rupture.
The Independence Beige says Lord Cow
ley and Count WalewSki have been COM
missioned to arrange basis of co-opera-
ton betweeH England and France, in the
proSecutionSof the Chinese war.