The New York Herald Newspaper, December 28, 1860, Page 2

2 IMPORTANT FROM THE EAST. Reported Conclusion of Peace Between the Allies and Imperialists of China. EVACUATION OF PEKIN. | Details of the Sacking of the Emperor's Palace. Immense Spoils in Specie, Silk | | miral, thirteen. Since then the Governor and several and Other Valuables. | Inhuman Treatment of the English and Sikh Prisoners. Arrival of the Japanese Em- bassy at Hong Kong. Minister Ward About to Return Home, &e., Our Hong Kong Correspondence. Hone Kona, Oct. 23, 1860. ‘The English Prisoners at Pekin—Approaching Departure of Minister Ward—Unprotectal Condition of American Commercial Interests in the Kast~The American Missiona ries in China, de., de We have beem waiting, rather impatiently, for the past month or more, to hear of the particulars of the assault upon Pekin, and the sacking thereof, by the expedi tionary army at the north; and perhaps simultaneously ae, ae. with the receipt of this you may also receive the antici pated news from Pekin. But as yet we have only re ceived intelligence of the manner in which the Al | and Gen. Keenan the United States Consul, visited the | ship, and on the’ following day his Excellency Mr | Ward, the American Minister, accompanied by Mr. G. W His Excellency also visited the hospital, cockpit, dis. «marched up the hill,” and how their vanguard # Tartar,” who seemed disposed to make the most of the advantage. You will have heard by previous mails of the seizure, by the Tartar soldiers, of Harry Parkes, aud | the London Times’ own correspondent, and one or two others, who were rushing ahead in search of adventure and to spy out the wonders of the land. Parkes, you may remember, was the British Acting Consul at Canton, and the hero who inaugurated this war upon China by making a casus telli of tho seizure of some Chinese pirates on board of the Arrow, a contraband, piratical which like eraft very often do in these waters—under British colors and protection. And for this gallant and landable act the hero became Harry Parkes, C. B., and one of the royal commissioners for superintending the plunder and subjugation of Can- tom. He it was, too, who frst hunted out and ree and helped to seize the noted Yeb, Viceroy of the tung and Kwangsi provinces; and it is shrewdly suspect * ed that this enterprising C. B. was in search of further and Yigher honors, and had @ no less ambitious aim than to beard the Tartar Emperor himself in his very den at Vokin, and deliver him over, as he did Yeh, to the touder mercies of the conquering army Judge Ward, our Minister, has lat Kong from the north, and is expecting to les ina for 4 soon a8 the difficulties at Pekin are settled. He ar as has transpired, discharged lis duties in a manner to do credit to his country; and it is believed that his good sense, sagacity and tact have been quite a mate! the diplomatic shrewdness, the ‘* cammendable at. ¥,”” of the great Scottish ‘chief and his able coad jutor It is most unfortunate that by the time our ministers get fairly acquainted with their dutie od with the wants and interests of our countrymen in this distant part of the globe, they must be off for home, and leave the archives and duties of the Legation, sometimes in the hands of nobody, and sometimes in hands still worse. Mr, Ward’s brother, whe came out with him as Secretary of Legation, has resigned to take charge of the Chinese Custom House at Swatow, and Mr. Wilhams, the nominal interpreter to the Legation, has gone to the United States (Ieaving a Portuguese substi tute). Mr. Ward, when he leaves, has been instracted to torn over the archives and business of the Legation to the Commodore of the East india squadron, so that the consuls in China, and others haying business with the Legation, may have to follow its custodian, perchauce, to Japan’ to Singapore, to Bombay or to Calcutta. Tt seems a pity that Our government could not find some American in ia among ail er olficials and caber citizens, worthy to hold the seals and con duct the correspondence of the Legation, without eatrust ing the dutics to offers of the navy, who always have so many duties pertaining to their especial service to perform that they seldom find time to attend upon the real wants of their countrymen in the East. Aad with » Hong dae the beat intentions what can two or three vessels of war | do towards guarding the interests of American com © from the Red Sea to the Amoor, from the Sandwich to the mouth of the Ganges’ The Hartford, Joha Ada whole of the United States naval feet in the Kastern seas during tbe past season, are all ordered to Japan; so th on the coast of China, from Canton to the Gulf of Pech American interests will have for their protection, just | what’ Feho answers what? There will be not tho sha- dow even of a Legation to shake its red tape at any depre dators that may turn up. It will have gone to Japan with the squadron. The ‘poor miasionaries’’ in China use! to excite a American Christians, and Liberal contributions have been made for theit suppert, People at home have supposed they were subjected to great privations and dangers: but | those who bave taken notice of such matters iv China have comfortably situated, say the least, of foreign residents m China. they generally have a retinue of servants about them, and all the luxuries of the country at command, and some have been quite fortunate in political and pe caniary advancement. ing the missionary cange until be got a'sort of smatter. ng of the local dialect of the country, found his services more important in the civil service, whieh he joined, and continued in it until be eventually rettred opon a fortune, it is said, of some $80,000. An other followed ‘in the same track, and has been drawing a malary from the government of some $5,000 per annum for several years; although he, to, only under stands one of the local dialects, aud does not speak the mandarin or court langeage, for which his services are catensibly required r “poor missionary” de clined the office of Vice Consul of one of the Consulates | the constlar dutte tacoupatibws wiih bis ‘pious miaatn- the consular duties incotny but took the office and the whole Conal’s salary without authority, although the Department fixed his compeusatiou at baif the am and be has clung to the moa kept it from the hands of its rightful owner for m This ‘ poor missionary" has now gone to the United states to beg for more money for the use of the distressed m sionaries in China; be has not yet pile. ands quite ready to retire from #o promising « tield. The Consul, it ts understood, has been so hardh: 4 bo insist Ou it that bis vies shall refund. hie y unfortunate for the eved not belong to him he might Gon out of it. Bot it mast not be thought example, that all the missionaries in China a cenary; many of thems are upright, honest um OOF Miss i0 United States (a Chinese, with accompany ing decrees, no tifying that the provisions of the new treaty are to bo re. | but, while in other respects very civil towarde Unele Sam, they cannot on this ovcasion restrain their propensity to rate ns as ¢ ."" They do not dare to do this in addressing our aut correspondence orities they seem to forget themarlves. and give vent to their natural antipa- NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1860. Hundreds of pigtails crowded round Celestial visitors, gabbling, laughing, singing, and all kinds of un- earthly, beastly nowes, that would frightes and astonish ‘even a New York fireman. Strange ag it may seem, the Japanese have attracted more attention and excited greater curiosity at this place, notwithstanding they are frequently seen bere, than at any other place which they have before visited. They have all been on shore several times, from the ambassa- dors down to and including the e00ks. They never go on shore without part or the whole of thei being launched and champagned by somebody. Yosterday some of them were “pot through’ by Mr, Bndicott, of the house of Thomas Hunt & Co., the large establishment noar the landing, which is the headquarters of the Japanese when on shore ‘The first day the Niagara arrived the English Admiral tho Engliah Premier or American Secretary that bis treaty should be ratified precisely as it ‘sond, nae ae ir. 5 Hie Excellency was told that, by bending ono knee, he could see the Emperor. In answer to request, Mr. Ward said that he had never yet bent his knee to mortal man, aa he never should. Mr. Ward having accomplished his mission, he t ht it quile unnecessary to get into a quarrel about a trifl point of diplomatic etiquette. ‘The story, ofcourse, about the ‘‘box,'’ originated with the Allies, who were very much annoyed at the attention which was shown Mr. Ward. It was first published in a Freneh peper. Tho Niagara will not leave bofore to-morrow, as she cannot get her coal on board. ‘The Japanese ambassadors leave without being treated to a $2,000 broakfast, as they were at Batavia, ‘the following bill of faro and account made out against Uncle Sam for the breakfast for the Japanose, the Captain and First Lieutenant of the ship, may be useful for our New York Aldermen, who never give items for any. thing:— Tort, prs Ives, Batavia, Oct. 8, 1860. ‘Table of the Ambassadors. . «high officers. Hurd, Secretary of Legation,’ aud several American gen tlemen ‘The customary salutes were fired as the different officials went on board—Minister, seventeon; Consul, nine; Ad others have been on board, who have received Uae honors of a salute. ‘The American Minister on coming on board was re- “attendants. ceived at the starboard gangway by Captain McKean and | Hotel and apartments. his officers in full uniform; the inarines were drawa up, | Hot baths. the sailors all dressed in white pants, white shirts aud mory and odors straw hats, the band playing “Hail Columbia.” Atter | 106 bottles champagne being introduced to the officers of the ship and tho Urst Jupanese Aunbaasador, his Excellency visited the engine room, berth deck throughout its entire length, which af. forded a fine junity of seeing the sailors’ dining room, faite d'hote and its guests, it being the regular dinner our. Fifty-six bottles tine wi ‘saloons pensary, Japanese apartments, and several other parts of the ship. It is hardly necessary to add that his Excellen ey and party, consisting of the Secretary of Legation and several other gentlemen, ox thoir highest admira- | tion of the Niagara, being the largest and finest ship they | had ever seen, Mr! Ward was dressed im plain oitizon’s dross—Dlack coat and pants, white vest and black hat. Vis plain, manly bearing, simple and unaffected manners, wore ceucrally remarked’ by all on board, as they have heen on shor? by those who have sean and conversed wih him. On leaving the ship the band played ‘Auld Lang Syne.’ The Americ Minister had only just returned from a week's cr » the Canton river, on board the United y ginaw, Captain Schenck, our old friend anehip Obio, ’ His Exeellency arrived some ten s beiore trom Shanghae in the Saginaw, touching on his way down at Chefou, Amoy and Swatow. ‘entertainment strictly a private affair, given by the Captain to one of his officers and the Japaneso—not another solitary officer or person, exoopt the American Consul at Batavia, being Everybody wherever we go seems to be jealous, and dislikes the idea of the Jupancse going to the United States—eonsequently nobody gives them dinners or on- tertainments excopt the Captain of the Niagara, which is After remaining here a couple of days bo started up Oy oieecnsnaat the river to Canton and other places, acdoeipauiad by hie | “mn st enwer amen expense. _ , and | American geutiemen, resident mor- NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS. he ‘of Hong Kong. {From the China Muil, Oot. 20] | Mr. Ward will here natil the Niagara retarns The intelligence from the seat of war is of the highest | from Japan, which Mi, probably be in the course of tive | importance. Two of the gates of Pekin are in our hands. Mr. Harry Parkes and Mr. Loch have been safely returned: to us by the Chinese. The army of San ko-ba sin is still or six week®, as she |= ac nding the embasay xpected Lo stop long at Jeddo, From hence his bxcelleney and suite will be eoaveyed | in the field, Tho Emperor has fled to Tartary. Pekin by the Niogara to Aden, from thence by the overland | submitted to%s, The wintering of the whole force either route via Trieste to Leghorn, wh expeots to join bis | there or at Tien-tsi | farnily, thence home to the United States. Tn our last Over! | _ In this connection T will stato the fact that one of the | was in a hostile attitude, seven or Hong Kong papers the other morning devoted nearly the | waiting for the seige guns, and demanding the release of whole of ding matter to the discussion of the right | the captives who had been taken, There docs not scem to | and propriety of the American Minister going home aad | have been avy change in the position of matters \ leaving the diplometic functions of Envoy Extraordinary | from the 22nd of September till the 3rd of | and Minister Penipotentiary in tho hands of Commodore | October, when an advance was made in search | of | Stribling. In regard to this matter I shall have some- | the Tartar army which only resulted in a few | thing further to semd by this mail pickets of the enemy being seen and driven back. On the The Saginaw lot here on Friday for Kanagaw: 6th a further advance resulted in an earthwork near Po- and the Saginaw, which have constituted the | good | deal of sympathy in the American churches and among | steamer —the Siee-Moon—which we left at Puerts Grande ticovered that the missionaries are among the most | One voted individual, after serv. | | what did | world food «pecube- } from tov | Dent, and pretty much the same, are bailding a steamer kin, where no defence was made, being taken by our trocps, and the Yuen-miu-Yuen, or summer palace of the Emperor, was taken and om ge ye F looted, affording im- mense spoil. ‘The chief share of the plunder appears to have fallen to the French, who had the tirst ransacking of the rich ornaments, jewels and clocks and watches, the rich robes and embroidered silks of the Son of Heaven; but a quantity of the treasure which was taken is to be divided between both French and English. Some privates are said to have sold their shares for about 30,000 francs. ‘The entire British share, including both treasure and pri- vate loot, is estimated at about $90,000 Next day, in reply to a demand for the release of the prisoners, Messrs. Parkes Loch were given ap, t@ether with a French » be employed Japanese ports, where she is nt porte on the Ja jonths in surveying diffe oast pan This arrangement has been brought about by late in tolligence received by Commodore Stribbing, the tlag oflicer of this station, from the American Minister at Jeddo, Mr. Townsend Harris, that the port of one of the ports opened to the United States under the treaty, 1s of no use—not suilicient water. This and other ports are to be surveyed, with the viow of exchanging the present one for another with sutf- ticient fits not ‘improbable bat thatthe other ports, all of them, will be resurveyed by the Saginaw. From Kanagawa the Saginaw will go direct to Hako- dadi, from thence to Neeguta, taking along Minister | officer and seven or e F Harris. On the 12th every thing was prepared for the first great | _ One word about Captain Schenck and his little steamer, | event of the war—the assault or the oecupation of Pekin, for she is certainly little—too little altogether for the | the unviolated capital of China. ‘The siege guns aud ¥ she has started upon. 1,800 miles, right in the | other artillery were in a position to bombard the town, untess it should be surrendered by noon of the 13th; aud the following general order was issued by Sir Hope (rant, for the disposition and control of the forces under his command. Just immediately before the period given for surrender would expire, Hangchun came out and said that our mande were acceded to, no resistance would be made, and the gate was at our disposal. Thereon the outer and inner gates were immediately taken possession of, and a portion of the allied force was quartered on the wall a. ‘The Earl of Figin and Baron Gros are at the mili headquarters; but as Mr. Bruce has been sent for, it possible that his lordship does net propose to spend the winter at the North. Mr. Bruce, however, was sent for before, after the occupation of Tjen-tain: int Ignatief, the Russian Minister, followed the Allies to Tien-tain, where we believe he is still. Mr. Ward, the American =" came down here the other day, on his way °. ‘ ge tecth of a northeast monsoon at this season of the year, ‘without stopping, is considered here something very ex- traordinary. ‘The late war news brought down from Shanghae by | Uhe steamer on Friday is of the highest importance, in- | asmuch as the war by some is considered virtually closed. | You will get the full particulars of the surrender of Pekin | by the mails. | "The Niagara is expected to leave tomorrow for Jeddo, | but it is doubtful if she goes till nextday. The Post Cftlice here has given notice that a mail will be made up } for by the Ningara. The mail closes this evening at six o'e Howe Kone, Oct. 29, 1860. Lama Passage of the Niagaro—Her Commander's Maiden ‘Trip—American Enterprise in Hong Kong—Superiority of American Steamers for Speed—Several Building for the Cantem River—English Steamers Driven Off by Them—Mr. Ward and His Visit to Pekin—The Slory about the Boe” —The Minister's Complimentary Treat. ment at the Palace—Annoyance of the Knglish and French—The Japanese Breakfast a Batavia—Breaking f he Landlord's Ribs, de, de. Four months ago to-day the Niagara took her depar ture from off Castie Garden, under the promise and ex: peetation that she would be in Jeddo in three months— just one mouth fess than she has already been, and not there yet. Whilst the Japanese Embassy and ail on board have suffered from this long, tedious and disagreeable passage, from cold, thiret, short allowance, and all the other in- conveniences attendant upon such a voyage—civilization and the world generally wil} be benefitted by new dis- coveries in the neighborhood of the South Pole. Res..es, new and important facts have been demonstra ted in regard to the theory of the “great cirele sailing,” or the principle of ‘woom-a-rang”’ navigation, which wa | discovered, when in 43 Wegs. south latitude, near the There have been romors published at Shanghae of the outbreak of a new rebellion—no way connected with that of the Tai-pings—in the Province of Shen-si, which lies to the west of that where Pekin ia. This, if true, would be of great importance, as placing tho Emperor im a worse position than ever. Of the Tai-ping rebels wo hear little at present. They are reported to have appeared before Han-chow lately, but to have moved off on finding it well garrisoned From Nin, we learn that the insurgent movement in the neighborhood of Sbanghae has considerably increased the tea and silk trade at the former a Should the approaches to Shanghae be blocked up by the samo cause for any length of tine, that may possibly be the means of diverting a considerable amount of the trade of that port to Ningpo, particularly as both the tea and silk dis. tricts are nearer to Ningpo than to Shanghae, and there is an easier internal communication with the former. At Swatow a local Sat Be causing trouble. The junboat Weasel proceeded to bombard a. village, alleged be connceted with some acts of robbery committed on the ty of foreigners resident at Swatow. ‘after the firing had been kept up for about two hours, the master of the gunboat landed, to see how matters were getting on, and. foll into ae me ot Re cant villagers, These latter treated the captives well, but declaared that if any fur- Australian coast proceedings were ‘would put them to We were, am sorry to say, beaten by an English | death. Lao, the Governor of Kwang-tung, bas ‘been appealed to in their favor, and has sent up a procla- which stoppe! at five different porte on her way here’ | ip. Winchester, the eting consul, gore home, and his viz-—Ascension, St. Helena, Simon's Bay, Mauritius and | Place is now filled by Mr. , the Canton consul. pe so. tous > THE JAPANESK AMBASSA\ Singapore, occupying twenty seven days—and arrived at In Hong Kong the great event of the fortnight has been this port abead of the Niagara (the N. stopging oaly twice—at Loando and Batavit) nineteen days. So mvch for maiden trips and maiden commanders— Liv first voyage to China and first command of a steam ship inquiries ute various instital [Prom the Overland England © sav to omter into This jong voyage o uo disparagement to the sailing or | Put the Chimneys expedi | steaming qualities of the Niagara, bat to mismanige- | the ieerplees to the ultimate tent, for it if a notorious fact, known to every officer nts connected therewith are worthy of the velonging to the sbip, that the distance ran by the Nia. | Righest Praine. Soo gare in getting here amounts to nearly or quite eighteen | the general health of the troops thousand miles It may be interesting to American ship and engine | builders to Know that the steamer Si-ee-Moon is an ie steamer, some two hundred feet long, built at H Vinegow for the express parpowe of beating the Yang commistariat will show as much judgment in catering for sea eamy ne of their charge during the sone of | . winter as dene for the summer cam . We iar } teze, am American buift steamer of about the same | ing coats kets, warm stockings and | dimensions, built by olyer, of New Yor ud her eo. | shirts, in addition to a well filled stomach, are great as- gines at the Novelty Works. sistants to the efficiency of an army. Doctors and galli- pots are, at best, but necessary evils. It is worthy of note, and highly creditable to the masters of the merchant shipping The Yong.‘eze is owned by the house of Dent & Co., and runs between this port and Shanghae, carrying uo- thing but silk, opium, treasure, a few passengers and the | Port’—British, American and other te the ear. news—principally and almost entirely for the latter. Rely tank lestaote tree cs ‘The Yang-teve ts the fastest and has been the most CAPTURE OF THE PRISONERS. svcveesful Dow! that hag ever beca inthis part of the (Correspondence of the London Times.) Sbe is au American steamer throughout, bailt Qxam Semmes ten One, ae} and registered in New York, and carries the American | It appears that when Loch, accompanied bj in flag. Captain Dearborn, who cominands her, is an Amori- | Brabazon, of the artillery, and two Soware, a flag of can, aud receives ali the perquisites for passengers, | truce, started on the of the 18th for Tang-chan freight, ke. for simply carrying the news in advance of | to desire Parkes then there to re- the mail, which he never fails to do, from twelve to | turm at once to ; they reached that town twenty four hours. without encount any iy, except in Ry ‘his means of getting the news brought to Shang | through the Tartar lines, which was soon over, aad hai by the Oriental steamships (rom India and ali the | found, on arriving at the Temple, where , Loch Faatern workt, the Messrs. Dent & Oo. are enablet to | and the others t the night, that the former had, make hendreds of theasands of dollars every mail, | om his return to Tung-chan, ired the Sowars to be whieh is twice a month. start ata 's notice, and left The house of Dent & Co. is one. if not the largest China | a note for De Norman and Bowlby, who had house in Hong Kong. Their trade is opinm, although ex out for « walk, to walt his return; after change, insurance and silk are ostens\bly their basiness. proceeded in search of the ‘The Yang taze does all the business of carrying gews, | Prince of 1 and his commissioners. He ke. and will continue to do so, one steamer being sufi | met Loch, looking for him; they returned to their | ciemt for the purpose; but Jardine & Oo. a rival hoase to and thies. Trade at the different ports in China ia beginaing to revive, and will be pretty brisk until the toa season is over Hong Kong i* growing rapidly. Howe Kew, Oot 28,4800. Arrival of the Niagara and Japanen ¥ Viet on Shore— Visit of the American Mumistor on Bote the V. agara—Other Officials Abeer! — &+'wtre— Depart Saginaw to Revursey the Harlors in Japan Openet w Amerioan Shipping, fo. te. ‘The United States steam frigate Niagara, Cope We. W MeKean commanding, haying on bowrd (he Japas se Rim baasy, om rows for Japan, arrived ot this port on the morning of the 224, ell well ‘The Niagara loft Hatavia on the 10th, the laet port at which she stopped, where she remained ten days, tokig tn coal, water and provisions. Most of the passage from Batayia wae made under steam alone, against @ strong head wind the northeast monsoon having just set in. Soon after the Ningora came to anchor she fired the national salute. winch was returned from (he Admirals Sagbip. During the day several naval and civil officials, belong ing on shore and on board the different men of wer ships | anything of the ridiculous story about his in port, came on board and were introduced \¢ tbe Jape nese ‘The Niagara was hardiy anchored when a (ull boat joal Of Japanese, incinding Tommy. all the other official: of tower rank, and two of the higher ones, went on shore in charge 4 midshipman (Kane, to pay a rieit to thelr Or! etal frieads at Hong Kong. Their appearance on shore attracted a crowd which Mat De seen to be appreeiated—it cannot he desc. ed. «| to beat the Yang-teze, to be employed for the «ame par- | bad through Chang keia wan, and were within pose. a of our troope, when the guns }, and almort. To beat Jardine’s steamer, the Si-ee-Moon hay been | at the same moment large bodies of cavalry be. dailt, with a view of getting the hightest speed ever yet | gam closing in on either of their «mail force, blow. cotnined from © srageing versal. ing their matches: ae iciala can As the pace at The Si-ce-Moon bas not yet commenced running be. | whieh they eure ‘ben going ed very much ag if they tween here and , Dut will im the conrse of a few | were running away, which they did not wish to be sap. days. Tho Yang-tage haa beea running some two years, cometiines ight inte the teeth of monsoons and typhoons, Dut always coming ont and sound, aud Rever having pored the case, aa they hart a flag of truc thelr pace to consult ae to whut they should do. were Unmediately simost surrowmded by troope. and told faded fn coe single instance to ant the mail. She | civily enough that they could not ve ali to pass, as y ver broken dows, of had one "8 worth of re- | the action ‘began, without heaving the express per. Pure mine she has beea r Dent & Co. say that | misskm of the In reply 10 9 question from Parkes Kr they sai! be was close by, and they thought it better. ¢ making attempt to cut their way . Wo Bee If they obtain permission to pass out. Savorialety Parkes, Loch, and one of Probyn'’s Sowars, unning. SR Sege wes her thoy intend placing her ina giass cxse Now, ® fw words about the Oaaton river steamars. The Wistimetis and Flying Cloud are regular steamboats, bolt and owned in New York, runnin, daily betwoen | carry the fag of trace, went to se the general, telling here and Canton. eatin, © the intermediate pacts on the Be share « ‘would be Seow back. They bad to way up and down. They have driven of the Engiish | pues round a fick of tall standing millet, which com- Cans have the whe bac‘ omenecr ‘hore sh | kedttgor and teary ed they tard the corse when nd omMsel ves, re is escort. ROArOR y the corner w! large steamer, some 250 foot long, building in New York | they Ubomaeives yn face of some y for the Canton river, which i oxpeetet out Mr. Ward is at the readeuce oe Me. Hart, « wealthy American Of this placo—a brother oF relative, we believe, of G. W. Hurd, Req. secretary | self. Parken reqassted that an order might be given to of Legation, His y thinks t very prteent & allow them to pass, bot after a very short conversation that amy American at bome could have betiewed | he saw thie was to be granted, and that were to Eeccllsacy | be made prisoners. They were hustled of their horse baving been carried into Pekin in a bow. The fact ie, | stripped of their arma, and pushed before San-ko-lin-sin, Mr. Ward ond suite were taken up to Pekin under au es’ | when were forced on to their knees, ant every one cort of honor, sent for him by the Kmperot, in astrie of | who a beard, hair, or whieker, rubbed and wnwonted magnifiasnce He was sent back under the ere ther Bente ‘upon the before them. | sane escort, and there everything was done for him that | must be very brie im my seqpleng. soceans, oad ive conid condnce to hia personal comfort and conreniens> ow the details in next, They saw no more of His Excellency was called wpoa by the bighast villcer, Fines, andto thie our are ignorant of how they were next to the Fimperor, who came ia pres sely the same | eaptured; they listened for, heard no firiog. They style and with the = we escort as Me Word was taken | theme were conveyed to Pekin. confine! in separate up with. fetons’ with deseription of criminal in the Mr. Ward demanded of aaked to see the Emperor, but | eame hy sre hand wntil the 29th it. when was told that that was something which human eyos bad wv and ith — treated with every consideration ‘treatment of the prisoners is thus described :— they came te a small canal, oa the oppo- tite side et which tat an offloer oa ie horseback, who back- oned to them to come over. They were wo , when they saw a number of , evidently of rank, coming towards them. 2000 discover- ed, from tho way in which ho was fuddressde, that one of ‘these was San-ko-lin-sim himself, aud he was pushing forward tonake his way up to him, when both he and Loch wore violently soiaed, pushed forward, aud forced down on their knees before him. Parkes was beginning to protest against such treatment, aud to explain tho cir cumstances which bad led to their being thore, when he Was interrupted by San-ko-lin-sim, and asked their names and positions, On Parkes mentioning his own name, the Mongolian Prince, whom he describes as a stern, somowhat sinister looking man, with strougly marked fua- tures, indicatipg considerable talent and much firmaess, broke out into the most violent abuse of him, saying among other things, that heattributed much of what was then ccourring t0 his evil intivence; that he was respon sible for all the fighting and consequent misery which had taken place, and that, now that he had got him, ho would make him suiler for it. He was proceeding in this strain when or galloped up, apparently with some important news, ney ee — 4 wards (ho front, accompanied by the greater number his officers, whil® Parkes, Loch and the Sikh orderly were taken into a tent, where their arms and feet were hound, the latter boing Brought behind their backs and strongly tied together with ropes at the elbows and wrist. Durlog the (ine San-ko-lin-sin was abusing poor Parkes, the stander by emphasized his remarks aud prevented any answer being made by cuffiing the latter on the Read whenever he attempted to make one, each blow boing apparently a signal to those who surrounded Loch, who ‘on these occasions: even worse than his companion, his beard and hair being seized by these ruffians, and his head pulled down rubbed in the dust at the feet of San-ko-lin-sin’s peny. Tho Prinee before leaving had given an order which was overheard by Parkes, desiring that their friends, or with their es- cort, should be secured a sent to the rear He and Loch listened anxiously for the report of fire arms, or some sound which might let them know whether any struggle took or not, but as they heard nothing orige was given and mghagyd Yo make thar escape.” At. jer was given ™m escape. Af. ter having been i in the tent for a short time, they were told that San-ko-lin-sin bad determined to hand them over to the Prince of 1 aa being civil prisoners, and that they wore about to be taken to him. They were accord- ingly all three put into a cart and driven some distance beyond Tung-chau along the groat paved road leading to Pekin, but the Prince not being at the place it was thought he was, and their guard being unable to learn anything as. to his whereabonts, they wero taken about three miles back again and brought before a mandarin of high raak, holding ap important command in the army, who subject. ed them toa long and wearisome examination. Parkes, of course, as being the only one of the three who under- stood and spoke Chinese, was always spokesman, but they were all, more particularly the two Englishmen, once more exposed to the same brutal and degrading ‘treat. ment as they had been when before San-ko-lin-sin; indeed, nothing appeared to be left undone by this man which, in his estimation, was likely (0 be considered by them most offensive and’ insulting. He bullied Parkes in every possible way, and at last so exhawsted his patience that he told Loch ho must foign faiutuess im order to avoid further questioning aud ill treatment. His ruse fortunately succeded, and they were allowed « short respite, but not for any h of time; they were soon brought before him again, when bis became a0 violent, and the conduct of those who crowded about them unchecked by him so threatening, that Parkes felt persuaded the scene would only end by their being or dered out for execution. Whilst he was still eagagod in abusing them a stir suddenly took © among the crowd, some communication was fe to him, and a general panic seemed to come over him and most of his officers, for they mounted ponies and left in all haste, ‘The three prisoners were at the same time hur- ried out into the yard by those who remained with loud shouts and threats, and Parkes told Loch he feared it was all over with them, and that he must re for the worst, To their great rolict, ever, at this moment a caf was rapidly driven up; they and the Sikh were thrown into it, a of officers followed, and they went oif at atrot along the road to Pekin. According to their calculation it must have been between two and three in the afternoon when they started, and they did not reach Pekin until about sunset; they suffered much during the jr aad from. the tightness of the ropes with which their and feet were bound, and the awkward and con- fined position in they were compelled to liv; the cart also, being without springs, jolted over the road insuch a manner as at times to cause tpem exquisite pa in every joint. Their guardians appeared to enjoy their sufferings, and occasionally, to afford them- selves some amusement during 0 long a ride, putled their arms backwards and upwards, as if to see whether it gave them much additional pain; they relieved them also of any little articles of jewelry they happened to have on them, such as studs or wrist buttons. in which were some examining officers, few unimportant questions, and then loaded with ® heavy set of chains and removed to one of the wards in which criminals of every description were con- fined, there being no less than seventy-two in that which he now found himself. Loch was next summonod, treated in precisely the same way, and placed in a ward apart from Parkes, in which were fifty six wretched prisoners, who bailed his entrance with the most horrible shouts and yells it was possible to conceive; poor Sikh was, like the others, heavily chained aad imprison- ed in a separate ward. |For three successive days were these useless and ampoying examinations continued, in the course of which he occasional; ‘met with a deal of rough usage and every description of insult. On the Ke, who said he fourth day he received a visit from had come to condole with him on his unfortunate posi- tion, which be endeavored to prove was entirely of his own bringing about. Two days afterwards he came again, and spoke ery different tone. The Prince of Kung” he said, was most anxious to make peace, as well as friendly’ inclined towards Parkes; he was ex desirous that he oo, Lo ~~ was an ae man business and an enlightened statesman ido agrees. ble to his feelings, and possibly the means of i his (Parkes) present position, Parkes told him that ot ba the pleasure of knowing the Prince, it was, unfor- , imposible for him say that he was what ke represent doubt : if te 3f ri a reed # it & Ff 2 E L t : 5 ss Iberty, being treated dnring thie latter per imprisonment as well, in every respect, as y badly in the former. r : CAPTURE OF THR EMPEROR'S PALACE. (From the North China Herald Cae ov Tue Bernat Aner, ii ine g 2 3 is § £ 2 8 ; 43 H ? i 7? Move atan whare the pickets had z # F A z 3 a zg 3 eo 5 g 23g if 7 ii a Hi » 2 £ feels dent i f seg5s Petr Hit F E ai gi E 5 a a in ottk and gold threa!, in the imperia dragon pattorm, ] 1 Prince Oouza, and bis concentrate! 12,000 mon (a Boots, hon faa, ou; “i fact, Fons nu at Ba tarabia. . them. Storerooms manufact: » Austrian fa rolls, such as may be bought 5 lg eet = Publishes 4 despatch from Pest, $20 to $30 per pieoe. ‘scaleulation made in the raoms, | 4ate’ »Mnmouncing that some inhabitamts thero must have been 70,000 or 80,000 pieces. Hundrets | of that ity £™4 resolved on submitting an address to the were thrown down and trampled on, aad the door covered | Cancettor, whi.” had also been communicated to the thickly with them, men wore throw! them at each other, and all tak as many aa they co i carry. Thoy | ether comitats for Serratia This address com- ‘wore used rope to secure ing of carts | tains the followtag wait filled with them, Throughout the French camp were | Pace vba of the Hungarian Diet at tho aur tants or beds and covers, 2? Oture wed MKS | ies posible period, om a’ Paso of Ue Risctora law, In the afiernoon yesterday a yarty of French went through the apartments with sticks, breaking every thi that remained—mirrors, soreens, panels, &e. i) is sai that they did so in revenge for the barbarous treatment te pete, their fag bow ry had received. containing a large quantity of gold ingots and syoce sliver Wand charteot's guard, and is to be divided between the English aud Freneh. ‘The total value of property destroyed would amount to @ large instalment of the indemnity claimed. In one of the anfe-rooms of the state bedroom at the summer palace, the treaty of Tientsin, im Kaglish and Chinese, signed by Lord Elgin, wes found. it had been nm on the ground by some one, and lay in the heap of broken articles, till the English Paper evidently at- tracted the oye of the person who discovered it, DISPOSITION OF THK SPOILS. A Genera} order from tho British Commauder-in-Chief 2. The promulgation of the Py °58 law of 1544, 3. The collection of taxes dire te 49 Suspen let watil the assembling of the Diet. r ¢ 4. No but those elected by ti” people to hold office in ‘the different comitats. M. Szemere, the iilustrions Hungarian exile, fas pub- lished an article in a Debretzin paper, in whioh be repeats his conviction that the people would do woll to be contemt- od with the present concessions of the Kaiser. More, he says, they cannbt hope to obtain, except with the aseist- ance of the foreigner; and to rely upon that regouroe, im his opinion, involves the downfall of his country, ‘The Empress of France embarked at Folkestone om the morning of the 14th inst., and landed at Boulogne at dosired thut all articles taken by officers and men wore | %#/-past one o'clock the same day. ‘ at to be sent oe by eye am for the benet ot two, the Empress found the Emperor at had the army, which was done. All were permitted to have there to meet the article they had brought away for themscives Prag sine es ar ee Parts valued, and have the option of taking or rejecting them. i Many beautiful curios and souvenirs were thus obtained at a nominal price. The sale realized $22,000, which with the value of the treasure, estimated at $61,000 is to be divided as prize money on the spot. ‘Much dissatisfaction has bean expressed at the decision of the -in-Chief, that only those of the troops ‘marehed from the last halting place on the 6th are to participate in the prize money, all the the rest—those at the an at Tungchow ‘and ela¢where, being excluded | commander-in-chief and general a have H ‘The waived their right to share. A of value was Mt the consiniater-ia-ciet by the array enamelled and inlaid vases and ornaments realizing full 9,540 for such articles, the fact of their having ” een the peogerty of Hes Buag.edding an imaginar: fi Ine to everything. The scene where the sale was held, "oe in the temple Lamasiri, occupied by hoartqaarters, was " 1866 18,447 106 bullion 665, 447 | Active circulation . . 20,207,089 19,921,940 ‘This comparison shows results Wich are 0 factory, as although there ia a decrewe in the bi consequent upon the heavy withdrawals of gold for worthy the pencil of an artist. Had his Pe Majesty handed over the whole of the contents of that palace un injured, it would have sold for an eucrmons amount, more Gana three fourths having been destroyed or taken by the ulliom ship- ment to America by the Persia lyst week, tha remainder of the leading items indicate a favorable tendency, Thus the reserve of notes is about the samo a8 before; the other securities are less, and the active cireulation ‘leas. The falling off in the other deposits arises from the pay- ments into tbe Treasury on account of duties, &e., and Ali round the vicinity of the palace are large enclo- sures, parks or cemeteries, with trees of some magnitude and mauy stone bridges over nullabs, the country being very dry at present. Branching off from the palace are several paved roads, and just outside of it is the Freneb camp, by the side’ of two large lotus ponds. It is re- ported that they are to leave that place to-day and take up 4 position on our left. They wish to take the west gute of the city, which is ‘the only one open, but iL is objected to, as the Emperor's brother, the Prince Hung, would not be able'to enter the city, should he be from the country to which, it is said, to take one of the gutes ou the north side near to this camp, and shall do 80 as soon as the siege guns, which have been ordered up, arrive. T have not fearnt what is then to be done. It is supposed the army will not enter }ekin im any case, but that the Officers will be allowed to do so witha pass. The utter destruction of the interior of the summer palace, where, be it remembered, Lord Amherst, as Ambassador from hence the increase in the public or ernment deposite. ‘The amount of silver bullion in the Coo department, be- ing Se of the £2,000,000 to be reevived from of France, now amounts to £875,933, being an inorease for the week of £364,801 ‘The rate of diecount in Lombard street is 44 to cent. Money continues very abundant but still the de- mand for discount is active. ‘The applications at the bank have been moderate. Notwithstanding the more favorable advices from the United States, we should not be surprised if the steamer which leaves Liverpool to-morrow wore to take 250,000 remains 103 to 105, gold will be nidewil oy 4 Fngland, was insulted, is but small punishiment for the ; Fuuperor's contumaey,’ and the treatment of the prison: | Searky 21250000 im god hat besw tent thare lth tas ek ers who were captured whitst on a peaceful mission fortnight.” Lah wa hope. thet. ihia Will ba euhetens tetaien the like visitation being inflicted on the palace in Pokin | {ho exchange to par; but when we consider how much might be impolitic, though desery Raat would not | Since aakesisnn aoeanitos ae te he Geeky don only utterly destroy the present government, but pre: vent the orgavization of a new one under our protection, should it be desirable to do so. ‘The prompt release of the prisoners on our near ap- proach to the capital proves that only a firm policy ean succeed with this government. It is to be hoped that " co they are ia the United States, it is very ible that they wal wanes bee oe sale; and colheniaviog fallen in oom- sequence of the agitation in the South, it is not improba- be that gold may be sent from this country to purchase i ’ “The Bauk of France returns for the month e - the same will be persisted in, and_ that no terms short of tec i! FAs sepectndh = ners on eee nk igen s Sra tn the bullion, nesry’$1 000,000, eourease ia the dwoventn, fore the rest of the pers are released is not made ‘about £860,000 decrease Known. If Sau-ko-linaia remain obdurate notwithstend. | *4 rege ee e The movements of the precious metals to-day Ree ne pel of £100,000 sovereigns from the ing the defeat of his army at all points, we may have to do 80, or the end will never come. At sunrise of the morning after we arrived here, a sa lute of twenty-one guns was fired by the artillery to an hounce our positions to the prisoners, and to our cavalry and artillery, which had crossed our trail and gone on to the summer palace, expecting to find the army there. ‘The Fioperor is ‘reported to have gone to his palace, Zebol, in Tartary, where Lord Macartuey was received. He has thirteen wives with him. P. &—The siege guns have arrived, and 1 believe the gate will be summoned to-morrow. There is a ropert | in demand, Probst ool che mentee nce inom fire, The build- t are detached, yet I think jt very probable they ‘will be lestroyed, the feeling being so strong against the Chinese ou account of the barbarous treatment of the prisoners. ise “Bate of Fpgland for shipment to America; £90,000, bi sent into the Bank; and the arrival of ne atonia, at | - adnmtoernter isi snpeséey adil tae: fer ince. ‘The amount of gold sent into the Bank during the woek renee eee ae ie tal expris havo boon }o the extent ). total imports have boea about £660,000. A further improvement occurred in American seouri- ties. Ilinois Central and New York and Erie sharea were and at a fresh rise of half-a-dollar, From the London Times, Dec. 16.) Fnglich funds continue to show great stondiness, the quotation of consols ar 925, to i oy dividend, the day. tone of at the close, was favorable, A SEPARATE ACCOUNT OF THE APFAIR AT THE transactions then occurred at 92% to %. Bank stook PALACE. left off at 232 to 234; redueed and new Per oonts, The French column, together with Colonel Pattle’s | 927; to rupee paper, 95to 1 and 101 to \; India Brigade of Cavalry, advanced on Yuen-miq Yuen, the | bonds, 10s. to 68. discount; and exchequer Dit, be. te English column rather nearer Pekin, a large body of the | 2s. discount. e enemy having been observed (near the village now oecu- AMERICAN GOVERS 7 ; pied by us.) ‘The French pein with only two casuali- i Ouaekap ean, wookenn | Hien, two aflcers belng wounded by the einuehs of the | Maryland § p. ¢. red’bt 2. The following day, no signs of the French being | United States 6" ‘visible, the English fired twenty-one guns to attract at- areca + teation, and later in the mo ning the commander in chief where they were. Lord Elgin, Mr. Wade, Sir H. Grant, Sir R. Napior, and their respective staffs 'pro- poe BAI To Dee peep an hermbans beg fortably isbed there, and & great proportion «f the principal valuables had been already taken away, leaving the heavy, but lees valuable articles for the Eng” lish, or at least what things the French could not carry they left for us. No description can give an idea of the splendor of thix residence. The entrance or reception hall is paved with marble, and painted with gold, azure, and scarlet in the most gorgeous style, The throne of the carved dark wood, and the oush- Miration 'Y inner chamber and saloon was very hand- somely fitted up, and the roils of silk, satin and crapes, ‘all of aplendid Ww: . splendidly furnished cum: and rees for the French soldiers, who ap- to have a our cnstom in this respect. The stone and china were of great value, and some Se- ‘vreg china of Louise Quatorze would have delighted the eyes of a curio fancier; and a tation sword With the English coat of arms, studded with gems, and evidently of antiquity, gave rise to some speculation, ‘The last treaty of Tien tzin was also found, and the im- mense quantity of loot of all k:ads made it almost impoe- ible to kuow what to take away. Some idea of the quan- Lity of silk may be given by the fact that fowls, fd pots, Virginia 8p. c- 5 z Py ee rg Hpbdbeddabide 38337 .F sEyeiy ¢ z some valuable bocks and the British Muscom. The |, Some, we believe, for peror had left the day be- fore, but his destination is, 1 believe, unknown. It is said that'a panic took the French, and that will be tracustel ‘ihe paces rettrning. Cowevr,when tke | tbe danger wlarm subsided. One thing is certain—our allies took Pf care of themselves po pe dee — South Carolina, open ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF MANCHESTER. ‘rer to buf +4 rnnnnnnnnnnen ity of the repudiated, the militia Palmetto flag, as ADDITIONAL BY THE CANADA’S MAILS, | the symboi of sted, and’ all that remaigg to ition of im- The Secession Movement in an Fecet ive government leglnlire power of tee Union. Of course it would be premature to anticipate the English Point of View. Joticy which Mi Buchanan hat fm his address, which was jivered om the third of this month, recommended te ee the American Attordey Qeoeral d's menor ff , a Spread of Revolutionary Ideas in ti Cane hag ten opinion, bir ely clares that no State has a right to retire from Hungary, It ia diffeult to see how any other advice could have been. &e. &o. tendered, Tho American constitution Le) &e., . . compact ind correlative obligation. There ie roralon bie declares that levying war against the United States The serew steamship Oity of Manchewter, from Liver. | shall Be ristied wehbe pains Aud Penalties of tres. pool on the 12th, via Queenstown ou the 13th jost., ar. poy ae meer ptt nent all time. This rived at this port yesterday morning. Her advices are | Was the compact, aid the was that South Oa- anticipated. She brings $38,000 in gold to the following | Tayun Sint theme nets wie fo gears parpne, ts central government might think to enact. 1 Valerio & Fassin..... 1 | obl : ‘by arming ite ined bese guaey ‘ 1 —Total about $38,000 of the crime the President would be The Cunard stoamship Canada, Captain Anderson, from | perfectly g sown by force of arme—e Igverpeol on the 15th, vie Queenstown on the 16th inst., | Cirotina Pgeaeiepenre, ‘concerned. arrived at Boston early on Wednesday evening, and her the chief Se & cut mails Peached this city yesterday morning. A brief tele. | other slave still think thet com. graphic aynopeis of her news has already been given, but apy orm y ‘Prestdgal, be induced to fete in we thie morning supply the details that policy which South Carolina time net It ia asverted that England, Francs, and Prussia, have | % — am example. The leading requested the King of Naples to conse is fruitiowsde- | Reatuate bettre they give open bupporr and. nasttanee te fence It ix announced that Vietor Emanuel hae desig. Routh Carclina; but if Ghar eee coercion anteaapsea, thug? ated General Claldini for ecoupying Rome, in the eveat | Will, we are afraid, join the proposed Southern confedera- Of the departure of the Pope. An Englishman, formeriy | 0b,and thus power of the in the service of Garibaldi, hae been assassinated. out of that The bombardment of Gaeta recommenced ow the sth | very Ws cherished — —_ inst. During the might shells reached several bufldings, | ™&St tande } the and even the hoapiial. ‘The Queen harried from one bat | Seean'b thiretea ini tery to another, encouraging the soldiers. The King in Cy aad sisted on her withdrawing to (he ensemates. The fortress - Of Gaeta energetically returned the Ore of the Sardinian Tarn’ be tc the extegsten of shaver eas te sre wrete. — cach Rat Halt the Neapolitan army, who had taken refuge in repoal of Fugitive Slave Roman territory, have quitted the country. Most of them lento in tho one Joined the insurreetionary bands in the Abrogsi. Many Slevery shalt of their officers have joined the army of King Victor Seger Prog Emanvel. Sixteen bishops of the Marches, five of whom more easily , Are cardinals, have protested against the presence and the negotiation tham Measures of the Sardinian Commissary in those pro- L fy quen vincer feature, ‘We lea that the Marquis Mario de Candia, father o the celebrated tenor, M. Mario, hax been appoints by King Victor Emanuel, Commander. in-Chief of the mili ‘The Cet Devtoche Post, of the Mth inst., in a leading article, ays — Jumanity for which in recent sineg The accomulation of arms and ammunition in Molda- ‘Wo trast that ‘via and Wallachia, and the organization of Jegions will be in Italy, are to be attributed to an schome, ~ Fibich partly alms at the separation of province: of from the Porte, and partly at arising of several other ‘indicate legion han we MW ot this nate ot ‘out of eri heen {Wings Russia tne Sayarcue, « terewtening declaration wawerthy ae,