Show from the san nt nat sept it 22 R F CHINA pill lillet between the british french awl and chi test athe war renewed he defeat of the allies R the arrival of the american bark sea lymph f vh at victoria V lp I 1 on the sep tier 37 days from hongtong Hong kong we have re dived fed through the calumus of the victoria evv gatte cazette of the september late arid and im adint intelligence from china the pit war between the english and french raial 81 forces in those seas at aid d the chinese t which but a few months since was supposed to have satisfactorily ended appears by the 1 ag to have been quite unexpectedly re necea I 1 tie ne locality of the present hostilities was r jt at the mouth of the pei ho river the alie ati lick lack was commenced on the chinese by the VZ biral forces of the allies on the june nt asti and resulted after a very sanguinary little atle in the defeat of 0 the latter with the of several gun boats and a large number I 1 officers and men killed and wounded lit de affair seems to have grown out ot of a mis of the preliminaries to the ac change tiang ge of treaties between the allied min mia arsand er sand the chinese authorities conse consequent luent an attempt was made by admiral fiort to force the passage of the pei ho 11 us iras necessary ry to effect that object As 4 play nay be supposed the british and I 1 rench french of II 11 fibers and men displayed heroic valor if 1 is ho however ov ever that the cannon odthe of the t chinese were directed by russian or other european officers as they were remarkably temar kably well served anil anai the fire terribly effective the north china herald says that the total loss is as follows follos british total killed and wounded french 4 killed and 10 wounded rounded including captain tri fricault cault of the chayla cahayla wounded ira in the arm the follow 7 ing is the total loss of the marine brigade alone killed 1 officer 2 sergeants 1 corporal oral and 24 rank and file total 28 wounded led 15 officers 13 sergeants 2 cor rs poris and rank and file total total is killed and wounded of the marine brigade LI no 11 A correspondent of the mail says I 1 E the belief is universal throughout the he squadron that europeans manned the batteries as well as chinese men ingrey in grey coats dose close cropped hair and with russian tea fee tines were ivere distinctly visible in the batteries and the whole of the fortifications were evidently designed by europeans some of those who ho advanced near tb the e wa wall I 1 I 1 et ei en go so far fai as to declare that they heard men calling for more powder 1 in russian and this warning morning it is reported that two bodies floated out of the river dressed in chinese clothes bat having incontestably Euro european fe attires the damaged torts borts have already been repaired and have never ceased to fire ii ubon on the boats that are still engaged under tinder captain willes es and commanders Com merll heath and in struggling to rescue the live five i stranded gun boats two of which however they got afloat again and succeeded in saving the contents of the be other three y the mail is inclined to consider the chilean as not entirely to blame it ie says the lamentable intelligence we have to c convey 0 V y I 1 by y I 1 this ll 11 is mail is a new deiv difficulty with I 1 I 1 the chinese chill au thories which bich led to an at attack on the june frosa from and upon the taku forts at the mouth of the pei fei ho hoie I 1 e gulting in the total defeat of the british force with the loss of no less than five gun boats and between four and five hundred men aen il or r about cne third of our forces em aloyed this e h dis matter will form a subject or oe par discussion the hon mr bruce bas not the power to collect troops for car ra ryang on a new war with china and if lie he ap applies alie for assistance anitis as it is report reported edhe he alia a done one ito to the governor general of india we ve trust trus t that lord canning will not comply with the request until her Maje gov govi i have had bad time to examine into the whole affair anair there is more in it than meets the eye and the most intelligent in this country those the best acquainted with the chinese are indisposed to believe that the chinese are entirely to be blamed mr bruce delayed to the last moment in Hong hongtong kong at Shang bae we understand that ie be refused to meet the imperial com missioners ners who made the treaty with lord belgin elgin lie he arrived at the mouth of the pei ho only on the evening of the june though the treaty had bad to be exchanged on th the and we have reason to believe that th the governor general of chihli a sufficiently high official was deputed to meet him at the mouth of the pei ho and conduct him ito i to pekin bubp but unfortunately the communication from the governor general only reached him on the day the attack commena I 1 ed d and too late to allow of the admiral being signalled tignal signal led to s suspend u 1 end operations 2 I 1 j there was not nothing h i n to fear in going to pekin in a peaceful fill manner for every motive that boum commend mend itself to the minds of toe the chinese Olli officers cers combined to ensure a tare late and court courteol eoa conduct thither by ir in discreet baste in pressing the immediate paa a u up the riv river er when really as we fear I 1 time me enough ip gh had bad not been granted to the provincial authorities to reach its mouth lias has it ats promising i conclusion of negotiations leen pla destroyed jr 0 ys which the treaties of encourages encouraged three or four days more and a visit to the northern entrance cal called led pik pek bang there to see the governor gener and learn what arrangements bad been jostles made tad and the th reason for barring the rel pei bo would have at leist least afforded time and chance t to 0 have avoided an appeal to arms it would certainly have fuller developed the thema in tensions tent ions ot of the chinese government and put them in the wrong more plainly if they designed a final struggle the overland Or erland trade report says that when hen the two gunboats gun boats oksent abent by the allied squadron u dron to the mouth of pei ho bo with dispatches patches ea announcing am the arrival rt ef the ministers they found the river river heavily staked but a contractor superintending super intending some of the thea villagers stated that the works were under takei take i for protection against pi pirates tates and that the stakes would be removed remo ed the gunboats gun boats advanced to the attack under the impression that the batteries were masked to conceal a scarcity of guns no was vias made and there was nothing to prevent the gu gunboats gun boats shelling the forts out of the range of the guns of the latter and no reason why the land and sea attacks should not have teen been made simultaneously As it was the lard land force was only enabled to operate by the assistance in towing of an american teamer steamer the force was landed in mud so soft that the wo wounded ded could not rise after having fallen and fifty out of 1000 landed arho reached the fort had bad not even a d dry ry ca cartridge idge it is asserted a at t Sh anglia e the r emperor p eror has expressed sorrow at the occurrence and ordered the leaders to be decapitated the overland trade report also ta takes es the ground that the attack of the british a h will be difficult to justify I 1 MOVEMENT OF THE plenipotentiaries IES the north china herald in in speaking ot of the movements of the british and french ambassadors 83 says s since our issue of the ath of 0 july the hon F W bruce and al de Bout Bour boulon the ministers of england ard and france with w ih their suites have arrived at shanghee Shang hae 1 The be former in the Car mandel and ai d the latter in the DuC hayla the and assistance are gor gone te to an anchorage off nil near kinfong island where the british a squadron will rendezvous to recruit the sick and wounded the nesper hesper arrived yesterday from the gulf on the ath the admiral in the chesapeake was waiting until the disabled gunboats gun boats were ready to accompany him bini to the rendezvous ahe High flyer y e r was to leave on the fth u under r der sail ia where A h e r e she will take her station again as guard ship the cruiser and two gunboats gun boats will remain in the gulf the american minister was holding C communication wi with th the chinese officials at amore a more northern entrance to the pei ho it is is expected he will proceed to peking PUNISH D FOR PERJURY A clinese insolvent who ho failed in in singapore was vas found guilty of perjury and sentenced to transportation for seven seven years FOUR PERSONS OVER NIAGARA FALLS we learn from a gentleman who came up on the niagara falls cars this morning that a boat containing efto wo gentlemen and two ladies was seen going over the falls falla yesterday evening they were in a clinker boat and it it is is supposed were running around the neighborhood of chippewa and were accidentally drawn into the current our iti informant formant did not witness the accident bim himself self but obtained the information from a person parson who pretended to be an eyewitness for ourselves we put no faith in ill the he t story the telegraph will proba bly inform us if such en an accident occur red since ilce writing the be above we have received the lockport Loch port with the foll following ming particulars yesterday afternoon about one a man by the name of rosseau and a mr morse and wife started in in a boat from near the head bead of the hydraulic canal at niagara falls to cross over the river chippewa chip when the boat was struck by b y a gale gal and alli capsized they were observed by b y persons on shore with S spy py gla glasses sacs to get on the boat for safety they were w ere soon carried by the strong current into the rap rapids ids and were last iasi seen above 11 the sisters the wind was a gale at the time and the efforts which were w ere commenced for their rescue could not be completed comple led bec fore they w were ere hopelessly in in the fatal waters of the rapids we I 1 learn earn that rosseau w was as saved from a fate me like this only about a year 5 ear ago and when rescued was so chilled as to bo entirely helpless he is is reported by the he citi citizens z ens in in his neighborhood to have aie been a smuggler by occupation mr morse was a jeweler eweler and resided at chi chippewa p cewa bu buffalo fa lo 10 |