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China (China) (search for this): article 10
Interesting from China. ratification of the treaty in Pekin — funeral of the Murdered Allies — the burning of the Emperor's summer residence, &c., &c., &c. The America's mails give the particulars of the ratification of the treaties between the Allies and Chinese, in the city of Pekin. An interesting description of the scene says: The ceremony took place in the hall of Ceremonies, in Pekin. At three P. M. the procession entered the Austin gate in the following orderts of foot;) officers and others mounted; the general and staff; Lord Elgin in his green sedan chair, carried by sixteen Chinese coolies in scarlet livery, attended by a detachment of cavalry and infantry. The street from the gate was lined by detathe Roman Catholic priest attached to the British army, was present. Three volleys were fired by the infantry. The Chinese authorities have been made to pay the sum of 300,000 taels of silver (say £100,000) for the families and friends of the
Peking (China) (search for this): article 10
Interesting from China. ratification of the treaty in Pekin — funeral of the Murdered Allies — the burning of the Emperor's summer residence, &c., &c., &c. The America's mails give particulars of the ratification of the treaties between the Allies and Chinese, in the city of Pekin. An interesting description of the scene says: The ceremony took place in the hall of Ceremonies, in Pekin. At three P. M. the procession entered the Austin gate in the following order:--One hundred cavalry (detachments of King's Dragoon Guard, Prebyn's and Fane's Horse,) four hundred iour Allies, and the four British were buried in the Russian cemetery, outside the An-tin gate of Pekin, on the 17th. At noon the procession formed at the Liama Temple, and marched in the followthe open country south, with its groups of villages and trees, a tier of hills on the right, and Pekin away in the distance. The 19th of October was the great day of destruction, black masses of
Mahee (search for this): article 10
of each European corps, (armed;) the Commander-in-Chief, the Earl of Elgin, chief mourners. The corpses on gun-wagons, each drawn by six horses. Mourners — nearly all the officers of the English, and a large number of the French army, including General Montauban, Commander-in-Chief. The burial service was read by the Rev.--M'Ghee, chaplain to the Britiish forces. The priest of the Greek Church attended by request, in his pontifical robes, holding on high the emblem of our faith. Father Mahee, the Roman Catholic priest attached to the British army, was present. Three volleys were fired by the infantry. The Chinese authorities have been made to pay the sum of 300,000 taels of silver (say £100,000) for the families and friends of the deceased. The exact amount for each will be decided by her Majesty's government, the maximum, it is said, will be £10,000, and the survivors who escaped will participate, in consideration of their sufferings. One Sowar has died since he came
Elgin (search for this): article 10
m, burnt them. The French were delivered to our Allies, and the four British were buried in the Russian cemetery, outside the An-tin gate of Pekin, on the 17th. At noon the procession formed at the Liama Temple, and marched in the following order, to the Russian cemetery, half a mile from the city, the band of the Rifles playing a slow march: One troop Dragoon Guards, one troop Fane's Horse, an officer and twenty men of each European corps, (armed;) the Commander-in-Chief, the Earl of Elgin, chief mourners. The corpses on gun-wagons, each drawn by six horses. Mourners — nearly all the officers of the English, and a large number of the French army, including General Montauban, Commander-in-Chief. The burial service was read by the Rev.--M'Ghee, chaplain to the Britiish forces. The priest of the Greek Church attended by request, in his pontifical robes, holding on high the emblem of our faith. Father Mahee, the Roman Catholic priest attached to the British army, was pres
T. W. Bowlling (search for this): article 10
is customary at all times. This Hall of Ceremonies is a common looking chamber, entirely open in front, with large closed doors at the back, on which the usual pictures of warriors, &c., are pasted.--From the ceiling in front there were some tawdry silk hangings, the floor was partly covered with mats and pieces of carpet, and the whole scene was considerably interior to the stage of a second rate sing-song in the South. The burial of De Norman, attache to the British Legation; T. W. Bowlling, special correspondent of the London Times; Lieut. Anderson, and eight soldiers, who died from cruel treatment while in the hands of the Chinese, took place on the 18th of October. An account says: The bodies could only be recognized by the dresses in which, in some instances, they appeared to have been wrapped after having been stripped. A description of the state of these poor victims is too horrifying to be related. The tightness of the cord with which they were bound eat int
Fane (search for this): article 10
escription of the scene says: The ceremony took place in the hall of Ceremonies, in Pekin. At three P. M. the procession entered the Austin gate in the following order:--One hundred cavalry (detachments of King's Dragoon Guard, Prebyn's and Fane's Horse,) four hundred infantry, (detachments of the various regiments of foot;) officers and others mounted; the general and staff; Lord Elgin in his green sedan chair, carried by sixteen Chinese coolies in scarlet livery, attended by a detachmenf Pekin, on the 17th. At noon the procession formed at the Liama Temple, and marched in the following order, to the Russian cemetery, half a mile from the city, the band of the Rifles playing a slow march: One troop Dragoon Guards, one troop Fane's Horse, an officer and twenty men of each European corps, (armed;) the Commander-in-Chief, the Earl of Elgin, chief mourners. The corpses on gun-wagons, each drawn by six horses. Mourners — nearly all the officers of the English, and a large nu
F. J. Anderson (search for this): article 10
common looking chamber, entirely open in front, with large closed doors at the back, on which the usual pictures of warriors, &c., are pasted.--From the ceiling in front there were some tawdry silk hangings, the floor was partly covered with mats and pieces of carpet, and the whole scene was considerably interior to the stage of a second rate sing-song in the South. The burial of De Norman, attache to the British Legation; T. W. Bowlling, special correspondent of the London Times; Lieut. Anderson, and eight soldiers, who died from cruel treatment while in the hands of the Chinese, took place on the 18th of October. An account says: The bodies could only be recognized by the dresses in which, in some instances, they appeared to have been wrapped after having been stripped. A description of the state of these poor victims is too horrifying to be related. The tightness of the cord with which they were bound eat into the flesh, and caused a lingering and painful death by mo
Montauban (search for this): article 10
ession formed at the Liama Temple, and marched in the following order, to the Russian cemetery, half a mile from the city, the band of the Rifles playing a slow march: One troop Dragoon Guards, one troop Fane's Horse, an officer and twenty men of each European corps, (armed;) the Commander-in-Chief, the Earl of Elgin, chief mourners. The corpses on gun-wagons, each drawn by six horses. Mourners — nearly all the officers of the English, and a large number of the French army, including General Montauban, Commander-in-Chief. The burial service was read by the Rev.--M'Ghee, chaplain to the Britiish forces. The priest of the Greek Church attended by request, in his pontifical robes, holding on high the emblem of our faith. Father Mahee, the Roman Catholic priest attached to the British army, was present. Three volleys were fired by the infantry. The Chinese authorities have been made to pay the sum of 300,000 taels of silver (say £100,000) for the families and friends of the
De Norman (search for this): article 10
ne were offered, except the cup of tea, which is customary at all times. This Hall of Ceremonies is a common looking chamber, entirely open in front, with large closed doors at the back, on which the usual pictures of warriors, &c., are pasted.--From the ceiling in front there were some tawdry silk hangings, the floor was partly covered with mats and pieces of carpet, and the whole scene was considerably interior to the stage of a second rate sing-song in the South. The burial of De Norman, attache to the British Legation; T. W. Bowlling, special correspondent of the London Times; Lieut. Anderson, and eight soldiers, who died from cruel treatment while in the hands of the Chinese, took place on the 18th of October. An account says: The bodies could only be recognized by the dresses in which, in some instances, they appeared to have been wrapped after having been stripped. A description of the state of these poor victims is too horrifying to be related. The tightness
Hope Grant (search for this): article 10
national air saluted him as the soldiers presented arms. On descending from his sedan chair his lordship was met by Prince Kung, the Emperor's brother, who saluted in the usual manner of the Chinese, by extending the two arms forward with hands together, the Earl raising his hat. His lordship then walked towards the further end of the hall and took the seat of honor placed there for him, at the same time motioning the Prince to take the lower eat, about fifteen feet on his right. Sir Hope Grant occupied a chair on Lord Elgin's right. A table, covered with tawdry embroidered cloth, stood before each. At and behind a row of similar tables running from the back to the front, staff and other officers and visitors sat or stood, to witness the ceremony, and on the opposite side the Princes of the Council and mandarins of various buttons and feathers took up a similar position. Between the two stood the attaches of the embassy, interpreters and others engaged in the ceremony, at a
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