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London, England, 1841-01-07 00:00:00

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OVERLAND MAIL FROM INDIA.

(From the Timcs.)
We have received by extraordinary express from
Uarseilles letters and journals from Bombay up to the
16t of December, as well as advice' from Alexandria
t° the 24th and letters and journals from Meita to
the 28th.

The intelligence from China is of the highest import-
4nee—no less than the near settlement of the China
question.

Shortly after the capture of Chusan, Admiral Elliot,
Proceeding to the Peiho river, was met by a manda-
rin of the third rank of the Chinese empire, though some
4ee°4lltB say be the Emperor himselr, while others
~
-"1.4 that Admiral Elliot had arrived at Pekin, and
had an audience of the Emperor.
The Emperor has agreed to pay 3,000,0001. for
L4`lexpenses incurred by the British in making war ;
°that authorities state °,000,0001. sterling as indemnity
for the opium seized, and 1,000,000/. for the expenses
t,,f the war. The Emperor, either himself or through
4401licers,has expressed pacific intentions to the Ad-
Iltclira!, and he disavows the actions of his Commissioner
ktn. This latter, indeed, has fallen into disgrace, and
the Etriperor offers to surrender him into the bands
of the British to be dealt wilt as they may think pro-
Per. Two Commissioners were to be sent either to
1-4titon or Ningpo, with full powers to negotiate a Treaty.
Chosen is not to be given up until the Treaty be
signed.
ThQ above intelligence, which is up to the Ist of
Calcutta, was brought by her Majesty's ship Cruiser to
No movement southward is expected from Chosen
before Oct. 15. The Admiral was to leave Chusan for
Ning'pa in one of the steamers on Sept. 30, and the
h
h •
("" `v" warping out for the same destination.
The Emperor is greatly annoyed at our occupation of
Chuslo. end his Minister hinted " that tine Admiral's
visit had prevented the march of fierce soldiers to re-
take the island."
The Malacca papers have got up a story, that ac-
counts have been received there that our ships-of-war
Lad taken the Bogus forts, and after forcing the pas-
!age of the Bocca Tigris had proceeded to Canton. It
18 feared that this is not correct.
Great complaints are made of the unhealthiness of
the
raea in the expedition against Chusan ; the wea-
ther at this place is represented as cold and unhealthy.
4artality appears to prevail. Captain Steen, of her
4ejesty's 49th, had died. The fleet, however, was
Plentifully supplied with provisions.
The intelligence from India is also highly important
Our extraordinary express from Marseilles received
this morning
24th , brings intelligence from Alexandria to the
the" inao ult.th., on which day the Great Liverpool sailed with
andri mails. Her trip from Falmouth to Alex- I
; a
a .3
tu
hoar fr e shortest on record—viz., 14 days and one
were clrtt Port to port. 12 days and 11 hours only
Alex
'Pent at sea. The plague had appeared in
h aodua a month earlier than usual, and three deaths
ad
beets officially notified. The Indian mails and 18
-Passengerslit were landed at Suez on the 18th
ar and escorted across the Desert by a
;es il of GO horsemen furnished by the Paella to
erve them from the attacks of the Bedouin Arabs,
Agothe
Pacha
lately become hostile and dangerous, seizing
a
froll C stores, and attacking the pilgrims en route
arr:l. airo to Mecca. Ibrahim Pacha was still with his
Y `lt Damascus, to which he had returned in ill-
ilit:,lvelt? and beset by the mountaineers, hoping (it was be-
turn 'I)
4to a`"l himself of the Napier Convention to re-
ae Egypt peaceably and by sea. Mehemet Ali had
irrt:r'enpn
aa3ditteton.
stoent(‘;•dmiral Stopford on the 21st ult., and
another message to expedite the re-
lied e_ Ibr''hiln anti h's army. Sir Charles Smith rrived in the Hydra at Alexandria on the 17th
and had iiiter:iew with the Pacha on the 19th
plaeed the
.I.lldra at his service to convey his des-
.4,l,,eb ilut:,).l\larmorica 'on the '..."2(1 ult. Sir Charles left
ha`dtitria in the Great Liverpool. Serious sickness
cons Prevailed at Acre. The storm that visited the
nit. 11 f
Syria with such violence on the 2d and 3d
an the Produced an alarming scarcity at Beyrout and
eeekle mountains where the new Turkish Governor had
"
th_ 51Y stopped the supplies of grain arriving, and
lisio Mountaineers were again nearly driven into col-
en‘enr I'4ll the authorities by desperation. No hope is
tained that the Porte will be able to govern Leba-
Ali 1:11°:v that the population is re-armed. Mehemet
easrsdt
tlen-i tit;l,l raisingr batteries and exercising his troops
had given notice to the National
4h/es !°l. Alaeixd Alexandria that they were to consider them-
tuakin is regular soldiers. At the same time he was
private g regular
for the better cultivation of his
tad
his estates, and had appointed his son, Said Bey,
ttistrato rs
gran
in d'°o• Abbas P
ctsaella, to be resident admi- ,
separate distri.

C HI NA.
(r 0t the Supplement to the Bombay Gazelle of
Dt,cerober I.)
Our Cak
fro and
pers of the 16th of November have
41‘rived in ;great measure confirm the news we
fdhot.ve
wm Chusan. The Emperor has received Admiral
ith distinction, and agreed to a treaty to be
`; gotiated
at Canton. 3,000,000/. is to be paid before
°4tihusan is
forced th evacuated. In the meantime a letter has
receivhad ede
at Malacca, which states that our ships
tile forts, ssage of the oeca and proceed]d on to CBanton.Tigris, captured

CHUSAN.
dye bast the Bombay Times.)
_.asten to place before our readers the following
itiraet from a letter we have just received, dated
" usan, Sept. 30. Several others are much more full
t
` Particulars but the following, contains the " head
uld front" of the news from China :
f Admiral Elliot arrived in the Wellesley on the 28th
urein the Gulf of Pe-che-lee, as I before told you. The
4 ea
wittit
_of his. negotiation, at ' the mouth of the
.Peiho,t
full"
the third in rank in the Chinese Empire, is no
to Y known ; but I may say, that the Emperor is willing
onaaPologize for the insult inflicted upon Capt. Elliot,
,p 4 that his Excellency Lin is to be punished in any
ce 3' which we please. The chops were couched in
eprtYlicetisvil language, containing none of the offensive
tasio so , freely applied to Europeans. on. former oe-f
i„, 'ls. 1 he Emperor had been kept in ignorance o
114:: s Peoceedings, but many of the nobles of the Court
dil''' Perteet information relative to the Viceroy's COll-
tohet, at Canton. In referring Admiral Elliot to Can-
;t, " for
ore' sail, through his deputy, that ' granting all which
feO44Y to he true, it would be exceedingly unjust
L'o,elnn Lin without giving him a hearing ; besides,i
nilb-,,8. report is quite different from yours. I will send pe-
oft' Lentiaries to Canton to make more inquiries, and who
Cerriards will arrange with you there.' This course may
-Aove been adopted for the 7dteiral purpose of removing the
from the vicinity of the capital ; in that the
'4°Peror has succeeded, but nevertheless, the expedi-
ip,,
ttlii has effected something ; the men of war have care-
'Y surveyed the Gulf of Pe-che-lee, and have partially
IPlored the mouth of the Peiho. The Madagascar
ttea
:;.'r.(l1-vessel crossed the bar at the mouth of the Peiho,
ascended the river for about two miles. The vessel
t0,,-4kted great astonishment in the minds of the people
jr,-"Riregated on the banks and on the neighbouring hills.
to'e,tne.!eulf the weather was clear and cool, the thermo-
u deter falling as low as GO. The fleet was plentifully
-4Pl3lied with sheep, bullocks, vegetables, and fruits ;
Bone- the latter were excellent pears and apples. .
to The David Malcolm and the Ernaad are bringing
o‘ivrl Sheep and bullocks, which will be truly acceptable
cot The Isabella Robertson has arrived. 1 have
kit Yet received any letters or papers from her. The,
.
Li e. armed vessel, was sent under the command of
to 11,,tenaiet Douglas, soon after the taking of Tinghae,
,o-rtvue mouth of the Yang-tse-Keang, for the purpose of
th, ieYing ; it is supposed that she has been wrecked, as
to
o •-leutenant in charge, the Captain's wife (Mrs. Noble)
I,\,ltlßeo ' coin e lasears, arc in the hands of the Chinese, at
i
With ~ weo t.,•eat them and Captain Anstruther .
also
ir ess ; until the Chinese informed us of the
e'il kindn
Ili Thstai.ce, we I:new nothing of the loss of the Kite.
eer't the Vessel hus been wrecked, I believe, is an iii-
tei"len ony, from the fact of the Lieutenant and others
nO Prisonersof the Chinese."
1 „The followine- F---:----7—iehly interesting extracts are from
.c..i. . following high) c
titioll:Lf . our correspindents with the China cape-
, " TINGIIAE (CHUSAN), SEPT. 28.
li4d'i T h e sickness continues to increase daily. The 2Gth
day!"2o Yesterday, and I believe they have more ton-
etb, Yesterday. quarters for the whole regiment i
11%,,vt3; Louses in the city were allotted. This should
114bitli,u'en done long ago, and much sickness in all pro-
-4lneel wntild have been spared. Our first casualty
r 4 t, oflicers took place last night in the death of poor
he, ll'rl Steen, of her Maiesiy's 49th Regiment, w io
lle Znilyoi.been ill about 4al week, and prior to which
~ H ° Ning as well as possible.
."-------- has come back, but fie says he found the

Admira land everybody in the ship very busy writing to
by file T.:r7,sent opportunity,-and he Ult, away
the impression that we should remain here at least
five months more ; Cris is a sad blow to most people,
for most had made up their minds that we should
be °lithe island very soon. The Admiral says the
whole of the troops must be housed as fast as possible.
Report says that the Blenheim, 74, is to go to Ningpo
immediately, and that the Admiral will follow in a few
day s ; that a Commissioner has arrived there from
Pekin of high rank, and of the blood Royal, for the
purpose of negotiating. I suppose it will take a few
months to get an answer from Calcutta, and perhaps
the Admiral will await the orders of Lord Auckland.
I ready believe that all hostilities have ceased, but 1
very much fear that the business of bringing the nego-
tiwim,s to a close will be protracted to a sad time by
the Cainesi, if they are not dealt with in a proper
rn.thr,:r. It ought to be made their interest as well as
ours to bring matters to a speedy close, and then we
should all be on board ship fast enough. We shall be
very uncomfortable here in winter. Not a house has a
fireplace or the means of having one to give warmth.
EXTRACT OF A LETTER DATED CHUSAN HARBOUR, SEPT.
29, 1840.-110N.COMPANY'S STEAMER MADAGASCAR.

I sit down to write you a few lines to give you an
aeci,unt of my trip up to the mouth of the Peilio, or
Pekin ;iver ; from this place we had a very fine run up
with fine weather, and arrived off that place on the 9th
of August, the squadron consisting of the following
ships :—tha Wellesley, with his Excellency Rear-Ad-
miral G. Elliot, C.B. ; the Blonde, Modesto, Volage,
Pylades, Madagascar steamer, and the Ernaad and
Malcolm, with coals and provisions. On the Ilth Cap-
tain C. Elliot, R.N., proceeded into the mouth of the
river in the steamer, with the boats of all the men of
war present, manned and armed, and on our arriving at
the bar the steamer anchored, and the boats proceeded
into the river with a flag of truce flying ; on their arri-
val off the forts at the entrance a mandarin boat pushed
off to them and received the Admiral's letter, and after
the expiration of six days, the time granted by his Ex-
cellency, a chop was received, stating the Emperor re-
quired ten days to consider, which time being agreed
to, the squadron proceeded to the different islands in
the Gulf of Pc-cite-lee to water and procure bullocks,
the Ernaad transport proceeding with them. They
succeeded very well in obtaining a supply, and returned
to the anchorage by the 27th of August, the day ap-
pointed, and the imperial chop was sent off to the ships,
and on the 30th an interview took place between Cap-
tain Elliot and Khe Shan, the Imperial Commissioner,
who is the third man in the empire, a Mandarin of the
first class, and red button, and ever since (that is, up to
the time of our departure from the Pieho, on the 15th of
September) negotiations have been going on, and, from
all we can bear, it is generally believed that the Pleni-
potentiary is to proceed to Canton to meet Kbe Shan.
and there to settle affairs, if possible. A portion of the
troops remainto hold this place until inatters*are finally
settled. When the interview took place, Kin; Shan, the '
imperial commissioner, gave the party a splendid breakfast.
The Chinese Government are much alarmed at our
being in possession of Chusan ; they do not like our
being so near their capital, and they will endeavour to
keep us to the southward. The island of Lantao is
spoken of as the place most likely where the English
will be settled at, but the Chinese would prefer our not
having any settleisient at all. They have offered to
punish Lin in any way the English propose. The
troops are very sickly at this place, and we are all
looking out for a speedy settlement of affairs. Cap-
tain Anstruther, of the Madras Artillery, was out
sketching a short distance from the city of Chusan, and
was seized by the Chinese and made prisoner ; he is
now at a place called Ningpo, and v ell treated ; the
authorities at that place have sent over to say they
have twenty more prisoners, but whom they can he
we cannot make out ; they say, if we will give up
Chusan, they e ill give up the prisoners. The Alli-
gator had a brush with them
,at Amoy, and returned to
this place ; the day after the affair 400 chests of
opium were sold at very high prices indeed-1,184 dol-
lars a chest, so it is said ; the Chinese come on board
the ships here to purchase, thinking we have conic here
to sell opium only, and they will have the drug at all
risks ; in fact, the smugglers benefit much by the war
and they hope it may last. Supplies of all kinds, in the
eating and drinking way are in great demand. The
Indian Oak was wrecked on the Loo Choo Islands„
crew all saved. The Nimrod man-of-wa: has been sent
to bring them to this place, and is hourly expected.
When at Pe-che-lee, I went into the Peiho, or Pekin
River, with the steamer ; on our approach to the river,
the forts, two miserable affairs, were manned with Chi•
nese soldiers. We had a flag of truce flying, and a man-
darin boat came off to us. When we anchored about a
mile below the forts the whole of the beach was crowded
with thousands of the inhabitants to see the steamer.
They were quite astonished. The forts had three old
guns mounted on sand bags, but they never expected
that we should attempt to pass the bar, it being shal-
low. However, we managed to cross, and can say
we are the only European vessel, and steamer, in the
world that ever was in she river leading to the capital of
the Celestial Empire. During our stay at Pe-clic-lee,
we had a trip to the Great Wall of China with the
Admiral. The end comes down into the sea about
half a mile ! There is a fort on the end of it with a
large tower. It is one of the most stupsndous affairs
I ever beheld. It appears about 30 feet high, and
about the same width. It has a watch-tower about
every mile on it. The land is very high in the vi-
cinity, some of the bills about 3,000 feet, and the wall
goes completely over the tops of the mountains, and
is seen as far as the eye can reach. It is impossible
to say anything for certain regarding politics, but it is
generally supposed the Chinese will come to terms.
Our stopping their trade entirely, and the takins; Chu-
san and the barrier forts at Macao, bring the Chinese
Government into very low reputation with its own sub-
jects, and at this the Court at Pekin are much alarmed,
fearing a revolution may break out. All junks are
stopped and detained, but have in some instances been
released again ; the whole coast is now in a complete
state of blockade, but the inhabitants at Chusan ap-
pear to be coming in. Should our Government hold
Chusan it will be a place of much importance ; the
whole trade would be thrown in here ; the Pekin autho-
rities are well aware of this, and would rather do any-
thing than have a protracted war. Under these circum-
stances, I think matters will be soon settled. I have
now given all the news that the time will admit of—the
signal was only made half an hour ago that the vessel
starts this evening, so I bring this to a close."

(From another Letter.)
TINGHAE, SEPT. 30.

The Admiral has returned from Peiho and the Gulf of
Pe-che-lee ; his reception is said to have been good,
and that the Emperor is anxious for peace. Lin is to
be tried by some Chinese commission, and I have no
doubt will be sacrificed. They want us to give up
Chusan and to take Lantao, opposite to Macao, and
they offer 2,000,000/. sterling in cash. The force it is
believed will winter here, all but a small detachment of
Artillery and one European regiment to accompany the
Admiral to Macao, where it is supposed peace will be
concluded. The troops are dreadfully sick ; quarters
are taken, and they are to leave their bill, and come
into town, when the rain ceases, which we have had
for some days. The Cameronians have lost 30 men,
the 18th about 24, the 49th about 15, and the Vo-
lunteers 24, the Artillery only one man, but have been
more sickly than any other. The Cameronians had yester-
day 545 men unfit for duty. This is a dreadful state
of things. This island has been drained of supplies, in-
stead of their being obtained from the mainland. The
Admiral goes to-day with Captain Elliot to Ningpo to
try and recover poor Captain Anstruther (Madras
Artillery) and Mrs. Noble, Captain Noble, and the
crew of the Kite, who are all prisoners. The Viceroy
has written to say that they shall all he taken care of,
and invited the Admiral to treat, as the Prince's guar-
dian had been sent from Pekin for this purpose, as also
a relative of the Emperor. You will hear from Macao
the result sooner than we shall here. We have not
one shop open in the city, nor a single article of food
now to be purchased but from ships. Of paddy there
are thousands and thousands of maunds in the town,
but fresh meat is what we want for our men.

The weather is cool and pleasant, but very damp.
It, however, has rained for some days. The scenery
is beautiful beyond anything I have ever seen, and the
island is most richly cultivated, but John Chinaman
thinks to starve us, and that is not pleasant. Since
writing this I am told that all the troops at present
here are to continue at this place until after the winter.
Parties varying from 50 to 200 men have been making
frequent excursions in different directions, for the pur-
pose of discovering armed men, but have always failed.
Two officers and four men on a foraging excursion were
attacked, and with difficulty escaped ; one Chinaman
killed, and several others wounded in the affray. Capt.
Anstruther, Madras Artillery, was carried away pri-
soner to Ningpo whilst making a survey of the country ;
the wife and family of the Captain since taken prison-
ers themselves. Sickness amongst the troops on the
increase, and deaths more numerous. The wreck of the
Indian Oak, off the Loo Choo Islands, crew and cargo
saved ; the natives there so kind, that on the Cruiser
being sent to bring them back they refused to come, as
the natives were building them a junk out of the wreck.
The capture of twenty Europeans, one lady, and several
Lascars at Ningpo, reported to belong to the brig Kite,
since supposed to be the crew of some opium schooner
wrecked ; the assurances of the Ningpoites that they
shall want for nothing, and that they shall he given up
as soon as the island of Chosen is vacated. The arrival
of the Madagascar from Pe-che-lee with intelligence
that the Emperor is most anxious to treat, and offering
Lantao in exchange for Chusan.
Several transports have been ordered to be in readi-
ness for sea, and it is supposed two regiments will be
sent to take possession of Lantao.
The following is extracted from the illalacca Weekly
Regis/cr, but we believe there is no truth in it :
" We kern that a private letter has been received
at this settlement by a Chinese gentleman from his
friends in China, communicating the important intelli-
gence of her Majesty's ships of
war having forced the
passage of the Bocca Tigris, captured the Bogue Forts

over which the British ensign now floats triumphantly,
and gone ❑p towards, Calton. This intelligence, if true,
will be the most decisive and important blow that has
been struck since the commencement of hostilities.
MACAO.
DEFEAT OF THE CHINESE.
(From the Canton Press, Aug. 8.)
On Tuesday last her Majesty's ships Druid, Colum-
bine, Larne, Hyacinth, and Nimrod anchored in these
roads, and left again on Thursday last, with the excep-
tion of her Majesty's ship Larne, the two former for the
Bogue and Capsingmoon. the Hyacinth for the Broad-
way-, and the Nimrod for Chusan. The reports which
we noticed last week as to their probable movements
hive not been confirmed, but we hail the entering of the
Hyacinth into the Broadway as an earnest that the
blockade of the Canton river will henceforward be
strictly enforced.

It is with the deepest sorrow we have to announce
that a British subject has probably fallen into the hands
of the Chinese. Mr. F. Stanton, formerly tutor to the
sons of the late Mr. It. Turner, left his lodgings on
'Fitursthy morning, es is supposed, about 5 o'clock, to
bathe in Casilla Bay, where he had made an appoint-
ment to meet with two friends, who, however, on ar-
rival there, found him not, nor any traces of him. 'The
most probable conjecture is that, in consequence of the
rewards offered by the Chinese authorities, for the cap-
turing or slaying Englishmen, he was, while on his way
to Casilla Bay, in the twilight of the morning, surprised
by Chinese and hurried away, and it is probable, at
least so we hope, now on his way to Canton, there to
be delivered over to the authorities for the promised
reward.