The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-06 00:00:00

MORNING EDITION.

OVERLAND MAIL.

(From the Herald.)
Great dissatisfaction appears to prevail at Canton, and
it is said that the Emperor will not ratify the Elliot Coa•
vention. Ihe accounts from India are not satisfactory.
Our affairs in Lahore and Affgbanistan are not progress"
ieg favourably.
All quiet at Alexandria. .
( From the Calcutta Courier, of March 19.)
News from China, of a date as late as February 16
reached us to-day ; but we must content ourselves at PO
sent with a plain uncommented narrative of facts. 11.
preliminary negotiations have continued since our last all
vices, and were so far satisfactorily concluded, that the tvi°
plenipotentiaries considered that there was no longer all
reason to refrain from apublic demonstration of the friendly
relations existing between the two nations, and an inter'
view was consequently determined upon.
The following is the animated description furnished al
by cur Cotreliondent in a letter dated Hong- Kong'
January 27, 1841 :—.

" H. C. War-steamer Madagascar.
Since last addressing you we have had a grand turn-
up—nothing less than a meeting between the Plerripotee-
tiary and the Irni eras} Commissioner Keshen ; it took
place yesterday at the second bar in the Canton Riser'
The Nemesis steamer had on board his Excellency CaP;
thin C. Elliot, Plenipotentiary, with a select party, aar
the Madaga,car, a party of rnarreee, amounting to 70, wit"
the Lands of her Majesty's ships Wellesley and Caliope'
and a large party of gents from the squadron, Cepto°
Herbert, of the Caliope, commanding the whole. To
Caliope, Larne, and Hyacinth, anchored at the Bogus;
on the steamer passing her Majesty's ships, his Excellency
was saluted with 19 guns from the Caliope, and on passing
the Rogue Forts each battery saluted with three gulls;
which is a Mandarine's salute of the highest rank, anu
all the forts were manned with Chinese soldiers 0
a mark of respect to hie Excellency ; in passing these
,
texts ocr bands were playing, and we had a very fine dal
for it indeed ; on our ariivirig off the second bar, boats
came off to point out where his Excellency was to &sop'
bark. The party, with the marines and band, was trans'
fe red to tee Nemesis, oh eh steamed into as shoal seater
as possible; in fact, grounded when the boats from belts
steamers landed the party. The marines were drawn uP,
in a landing place made for the occasion of bamboos and
planks, and covered ever with cloth, with leni,ehs of trees
and flowers ieterepersed here and there, which gave 16
a very good appearance ; from the lauding place up ti°
the Imperial Comnri,sioner's tents was a good road made
of planks. His Excellency on landing was accompanied
Captain Herbert and Captain Dundas, and on lila
putting his foot on shore the Lands struck up and preci
sented arms from the marines, arid his Excellency proceed'
towards the tents of the Imperial Commissioner. Oa ar-
riving there, Keshen came to the door at the tent and re"
ceived his Excellency the Plenipotentiary eery gracious}'
when all the party was introduced by Iris Excellency tulbe
Imperial Commissioner, among whom wa; a young !Ilia'
of her Majesty's ship Herald, about 12 years of age:
Kesen inquired his age, and after being informed, ft
remark was " he had much Letter study his book 01
bo brought up to the art of war." After this sl'
under the rank of a Commissioner wcse requested to
withdraw from the Imperial Commissioner's teat, 8n
I being one among the party, we visited the Hong we r-
• chants, who had a tent close by. I saw Howqua, whd
is a very old man ;—indeed this is the principal anri
most wealthy man among the Hongs. Tea was se'd
up to us in very good style, and the cups weWe of the
very best china I ever saw. I should very much like to
have walked off with the whole set. This occupied ab°,l
half an hour, when we were all invited into the lair
Commissioner's tent, and sat down to a most sumptuea",
tiffite at one o'clock—we had a real gorge ; there were foul
tables spread with all kinds cf Chinese delicacies,
partridges, birds' nest soup, partridge soup, she, ks' Dal;
dressed in all kinds of ways, plovers' eggs stewed vsito
mushrooms, ducks with apple sauce, and as fast as Yl°
e
emptied your plate you were supplied with somthing
but never twice of the same thing : in fact, the varied',,
was so great that after an hour and a half's gorging d
began to cease, and some of us took ourselves off for „
walk but the Chinamen were surprised that on our retard
we would not commence again ; the wines were very g°°l
indeed, also the sarnshoo. Tiflin being over, the Imr'a
Commissioner expressed a wish to see two of the marines'
consequently two of the largest were picked oat, each SP'
feet three in height, and underwent an inspection by h,eci
Shen himself; he examined very minutely the musket w'te
the bayonet, the cross-belt with cartouch-box, and then.bb
felt their arms to see if their jackets were stuffed wi.,
cotton, and very much to his surprise found all was muse
and no mistake.
The marines then were put through the manual Ina,
platoon exercise in the presence of the Imperial Coilbio
sioner, who expressed himself highly gratified. 4,,
ground occupied by the marines was of small extent, "'';
sides which there was a body of Tartar troops drawn uP td
the rear of the marines, and on the word of COinipase
being given, rear-rank take open order, each marine ckupii
upoa the toe of the Tartars to the very amusement els;
around, and I can assure you there was no small eO5OO
tidy of Chinese spectaton, I should think at least tr
50,000 to 60,000. After this the marines marched dosseP3
to the boats, the band playing ; and embark
on the Madagascar steamer with all the part,
excepting his Excellency Captain C. Elliott, PleniP„,
tentiary, who remained with the steamer Nemesis, no.
his Excellency's accommodation, to settle with tbe„ of
perial Commissioner, the following day, the deta''",a
'he arrangements lately entered into. The Mao4'-fe
car proceeded back to the squadron and disernharke
the whole party to their respective ships. Keshen'
the Imperial Commissioner, is a titre, ierel,ig°3i;
shrewd-looking man, rather corpulent, and about Dll
feet in height, and very affable and polite ; we
lie
were highly delighted with our day's excursion.
co
are now at Hong-Kong, the island being by the %,
arrangements ceded to the British Crown ; the
has been hoisted and the island taken possession of, an
the Chinese war is now at an end, and we are all 10001
out to be sent back to Bengal very soon. Orders bro,
gone up to Coloi.el Burred to give up Chusan an' et
bring the whole force to this place. The trade is not sell
going as yet, the blockade being still kept up, but this
up
be only fora few days. I have now given you all the ness
to the present da'e. I can assure you I was much gra,
fled at bring present at the meeting of Pienipotentiar'cit
and would not have lost the opportunity for anything'„o
being the first State meeting that ever occurred betwe'
the Chinese and any European nation."
th
We have received another Macao letter, dated II I,
February, by way of Madras; it appears that it was taken
there by her Majesty's sloop Larne:—
" MACAO, FEB. 11. —The preliminary arrangements ,
nounced in my last are still is suspense, and with theef
most uncertainty as to when they may be reopened; t"b
,e,
ought to have been on the 2d inst. Keshon's arrsofi
merits are exceedingly unpalatable to the local autherit'adg,
and people of Canton, who have all along confidently stat; ;
that they would not be sanctioned by the Emper°4
which is strongly confirmed by the warlike operations go' a
on at Canton, and it is now said that a new Commissi°ll,iil
is on the way' to supersede Keshen. He himself 5,
keeps up a friendly appearance with Captain Ell'°0:
who left this yesterday to meet him within the Bogue, Pro,.
fessedly for the purpose of concerting final arrangemeutado
the management of business at Canton. But it is "ba
general opinion of the community that matters comet
ill
arranged for some time yet, and that more fighting
possibly be required.
" The smuggling of tea goes on with increased
but the quaint es brought down are inferior and prices e•iro
ceedingly high. The Chieftain and Parrock Hall ar;
nearly laden for England with teas obtained in this Ina° n,eb
" We can state positively that up to February 14'
nothing was finally settled."
0
CALCUTTA, MARCH 22.—The Viscount Melbourne 11
d
arrived from England—all well, but experienced very ba
weather, especially off the coast of Portugal.

(From the Post.)
The Great Liverpool arrived at Malta April 27,1",
Alexandria the 23d ult. The Prometheus left 31 r,
with the overland India mail the 27th, and reached
stilles the Ist inst. Da•es—Bombay, April 1; Caleutl,
March 22; Ceylon, March 20; Macao, Feb. 12 ;
,rat,
san, Jan. 24; Canton, Feb. 7 ; Delhi, March 17 ;
Feb. 6 ; Lahore, Feb. 22; Madras, March 23 ; NePauh
Feb. 10 ; Scinde, March 15 ; Singapore, Feb. 20 ;
laide, Dec. 8 ; and Sydney, Dec. 15
• 0
On the 27th of Jan. Captain Elliot had an interne,
with Keshen, and on the 30th of January he issued
circular that negotiations were proceeding satisfactorlho
but he did not think it advisable for British subjects ye
return to Canton.
vro'
On the 9th cf February Captain Elliot issued °if
clamation, reserving her Majesty's rights in the island
Hong-Kong, and declaring that the population should
go%eri,ed by their own laws and customs.
Priv,iie letters state that Keshen, the Imperial Compti6;
siorier, was travelling to fulfil his engaements. It
reported that an Imperial edict had arrived from Pc''-
hostile to the British, in consequence of the capture of t"h,
Chinese forts.

Scinde and Affghanistan in an unsatisfactory slate. J
The fort of Kajuck, Sebee, was unsuccessfully Margie.
on the 20th of February, and Col. Wilson and two other'
killed. The enemy afterwards evacuated the fort.
Army moving towards the Bolan Pass to meet the dui
eulties arising in Cabool. Herat expected to be attacked"
intetv.ntion favourable in the Punjaub.
~ Lab°l:,
the scene of riot and bloodshed. Trubles in the Carnati
over by the seizure of Nepannee.

LEVANT NEWS.
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Mehemet Ali still resisted the hatti sherdf which rayatre
himutotuarbsoflirsohmall
Colonelmono polies
Hodge,. at Constantinople, Sta
that he gill return to Alexandria in a few days.
Dates from Constantinople 17th and Smyrna 19th.
The last advices from London, says the Malta T"
of April 25, received by the Porte, represent the Eacte'o
question ai essentially settled. Tabir Pacha was getll°'
the Turkish fleet ready fur sea.
T(1
0'
he last accounts from Trebisond represent the e
cul!ics tetween the Shah and Gnat Britain as still to I/
in a fair way of settlement.
Advices from C.india state that the Turkish Council
had resolved on attacking the insurgents.
SPAIN.
Our Madrid advices of the 27th ult. are of some ;11:;
portancc. The Scria'e has approved of the report of ta
Maim! Commission, and many Senators have decisrtic
that they sacrifice their personal opinion to Fet`i4
speedily the question of the Regency, On the 20de
was exceeted that the Chamber would meet and deci 0
t
as to the number of the Regency, and on Monday last o
probable that the final votes as to the Regent or Reg -
n
was taken.

ml'hrra s,l4ninthirgerrseaartyr,::coiQciunegLsn. Christina was celebrated
Late accciints from Catalonia establish the fa.s..i
the reports in Madrid as to the return to Spain of Carl"
Ch'efs.

Thr Leipzic Gazette, under tho bead, of Vieno2a 0411;
that every Hope was entertained Wert: of the deco.'1
Satisfactory manner.:
Mused by the Sultan's &nun being shortly settled ill