The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-06 00:00:00

(From the Supplement to the Bombay Gazette of

December 1.)

Our Calcutta Papers of the 16th of November have
arrived, and in a great measure confirm the news we
gave from Chusan. The Emperor has received Admiral
Elliot with distinction, and agreed to a treaty to be
negotiated at Canton. 3,000,0001. is to be paid before
Chusan is evacuated. In the meantime a letter has
been received at Malacca, which states that our ships
had forced the passage of the Bocce Tigris, captured
the forts, and proceeded on to Canton.

CH USA N.
(From the Bombay Times.)
We hasten to place before our readers the following
extract from a letter we have just received, dated
Chusan, Sept. 30. Several others are much more full
of particulars, but the following contains the " head
and front" of the news from China :
" Admiral Elliot arrived in the Wellesley on the 28th
from the Gulf of Pe-che-lee, as I before told you. The
result of his negotiation, at the mouth of the Peiho,
with the third in rank in the Chinese Empire, is not
fully known ; but I may say, that the Emperor is willing
to apologize for the insult inflicted upon Capt. Elliot,
and that his Excellency Lin is to be punished in any
way which we please. The chops were couched in
very civil language, containing none of the offensive
epithets so freely applied to Europeans on former oc-
casions. The Emperor had been kept in ignorance of
Lin's proceedings, but many of the nobles of the Court
had perfect information relative to the Viceroy's con-
duct at Canton. In referring Admiral Elliot to Can-
ton for the settlement of the matters in dispute, the Em-
peror said, through his deputy, that granting all which
you say to be true, it would be exceedingly unjust to
condemn Lin without giving him a hearing ; besides,
Lin's report is quite different from yours. I will send ple-
nipotentiaries to Canton to make more inquiries, sad who
afterwards will arrange with you there.' This course may
have been adopted for the purpose of removing the
Admiral from the vicinity of the capital ; in that the
Emperor has succeeded, but nevertheless, the expedi-
tion has effected something ; the men of war have care-
fully surveyed the Gulf of Pc-the-lee, and have partially
explored the mouth of the Peiho. The Madagascar
steam-vessel crossed the bar at the mouth of the Peiho,
and ascended the river for about two miles. The vessel
created great astonishment in the minds of the people
congregated on the banks and on the neighbouring hills.
In the gulf the weather was clear and cool, the thermo-
meter falling as low as 60. The fleet was plentifully
supplied with sheep, bullocks, vegetables, and fruits ;
among the latter were excellent pears and apples.
" The David Malcolm and the Ernaad are bringing
down sheep and bullocks, which will be truly acceptable
to us. The Isabella Robertson has arrived. I have
not yet received any letters or papers from her. The
Kite, armed vessel, was sent under the command of
Lieutenant Douglas, soon after the taking of Tinghae,
to the mouth of the Yang-tse-Keang, for the purpose of
surveying ; it is supposed that she has been wrecked, as
the Lieutenant in charge, the Captain's wife (Mrs. Noble)
and some lascars, are in the hands of the Chinese, at
Ningpo, who treat them and Captain Anstruther also
with kindness ; until the Chinese informed us of the
circumstance, we knew nothing of the loss of the Kite.
That the vessel has been wrecked, I believe, is a❑ in-
ference only, from the fact of the Lieutenant and others
being prisoners of the Chinese."

The following highly interesting extracts are from
letters of our correspondents with the China expe-
dition :
___ ~... . ....

" TINGHAE (CHUSAN),SEPT. 28.

" The sickness continues to increase daily. The otith
had 520 yesterday, and I believe they have more to-
day. Yesterday quarters for the whole regiment in
empty houses in the city were allotted. This should
have been done long ago, and much sickness in all pro-
bability would have been spared. Our first casualty
among officers took place last night in the death of poor
Captain Stean, of her Majesty's 49th Regiment, who
who had only been ill about a week, and prior to which
he was looking as well as possible.
H--- has come back, but he says he found the