The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-25 00:00:00

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THE PEACE WITH CHINA.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 24.

The following telegram was received at the
Foreign-office, via Trieste, at 7.30 p.m., from her
Majesty's Agent and Consul-General at Alexandria
dated Dec. 18 :

Mr. Loch has arrived, with despatches from
China, and leaves this day for Malta.
The ratification of the treaty of Tientsin was
exchanged, and convention of Pekin signed October
24. The English and French ambassadors took up
their residence in the capital, and would remain
there till Nov. 9. The French army retired from
Pekin on the Ist of November. The English
would remain till the ambassadors left.

A large force is still to remain at Tientsin till
,reaty conditions be fulfilled.

Principal clauses :—Apology from Emperor for
the affair of Peiho last year ; ministers to reside at
Pekin ; indemnity fixed to be doubled; Tientsin to
be opened to trade immediately ; emigration
allowed ; Kowloon ceded to British crown ; treaty
of Tientsin and convention of Pekin to be put in
immediate operation, and to be published through-
out the empire.
Palaces of Yeun-min-Yuen have been entirely
burnt to the ground by British force.
Bodies of the prisoners who died in the hands of
the Chinese brought in and buried with hone ars,
in the Russian cemetery, on Oct. 17.
Captain Brabazon and Abbe Luc beheaded on or
about Sept. 21, after the battle of Pah-li-chow;
bodies not recovered.

Indemnities expected from Chinese for families
of deceased.

English and French Ministers left Shanghae for
Tientsin.

Major Anson has arrived charged with despatches
from Sir Hope Grant for War-office, and leaves
this day.
Trieste, December 24, 1860.
(Signed) H. RAVEN.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
PEKIN, OCT. 31.

The treaty of Tientsin was ratified and the con-
vention signed here on the 24th October, by Lord
Elgin and Prince Hung.
The same formalities were gone through with
Baron Gros on the following day.
The indemnity to be paid by the Chinese has
been fixed at 8,000,000 taels in all.
The following is a summary of the convention :

In Article 1 the Emperor regrets the misunder.
standing at the Taku Forts last year.
Art. 2 stipulates that a British Minister shall
reside at Pekin,

Art. 3 arranges the payment of the indemnity
by instalments.
Art. 4 opens the port of Tientsin to trade.
Art. 5 removes the interdict on emigration.
Art. 6 cedes Cowloon to the British Crown.
Art. 7 provides for the immediate operation of
the treaty of Tientsin.
Art, 8 orders the promulgation of the treaty

throughout China.
Art. 9. stipulates the evacuation of Chtisan by
the British force.

The allied armies are to leave Pekin on the Bth

November.

It is reported that the Ist Royals, the 87th, the
Queen's, the Buffs, and the Marines proceed to
England.
Lord Elgin resides in Pekin.
The Emperor is at Zhehol, in Tartary.
Bowlby, de Normann, and Anderson have been
buried with great solemnity,
Brabazon was beheaded about the 21st of Sep-

tember.
The Abbe de Lue also met with the same fate.

The sum of £lOO,OOO has been exacted for the
families of the British officers who have been

murdered.

The summer palace of the Emperor was burnt
by the British on Oct. 18.

SHANGHAI, Nov. 8.
The insurgents are still levying tribute in various
places and are menacing Ningp.

NAPLES, DEC. 24 (ETENTNG).

The King has held a reception of the nobility of
the Court, which was very numerously attended.

An enthusiastic demonstration in favour of his
Majesty took place in the evening.
The King will leave Naples on Thursday next,
after having assisted at the ball of the National
Guard.

Farini is about to publish the communal law for

Naples.

The state of the provinces is very satisfactory.
The news from Rome is of an alarming character.
The Kennard and the Ballcras, which left Naples
for the Roman States, were not allowed to land
their passengers at Civita Vecchia, the pretext
being that 6,000 Garibaldians were on board.
Against this Mr. Odo Russell has protested.
Lacaita has arrived at Naples.
It is said that a decree is in course of prepara-
tion ordering an extraordinary levy of men between
18 and 55 years of age.

GAETA, DEC. 18.

An enormous quantity of shells and shot were
thrown into Gaeta yesterday by the Sardinians.
Some of them fell into the garden of the palace
where the King and Queen were dining with the
Spanish Ambassador.
The bombardment has since slackened, and the
damage caused in the town is not considerable.
The King has received a letter from the Emperor
Napoleon. In this letter the Emperor expresses
his sympathy for the King, but tells him that he
has carried on the siege long enough for his
honour.

The King, in his reply, thanked the Emperor,
but added that he considered it his duty to persist
in the defence.

PESTH, DEc. 24.

The appointments of the members of the Gover-
norship Council for Hungary have arrived here
from Vienna.

Count Ladislausliorolyi is appointed Vice-Presi-
dent of the Council.

Court Councillor Szalay has been appointed
Director of the Chancery.
The councillors are to enter upon their duties on
the 2d of January next, when the present offices of
the governorship will be abolished.
The circular of Baron von Schmerling has
created a great sensation.

BONN, DEC, 24.
Judgment has been pronounced in the affair of
Mr. Macdonald.

The defendants Baddeley, Rapp, Washington,
Rochfort Thurston, and Oldfield, were acquitted;
Perry, Anderson, Cumberland, and Drummond were
found guilty, with extenuating circumstances, of
having committed an offence against the State.