The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-07 00:00:00

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LONDON,
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1842.

CHINA AND INDIA.
We have received by the Overland Mail highly im.
portant news from China and India, a detailed account
of which will be found in another part of The Sun.
On the Ist of November, Chusan, though strongly
defended, was re-occupied by the British troops.
Chinghae, the capital of this island, was taken in
gallant style on the 10th of the same month.
This city which is situated on the left bank
of the Ningpo River, had been strongly fortified
by the Chinese after the late evacuation of the island
by the English. The walls were nearly three miles
in circumference, and presented to the invading force
works which the ablest Chinese engineers pronounced
to be impregnable ; yet in two hours this city, occupied
by 3,000 Chinese soldiers, was captured by a mere
handful of British troops. On the 13th, Ningpo
was taken without the loss of a man, the Chinese
being so terrified as to offer no resistance. Sir HENRY I
POTTINGER, her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, imme-
diately proceeded to establish a Provisional Govern-
ment ,in Chusan ; intimating to British subjects in
China, that under no circumstances would Chinghae
and its dependencies be restored to China, until the
whole of the demands of England were not only com-
plied with, but carried into full effect.
But while the news from China is most cheering,
we lament to state that the accounts from Cabool
are deeply distressing. In an insurrection of the
Affghans, supposed to be intended• to over-
throw the throne of Shah SooJAll, the Gal-
lant Officers Sir ALEXANDER BURNES, his bro-
ther, a Lieutenant, Captain SWAYNE, Captain
ROBINSON, Lieutenant ROBAN, Ensign SALISBURY,
Lieutenant WHEELER, Ensign GORDON, Lieutenant
ROTHSAY, Captain CODRINGTON, Captain SPOTTIS-
WOODE, and Major TIIAIN, were all barbarously
massacred. The Shah SOOJAH-OOL-MOOLK has in-
deed, been a dear bargain to us. The details of this
insurrection are painfully interesting.

The regular Tory Journals, and that more dis-
graced class of Journals, which, professing a semi-
Liberalism are the toadies of the Tories; are full
of exultation at the activity and vigour of the
Ministry.

"Let our readers," says one of the former class, " but
cast their eyes over the documents moved for, and
the notices of motion already given, and they will find
ample evidence already of the untiring industry with
which the recess has been improved, and public business
matured for the early deliberation of the collective
wisdom of the empire."
" The active appearance," says one of the worst of the
latter class, " which Ministers gave to the session at its
opening, was kept up last night in the Huse of Corn- mons, by the introduction at an unexpected early stage
of two practical measures."
" The language of Sir Robert Peel is that of a man
who is clearing the ground for action, determined to ef-
fect those improvements of regulation and application
which were equally hopeless before." " The veriest parti-
san must see that the good public cause is advanced. The
men of business are in a better state to do business ;
mere party quarrels have given place to the real ques-
tions and difficulties of the day, and, for the first time these