The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-31 00:00:00

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e -capture of Chusan, as also the taking of the city of
Chinghae on the 10th of October last, and of Tinghae
on the Ist of that month, Ningpo taken on the 13th,
without the loss of a man.

Overland Mail by Marseilles, announces the taking
of Hong-Kong-foo.
Keshen ordered to be -beheaded.

May 3. Arrival of the Overland Mail. Sir Henry
Pottinger reaches Hong-Kong on the Ist February ; the
Emperor of China sent Commissioners to treat, and re-
fuval by Sir Henry. Capture of Ya-poo, Tsi-Kee, and
Zung-ho-va, three small towns, near Ningpo, by the
British.

June 3. Arrival of the Overland Mail, with news of
the capitulation of the garrison of Ghuznee, on condition
d being safely conducted to Caubul ; the Khyber Pays
ft t eby Colonel Pollock ; Shah Soojah reported to be
poisoned, and Akbar Khan wounded.
July 1. Arrival of the Overland Mail. General Pol-
lock joins Sir R. Sale at Jellalabad. General England
jogs General Nott at Candahar. Death of General
Fjphinstone on the 23d of April. Attacks by the Chinese
repulsed on Ningpo and Chinghae.
4. Mail from India, brought by the Victoria steamer.
Murder of Shah Soojah confirmed.
Aug. 4. Arrival of the Overland Mail. Attack on
Ningpo, the Chinese defeated with a loss of 600 to 900
killed, by Sir Hugh Gough. A report that Yang, an
Imperial Commissioner, was journeying from Pekin to
Sir 11. Pottinger, to offer 40,000,000 dollars in com-
pensation for the destruction of the opium and the
evacuation of the Chinese territory. Akhbar Khan still
demands 80,0001. paid down, and an annuity of 20,0d01.
for the release of the prisoners. The body of General
Elphinstone restored for a ransom of 1,0001.
Sept. 3. Arrival of the Overland Mail. An army of
reserve to be ''ormed in the district of Sirhind of 20,000,
under the command of Sir Jasper Nicholl. General Pol-
lark at Jellalabad, and master of the surrounding country.
The Affghans defeated in an attack on the fort of Kbelat-
i-Ghilzie, repulsed by Captain Craigie, and subsequently
defeated again by General Nott. In China, General
Gough and Admiral Parker decent General Yih, and
take the city of Chinhae. The Emperor retreats to
Tartar v.

Oet.'B. Arrival of the Overland Mail. Chapoo taken
by the British in China.

Nov. 7. Arrival of the Overland Mail. General Nott
marches to Caubul, as also General Pollock and Sir B.
Sale. In China the British forces arrive at the river
Yano•-tze-Kiaug, *Lying captured the forts at the mouth
of the Woo-sung and the city of Shang.hae.
21. Telegraphic dispatch from Marseilles, with intel-
ligence of the peace concluded between England and
China. The latter Power to pay 21,000,000 dollars to
England, with the complete cession of Hong-Kong, and
other agreements.

Further news from India, stating the defeat of
Shumshoodeen Khan, by General Nott, at Ghuznee, and
the total rout of 2Jahommed Akbar Khan with an army
of 16.000 men, by General Pollock, together with the
fall .of -Caubul, then in possession of the enemy. Lady
Sale and the other prisoners arrive safely at the British
camp.

Oct. 1. Government Order, published by Lord Ellen-
borough, for the evacuation of India.
Dec. 4. Arrival of the Mail from Malta, bringing
news of the ratification of the Treaty, and payment of
the. first and second instalments. Captain Bygrave es-
curies from his imprisonment. The fortress of Istalif
,stormed and taken by Major-General M'Caskill. A
general order issued ordering six months' batty to all
the troops serving under Generals Pollock, Nutt, and
England.
9. Arrival of the Treaty and Dispatches from China.