The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-11-25 00:00:00

KILLED,

Major Uniacke

WOUNDED.
Crouch, Lieut. ; Lyon, Mid
Killed and Wounded, Navy..
Army ...

• Total 169
The general order issued by the Commander-in-Chief on
the occasion is as follows :

" Head quarters, Chin-kiang-foo, July 27, 1842.
" Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh Hough has never derived
more satisfaction from the conduct of the troops under his
command than during the recent operations before Chin-
kiane-foo, and the storming and capture of the place.
"The spirit which animates the troops, men as well as
officers, natives as well as Europeans, is most gratifying, and
the Lieutenant-General's only difficulty is to particularize.
" Sir Hugh Gough cannot, howeve', pass without special
notice the gallant manner in which Major-General Schoedde,
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availing himself of his discretion to convert his division into
a real attack, carried the body of the place, which was obsti-
nately defended. The spirited conduct of Captain Pears, corn-

leers, at noon day, in forcing the great Gate of the
Western Work, and the eagerness of the column of assault,
d.serye mention. The work of the column had been antici-
ineral Schoedde being unexpectedly found
in possession of the inner gateway, but Major-General Bart-
ley was afterwards hotly engaged with the Tartars within the

ed, iViajor-

" His Excellency must also notice the great fatigue in-
curred by the troops under Major-General Lord Saltoun,
in their long and successful march to drive the enemy from
his encampment on the hill.

"The Lieutenant-General bas only to regret the loss of so
many gallant men, amongst whom are Lieutenant-Colonel
Driver, of the 6th Madras Native Infantry, Captain Collin-
son, of the 18th Royal Infantry, and Lieutenant Gibbons, of
the 47th Regiment, S. A. C.-General, who nobly fell in the

performance of their duty as soldiers.
" Sir Hugh Gough's thanks are offered to officers com-
manding brigades and corps, and Heads of Departments,
who will be pleased to convey them to all under their respec-
tive command."

The expedition soon after proceeded up the riverYang-tze,
and, having anchored off Nanking, made preparations for
bombarding that part of the city near the river. A large
division of the army, under the command of Lord Saltoun,
landed to the west of the city, and took up a position on a
hill about half a mile distant from the walls. The inhabi-
tants are stated to have declared their unwillingness to allow
their houses and property to be destroyed. The garrison,
consisting of about 14,000 Tartars and Chinese troops, be-
came terrified. A flag of truce was sent out to the British
Plenipotentiary, praying for a cessation of hostilities, which
was granted, as Commissioners having full powers from the
Emperor were declared to be on their road in order to treat
for peace. The assault on Nanking, which was designed for
the 13th, was therefore postponed.
On the 15th the High Imperial Commissioners arrived.
They were three, viz.:— _ _ _ _

1. Kee-Ying, a member of the Imperial Family, and Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Tartar troops in Konang-Sung. _

consequence
of Tze-Kiang, but degraded last year in
2. Elipo, Lieutenant• General of Tcbapoo, a former Go-
vernorof his having liberated the prisoners.
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KGenaou,g_Gsie.neral-in-Chief of the provinces Keang-Sou
They speedily communicated to the British Plenipoten-
tiary their powers, which were found to be in due order.
Visits of ceremony then took place, and, after various con-
ferences, the Conditions of a treaty of peace were signed, in
the presence of the Admiral and General and many other
British officers. Copies of those conditions were immediately
transmitted to Pekin. When the treaty was signed, a royal
salute was fired, and all restrictions removed on the inter-
course between the expedition and the natives.
Annexed is the circular published by the British Plenipo-
tentiary announcing the treaty of peace.
"TO HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SUBJECTS IN
Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c., in China,
atification in announcing to Her Majesty's
a, that he has this day concluded and signed,
qigh Commissioners, deputed to negotiate
`sillowing are the most im-

" Her Britanni

has eat

with the Chinese
with him, a treaty, of which the f
portant provisions :
" 1. Lasting peace and friendship between the two em-

2. China to pay 21,000,000 dollars in the course of the
present and three succeeding years.
"3. The ports of Canton, Amoy, Foo-chow-foo, Ningpoo,
and Slingbai, to bethrown open to British merchants; con-
sular officers to be appointed to reside at them ; and regular

land just Emilie of import and eipott
duties to be established and published
. .

inland

Led in perpetuity to

" The island of Hong-Kong to be
Her Britannic Majesty, her heirs and snccessu..
"5. All subjects of her Britannic Majesty (whet.._
tees of Europe or India) who may be confined in any pal
of the Chinese empire to be unconditionally released.

" 6. An act of Ml and entire amnesty to be published by
the Emperor, under His Imperial Sign Manual and Seal to
all Chinese subjects, on account of their 1

or intercourse with, or resided under, the Br

ment or its officers

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Govern-

" 7. Correspondence to be conducted on terms of perfect
equality amongst the officers of both Governments.
"8. On the Emperor's assent being received to this
treaty, and the payment of the first instalment, 6,000,000
Her Britannic Majesty's Forces to retie from Nanking and
the Grand Canal, and the military posts at Chainhai to be
also withdrawn, but the islands of Chusan and Knlangsoo
are to be held until the money payments and the arrange-
ments for opening the ports be completed.
"In promulgating this highly satisfactory intelligence,
Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c., purposely refrains from
any detailed expression of his own sentiments as to the sur-
passing skill, energy, devotion, and valour which have distin-
guished the various grades, from the highest to the lowest,
of all arms of her Majesty's combined forces, during the con-
test that has led to tbese momentous results. The claims
which have been thus established will be doubtless acknow-
ledged by the highest authorities. In the mean time her
Majesty's Plenipotentiary congratulates her Majesty's sub-
jects in China on the occasion of a peace, which he trusts
and believes will, in due time, be equally beneficial to the
subjects and interests of both England and China.
" GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

" Dated on board the steam-frigate Queen, in the Yang-
tze-kiang river, off Nanking, this 26th day of August, 1842,

" HEN

Y POTTINGER;

" Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary
" G. A. Malcolm, Secretary of Legation."

This treaty of peace has given great satisfaction to the
British in China and India. It was said that the Emperor
had at first some doubts as to the propriety of opening a
foreign trade at Foo-tchoo-foo, which is the capital of Fokien,
and the nearest port to the country where the Bohea tea
grows, but that he afterwards yielded, that point
The commissioners are described as -

niious to get rid of
of

the British from the Yang-tze-Kiang and the eaabolicht
the Great Canal: they offered to pay down four millions
instantly, but the British Plenipotentiary insisted on the full
instalment being paid, and the ratification of the treaty,
before he would withdraw.

An apprehension appears to have been entertained lest the
British Plenipotentiary should allow himself to be outwitted
by the Chinese in the arrangement of the commercial parts
of the treaty, but it is nevertheless to be hoped that the bad
faith and chicanery and extortion practised at Canton will
not be sagitioned in any manner.
The payment of the opium claims will, it is stated, be
adjusted according to the amount fixed some months ago by
the British government. It was said that the Imperial Corn•

rs had pressed the consideration of the opium trade
he declined to discuss it,