Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-01-19
From tho Cincinnati Gazstle.
FOREIGN.
Am ARRIvAL AT NEw YoR,

New York, ON the evening OF the 9th. with
London dates Of the 9Th and Liverpool Of |
the 9th December, Ave days later than
received by the Acadia at Boston, on the |
22d ult. The news from China, India,
and Egypt, is of considerable interest.
Mehemet Ali had formally submitted the
British troops had had an en- agemenl
with those Of Dhost Mahomed, one Of the
dethroned Indian Princes, and the Brit.
ish feet had captured Chusan, an impor
tant city, in the eastern coast OF China.
These several pieces Of intelligence we're
received in England by overland mails.
We make up our summary from the Lon
don correspondence Of the New York
Courier.
CHINA. r."
The dispatches from China were to the
eth Of August. The general tenor Of the
information they contained, showed that
the Celestial Empire was preparing an
obstinate resistance, Of the passive kind
Wherever the British power thought pro-
per TO move, il was opposed, but with an
energy which required hardly any exer-
ton Of its strength 10 overcome It. The
: CITY and island of Chusan, (the former cal
led by the Chinese Ting.hea.been,) were
captured by Brig. Gen. Burrell, after a
, brief and most feeble resistance, on the
. 5th August. The Chinese lost % persons
in the action; the British suffered no in.
Jury. The city of Ting.hea-been is rep
resented as extensive, the walls being
q about six miles in circumference. These
q are Of granite, aud brick Of inferior qualIi!
n and surrounded by a deep ditch 25 fee
- wide. In the possession Of good troops
j. il is said the place would have been for
=, midabIe. The ordnance taken number
v 9 d " pieces, all, with the exception OF
i. brass 81 FOUNDER, ofChnese manufacture
st and very inferior. A considerable quau
=. tiIy of powder was found, and The maya
=. zines Of the city, three in number, wer
6. well supplied with iron shot, maIchlock'
ns swords, bows and arrows, steel helmets
nd uniform clothing, &c.
"a AT AmbOy the boat Ofthe Blonde, wit
N flag oftruce, was fred upon, when tn
H. BIoEde, in return, battered down the 70
re- re- aud destroyed the junks there.
,r, The blockade Of The Ming PO river ha
n. been established, and so or 10 junks turl
ed back, without any resistance.
an The accounts from Macao state that ii
IN blockade Of Canton had not been vel
10 vigorously enforced. In the meantim
Governor Linn was making very actiV
demonstrations Of hostility.
he INDIA.
nj. The engagement between Brlti'
as. force under General Dennie, and Dho
Mohamed, the dethroned ruler of Cab
an. took pIrce on the 18Th Of Septembe
md About 500 of The men oft the latter we
slain. lie fed, and was reported to ha
died Of his wounds
ne. The King of Siam is said to have
,ci. poused the cause Of the Chinese, a.
be. threatened the extirpation Of all the Z
unt ropeans in his doniniOns, if any alta
we should be made upou the Chinese jun
ks. in the waters Of Siam.
nj. EGYPT AND SYRIA
M Dispatches from Admiral Napier
Of nounced that the Pacha Of Egypt h
are formally submitted to the conditions
ow. the Five Powers, cOnsenting to the ent
ion evacuation Of Syria, the restoration Of I
hat Turkish fleet, and the possession OF
ted Sovereignty Of Egypt for life.
Wis. Accounts are gwen Of another terrll
far expulsion Of a powder magazine, whi
,us. tuok place at 81. Jean d'Acre three da
, OF after The fall Of that post. The numt
itch of killed and wounded amounted TO q
uch among the former of whom are said
EN-, have been about 20 British sailors o
ON. marines.
The greater part Of the British flt
are was still on the Syrian coast. Dysen
Ien- ty and fever had begun 10 prevail amo
the The men.
clu. FRANCE.
lth. The debates Of the French Chamt
itch Of Deputies are said to have ended on
'un. 9th December, by vote which show
ave, a majority Of 80 in favor of the new
, in mi0istraliOn. This, it is remarked,
rSa considered crushing blow to The warlt
ade proceedings arising out of the recent
cia lies Of Mons. Theirs"