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From the Boston Daily Advertiser, May I.
ARRIVAL OF THE BRITTANtA.
TWELVE DAYS LATER FROM ENGLAND.

TWELVE DAYS LATER FROM ENGLAND.
We stopped the press yesterday morning,
to announce in hasty postscript the arrival
of the Britannia, Captain Cleland, at two
o'clock. We had then obtained but a few
Of the latest papers, and were consequently
unable to give any thing of a summary of
the news. The Britannia brought 81 pas
sengers from Liverpool to Boston, and 81
others to Halifax, with from Halifax to
Boston. She made the passage from Hall
fax in So hours.
The steamer President was still missing
vessel, and no intelligence had been received
from her. News had been received from
Faya to March 2Stli, from Jamaica to the
27th, and from st. Michacls TO April g.
Hopes were entertained that she might have
gone to Bermuda.
Tho most important news is furnished by
the overland Mail from China and India the
substance Of which is given below.
Commodore Napier arrived at Liverpool,
from Egypt in the steamer Oriental, on
Sunday, the 18th, and was received on the
following day by the Aldermen and Burgess
scs, who presented him an address. On the
same day dinner was given in honor of
him, at which he sat down with seven humid
red gentlemen.
The steamer Caledonia, arrived at Liver
pool on the morning of the 18th ut., in II
days from Boston.
The Cotton Market a, Liverpool on the
18th and 18th was dull, and sales small, at a
decline of l-Sd.
The news from tho United States by the
Caledonia, was considered favorable in re-
gard to the prospect OF continuance OF
peace. She carried out the news of the ar
rival of the British Queen at Halifax.
The King Of Belgium, after being a
month in making an arrangement of a new
ministry, has accepted the resignation Of the
late ministers, and the new ministers took
tho oaths on the 18th.
An eagerly contested and animated row.
ing match between the Universities of OK
ford and Cambridge, took place, on the
Thames on the 14th in presence of grea,
number Of spectators. The Cantabs were
the winners by minute and five seconds
The contest lasted SO | 2 minutes.
There has been an important reduction il,
the rate of postage in some Of the German
States, as follows:
On the 9th of this month the British pos.
tage on letters passing between the Untct
Kingdom and IIaml urgh, and Lubbock wa.
reduced from Is. Cd. on letters posted il
London, and from Is. Sd. on letters postct
in the country, TO an uniform rate of 3D.
The Hamburger Post Office has also reduced
its rate on British letters from about 4l. It
Cd. so tina, upon London letters there ha
been positive reduction Of Is. I'd. and OIL
country letters of Is. I'D. as respects Ham
burgh correspondence.
The Chinese forts at the Boguc whicl
were attacked and captured by tho lIritsl
feet, January Z, were the two outer Fort
collcd Chuenpcc, and Ty-kok-too. A brave
resistance was made by the Chinese, ant
they lost from 500 to 700 men killed. Tn
British lost 3 men killed and 26 wounded
Preparations were making on the mornin
of the S,ll to attack the principal forts c
Anunghoy, and Wangtong, into the latter {
which a few shells had been thrown, when
signal was made from the Admirals ship, I
desist from further operations. This ordt
was given in consequence of request iroi
the Chinese Admiral, brought by an oil
woman in a tanker boat. The British pre-
cccdcd to destroy the captured forts, throw
ing the guns into the sea, and to bury ii
dead bodies. The negotiations were renew
ed, which led to the arrangements which al
stated in another place. AS soon as the.
were closed, the British flag was remove
from the captured forts, and the Chinese WI
substituted.
OVERLAND MAI.
FROM INDIA AND THE LEvANr.
CHNA.-Promised Peace uih the Celestial
We have at length the pleasure to announce Il
probable adjustment OF our long-pendng di
pute with the Chinese. Our adviCes from Gil
M, extend to the 2Sth Of January last, when
Treaty was concluded between Captain Ellie
and the Chinese Plenipoten'ieres, to the che
that al Indemnity be yielded by them, amour
ing to SIX millions OF dollars, Cor about mill
and quarter in British COINAGE payable in
wears, by annual instruments OF a million OF d.
lars--that the Island Of Hong Kong, (sitnat
in lat % 10 North, and long. la : 10 Eas
he coded TO US, that the trade OF Canton
opened within thirty days after the Chinese nj
YEAR and that the official relations between t
two Governments be hereafter established up
a footing of nvarIabe equality,
ATTACK OF THE BOGUE FORTS
CAPTURE OF CHuMPEE AND II
KTOW--BLOWING Up OF III
CHINESE FLEET
These concessions have not, however, DC
acquired without much talkee" and some
gree OF b!oodshed. 1t appears that in con
Iucnce Of the wonted waverlng and procrasti
ton of the Imperial Commissioner, the outpc