Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1842-12-31
From The N. Y. Tribune.
END OF THE WARM CHINA.

tisl intercourse between che two nations. The fol-
lowing embraces an outline Of proceedings in the
Enst:
Important from China.
By the over land mail, which brings dates from !
Bombay to Oct. 18th, the important news of the
final close of Ike Chinese War HIS been received.
Il appears that Marking yielded in CONSERVATION
TO the British without striking blow. A circular
of Sir Henry Po,ringer dated July 2ith, gives the
particulars Of the storming of Kcangfn and the
subsequent operations against Nanking. From
tits it appear. that on the 9Th Of July the squo.
dron left Woosung, and on the I4h destroyed
some batteries which command the river. On the
Goth the vessel anchored off Keang-foo, the key to
the grand canal and on the following morning the
troops disemarkcd, aud proceeded to attack the ci.
ty, and a neghboring camp Of the enemy. The
latter was carried at once the Chinese flying in all
directions hut hr city, which strongly fortif
ed, was defended with devoted gSi'sn,ry onc-thid
of the garrison of 5000 1'attst soldiers laying down
their lives in the hopeless struggle. Among the
killed were forty Msndarins; and the general, when
all was lost repaired TO his house. seated himself in
a chair in calm and brave despair, and making the
servants set the building on fire. was consumed to
ashes. On the part of the British there were xii.
led four officers and II wounded, and l3i nen
were killed and wounded. The fleet then proceed.
cd towards Nankine, took up its position there on
the 9Th of August and Immediately prepared for
assault on the city A strong force was landed
and operations were about to commence when sud-
denly the Chinese solicited truce, intimatng the
approach of delegation from the Emperor. Three
Commissioners, one of whom was Of the royal
house. arrived on the l5,h, and on the 29th of Au.
gust treaty was signed on board H. VI. 5. Com
wallis by them and Sir Henry Pounger, of which
the following the articles
81. Lasting peace and friendship e.ween the two
Empires.
49, China to pay So 100000 in the course of
| the present and three succeeding wears
80 The ports of Canton. Amny Foo-chnw f,o,
| Ming poo, and Shanghai To- he thrown open 10 l}r.
tish merchants consular otliccrs to hc appointed t.
reside at them and regular and iu-t tariff OF i'm
| port and export Gas well inland transit) duties
to be established and published
~. the Island of Hong. Kong to he ceded in per-
petuity to Her Britanic Majesty her heirs and sue
cessors.
"5. All subjects of Her Britanc Majesty (whe.
,her natives of Europe or India) who may be conf
ned in any part of the Chinese Empire, to be un.
conditionaiy released.
&c. An act of full and entire amnesty 10 be pub
| hshed by the Emperor, under his own Imperial
Sign, Mammal and Seal to all Chinese subj. cts, on
account Of heir having held service or intercourse
with, or resided under, the British Government or
its officers.
~. Correspondence 10 be conducted on terms Of
perfect equality amongst the officers of both Co.
! vemmcntS,
"s. On the Emperor's assent being received to
this treaty, ard the payment Of the first ustamenr,
SO 100000, Her Bnanic M,jesty's forces to re-
tire from Marking and the Grand Canal, and the
military posts al Chinha to he also Withdrawn, but
the Islands of Chusan aud KaIangsoo are to be
held until the money payments and the arrange.
meats for opening the ports be completed"
4 postscript to Winners American NEWSLETTER
announce. that the Emperor Of China has given
his adhesion 10 the treaty, but refuses to sign il
uHth itI Ah.esty + signature is ftCcNtu' nus,
however, ismcrcly matter Of etiquette, and half OF
the rs, iustalmcnt agreed to y The treaty has been
paid. The English fe,twi winter at Chusan
The payment of the money doe hy the Chinese
is,iris 81 ted, to be effected in the following man
ner: immediate payment, $4,000 900; in 1912
$4,000 600 in lsii, s5,OOO,OoO in 1913
s4,OoO,Ooo. 1t is said that of the 80 ,Ooe ,OOC
to he paid by the Chinese, $4,000 O0e are Tor Hons
merchants debts, ss,OO0,000 for the opium, an,
the remaining 81 1000, 900 for the expenses II ,h
war.
FEoM ArFGHANIsTAS the news is equally i'm
porant and favorable. The report that Gen. Not
has been attacked by the Governor Of Ghuznec, ap
7 peas to have been true but Ssmsood,n was nc
pulsed, and finally routed on the 3Oth of Augu t
The British loss was 36 killed and 6S wounded
e On she 9Th Of September Ghuznee was inv, strd
;, but the enemy evacuated it without s,nkinga blov
= by the British, and in few days became a hea
!. Of ruins. Gen, Pollock, in his advance 10 Cahu
: was opposed at the fezeen Pass, on the 18th
= September, 10y 10000 of the enemy, whom he I,
r pused with great slaughter The next day he AZ
. vauced 10 Boodkhak on The / 5th he encamped o
70 thc r,cc-crurse of Cahul and the 10th ii
- Brush cu.ors waved over the Bala lIs>ar. A
. the pi on,rs were rescued with only one eNcep,io
4 Tn, Gov, rnor General has issued PGoclamatio
declaring that the Blush army will now he wit