The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-12-27
1pRTvAL OF THE BRITANNIA.

rio nritsh Steam ship Britannia, CnptJohn Hew
. ,,,,,ed at Boston Dec q, vatialitax. She has
her passage in ~ days expericncing very
"' ,co.,her-She arrived at Halifax on the eve
Of the 18Th, at 5 O'Clock, and smiled thence NJ
a ,ocl, The snme evening She brings our full
t..or iverpool papers the morning OF the 4th,
81 ondon to the evening Of the Sd iusant--which
. edoer DAYS later than our former advices.
The news received by the intermediate overland
oVis oC The highest interest and importance The
r,lisb orrns in irdin have regnned complete
,,and all the disastrous effects of former defects
,a, n ia7e hren entirely retrved. AfghansHn
&c. oro;n acknowledged the supremacy of British
.,ror ond has hent herself humbly under the yoke,
,r,e overland mail reached London the 22d
81, with the most important information that treaty
foe,ce had been concluded with China
The intelligence brought 20 Malta OH the 18th
,., from, Alexandria, and forwarded to Marsees by
,.o ocpst steamer. From China it bears date Nan
t;, the 3lst of August, and Hong Kong, the eth of
c.o,eober and is even more gratifying and imror-
,s, TINT the French Telegraph led to suppose. The
s odvces recorded, it will be remembered, the cap
,,reof Woosung and Shanghao, in the Yang TIE
Toano: The destruction of humorous batteries and
the banks OF me w OOSnng riVer; ana
bs departure Of the fleet for Nanlin, for the purpose
orronmenring operations against that city. On the
oOb of July the expedition anchored abreast the city
af Chinkeang-oo n very strongly fortified town,
commanding the entrance Of the Grand Canal and
the next morning the troops disembarked, and
whilst one brigade attacked the Chinese camp, ano'h
or,yas posted to off the retreat of the Chinese
from the city; and third ordered to escaade the
walls The Chinese fled, after few voeys, from
6e camp but the city itself was muniuly defended
BY the Tartar soldiers who after prolonged contest
,r,syerai hours duration, at length overpow-
Il ve The garrison is supposed to have consisted of
n 5000 men, one third Of whom along with forty man
d,dns are said to have been killed or wounded.
The Tartar general, finding that all was lost retired
N his house and having ordered his servants to fire
H. sat in his chair till he was burned TO death, The
British casualties this occasion were unusually
heavy. Among the officers killed regret to have
to record the death of Major Uniacke, OF the Royal
Marines; as also colonel Driver, of the 9th Madras
N I ; Captain CoIidnson, oft tho seth Royal Irish;
Lieutenant Gibbons ofthc 49th; whilst 54 men OF
both services were either killed or wounded, leav-
Ing, as we have already stated it to have been Sir
Hung Coughs Intention strong garrison behind the
expedition proceeded up the river Ynngtze, and hav
ng anchored off Nankin, made preparations for bonn
harding that part of the city the river. large
division Of the army, under the command OF Lord
Stoun landed to the west Of the city, and took up
III uaon on n hill about half mile distant from the
wRs-The inhabitants stated to have declared
their unvilnrness to allow Their houses and property
nbe destroyed. The garrison, consisting of about
n 1000 Tartar and Chinese troops became terrified.
IA nag Of truce was to the British pIenipoten
day rray ing for cessation of hostiiiies, which
u ganed as commissioners having full powers from
the Emperor were declared to be on therroad
NJ hrpeace. The assault on Nan!in, which was de-
NJ sgned for The 9Th, therefore. postponed.
M On the 9TH The High Imperial Commissioners
n rived. They were three, wiz
IA I.--Kee-Yng, a member of the Imperial Family,
III and Communicating Chief Of the Tartar troops in
Konang sung
M 2-Eipo, Lieutenant General of T'chapno, for
me Governor of TIE Keang, but degraded last year
IN consequence of his having liberated the prison
# w,
8--5un, General-in, CT ief erthe provinces Kenng-
Sou and KcangSi
# They speedily communicated to the British peni-
potentiary their powers which were found to be in
due order-Visits Of ceremony then took place, and,
tIcr various conferences, the conditions of Il treaty
M 'Paace signed in presence ofthe Admiral and
many other Br sh ofFicers. Copies Of these condi-
IONS we're immediately transmitted to Pekin, and
shrlr return was expected in ten days. When the
treaty WIS signed aRoyaI salute fired, and all
RESTRICTIONS removed on the intercourse between the
SlNedlOn and the natives
%'wynent of the opium claims will, it is stated,
~'ony'd according tothe amount fixed some months
W 5""he British government. 1t was said that the
,"perai Commissioners had pressed the consdera-
'""o the opium trade on the British Plenpotentary,
W.T. ne declined discuss it stating, if the Chinese
government were DESTROYS ofproducing stopage TO it
'""" ought to be effected by their own internal reg
''00s and by imposing restrictions on their own
W Hbiec,s
TERMS OF THE TREATY.
M 40 her Britannia .Hajesty'S Subjects in China