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-ro,, u, NJ Y cg,.y,reiai Advertiser, Dec. 81

FROM the N. Y Cora~sre;ai Advertiser. Dec. 81
IHPoarANT FROM CHINA.
T4cs4sp .hree days Eattr-OPeratioss Of
tie s7tisa;- Captuse Of Marking.
Another ship h%asjusi arrived from Can
ton-,he Heleua. Cap, Benjamin. She
saiic5 thence OF the 9th OF September.
The news she brings is Of an important
character. II is that the British have cap
tured me civ of Marking. IL was taken
ON the 23rd Of July. aud ransomeG by the
Cbinesr for several millions Of dollars.
According 10 The papers, The Emperor
il in rrea, uibslalion.. He is a rare phil.
osopher. After his cities are captured. be
Immediately ransoms them.-aud 10 work
airesh TO whip the barbarians.
campers that The Chinese become more
warlike every battle. Their defeats teach
them the art OF fighting.
Another week has elapsed. and VIC are
still w:,s,nu, definite intelligence from the
Exnediiiou. Three vessels have arrived
during the week from the north Dat bring
iur ouly verbal reports that Marking had
hseu captured, and ransomed by the
Chinese for several millions Of dollars.
There is high probability that these re-
ports will turn out TO be correct. Aud It
Is matter Of ~aurprisc that nothing othcia!
has We, reached here. Expectation has
been on ,ip,ee for The last fortnight, and
we sincerely hope, that in next weeks 49,
sue we may be able 10 lay full details De-
fore our readers. Leuers from Chnsan
state thai E~nurteer days had passed with
out any communication whatever from
Head Quarters.
Our extracts this week from the Prk-
;or Gaze,tes are not without interest just
n, iais iunc,ure o f,ine. The spirit which
promp:s his inurria! Majrsry;" forbid all
exror,atipn Of Sglpe'rr from Canton. and
T., sypedise the movements ~ he rem
c,,cen,en,s and treasures for Fnrm"sa eau
no, be mistaken.
Capture or Nnnking -The hong mef.
ch,.;, have received certain information
Of The fa,l Of the city Of Marking. (he
s.u.b.rn ~c,piln, where the court oil the
Las, Chimes d. nasly. Ming. resided, hu,
,o Observation-Disclosures has been received
;rom Il. M Pienipoien,'ary, nor nave
vve seen ans Picking Gaz-';es. containing
-. ,c,or, q. the capicre of that once Ia
wn.s ;]ns,ropoli. The paper from which
We hav. made The following trs nsia'Ion.
.,os received irom Canlou yesterday. tthr
s !, and il " as forwarded rs confirming
the ,a,e., news from Picking. The cap.
,ure i, no, precisely mentioned IN The orig
;nal document. hut ii may be easily INFER
,ed from the tenor of the second paragraph.
The Governor. Naw, is reported TO have
made his escape in good time II has also
hcen reported that he hanged himself
when The English entered the city. The
Chinese in Cauton are struck with sorrow
and CONSERVATION at the fall of the ancient
capital Of their native emperors. yet what
other result could they hope for! The
,ed ships VIC do uo, understand. !, would
,ppear from this paper that the British
fncei is divided, o pan being 10 the south
ward of Naukiug. a..
We are told tina, the Emperor Is still IN
PeSiuc; and we trust we may be able 10
rive further information in mex! Tuesdays
Register.
Crusan, woosang, Yansss.ekeaag, u,
Greu, Canal. and Nanking.-Op the 18th
irsr. ,he transports Herald and Ameii
Thompson arrived in Hnugkons Bay from
Chusau. BuI oil the eager hopes and
u~nxious expectations Of the r~esileu, Brit
ish community have been hia"sly disaP'
pointed in not receiving a-y public or eer-
Tain private information oi the proceed
ings of the eastern expcdi'ionnry united
naval and military force. since the events
Of tie 10Th Of June.
A friend has kindly lent us some extracts
from private letters; bu, The rumors they
confirm Of the proceedings Of the British
,o-,,. arc uncertain, aud no, believed even
hy the writers
The dates from Chusan are TO August
C.. when q runner obtained, founded on
Chinese lnloi ma,iou lha, The city al Nank
ing had been captured /; this report is also
re- echoed from Canton. n" vessel had
arrived a, Chusan which Ind hcen further
nv III. YE~pe,sZekeans than Woosung on
July s, and that Il part oil The advanced
li,h, .ouadsnn is in The grand canal. and
snu,, of the steamers of Marking. The
,,v;y,,;nh Of the ..Son of ihc sea-" is said
no, 10 he difficult. that Eve Iati'oms were
fnuud over the bar. and Il good passaSe TO
The erea, caual.
II, is also snid that keshen is again in
the field that he has sen, IN u commune
CATION 10 Eern's pieniPo'en'lery. winch had
been received urd a reply given. III which
vas stated The sine qua non of the British
government. All this gossip must pass for
ius, as much as il is worth; bu, it seems
there has been a pause in active opera
lions ; and We fear this season is lost!
The TWO Hong Merchants who had Left
Cautou by of The high officers in
Che Kcans. in order to afford their aid in
negotiating with The British Plenipoien-
riary. have been p~eremplorily o:lered
back by the Emperor. and they have safely
reached Caution.
.Tan wan"-;. e. to pry and hear /; TO
find on, by enquiry.-News.
i.-On the 9Th day Of the 9th -:.oon,
July Is, the barbarian ships entered Lang
shan (wolrs b;il;l on the l4Ih day the
foo district OF Chinkeang was lost; and the
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