emain in their actual positions till the
whole sum be paid. No additional preparations on either side; but all
British troops and ships of war to return without the Bocca Tigris as
soon as the whole be paid. Quang-tong also to be evacuated; but not
to be re-armed by the Chinese government till all the difficulties are
adjusted between the two governments. 4. The loss occasioned by the
burning of the Spanish brig, _Bilbaino_, and all losses occasioned
by the destruction of the factories, to be paid within one week." In
consequence of this arrangement, the British flag was lowered in the
various captured forts, and the troops inarched out, and returned to
Tsing-hae. The 6,000,000 of dollars amounted to about L120,000, and
Captain Elliot appropriated about half that sum to reimburse those who
had surrendered their opium-chests to him at the commencement of the
disturbances; but this payment was subsequently disallowed by the
British government. Matters were at this point, when, on the 9th of
August, Sir Henry Pottinger, the new plenipotentiary, arrived in the
Canton waters, accompanied by Sir William Parker, who assumed a command
of the fleet in the Chinese seas. Having published a copy of his
credentials, authorizing him to negociate and conclude with the minister
vested with similar power and authority on the part of the Emperor of
China, any treaty or agreement for the arrangement of the differences
now subsisting between Great Britain and China; and having warned all
her majesty's subjects and foreigners against putting themselves in the
power of the Chinese authorities, during the anomalous and unsettled
state of our relations with the emperor, Sir Henry Pottinger embarked
for Hong-Kong, whither Sir William Parker had preceded him. The
superseded plenipotentiary, Captain Elliot, left China on the 24th of
August.

STATE OF THE CONTINENT.

An important treaty was signed in London in December, between France,
Austria, Prussia, Russia, and Great Britain, whereby the former powers
agreed to adopt the English laws relating to the slave-trade. Spain
still remained in a state of insecurity. A quarrel took place between
that country and Portugal, relative to the navigation of the Douro, and
both countries prepared for war; but the question was finally settled
without an appeal to arms. Later in the year there was an insurrection
at Pampeluna and Vittoria, in behalf of the queen-mother, and a
desperate attempt was made