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tisfactory. No taxes were being paid. China. The Overland mail has arrived. Lord Elgin is expected to leave China early in the year. The second regiment was about to leave, and twelve men-of-war were also coming home. The fate of the entire party of prisoners taken Sept. 18, has been ascertained. The death of Captain Brabazon occurred on the 1st, and he was saved much suffering that others underwent. He was beheaded by the order of a Tartar General. The Abbe de Luc was beheaded at the same time. The more indifference Lord Elgin displayed about signing the Convention, the more alarmed the Chinese government became; but a great retribution awaited the Emperor and his government. It was resolved that the summer palace of the Emperor should be burned to the ground, as it was the spot where some of the cruelties towards the prisoners had been perpetrated. Proclamations were posted in Pekin informing the people of the measures that were to