SIGNATURES OF THE QUEEN AND PRINCE CONSORT IN 1840.
|Peace concluded under the Walls of Nankin.| Once more peace negotiations broke down: hostilities were resumed; Chusan was re-occupied; Amoy, believed by the Chinese to be impregnable, was taken by assault on August 25, 1842; the capture of Chinghai and Ningpo followed; and when Sir H. Gough appeared before Nankin the Chinese Government finally agreed to accept the terms imposed as the conditions of peace. Five millions and three-quarters sterling were exacted as an indemnity; the island of Hong Kong was ceded to Great Britain, and five principal Chinese ports were thrown open to British trade.
C. R. Leslie, R.A.] [From the Royal Collection.
A. Duchess of Gloucester. B. Duchess of Kent. C. Duke of Sussex. D. Queen Adelaide. E. Archbishop of Canterbury christening F. the Royal Infant. G. Archbishop of York. H. The Queen. J. Prince Consort.
THE CHRISTENING OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE, February 10, 1841.
Her Majesty’s eldest child, the Princess Royal, was born November 21, 1840, and christened Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa.