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warded it to his Excellency her Majesty's plenipotentiary, Hereafter, if any lawless characters conceal themselves on and requested his instructions in the case, board foreign lorchas, you, the said Consul, shall of course These instructions of her Majesty's plenipotentiary, be informed of the same by declaration (from the Imperial which I have now received, are to this effect. Commissioner), in order that you may act in conjunction That as it is clear that the Chinese authorities have vio- (with the Chinese authorities) in the management of such lated the 9th article of the Supplementary Treaty, which affairs." requires that all Chinese malfaisants in British ship s g ui lt I should state to your Excellency that I hold such clear be claimed through British authorities, I beg t o i n f orm I and conclusive proofs of the facts which your Excellency your Excellency that her Majesty's Plenipotentiary requires attempts to aeny, namely, that the lorcha had the British yon to furnish me with an apology for what has taken ensign flying when boarded, and had an Englishman on place, and an assurance that the British flag shall in future I board, that no doubt or question in respect thereto can for be respected ; and I am to intimate to your Excellency a moment be admitted. that if forty-eight hours are allowed to pass without a I should further state to your Excellency that British compliance on yoer Excellency's part with this demand, I interests alone are placed under my care or control, and am then to concert with the navalauthorities the measures not those of other foreign nations. Whenever, therefore, necessary for enforcing redress, lawless characters conceal themselves on board a British lam also to add that, on any sufficient evidence being vessel, it will be very proper that reference should be made given that British shim or Briti s h s u bj ec t s h av e been en- to me in the manner stated by your Excellency, and that gaged in piratical practices, they will be proceeded against I should co-operate with the local authorities on the mea without hesitation, and that an application t o the prop er sures necessary for their apprehension • but in the case of authority, Chinese off en i ers w i ll not b e har b oure d on a vesse l un d er any other but a British flag I cannot be board British vessels, but that all proceedings must take called upon to interfere. place according to th e con diti ons o f t h e t rea t y .—l h ave, But not only is it on a ll f u t ure occas i ons th a t thi s course kc., should be pursued ; it must also be adopted in the present (Signed) HENRY S. PARKES, H. B. M.'s Consul, instance. His Excellency Yeh, Imperial High Commissioner, As to the offer of your Excellency to send back ten of Governor-General of the Two Kwang, &c, the Arrow's crew, it is my duty to represent to you that twelve men havinz been carried away, the same twelve men must be returned, and in the manner previously de manded ; that is, they should be taken by Chinese officers to their vessel and given over to rise there. If but one of their number be missing I cannot undertake to receive them. But it is very far from my intention to give these men, when they are surrendered to me, their liberty. I shall receive them, but ought to detain them in safe ens todv until all the requirements of the treaty in their case shall have been fulfilled. To resume ; my letters of the Bth and 12th October con tain, as I have often had occasion to state tai your Excel lency, the satisfaction required in this case, namely, an a pology for what has occurred, an assurance that it shall not be repeated, and the strict fulfilment of the provisions of the treaty in the proceedings necessary to be taken with the Arrow's crew; and I should add, that if your Excellency cannot assure me that these demands will be conceded, it is in vr.in for you to again address me on the subject.—l have, &c. (Signed) HARRY S. PARKES, H.B.M.'s Consul. His Excellency Yeh, Imperial High Commissioner, Governor-General, &c. Yeh, Imperial High Commissioner, Governor-General, kc., addresses this declaration to Mr. Parkes. the British Consul at Canton At the hour of Wei (from 1 to 3 p.m.), on the 14th day of the ninth month (12th October), I received the state ment addressed me by the Consul, which I have well con sidered. I find in reference to the twelve men, Le-Mingtae and others, who were seized on board the lorcha, that by my direction, the Prefect of Canton examined them cleatly and thoroughly, and duly submitted to me in his repel t copies of the truthful depositions he had taken. Where upon the three men, Woo•Asin, Le-Mingtae, and Leang- Keen•foo, are reserved for further and more strict exattii- Dation, and the Assistant Magistrate Hen was directed to take the remaining nine, Leang-a-Paon, and others, and return them to their own vessel. These particulars were also distinctly communicated (to the consul) in the decla ration which, as the records show, I then addressed him. But he has uow forwarded to mo another " statement" on this subject, on which I have to remark that it is stated in the deposition of Woo-Asin, "that this lorcha belongs to Leo-Aching, who began to build her on the 14th day A* the 7th month of the 4th year of Hein-fung (7th August, 1854), and on the clay on which she was completed lie bought her from the foreign firm Polo (Block), a register for which he paid one thousand dollars, and he also en gaged the foreigner Aloo to take care of the vessel, paying him thirty dollars a month as wages." Thus it had been ascertained by the previous examina tion, that this lorcha is not the property of a foreigner, and at the same time when the raval officers seized the twelve men, and brought them to my yamun, I directed that they also should be examined as to the matter, and they stated that when they went to the lorcha to seize the men they saw no foreigner on board ; that at that time no flag had yet been hoisted on board the lorcha ; that they beard that the flag was stowed a .vay below, but they themselves saw nothing of it. Therefore they seized the men anti brought them away. Hereafter, Chinese officers will on no account without reason, seize anti take into custody the people belonging to foreign lorchas, but when Chinese subjects build for them selves vessels, foreigners should not sell registers to them, for if this be done, it will occasion confusion between native and foreign ships, anti render it difficult to distin guish betwee❑ them. Thus may all parties conform their proceedings to the conditions of the 9th Article of the Treaty. Hien-lung, 6th year, 9th month, 19th day (14th Octo ber, 1356). (True translation.) (Signed) HARM' S. PARKES. British Consulate, Canton, Oct. 15, 1850. Sir,—At about 10 a.m. yesterday I received your Ex• cellency's declaration, which I regretted to see evinced no desire on your Excellency's part to grant the satisfaction demanded in my letters of the Bth and 12th instant. It compelled me, therefore, as had been previously intimated to your Excellency, to concert with the naval authorities the measures necessary for enforcing redress. Having waited until one o'clock, the Commodore in command of her Majesty's naval forces in this river passed the barrier in a powerful steamer, and anchoring her by the Leihtih forts, came on to Canton in another steamer, and having selected one of the largest junks from the fleet of Chinese war•vessels at. anchor below the Hacchow Fort (Dutch Folly), hauled her out from among them, and took possession of her. British Consulate, Canton, Oct. 2.1, 1856. Sir,—lt is with deep regret that I inform your Excel lency that the Imperial Commissioner and Viceroy of those provinces, has been so ill-judged as to withhold up to this hour the satisfaction demanded for the outrage committed by his officers on the Arrow lorcha. That your Excellency may know the form in which our final demands were presented, I have the honour to enclose copy of the representation containing these, which, as your Excellenc-, is already aware, I was directed by her Majes ty's Plenipotentiary to forward to the Imperial Commis sioner, allowing him twenty-fourhottrs for compliance, and which I accordingly delivered to his Excellency yesterday at six o'clock p.m. I add two extracts from my letters to the Imperial Com missioner of the Bth and 12th, referred to in the above en closure, from whichyour Excellency will learn that the de mands authorised by her Majesty's Plenipotentiary consist, of the surrender of the Arrow's men i❑ the particular man ner therein described, an apology for what has occurred, and an assurance that the British flag bhall be respected in future. By way of complying with the demand for the above assurance, the Imperial Commissioner wrote to me this morning, " Hereafter, if any lawless characters conce,l themselves on board foreign lorchas, you, the said Consul, shall of course be informed of the same by declaration (from the Imperial Commissioner), in order that you may act in conjunction (with the Chinese authorities) in the management of such affairs." This may, perhaps, be considered a sufficient assurance, though th: word " British," in place of " foreign," should. have been used. As to the surrender of the men, his Excellency offered early this morning to give up 10 of them, but 12 having been seized, I declined to receive a smaller number. He then forwarded the 12, but not in the manner required in my letter of the Bth (see Enclosure No. 2), and demanded that I sn)uld at once return two of them without any "proper officer" being deputed to conduct with me the necessary exawination. I again declined to receive them on these conditions, or in any other manner than that described in my letter of the Bth, and the men were again taken away. Finally, no apology of any kind has been tendered. Thus your Excellency will see that, although the Impe rial Commissioner may be said to have yielded to one of the three demands, there yet remains two which he has not complied with, and it cannot therefore be maintained, I submit, that he bas offered the satisfaction which the case requires. It appears to me, therefore, that I have no alternative but to place the matter in the hands of your Excellency, and as my letter to the Imperial Commissioner was circu lated among the British and foreign community of Canton last evening, they are already apprised of the resort to force which the violation of treaty rights on the part of the Im perial Commissioner may at once occasion.—l have, &c., (Signed) HS. PARKES, H.8.31.'s Consul. His Excellency Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, X.C.8., Naval Commander-in-Chief, &c., cc. Coromandel, off the Barrier Forts, Oct. 23, 1855. Sir,—l have the satisfaction to inform your Excellency that in furtherance of the decision come to in our confer. ence on the morning of the 20 k inst., at which H. tt.'s COl2 sill at Canton was present, I have this day taken possession of the four forte known as the Barrier Forts, without casualty on our side, but w ith th e l oss of four orfive killed on the part of the Chinese, solely arising from their ill judged resistance to our forces, two of the forts having tired upon us, with guns in position and small arms. After renderin, the forts incapable of interfering with our operations in the river, I shall proceed to Canton, where I shall continue such further operations as circum stances may render necessary. —I Lave, &c., S;re M. . His Excellency Sir John Bo ( wring, ) LL.D., her SEYMOUR. Majesty's Plenipotentiary, Hong Kong. Superintendency of Trade, Hong Kong, Oct. 24, 1856. Sir,—l have to acknowl e d ge your Excellency's despatch of yesterday, and to express my high satisfaction at the prompt, able, and successful manner in which the naval operations have been cart ied out, in accordance with the arrangements made at our conference of the 20th inst. I cannot doubt that the Imperial Commissioner will now feel the absolute necessity of complying with the demands which have been made, and I have to add that if your Excellency and the Consul should concur with me in opinion, that the circnmstances are auspicious for re quiring the fulfilment of treaty obligations, as regards the city of Canton, and for arranging an official meeting with the Imperial Commissioner, within the city walls. I shall willingly come to Canton for that purpose, and request you will kindly give me the means of conveyance thither. —I have, &c., I have to inform your Excellency that a naval force is now before the forts of Whampoa, those of the Leihi ih barrier, and also at this city, and to remind you that the matter which has compelled this menace remains still un settled,_ Deeply it is regretted that it should have been °col• gonad by the disregard on your Excellency's part, of res.• son, justice, and the obligations of the treaty.—l have,&c., (Signed) H. S. PARKES, Consul. His Excellency Teh, Imperial Sigh Commissioner, Sybille, at Wharnpoa, Oct. 15, 1 , 55. Sir,—l have the honour to acquaint you, that yesterday after Mr. Parkes, her Majesty's Consul, had received the letter from the Imperial Commissioner (an extract of whi,;h I hive already forwarded to you), I returned to Virharnpaa, when I found tho Barracouta had arrived the previous evening. The tide suiting, I desired Commander Fortes cue to proceed immediately up Junk Passage as near Can ton as he could go with safety to the steamer. He lost no time in doing so, aed anchored towar,lB evening some way above the barrier, at Whampoa ; the Coromandel at the same time embarked the Sybille's marines, and took in tow her boats, and proceeded up the river to carry out the de termination to seize one of the Government junks. The lora', Arrow, when the o ut rage u p on h er was com mitted, was lyi ng below the Dutch Folly (where she still remains) surrounded by Imperial junks, and as the act was done in a very public manner in that conspicuous position, it appeared to me be.it, that a reprisal should be made in an equally public way, by taking one of the mandirin junks lying at the same place. Those most conveniently situated had sailed during that and the previous day, and, with the strong tide running, it was difficult to select a suitable vessel. After cutting one adrift from her moorings the tide carried her into a position from which she could not have been extricated without much difficulty and Ines of time ; another one was therefore seized, and the Coroman del brought her clown to Whampoa during the night, where she now lies under the guns of the Sybille. This junk, which, with others about her, as we passed in the morning, carried the imperial flag, appears to be one of many vessels in the hire of Government lying at that anchorage, and used for war purposes or as transports, as occasion requires ; and I am assured she is of the class, and very similar to the junk that boarded the A.rrovr. I understand she has on board a valuable cargo. I am happy to say that this service has been performed wit hout any casualty, though considerable disposition to resist was shows by the surrounding mandarin junks, the tampions being removed from many of their guns and other preparations made. The Coromandel returns to Canton this morning; I shall keep the Sybille's marines oa hoard her as a guard.— I have, Ice. (Signed) CHs. G. J. B. ELLIOT, Commodore and Senior Officer in the Canton River. His Excellency Rear Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief. (Signed) JOHN BOWBING His Excellency Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, K.C.8., Naval Commander-in-Chief, Canton. rsh nsulate, Canton, Oct. 23, 186. Sir, —I have ß to iti report Co to your Excellency the arrival at this city of his Excellency the Naval Commander-in Chief, and to inform you that the forces under his Excellency's command have this morning nosses4ed themselves of the Four Barrier Forts and the Mass° Fort, and have com pletely dismantled and rendered them wholly unavailable for offensive purposes. However much he may regret this resort to force, which your Excellency, by the violation of the treaty has elm - polled, his Excellency will proceed to the destruction of all the defences and public buildings of this city and govern ment, unless you at once comply with every demand which has been made. Yeh, Imperial High Commissioner Governor-General of the tw o K wang P rovinces, ke. addresses this declara tion to Ai r . P ar k es, the British' Consul at Canton. On the 17th day of the 9th month (15th October), I re ceived your statement representing that your demands had not been complied with. I, the minister, have therefore considered the matter, and find that the party who was plundered by the pirates went and seized subjects of China on board a lorcha, built by a Chinese in China. It is a matter, therefore, is which, from the first, foreiviers have no concern. The lorcha, too, had the flag of no foregoer hoisted at the time, nor was there any foreigner on board the lorcha ; therefore the men were apprehended and taken before the tribunals. Should these movements occasion or lead to the destruc tion of ary British property, the British Government will demand from that of China full compensation for the same. —I have, &c., _ (Signed) H. S. P ARKES , C onsu l . His Excellency Y e h, Imperial High Commissioner, &c. Yeh, Imperial High Commissioner, Governor-General of the Two Kwang Provinces, &c., makes this declaratien to Mr. Parkes, the British Consul : At five p.m. on the 2.3 d inst. I received your statement, I informing me that the Naval Commander-in-Chief of your honourable nation had arrived with his forces at Canton, having the same morning taken possession of the Barrier Forts and Macao Fort, all of which had been completely dismantled, and their ammunition destroyed. I, the Minister, have been made aware of these circum stances before your communication reached me. I find that the rules of propriety have hitherto been in variably observed by your honourable country in your commercial intercourse with China. • Now, when the twelve men or criminals were seized on board the lorcha on the Bth October, I at once deputed a special officer to conduct their examination. He found that nine of their number had committed an offence, and on the 10th instant they were returned by an officer to the lorcha; but you, the Consul, declined to receive them. Early on the morning of the 22d instant I forwarded to you, with a declaration, Leang-Mingtae and Leang-Keenfoo, the two criminals concerned in the case; the Woo-Agin, the wit ness, and the above-mentioned nine men—in all 12. The same day at 12 o'clock, I received a :tatement, in which you made no allusion to this circumstance. This lorcha was built by the Chinese Loo-A-ching. When he was boarded by the Chinese soldiers, they were not aware that she was a foreign lorcha ; she was anchored near the Dutch Folly, and she was originally a Chinese vessel. It is an established regulation wi , h the lorchas of your hononrable nation that when they corns to anchor they lower theircolours, and do not rehoist them until they again get under weigh; we have clear proof that when the lorcha was boarded her colours were not flying. Row then could they have been taken down ? Who could have incited you, the said consul, to attack, on the morning of the 2:3d inst., the Barrier Forts, burning the forts, and wounding or kill ing six of the Chinese soldiers ; and again on the 24th inst., to attack and burn the Macao Passage Fort, when e of our soldiers received contusions. It was because I, the minister, am at peace with your honourable nation that the soldiers in no instance offered resistance ; but if you, the said consul should of your own will again resort to violence, and occasion trouble among the people of this city, who will not submit to such proceedings, then I, the minister, shall find it difficult to employ persuasion on your account. I therefore inform you of this beforehand. Furthermore, your honourable nation has hitherto re verenced the spirits of heaven and the Sabbath-day, and justice and propriety are held by yon in esteem; but does the destruction of forts correspond with such professions? Yon, the said Consul, should well consider this. 21th October, 18&i, 7 p.m. True translation. (Signed) H. S. PASSES, Consul. Hereafter, if any lawless characters conceal themselves on board foreign lorchae, you, the said Consul, shall of course be informed of the same by declaration (from the Imperial Commissioner), in order that you may act in con junction (with the Chinese authorities) in the management of such affairs. You further inform me in the statement under acknow ledgment, that a naval force has seized and retains posses sion of a large junk, forming one of the fleet of vessels at anchor, below the Hacchow Fort (Dutch Folly). I find that the junk in question is a trading junk, and the property of Chinese merchants, who, although fault less, have thus ben suddenly involved in trouble by the acts of the said Consul. Where in the treaty will he find authoritylor such proceedings as these? I, the minister, in any course of action, must not exceed the rules of strict propriety, nor go beyond the bounds of the laws in any punishment that I impose. Nine of tho twelve men who were seized on the 10th day (Bth October) were returned on the 12th day (10th Oct.) to you the said Consul, but you refused td receive them. At the present moment the examinations of ten of these men have been taken and completed, and these men shall be immediately given over to you, the said Consul, if pm are content to receive them. In the event, however, nf your again declining to do so, then I, the Minister, shall myself set them at liberty. This declaration is sent in reply to your statement. Hien-lung, 6th year, 9th month, 231 day (21st Octobe r , 1856.) (True translation) (Signed) HARRY S. PARKES. I British Consulate, Canton, Oct. 21, 1856. Sir,—On the morning of the Bth inst., the British lord - ,a Arrow, when lying among the shipping P.nchored before thie city, was boarded, without any previous reference being made to the British consul, by a large force of Chinese officers and soldiers in uniform, who, in the face of the remonstrances of her master, an Engli s h man, se i zed and carried away twelve Chinese, out of her crew of fourteen, and hauled down her colours. I reported all the particulars of this public insult to the British flag, and grave violation of the 9th Article of the Supplementary Treaty, to your Excellency the same day, and appealed to you to afford satisfaction to the insult, and to cause the provisions of the treaty to be, in this case, faithfully observed. But your Excellency, with a strange disregard both of justice and treaty engagements, has offered no reparation or apology for the injury, and, by retaining the men you have seiz e d i n your custody, s i gn if y your approval of this violation of the treaty, and leave her Majesty's Govern. meet without any assurance that similar aggressions shall not again occur. Your Excellency was warned, by what took place on the evening of the 14th inst., of the dangerous consequences to which a refusal of justice might lead ; but your Excel lenci treats with indifference that warning, and also the several protests made to you, not only by me, but by her Majesty's plenipotentiary. • I am therefore instrncted by her Majesty's plenipoten tiary to inform your Excellency that twenty-four hours, to count from the delivery of this reprtsentation, are allowed your Excellency to accede to the demands made to you in my letters of the Bth and 12th inat., and in the event of these demands not being complied with within the time named, her Majesty's naval officers will have recourse to force to compel complete satisfaction. I have, &c., (Signed) HARRY S. PARKES, H B.M.'s Consul. His Excellency Tell, Imperial High Commissioner, Governor-General, &c., &c, British Consulate, Canton, Oct. 22, 1856. Sir,—l had the honour to receive at half-past 8 this morning your Excellency's declaration of yesterday's date, in which you state that " the lorcha Arrow had the flag of no foreigner hoisted (at the time that she was boarcle(l), nor was there any foreigner on board the lorcias, therefor. he men were apprehended and taken before the tribunals. ceedings yesterday were confined to the taking of the fort called the Dutch Folly, without opposition. To-day, being Sunday, is kept as a day of rest. I pur pose resuming offensive operations to-morrow. The Encounter, Sampson, Barraccnta, and Coromandel are at anchor off the factory ; the Comas guarding the barrier in the Macao passage of the river.—l have, &c., (Signed) M SZYMOUR, His Excellency Sir John Bowring, LL.D., ker Majesty's Plenipotentiary, Hong Kong. Superintendency of Trade, Hong Kong, Oct. 27, 1' 56. Sir.—l have received with extreme gratification your Excellency's report (dated 25th inst.) of the capture of the Blenheim Reach Fort, that of the Macao passage, the Red and Cha-min Forts, and of your intention, with as much regard as possible forlife and private property, to continue your hostile operations until satisfaction is obtained from the Imperial High Commissioner. lam also gratified to find that the factories are adequately protected. I can only renew my congratulations on the most suc cessful issue of all your naval operations, and hope our diplomacy may be equally auspicious. —I have, &c., (Signed) JOHN BOWRING. His Excellency Sir Michael Seymour, K.C.8., Naval Commander-in-Chief, &c. British Consulate, Canton, Oct. 25, 1856. Sir, —I have received your Excellency's declaration of last night, and have laid it before his Excellency the Naval Commander-in-Chief. He directs me to inform your Excellency that he consi ders such a communication, being for the most part a re petition of previous misstatements, to be at this time entirely out of place. His Excellency having been compelled to take much trouble in order to redress a wrong committed by your Excel!ency, it will be necessaur to guard against the recur rence of such difficulties by providing freer means of com munication between your Excellency and her Majesty's officers. In the matter of the Arrow many communications were addressed to your Excellency both by her Majesty's Pleni potentiary and Consul, of which your Excellency took no notice. They were therefore unable to convince your Ex• cellency by personal argument of the injustice you were persisting in, and hence the p resen t difficulties have been brought aboull. The twelve men sent to the consulate at noon on the 22d, together with the communication from your Excellency, which accompanied them, were returned, because the de mands made in my letters of the Bth and 12th of October had not been complied with, as was clearly explained at the time to the Nankee, Assistant Magistrate, who brought them. Can it be possible that he did not represent these parti culars to your Excellency? If so, it is another proof of the dangerous consequences which the want of direct per sonal communication between her Majesty's officers entails and how indispensable such communication has become. His E.tcellency the Naval Commanderin-Chief directs me to add, that when your Excellency is prepared to ar range these questions satisfactorily, and to furnish the re paration demanded for the outrage committed on the Arrow, he will then desist from further operations ; and as he is careful to respect the property of the people, he is not apprehensive that these movements, which are directed solely against your Excellency's Government, will incite hostility on their part.—l have, &c., (Signed) H. S. PARKES, H.B.M.'s Consul. His Excellency Yell, Imperial High Commissioner, &c. Yeh, Imperial High Commissioner, Governor-General, kn. ' addresses this decl a r a ti on t o M r . P ar k es, t h e Bri tish Consul. At noon on the 26th Oct. I received your statement and have well considered it. On the morning of the 22d Oct. I addressed you a decla ration, and with it sent you the 12 men, thus, therefore, returning to you the whole number that had previously been seized. You, the said Consul, r ece i ve d (th e l e tt er an d men), and thus had knowledge (of the fact). Was not this proceeding in perfect accordance with (the demands made in) your letters of the Bth and 12th Oct. ? Why then did you as before refuseto receive them, and proceed with out reason to burn and destroy the forts of this city ? But the minister also knows full well what you, the said Consul, have in view. For a certainty it is nothing less than a desire on your part to terminate the course taken by the Envoy Davis in the spring of 1847. Little indeed do you know that the people in China form the basis of the nation and that the people of liwang•tung are very different from other commanities. As to what you say in your statement under acknow ledgment about respecting the property of the people (let me inform you) that the forts you destroyed on the 231 and 24th Oct. were all built or repaired at the cost of the people to guard against the attacks of thieves or rebels. The destruction you have committed has therefore fallen upon the people, and the people being enraged at these proceedings, trouble will inevitably ensue. But you, the said Consul, must alone decide whether what I now say is to be believed or not. True translation. Oct. 26, 1856. H. S. PARLIii. British Consulate, Canton, Oct. 27, 1855. Sir,—l have received and Mid before his Excellency the Naval Commander-in-Chief your letter of yesterday after noon. A reference to my previous letters of the Bth, 12th, and 224 October will show very clearly that your Excellency has never yet offered the satisfaction demanded for the matter of the Arrow, and you now refuse to entertain the proposal for direct personal intercourse made to you by the Naval Commander-in-Chief in my letter of the 23th. His Excellency, therefore, directs me to inform you that he shall resume offensive operations, and that your Excellency is alone responsible for all the evil consequences that may ensue.—l have, &c., (Signed) S. PARKES, Consul. His Excellency Yeh, Imperial High Commissioner, &c. Encounter, at Canton, Oct. 29,1856. Sir,—ln continuation of my letter of the 26th inst. I have the honour to inform your Excellency, that, seeing the measures which had been taken to compel the High Com missioner to yield compliance with your just demands having proved of no avail, I opened fire at 1 p.m., on the 27th, oo the Governor's Compound in the New City, from the stern pivot gun of the Encounter, and continued it till sunset, at intervals of from sto 10 minutes. The Barra couta at the same time also shelled the troops on the hills at the back of the city, from a position at the head of Sul phur CI ealc. No change in the state of affairs having followed, I yes terday resumed offensive operations from the Dutch Folly, where I bad placed two guns in position, having previously given the fullest warning to the inhabitants in the vicinity to remove their persons and property, an occupation they were engaged in during the whole of the previous night; our fire in the direction of the city walls, aided by a con flagration of a large portion of the houses in our line of attack, has materirlly furthered our object of opening a clear passage between the Dutch Folly and the walls of the city, and will, I have reason to hope, facilitate our further operations. The fire has reopened on the city walls this morning earlier than I intended, in consequence of the Chinese mounting guns on the walls opposite the ➢utch Folly.-- I have, &c., (Signed) M. SEYMOUR. His Excellency Sir John Bowring, LL.D., her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, Hong Kong. Government-house, Hong Kong, Oct. 30, 1856. Sir,—l have to acknowledge your Excellency's despatch of yesterday, advising the continuance of hostile opera tions, consequent upon the unsub , invd obstinacy of the Im perial Commissioner. I venture to hope that the pressure will soon be irresistible and the final result all we could reasonably anticipate. In addition to the small body of Artillery sent up to be placed under your Excellency's orders, we have thought it desirable to despatch an officer •f Engineers (Captain Cow- per), who will be at your Excellency's disposal for any ser vice required It his hands.—l have, &c., (Signed) JoRN BOVIRING. His Excellency Sir Michael Seymour, K.C.8,, Naval Commander-in-Chief, &c. Return of Officers, Seamen, Royal Marines, and Royal Artillery, engaged in the capture of a portion of the City of Canton, on the 29th October, 1856. Her Majesty's Ship Calcutta. —W. K. Hall, C. 8., cap tain; W. R. Rolland, commander; H. H. Beamish, lieu tenant ; F. J. Campbell, lieutenant ; Robert Boyle, rapt. R. M. • R. P. Henry, Ist lieutenant, R. M. ; W. W. All nutt, 2d lieutenant, R. M. ; W. R. Kennedy, midshipman ; S. Osborne, midshipman ; C. H. Eden, midshipman ; A. B. C. Booth, midshipman ; H. H. A'Court, midshipman ; E. W. Pearn, master's assistant; F. T. Holdsworth, naval cadet ; 97 seamen; 104 marines. —Total, 14 officers, 97 seamen, 104 marines. Grand total, 215. Her Majesty's ship Sybille—The Honourable C. G. J. B. Elliot, commodore 2d class, ' commanding the force s - E. F. Dent, lieutenant ,- Henry Swale, Ist lieutenant, R. M., slightly wounded; A. T. Brooke, midshipman; H. T. Price, midshipman ; 53 seamen ; 1 marine. —Total, 5 offi cers, 53 seamen, 1 marine. Grand total, 59. Her Majesty's ship Winchester—J. H. Bushnell, lieu tenant, in charge of field piece, highly active and zealous ; P. W. Pellew, acting lieutenant; P. F. James, acting second master; P. C. Penrose, captain, R.M., com manding detachment ; C. W. Burton, first lieute nant, R.M., acting adjutant ; 43 seamen, 39 ma rines, 34th company, John Lyne, acting lance corporal, mentioned for gallant conduct in bringing off killed and wounded men.—Total, 5 officers, 43 seamen, 39 marines. Grand total, 87. Her Majesty's ship Nankin—The Hon. K. Stewart, cap tain ; R. Carter, lieutenant ; W. W. Howell, mate ; A. Rattray, M.D., assistant-surgeon, transporting wounded ; V. Scholefield, midshipman ; 68 seamen • 3 marines.— Total, 5 officers, 18 seamen, 3 marines. drand total, 76. Her Majesty's sloop Bittern--W. T. Bate, commander C. G. Johnston, master; George Gord on , surgeon, vo l un. teer ; 4 seamen ; 11. marines. —Total, 3 officers, 4 seamen, 11 marines. Grand total, 18. Her Majesty's steam-ship Encounter—Robert Gibson, lieutenant ; J. S. Twysden, lieutenant, in charge of field piece, highly active and zealous ; 22 seamen.—Total, 2 officers, 22 seamen. Grand total, 24. Her Majesty's steals-ship Sampson—Marines 10. Total, 10 marines. Her Majesty's steazra.sloop Barracouta--T. D. A. For tescue, commander; W. K. Bush, lieutenant ; J. H. Tully, acting 2d mast,er ; J. M. Ironson, assistant-surgeon, actively employed in carrying the wounded from the shore to the Dutch Folly ; 50 seamen ; 11 marines. —Total, 4 officers, 50 seamen, 1 4 marines. Grand total, 68. H.M. sloop Corn-us —Marines 17—Total, 17 marines. Royal A r till ery fi..ons Hong Kong—Guy Rotton, cap tain ; 5 men ; the rctniainder of the party of Royal Artil lery remained at Ulf, Folly to serve the guns in covering the storming party._!'Total, 1 officer, 5 men. Grand total, 6. Encounter, a t C an t on , Oct. 25, 1856. I Calcutta-14 oil icers, S l u 9 " seta Y en, 104 marines. Total, 215. Sir,—l have the honour to inform your Excellency of Sybille-5 officers 53 seamen, 1 marine. Total, 59. my proceedings since my letter of the 23d instant. After rendering the guns in the forts possession of uselss, I set fire to the buildings, and then proceeded to Canton, where I found the Encounter lying 87. which I had taken the forces as a volunteer. Winchester-5 officers, 43 off the factories. I had sent the Sampson and Barracouta Nankin-5 officers, 68 sr to secure the free navigation of the Blenheim Reach, and Bittern-3 °dicers, 4 P , Assistant-Surgeon Orr, of the 59tb, Regiment, * landed with reansen, 39 marines. Total, n m se e a n, en marines. ot Total, semen, 3 marines. Total, 76. ' ll 18. on myarrival I found that those ships had taken possession Encounter-2 officer,: of the Blenheim and Macao . Forts without resistance ; the ' Sampson-10 mari.nes. Total, n 10. ' 24. :Ira, 50 seamen, 14 marines. Total, 68. latter I retain temporary possession of. , Comas -17 -- I mar o i ffi Yesterday morning I proceeded down the Macao Reacb c a ' s. Total 17. whore I met the Barraconta; and at a given signal, the Royal Artillery- - 1 officer, 5 men. Total, 6. fort opposite the factory and the Bird's Nest Fort were Grand Total---`39 o taken quiet possession of, as were afterward s th e two forts artillerymen ' 5 marines, . rilotal, 580fficers, 337 seamen, 199 called (I think) Cha-min, commanding the paasage. The From this 7- lumber must be taken the boats' crews, about gang were rendered unserviceable.-1 have, &c., 180 leaving , number who were actu a lly a t t h e breach (Signed) M. SEy3fou ß , , the ' about 400. Rear-Admiral and Commander-in Chi e f. His Excellency Sir John Bowring, LL.D., her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, Hong Kong. KILLED. Her ry West, marine, Bittern, slug wound in head. amea Lulharn, marine, Bittern, sing wound in head. Encounter, at Canton, Oct. 26, 1856. Sir,--I beg to acqu a i n t y our E xce ll ency th a t my pro, IWOUNDED. I HenryrfenrY Swale, Ist lieutenant, R.N., Sybill e , woun d o f 4 peck from sing very slightly. T lIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1857. John Baskyfield, marine, Calcutta, slag wound, left hip, severely. . _ Roland Bradstock, marine, Encounter, contused wound, right shoulder, from a spent ball, slightly. 14th November—All the wounded are doing well. M. SEYMOUR, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in• Chief. Little opposition was offered by the Chinese troops be yond a scattered fire from the streets and houses, from which we sustained a loss of two marines killed and twelve* wounde The High Commissioner having made no concession, I have re-opened fire this morning, with a view to maintain the breach, and pree3rve the facilities it offers for re-enter ing the city if necessary.—l have, &c., (Signed) M. SEYMOUR. His Excellency Sir John Bowring, LL.D., her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, Hong Kdtig. Superintendency of Trade, Hong Kong, Oct. 31, 1856. Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge your Excellen cy's despatch of yesterday, advising me that a breach was made in the new city wall, on the 29th, through which our brave fellows entered the city, and visited the public offices of the Governor-General, and that (having accom plished this) they returned to their quarters, and your Excellency announces that the breach will be maintained, with a view to further proceedings. I am indeed sorry to find that all these demonstrations do not move the 'lmperial Commissioner to enter upon becoming negotiations.—l have, (Signed) JOHN BOWRING. His Excellency Sir Micha©l Seymour, K.C.8., Naval Commander-in-Chief, Canton. British Consulate, C inton, Oct. 30, 1856. Sir,—When the Prefect of Luy-chow foo was sent yes terday to the British Consulate by your Excellency, for the purpose of ascertaining what demands I had to make, I instructed the British Consul to state to him for the in formation of your Excellency, that convinced as I am that, were the right of access to the authorities within the city, that has been invariably conceded at the other ports, similarly in force at Canton, no such contingency coull arise as the present, in which the impossibility of other wise effecting any satisfactory arrangement 'had rendered necessary the proceedings of the last few days ; what I had now to insist upon was simply this, that the foreign representatives should have here the same access to the authorities as at the other ports. Your Excellency sent no reply to my message, and ac cerding to the intention of which I had given notice to your deputy, I breached the wall of the city, and thus obtained access to your Excellency's official residence, whieh I visited yesterday afternoon. This object accom plished, I withdrew my troops. I may observe that it has been wholly with a view to the preservation of life that my operations have been / hitherto so deliberately conducted. Even yesterday, whin entering the city, no blood was shed, save where my men were assailed, and the property of the people was, in every case, respected. The fires which have broken out during the last two days were not either designedly caused by us ' • they w ere but a lament a bl e consequence o f the measures to which your Excellency's conduct has com pelled me, reluctantly, to resort. I have now one remark to make, to which I request your Excellency's particular attention. The lives sad property of the entire population are at my mercy, and coal I be destroyed by me at any moment that any event might impose upon me so sad a necessity. The preven tion of any such necessity is entirely in the hands of your Excellency. I have been constrained to move onward, proceeding from one step to a farther, by the pertinacity and dis courtesy with which your Excellency has persisted in evad ing the just and simple claims advanced by us in the first instance. It is now for your Excellency, by immediate consulta tion with me, to terminate a condition of things of which the present evil isnot sligat, bat which, if not amended, can scarcely fail to be productive of the most serious cala mities.—l have, dm., (Signed) M. SEYMOUR. His Excellency Yeh, Imperial High Commissioner, dcc. Yeh, Imperial Commissioner, Governor-General of the Two Kwang Provinces, &C., makes communication. I have this day received your Excellency's letter of the 30th October, and have acquainted myself with its con tents. The relations between your Excellency's country and the Chinese, ever since the commencement of commercial in tercourse between them, have been none other than those of politeness ; and when on the Bth instant twelve prisoners were seized on board the lorcha, having ascertained from the officer deputed to conduct the investigation, that nine of their number were innocent, I directed an officer, on the 10th instant, to put them on board their vessel again. Mr. Consul Parkes refused to receive them. Early on the morning of the 22d ultimo, I wrote to Mr. Consul Parkes, and at the same time forwarded to him twelve men, namely Leang-Mingtae, and Leang-keen-foo, convicted on the inquiry I had instituted, and the witness Woo Ajin, together with the nine men previously tendered. But Mr. Consul Parkes would neither receive the twelve prisoners nor my letter. The lorcha, it appears, was built by Loo-a-Ching, a Chi nese. She was not a foreign vessel at all, and her British flag had been purchased through the merchant Block, as was clearly established by the admission of the prisoner Woo-Ajin, when under examination. It was not known at the time that my executive went to seize persons on board her that the lorcha was a foreign vessel. She was anchored in the neighbourhood of the Dutch' Folly. She was built by the Chinese Loo-a-Ching. As to the question of the flag, it has been the invariable rule with lorchas of your Excellency's nation to haul down their ensign when they drop anchor, and to hoist it again when they get under weigh. When this lorcha was boarded, in order that the priso ners might be seized, it has been satisfactorily proved that no flag was flying. How, then, could a flag have been hauled down ? Yet Consul Parkes, in one despatch after another, pretends that satisfaction is required for this in sult offered to the lag, There has been, in truth, no breach of treaty committed ; and, after so many years of peaceful understanding between our two nations, why, without cause, a military operation should be undertaken, I am utterly unable to explain. In reference to the admission into the city, I must observe that in April 1849, his Excellency Plenipotentiary Bonham issued a public notice, at the factories here, to the effect that he thereby prohibited foreigners from entering the city. The notice was inserted in the newspapers of the time, and will, I presume, have been read by your Excellency ; a.ld to this that the exclusion of foreigners from the city is by the unanimous vote of the whole population of Kwang•tung. It may be supposed how little to their liking has been this storming of the forts and this destruction of their dwellings; and apprehensive, as I am, that evil may hence befall the officials and citizens of your Excellency's nation, I can suggest nothing better than a continued adherence to the policy of the Plenipotentiary Bonham, as the correct course to be pursued. As to the consultation (proposed by your Excellency), I have already some days ago deputed Tcheang, Prefect of Lny-chow-fow. I accordingly reply, availing myself of the occasion to wish your Excellency prosperity, Sic. A necessary communication, addressed to his Excellency Sir Michael Seymour, Naval Commander-in-Chief, &c. Hien-fang, 6th year, 10th moon, 3d day, 31st Oct., 1836, Translated by (Signed) THOMAS WADE, Chinese Secretary. Tne copy. (Signed) CHAS. A. WINCHESTER, Vice-Consu British Consulate, Nov. 1, 1856. 31st ,—I am in receipt of your Excellenc y 's re p l y of the Sir ult. I must positively decline any further argument on the merits of the case of the lorcha Arrow. lam perfectly satisfied of the facts as represented to your Excellency by Mr. Consul Parkes, and that the just demands of the Con sul were not acceded to by your Excellency. The men who had been publicly seized on board the Arrow were not pub licly restored to their vessel, as he bad requested, nor was the required apology made for the violation of hisjuris diction by your executive. The whole course and issue of the lengthy correspondence arising out of a matte- which might in the first instance have b een eas i ly adjusted have determined me, as I have already t o l d you, to insist on behalf of the foreign repre sentatives of the same r i g ht o f access t o th e au th or i t i es within Cant on as h as b een i nvar i a bl y conce d ed at the other ports ; the exercise of this right being, in my belief, our sole security against recurrence of misunderstandings like the present, involving proceedings so distasteful to my self and so disastrous to you. Your Excellency's reply refers me to the notification of the British Plenipotentiary Bonham in 1849, prohibiting foreigners from entering Canton. Now I must remind you that, although we have re ceived serious matter of complaint against the Chinese Government, for breach of the promise given in 1847, to admit foreigners into Canton at the end of the two years, my demand now made is in no way connected with the former negotiations on the same subject, neither are I de manding the admission .f any but the foreign officials, and this only for the simple and sufficient reason above assigned. On my proposal to treat personally with your Excel lency, you do me the honour to remark that you sent a prefect some days ago. lam compelled, therefore, to re gard your Excellency's whole letter as unsatisfactory in the extreme, an d h ave only to add, that unless I imme diately rec e i ve an explicit assurance of your assent to what I h ave proposed, operations. I shall at once resume offensi ve The deliberateness with which I have so far proceeded, should have convinced you of my reluctance to visit the shortcomings of their authorities upon the inhabitants of Canton. The responsibility of what may now befall them rests on your Excellency. Should you persist in your present line of policy, you leave me but one course to pursue, and you will learn, when too it is late, that we have power to execute what we undertake.—Accept, &c., His Excellency Yoh, I(Sign ria ed) M. SEYMOUR. mpel High Commissioner, &c. Yeh, Imperial Cnrimissioner, Governor-General of the Two Kwang Provinces, (tc., makes a communication in reply. , I am in receipt of your Excellency's letter of the 2d inst., and have acquainted myself with its contents. In the case of the lorcha you say that, on the representa tion of Consul Parkes, I should have caused the men publicly seized on board that vessel to have been publicly returned to her, and that it was incumbent on me to admit that their capture by my executive was a mistake. No foreign flag was . seen by my executive at the time of the capture, and as in addition to this it was ascertained on the examination of the * One since dead. Richard Hore, marine, Calcutta, contused wound, left shoulder, from a spent ball, slightly. George Atkins, marine, Calcutta, slug wound, left arm and left breast, severely. William Straw, marine, Cellcutta, slug wound, left breast, severely. Simon Jessop, marine, Calcutta, slug wound, right cheek, slightly. James Nicolson, marine, Winchester, slug wound, left leg and both gluteal regions, dangerously. Patrick Byrnes, marine, Winchester, contused wound of sternum from a spent ball, slightly. James Love, marine, Comus, penetrating slug wound of abdomen, mortally (since dead). Reuben Bargery, fifer, R.M., Comus, wound of face, slightly. _ _ _ Encounter, at Canton, Oct. 30, 1856. Sir,—Referring to my letter of the 29th, I have tke honour to inform your Excellency that a practicable breach having been made yesterday, about 2 p.m., in the new city wall, from the guns in the Dutch Folly, a strong detach ment of seamen and Royal Marines took possession of the city wall, destroyed, by blowing up, one of the gates, entered the city, and, having visited and inspected the house and premises of the governor, the forces were re embarked at sunset, and retired to their respective quar ters. In 1848 there was a long controversial correspondence on this subject between my predecessor Leu and the British Plenipotentiary, Mr. Bonham ; and Mr. Bonham being satis fied that an interview within the city was utterly out of the question, addressed a letter to Leu ou the April, 1849, in which he said—" At the present time I can have no more* (or still less can I have) discussion with your Excellency on this subject." He further issued a notice from the factories to the effect that no foreigner was to enter the city, which was in serted in the papers, and he communicated this to the Bri tish Government. t There was not a Chinese or foreigner of any nation who did not know that the question was never to be discussed again ; and is shown by the records. His Ma jesty the Emperor was informed in a memorial, drawn up by myself, the then governor of the province, together with the late Commissioner Leu, that Mr. Bonham had stated in his correspondence that this question could not be discussed, and had issued a notice prohibiting foreigners from entering the city. Assiiming that your Excellency has long been aware of this, I am utterly unable to explain what is meant in the letter under acknowledgment by the statement that the pre sent demand is in no way connected with the negotiations of former years, and it is only for the admission of foreign offi cials into the city. As to former negotiations, Mr. Bonham stated in corre spondence, that discusiion of this question could net be re newed, and issued a prohibitory notice on the subject. Your Excellency's proposition having reference to the very same question (as that mooted by Mr. Bonham), how can it be said to have no connection with it ? And when Mr. Bon ham has said that this question could be no more discussed by him, it is to be inferred that it can still less be discussed by your Excellency. ' To conclude, our two countries have been many years on friendly terms. Without cause you have in one day come upon us with hostilities, the result of which has been intoler able misery to the people. Let your Excellency ponder well what is no vain fiction of mine, that hundreds and thousands of them have been for days past clamorously tendering their services, ardent and nitited for the defence of the city. I accordingly reply, availing myself of the occasion to wish your Excellency prosperity, ctc. A necessary communication addressed to his Excellency Sir Michael Seymour, Naval Commander-in-Chief. • Hien-fung, 6th year, 10th month, 6th day (3d November, 1856.) Translated by (Signed) THOMAS WAD; Chinese Secretary. British Consulate, Canton, Nov. 4, 1856. Sir,—l am in receipt of your Excellency's letter of yester day, referring me to the correspondence between your Excel lency's predecessor and Mr. Bonham, our late plenipoten. tilry. The perusal of all that is on record will show you that although, when the Chinese Government refused in 1849 to fulfil the promise given iu 1847, the right of entry into Can ton was for the moment waived, it was distinctly informed at the time and since, that our claim was in no respect aban doned. My demand, however, as I have already told you, is entirely distinct from any former proposition on the subject. It is useless to restate my reasons for insisting upon it, and I have only to add until it is acceded to I have no alternative but to persist in the course you have compelled me to adopt. --I have, &c., (Signed) M. SEYXOI7IC. His Excellency Yeh, Imperial High Commissioner, &C. Encounter, at Canton, Nov. 3, 1856. Sir,—Since my letter of proceedings of the 311th ult., I have confined my operations to maintaining the breach in the city wall, which the Chinese have continually evinced a dis position to close; also to clearing away the Chinese buildings in the rear of the factory. On the 30th ult. and Ist inst. I wrote the two letters to the High Commissioner of which your Excellency has received copies from Mr. Consul Parkes, as well as a copy of the High Commissioner's reply to the first ' The result has been my resuming offensive operations this day against the govern ment buildings in the city, from the Encounter, Sampson, and the Dutch Folly,which, as far as cam. be at present ascer tained, will be continued to-morrow.—l have ! ., _&c (Signed) M. SEYMOUR. His Excellency Sir John Bowling, LL.D., her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, Hong Kong. Superintendency of Trade, Hong Kong, Nov. 4, 1856. Sir,--I have to acknowledge your Excellency's despatch of yesterday, announcing the resumption of offensive operwieus. I think, under present circumstances, it is desirable to convey to your Excellency copy of a communication drafted at the Foreign-office, and sent by Sir George Bonham, under Lord Palmerston's instructions, to the Imperial Commissioner on the 21st August, 1849. In a communication dated 6th July, made to the India and China Association by order of Lord Palmerston, it is stated " her Majesty's Government have no intention to renounce the right of entering the city of Canton."—l have. &c., (Signed) JOHN BOWRING. His Excellency Sir Michael Seymour, K.C.8., Naval Commaader-in-Chief, Canton. Victoria, Hong Kong, Aug. 21, 1849. The undersigned, &c., has been instructed by her Majesty's Government to make to the High Commissioner the following communication : The British Government has learnt with surprise and dis pleasure that the Government of China has declined to fulfil the engagements of the treaties by which British subjects were to be admitted free accers to the city of Canton. In the treaty of Nankin, of the 29th August, 1842, it was stated that " his Majesty the Emperor of China agrees that British subjects, with their families and establishments, shall be allowed to reside for the purpose of carrying on their mer cantile pursuits, without molestation or restraint, at the cities and towns of Canton, Amoy, Foochow-foo, Ningpo, and Shanghae." In the supplementary treaty of Hoomun-Chae of the Bth Oe tober, 1843, it was again recorded that " The treaty of per petual peace and friendship provides for British subjects and their families residing at the cities and towns of Canton, Foo chow, Amoy, Ningpo, and Shanghae, without molestation and restraint." (Signed) JOIIN BOWRING, His Excellency Rear-Admiral Sir M. Seymour, K.C.8., Nara' Commander-in-Chief, &c., Canton. In the further treaty, signed at Bocca Tigris on the 4th of April, 1846, it was said,—" Hi, Majesty the Emperor of China having en his own part distinctly stated that when in the course of time mutual tranquillity shall have been in sured, it will be safe and right to admit foreigners into the city of Canton ; and the local authorities being for the pre sent unable to coerce the people of that city, the plenipoten tiaries on either side mutually agree that the execution of the above measure shall be postponed to a more favourable period ; but the claim of right is by no means yielded or abandoned on the part of her Britannic Majesty." And, finally, in the article agreed upon at Canton, on the 6th April, 1847, it was stated, as recorded in Keying's note of that day to the British plenipotentiary, " The intention of returning my visit to the city is excellent, but the time for it ought still somewhat to be delayed. " It is therefore now agreed that two years from this day's date British officers and people shall have free entrance into the city." These engagements, thus solemnly recorded, the Chinese government has now declined to fulfil. But the faithful per formance of treaty engagements by sovereigns is the security for peace between nations. The Queen of England has ful filled her treaty engagements to the Emperor of China. The Emperor of China has not fulfilled his treaty engagements to the Queen of England. Why has the Emperor broken his word ? Is it because he is unwilling to keep his engage ments, or because he is unable to do so? If he is unwilling to keep his engagements, how can the British government trust to the Emperor's word, and how can there be lasting peace between the twe governments ? If the Emperor is unable to keep his promise, because his word and his orders are not respected by his subjects, how could he expect that foreign governments sh ou ld s h ow him more respect than his own subjects are willing to show him ? And will not foreign governments be obliged to inflict on the Chinese people, in order to repress their violence, those punishments which the Emperor is too weak to be able to award ? (Signed) MICHAEL SEYMOUR, His Excellency Yeh, Imperial High Commissioner, Governor. General of the Two Kwans, , , dvc., &C. Yeh, Imperial Commissioner, Governor-General of the Two Kwang Provinces, &e., makes communication in reply : On the 10th inst. I received a letter from your Excellency, dated the 9th inst., with a copy of a proclamation appended to it. As to the imputation that I am vainly seeking to incite the people to a rupture, in, support of an unjust and per-onal policy, I would ask by what person have they really been incited to a rupture in this case ? The seizure of some criminals on the part of the Chinese Government, a small matter, having been misrepresented as a hauling down of your flag ou the 23d, 24th, an d 25th u lt ., you opened fi re on th e diffrent forts of he city. To this, in consideration of the peaceful relations s) many years subsist ing between us, I made no rejoinder whatever. Had I not re ferred myself to the higher principles, which your letter accuses me of not keeping in view, I should have shown no such forbearance. But when, foll ming up this, on the 27th and 28th, you opened a fire on the city, by which numberless houses were consumed, with considerable loss of life, the whole population, thus subjected to calamity, gnashed their teeth in anger. At the time you took pos session of the forts, although the gentry and the mercan tile community of the whole city put forth placards, I . did not issue any proclamati on . But when you had continued firing on the old city and the new, from the 27th October to the sth instant, the people came crowding to my court in hundreds of thousands, demanding why, after all the years that the English had traded at Canton, to their great advantage, without any cause of complaint against them, the people of Canton, they should be subjected sud denly to such suffering at the hands of the English, declaring that they were ready and eager to subscribe funds, to be de posited iu the public hall, for the provision of the necessaries of war, and of the expenses of rewarding merit, and requir ing me with instance to publish a scale of rewards. With the public mind thus impatient (of your acts) I could not but concede what was requested, and accordingly, o n the 27th I issued my proclamation. But did the idea ori ginate with me ? The people's placards were out before my procl a mation was issued. Wherein then have I b een moving the people ? As to another observation in your letter, let your Excel lency well remember, that without any injury done to the English by the people of Canton, your Excellency fired at once into the city, and ask yourself whether this consists with the forms of war, as waged by a great state, or whether this is the practice of civilisation. But is this the way to secure tranquillity to the Chinese People ? Let the Chinese Government well consider these things; and whatever may happen in future between the two coun tries that may be disagree able to China, let the Chinese Go vernment remember that the fault thereof will be upon them. Let the High Commissioner send this communication to he Imperial Government of Pekin. The undersigned, (to., (Signed) S. G. BONHAM. A true copy. (Signed) GEo. S. MORRISON. Yeb, Imperial Commissioner, Governor-General of the Two Kwang Provinces, &c., makes a communication in reply.. On the 4th inst., I received your Excellency's communica tion of the 3d, and have acquainted myself with its contents. As to the question of admission into the city your Excel lency is already aware that, a long correspondence having passed on the subject, between my predecessor Leu, and the British Plenipotentiary, Mr. Bonham, it was with the full conviction that the temper of the Canton people is fierce and violent, and, in fact, different from the people of the other ports, thet Mr. Bonham writes the words, " henceforth the matter shall be no more discussed," and issued a notice, pro hibiting foreigners from entering the city, which was in serted in the newspapers—the above being truths and not in any way false averments of mine (when therefore) the letter under acknowledgment states that "although when the pro mise given in 1847 was broken in 1849, the claim of the Bri tish Government was, for the moment, waived" (I must ob serve) this was all owing to the fact that the Kwang-tung people were unanimously opposed to (your admission). The Kwang-tong people of the present day are the Kwang-tun peo ple of 1849. If admission into the city had been practicable in 1849, there would have been no occasion for the prohibit ing notice of VII.. Bohnam. Your Excellency's proposition being identical with his will not bear discussion. I would have you ask yourself, if the question of admission to which the Kwang-tong people were opposed before be, in all likeli hood, less easy now, when they have been subjected to grie vous affliction, than it was in 1849. As to the correspondence of which your Excellency's letter says, " A perusal of all that is on record will show," &c., there is no part of it with which I am not conversant, and I am regarding as final the latest decision arrived at therein. In the administration of all matters in China the rule ad hered to is that which heaven (or nature) shows is the right one to pursue ; the chief consideration is the people. It is said in the Book of History, " Heaven sees as i my peo ple see, Heaven hears as my people hear ;" that s to say, that what the people are averse to Heaven (the Deity) is averse to. Is not this an additional reason why I should is the unable to constrain (the people)? I must add , that as it the habit of your. Excellency's nation to adore the spirits of heaven, it behoves you, in my opinion, so much the more to conform in your actions to the principle given us by heaNren.t. Let your Excellency maturely consider this ! I accordingly reply to you, availing myself of the opportu nity to wish your Excellency prosperity, &c., (ire. A necessary communication addressed to his Excellency Sir Michael Seymour, Naval Commander-in-Chief, Hien-fung, 6th year, 10th moon, Bth day (sth November, 1856.) Translated by (Signed) Tuomas WADE, Chinese Secretary. -- I accordingly reply to you, availing myself of the occasion to wish your Excellency prosperity. A necessary communication adrdessed to his Excellency Sir Michael Seymour, K.C.8., &c. Hien-fung, 6th year, 10th moon, 14th day, 11th Novem ber, 1856. Translated by (Signed) THOMAX WADE, Chinese Secretary. (Summons senFtoirntstoonthtehe Mandarin h com l m Bs a 6 ling the Bogue The British Admiral wishes Nov., . to spare life, and is not at war with the Chinese ; and as it is necessary for him to hold possession of the Bogue Forts until the conduct of the Viceroy Ych can be referred to the Emperor a t Pekin, will be given for the Purpose one hour of clearing out; if this offer is at once accepted, boats will be permitted to pass to and from the main land and the Wantuno.s. In this case the f or t s w ill remain unin j ure d, ready to l' be returned in the same state to the Chinese when these differences are over, and the rebels will neither be allowed to pass the Bogue Forts nor to enter them whilst in our possession. At the expiration of an hour his answer came. Th e e d,, miral commanding the Bogue Forts cannot give them up, as he would lose his head, and he must therefore fight. The small mandarin who was the bearer of the message understood English, and had been a pilot. He stated that there were 500 soldiers in each fort. (Signed) M. SEYMOUR ; Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of J'ie British Forces. Return of killed and wounded on board her Majesty's ship Nankin, on the 12th November, 1856, at th e a tt ac k on the Bogue Forts. British Consulate, Canton, Nov. 6, 1856. Sir,--I am in receipt of another letter from your Excellency, dated yesterday. I have nothing to add to what I have before written, except that I observe with much regret that no KILLED. James Towey, boy, let class. WOUNDED. Mr. Oliver T. Lang, midshipman. Alexander Morrison, seaman. George Dwyer, seaman. Thomas Kirby, seaman. Richard Proctor, seaman. * The Chinese will translate either way. t The manner in which this is put is uncourteous, especi ally when contrasted with the form of mentioning a reference to the Chinese Government a little farther on. .1. - Heaven written in the translation with a capital may be taken as a synonyme for tho Deity ; without it, for nature. CIRCULAR. Her Britannic Majesty's Consul has received the iostruc- prisoners by the officer deputed to c on du c t it, th a t th e i erc h g , satisf ac t or y resu lt i s to be anticipated from a protracted cor was in no respect a foreign vessel, I maintain that there Imo resondeuce.—Accept, etc., no mistake committed. In the next place the twelve men (Sicced) M. SEYMOUR, were handed back to the Constil when the examination was Naval Commander.in-Chief of the British Forces over, but he declined to receive them ; there was not then in the Canton River. eith_r any refusal to return the men to their vessel. 1 His Excellency Yeli, Imperial High Commissioner, &c. As to what is said in the letter under acknowledgment re specting that rule of intercourse between foreign officials and the native authorities that has always obtained at the other ports, it has been found that the people of Kwang-tung are extremely fierce and violent, differing in nature from people of other provinces. Yeb, Imperial ,Commissioner, Governor-General of the Two Hwang Provinces, dze., makes this declaration to his Ex- cellency Sir Michael Seymour, Naval Commander in-Chief, I have received your Excellency's letter •f yesterday, ac knowledging my communication (of the sth Nov.), wherein you state, " I have nothing to add to what I have before written, except that I observe with much regret that no satisfactory result is to be anticipated from a protracted correspondence.'' This communication I have well considered, and have now to remark that the several replies I have made to your com munications have been exceedingly clear and distinct, so that your Excellency, I conclude, will early have understood all the explanations I have therein given you. To resume, how ever; in the management of the affairs of our two nations, far from having recourse, just as individual nations may prompt, to forcible measures, wo should seek to carry with us public opinion, by adhering to the rules of heaven (or nature). Your Excellency should again examine the state ments in my previous communications. I avail myself of this opportunity to wish your Excellency prosperity. - Hiett-fiing, 6th year, 10th moon, 16th day (7th November, 1856.) Translated by (Signed) H. S. PARKES. Encounter, at Canton, November 6, 1856. Sir,—Since my communication of the 3d inst. my opera tions have beeen limited, Ist, to showing the authorities that it is in our power to throw shot and shell to reach the most distant of the city forts and government buildings ; and this morning, in consequence of a most menacing number of war junks having collected under the protection of the French Folly Fort, it appearing absolutely necessary, for the security of our position, that they should be dispersed or destroyed, the Barracouta and Coromandel, steam vessels, with our armed boats, successfully accomplished this service, though I regret to state not without the loss of 1 man killed and wounded. Considerable resistance was offered, and the fire from the junks and forts, in the early part of the operation, was stoutly maintained. The security of our position here will now be the main object of our exertions.—l have, &c., (Signed) M. SEYMOUR. His Excellency Sir John Bowring, LL.D., her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, Hong Kong. List of Officers engaged in the destruction of war junks and the French Folly Fort, on the 6th November, 1856. Calcutta.—Launch, Mr. E.H. Stuart, acting mate; barge, Lieutenant F. J. Campbell, Mr. Eden, midshipman; pinnace, Lieutenant Beamish, Mr. Kennedy, midshipman. Sybille.—Launch, Lieutenant A. H. Alston, Mr. W. H. De Burgh, midshipman; barge, Lieutenant E. F. Dent, Mr. H. T. Price, midshipman ; pinnace, Mr. T. K. Hudson, acting mate; Ist cutter, Mr. A. T. Brooke, midshipman. Encounter. —Pinnace, Lieutenant Gibson ; Ist cutter, Mr. F. R. Hardinge, acting mate; 2d cutter, Mr. Alex. Tupman, midshipman; 2d gig, Mr. W. G. P. O'Callaghan, cadet. Sampson.-Ist cutter, Lieutenant Wm. Clark ; 2d cutter, Mr. Charles H. Murphy, midshipman. Winchester.—Cutter, Mr. Wm. Bell, midshipman. A party of Royal Marines light infantry ou board the steam tender Coromandel, muter the command of Captain Boyle, R.M.L. 1., her Majesty's ship Calcutta. (Signed) CHARLES J. B. ELLIOT, Commodore. List of Casualties amongst the Naval Forces employed at the destruction of war junks and the French Folly Fort, on the 6th November, 1856. KILLED. William Prowse, ordinary seamen, Calcutta. WOUNDED. William Reid, Royal Marine, dangerously, Barracouta. John Barns, Royal Marine, severely, Barracouta. John Dempster, quartermaster, slightly, Barracouta. Charles Hipsey, stoker, slightly, Barracouta. (Signed) CHAS. A. ANDERSON, Staff Surgeon, Calcutta, in Medical Charge of the Force disembarked, Government-house, Hong Kona, Nov. 8, 1856. Sir,—l have received your Excellency's despatch of the 6th inst., informing me that shot and shell had been thrown into the most distant of the city forts and Government build ings, and announcing the destruction of a large number of Chinese war jun Ks, and the capture of the French Folly Fort. I have to express to your Excellency my great and admir ing sense of the consummate skill and prudence with which the military operations have been directed, and to all con cerned my thorough appreciation of the promptitude, zeal, and bravery which have given them such successful results. Whatever may have been the importance of the question which necessitated the first appeal to hostilities, it has now assumed a character seriously involving all our present and future relations with China ; and I am of opinion that every thing possible should be done to give effect to treaties which have been pertinaciously and recklessly ♦iolated—a small and turbulent fraction of the population of China cannot be allowe , l to supersede the engagements of their Emperor to the sovereign of Great Britain. I submit - to your Excellency that the next step to take , hould be a notice to the Imperial Commissioner that unless, within a period to be fixed by you, your reiterated demands are complied with, the Bogue Forts will be destroyed. I think it should also be stated that the object of our en tering the city is to carry forward a work of peace and amity; to put a stop to the miseries, whose infliction has been ren dered imperative by the resistance to lawful requirements, mild to prevent their recurrence on any future occasion.—l have, &c., British Consulate, Canton„ Nov. 9, 1856. Sir,—l have to acknowledge your Excellency's letter of the 7th inst. in which you dislaim th e a d o pti on o f f orc ibl e mea sures, and appeal to higher principles as the proper guide of our actions. I deeply regret that your Excellency should not at an earlier date have kept these principles in view, for it is owing to the utter disregard of them on your Excellency's part, as evinced by your violation of treaty engagements, your die courtesy and inattention to my demands, that the present unwilling resort to force has been rendered unavoidable. Neither is it creditable to your Excellency that, in the em ployment of force on your part, you should have recourse to measures so opposed to civilised practices, as that of offering a reward for the indiscriminate murder of Englishmen. I enclose you a copy of one of those proclamations, the original of which, under your Excellency's seal, is in possession of her Majesty's consul. I take this opportunity to repeat the demands already so clearly presented to your Excellency in my letters of the 30th of October, and Ist of November, and to again staN that your Excellency's compliance therewith is the only solution of the present difficulty that I can accept. The fulfilment of the particular treaty engagements, which is the sole object of those demands, is now proved to be indispensable for the preservation of 'peace and amity, and the prevention in fu ture of disastrous misunderstandings like the present. I therefore once again warn your Excellency that active ope rations will be recommeuced, unless I receive within 24 hours your assent to all I have required. The experience of the last fortnight should have convinced your Excellency of the futi lity of seeking to invite the people to support you in your unjust and personal policy, and, I therefore, trust you will well consider the danger of the crisis you persist in urging on.—Accept, tions of his Excellency Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Sey- . moor, K.C. 8., Naval Commander-ill-Chief, &c., &c., to issue the following notice to the Biitish community. His Excellency feels it unnecessary to recapitulate to the British community the origin and progress of what has been done at Canton during the last few weeks by her Majesty's naval forces under his command ; their loss has happily been trifling, and their operations, now including th 9 cap ture of the Bogue Forts, eminently successful. His Excellency regrets to find that neither the extreme measures to which the Imperial Commissioner's defiance of treaty obligations has comp e ll e d hi m to resort, nor the plai n proof given that the city and its in habitants are at the mercy of her Majesty's ships of war, have as yet induced the Imperial Commissioner to make the concession demanded by his Excellency, as a guarantee against future misunderstandings of a similar nature to the present. The concession is not regarded as unreasonable by Chinese, who, his Excellency understands, adequately represent the feelings of the respectable inhabitants of Canton ; nor is any tangible obstacle alleged to it by these except the impracticability of the Commissioner himself, who has laboured to associate the people with him, by re oresentine. the English as in l eague w i t h the rebels and out laws, ancf has pushed his hostility to the ferocious length of proclaiming rewards for the lives of English sub- jects, without distinction. His Excellency is determined that his demand shall be conceded. But the community must be well aware that any course his Excellency may now contemplate would be compromised by publicity. His Excellency therefore con. fines himself to stating that he sees no immediate prospect of a restoration of quiet ; the security of the foreign posi tion will be as well cared for as heretofore; the nature and object of any measures now to be resorted to, his Ex cellency deems it advisable to keep to himself. (Stgned) HARRY S. PARKES, H. B.M.'s Consul at Canton. British Consulate, Canton, Nov. 15, 1856. Country Markets. LIVERPOOL-JA.x. 6. At this day's market there was a moderately good at. Lenciance of the trade, and a fair consumptive demand for wheat at about the rates of this day week for red, but 2d per 701bs less money for white, which is more abundant and less wanted for the moment than red. Flour met a fair sale, fully maintaining its value. Oats and oatmeal in moderate request at our late quotations. Barley, beans, and peas rather more inquired for, owing to the change in the weather, but cannot be quoted dearer. Indian corn at first neglected, and some mixed was sold under 34s — however, the demand improved t owar d s th e c l ose, and 34s to 34s 3d per qr. was obtainable ; yellow was held at 34s 6d to 355, and white at 35s 6d to 36s Gd per qr. HULL—JAN. 6. To-day we had a very good show of English wheat, and which met a free sale at fully last market's rates. Foreign without alteration. Barley is dearer. No alteration in other articles. Linseed very firm, and cakes lOs per ton dearer. Bones in renewed demand. 8 I Wheat, English, red 58 to 60; Ditto white 6O t o 65' Dantzic and Konigs berg 66 to 72 Pomeranianand Ham burgh Danish, Holstein, and Friesland 54 to 58 Russian and Odessa 58 to 63 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 29 to 30 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 35 to 38 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel 4O to 42 . - 'Peas, grey and black s. to $ — Linseed, Black Sea 62 to 65 Ditto Petersburgh 50 to 511 Ditto Riga and Arch angel ('Ditto Konigsberg and Memel ' 4.1 to 50 Per Ton Line, c., Hull —/ Os to 10 5s Od Ditto fine for. 9/ Os 101 Os Od Ditto inf. for. 01 Os Od to 0105 Rapeseed..,... 001 Os to 001 Os Rape cakes —s Od to 125 a ad Tares, English M. to —s Ditto foreign ( Guano OOl Os 81 tol2l 155 (Bones Flour, per brL ......355. 38a LEEDS—JAN. 6. We are fairly supplied with wheat. Holders show great firmness, and more money is demanded ; and although we cannot quote an advance on Friday's rates rather better prices are obtained. Barley improves in value, which somewhat checks the sale. Oats and beans steady; other articles unaltered. Average price of grain—Wheat, 598 10d ; barley, 47s 8d ; oats, 25s 2d ; beans, 41s lCd ; peas, 425. 6d; rye, —s. Od. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS, LIVERPOOL, JAN. 6. dTooa EXCHANGE.—The market is quiet, but steady, at about the quotations of yesterday. Caledonian, 311--' Eastern Counties, 9/. Bs. 9d—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 970 I London and North Western, 106 h i—Manchester• Sheffield, and Lincoln, 341—Midland, 83 3i —N or th Wes tern, 7 - i—South Eastern, 225--Dutch ithenish, p. Great Western of Canada, 24k. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 6. STOOK EXOBANGZ.--The market continues without an/ material alteration. Closing prices —Stour Valley shares, 8, 9—Great Western, 68 —Great Western Birminghsals Guaranteed, 734, buyers—South Staffords, 91. • is. 3d. buyers. MANCHESTER, JAN. 6. STOOK EXORANGE.—There was very little business , NO the market was firm. East L ancas hi re , 236—Leeds 971)" Leeds Northern , No. 1 pref., 3k p--Midland, 83—D u verth 22 —Sheffields, 34i. COURSE OF 11 MCFIANGE.—YEBTZRALT. .msterdam 11 '4% Gibraltar .............. -- Ditto, three months .. 11 17% Leghorn .. •• • . 29 60 Rotterdam ............ 11 17 Genoa ...... .......... 25 75 Antwerp .............. 25 32% Milan •••••••• Brussels 25 32!..i Venice. •• • „. Eiamburgh •• •• .• •• •• • • 13 6% Naples •. •• .. 42S &Bona ................ Palermo • .... .129 Paris .• .• •• .• •••••••• 25 25 Messina . 1293 Ditto, three months .. 25 62% Lisbon .. 514 Marseilles 25 65 Oporto .............. • • 51 % Bourdeaux ........ Rio Janeiro ..... ..• • ... Frankfort-on-Maine •• .. 118% Buenos Ayre5.......... Berlin •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• New York,6o days' sight •—• Vienna .......... • • 10 43 Philadelphia ... frie5te................ 10 44 ?mon or BULLION, psi' oz. Petersburg 37% Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Madrid 49% Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 0 Cadiz ......... •• 49 4 Mexican Dollars 0 0 0 larcelona •• .• ••• •• •• New Dollars •••• • • 0 0 0 Sliver in bars 0 0 0 SEABOBNE MAILS. 1 [When the date for making up a mail fall s on a S unday, the ra s h remains open until the day following; except in the case of the 111,..c 11 : mail, via Southampton, which, on s uc h occas.onS, is made up w" evening previous.] Made up at the Whence des- Post•Ofice By what Vessel. patched When expected SY Vessel. IJan. 14 4th and 20th of the month. IJan. 4 Ilan.— Jan. 25 Jan. 12 let and 16th of the month. 16th of the month. Feb. 1 Madrid Ripon Ripo o Sfoutine reneY England La Pla° 1[49 Pligto Atnito ICluidsc o 'Canada Baltic Listm..•• 7 Spain -M Gibraltar Gibraltar 1 Malta •• •• • • Egypt ..•• Ceylon •••• 7th,l7th, & 27th of the month. 4th & 20th of the month. India • • Mauritius via Ceylon) China Penang .. M Singapore Australla(via N the Cape) • • Cape of Good Hope Mauritius Ceylon India • , Lisbon.. • • 1 Madeira .. • CapedeVerds Brazil BuenosAyres Falkland Is- 4th of the mon:h. ran. 12 .. Feb. 5.... 1 Jan. 9.... lands West Indies' (except Ha vana and Honduras). Venezuela Wee Town New Granada Peru Calliornia 2d and 17th of the month. Honduras Nassau .. .. IJan. 17 . Mexico ... Havina .. . Feb. 2.... Madeira .. reneriffe W.C.of Africa British North America .. United States United States British North America United States British North America .. ran. 23 .. Jan. 6 Every Fri. Jan. 12 ran. 6 and alternate Tuesdays. Liver pool Jan. 16, IJan. 14 .. South ampton Liver pool Jan 23. Fulton Canada .... fan. 27 ..] Jan. 7 Anglo- Saxon M —morning. E—Evening. BIRTHS. or A SON. On the 4th inst., at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, the wife of Captain E. M. Boxer, R.A. On the sth inst., at Lillesworth, near Esher, Surrey, the lady of James Le Geyt Daniel, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER On the 3d inst., at Edinburgh, the Lady Teignmonth. On the 6th inst., at 3, Corrie-place, Old Kent-road, the wife of the Rev. A. W. Snape, incumbent of St. Mary's, Southwark. MARRIED. On the sth inst. at Cranbourne Church, nea r Wi n k' field, Berk s , F. Weatherley, EFq., of her Majesty's 4th Light Dragoons, to Maria Louisa, daughter of C. C. Mar" tyn, Esq., of Whitehall-gardens. On the sth inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, John, son of Isaac Denning. Esq., of Walton Lod ge , Brixton, to Betsy Murray, second daughter of Renton Nicholson, Esq., of the Strand. DIED. On the sth inst., Mr. Samuel P a tt en Irish, the elder , late of 156, Fenchurch-street, aged 76. On the 6th inst., at his residence, Mr. Joh6 Cooper, of 140, Long-acre, and 36, D evonshire -street, Queen-square, aged 71. At Anstey Manor House, near Alton, Sarah Anne, the daughter of the late Sir Thomas Miller, Bart., of Frayle place, Hants. On the sth inst, at Clater-park, near Bromyard, Barneby, Esq., aged 55. On the 3d inst., at Edinburgh, R. Hume Middleman, Esq., of 4, St. Andrew'splace, Regent's-park, London. On the 1 , th ult., at Chiavari, near Genoa, the D owa ger Countess of Donoughmore. On the 3d inst., at Hampton-wick, Sarah Selby, relict of the late Mr. John Buckmaster, formerly of • Old Bond" street, aged 85. LONDON : Printed and Pnblighed by MURDO YOUNG of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, NO . 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the :mot,' of Ptliddlexes, Wednes lay, January 7, 1857. South ampton South ampton 1 South ampton South ampton Dart mouth South ampton South ampton South. ampton South ampton Ply mouth Liver pool Alham• bra Pera Co'um bian Tamar Orinocoi Orinoc Gambia Persia A tlantic I Arage.. Anglo- Saxon i'; 1.. ~~' F.P.. ,:,; ai. `.. , 1 l+ '. ~ ~ i 1 .)