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warded it to his Excellency her Majesty's plenipotentiary, and requested his instructions in the case. These instructions of her Majesty's plenipotentiary, which I have now received, are to this effect. That as it is clear that the Chinese authorities have vio. lated the 9th article of the Supplementary Treaty, which requires that all Chinese malfaisants in British ships shall be claimed through British authorities, I beg to inform your Excellency that her Majesty's Plenipotentiary requires you to furnish me with an apology for what has taken place, and an assurance that the British flag shall in future be respected ; and I am to intimate to your Excellency that if forty-eight hours are allowed to pass without a compliance on your Excellency's plrt with this demand, I am then to concert with the navalauthorities the measures necessary for enforcing redress. I am also to add that, on any sufficient evidence being given that British ships or British subjects have been en gaged in piratical practices, they will be proceeded &gal:At without hesitation, and that an application to the proper authority, Chinese offenders will not be harboured on board British vessels, but that all proceedings must take place according to the conditions of the treaty.—l have, ko.,_ (Signed) HENRY S. PARKES, H. B. M.'s Conant His Excellency Yeb, Imperial High Commissioner, Governor-General of the Two Kwang, &c. Yeh, Imperial High Commissioner, Governor-General, kc., addresses this declaration to Mr. Parkes. the British Consul at Canton At the hoar 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 clearly and thoroughly, and duly submitted to me in his report copies of the truthful depositions be had taken. Where upon the three men, Woo-Asin, Le-Mingtae, and Leaug- Keen-foo, are reserved for further and more strict exaaii nation, 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 wire also distinctly communicated (to the consul) in the decla ration which, as the records show, I then addressed him. But he has new forwarded to me 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 t o Leo-Aching, who began to built' her on the 14th day of the 7th month of the 4th year of Hein-fang (7th August, 1851), and on the day on which she was completed he 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 t o t a k e care o f th e vesse l , 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 naval 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 heard that the flag was stowed away below, but they themselves saw nothing of it. Therefore they seized the men and brought them away. Hereafter, Chinese officers will en no account without reason, seize and take into custody the people belonging to foreign torches, 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, and render it difficult to distin guish between them. Thee may all parties conform their proceedings to the conditions of the 9th Article of the Treaty. Hien-fung, 6th year, 9th month, 19th day (14th Octo ber, 1856). (True tranalatimi.) (Signed) HARRY S. PARSES. 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 janks 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. I have to inform your Excellency thst a naval force is now before the forts of Whampoa, those of the Lei htih 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 occa sioned by the disregard on your Excellency's part, of rea son, justice, and the obligations of the treaty. —I have,&c., (Signed) H. S. PARKES, Cons :I. His Excellency Yoh, Imperial High Commissioner, &c. Sybille, at Whampoa, Oct. 15, L 53. 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 which I have already forwarded to you), I returned to Whampoa, when I found the 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 loot no time in doing so, and anchored towards 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 lorcha, Arrow, when the outrage upon her was com mitted, was lying 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 bait that a reprisal should be made in an equally public way, by taking one of the mandarin 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 loss of time ; another one was therefore seized, and the Coroman del brought her down 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 purposee or as transports, as occasion requires ; and I am assured she is of the class, and very similar to the junk that boarded the Arrow. I understand she has on board a valuable cargo. I am happy to say that this service has been performed without any casualty, though considerable disposition to resist was shown 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 on board her as a guard.— I have, &c. (Signed) CHS. G. J. B. ELLIOT, Commodore and Senior Officer in the Canton River. His Excellency Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, 8.C.8., Commander-in-Chief. Yeb, Imperial High Commissioner Governor-General of the two Kwan g P rov i nce ., Svc. ' addresses this declara tion to Mr. Parkes, th e B r iti s h 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, in which, from the first, foreigners have no concern. The lorcha, too, had the flag of no foregner hoisted at the time, nor was there any foreigner on board the lorcha therefore the men were apprehended and taken before the tribunals. Hereafter, if any lawless characters conceal themselves on board foreign lorchis, you, the said Consul, shall of course he informed of the same by declaration (from the Imperial Commissioner), in order that yon 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 been suddenly involved in trouble by the acts of the said Consul. Where in the treaty will he find authority'for such proceedings as these? I, the minister, in any course of action, must not exceed the roles of strict propriety, nor go beyond the bounds of the laws in any punishment that I impose. Nine of the 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 to 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 you are content to receive them. In the event, however, of 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-fung, 6th yenr, 9th month, 23.1 day (21st October, 1856.) (True translation) (Signed) HARRY S. PARKES. British Consulate, Canton, Oct. 21, 1856. Sir,—On the m orn i ng of the Bth inst., the British lorcha Arrow, when lying among the shipping anchored before this city, was boarded, without any previous reference boing 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 Englishman, se i ze d an d 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 sa me tiny, and appealed to you to afford satisfaction to the insult, and to cause the provisions of the treaty to be, in this c 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 y ,, u have seized in your custody, signify your approval of this violation of the treaty, and leave her Majesty's Gose,n. ment without any assurance that similar aggressions sh,ll not again (weer. Yonr Excellency wag warned, by what took place on the evening of the 14th itst., 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 it:2a. Majesty's plenipotentiary. I am therefore instructed by her Majesty's plenipoten tiary to inform ynnr Excellency that twenty-four hauls, to count from the delivery of this representation, ore allowed your Excellency to accede to the demands made to you in my letters of the Bth and 12th inst., and in the event of these demands n‘ -t being complied with within •the time named, her Majesty's naval officers will have recourse to force to compel complete ratisfaction. I have, &c,, (Signed) FrARAY S. PARKES, H B.M.'s Consul. His Excellency Yeh, Imperial High Commissioner, Governor-General, &e., dze. British Consulate, Canton, Oct. 22, 1856. Sir,--I bad the honour to receive at half-p as t 8 ai s morning your Excellency's declaration of yesterday's date, in which you state that " the lorcha Arrow had the fia' , of no foreigner hoistc,,l (at the time that she was boarded), nor waa there any foreignei . on board the lurcha, therefore be men were apprehended and taken before th 3 tribunals. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1857 Hereafter, if any lawless characters conceal 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." I should state to your Excellency that I hold such clear and conclusive proofs of the facts which your Excellency attempts to deny, namely, that the lorcha had the British ensign flying when boarded, and had an Englishman on board, that no doubt or question in respect thereto can for a moment be admitted. I should further state to your Excellency that British interests alone are placed under my care or control, and not those of other foreign nations. Whenever, therefore, lawless characters conceal themselves on board a British vessel, it will be very proper that reference should be made to me in the manner stated by your Excellency, and that I should co-operate with the local authorities on the mea sures necessary for their apprehension ; but in the case of a vessel under any other but a British flag I cannot be called upon to interfere. But not only is it on all future occasions that this course should be pursued; it mast also be adopted in the present instance. As to the offer of your Excellency to send back ten of the Arrow's crew, it is my duty to represent to you that twelve men having been carried away, the same twelve men must ba returned, and in the manner previously de manded; that is, they should be taken by Chinese officers to their vessel and given over to nae 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 cus tody 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 to your Excel lency, the satisfaction required in this case, namely, an apology 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 vain for yon to again address me on the subject.—l have, Ac. (Signed) HARRY S. PARKES, 11.8.51.'s Consul. His Excellency Yeh, Imperial High Commissioner, Governor-General, &c. British Consulate, Canton, Oct. 22, 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 Excellent' is already aware, I was directed by her Maj3s ty's Plenipotsntiary to forward to the Imperial Commis sioner, allowing him twenty-fourhours 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 Plenipotenr iary consist of the surrender of the Arrow's men in the particular man ner therein described, an apology for what has occurred, and an assurance that the British flag shall 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 conceal 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 tilt) 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 1?, 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 should at once return two of them without any " proper officer" being deputed to conduct with me the neces.ary examination. 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 awry. 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 has offered the satisfaction which the case requit es. _ _ _ 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 farce 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.B.M.'s Consul. His Excellency Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, X. C. 8., Naval Commander-in-Chief, &c., Coromandel, off the Bruner Forts, Oct. 23, 1853. 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 h inst., at which la. A.'s Con .4 anl at Canton was present, I have this day taken possession of the four forts known as the Barrier Forts, without casualty on our side, but with the loss of four or five 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 rendering 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.—l have, &c., (STgaci) M. SEYMOUR. His Excellency Sir John Bowring, LL.D., her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, Hong Kong. Superintendency of Trade, Hong Kong, Oct. 24, 1856. Sir,—l have to acknowledge 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 carried out, in accordance with the arrangements made at oar 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 circumstances 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, Sm., (Signed) JOHN BOWRING. His Excellency Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, K.C.E., Naval Commander-irs-Chief, Canton. British Consulate, Canton, Oct. 23, 1856. Sir,—l have to report 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 him: this morning possessed themselves of the Four Barrier Forts and the Delano 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 c - 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. Should these movements occasion or load to the destruc tion of ary British property, the British Government will demand from that of China fall compensation for the same. —I have, &c., (Signed) H. S. PARKES, Consul His Excelleney Yeh, Imperial High Commissioner, Sc.,. Yeh, Imperial High Commissioner, Governor-General of the Two Kwang Provinces, &c., makes this declaration to Mr. Parkes, the British Consul : At five p.m. on the 23d inst. I received your statement 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 t.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 with the lorchas of your honourable nation that when they come to anchor they lower their colours, anddo not rehoist them until they again get under weigh; we have clear proof that when the lorcha was boarded her colours were not flying. How then could they have been taken down ? Who could have incited you, the said consul, to attack, on the morning of the 23d • t IrIS the Barrier Fprts, burniac, the forts, and w oun di ng or kill ing six of the Chinese soldiers ; and again on the 24th inst., to attack and burn the Macao Passage Fort, when 3 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 n sort to violence, and occasion trouble among the people of thin 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;bu tdoe the d es t ruct i on of forts correspon d with such professions? Yon, the said Consul, should well consider this. 24th October, 1856, 7 p.m. True translation. (Signed) aS. PARKES, Consul. Encounter, at Canton, Oct. 25, '856. Sir,—l have the honour to inform your Excellency of my proceedings since toy letter of the 23d instant. After rendering the guns in the forts which I had taken possession of useless, I set Sre to the buildings, and then proceeded to Canton, where I found the Encounter lvi .g cff the factories." I had sent the Sampson and Barracoota ' to secure the free navigation of the Blenheim [teach, and on myarrival I found that those ships had taken possession of the Blenheim and Macao Forts without resistance ; the latter I retain temporary possession of. Yesterday morning I proceeded down the Macao Reach, where I met the Barracouta; and at a given signal, the fort opposite the factory and the Bird's Nest Fort were taken quiet possession of, as were afterwards the two forts c,lled (I think) Cha-min, commanding the passage. The guns were rendered unserviceable.—l have, &c., (Signed) M. ..:ET/iiol3ll, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in Chief. His Excellency Sir John Bowring, LL.D., her - Majesty's Plenipotentiary, Hong Kong. Encounter, at Canton, Oct. 26, 1856. Sir,—l beg to acquaint your Excellency that my ,pro. 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, Barraccuta, and Coromandel are at anchor off the factory ; the Comus guarding the barrier in the Macao passage of the river.—l have, &c., (Signed) M. SEYMOUR, His Excellency Sir John Bowring, LL.D., leer Majesty's Plenipotentiaiy, Hong Kong. Superintendency of Trade, Hong Kong, Oat. 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 for life 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.—l have, &c., (Signed) JOHN BOWBING. His Excellency Sir Michael Seymour, K.C.8., Naval Commander-in-Chief, tc. British Consulate, Canton, Oct. 25, 1816. . , Sir,—l 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 Excellency, it will be necessary 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 wei e persisting in, and hence the present difficulties hare been brought al-out. The twelve inen sent to the consulate at noon on the 22,1, 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 Itt cellency the Naval Commander-in-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 Yeh, Imperial High Commissioner, &3. Yeh, Imperial High Commissioner, Governor•Genernl, kc., addresses this declaration to Mr. Parkes, the 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, received (the letter and 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 indee do yon know that the people in China form the basis of the nation and that the people of wang•tung are very different from other communities. As to what you say in your statement under ackno w. lodgment about respecting the property of the people (I !t me inform you) that the forts you destroyed on the 23 1 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. PARIM. British Consulate, Canton, Oct. 27, 1855. Sir,—l have received and laid before hie Excellency the Naval Commander-in-Chief your letter of yesterday after noon. A reference to my previous letters of the Bth, 12th, and 22.1 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) AII. S. PABIENS, Consul. Hia Excellency Yeti, Imperial High Commissioner, &c. Encounter, at Canton, Oct. 29,1556. 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, on 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 Croak. _ _ No change in the state of affairs having followed, I yes terday resumed offensive operations from the Dutch Folly, where I had placed two guns in position, having previously given the fullest warning to the inhabitants in the ♦icinity 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 Dutch Folly.— I have, &c., _ _ _ . , (Signed) M. SIYMOUR. 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 lusd 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 ofiEngineers (Captain Cow per), who will be at your Excellency's disposal for any ser vice required at his hands.—l have, &e., (Signed) JOHN BOARING. His Excellency Sir Michael Seymour, K.C.8., Naval Commander-in-Chief, ttc. 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. .A 11.- mitt, 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. E. Elliot, commodore 2d class, commanding the forces ; 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 zealoin, ; 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 in ‘- fines, 34th company, John Lyne, acting lance corpor,l, mentionel for gallant conduct in bringing off killed an( wounded men.—Total, 5 officers, 43 seamen, 39 marines, Grand total, 87. Her Majesty's ship Nankin—The Hon. K. Stewart, car— 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, 68 seamen, 3 marines. Grand total, 76. Her Majesty's sloop Bittern--W. T. Bate, commander ; C. G. Johnston, master ; George Gordon, surgeon, volun teer 2 • 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. Twy,den, lieutenant, in charge of field piece, highly active and zealous ; 22 seamen.—Total, 2 officers, 22 seamen. Grand total, 24. Her Majesty's steam-ship Sampson—Marines 10. Total, 10 marines. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Barracouta—T. D. A. For tescue, commander; W. K. Bash, lieutenant ; J. 11, Tully, acting 2d master; J. M. Irouson, assistant-surgeon, actively employed in carrying the wounded from the shore to the Dutch Folly ' • 50 seamen ; 14 marines.—Total, 4 officers, 50 seamen, 14 marines. Grand total, 68. H.M. sloop Coruus—Marines 17—Total, 17 marines. Royal Artillery from Hong Kong—Gay Rotten, cap thin ; 5 men ; the remainder of the party of Royal Artil lery remained at the Folly to serve the guns in covering the storming party,--Total, 1 officer, 5 men. Grand total, 6. SUMMARY Calcutta-14 officers, 19 seamen, 104 marines. Total, 215. Sybille-5 officers, 53 seamen, 1 marine. Total, 59. Assistant-Surgeon rav soiouffieeO nte r c r, rrs: of the 59th R eg i men t, l an d e d with the ly f i o n r c c h e e s se a t as 43 seamen, 39 marines. Total, 27 Nankin-5 officers, 68 seamen, 3 marines. T o tal, 76. Bittern-3 officers, 4 seam en , 11 marines. Total, 18. Encounter-2 officers, 22 seamen. Total, 24. Sampson-10 marines. Total, 10. Barracouta-4 officers, 50 seamen, 14 marines. Total 68. Comus-17 marines. Total 17. Royal Artillery --1 officer, 5 men. Total, 6. Grand Total-39 officers, 337 seamen, 199 marines, 5 artillerymen. Total, 580. From this number must be taken the boats' crews, about 180, leaving the number who were actually at the breach about 400. KILLED. Henry West, marine, Bittern, slug w oun d i n head. James Lulham, marine, Bittern, slug wound in head. WO UNDED. Henry Swale, let lieutenant, R3L, Sybille, wound of neck from slug, vei y slightly. John Baskyfield, marine, Calcutta, slug wound, left hip, severely. Richard lore, 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, Calcutta, 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, nartrine, Comes, penetrating slug wound of abdomen, mortally (since dead). Reuben Bargery, fifer, R.M., Comes, wound of face, slightly. Roland Bradstock, marine, Encounter, contused wound, right shoulder, from a s pent ball, slightly. 14th November—All the wounded are doing well. M. SEYNIOUR, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. Encounter, at Canton, Oct. 30, 1856. Sir,—Referring to my letter of the 29th, I have the 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 guar. tors. 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 i. The High Commissioner having made no concession, I have re-opened fire this morning, with a view to maintain the breach, and preserve t be facilities it offers for re-enter ing the city if necessary.—l have, sac., (Signed) M. SEYMOUR. His Hxcelleney Sir John Bowring, LL.D., her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, Hong Long. Superintendency of Trade, Hong Yong, Oct. 31, 1856. Sir, —I 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, (Lc., (Signed) JOHN BOWEING. His Excellency Sir Michael Seymour, K.C.8., Naval Commander-in-Chief, Canton. British Consulate, Canton, 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 could 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, whitah I visited yesterday afternoon. This object accom plished, I withdrew nay 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, when 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 lamentable consequence of 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 and property of the entire population are at my mercy, and coal] 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 j with which y our E xce ll enc y h as p ers i s ted i n 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 slight, but which, if not amended, can scarcely fail to be productive of the most serious calm mities.—l have, etc., (Signed) M. SETMOUR. His Excellency Yeh, Imperial High Commissioner, tiro. Yeh, Imperial Commissioner, Governor-General of the Two Bwang 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 thenine 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 lying. 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 flag. 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 o p era ti on should b e under taken, 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 Exc e ll enc y ; add to this that the exclusion of foreigners from the city is by the unanimous vote of the whole population of Kwang4ang. It may be supposed how little to their liking has been this storming of the f)rts and this destruction of their dwellings; and apprehensive, as I am, that evil may hence befall the officials and citizens of your Exsellency'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, &c. A necessary communication, addressed to his Excellency Sir Michael Seymour, Naval Commander-in-Chief, &c. Hien-fung, 6th year, 10th moon, 3d day, 31st Oct., 1856. Tre.nsl,ted by (Signed) THOMAS WADE, Chinese Secretary. Trite copy. (Signed) CHAS. A. WINCHESTER, Vice-Consul. British Consulate, Nov. 1, 1856. Sir,—l am in receipt of your Excellency's reply of the 31st 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 seised on board the Arrow were not pub licly restored to their vessel, as he had requested, nor was the required apology made for the violation of his juris diction by your executive. The whole course and issue of the lengthy correspondence arising out of a matter which might in the first instance have been easily adjusted have determined me, as I have already told you, to insist on behalf of the foreign repre sentatives of the same right of access to the authorities within Canton as has been invariably conceded at the other ports ; the exercise of this right being, in my belief, our sole security aga i ns t recurrence o f m i sun d erstandings like the p resent, i nvolving proceedings so distasteful to my self and so disastrou s to you. Tour 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 am 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 you r E xce ll ency's whole letter as unsatisfactory in the extr eme , an d have only to add, that unless I imme diately re ce i ve an explicit assurance of your assent to what I hav e p roposed, operations. I shall at once resume offensive 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 Excell ency. Sh ould 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., (Signed) hl. SEYMOUR. His Ezeellency Yeb, Imperial High Commissioner, &C. Yeh, Imperial Co mmissioner, Governor-General at the Two Kwang Provinces, dm., 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 lord's, 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. prisoners by the officer deputed to conduct it, Chat the loreha was iu no respect a foreign vessel, I maintain that there was no mistake committed. In the next place the twelve men were handed back to the Consul when the examination was over, but he declined to receive them ; there was not then either any refusal to return the men to their vessel. As to what is said in the letter un ler 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 ♦iolent, differing in nature from people of other provinces. 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 war utterly out of the question, addressed a letter to Leu on 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 is the papers, and he communicated this to the Bri tish Goverursent.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. Assuming 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 discussion of this question could not 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 I 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 •f them have been for days past clamorously tendering their services, ardent and united for the defence of the city. I accordingly reply, availing myself of the occasion to wish your Excellency prosperity, &c. A necessary communication addressed to his Excellency Sir Michael Seymour, Naval Commander-in-Chief. Aien•fung, 6th year, 10th month, 6th day (3d November, 1856.) Translated by (Signed) Tuome.s Wens, Chinese Secretary. British Consulate, Canton, Nov. 4, 11i56. 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. tisry. 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 in 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. SEYMOUR. His Excellency Yeh, Imperial High Commissioner, &c. Encounter, at Canton, Nov. 3, 1856. Sir,—Since My letter of proceedings of the 30th 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 can be at present ascer tained, will be continued to-morrow.—l have, &e., (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,—l have to acknowledge your Excellency's despatch of yesterday, announcing the resumption of offensive operations. 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) Joux BOWRIN6. His Excellency Sir Michael Seymour, K.C.8., Naval Commander-in-Chief, Canton. Victiria, 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 admittad free access 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 supplementarytreaty of Hoomun-Chae •f 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." In the further treaty, signed at Bocca Tigris on the 4th of April, 1846, it was said,--" Hi.s Majesty the Emperor of China having on 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 upoi 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 en;agements 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 thents, 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 should show 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 ? But is this the way to secure tranquillity to the Chinese people 1 Let the Chinese Government well consider these things; and whatever may happen in future between the two coun tries that may be disagree tble to China, let the Chinese Go vernment remember that the fault thereof will be upon them. Lot the High Commissioner send this communication to the Imperial Government of Pekin. The undersigned, 40., (Signed) S. G. BONHAM. A true copy. (Signed) GEO. S. MORRISON. Yeh, Imperial Commissioner, Governor-General of the Two Kwang Provinces, &e., 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. Boaham, 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, that 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-tung 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 Wr. 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-tung people were opposed before be, in all likeli hood, less easy ne w, 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," dic., 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 natters 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 my peo. pie see, Heaven hears as my people he a r ;" that is to say, that what the people are averse to Heaven (the Deity) is averse to. Is not this an additional reason why I should ho unable to constrain (the people) ? I must add, that as it is the habit o f your Excellency's nation to adore the spirits of heaven, ib behoves you, in my opinion, so much the more to conform in your actions to the principle given us by heaven 4 Let your Excellency maturely consider this I accordingly reply to you, availing myself of the opportu nity to wish your Excellency prosperity, die., &c. A necessary communication addressed to his Excellency Sir Michael Seymour, Naval Commander-in-Chicf. Hien-fung, 6th year, 10th moon, Bth day (sth November, 1856.) Translated by (Signed) Thomas WADE, Chines() Secretary. British Consulate, Canton, Nov. 6, 185 g. Sir ' —I am in receipt of anoth er l e tt er 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 _____ * 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 further on. - 4 1 : Heaven written in the translation with a capital may be taken as a synonyme for the Deity ; without it, for nature. satisfactory result is to be anticipated from a protracted cor respondence.—Accept, (Silzned) SEYMOrr R Naval Commander in-Chief of the British Forces in the Canton River. His Excellency Yeh, Imperial High Commissioner, &c. Yeh, Imperial .Commissioner ' Governor-General of the Two Kwang Provinces, dre., makes this declaration to his Ex cellency Sir Michael Seymour, Naval Commander in Chief. I have received your Excellency's letter of y, sterday, 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, we 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. Hien-fUng, 6th year, 10th moon, 16th day (7th November, 1856.) Translated by (signed) 11. 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 3 wounded. Considerable resistance was offered, and the fire from the junks and forts, iu the early part of the operation, was stoutly maintained. The security of our position here will now be the main object of eur exertions.—l have, Ste., (Signed) M. SEYMOUR. His Excellency Sir John Bowling, 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.—lst cutter, Lieutenant Wm. Clark ; 2d cutter, Mr. Charles H. Murphy, midshipman. Winchester.—Cutter, Mr. Wm. Bell, midshipman. A party of Royal Marines light infantry on board the ,steam tender Coromandel, under the command of Captain Boyle, her Majesty's ship Calcutta. (Signed) Cu&atss J. B. ELLIOT, Commodore. List of Casualties amongst the Natal 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 Bare, 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 Kong,Nov. 8, 1856. Sir,—l have received your Excellency's despatch of the 6th inst., informing me that shot and shell had been thrown juts the most distant of the city forts and Government build ings, and announcing the destruction of a large number of Chinese war juni:s, 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 violated—a small and turbulent fraction of the population of China cannot be allowed to supersede the engagements of their Emperor to the sovereign of Great Britain. I submit to your Excellency that the next step to take bhould 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, and to prevent their recurrence on any future occasion.—l have, &c., (Signed) Joins Bemuse. His Excellency Rear-Admiral Sir M. Seymour, K.C.8., Naval Commander-in-Chief, dm, Canton. British Consulate, Canton„ Nov. 9, 1856. Sir,—l have to acknowledge your Excellency's letter of the 7th inst., in which you dislaim the adoption of forcible mea sures, an appeal to higher principles as the proper guide of our actions. I deeply regret that your Excellency should not at en 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 let of November, and to again state 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 recommenced, 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, &c,, (Signed) MICHAEL SETMOUR. His Excellency Yeh, Imperial High Commissioner, Governor-General of the Two Kwang, dcc., &e. Yell, Imperial Commissioner, Governor-General of the Two Kwang Provinces, &c., 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 —on the 23d, 24th, and 25th ult., you opened fire on the different forts of he city. To this, in consideration of the peaceful relations so 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, following 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 proclamation. 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 is my court in hundreds of thousands, d e manding 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 bo 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 in 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, on the 27th I i s sued roy proclamation. But did the idea ori ginate with me ? The people's placards were out before my proclamation was issued. Wherein then have I been 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. 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., cite. Hien-fung, 6th year, 10th moon, 14th day, 11th Novem ber, 1856. Translated by (Signed) THOMAS WADS, Chinese Secretary. (Summons sent in to the Mandarin commanding the Bogue Forts on the 12th Nov., 1856.) The British Admi ra l w i shes to spare " life, and ie 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 Yeh can be referred to the Emperor at Pekin, one hour will be given for the pur p os e of clearing out; i f this offer is at once accepted, - b oa t s will be permitted to pass to and f rom t h e main land and the Wantungs. In this case the forts will remain uninjured, ready to 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. The ad miral commanding the Bogue Forts cannot give them up, fight. The he w ou ld l ose his head, and he mus t therefore The small mandarin who was the bearer of the niessag,,s understood English, and bad been a pilot. He stated that M. SEYMOUR, there were 500 soldiers (isnigenaechd)fort. Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces. Return of killed and v alluded on board her Majesty's s hip Nlnkin, on the 12th November, 1856, at the attack o n the Bogue Forts. KILLED. James Towey, boy, Ist class. WOUNDED. Mr. Oliver T. Lang, midshipman. Alexander Morrison, seaman. George Dwyer, seaman. Thomas Kirby, seaman. Richard Proctor, seaman. lIRCULAR. Her Britarinic M9jesty's consul has received the ihstruc- tions of his Excellency Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Sey mour, 1C.C.8., Naval Commander-in-Chief, Sec., &c., to issue the following notice to the British corn munity. His Excellency feels it unnecessary to recapitulate to the British community the origin mid progress of what has been done at Canton daring the last few weeks by her Majesty's naval forces under his command ; their loss has happily been trifling, and their operations, now including the 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 compelled him to resort, nor the plain 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 3 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 presenting the English as in league with the rebels and out laws, and has pushed his hostility to the ferocious length of proclaiming rewards for the lives of English sub jects, without distinction. His Exc.ller ivy 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 tines hi nisei+ to stating that he sees no immediate prospect of a restoration of quiet ; the security of the foreign posi tion will be as well eared 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. LIVERPou.L—JAir. 6. At this day's market there was a moderately good at tenuance 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, bue cannot be quoted dearer. Indian corn at first neglected, and some mixed was sold under 34s— however, the demand improved towards the close, and 34s to 34s 3d per qr. was obtainable ; yellow was held at 34s 6d to 35e, and white at 35s 6d to 36s 6d per qr. HULL—JA K. 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 10s per ton dearer. Bones in renewed demand. s s I Wheat, English, red 58 to 601 Ditto white 6O to 65 Dantzic and Konigs berg 66 to 72 1 Pomeranianand Ham- burgh Danish, Holstein, and Friesland 54 to 58 Russian and Odessa 58 to 63 1 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 29 to 30 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 35 to 38 1 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel 4O to 421 IPeas, grey and black to —1 'Linseed, Black Sea_ 62 to 65 Ditto Petersburgh 50 to D$ 'Ditto Rigaand Arch angel Ditto Konigsberg and Memel 44 to MP 44 to 50 Per Ton i Lins.c., —2os to 10/ 5E Od Ditto fine for. 9L Os 10/ Os Od Dittd inf. for olos Od to 0/ Om Rapeseed OOl Os to 001 Om Rape cakes —s Od to 125. Od Tares, English Ol. to —0 Ditto foreign Guano OOl Os 81 tol2l 15s Bones Flour, per bit 3se 38s 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, 593 10d ; barley, 476 8d ; oats, 253 2d ; beans, 41s led ; peas, 423. 6d; rye, —s. Od. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, J,►x. 6. STOOE EXCIFIANGE.—The market is quiet, but steady, at about the quotations of yesterday. Caledonian, 31,/ — Eastern Counties, 9/. Bs. 9d—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 97t1 / London and North Western, 1.068 /—Manchester, --- Sheffield, and Lincoln, 34 3Slidland, 83 31—North Wee' tern, 7/—South Eastern, 2211—Dutch Rhenish, p. Great Western of Canada, 24g. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 6. STOOK EXCHANGE.—The market continues without an/ material alteration. Closing prices—Stour Valley shareot 8; 9—Great Western, 68 i—Great Western Birmingbass Guaranteed, 73a, buyers—South Staffords, el. Is. 3d* buyers. MANCHESTER, JAN. 6. STOOK EXOHANGE.—There was very little business, bulk the market was firm. East Lancashire, 231—Leeds, 9711-"" Leeds Northern, No. 1 pref., p--Midland, 83—Dhoer 22 —Sheffields, 341. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-YESTERDAY. inisterdam•• •• •. •• •• •• II , 44 Gibraltar .. •• •• •• •• •• •• ....• Ditto, throe months .. 11 174 Leghorn .. • • .......... 29 60 aotterdam ............ 11 17 j Genoa ..... •• •• •• 2.5 75 Antwerp ••••••••• • • • •• 25 32% Milan •••••••••• •• •• •• .-- Brussels •• •• •• •• alio •• •• 25 3234 Venice •• •• •• •• ....... .... iblillbtllgh •• •• •• •• •• •• 13 6% Naples •• •• ..,,,, ...... .. 42 g A.ltona •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• IPalermo .• •• __ •• •• 129 Pari5................... 25 25 Ditto, three months .. 25 62% Marseilles ............. 25 65 Messina •.• 119% Lisbon ...........•.... 514 Oporto •••• •• •• •• • 51% Rio Janeiro ..... ....... -- Buenos Ayre5.......... New York 60 days' sight -- Philadelphia - - FAICES OF BULLION, NEL OZ. Foreign Gold in Bare £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Silver in bars ....... 0 0 0 liourdeaux Frankfort-on-Ifaine .... 11854 Berlia •• •• •• •••• .• •• •• Vienna— •• •• • • .• •• • • •• 10 43 frieste.• •• •• •• •• •• .. 10 44 Petersburg •• •• •• •• .• •• 37% Aadrid .••••. • • • •• ••• 49% Cadiz • •• • • •• •• •• •• •• 49 4 Barcelona ............ : SEABORNE MAILS. (When the date for making up a mail falls on a Sunday, the rn!l a i remains open until the day following; except in the case of the Ina' mail, via Southampton, which, on such occasions, is made up 0311 evening previous.] Lisboa Spain Gibraltar Gibraltar 1 Malta • • •• Egypt •• •• I Ceylon . • N/ India • . Mauritius (via Ceylon) China Penang Singapore Australia(via the Cape) Cape of Good Ilope •• •• Mauritius E Ceylon India Lisbon..•• ...1 Madeira .... CapedeVerds Brazil.... BuenosAyres Falkland 151and5......., lands......., West Indies (except Ha vana and Honduras). 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