The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-23 00:00:00

MORNING STTN

NEWS FROA.I CHI

(From the New York Courier. and Inquirer of Aug. 5:)
The ship Akbar, Captain Dabaresq, arrived yesterday
Morning, direct from Canton, after a voyage of one hun-
dred and nine days. She therefore brings intelligence of
about one fortnight later date than that we have received
Till England.
We were informed by our last accounts that the Joint-
Commissioner Yang had, in consequence of a treaty
Concluded with Captain Elliot, the British Commis-
sioner, issued a proclamation, authorising a renewal of
the trade, and enjoining the people of Canton to return.
From Captain Dubaresq, Canton papers, and private let-
ters we now derive the following intelligence :
After the forts had been captured, Canton was sie-
settee' by all the inhabitants who could leave it, carrying
With them their families, property, and merchandize. To
Prevent it being occupied by the English, and the whole
Province becoming disorganised, Commissioner Yang
Concluded the treaty above alluded to, although directly
nPposed to the instructions of the Emperor. It is stated
that as a condition of this treaty Capt. Elliot agreed that
the usual duties should be paid until the questions at
issue between the two Governments were settled at Pekin.
Pilot chops were forthwith granted to all ships requiring
them, the people at Canton commenced returning to their
homes, and the silks and teas were brought back which
had been removed to the interior.
This latter intelligence, which we derive from private
letters, does not exactly agree with the accounts of Cap-
tain Dubaresq, who states that when his ship left Can-
ton, China-street and the business part of the suburbs
Were deserted, shops closed, and scarcely any one to be
Seen. Certain it is, however, that the Hong merchants
Were at Canton continuing their business with foreigners,
Who are loading and despatching their vessels. It may
be that, though business was thus resumed, the people
Were unwilling to return to their usual places of resi-
dence, in the vicinity of the British factory, and that
therefore matters in that neighbourhood still bore the
aPpearance represented by Captain Dubaresq. On the
7th of April, about ten days before he sailed, the situa-
tion of things in Canton was at any rate favourable, as
appears by the .following official document:—
" H. M. S. Sulphur, Macao Roads, April 7, 1841.
" I am commanded by Sir Le Fleming Senhouse, se-
nior officer, to communicate to the British merchants at
Macao that he found everything at Canton satisfactory
in relation to the trade, and all going on in harmony,
with trifling exception.
" That he has left a strong force, and made the most
cautious arrangements to rescue our countrymen at the
factory, and our ships at Whampoa, from any at-
tempt unexpectedly made by the Chinese.
• ' I have the hononr to be; &c."
" ' EDWARD BELCHER, Commander of
her Majesty's ship Sulphur.
" To the Commercial Community at Macao.'
Messrs. Bligh and Toole, mates of her Britannic
Majesty's ship Blenheim, and Mr. Field, late chief of-
ficer of the schooner ,Snipe, were murdered near the
Nine Islands. The body of Mr. Field was found much
mangled. The other two bodies were not yet recovered.' "
Captain Elliot was at Canton, protected by a mili-
tary guard. Four men-of-war are stationed in the
Macao passage, above Canton ; three a few miles below,
and six at Whampoa, where they will remain to ensure
the safety of foreigners, and to check any treachery on
the part of the local authorities. The other vessels are
at the Bogue, Macao, and Hong Kong.
It appears that when the Imperial Government re-
ceived information of the treaty concluded by Keshen—
who, we believe, was the successor of Lin, and the pre-
decessor of Yang, with Captain Elliot, the following
edict was issued, and three Imperial Commissioners (one
of them a nephew of the Emperor) were ordered to Can-
ton to carry it into effect, two of whom reached there in
time to witness the success of the British arms, and to
Sign the truce and sanction the temporary trade as agreed
t? by Yang.
(From the Canton Register, March 3).
On the 10th of the second moon (March 2) the Crimi-
nal Board received the Imperial will, as follows :
" Keshen, the Governor-General of the two Kwang
Provinces, has trifled with the laws and brought in the
rebellious barbarians : his conduct involving the high
crimes of deceiving and being a traitor (to his Prince
and country).
" When the exterminators—the deputed great minis-
ters—arrive in Canton, let them immediately seize from
him the seals ; and place under control and examination
all his family and nearest relatives.
" Let the males be instantly forwarded to the capital
for strict trial, and as they are sentenced be delivered
over to the criminal board for punishment. Those who
have received the wealth and goods of the rebellious
barbarians, and secretly transmitted them to their fami-
lies, let the said Ministers seal up their goods, &c., and
send in a report and list.
" The deputed officers must not be guilty of any con-
nivance in opposition to the laws, and ungratefulness
Of my Imperial favour. As to the officers who are vic-
torious, they, shall be distinguished. All may rely upon
my Imperial intentions."
In addition, it is said, the most warlike preparations
are making by the Chinese. Cannon of extraordinary
calibre, but which in use will not prove very formidable,
Were cast. A large and increasing Chinese army was
encamped outside Canton, and the whole empire exhi-
bited such a scene of military preparation as had not
been known since the time of the Tears.
Major-General Sir Hugh Gough arrived on the 2d of
March, as Commander-in-Chief of the land forces. Sir
Gordon Bremner, who we knew vas gone to Bengal for
reinforcements, was expected to return about the Ist of
.June, when the fleet would go north again, to make
another demonstration upon the capital, Pekin, which
°llid appear to he the sole channel through which a de-
naitive arrangement can be concluded, for the Commis-
Shiners of the Government only seem to make treaties,
which are, one after the other, disavowed. The accounts
we. have from Calcutta represent the reinforcements to
be sent forward as very considerable anti preparing with
great activity.
The loss of the Chinese in the various engagements
was estimated at 2.500 or 3,000 men and about 800
pieces of cannon. The Chinese Admiral Kewang fell
in defence of the Bogue forts, as did two other manda-
rins of high rank. The Captain of a British transport,
arriving at Chusan after the surrender of that island to
the Chinese, was slain on landing. The day after the
• fall of the Bogue forts rewards were offered for the cap-
ture or destruction of British ships : 100,000 dollars for
a line-of-battle ship, 10,000 dollars for a steamer, 50,000
dollars for the Admiral, or Captain Elliot if taken alive,
and 30,000 dollars for either of their heads.
The tbllowing is Captain Dubaresq's report of the state
of the market, to which we add, from private sources,
that the Leonidas, which had sailed for Boston, is partly
loaded with teas taken in at Macao. The Horatio has
also a full cargo. The teas by the Akbar are rather
better than the average cargoes coming out. Three ves-
sels were loading for the United States when the Akbar
sailed.
Teas were high and scarce. The Hong merchants
Would deal only for cash, and insisted on being paid
before the teas were delivered. It was believed that the
arrangement for trade could not last long, and that the
foreigners would be again compelled to leave for Macao.
Green teas were very scarce in market, having been
kept back and large quantities sent away when the Bri-
tish approached the city. The current report on the
26th of April was that the Chinese Government had laid
'an embargo on all beats, intending to use them for the
conveyance of troops.
The Akbar left the following American vessels at
Whampoa :—Whale ships, Eber, Preble, Lowell, Narra-
gansett, Hamilton, Splendid, Oneida, Kenohasset, Su-
nfatra ; and brig Argyle, barque Florida, at Macao.
ship Leonidas sailed for Macao on the 21st of March,
and Horatio from Whampoa on the Ist of April—both
Vessels bound for New York.
The American ship Unicorn, from Manilla, and Leo-
nidas from Macao, passed Anjier on the sth of May,
bound to Boston— -the latter for New York.
On the 4th of June, off the Cape of Good Hope, lati-
tude 30 south, and longitude 27 east, the Akbar expe-
rienced a most violent gale of wind, with a tremendous
sea, and at midnight, while under close-reefed top-sails, a
sea struck the rudder and broke the tiller, and before the
piece could be got out of the rudder, and another tiller
shipped, it was upwards of thirty minutes, and during that
time the ship lay in the trough of the sea; which was
making a thorough breach over her, stove the bulwarks
in sundry places, and washed away the starboard quarter
boat. The foretopmast staysail blew to pieces, and the
ship has sustained much damage. On the 90th of June,
latitude 34 south, longitude 17 east, spoke the barque
Eugene, Capt. Whitney, from Calcutta, bound to Boston.
(From the Canton Press.)
MACAO, Arum 10.—CANTON MARKET.-The Hong
acid tea merchants will deal for cash only, and persist in
lacing paid for the teas before they are shipped. This
caution probably arises from the distrust in the present
state of affairs, and for the want of credit of the Hong
merchants with the tea merchants, the latter being un-
willing to trust them with their property.
No sales of manufactures have yet been made, as far
as,we have heard ; nobody will even look at them, and
in consequence several ships laden with them have not
applied to be secured by the Hong merchants, in order
not uselessly to incur the duty.
The prices of tea are full thirty per cent. higher than
last season ; for the lowest cargoes 25 taels are asked,
and 36 to 38 for the best of green teas—very few or none
in the market, most of them not having come down from
the country, and many having been sent away from Can-
ton when the British approached it. For twankey 26
taels were asked ; we cannot quote other descriptions.
A good many chop boats have been sent to Whampoa,
and several ships are discharging. We have not, how-
ever, yet heard of any ship ing actually loading.
The holidays having delayed the issue of our paper,
we are still enabled to add to the above some further
Particulars from the letters received last night from Can-
ton, dated the 7th. Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary had
had an interview with Kwang-chou-100 at the British
Hall, but we know not what passed there.
Capt. Elliot is endeavouring to obtain a reduction of
about one tact per picul on the export duty of tea, and
has had some correspondence and interviews with the
Hong merchants on the subject.
We have not heard whether he is likely to be success-
ful. The discharging of ships was being proceeded with,
anti some chops had been granted for shipping teas. The
green teas, it was said, were not coming down, on ac-
count of Government having embargoed all the boats for
the transport of troops. We only hear of one sale of ma-
nufactured goods, viz., 20,000 pieces long cloths at the
low price of 3 25. The unwillingness to buy continues,
and without making offers. Hong merchants talk of very
low prices-10 tact for cotton, 8 dol. for long ells, 125
for Spanish stripes, &c.
Since our last advices some of the ships have again
been moved nearer Canton, and the Modeste has anchored
nearer to the factories on the other side. A detachment
of marines has also been quartered in the British factory,
which, for the present, gives complete security to the
merchants.
It is said that the different warlik9 operations of the