The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-03 00:00:00

iellf9tV N•Mlle*

That island has been evacuated and vered-tit.tP,lrt
Chines,. OcileE to thiit tffeA• hating been frhasiutri;
by C.:wain Elliot, when he was labouring toidecitia
luppy delusion that the Ciiinese_wt re inclined tof
theit- promise ;of indemnity. The British :tiro-were
tained prisoners at Nixq.,po were released as soon
evacuation- of Chusan was completed. Captain- •A-115 ~
ther, Lieutenant Vouglas, R.N.:Mrs. Noble; and
companions in captivity,-are no* in safety tinder the Frit-
tish flag. • •
The whole of the European troops on leving CuiTs2oll/:
proceeded to Hong Kong, and consequently have
available in the hostile operations' that have been, carr'io.
•on since the date of the action at the Bogue. But
greater greater proof need be adduced of the wretched inanafi
iFfi
ment of Captain Elliott, and his utter-incapacity to
the responsible duties of the station which he holds,
the fact that three transports with several hundreds ots_
the Bengal volunteers were ordered to proceed &cc.
from Chosen to Calcutta. On -their ar'r-,-al at Sing,ip.oia
they heard of the renewed hwtilities, and were dela e 5
at that port awaiting further instructions. The, trAls_
were so diminished in numbers bydeath and sickne:
during their sojourn at Chusan, that the Bengal Vt)lti,_le
teens may be considered as forming one-third
effoetive land forces attached to the expedition. Yet `t.
a time when the presence of every man is so iniporn
the volunteers are several hundred miles from the 5=61
of action, the entire blame of which rests with "ry,
whose reliance on Chinese good faith, in `'/„.
part of t
position to the opinions of all well-informed persons °l7
the spot, appears to have been caused by something b°
dering on insanity.
W i
e have extracted various items of Chinese ty-on
genre froth the Calcutta papers of the 30th April.
the morning of that day the Queen steamer from gac!i.„
the 31st March, arrived at Calcutta with Commodore St'
James Gordon Bremer. his Excellency is said to have
Go-
come to. India for the purpose of consulting the u
vernor-General and obtaining reinforcements. The yhruis
tish troops have possession of the factory at Canton, ;n-
-it would appear there is a provisional Chinese G"ce";-0
ment in the city. Official accounts may be expected
the
few hours. The Calcutta Courier states that tho:
forcing the paSsage between the Bogue and C
gallantly effeted. The Chinese-lost four hundred Wen'
The British had only six wounded.
We have been favoured with private letters front Sin.
anton
gaporte to the 10th ult., Macao to the 28th, and
to the 26th March. From these we learn that Cant°,
was almost deserted. The Hong merchants remained °A.
the spot, but said that the people were afraid to trauee'
whilst the men of war remained in the river. 1114
anton
Chinese at Canton now believe that no traffic of Hugo
ante can be carried on until the whole question is do
nitely settled.
No despatches had been received in Canton sided
the Emperor's reply to the announcement of the ci3`4l
tare of the Bogue forts. The imperial chop breaths,
nothing but vengeance and defiance to the Eitgl:,),
This induced the Commodore to• start immedia""
for Calcutta.: Re at the same time ordered lie?
Majesty's troop-ship Jupiter to proceed to Cannaulore he
the 94th Regiment. A report was prevalent among
Chinese that the Emperor's nephew had arrived in r:h.• •
ton, and ordered all the chopS about the opening of
trade to be cancelled.
Three Englishmen, two of them officers of the niellti•
heim, were carried off from a passage boat near Nine°
the 26th March, and have not since been heard of. It°
supposed they were captured by order of the mandarinsil
The Commodore's principal object in coming to Can
is said to be the expediting the despatch of reinforce; •
ments,:his Excellency being of opinion that matters Car.
not be satisfactorily arranged without another visit to til9
Gulph of Petchell.