The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-04 00:00:00

TURKEY AND EGYPT.

We have Malta Vapers of the 2-1111, Alex indria of the
21st, and Constantinople of the 17th.
According to accounts from Candia of 18th May, Tahir
Paella landed at Sunda on the 16th, and was preparing
to attack the insurgents. Admiral Stopford sailed front
Malta to Corfu on the 19th, with the Cyclops and Cas-
pian steamers, and the Talbot frigate.
Letters from Bushire of the Ist April, state that the
mgociations -Which had been pending during the last
month, had at length .been. brought to issue. —Despat-
ches had reached Bushire from Teheran, stating that 1)r.
Wadi had been Ordered to the frontiers of Gorian, to
stop the advance Of the Persian army, who were on their
march to Herat, the Shah of Persia having issued orders
for the. withdrawal of his troops, in consequence of the
English Government having consented to give up and
evacuate Karrack. The residency was to be immediately
removed to Bushire. Gorian is in future to be governed
by the Shah Kamram.
(From the Supplement to the Malta Times.)
MALTA, MAY 26.

The Oriental arrived in port this morning from Alex-
andria, and brings a mail despatched from Bombay on
the Ist inst. by the Berenice, which arrived at Suez on
the 18th. The Right Hon. J. S. Mackenzie and family
came passengers in her, and remained in Egypt. The
Auckland, from Bombay 27th ult., arrived at Suez on
the 15th inst. with Sir J. R. Carnac, Bart., Governor of
Bombay, and family on board, and they are arrived here
in the Oriental, and will proceed on in her to England.
We regret much to state that Sir J. Carnac was com-
pelled, through ill health, to leave Bombay. Major-
General Sir Willoughby Cotton, G.C.B. is arrived in the
Oriental, and proceeds in her to England. His son,
Captain Cotton, died at Alexandria on the 21st.
..kccouats from Syria' to the 11th inst. represent the
country to be in a highly excited state and an outbreak
was daily expected. The French had been distributing
ccnsiderable sum of int)ll43y,

CHINA, INDIA, AND EGYPT.
( Profit our Second Edition sf last night. )
The following extr e:ts from the letters and papers brought
by the Overland Mail (in addition to what we gave in our
Evening Edition) will be found exceedingly interesting :
CHINA.
(FrOm tile Canton Press, Feb. 27.)
An • eyeiwitneFg has kindly favoured us with the following
interesting particulars
" On Thin's* night a party of seamen and some native
troops landed ill South Wantung with three howitzers; in land-
ieg they were fired on by the Chinese without effect. In the
coarse of the night a sandbag battery was raised, the Chinese
thing at .hurt intervals on tle. working party all night. At
da}light this fire was returned with great effect from the
newly raised batteries; about II a.m. on Friday the signal
was made to get under weigh With tioteltide and a very I,ght
wind. The Calliope led into action, the Semarang, Druid,
Wellesley (towed by the boats), Sulphur, and Modeete, all
attacking the North Waretieg fort., occasionally firing at a
snail fort on the side of the river OppOJltc to Anunghoy, but
this he ivy fire *as tint long answered briskly from the forts,
and the steamers Nemmils and Mad !gitseat soon were seen to
tun close to the fort and land the soldlefs fatal on board of
otir boats they hat tow d; the soldiers speedily had the Whole.
Island itt their possession, and I was told teere was not a
single cssualty on out e:de, 3he ntlinher 01 killed and wounded
on the part of the Chin. se was Very etniaiderable, but not, 1
understand), equal td what took place at Chuenpoe. The prie
Owners at Wanttitig were about 1,0001 and were carried over by
the steamers to Treocktow side, did let gd.
" The Blenheim and Melville assisted hy the , Queen
steimer, attacked Anunghoy fort a little atter the kilter
actiith tins begifn j the Itenheiin was not apparently so
near as the Melville. The& fire was answered 4::!lh
spirit fOr some -time ; the marines and seaman were
end took possession of the lower fort, and
soon went along the beach t 3 the- upper or old fort, and the
whole by this mile Naat its otir possess 01, the Chinese making
off up the hills. On the Tycocktow side the hills were co-
vered with Chinese soldiers. At night, as we were coming
aWay, they fired one or two guns, and so n after the whole
line of hills *here they Bald been eneamped was in flames, I
do not know how fired, The Calliope was leading a squedron
up the river; but how fir they go I did not hear, Not S man
On our side was wounded, 1 believe, in North Wantling ; I
haiie iitlt heard whether the Antinghoy division was eiltell1)
fortunate.
FORCES OF THE EXPEDITION IN CANTON 'mtg..

H. r Majesty's ship Wellesley, 74, bearing the broad pendant.
of Cmrtniddotb Sir J. J. Gordon Bremer, C. 8., Captain Tho.
rnas Maitland; Blenheim, 74, Sir 11, S. Fleming Senhouse,
K. C: thi Captai Priteha:d ; '74, Captain the Hon.
11.. S. 'Arida,. Bruit, 44, H. Smith, Esq. ; Calliope, 28,
Herbert, EST ; Samarang, 8, James Scott, Esq. ; Alligator,
28, IL Kiiperi,ESq. ; Herald; '2B, Nias, Esq, ; Hyacinth, 0,
W. Warren, Esq. ;. Mddeste, 20, H. Eyre. Earl. ; Sttlphur, 8,
Esq.; Starling, Killett. Esq. ; Jupiter, armed en
tie as toopEsq., hip. Fulton, Honourable Company's
Service; Queen, armed steamer, Captain Warden ;
Vial-, Captain 'D.cey; Enterprise, Captain West ; Nemesis,
AT aimAtt.
Her Majesty's ship Blonde, 44, F. Bonrchier, Eq., Conway,
28, C. D. Bethune, Esq. ; Pylades, 29, T. V. Anson, Esq. ;
Nimrod, 20, C. A. Barlow, Esq, ; Columbine, 1,73, T. J.
Clarke, Esq. ; Algerine, to, T, S. Monett, Esq.; I: attlesnake,
troop Captain Brodie ; H. C. S. Atalanta, armed steamer,
Captain Rogers.
The determination of the Emperor too carry on war to the
knife, caused Captain Elliot immediately to despatch her
Mak st y's ,loop Starling to Chusan with orders, if possible, to
intercept the transl,orts and cause the troops to re-occupy the
island. Captain Hennel conjectures that the Starling had pro-
bAly- succeeded, nom,* of the transports had reached Singa-.
pore when the Water Witch arrived. A letter from Tingliae
(Chusan) dated February 19, had been received at Macao, and
as, at that time, the intetligtmce of the Emperor's resolve to
make war a routrance had been received, the prolitihil Ay is that
the troops had not even been embarked. We annex an e -.tract
from the letter, as its contents are of importance, inasmuch as
they confirm the news ree,ived at Macao :
InlPr,d writing you fully by her ship Co ,way.
Which is to tail every day, but lest by any chance tiew4 shi;utd
rcaA,.l7l the Kelpie prior to the arrival of the Conway, I take
thii-opportanitf of Acquainting you, upon the.most undoubted
authority, that. the En;pe. or has refused to:lratify every article
of C%4441 Wiot'a treaty with Kesheu. We Wive wilt than

re venion.of the ►'dirt inque-t:on, but all agree in the impor-
tant particulars not to pay a larthieg of opium liong debts,
for under thi, head ha. Kesh•-n rei,reseuted the 6,000,000 to be
paid for the opiuM, and toy field us not one siugie inch of terri-
tory for us to set our foot
There can be no doubt that such is the Imperial mandate.
Such being the case, I tremble for the safety of you, or any of
our countrymen who may have gone up to Canton or. relianee
upon the treaty, as the order. are to wage a war of extermina-
tion against us. Let evt•ry British subject, therefore, leave
Canton as early as possible, and I hope that this warning may
yet be in time. .

To-day Igo over to Chinlue to demand the prisoners, and
upon the reply of the Chinese authotities will &Fond our giving
up the island or not.
Hong Kong had, we hear, been evacuated by our trcops,
though not, of course, altogether abandimed, and everything
now wears the appearance of a protracted war. —Englishman,
April 2.

(From the Bombay Courier, May 1.)
The following copies of private letters and official notifica..
ions reached us at a late hour yesterday evening., We there
.ore submit them to the pausal of uur readers, without fur-
:her comment : Maeio, 15th March, 1841.
PER GUNGA TO SINGAPORE.
It is with regret we have to advise that trade continues still
closed, nor is it possible to form a conjecture when it is likely
to be re-opened.
On the 3d instant our forces had reached Howqua's fort,
about half way between \Vhampoa and the foreign factories at
Canton, when an armistice was granted, on the solicitations of
the Chinese ; which having expired on the 6th, the forces ad-
vanced about two miles further, to a fort erected in 1835, with-
in a short distance of the suburbs of Canton. Captain Elliot
then issued the annexed proclamation to the inhabitants, in an-
ticipation of the mandarins granting prrrnis•sion for their buy-
ing and selling with British and foreign merchants. But this
not being the ease, hostilities have been returned—after some
days' delay by the occupation and destruction of 01a little for-
tress within a mile of Canton in the Macao passage, and
further hostilities are in progress.
Capt. Elliot has stated. in a circular of the 10th, " a close
embargo will be laid on the city and trade of Gooon, unless
and until the whole foreign trade proceeds upon a perfectly
equal government."
How all this is to'end it is impassible to foresee : at present
the local authorities allege they are not empowered to nego-
tihte in any way without further instructions from Pekin. The
Commodore has decided that merchant vessels are not to be
allowed to -go hi,her up than immediately within the Bogue,
where several Americans now are.
CIRCULAR TO HER MAJESTY'S SUBJECTS.

Canton. Hsll of the British Factory, March 20.
A suspension of hostilities at Canton and in this province
has been this day Agreed upon between the Imperial Commis-
sioner Yang and the undersigned.
It has tOther been publicly proclaimed to the people under
the seals of the Commisioner and the acting Governor of the
province, th.it the traoe of the port of Canton is open, and
that British and other foreign merchants who may see fit to
proceed there for the purpose of lawful commerce shall be duly.
protected.
No bond shall be required by the Provincial Governor, but
there will be no objection on the part cf the British authorities
to the like liabilities for the introduction of prohibited mer-
chandise or for smuggling duly proved, which would follow
such offences in England, detention of persons or property,
penal colivquences of all kind excepted. Pending the final
settlement of affairs between the two countrie=, the under-
signed has consented to the payment of the usual charges a..d
other established duties. Ships of war will remain in the near
neighbourhood of the factories, for the better protection of her
Alsjesty's subjects engaged in the trade of Canton.
(Signed) CARL ES ELLIOT.
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