The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-08 00:00:00

A PROCLAMATION.

It is hereby declared to the merchants and traders'of
Canton and all parts of the empire, that they and their
ships have free perinsision to resort to and trade at the
port of Hong Kong, where they will receive full pro •
tection from the high officers of the British nation, and
Kong Kong being of the Chinese empire, neither will
there be any charges on imports and exports payable to
the British Government.

And it is further clearlydeclared, that there will be an
immediate embargo upon the port of Canton, and the
large ports of the empire, if there be the least obstruction
to the freedom of Hong Kong.
Persons bringing infOrmation to the British officers
which shall lead to the detection of pirates will be
liberally rewardc,!; and the pirate -will be taken and
delivered over to the officers of the, Chinese Govern-
ment fir punishment. culla
At Macao, this 7th day of June, 1841. y
DEATH OF SIR H. LE FLEMING SENHO-VSE.
' It tis with deep and sincere sorriiw'ciAi''haVe to an-
nounce to our readers the death of iSii Htimphry _Le
Fleming Senhouse, K.C.H., senior .naval officer of, .her
Majesty in China. This much lamented event took,
place on board her Majesty's ship Blenhaiin, on
day, the 14th inst., at half-past 8 o'clork in theinorning,
and the immediate cause of the veteran commander's death
was a violent fever brought on by great physicaland men-
tal exertions, and by exposure to the sun °during the late
expedition to Canton. There is very little doubt that the ill-
ness of Sir Flemingw as aggravated hydisappointmen t at the
attack on Canton not being persevered in, and by all the ad-
vantages not being reaped which the dauntless and master-
ly exertions of the army and navy had led most people to
expect. It was, we understand, Sir Fleming Senhouso's
wish to be buried in Macao, in preference to the British
settlement of Hong Kong, by'which the late Gallant
Officer seemed to call in question the probability of the
permanent settlement of that.island.
The mortal remains of Sir. Fleming Senhouse were
consequently brought to this city in the steamer Nemesis,
and arrived here on the evening of last Wednesday,
when notice was given by Captain Herbert, now senior
naval officer, that the funeral would take place on the
morning following, and that the funeral procession would
form at Captain Elliot's house at five o'clock.
The following was the order of the procession :
The and of the Governor of Macao.
A Colonel's guard of Portuguese troops.
Lieutenant Pitman, Royal Navy, chief mourner,
! Captain Clarke, of her Majesty's ship Columbine, bear-
ing the decorations of the deceased 'officer.
TAE.
Borne by Twelve Sailors belonging to her Majesty's
Ship Blenheim.
PALL-BEARERS,
Captain Ronrchierol..N. - 'Colonel Mountain,
'
Captain Smith, R.N Colonel Morris.
Captain Kuper, R.N. Major `Johnstone,
followed by the Governor of Macao and staff, Major-
nbdeatrnao;dlfniantnl tsd
duringteprogressn, A. ret.
sth Johnston,
aonnfda the
fi
tolr
e procession
and
geapi_ un
ftoyui
nn meS military
rt
utaot
Major-
General Sir Hugh Gough and staff ; Captain Herbert,
y
pen
officers,ei senior
commu-
nity. no. e, r n
t:nc
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fleetott,
huh ete
wards the British burial-ground
march ; the funeral service wasplayed
read
by the Rev. Div.
Cooper; Chaplain
of Her Majesty's ship Blenheim, and
after the body had been consigned to the earth, the Por-
tuguese guard fired three volleys over

8.
But little of interest has occurred
on the Bth instant of Her Maj
tion, by which the Chines* have
which announced the
forcessuccessful advance of our
on Canton, and the COriven-
conclusion of a
d 1
lars (termed by them opium comensation) in const-
derail°e
paid
Cyii
nd,Ase
eo6:,htolic
pi ,jpeotiNdeo despatch
a Nimrod,.
-h
rt of our evacuating the river, and abstaining
from further hostilities in this quartr. The amount iu
question is now on board our ships of war, and the chief
part, consisting of sycee, will it is said be forwarded to
the Bengal Government for realisation and remittance
to the Queen's Government in. London. The Chinese
are also to pay for the foreign property destroyed in the
factories, which it is hoped will be recovered in about a
fortnight
A little business is doing in smuggled teas, and some
vessels are loading at Hongkong at 3/. 103. per ton,
declined to
partly with-teas exported for trans-shipment and partly
advance
with the cargo of the Recovery, which has put back un-
, but it is to
_seaworthy.
Under the prospects of tea exports being discontinued
seudo on
t quoted
eti ninl ge , al
our
rh
arrivalal va es t
-or greatly curtailed, drawers arc unwilling to grant
and other
bills on England at former rates, and in the absence
recent transactions it is impossible to quote --
_ a, rate a.,
2s. Bd. per cent.
exchange. Company
There was some disposition in Patna, opium to
'sharsbecillq:
terwitch, and the expectation of the Folkst
be
en
ftehaererdattehioisf
will4o bdeol
vessels. Malwa is 370 dollars, for which li?rie
of the Iva.
on making' sales of your consignments. -'0 are going

JULY 20.
Her Majesty's ship Nimrod carries 5,000,000 dollars
to Calcutta as part of the ransom of Canton. Elliot has
paid Dent and Co. 63,000/. amount of his dishonoured
bills out of the Canton ransom. The fleet was to sail on
the 15th of June to put every city on the coast under
ransom; the Commodore's arrival may put a stop to
that, however, and adopt some other plan of operations.
The chief mate and 30 Lascars of the Scaleby Castle
were burnt to death in fending off fire-rafts from the
ship. The treasure now on board the Nimrod was packed
up and on the eve of starting from Canton. It will be
very acceptable in Calcutta now, we have no doubt.

. AFFGHANISTAN.
THE Gauzas.—l stated in my last letter, with refe-