The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-13 00:00:00

SOLD TO FOREIGNERS FOR CARRYING ON THE TRADE HENCE

TO WHAMTOA.

The Hercules, the Mermaid, the Triumph, the Vansit-
tart, the Sir Charles Malcolm, the Cambridge, and the
General Wood.

The Nymph had not arrived at Singapore up to the
25th of December, though she left the pilot here on the
16th of November. The transshipment of goods from
Hongkong to Canton had been put a stop to, and vessels,
it was probable, would go over to Manilla to transship
their China cargoes. Opium was realizing prAtablc
prices both within the island and on the coast, as before.
The crew and passengers of the wrecked brig Cassador
had been at length released from Hainan, and taken to
Canton at the expense of the Chinese Government; and
on application for them by the Portuguese Government of
Macao, they had been conveyed to the latter place. No
news of the English ship Sunda, which was lost on the
coast of Hainan (she was from London), can be given by
the crew of the Cassador. Cotton was being transshipped
at Hongkong to Canton in American vessels, at the enor-
mous freight of s7i per bale.
The Red Rover in her passage, when in latitude 9 de-
grees north, signalled the Allaleyie, from China, and
spoke the Rob Roy one day after her leaving the pilot.
—Calcutta Courier, Jan. 17.

(From the Canton Register, Dec. 10.)
Sailed.—Faerie Queene, for Manilla and Australia;
Albion (American), Putnam, for New York on the 7th
inst.; Fort William, Hogg, for Singapore, Tellieherry,
and Bombay; Allalevie, Clark, for Singapore and Cal-
cutta ; 10th, John O'Gauut, Robertson, for Liverpool.
Loading for England.—Alexander Baring, Cordclia,
and Ann.

It is reported his Excellency Ah has arrived in Canton,
as a coadjutor to the High Commissioner. This officer
was the Tscrugkoun, or Mantchow Tartar-General, in
1t.4:4, when Lord Napier was in Canton.
LOSS OF BRITISH SHIP SUNDA.
(From the Canton Press of Nov. 30.)
Last week we published a few particulars respecting the
wreck of a vessel supposed to be the Sunda. from London,
on the coast of Hainan, which had been obtained by
Captain Macdonnel, of the Pysche ; and it is now our
painful duty to record that the arrival of Captain Greig at
Canton has dispelled all doubt on the subject, and that
seventeen of the inmates of the Sunda were drowned, and
the ship totally lost; the life of not a single passenger, of
whom there were six on board, has been saved. The loss
of property by this misfortune is very great ; the cargo
was the most valuable of any ever sent from England to
China, valued at about 230,0001., of which nothing what-
ever has been saved. The following short account of the
disaster has been forwarded from Cantor ; for the pre
sent forbear to comment on it, hoping, ere long, to he
able to lay before our readers Captain Greig's authentic
deposition :

" At two P.M. on Friday, the 6th inst., Captain Greig,
one of the mates, the doctor, and twelve men of the
Sunda, reached Canton, having been conveyed overland
from Hainan by the Chinese authorities; and an Ameri-
can gentleman going to the consoo-house, received the fol-
lowing account of the shipwreck from Captain Greig
" That they left Sc John's, where they were at anchor
with the Syed Khan, on the sth of October; on the 7th
a tremendous gale commenced, which lasted to the 12th
when, finding themselves on a lee shore, with their top-
masts and all their sails blown away, a most terrific sea run-
ning, five feet of water in the hold, and the ship, which was
very deep, labouring very much, it was thought best for the
general safety to run the vessel on shore, which was ac-
cordingly done on the 12th October, about forty miles to
the northward of Tenhosa, in the island of Hainan. Mr.
and Mrs. Macpherson with their infant were washed off the
poop and drowned, about three hours after the ship
grounded. Mr. Ilbery, Mrs. Macpherson's servant maid,
with some of the crew, were drowned on attempting to
reach the land, but Captain Greig, Mr. Newbury, and
others of the crew gained the shore in safety on different
parts of the wreck. On the second day the weather mo-
derated a little, and Captain Greig went on board in the
ship's boat, which had been accidentally washed ashore, to
try and save the treasure, which he succeeded in getting
upon deck. The boat was sent to fetch more men from
the shore, but was swamped in the surf, after which they
had no means of landing any of the treasure. Toward
evening the storm recommenced so suddenly and raged
with such fury, that those who were on the wreck were
obliged to try to regain the shore in any way they best
could, and all succeeded except Mr. Newbury, who unfor-
tunately perished. Fifteen persons in all are saved, and
seventeen drowned."

EXTRACT FROM A PRIVATE LETTER, DATED TONGED° EAT,

DEC. 14, 1839.

" I have the pleasure in availing myself of this opportu-
nity of the Rover, to inform you that affairs still go on
quietly, and, in a commercial view, as favourably as could
be expected. Foreign vessels with goods transshipped
here are admitted to entry as before, with only the duff r-
ence of enabling the authorities to shut their eyes with a
good grace by the exclusion of deck boats, which betray
rather too glaringly what had been going on. From th;s
grace the Cambridge, transferred to the Americans under
the name of the Alexander Douglas, is excluded, on the
ground of her recent employment as a man-of-war. The
newly appointed Commissioner, whom I before mentioned
as expected from Pekin, has reached Canton, whither Lin
has proceeded from the Bogue to meet him. Whether
the new functionary has controlling authority is not well
ascertained, lie is trick of the reigning Eraperor, and
was third member of the Canton Government in 'Lord
Napier's time.

TONGKOO, Dec. 14, 1839.
The Lady Grant is not yet arrived, and we are uneasy
about her, as sho was to have left Manilla on the same
date as a vessel arrived here a week ago.
The Coutts is still at Whampoa, and those who arc con-
cerned in her being without means to load h r, she is offer.
ing to take freight for London at 61. per ton : so strong
and general, however, is the feeling against her that no
shippers are offering.

(From the Canton Press, Dec. 14 )
On the Bth inst. i\lessrs. J. M. Sanches, M. pinto, J.
de Souza, and J. Baretto, shipwrecked in the Casador on
Hainan island, and forwarded with the remainder of the
crew by the Chinese authorities to Canton, airitied
iu
Macao; they were detained some time at the Bogue by
order of the commissioner, and examined. The remainder
of the crew have not yet arrived.

It is said that a great number of junks have been ordered
from Fuhkeen to strengthen the Chinese naval farce at the
Bogue, and possibly to commit aggressions on the Tungkoo
fleet.

On Monday last, in the afternoon, the alarm was spread
that a number of Chinese troops had landed in different
parts of the inner harbour from Tsinshan, and it was said
that they came to drive uff Captains Elliott and Smith,
who had that morning landed here. The firm opposition,
however, of the authorities of Macao to this aggression
upon their privileges had the desired effect, and the
Chinese troops left the town again on the same evening.
We stated last week that her Majesty's ships Volage