The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-06 00:00:00

DISMISSAL OF TONNAGE.

The following is an extract front a letter dtted Chu-
sun, 4th October ;
" I have to inform you that the Admiral has ordered
5,000 tons of the shipping to be off, chiefly small vessels.
This bad been the rumour for some time, but was de-
cided on the 12th instant, and the ships are to get their
orders on Saturday, the 17th. They are at present dis-
charging the remainder of the stores, and it will take
some time to get eta rything out ; they will not, there-
fore, be able to get away before the middle of next week.
Whether they will be allowed to touch at Macao on
their return to Calcutta I have not yet heard, but it is
generally sueposed that they will not finally be paid off
at Calcutta, bnt sent back again with stores. The ves-
sels that are to be discharged are the following :—lsa-
bella Robertson, William Wilson, Victoria, Ranger,
Clifton, Defiance, Clarissa, Tomatia, Medusa, and
Braemar, which I believe is all. The crew of the In-
dian Oak are come up all safe in the junk the Loo Choo
people built for them. The Admiral is to be at Macao
by the 15th of next month.—Canton Press, Oct. 24.

lAN'S VISIT TO THE AMERICANS.—About a week
since the ex-Governor Lin, the Foyucn, several other
high Canton mandarins, and some officers lately arrived
from Pekin, went to \Vhampoa, on boarc. two Ameri-
can ships there, where they staid some time. Our cor-
respondent suggests that this visit may have been caused
by some plan of an intended improvement of the China
navy being entertained ; but if such be the case, the
looking at two merchantmen will not aid them much.—
Ibid.

COPY OF TRANSLATION OF AN IAIPERIAL EDICT.

On the second day of the ninth moon (27th Septem-
ber) the following Imperial edict was received (by the
Imperial Council, Pekin) written with the vermilion
pencil :
" Lin Isih sew. You received my Imperial orders to
go to Canton to examine into and manage the affairs re-
lating to opium. Your duty as regarded externals was
to cut off all commercial intercourse (with the English)
and purify the flock of their wicked ones, as regarded
internals to seize native traitors and thus cut off all
supplies (to the English). Why have you delayed so
long the matters connected with these small, petty, con-
temptible criminals, who are ungratefully obstinate and
unsubmissive ? You have not only proved yourself un-
able to cut off their (the English) intercourse, but you
have also to seize native traitors ? You laboured in
vain with empty words to put a stop to either of the
above, and you have screened and glossed over the
truth with specious words ; and so far from having been
of any help in the affair, you have caused the
waves of confusion to Elite and the springs of evil to
spout out in a hundred directions numberless and bot-
tomless as the sea ; in fact, you have only folded your
arms without devising any plans, being no better than
a wooden image. When in silence you think upon your
conduct your mind must be deeply grieved. 1 look to
you and ask, what have you to say in reply to me, your
Emperor ? I order that your official seals be imrnedi-
Ately taken from you, and that you hasten with speed
of flames to Pekin, that I may examine you in my pre-
sence. I)elay not.

" 1 order the Poo). uen E to take charge of the Go-
vernment of the two Hwang provinces.
" Respect this."

The following intelligence of the 13th has just been
received express from Canton :—" At two o'clock to-
day a chop was received from Pekin, commanding Lin
to hand over the seals of office to the Fooyuen, which
he is to do to-morrow morning. He has already re-
moved from the Viceroy's palace. He has been ordered
to wait here the coming of Keshen. It is said he will
toe hls button, if not his hee.d. The first chop from
the anperor charges him with not having kept a single
promise, and with having brought trouble and war on
the ceuntry "

" SINGAPORE, Nov. 9, 1840.

" We addressed you on the 31st ult., and have -now
to advise the arrival of the Rob Roy with accounts
from China to the 25th. The following extracts from
our letters we hope may prove interesting to you. Mr.
King (of Russell and Co.'s) arrived from Canton last
night. He reports that the Hong merchants expect
Lin to take his departure for Pekin in the course of a
day cr two, and that they are fully impressed with the
cow,- ':on that ff.tirs wifi ,•-n be mdin.ited, a!; .l that
t to fit ;:y AO
that !u constqueutu eottou had h.ikeu tWo Lucid.
" We have uo further arrivals from the southward,

but use hear th is morning that the Amiz3di, Portuguese
brig, brings int ,elligence that the Governor Doherty and
Virginia had i Jut in to Manilla just as she left to repair
damages, havie g experienced bad weather in the China
Sets. Opium (Bengal) is rather on the advance from
the con'inuet I absence of these and ether vessels.
Malwa contin aes at 400 dols. Nothing new from the
north. We so, id you to-day's paper, which contains a copy
of an Imperii,al edict regarding Lin's proceedings. A!--
though nominally in disgrace, it does not seem from the
accounts we. get from Canton that the Court has abso-
lutely deter mined on his punishment. In fact, we are
still in some doubt whether his conduct is really disap-
proved of, md equally uncertain whether the approach-
ing negntiatio ns are likely to terminate satisfactorily.
Her Majesty' a ships Calliope and Samarang have just
arrived hem from South America, and amither vessel
is, we hear,. ,expected from the same quarter to reinforce
the squadrt na in these seas.

" Fears ei the loss of the Virginie and doubts of the
Governor 'Doherty, also the absence of the Water
Witch, job ted to a reduced stock, chiefly held by one
party, has ;au t Patna up to 450 dollars, and 'Malaya, on
the rise, is 510 dollars ; Benares nominal, 415 dollars.
The lull (I 'wrote you I expected) during the negotia-
tions is:deal:lg- good to tee opium trade, and it is brisk.
" The alar.ve information respecting the arrival of the
Tirginie at .Manilla is a mistake, as she put back here,
and her ,c; ,rgoes are now being transhipped to the
Bengal 114acket. The Golconda troop-ship, front
Madras, 1)111 not arrived in China, and great fears
are cntcrt wined for her safety. About five thousand
tons of slipping arc to ho discharged in China, con-
sisting of the Isabella Robertson, Victoria, Tornitin,
Widiam Willson, Ranger, Clifton, Defraine, Clarissa,
Niedusa, and Braemar.

" In cons( quence of the arrival of orders from Ch:na
to buy °pima, our market has been cleared of every
chest of Patna at 370 to 375 dollars. 13enares has
also been sold to some extent at 330 to 333 dollars.
No Islalcva on hand ; nominal rate 400 dollars per
chest.

" Tin--16;: to 17 dollars. Raw Silk-Canto, No.
4, 400 dollars. Cassia, 13 to i3l dollars.
" Camphor—None quoted in per ct. at 50 to 60
dolkirs, taut will only command 85 to 40 dollars per
pion'. Exchanges on England, 17 ; Calcutta, 220 100.
" Fre;.glils continue at 4/. to 5/. 14s. per ton."

MARTAM.—During the week the Mariam has
arrivotl tram Calcutta, having left the Sand Heads on
the Stir ultimo, (October.)—Si igezporc Fice Press,
November 12.

CHINA.—The shipping report of the week an
nounces the arrival of the Rob Itoy from Mace() on
the .26th ultimo, (October), bringing us the Canton
Frees of the 24th, from which extrac's will be found
in the usual place. The troops at Chusan are gone
into winter quarters. " Measures were at length
being taken to subject the whole island of Chusan to
British sway, and the building of the British fort near
the town of Tinghae, and commanding it, was pro-
ceeding with all possible despatch." The policy
pursued at Chusan seems to us inexplicable. After
the taking of the island, or rather after driving
away the inhabitants of its capital, we content our-
selves with exercising authority over its deserted
streets ; encamp our men in unwholesome marshes ;
and, on the principle of conciliating the Chinese,
prevent the troops from foraging, preferring that
they should fall victims to disease, from the com-
bined eff,!ets of inactivity and unwholsomc quarters, ra-
ther than that the enemy should suffer any injury !
Now, when negotiations are on the point of commencing,
which may end, and are likely to do so, in our evacuat-
ing Chusan, we begin the process of subjecting the is-
land to our authority, and erecting fortifications! It is
deplorable to think of the extent to which our troops
have suffered from the false policy pursued in this re-
spect, involving the principle of sacrificing our men,
not to obtain possession of an enemy's country, but that
the enemy may themselves maintain quiet and undis-
turbed possession of it.

The Rob Roy encountered a severe typhoon, hut not
of long duration, the day after she left Macao, and
which came on very suddenly, and without anv of the
usual indications of an approaching storm, the sky being
perfectly clear and serene just before it commenced.
She arrived here on Monday last, and sailed tke same
evening for Calcutta.

When the Rob Roy left China, it appears the John
o'Gaunt had arrived at Macao ; and we think worth
while to notice the performance of this vessel, during
the present voyage. She sailed from Liverpool on the
21st of June last, arrived at Singapore the 24th of Sep-
tember, sailed thence again for Manilla on the 4th of
October, where she arrived on the 15th of the same
month, took her departure from that port on the 18th,
and arrived at Macao on the 25th of October ; thus,
with all stoppages, completing the voyage to China in
127 days.
The Bella Marina, a new Liverpool ship, which was
expected to sail on the 24th of June last, and to rival
the John &Gaunt, has not yet arrived.—lbid.