The Sun.
London, England, 1840-07-04 00:00:00

THE GOVERNOR OF MACAO.

We translate the following from 0 Portuguese na
China of 1811 March, frem which it will be seen that our
much respeced Governor of Macao has been appointed to
the command of the forces at Goa. We are not aware
wheth..r his successor has yet been named.
" I hereby appoint Lieut.- Colonel Adrian Accacio da
Silveira Pinto to be Commandant of the armed force of
Goa, with the same allowances enjoyed by his predecessor.
Vi,eount de Sada Bandeira, President of the Council,
NLnister and Secretary for Foreign Affkirs of the Navy,
and Ultramarine poss;?ssioas, will see to have this carried
into effect. "THE QUEEN.
Palace da: Nece4dades, April 11, 1839.
" Countersign' d by the Vi-icount de SA DA BANDEMA."
(From the Pekin Gazette.)

THE PALACE. —The Empress has died, and in conse-
qu.Aice of this mournful event the whole nation is to go
for one month into mourning, whilst the Mandarins are
not to shave for 100 days. She was not long married to
Taoukwang, and bore him, if we do not mistake, three
children, the eldest of whom is seven or eight ye irs old.
She is allowed to have been a woman of singular beauty,
who, daring the years 1835 and 1836, exercised great
porter over her husband, and exerted a paramount
influence over public affiirs. But though endowed
with considerable intelligence, and much admired, her
sway was not of long duration. During the zenith of
her glory she sen t m2ny of her creatures into the provinces,
where they held the highest offices. Since that her ser-
vants have stood latterly alone, almost a nultby at the
crowded court. It was generally believed that site was at
the bead of the party which we might style Whigs,
though they are very stanch Conservatives iu their own
way. • Ideu-tae-tsze and others belonged to her co-
terie. The choice of the new Empress, if Taou-
. kwang in his declining, years should hit upon the
expedient, will naturally give rise to numberless in.
trigues, and we should not all wonder to see the present
ministry. wbh Ke-shen to boot, replaced by another set
of favourites. Thu Emperor himself is verging towards old
aee and if be should make his exit from the world at this
critical moment,ao might certainly expect a great revolution
at be capital. Though a Chinese monarch 13 by no means
obliged to choose for his successor a child of his own, yet the
Manehoo Emperors have always done this. In that case a re-
gency would be instituted, a rule which has invariably
been fraught with great convulions in this country. If, on
the contrary, one of his brother's nephews is nominated to
hold the reins of government, there is every probab'hy of
a contest between a number of ambitious men, who have
either in reality an equal claim to the throne, or think
themselves entitted to wear an imperial diadem.
One of the Imperial Princes having behaved with great
impropriety.at the annual examination, has been banished
front the court and sent, to Mantchooria to serve in the

army.
EDICT RE-OPENING
')E. TriE PORTUGUESE
TRA

Lin, Viceroy of Kwangtnna and Kwangse, E,
Foca) ten of
Kwangtung, and Yu Hopp, of Cantoa, &c.,hereby
conjointly issue this proclamation that all MCA way
know and understand :
Whereas', on a previous occasion the English foreign-
ers continued to reside at Macao, and would not submit to
be expel!, d, and whereas the Portuguese foreigners dared
of their own accord to harbour the said English, against
our express commands, therefore it was that at that time
we declared the place shut, and stopped their trade.
But now it appears that the civil and military Mandarins
of Macao have petitioned us, stating that the Portuguese
foreigners, after receiving our previous proclamation, were
filled with penitence and fear, and that even now all the
English are already driven out of Macao. And it further

appars that, the Portuguese "barbarian eye," or \Veido
(i, e. Procurador), has stated to the Mandarin face to face
that after this they will never to all eternity dare to permit
the English to enter Macao or to harbour them there, thus
opposing the laws, &c.
Now this coming before us, the said Viceroy, Fooyuen,
and floppo, and we having duly examined the same, find
from what the civil and military native authorities have pe-
titioned us, that from the dispositions and circumstance of
the Portuguese these foreigners still cherish some fear
of the laws at heart, for which reassn we ought to permit
them to resume their commercial intercourse as of old,
thereby to manifest (Celestial) compassion, and for as
much we now conjointly issue this our proclamatio 3, ad-
dressed to ail the shopkeepers of Macao, to all the traders
an 3 people of the odier provinces, and to all those em-
ployed in stowing and transporting cargo, Sce., that they
may thoroughly know end understand, all ye who are engaged
in transporting up or down the cargo or merchandise of the
Portuguese foreigners whether export or import, after the
►ssuing of this proclamation it is permits( d you to carry on
your intercourse as heretofore, in due submission to the
fixed regulations, by which the said merchandise must be
sent to the Custom-house, there to be duly inspected and
taxed for duty, after which it may be conveyed away
for consumption ; but ye are not permitted clan-
destinely us convey any goods or merchandise belonging to
the English foreigners, or illicitly mix them up with others
to go in or out, thereby trying to deceive us, which will
lest+ to a very severe investigation.

L••t every one tremble and obey I Do not oppose ! A
special proclamation!
Taoukwang, 20,11 year, 2i moon, 14th day..—lbid.
Canton, March 9 •

(From the Singapore Free Press of the 9th of April.)
CANTON, MARCH 2.l.—The shipping report of the week
announce, two arrivals from this quarter ; the French
barque Robert le Diable. from Wham')la the 18; ii, and
the British schooner Venus from Nlacao. the 23:11
by which we have received the Canton Register of the
11th, and tne Canton ess of the ith and 14th of that
month,

The arrival of the Charles Forbes, from Macao, the
22d ultimo, has been reported, and we have received by
her the Canton Press of the 21st March and private ad-
.vices of the same date; but neither contain intelligence of
any great imeortanc-.,—unless it be an edict, authorizing
the re-opening of the Portuguese trade of Macao. In this
edict the Chinese authorities are considerate enough to
assume that the Errgiish have been driven forth from
Macao, albeit-:they are therein very snugly locaied, and
whereao.all appearance they will be allowed to rem .in un-.
molested. In a private letter, however, we find the follow-
ing view taken of the position of foreigners at Macao in the
alternative of hostilities--.. I have no doubt the first thing
the Chinese will do will be to takepossession'of Macao, and
then the inhabitants will probably have reason 'enough to
lament that they did not in time alloW the English to de-
rend them."
It was expected that the retirement of the American
firms tram Canton, in conjunction with a new order prahi-
biting vessels from going down from Whampoa with deck
cargo, and tl,e prospect of hostilities with Britain, would
materially affect the export of tea, which some of f ur cor-
respondents do not expect to exceed 23,000,000ib. for the
season, sl.ould a force arrive, and a fall in the price of teas
seemed to he confidently looked forward to on the Chinese
finding that it was the intention of the Americans to quit
Canton. •
The papers reiport the decease of Tnoultwang's
press, and some strange disturbances at Pt kin.
The (paint-market was in a very unsettled state, some
holders being willing to sell at $5OO ; but the n.ore
extensive dealers were holding out for $650 to $7OO
for Patna. Freights still continued high, and first class
tonnage was all engaged at 71. and 81. per ton. Exchange
on England still 4t. 10d. 6 months, and few transactions;
on Be-gal, at Rs 222.
OPIUM SNIGKING.—A high civilian in the metropolis of
Keangse was denounced I,r having smoked opium. fie
at first denied the charge, was tortured, and then con.
f,,sied. He was sentenced to be tranirorted to Ele, in
order to strike terror into evil doers of the same descrip-
tion. Several officers in Shautung• have been delivered
over to a court of justice on a similar charge. Soldiers
belonging to the eight standards who were found inhaling
the noxious vapour have been banished to Chekcang.
Con,iderable inconvenience has been experienced in the
C.,urt oE Pekin on account of the number of papers that
arc conir,mtly forwarded from the provinces. On closer
examination it w:.:s found that the Foo Magistrates re•
fused to receive in person the documents from the bands
of the people. who were thus forced to address themselves
to the tribun,,ls of the capital. On the other band, some
Magistrate in Kwang=e deminded a regular fee for each
paper that he was to receive, and this made a handsome
profit of more than 1,000 dollars annualiy.
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Arrived.—America, Surat, Pratt, from Manilla; British
Sylph, Viall, from Calcutta, left Sandheads on the 18th of
January. and Singapore on the 13th of February; Red
Rover, Wriyht, 1, ft SaLdheads on the 27th of January.
Singapore February 18, and arrived at T. ngkoo, March 18.
Pa.enger.—Per Sylph, Captain Wallace.
Sailed —British Penang, for Liverpool ; Caledonia,
Burn and Charles Forbes, Wills, for Singapore and Worn-
bay ; Amer, Akbbar, for Manilla.
PassEsocas —Per Charles Forbes, Mr. IL Hunter,
Captain Dunbar.
The God Success is expected from Bombay.
At rived in Eughnd from China, Eliza, Lay, and Orwell,
C.11..rd, on the 12th and 14th of November. —Canton
Press. March 24.
APRIL 24. —The Enterprise steamer has, we understand,
received orders to proceed to China.