The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-27 00:00:00

dispatches announcing the recent occurrences at
Canton :

" We have received the official notification pre-
sented to us by Keying, informing us that on the 19th
day of the 2d moon, the English merchants, with a
number of soldiers, suddenly entered the provincial
river. According to the investigations of the Vice.
roy, the said merchants alleged that their object
was to avenge the insults they had received from
the people of the Flowery Land ; they also
desire to go to Fuhshan to converse and argue
with the people, besides making a determined re-
quest to enter a portion of the provincial city. Since
the establishment of peace, the said foreigners have
been tolerably quiet, until now they have suddenly
entered the country with soldiers, and it certainly
was impossible to foresee such an occurrence and ar-
range accordingly. We imagine, however, they have
some other reason for being anxious to enter the city,
though in itself this is a matter of small importance.
The said Viceroy and his colleagues must not be dis-
concerted at what has happened, nor must they ex-
hibit the least remissness, but command both civil
and military officers effectually to suppress the dis•
turbance, and not permit the existence of any cause
of alarm to the inhabitants.

"As the guns of every fort were spiked, Keying
must, therefore, demand the most severe punishments
for those officers who were charged with the defence
of the passes, but he must deliver up all the less im-
portant cases to the Board of Punishments.
" After the matter has been decided again present
a statement.

" This must travel 500 lee (about 160 miles per
day. Command it to be known. Respect this."
On the breaking up of one of the meetings held on
Thursday last (the 20th) at the Consoo House, some
vagabonds set fire to the new wooden boathouse, and
to a mat shed in the neighbourhood, outside the fac.
tories, but the flames were speedily extinguished with-
out doing any serious damage.
It is impossible of course to calculate upon what a
licentious rabble will attempt, driven from their former
haunts, and wrought upon by a people who believe
that their rights of property, which are sacred even
from the arbitrary grasp of their own mandarins, are
to be invaded by the hated foreigner ; but experience
has shown that unprovoked outrages on the part of the
Chinese are of extremely rare occurrence, even when
but slight means of resistance have existed; and it
seems improbable, therefore, that an attack will be at-
tempted in the presence of the Scout and Pluto an-
chored off the factories, with a company of the Royal
Irish quartered within them.
But if the matter is not settled satisfactorily now it
may be a perpetual source of inquietude,'; though few
merchants will probably be disposed to incur the
odium and annoyance of erecting warehouses on
Ronan, so long as the present facilities for storing
goads are offered by the brokers.
(From the China Mail of June 24,)
The recent attempts to burn the boathouse near
the factories immediately called forth a proclamation
from the magistrate of the district. Since then six of
the vagabonds have been convicted and condemned.
Three of them were sentenced to suffer 80 blows
with the great bamboo, and two the cangue (or
wooden collar) in perpetuity ; which, as is wel
known, is nothing but a lingering death. The other
three are to be subjected to the cangue for one
month, with 80 blows on being released.
(From the China Mail of July 22.)
Business at Canton has been improving during the
month ; but the consequence of the shortsighted and
vicious system of making advances on goods shipped
on Chinese account are now severely felt. The losses
thus sustained have crippled native credit, and de-
stroyed the confidence with which foreigners were
wont to enter into large transactions with the
Chinese merchants, who are now hard pressed fir the
means of meeting their engagements. Amongst the
brokers, too, with whom foreign goods are ware-
housed, some further instances of embezzlement, un-
known in former times, have recently occurred, and
one commission house of souse standing has discovered
that no less than 500 bales of cotton have been
pawned.