The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-05 00:00:00

RIGHT VAN.

Sesostris, steam-frigate ; Nemesis, armed iron steamer ;
Modeste, 18 ; Palmyra ; Rustotnjee (Marine Artillery) ;
Atiet Rahomon (Sappers and Miners) ; Orient, Coro-
mandel, Ernaard, Blonde (55th Regiment) ; Haslimey
(26th Regiment) ; Blonde, 38 ; Cruizer, 16.
[This looks very like a start, and I trust we Madrasees
will astonish the Celestial World`]

IV l
Thea• ••••..
following is Sir Henry Pottinger's notification,
adverted to in preceding columns. We are•glad to per-
ceive from it his ExCellency's purpose to pursue a firm
and decided line of policy, and think it not unlikely that
the infringement by the Chinese of any part •of the late
Canton treaty may be immediately followed by a close
blockade. The expedition will sail, we learn, on Mon-
day next. We have not heard yet what ships are likely
to go, and what ships remain here. Captain Nias, of
her Majesty's ship Herald, will be senior commanding
officer 'in these waters.
ARRIVAL OF THE PLENIPOTENTIARY.
On Monday night last, the 9th inst., arrived from
Bombay, the lion. Company s steamer Sesostris, and
on the morning following landed at Macao Rear-Admiral
Sir W. Parker, Sir H. Pottinger, her Majesty's Ambas-
sador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the
Court.of Peking, attended by Major Malcolm, 3d Light
Dragoons, Secretary to the Special Mission,. Lieut. Ten-
nant, R.N., Mr. Chimmo, Secretary to the Admiral. Their
ExcellencieS left England by the July Overland Mail,
arrived in Bombay on the 7th of July, and sailed thence-
for China on the 17th, having thus been, including a
stay of 10 days in Bombay, only 67 days out from Env
land; an unprecedented short passage; and what is More
sinplar still, answers have been received by the SeSoA-
tris to 'letters from this, dated 31st March, thus the
whole time of a letter sent from here was only the .sin-
gularly short time of four months and ten days; which,
before steam communication, was reckoned to be a more
than commonly good passage from. his to England, or
vice versa.—Canton Press. Aug. 14.
. NOTIFICATION.
. .
In taking charge of the ofitees of her Majesty's sole
Plenipotentiary, Minister Extraordinary, and Chief
Superintendent of British Trade in China, Sir Henry
Pottinh-er deems it requisite and proper to publicly no 7
city, that he enters on his important functions with the
most anxious desire -to Consult the wishes, and to promote
the prosperity and well being, as well as to provide for
and secure the safety, of all her Majesty's subjects, and
other foreigners (so far as the concerns of the latter can
be affected by his proceedings), at this moment residing
in any part of the. dotninions of the Emperor of China;
and that he will be ready and happy, at .all times, and
under all circumstances, to give his best attention to
any questions that may be submitted to him. At the
same time, it becomes his first duty to' distinctly ihti-
mate, for general and individual information, that it is
his intention to deiote- his undivided energies and

thoughts to the primary object of securing' a speedy and
satisfactory close of the war, and that he therefore can
allow no consideration connected with mercantile pur-
suits, and other interests, to interfere with the strong
measures which he may find it necessary to authorise
and adopt towards the Government and subjects of
China, with a view to compelling an honourable and
lasting peace. •
Sir Henry Pottinger is -conscious that amongst the
persons to whom this notification is addressed, there are
few individuals who are not as well qualified as himself
to form a correct estimate of the reliance to be placed on
the agreements and promises of the Provincial Govern-
ment of Canton. He has intimated to that Government
that he is willing for the present to respect the existing
truce, but that the slightest infraction of its terms will
lead to an instant renewal of active hostilities in this
province ; and it is accordingly to be borno in mind,
that such an event is not only highly probable, from
.the well-understood perfidy and bad faith of the pro-
vincial officers themselveS, but also because they may '
be compelled, at any moment, by orders from the
Imperial Cabinet, to set aside and disavow their own
acts. With these views and sentiments, it only remains
for Sir- Henry Pottinger to warn her Alajesty's sub-
jects, and all other foreigners against putting themselves
or their property in the power of the Chinese autho-
rities, during the present anomalous and unsettled state
of our relations with the empire ; and to declare, that if
they do so, it must be understood to be at their own risk
and peril.
Sir Henry Pottinger avails himself of this opportunity
to announce, that the arrangements which have been,
made by his predecessor, connected with the island of
Hong Kong, will remain in force until the pleasure of her
Majesty, regarding that island and those arrangements
shall be received ; and on this point Sir Henry Pottinger
further desires to call the attention of all concerned to
the public notice issued by her Majesty's Plenipotentiary
en the 10th of June last.--Dated at Macao on the 12th
of August, 1841. -
(Signed), HENRY POTTI..TGER.
• Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary.
Others say he is handed over to the Board of Punishment.
t Thermometer to-day 89, and not a breath of wind.