The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-24 00:00:00

CHINA.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
(From the China mail of April 8.)
His Excellency her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c.,
&c., has the satisfaction to publish, for the information
of British subjects in China, the annexed letter from
the Hon. the Major-General commanding her
Majesty's forces, just received, on the arrival of the
expedition at Canton. The rapid and successful
course of operations begun and concluded within a
period of thirty-six hours by the small military and
naval force under the direction of Major-General
D'Aguilar and Captain Macdougall, the senior naval
officer, is calculated to teach a lesson to the people
of Canton which they will not soon forget ; and it
is his Excellency's intention not to quit this place
until he has placed matters on a footing consistent
with treaty engagements and worthy of the British
nation. He feels that the moderation and justice of
all his former dealings with the Government of China
lends a pert sanction to measures which he has been
reluctantly compelled to adopt after a long course of
misinterpreted forbearance.
" His Excellency Sir John Francis
Davis, Bart., &c., &c., &c.

" Head Quarters, Canton, April 3, 1847,
Four o'Clock, P.M.

" Sir,—I have the honour to acquaint your Ex-
cellency that, in pursuance of the arrangements
agreed upon between us on the Ist instant, I am
arrived, with the assistance of Captain Macdougall,
of the Royal Navy, and her Majesty's ships under his
command, at the British Factories, and have esta-
blished myself here with the troops under my orders,
having, in the course of the last thirty-six hours as-
saulted and taken all the principal forts at the Bogue
and in the Canton River, and after destroying the
gateways and blowing up the magazines, spiked 827
pieces of heavy cannon.
" As your Excellency did me the honour of ac-
company me in these operations, and have yourself
witnessed the details, I shall not enter upon them in
this place, but shall reserve them for the information
of her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies,
taking care to supply your Excellency with a copy
of my communication.
" I congratulate your Excellency on this result
of our naval and military operations, and the more
especially because, notwithstanding the fire of seve-
ral of the Chinese batteries while the troops were
engaged in the assault, we have had the good for-
tune to take possession of them all without the loss
of a man.

" I have the honour, &c., &c.
" GEORGE D'AGUILAR,
" Major-General Commanding the troops
in China.

By Order,

A. R JOHNSTON.
British Consulate, Canton, April 3, 1847.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency her Majesty's Plenipotentiary,
&c., &c., has the satisfaction to announce, that at
the last moment, and when actually awaiting the
assault on their city, the Canton authorities have
assented to his reasonable demands, and the im-
pending ruin of this populous place has been happily
averted.
The following are briefly the heads of the new
agreement :-
1. At the fixed period of two years from this day,
the 6th April, the city of Canton shall be open to
British subjects.
2. Her Majesty's subjects shall be at liberty to
roam for exercise or amusement in the neighbouring
country without molestation, returning the same day,
as at Shanghae, and any persons molesting them shall
be severely punished.
3. The aggressors on the two seamen in October
last, and on Colonel Chesney and others at Fushan
on the 12th March, shall be made examples of. Th t
e
latter being already apprehended,lwill be brough to
Canton and punished in the presence of persons de-
puted by her Majesty's Plenipotentiary.
4. An adequate space on the Honan side of the
river h merchants
shall be granted on lease to Brit is
and others, for the erection of dwellings n
andthe ware-
houses ; and his Excellency will ascertai site
and extent before he quits Canton.
5. A site for the erection of a church shall be
allotted on lease in the neghbourhood of the space
now occupied by the foreign factories ; and spaces
for burial grounds shall also be allotted at
W hampoa.
6. The Flying-bridge and another building be-
tween the two gardens shall be erected as desired,
and sheds shall not be permitted against the walls.
7. For the better preservation of order, and for
the general convenience, the river front before the
factories shall be kept clear of boats.
British Consulate, Canton, April 6, 1847.
By Order,
A. H. JOHNSTON.

Head Quarters, Victoria, 10th April, 1847.
The Major-General congratulates the troops on the
success that has crowned their exertions ; he congra-
tulates them still more on the discipline observed by
them in the course of the late short, but arduous ope-
rations ; and above all he congratulates them on the
praiseworthy manner in which they abstained from
every act of injury or outrage that could tarnish the
honour of the British arms.