The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-05 00:00:00

Volunteers—Lieutenant Mackenzie, her Majesty's 90th Rep
ment, Acting Military Secretary to the Naval Commander in.
Chief; Mr. Johnson, Master of her Majesty's ship Conway; Mr.
0. Ramsdell, Clerk to her Majesty's ship Calliope; Lieutenant
Giffard, Hon. Company's I 2th Regiment.
Return of Ordnance destroyed in the Defences near Canton.
Lower Battery, left bank, Macao Passage-22 guns.
Upper Battery-9 guns.
Sand Bag Battery on wharf-9 guns.
Western Fort, Canton suburbs (Shaween)—l 0 guns.
Red Fort, opposite Canton Factories-20 guns.
Dutch Folly-25 guns.
Sand Bag Battery above Arsenal-13 guns.
Two junks moored off Admiral's house—l 5 guns.
Total-123.
Besides those destroyed in Lin's and the Mandarin war boats.
(Signed) THOS. HERBERT, Captain.

• List of Casualties in the Force employed in the Attack and
Occupation of the Defences of the* City of Canton, on clie 18th
day of March, 1841 :4,
Lieutenant Stransham,-toyal Marines, severely.
Calliope-2 wounded slightly.
Hyacinth-2 wounded, 1 slightly, I severely.
Modeste-2 wounded slightly.
(Signed) THOS. HERBERT, Captain.
Her Majesty's ship Wellesley, Rocca Tigris, March I I, 1841.

117 THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF kIICALAND, G C.R., &C.

&C., GOVERNOR-GENERAL

My Lord,—l have the honour to report to your Lordship my
arrival, on the Ist inst., in the Canton river, and of my having
joined and assumed the command of the expeditionary force on the
2d, at Whampoa Reach, where I found Commodore Sir Gordon
Bremer and her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, Captain Elliot, with the
advanced division of the fleet and transports, except two hundred
men of the 37th Madras Native Infantry, left at North NVangtong,
as a protecting lit cc. . _

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2. The Commodore will have communicated to your Lordship
the operations up to that period, embracing the capture of the
Segue Forts at e Cher side theffocea Tigris, on the•26th of February,
the forcing the barrier at the first bar on the tollowing day, to-
gether with the assault and capture of a heavy battery which flanked
It, and the destruction of the ship Cambridge.
! a Having unfortunately arrived too late to participate in those
operations, I cannot refrain from expressing my admiration of the
noble, daring, and judicious execution which thus reduced, within
a few hours, and almost without loss, what were considered by the
Chinese as impregnable, and what, in the hands of almost any other
nation, would have been nearly so. It is a great satisfaction to me
to find Sir Gordon Bremer speak most favourably of the conduct of
Major Pratt, of her Majesty's 26th, and the troops envloyed on this
occasion.

4. Having communicated with the Plenipotentiary and the Com-
roodore, I found it was proposed to continue the operations in ad-
vance the following day (the 3d), by attacking the last defences on
the Canton River, consisting of a square stone-bu.it fort, mounting
thirty-two guns, in front of which the river was barricaded by a
double row of strong piles, firmly driven in with an Intervening
space of about thirty feet, which the Chinese had filled by sinking
junks and placing masses of bamboos, together with timber of every
description. Seventeen hundred yards further up, the river divides
itself into two branches, forming a low narrow island, whit:h extends
to within about a mile of Canton ; at the lower point of this is
Napier's Fort, a regular half moon enclosed work of stone masonry,
mounting thirty-six guns; at this point the river was agai.i strongly
barricaded, connecting Napier's Fort with two strong newly.con.
structed fitld works thrown up on either banksif the river by a
planked platform
~pliced over the barricade. These latter works
showed embrasures of from 40 to 50 guns each.
5. On the intoning of the 3d, having tnade my arrangements
with the Commodore for a cooj attack on the enemy's works,
I proceeded with him up the river in the Nemesis steamer ; but a
communication having been made that Tu the Outing-Chow-Fon
was approachirg bearing a flag of truce, a e white flag was hoisted
by Majesty's Plenipotentiary. Captain Belcher of the Sulphur,
having reported that lie could perceive no per Eons in Howqua
Fort (the before-mentioned work flanking the nearest barricade,)
I proceeded in the Calliope's boat with the Commodore and Cap-
tain Herbert, when we found it had been abandoned. I had it
immediately occupied by the detachments of her Majesty's 26th
and 49th Regiments, under Major Pratt. At the same time I took
possession of a j.,ss .house at the opposite side of the river (here
about 800 yards wide), where a five-gun mud field work had been
commenced, in which I placed Captain Ellis, with his comcany of
the Ito; al Marines.

5. An armistic:. until neon of the day bLt one following having
been agreed upon, 1 had an opportunity of reconnoitring the Chi-
nese defences, accompanied by a party of the !loyal •Marines, under
Captain Ellie. In performing this duty I had to pass through a
very large and populous village ; the inhabitants appeared to view
our approach towards Canton without the remotest itl.feeling, and
I have no doubt would have shown me the road could I have made
myself understood.

7. A further communication having been received from Canton,
an extension of twenty-four horns was granted to the armistice, and
at noon on the 6th, the time having expired, tho troops were landed
on the left bank of the river, consisting of the detachments of her
Majest,'s 26th and 49th Regiments, under Major Pratt, and the
Royal Marines of the fl: et, under Captain Ellis, the light squadron
and the flotilla getting under way at the same time. On the
first vessel pa,sitig the barrier the Chin:se fired oil the guns in
the centre battery and retired ; the guns in the two flank works, it
appears, had been previously withdrawn, and these defences were
instantly occupied by the seamen of the fleet. Thus the last defence
of one of the richest towns in China, with a population of upwards of
one mi:hon of inhabitants, were abandoned without a shot having
been tired on our side, and Canton lay at British mercy, and re-
f mains a incire:ito of British forbearance.

S. filer Ntajesty's Plenipotentiary having forwarded sue the sc_
coml.anying letter (No. I;, the troops were re-embarked. On the
receipt of the letter (marked No. :2) artatagilnents were made for
th, tiansic:rts to fall down the river and rendezvous here. All the
forts have been di strayed by the indefatigable ex ert ions of iihe sea.
men. the guns rendered unserviceable, and the barricades have been
mostly realurcil, leaving .pen the free navigation of the river be.
wren canton and Macao.

J. Major-General Burrell and the staff arrived three days back;
tnd a'l the force Iron Chusan, with the exception of the Bengal
Volunteers, has reached this river. I ant using every exertion for
the military eccupgtion of North \Vangtong, and when completed,
or in a f ?rward slate, the fleet will proceed to the island of Hong-
lit.rg, which it is the intention of her 'Majesty's Plenipotentiary to
CCU:Iy.

10. I shall not fail, when the troops are assembled at Hong—
Kong, to give my earnest attention to their location, so as to re-
establish, by ( very means within my power, their health, and fit
them for their ulterior operations. No want of supplies need, I
ronceive, be apprehended, nor do I believe, from all I can learn,
that any exertions on the part of the Chinese authorities can pre.
rent their being procured.— I have the honour to be, &c.
11. GOUGH, 11Iajor.General,
Commanding the Expeditionary Force

READING--SECOND ANTI-CORN.

LAW MEETING.

Varions cf the neighbouring proprietors and farmers, with
their dependants, accompanied by an attorney, assembled in
the Town-hall, on the occasion of Mr. Sidney Smith's second
lecture, (iv Wednesday evening, took possession of the plat-
form and paeked the Cody of the hall with their own creatures.
When Mr. Vines was proposed for the chair, these disturbers
moved another person to that office ; but even with all the
packing, Mr. Vines was chosen by a large majority. On
addressing the assembly. Mr. Vim s was frequently inter-
rupted by these respectable ruffians. And when Mr. Sid-
ney Smith was introduced, one of them, by the precon-
certed signal of a cat-call, evoked the discordant noise of
himself and followers. After Mr. Smith had remonstrated
against this conduct five or six times, and had been answered
with the most insulting epithets, he at last took out his
watch, and said, " I shall just give you five minutes to
leave this platform, and with your gang, to leave this hall.
If yon do not, take the consequences. '— (He was again assailed
with threats, hoots, and the most insolent epithets. The
audience then began with that fearful ground tone of roused
anger which never can be trifled with with impunity. Still,
however, with white face and quivering lips, the public
disturbers bade defiance. At last, as the audience ex-
hibit'd symptoms of impatience, the tour cowards asked
to speak with Mr. Smith, to promise to remain quiet
if they were not removed.) Mr. Smith—l shall hold
no words with such men. Your time of grace is nearly ex-
vred ; sou shall leave this place voluntarily, or you shall be
bundled out of it neck and crop ; choose which you please.—
[Ashamed to sneak off, the brawlers still endeavoured to
tray.] Mr. Smith--The time is up. Men of Reading, I
shall make way for you till you have cleared the plat►
form and the hall of these ruffians. In an instant the
people rushed to the platform, and the enemy as suddenly
crawled off the lack way. As they
did not go out, how-
ever, the audience pursued them, and turned every one
of them, ?quire and clodhopper, ip,mominiously forth,
amidst treinendous cheering. Mr. Smith then de-
liveted a lecture of two hours to the most attentive and enthu-
siastic audience ever assembled in Reading. The large hall
was crammed, and many ladies graced the meeting with their
presence. At the conclusion the cheers were loud and long ;
and the meeting broke up in the utmost order, and amidst ex-
pressions ofiia
the enthusiasm
in Reading ~iasm and satifaction. So much
for Tory attempts raetdesnt

SUGAR.
EFFECT OF ,
PRICE O.
We I •
x duty price of st India sugar in
A Tab'e showing the e.
‘,. I
same against that of foreign
Mineing-lane, and comparm. e
London, June 4, 1841.-
EMONOPOLY.
yttgars :
Per Cwt.
the West India sugar bro-
kers, this evening will quote the average s. d.
of Vest India sugar sold by the im-
•CaorliVe'eosit.. India Sugar, exclusive of duty, at... 38 2t
T 1;
)e.i., , e
[her actual
theweek
ending the 31st of May, according
porters, .
to th,intetu
conformity'
with the Act of Parliament, and on which
0-uersa,:tit, tie above price is. computed, consisted of 453 hbds.
15 barrels.
42 trs. and
Fcreiginrns made upon oath lay
ri 31stscovadoes have again fallen in price ; the average
quantity
q" 1 i t'' n'aubi e
thetivaftst•eedragate ilijits-ie6edo.fper %Vestcwt.
intangselegassr b.
y 'lf9hse.
per cwt.
~„/,,e of the latter, before the costs of package, freight, &c.,
accrue, is about 271. per cwt. ; the value of Manilla sugar in a
similar position i 5 about 10s. per cwt., the prohibitory laws of
ibis country, therefore, have the effeet of conferring a premium
of 170 per cent. on West India sugar, and yet the proprietors
complain of sustaining loss by the cultivation of the sugar cane?
If they complain with truth, do we require additional evidenee
to prove the utter futility of their attempting to raise sugar on
their oln worn-out plantations with the hope of profitably con-
tending in an open market against the produce of free and
cheap labour on the fresh and luxuriant soils of the East ? Ex-
amine this question as closely as we may, we arrive at the same
coneltbion, namely, that the West Indians- have had their day
—and a pretty ens.tly day it has been to the British nation.