The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-10 00:00:00

FLAG OF TRUCE

(Copy of a deipotch from Keshen to the Taoueat.)
On the 6th day of December, 1840, the following de•
spatch was received from Keshen, Imperial Commissioner,
acting Governor of the two Kwang provinces, Sec.:—
" It is authenticated that the former Governor (Lin),
having memorialised the throne, yea; empowered to ap-
point Yih, the Intendant of the Kaoleen circuit, to re-
side, pro tern., in Macao, to superintend foreign affai-s.
The troops stationed at Ceza Brener., and the naval
forces employed in the neighboto:ng waters were placed
under his command. It undoubtedly becomes him t
act according to circumstances, regulating his pc-
-I.cy according to the exigencies of the time. It is thus
that he will avoid all disobedience of his instructions, and
best forward the duty imposed upon him.
" All the English fortes are now returning to this pro-
vince. Their affairs arc under consideration, though no-
thing has yet been sct.led. Our troops must, therefore.
always be on the alert and prepared. Set must they not
rashly commence hostilities. I have heard that the said
foreigners, the ether day, sent a vessel to the Bogue, bear-
ing a whit. flag, for the purpose of delivering a letter.
Now, it appears that among those foreigners a white flog
is emblematical of peace; yet the soldiers on duty at the
Rogue, without previously inquiring the object of the ves-
sel's coming there, forthwith fired upon her. This was
redly most improper conduct, and, having happened at
the Boguc, may be followed, I f.rar, by the soldiers of
other stations.

" I have also informed the said foreign chief that if
hereafter he may have occasion to present communications
to me, he must transmit them through the Keunminflo,
who has received the necessary instructions for his gui-
dance. I have requested the Admiral to issue orders to
the ships and soldiers under his command to asoartaio the
object of any vessels which may visit their stations, and
not to fire upon her unless her visit be hostile.
" In conformity with the above I now send these in.
structione. Immediately upon receipt of them issue the
strictest orders to the naval and military forces under your
command that they may act accordingly. Hereafter,
should any English vessel proceei to your neighbourhood,
first clearly ascertain the object of her coming, and, should
the foreigners wish, not to spy into our movements or to
commence hostilities, we must not be the first to fire, lest
we afford thorn a pretext for retaliating. Our soldiers
must be strictly warned not to kidnap the residents of
Macao, in order to distinguish themselves, for this might
give rise to unpleasant consequences. This is most ur-
gent. Hasten, hasten. Let none oppose these corn-
mands. "—ibid.

TANG'S REPORT.—The fallowing report from Tang, the
ex-governor of Canton, we believe to be authentic. The
translation reads boldly to a foreigner, as the Emperor
only quotes the leading points of Tang's report, upon which
he comments rather severely ; but we consider these repri-
mands--particularly under present circumstances—as a
mere facon de parler. The Emperor has already disgraced
two of the most eminent statesmen in the empire ; he will
have to pursue the same stern conduct towards the present
High Commissioner; and how long will this course of neg-
lect, mistrust, and discipline last.
The Corps Diplomatique, that is, the civil officers of the
empire, which body constitute the government of which the
Emperor is the despotic head, are, to a man, sttrnly inimical
to the English; and if the itch for negotiation—how ut-
terly absurd is the word under the present relative positions
of Great Britain and China—of our Corps Diplomatique
continues much longer, the spirit of the people will also be
against us ; and, as they have always eespised us; that is,
all foreigners, they will soon bate us for being_ more des-
picable than even they, in their highest arrogance, have
ever thought u'.
0 ! for some good old English admiral, whq would con-
sider his first duty to be " to keep foreigners from fool-
ing us."
Report from Tang Tingching, ex-Governor of Canton,
Governor-Actual of Chekeang and Fokicn. An Imperial
edict bas been rece'ved. •

Tang Tinge Ling and Woo Wanyung have reported ro-
specting the expenditure for defensive preparations.
Quotation from the report :—Fokien is a most impor-
tant maritime province, and the most valiant soldiers
should be chosen and instructed to examine and guard the
important passes, and not because English barbarian ships
have been hovering off the ccast did the first core of
guarding arise. As for the English barbarians baying
presumed to capture Tingbae, it is the consequence of
a Minister having been dismissed for not having received
the said La•baiians' complaints of grievance, which ex-
cited them to the undertaking. Now, the said barbarians
are closely confined there, and dare not venture out to at-
tack other places.
THE EMFEROR'S REMARKS.--NOW Tang and Lis col-
leagues say they have enemies in front and rear : but I
don't understand what enemies they have. They say fo-
reigners—because the district officers of the provinces of
Chekeang and Fokien were unable, or unwilling, to for-
ward for them a statement of their repressed complaints,
first proceeded to Teentsin, and there offered up their
statements, which I observed were rather respectful and
obedient. Now I have especially deputed a great
Minister to proceed to Canton to examine into and settle
affairs, and before long we may desist from war.
As to what Tang and his colleagues report on the dis-
obedient and disorderly conduct of the said barbarians, I
know not where they are, or have been, disobedient and
disorderly ; all these " untoward " affairs have been oc-
casioned by the bad management of the said dismissed
officers.
I order Woo Wanyung, as usual, carefully to select,
and with truth and sincerity instruct the ablest military
officers of his province, that they firmly maintain the ma.
chime, entrances. Xs to the expenditure of treasure and
grain, I order that plans be consulted upon and devised
to prevent waste, as in washing rice, but when any proper
or necessary disbursements are made, report the different
items to me. The robust and brave sailors whose ser-
vices have been engaged in the said province, as well as
the fishing boats, I order, after consul, ation, that they be
discharged, in order to economise the expenditu e as
much as possible. and lot the real facts be early reported..-
Respect this. —lbid.

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RELEASE OF MR. VINCENT STANTON.—It is with great
satisfaction that we communicate to our readers the glad
tidings of the release of Mr. Vincent Stanton, who was
seized in August last, while bathing in Casilhal bay, and
Ills ever since been incarcerated in Cantor. He left his
prison for the High Commissioner's resi lenc.e Lt 10 a.m.
on the 10th instant, where he dined, slept, and break-
fasted; on the 11th he left Canton in a chop.boat for the
Bogue, and arrived in the schooner Young Queen at
Macao on last Saturday evening. Mr. Stanton particuta ly
states .that Captain Elliot b:s used Lis utmost efforts fur,
and has procured his liberation.

The following extracts from commercial letters brought
by the Falcon will be interesting to our read(rs:—
" MACAO, DEC. 3, 11340.—Commercial affairs remain as
before. In long cloths 'and cotton nothing but small re-
tail sales can be made, while the imports arc heavily accu-
mulating.
" In exports a limited trade goes on,as before, except in
te ~ and Nankin silk, which continue interdicted, though
of the former small supplies are smuggled out, and bought
for India at exorbitant p►ices.
" The Louisa Baillie is under the despatch with the last
of the former season's teas. Bills on England are a shade
better, say 4.7 k 6 months' sight.
" Opium is dull ; New Patna, at about Sp. irs. 440 ;
and Malwa, at about Sp. drs. 400."
" SINGAPORE, December 12, 1840.—Opium is quoted
atTongkoo on the 29th—
" Malwa Sp. drs. 400 to 410 and dull.
" Patna 460 to 480 and stock small.
" Benares 440 to 450 ditto.
" In this market Patna is Sp. dm 360 to 370 ; and Be-
nares Sp. drs. 328.
" Some of the American merchants have gone to
Canton from Macao in anticipation of the trade being open."
" SINGAPORE, December 14, 1840.--The Clown arrived
here on the 12th, with 140 chests of opium ; and Be-
nares has been sold at Sp. drs. 323 to 325 cash; and Sp.
dr5.1330, two months'. Little demand for Patna at Sp.
drs. 370.

_SHIP NEWR
A RDIVED.—Nov. 8. The British ship Omega, from-Chu-
san; 12, her Majesty's ship Jupiter, store-ship, from Eng-
land; 15, the Falcon, Vincent, front Chusan, on the 9th of
November; 16, The American ship Eben Breble, Hallett,
from Boston and Manilla; the British ship Manly Phillips,
from Manilla; `IS, Hon. Company's Steamer Queen, Warden,
from Chusan, on the 12th of November ; 19, the Good Suc-
cess, Frasei, from Bombay and Singapore : • 20, her Majesty's
ship Melville, 74, Captain the Hon. R. S. Dundas, Rear-Ad-
miral the Hon. G. Elliot, from Chusan ; her Majesty's ship
Wellesley, 74, Captain Maitland, Commodore J. J. Bremer,
from Chusan ; her Majesty's ship Blenheim, 74, Captain Sir
H: P. Senhouse, from Ditto; 21, her Majesty's ship Herald,
26, Captain Nias, from Sydney and Singapore ; 29, the Gi-
raffe, Wright, and Asia, from New South Wales.
Passengers—by the Falcon, Lieutenant and Paymaster
Strong; her Majesty's 26th, A. Fletcher.
SAILED.—Nov. 14, the Marquis of Hastings, for Singapore,
the Isabel 11., for Manilla, the Corsair, for Singapore, the
Genovera, for Singapore and Timor, her Majesty's ship Vo-
lage, for Manilla ; 22, the Mary Gordon, for Singapore and
Bombay ; 24, the Cowasjee Family, for Singapore and Cal-
cutta, the Giraffe, for Manilla, and the Iberia, for Manilla-.
UNDEa. DESPATCH.—For Singapore and Calcutta—William,
Scott, Ariel, Warden. For ditto and Bombay—Simolicia,
Almeida, in a few days.
VESSELS LOADING.—For London, Louisa Baillie. For
Calcutta, Ternate. For Bombay, Cursetjee Cowasjea, Hin-
dostan.
Rear-Admiral the Hon. George Elliot arrived yesterday
in her Majesty's ship Melville from Chusan, accompanied by
other ships of war, and proceeded to Tongkoo, without com.•
municating with Macao. We are ignorant, therefore, of
what are the ships that are arrived, but they are pro-
. bably, besides the Melville, her Majesty's ships Blenheim,
Wellesley, and Modeste.— Canton Register, Nov. 21.

FORCES OF THE EXPEDITION IN CANTON RIVER.
Her Majesty's ship Wellesley, 74, bearing the broad pen-
dant of Commodore Sir J. J. Gordon Bremer, C. 8., Captain
Thomas Maitland.
Her Majesty's ship Blenheim, 74, Sir H. S. Fleming Sen-
house, K. C. H., Captain Pritchard.
Her Majesty's ship Melville, 74, Captain the Hon. R. S.
Dundas.
Her Majesty's ships Druid, 44, Mr. H. Smith ; Calliope, 28,
Mr. Herbert ; Samarang, 25, Mr. James Scott ; Herald, 26,
Mr. Nias ; Larne, 20, Mr. J. P. Blake ; Hyacinth, 20, Mr.
W. Warren ; Modeste, 20, Mr. H. Eyres ' • Columbine, 18,
Mr. T. J. Clarke ; Jupiter, (store-ship), Captain Fulton;
Hon.
Company's armed steamers, Queen, Captain Warden;
Madagascar, Captain Dicey ; Enterprise, Captain West;
Nemesis, Captain Hall.
AT Cnusnx.—Her Majesty's ships Blonde, 44, Mr. E.
Bourchier ; Conway, 28, Mr. C. D. Bethune ; Alligator, 28,
Mr. H. Kuper ; Pylades, 20, Mr. T. V. Anson ' • Nimrod, 20,
Mr. C. A. Barlow; Algerine, 10, Mr. T. S. Mosson ; trocp-
ship Rattlesnake, Captain Brodie ; Hon. Company's armed
steamer Atalanta, Captain Rogers.