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tar Garrison, the Governor-General, and the Fooyuenn
of Kwangtong.
(Seal of the Kwang-chow-foo.) •
Written the 26th, agreed to the 27th of May, 1841.
(True copy.)
(Signed) J. ROB. MORRISON.
Acting Secretary and Treasurer.
Yishan, Generallissimo—Lung-wan and Yang-Fang,
joint Commissioners—Atsinga, General of the Garrison—
Kekung, Governor of the two Kwang—and Eliang,
Lieutenant-Governor of Kwantung—hereby issue in-
structions to the Kwang-chow-foo.
The Plenipotentiary of the English nation being now
*ling to observe a truce and make arrangements for
peace, the said Kwang-chow-foo will conduct the details
of the pacific arrangement and settlement. He ii not,
upon any plea, to excuse himself. These are his in-
str uctions.
The foregoing to the Kwang-chow-foe, thus be it.
Twankwang, 21st year, 4th month, 7th day.
(27th May, 1841).
L. S. of the Generalissimo.
L. S. of the Joint Commissioners.
L. S. of the Governor of the two Kwang.
L. S. of the Fooyuenn of Kwantong.
(True Translation).
(Signed) J. ROB. MORRISON,
Chinese Sec. andlnterpreter.
(True Copy).
(Signed) J. ROB. MORRISON,
Acting Sec. and Treasurer.
Return of Killed and Wounded in her Majesty's Forces
at the Attack on Canton, from the 23d to the 30th of
May, 1841.
May 25.—Ki11ed... 9 Wounded... 68
May 30. 5 23

Total l4 91
Officers Killed and Wounded.
Killed.
Major Becher, Deputy Quarter-Master-General, died
from over-fatigue.
Lieutenant Fox, of the Nimrod.
Wounded.
Mr. Walter Kendall, Mate of the Nimrod, lost his leg,
dangerously.
Mr. W. T. Bate, Mate of the Blenheim, slightly.
Lieutenant Morshead, of the Hyacinth, slightly.
Mr. Peter Barclay, mate of the Hyacinth, slightly.
Mr. E. Fitzgerald, mate of the Modeste, dangerously.
Mr. William Pearce, ditto, slightly.
Mr. Hall, commanding the Nemesis, severely burnt.
Mr. Vaughan. assistant- surgeon of the Algerine, slightly.
Lieutenant Rundall, of the Madras Sappers and Millers,
dangerously.
Captain Sargeant, 18th Royal Irish, severely.
Lieutenant Hilliad, ditto, slightly.
Lieutenant Edwards, ditto, severely.
Lieutenant Pearson, 49th, severely.
Lieutenant Johnstone. 26th, slightly.
Ensign Berkeley, 27th Madras Native Infantry, severely.
Return of the Ordnance mounted in the Fort on the
Heights above Canton, when stormed and captured
on the 25th of May, 1341, by the Forces under the
command of Major General Sir Hugh Gough, K.C.8.,
Commanding Expeditionary Force serving in China.
Names of the Forts. Guns of all Calibre.
Yung-Kang-Tai
She-Ting-Paon • 6
Paon-Keih-Tai
Kong-Keih-Tai

• Grand Total 49
REMARKS.—In each fort a number of ginjalls and a
considerable quantity of powder found.
J. KNOWLES, Captain, Commanding Ar-
tillery Brigade.
ARMINE S. H. MOUNTAIN, Lieutenant-
Colonel Deputy Adjutant-General Expe-
ditionary Force.
H. GOUGH, Major-General Commanding
Expeditionary Force.
Extracts from a Despatch from Captain Sir H. Le Fle-
ming Senhouse, K.C.H., &c., to Commodore Sir J. J.
Gordon Bremer, C.B. and K.C.H., Commander. in-
Chief, &c., dated, "Heights above Canton, May 29th
1841," continued on board her Majesty's ship Blen-
heim, French River, June 2, 1841.
I closed my former letter with the details of our pro-
ceedings up to the moment the expedition was about to
leave Hongkong for Canton. I have now tho gratifica-
tion to enter upon the details of a succession of opera-
tions, highly honourable, I trust, to her Majesty's arms ;
and by which the large and populous city of Canton has
been laid in complete submission at the feet of the
Queen's forces.

No overt act of hostility had taken place up to the
21st of May, except remounting the guns in the Shamien
battery, but the Chinese appear to hare been perfectly
ready for attack. All remained quiet in the river until
about eleven o'clock P.M., when an attempt was made
with fire rafts to burn the advanced vessels. This attack
not only totally failed but was followed up by a gallant
attack on the Shamien battery, and the silencing of it
by the vessels of the squadron, under the immediate su-
perintendence of Captain Herbert of the Calliope, and
the destruction of a large flotilla of fire vessels, which
the Chinese had been preparing, and had brought out of
the branch of the river which leads north of the town.
About the same time, though later in the night, the Al-
ligator was attacked off Howqua's Fort ; and to show
how necessary it was to have been always on our guard,
the fire-junks came up with the flood-tide in a direction
with the merchant-vessels atWliampoa, where all seemed
to sleep in security.
Opinions were uncertain as to the- feasibility of enter-
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ing the northward branch of the river, and of floating at
low water. To determine this I availed myself once
more of the zeal and great ability of Commander Bel-
cher, who most handsomely volunteered to explore it
with his own boats, assisted with three others from the
Pylades, and Modesto, and Algerine, all placed under
the command of that gallant and judicious officer Lieu-
tenant Goldsmith of the Druid, who was attached to the
Blenheim, in that ship's launch, and who had orders to
protect Commander Belcher in his surveying operations.
The Major-General and myself went to Canton to
make a reconnoisance and a personal inspection on the
same day, the 23d. In our progress we observed a firing
and explosions in the direction of Captain Belcher's
party ; and Commander 13elcher's letter gives the detail
of a gallant and spirited of which took place in the
creek. At eleven o'clock Commander Belcher returned
with the gratifying intelligence that he had discovered
an excellent landing-place on a pier, with water
enough for the Sulphur close to it at low water. The
ground directly around it rose in low hills, and a line
of hills appeared to continue to the height near the city,
although there might be swampy ground in the small
valleys dividing them.
Our united force consisted of the following ships and
vessels:—

Forming the Macao Fort Division:—
I Blenheim Cruiser
Blonde Columbine
Sulphur Algerine
Hyacinth Starling
Nimrod Atalanta, steamer.
Modeste Nemesia , steamer.
Pylades
Forming the Whampoa Division:—
Calliope Herald
Conway Alligator.
At Quantong, in the Bocca Tigris:—
Wellesley—sent up her marines and 100 seamen.
The above ships and vessels comprised in their crews,
officers, seamen, and marines, inclusive, about 3,200
men, out of which about 1,000 officers, seamen, and
marines, were landed to serve with the army. The
military force under that gallant, distinguished, and
experienced officer, Major-General Sir Hugh Gough,
comprised her Majesty's 49th Regiment, 311 in num-
ber : 37th Madras Native Infantry, 240 ; Bengal Vo-
lunteers, 79 ; the Royal Artillery, 38 ; Madras Artil-
lery, 232 ; Sappers and Miners, 171 ; her Majesty's
18th Royal Irish, 535 ; and her Majesty's 25th Came-
ronians. 317—making about 2,223.
Captain Herbert was stationed at Whampoa with the
Calliope, Conway, Herald, and Alligator, and was
directed, on the 24th, to take the command of
the force afforded by the four vessels under
his orders, and pushing up with the flood-tide with"
such vessels as could proceed, or with the boats of
the ships, endeavour to take possession of and secure
the arsenal. I informed him that the ships near the Fac-
tory would drop down and zecure the Dutch fort, and to
keep up an enfilading fire on the face of the works thrown
up in front of the city, where I understood many guns
were mounted. I left it to his own judgment to act ac-
cording to circumstances, in endeavouring to drive the
enemy from the French fort, and to endeavour to open
the communications with the ships of war to the west-
ward, and with the commanding officer of the left co-
lumn stationed at the factories. I inclose a letter I have
received from Captain Herbert, detailing the part he
took in the affair that followed, where the usual gal-
lantry and zeal were displayed by her Majesty's sea-
men and Royal Marines. Commander Warren, with his
gig's crew, placing his colours first on the walls of the
French Fort, Commander Warren was also ordered with
the ships under his command, to take up his anchorage
in line along the town from the Western Fort as far as
the factory, and to cannonade the exterior to prevent the
enemy from firing on the right column as it passed.
After the enemy's fire had been silenced, he was to leave
the Nimrod, and another vessel, to keep the enemy in
check at that quarter, and to detach the rest of his force
to secure the Dutch fort, and to place them with the
Atalanta so as to enfilade the line of batteries in front of
the city, but he was not to expose his ships to the front
fire of the heavy guns said to be placed there, until the
enemy were shaken in their position.
The landing of the left column was placed under his
particular charge, and it was not to land until he had
made the signal.
So effectually and vigorously did Commander Warren
execute these instructions, that when the right column
passed his station everything had been completed and all
was still.

A return of the killed and wounded is here added,
and although it may appear strange to see the wounded
of the army in a naval report, the two corps had been so
entirely mingled together, their services so blended, and
such intimate harmony has existed, that it would be dif-
ficult to make any separation between the acts of either,
or the circumstances that concerned them. The two
officers who have fallen, Major Becher of the Indian
army, Deputy-Quartermaster-General, a very old officer,
who had served ably in the Burmese avar, and Lieut.
Fox, first of the Nimrod, have united the regret of all
by their characters and :services. The same shot took off
the legs of Lieut. Fox and of Mr. Kendal, his shipmate,
the gunnery. mate of the _Nimrod. The former fell a vic-
tim to his wound ; the latter has survived amputation. I
thought it woulil gratify Mr. Kendal to give him an act-
ing commission as Lieutenant of the Nimrod in Lieut.
Fox's vacancy, on the field of battle, until your pleasure
is known, though his wound will disable him from doing
his duty perhaps for spare time, and may oblige him to
go home. -
I have the honour to euclose lists of the officers who