The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-10 00:00:00

CHINA.
(ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS

ATTACK ON TilE CIIUENPEE
AND TYKOKTOW FORTS.
(From the Canton 16gister.)
From some loose notes with which we have been
kindly favoured, we have it now in our power to
• lay before our readers a rough account of the
plan of attack on the Chuenpee and Tykok tow
forts ; and we hope to be able to convey to them,
by our description, a tolerably correct idea of the-
scenes at Chuenpee on the 7th inst.
The boats were manned and armed, and the
Royal Marines of the squadron under Captain
Ellis were ready to land on the morning . of
the 7th.
The detachments of the 28th and.49th Regi-
ments, 37th Madras Native Infantry, and Bengal
Volunteers embarked on board the steamers En-
terprise and Madagascar, and were conveyed to
the point of debarkation and landed in the trans-
ports' boats.
Captain Knowles commanded the artillery,
having under him Lieutenant the Hon.
ser. The force of this arm consisted of two 24-
pounder howitzers and two 6-pounder guns. The
guns were worked by the artillerymen, but to
each howitzer 30 seamen of the Blenheim were
attached, and to the 6-pounders 15 seamen of the
ships from which they were landed, to drag them
into position. The guns were placed on the ridge
of the hill commanding the entrenchment.
The Queen and the Nemesis took up a posi-
tion, within good shell distance, as the depth of
the water allowed, and attacked the fort on the
hill, which was soon deserted.
The Calliope, Hyacinth, and Larne, weighed
and proceeded above the batteries to be ready to
attack in that quarter, and to capture the junks.
Captain Herbert commanded this portion of the
force.
The Samarang, the Druid, the Columbine, and
the Modeste were ordered to make a simultane-
ous attack on Tykoktow, the object being to dis-
mantle the fort. Captain Scott had charge of
this division.
The Madagascar and the EnterpriSe, having
landed their troops, proceeded to join the Calli-
ope's division.
All the dispositions haying been made, and the
troops landed at the watering-place to the south-
ward of the island,. they. formed, and pushed
strong covering parties in advance of the guns,
and then waited the effect of their fire, as well
as that of the squadron; they then marched in
two bodies on the hill fort, into which the Queen
and the Nemesis had previously thrown some
shells; on reaching the intervening valley
the stockade opened a fire on the troops,
but was soon silenced by the field-pieces,
placed, as noticed above, on the ridge of
the hill ; the troops—the Cameronians and
Marines, then pushed forward up the hill
and took possession of the fort, whilst the
Bengal Volunteers and 57th Madras Native
Infantry debouched from the valley to the
northward, and then, left shoulders forward,
marched round the hill. After driving the
Chinese, who made a handsome defence, out of
the stockade, the Cameronians and Marines de-
ployed and rushed down the hill on the lower
and largest fort, entered the embrasures, and
drove all before them, the garrison escaping
through the northern gate, when in a few mi-
nutes they were intercepted in their sauve qui
pent retreat by the native troops, who had de-
bouched from the valley, and opened a most
destructive fire upon them. This spot, a
short distance from the northern gate and beach,
was the slaughter-house : it was here the Hiptae,
a mandarin of the third class, was killed, obsti-
nately refusing quarter from a sergeant of Ma-
rines, who ran up to him as his people were
carrying him off severelt- wounded. He cut at
the sergeant, who parried the blow with his
bayonet, and nearly had the worst of the en-
counter. The Chinese, with the Cameronians
and Marines in their rear and the native troops
in front, rushed into the water to escape, but
there fell beneath the united fire of the troops.
It should be here remarked that the Chinese do
not understand either giving or taking quarter
in the European military sense of those condi-
tions. Many of the Chinese, when in the water,
fired their matchlocks at the native troops, and
then threw them away and made no submission;
but this bite-and-fall-down proceeding the Sipahis
did not understand, and returned the fire of the
Chinese, of course with fatal effect.
The left division, led in splendid style by the
Druid, Captain Smith, were in their stations
about half-past 10 o'clock a. m., the Druid re-
serving her fire, although a brisk cannonade
was kept up from this extensive fort, until she
dropped her anchor, when instantly she poured
. in a destructive broadside, her example being
followed by the other ships as they came up in
:ii,. succession. A landing was effected to storm the
,4w fort, but the Chinese obstinately defended them-
selves at the north gate, being driven by the
broadsides from the batteries, but not until a
great many of their guns were dismounted
or rendered unserviceable. Several personal
encounters here took place, and to show the ob-
stinacy of their defence, a mandarin having lost
his arms, grappled with an officer of the Modeste,
and bit him severely in the arm. The Colum-
bine being on the flank, her batteries enfilading
the fort, threw in upon the enemy, who were now
firing and retiring, a destructive discharge of
grape and canister. In an hour the British flag
floated over the fort. The enemy's loss was great,
but we are unable to speak accurately as to num-
ber. Here, as at Chuenpee, the clothes (padded
with cotton) of the killed and wounded, as they
fell, were ignited by their matches and ammuni-
tion boxes, which they carry in front, and the
bodies almost consumed by fire.
Thus fell the forts, stockades, and garrisons
of. Chuenpee and Tykoktow by her Britannic
Majesty's arms, on the 7th of January, 1841.
. The stockades were well and strongly built,
but their situation was not well selected, being
commanded by the neighbouring hills. They
afford a proof of the advance the Chinese have
made in the means of defence. From the fresh-
ness of the materials employed in their con-
struction, it would appear that they have been
erected within these few weeks, while the British
Plenipotentiary had been negotiating, and had
they been held by determined men, or rather
skilful soldiers, it would have cost our troops some
trouble to take them. As it was, the Marines had a
good many men wounded in the attack ; and, al-
though exposed to a heavy and galling fire from the
field pieces and musketry, the Chinese resolutly
defended them for twenty minutes, and it was
only a forwartl movement of the gallant and
ever-distinguished Cameronians--not invalids, as
they have been elsewhere most egregiously mis-
named and. Marines, that induced them to
evacuate the works. The deep dry ditch and
breastwork of these defences offered no small
obstacles to our attacking force. Some amusing
scenes occurred whilst our men were struggling
who should be the first up the steep and hard
clay sides of the dry ditch, proving how totally
reckless are British soldiers and sailors " in the
day and hour of danger."
During the attack, Major Pratt, of the Came-
ronians, was seen a long way in
.advance, under
the very defences ,sf the enemy, with admirable
coolness quietly making "a reconnoitre of their
position. The gallant major, on looking through
one of the embrasures, saw there was a body of
Chinese close to it, when he coolly turned to the
only soldier with him, a marine, and said, "Just
shoot me one of these fellows, will you ?" 'the
action followed the word, and the rest of the
Chinese forthwith retired to a more respectful
distance.
We do not expect to find in the construction of
Chinese forts any exhibition of engineering
skill; they have not had a Vauban. It appears,
however, that the materials they employ for
the upper pal t of their works, such as parapets,
embrasures, &c., are particularly well chosen for
the purpose. It appears to be a composition like
cbunam, upon -which our shot made but
little impression. Most of the Chinese Funs
were of small calibre, the metal wretched iron,
and as wretchedly manufactured, a single blow
of a hammer being sufficient to knock off the
trunnions; they were all spiked or otherwise de-
stroyed, and most of them were thrown into the
sea ; .the carriages were all burnt. The breast-
work and ditches of the stockades escaped with
only partial dismantling, but everything within
them has been totally destroyed by. fire, and the
guns removed, with the exception of a long Span-
ish piece of larger calibre than usual, which is
lying- dismounted as a flanking breastwork corn-
manding the approach from the valley at the
base of the hill : had this formidable gun been
well served, its shot would have mowed down
many of the gallant Cameroniansancl Marines.
The site of houses and huts is now only to be
distinguished by smoking ruins. The ground
over the whole extent of the fortifications is
thickly strewn with tattered remnants of clothes,
&c. ; the Chinese suffered horribly from falling,
when wounded, on their burning matches, which
set fire to their padded cotton garments and
powder flasks, which they wear round their
waist, and literally blew them up, and burnt
them slowly to death. The burial of these black,
mangled corpses, was a fearful spectacle.
The beach, running from Chuenpee Fort down
nto Anson's Bay, is strewn with the charred
imbers of the junks so effectually destroyed by
he Nemesis and the boats of the squadron,

We have been favoured by a friend with the
following interesting extract of a letter dated
Macao January 6, 1841

I .
" At TongkOo several spies were discovered
among the China boats, taking the names of the
Chinese who had been supplying the English
ships with provisions ; they were attacked by
the implicated parties, five or six of them killed,
and the five remaining were tied hand and foot,
put into a boat filled with combustibles, and set
fire to, the unfortunate wretches being regularly
roasted alive. The boat burned to the water's
edge, and was afterwards towed on shore on
the beach, when the burnt remains of the bo-
•dies were seen by several Englishmen. The
other affair took place at the Bogue, in the
sight of the Commodore's ship. A mandarin's
boat was chasing a smuggler ; the latter, think-
ing he was the stronger party, turned round and
showed fight. The mandarin endeavoured to
escape, the smugglers boarded him, and threw
the crew overboard, reserving four, whom they
took to the receiving ships at Tongkoo, and de-
sired that they might be hanged, English fashion,
at the yard-arm, so as all men might see. Their
request not being complied with, they took them
away, and doubtless disposed of them, so as they
should not appear in evidence against them at
any future time.—Bengal Hurnaru.

PROCLAMATION FROM THE IMPERIAL COM-
MISSIONER KESHEN.
Keshen, Imperial Commissioner, &c., issues this edict for
the dear understanding of affairs.
The demands of the Fnglish barbarians are exorbitant;
They cannot follow the extent of the wishes of their heart
(Vu'geriter, their eyes are larger than their bellies).. On the
15th day of this moon (Jan. 7), without waiting for an answer,
hey suddenly attacked Shaken and Takeo with their guns.
Our troops returned the attack, and the victory was unde-
cided; at present they are grappling with each other ; but it
is hard to be assured that they (the English) will not go to the
westward (probably meaning Macao) and create disturbances ;
immediate measures should be taken to suppress and guard
against them.
Formerly, because the said barbarians stated their complaints
and begged for favour, I received the imperial order to exa-
mine into those complaints ; and because a rough or general
examination has not yet been made, how dare the said bar-
barians to behave in this unruly, mad, and disobedient man-
ner—exhorting their troops to be disobedient ? Now, it is
impossible willingly to allow them to trade as before, as their
perverse rebellion is increasing.
It is proper immediately to; issue orders to the Kenn-
minfoo, which, when he receives, let him immediately obey
accordingly.
Let him increase his diligence in secretly guarding against
the English, and to cut off all the native boats from entering
into or going out of the narrow inlets, in order to prevent
native vagabonds from secretly selling cows, sheep, fowls,
dunks, rice, and flour, to supply the traitors (the English).
The supplies necessary for the officers and military, the civil
and military mandarins of that district (Heangshan), are to
raise as usual, and after examination to pass them on ; this
business, which concerns the army, is of importance. As for
those native traitors, who secretly convey supplies to the
plundering banditti (the English), openly professing obedience
to, but secretly opposing the laws, cawing trouble, &c., it is
on these accounts I issue to the military and people these
orders, with which they are to make themselves fully ac-
quainted.
Ye dwellers on the coast and in the villages, if the English
come sneaking in, you are to oppose and seize them, neither
are you to take your boats to supply them with eatables; if you
dare to secretly carry to them supplies in opposition to the
orders, you shall be forthwith seized and subjected to military
law for the punishment of your crimes, and your relations
shall be seized and subjected to trial and punishment; then if
you wish to gnaw the umbilical cord, how will you be able to
reach it?
All should trembling obey, without opposition.
edict.
12th moon, 19th day (January 11).

A speeial

PROCLAMATION FROM THE OFFICER AT CAZA
BRANCA.

Tscang, the public officer at Caza Branca, publishes the
following for the information of all :
It appears to the said officer, that the prices of goods are
just now being raised in the market, being probably caused by
false rumour, scattered abroad by perverse traders, greedy of
gain. _ _

Notwithstanding that the strict orders of the superior
officers prohibit the export of provision 3, they have never
ordered the port of Macao to be closed, and consequently the
commercial relations between Chinese and foreigners should
continue the same as formerly ; what motives, then, can
there be for them to raise the prices of goads in opposition
to the laws? Therefore, the said officer makes known by this
proclamation to all ye shopkeeper,, that you should continue
your trade as f ,rmerly, and neilher raise the prices of goods,
nor scatter abroad false rumours ; whoever opposes these or.:
ders shall be seized, and most certainly severely punished.
My wo-ds will be folowed by the instant execution of the
laws ; obey therefore without opposition. A special edict.
12th moon, 12th day (12th January), 1841.
From the Portuguese, via China, 14th January.?

among which many Chinese corpses are yet
lying, January 12, 13, 14. Many of the bodies
were large and athletic, much beyond the gene-
rality of the natives of this province.
Just over the brow of the rising ground at the
landing place of the Chuenpee fort great numbers
of the dead lie buried in one common grave, over
whom some careless, thoughtless, " jolly jack
tar" has raised a board bearing the following in-
spiriting inscription:—" This is the road to glory."
The poorer natives do not show any fear at our
having taken Chuenpee; numbers of boats are
about the fleet, and iu many instances the Chi-
nese have returned to seek the bodies of their
slain relations, which they have exhumed, and,
although in a state of decomposition, they are
carrying away the bodies in great numbers. But
among these exhibitions of filial and fraternal
feeling there have been some impostors, seek-
ing their " young brothers," evidently try-
ing to excite the compassion of the officers.
Provisions are easily procurable. One old man
and woman are the only natives left in the
island ; they were on the point where death
was rifest, but would not abandon the hearth of
their fathers; the old man was slightly wounded,
but is under the care, asare many of the wounded
Chinese, of our surgeons. Great praise is due to
these gentlemen for the humane attention they
bestowed, as far as was in their power, on the
wounded sons of Han.
The following anecdote exhibits the base cun-
ning, and callous heartlessness of the Chinese
character. A charge was brought by them
against some of our men of murdering a man ;
the charge, however, upon investigation was
proved to be unfounded, and that, instead of a
man, it was a bullock that had been murdered !
The Chinese said they could produce the body of
the murdered man in proof of their charge ; they
were required to do so, when they brought a
corpse in a state of decomposition, which had
evidently been procured for the occasion from the
graves in the fort.. We have heard of similar
charges having been made, and similar proofs
having been exhibited, more than once at Wham-
poa many years ago.
When a place is carried by storm it is always
given up to plunder; but there was nothing
thund in the Chuenpee fort but a few cloaks and
caps; yet one thing was discovered which, al-
though it may surprise some, will not surprise
others—about 160 balls of the " foreign smoke"
were found. It is probable the spirits of the
Chinese were exalted
,to the gallant resistance
they opposed to our troops by a,few additional
pipes or pills of this stimulant ; and if such were
the effect, we think neither the Emperor nor his
Commissioners will blame its use on that occa-
sion ; we are really inclined to think so from a
most singular instance of obstinacy in a Tartar
officer at Tykoktow fort, as recorded above, which
brings to mind the old ballad of Chevy Chase
and the gallant Witherington, as well as from
the obstinacy of the Hiptae ; although an igno-
rance of our conditions of quarter, and an igno-
rant and foolish fear of torture if they were made
prisoners, might have had an effect in producing
such determined resistance in both cases.

Turning back to examine, I find that, in the twenty-first
year of Keenlung (1755-56), a foreign ship anchored at Ning-
poo, when an Imperial edict was respectfully received :
" Hitherto, when foreign vessels arrived in China, they all
entered by Macao, in the province of Canton; but few of
thew have ever come to Ningpoo. But if it happened that
ships were driven in by stress of weather, hitherto they were
not interfered with by the Government.
" This year the foreigners have evinced a great inclination
for, and have come to, Ningpoo to trade ; they will soon
gain a thorough knowledge of the road or way, and if one
ship enters the port the numbers will be daily increased,
and they will soon establish a public market; now the sea-
coasts are important places, and the greatest attention must,
without fail, be bestowed on them."
Further, in the 22d year of Keentung, an imperial edict
was received.

" Ningpoo has not been hitherto a rendezvous for foreign
ships ; for the future they are•only to be allowed to anchor at
Canton; they are not to be allowed to anchor in the maritime
ports of Chekeang. Respect this."
Now your Imperial Majesty has permitted the said barba-
rians to proceed to Canton without impediment. I look up
and observe that your Majesty's predecessor and your Majesty
are most attentive to the sea coasts ; the mutual harmony is
the same as the corresponding parts of a divided bamboo.
Already has the Imperial Envoy Keshen received orders to
repair to Canton to examine into and manage affairs , and,
verily, most complete measures will be perfected ; but these
plans are not yet before our eyes (expressing how deep-laid
Keshen's schemes are).
The Imperial Envoy Elepoo, being now at Chinhae, must
also have it in his power
,to clearly examine the barbarian
(English) traitors; and this business being well managed,
there will be no occasion for me to be anxious.
I have been enriched with the imperial favour. I have
made inquiries in order to learn the dispositions and intentions
of the (English) barbarians, and I have found them to be
suspicious. As the examination and management in Canton
is of later date, I fear those in Canton are ignorant of the
present disposition and intentions of the (English) barbarians
in Tinghae ; I am further apprehensive that the barbarians
who have proceeded to Canton will, with sweetwords, deceitfully
beg, and so subject Keshen to theiridelusions.
I, thinking of calamity, prepare to guard against it, and
am, therefore, constrained (by a sense of duty) to make this
report, begging your Imperial Majesty will send orders to the
Imperial Envoy in Canton, Keshen, to examine into the cir-
cumstances of the inquiries I have made and means of guard-
ing (against danger), and to act accordingly; and also to
order the Chekeang Imperial Envoy, Elepoo, to approach near
(to Tinghae) and make a minute examination into the dispo-
sitions and intentions of .the ( English) barbarians, and forth-
with to send secret reports to Canton, by which means it may
be hoped plans may be devised to manage and settle matters.
Prostrate, I beg for the Imperial glance. A respectful report.
(No date. ) Canton Register, Jan. 19.

LAHORE.

----
" The news from Lahore, which we extract from the Agra
Ukhbar is of the highest importance, as it is highly probable
that the British Army will be soon called on to interfere. It
appears that Shere Singh having induced the troops outside the
city of Lahore to join his standard, commenced an attack
with a determination to remove the Ranee Chund Kooar,
mother of No Nehal Singh, from the throne. The city gates
were suddenly ordered to be closed on the evening of the 14th
of January; guns were planted at them, and no persons were
allowed to approach the walls from the outside. On the 15th
nothing was decided, but during the night some of Shere
Singh's partisans having entered one of the gates, that chief
succeeded in establishing himself in the city, where he held a
(turban
The fort still held out for the Ranee and continued to fire
upon the adherents of Shere Singk.
The contest, which it was at first thought would speedily ter-
minate in favour of the assailant, was continued up to the date
of the latest intelligence. Orders bad been issued to several
British regiments to prepare for marching, as it was expected,
towards the capital of Punjaub.
The foliowing extracts contain the details :
(From the Agra Uklibar, of Jan. 28. )
"Our predictions regarding the course of events in the Pun-
jaub are on tee eve of'being verified, and the first gun of the
inevitable collision that must occur has been fired. A Corre-
spondent gives us the particulars as follows :
" ' Camp, Lahore, Jan. 18.
"'I hasten.to inform you that a company, wish one of our
Commissariat officers returning to the provinces from Affgha-
nistan, arrived at this place on the 14th instant, since which
period affairs here have taken a warlike appearance,
and of which, for the information of the public, I will
endeavour to give you as exact a detail as lies in my
power. On the evening of the 14th, on a sudden, all the
gates of the city were ordered to be closed, and guns were
planted at every gate with a party of men; each of the gates
being made over to a Coomeedan, with express orders not
to allow any person to enter into the city. During this
time a continual fire was kept up in the cantonments, which
we learned from the different brigades which joined Shere
Singh, who just before arrived from a place called Buttalah.
and on whose account the gates of the city had been closed
by order of the Ranee Chund Kooar, mother of the deceased
No Nehal Singh. '1 he firing from the heavy guns was kept
up until 8 or 9 P.M., and yesterday we learned that the
Chekeang will serve to prove the importance
The following Report from the Lieutenant-Governor o
quarter part of the force (Seikh) had joined Shere Singh.
the high officers
• T h Ranee,
e however, was at this time sale in the Palace with,
of the empire attach to our occupation of Chusan ; more in-
deed than many were first disposed to allow. as report says, about 10,000 men, whom some persons, called
REPORT FROM THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR the Sunna. Walleas, had collected together, and they were
OF CH EKE A NG. bent upon making every resistance should Shere Singh
Lew, Lieutenant-Governor of Chekeang, reports respecting have attempted to force a passage into the city. Yesterday
some inquiries he has made into the affairs of the barbarians in affairs remained in this state ; now and then a stray gun was
Tinghae, which are still suspicious, and requests the Imperial fired from both parties, and Vakeels were in the mean time
will, that orders be sent to the Imperial Envoy in the pro.
passing between them. The Ranee, however,.remained irre-
vinces of Canton and Chekeang ( Elepoo is the Imperial Com-
solute, and would not surrender the throne to Shere Singh.
missioner in Chekeang) to deliberate to the end that affairs may However, this morning affairs have taken a serious turn,
be managed and tranquilly settled. it appears last night that at one of the gates they let in some
I respectfully report, begging for the imperial glance. of the force that were on the side of Shere Singh, and the
I look up with gratitude for the imperial favour for being inside party finding so this morning, thought resistance use-
selected for the Lieutenant-Governorship of Chekeang. O, less, and most of them gave in. Shere Singh came as far as a
my journey from Szechuen, I made inquiries on the road, but garden called Huzooreebaug, and, on attempting to enter, re-
I could not obtain any information respecting the real disP osi- ccived a fire from the fort. This was immediately answered,
tions of the English barbarians, which caused me great anxiet and the parties were engaged a good couple of hours. At eight,
and vexation. Afterwards, when I arrived at the station of or half-past eight, a heavy fire of cannon was kept up for a good
Lin Weikwan, in the been district of Fangyang, I then heard half hour, since which all has again become quiet. Rumours
from the Imperial Commissioner to Canton, Keshen, that he ay now that a favourite Jemadar chief (Khooseal Singh) of
had had a conference at Teentsin respecting the affairs of the Runjeet, poisoned himself, and a few other lives have been lost ;
barbarians ; but that with reference to the affairs (or disposi- the extent has not yet been ascertained, but should I have
Lions) of the barbarians at Tinghae, he also was without any anything further ill give it you in detail. This you may
thorough knowledge of them. When I arrived at my dace, rely upon as correct. Shere Singh may by this evening or
my first desire was to go to Ningpoo, and make clear inquiries to-morrow morning be placed upon the throne, when all will
into all the intricacies, and then meet with my colleagues and be quiet again.
consult upon the affairs. P. S.----At this late hour, 2 P.m., no adjustment has been
made, and guns are still firing from the fort upon Shere Singh,
Elepoo, the Imperial Commissioner to Chekeang, had al-
who is in the city holding durbar ' "
"Since writing the above we 'have received confirmation of
im,nanititaif,abctsththiseraenienn related and civil
ready issued a proclamation.. to the scholars and people of
Tinghae, to the effect that if indeed the barbarians did not in-
t thehe
points, but the important fact ofrsthforoemri thes i wars
hp having
isev ei
nen
gdo i now
occurredrai raging i ns egmi iin
volve the people of Tinghae in trouble, they also were not to
molest the barbarians. Now letters have already passed between
established.
~
A t Lah
the English barbarian ships and Elepoo, and the 19th day of
Lahore the coNnvtnenst;-for power has brought on hostilities ;
. Shere Singh having
the 10th moon (Nov. 12) was fixed for the ships to lift their
and being joined by Generalsver: tvheentturoraopsanadnd
Carntuillteraynoduatsifdeew,
anchors and go to Macao, and there await the examination and
Sirdtrs, attacked the fort on the 15th
management of affairs; and then all the (Chinese) officers and
thisanodeela6stilnenanjdnhsnuccsgmed-
troops may be withdrawn from the other provinces, but in this
yd,iaspaladcviinege tahned
Raiadneweill bore uir.ed, and it is conjectured
province 1 consider but few should be dismissed. All the bold
stout villagers who have been hired in the neighbourhood, they
pinan
that John will not be fastidious (his
nerlessaintiweshilbeetihneg
may be at once dismissed, and all the coasting trading and
fishing boats may be let go.
on the questions of might and right.
goons, Ist and 9th Cavalry, and 3d Buffs, were yester3uddragypenorart--)
Moreover, I have received a despatch from the imperial
we mentioned above, of the dethrone-,
Envoy Elepoo, saying :
dered to entertain their marching establishments."
Letters of the 19th from Ferozepore state, that a report
" Lately the English barbarians have been rather tractable
and obedient. Six sail of their ships have departed; now a
barbarian letter has been received, saying—on the 19th day
meet of the self-elected Queen of the Pun'
suit), had just
fourteen sail will lift their anchors; and so forth." similar to that which
reached that station. All were of course on the •
Now, whether the said barbarians really have or have not all entertaining sanguine (we had almost said qua
san me ;
mary)
involved the people of Tinghae in trouble—the truth or false- hopes, of early employment in the direction of Lahgn
hood of this must be known to Eleepon, as they at the ap- Uniritsur. The arrival of Major-General Elphinstonere and
at
pointed time departed for Macao ; as also if they have really Ferozepore is announced as having taken place on the 19th
been tractable and obedient.
inst., under a salute of 13 guns.
The I •
mperial Envoy, Eleepoo, giving his undivided attention
"Two days ago Koonwur Shere Singh arrived at Lahore at
to the matter, must, most unquestionably, have a thorough twelve o'clock at midnight of the 15th instant, surrounded
knowledge of it. And I,
residing in the provincial city, if I the Royal Musnud, and ultimately established a footing„ in its
do not make secret inquiries
as to whin are the dispositions of the vicinity, and at five next morning they raised the standard of
barbarians,
and what are the difficulties and distresses of the ,

people, I shall not have repose or quiet, even in the time of Raj Koonwur, entered the city by the northern gate, and with
sleep and dreams. I, therefore, ordered a messenger to go the assistance of the artillery of Mewa Singh gained the Mus-
secretly to Tinghae, to examine and seek for information ; he nad. Many of the Sirdars (the Kaee Saba) are within the
has now returned, and reports as follows : fort, and the guns are playing on every side—part of the
The said barbarians dwelling (encamped?) without the city fort having been knocked down. Rajah Golaub Singh, who
of Tinghae, have erected forts ; the have also repaired the defends the fort, has resolved to stand out to the last extre-
landing place., and opened water-courses which pass through mity. And though Jemadar Kho'yal Singh had entered, yet
the inner city ; they have also established a mart for the sale up to last accounts he had not appeared in the presence, of
of foreign goods. Koodwur Shere Singh. Gens. Court and Ventura, and other offi-
All the dwellings have indeed been already trampled upon cem, have come in, but the fort has not yet been reduced. But,
beyond bearing. I have further heard that when the said bar- the writer says, Koonwur Raja Singh will have entered the fort
barians first came to Tinghae they did not trouble or distres; by the evening. Within the city all is tranquil."
the people ; but now they are far from being quiet and peace- There is now no hope for the Punjaub ;we suspect
able • they have already sacked the villages of Tsinkeang and the long expected internal dissensions have commenced,
Chinkeamun,_ in the neighbourhood of Tinghae, and have and in such a State, and with such a people as the
otherwise behaved ill; and although the native traitors of Seiks, who can say, unless British influence is benefi-
Tinghae have become their servants, yet the natives of the sur- cially used, where they will terminate? Whether Shere" rounding villages are constantly quarrelling, and are altogether Singh be illegitimate or not, we think will not now be-
unwilling to coalesce with them. come the question of our policy, which must hinge upon
I have also heard that the said barbarians have set up a supporting the party most favourable to our interests,
counterfeit public officer, who issues proclamations to the people and we suppo:e the Government are pretty well aware
of Tinghae, ordering them to bring supplies and so forth. As by this time of the opinions of both parties as to oar
to the ships which have weighed their anchors and are slid to right of a certain degree of control over the Lalo re
have gone to Canton—it is said that all of them have not gone Court, or as to their willingness to bear it. However, let
thither; it is said they come and go at times, and there are l matters turn out as they will, and with either party up-
different reports as to their number. permost. the day for some movements a little in advance to-
Again, it is authenticated that the chekeen of the district of wards Affghaniatan is not very far off, and we are glad that
(NSeangshan has reported—that on the `,241 day of the 10th moon so respectable a force is stationed in the vicinity of a Court
ovember 15) six sail of barbarian -ships were cruizing in the from which we suspect more than one annoying intrigue has
offing.
issued.
1 have examined and found that since all the barbarian ships The Loodianah Ukhbar of the 21st instant, just in, gives no
have not gone to Canton, but some of them are in the Seang- further particulars; but we hear that more than 500 people
shan offing, they are probably the same vessels that were at have been slain.—Delhi Gazette, Feb. 27.
anchor at Tinghae, but of this lam not certain. As for the
SINGAPORE.
The following extract from a private letter dated Singapore,
number of ships that have gone to Canton, the imperial envoy
Keshen has already reported them in a correct list, and there
27th of January, will doubtless prove interesting to our cox-
is no necessity for me to make further inquiries. But since
:,
me!'cial readers
The briis William, from China, arrived last evening and
the said barbarians have humbly begged for the imperial fa-
vour to allow them to go to Canton, there to await the exami-
brings accounts of the negotiationwith Ke-shen being re-
nation and management of affairs, how is it that they remain
at Tinghae, there building forts, &c. ? newed on a favourable footing, the particulars of which Capt.
e xspeeacstoend early
on next
4moo,onotot month. in.
Elliot
ewohualvdemsaekveerakinojtuviniksinfraofaelwc days,
Tinghae, Whether or not they erectei forts at the time of the fall of
plohofar harbour,
,ef earns
regular
penal of and
N.2avore
Tinghae, or whether they built them after they had humbly •
asked to be allowed to go to Canton, and then deviated into
plundering and rapine—whether these things happened before thissmhaanllyimmeroertare
cattier each.li This, in addition to the boxes 11.
e
cotton,trade and the junks, must create a contrerarableeedsemaniel-for
or after the issuing of the prohibitory proclamation of the Irn-
opium, and British manufactures. Cotton (Botnbay)
Envoy, Eleppoo, to the people of Tinghae—l cannot
certainly know.
If they really began repairing and building, &c., after tie has been already sold at ,g3O per bale, and higher prices are
looked for in the months of March, 61, and May. Our
toheei.ut3m,eair's. dull at present, and prices nominal. On the arrival
publication of the proclamation, it f illows that, Ithough I
. mar_ ket will
,open, after
have treated them with sincerity, they have repaid me with
treachery. t of
4.AhNeuCIA Clipper
21.—8 y
Calcutta the
which sales will be probably very extensive until the end of
And now, as they certainly must return to Canton, for what
reason have they set up a counterfeit üblic officer, to issue pro-
R y 0 1 —By the Spanish brig Ramiero, from 13a-
clamations to the people of Tinghae? Each and all of their
vta the 18th ult., we have received advices to that date. The
proceedings are suspicious. I really am apprehensive that the
said barbarians have an intention of remaining in Ting: iserva left for Singapore on the same day, but has not yet
2.e, and
establishing a mart there.arrived.-
There was nothing doing in piece oods and not much in
Tinghae is a most important place on the high seas ; on
produce. Padang Coffee
,had been sold at 23f., but some par-
the south it is near to the provinces of Fokein and Kwang.
ties held for 24f. per pt. fhe Mary Dugdale had been char-
oftung ; on the north it is connected with the provinces -
tered to load for Rotterdam at N., and the Superior to load at
Keange-Shantung and Pechele, with all which pro-
vinces the communications (from Tinghae) is easy ; if the Samarang and Sourabaya for the Cape and London at the s .me
English remain here and establish a commerce, they will rate. Tonnage scarce, and rather wanted.—Free Press.
have much greater facilities than before to send their ADEN.
ships either to the north or south. If their coming in By letters from Aden we learn that all is quiet there ; vege-
and going be borne with, then the poor people on the coasts tables and fruits are supplied in abundance. The trade is in-
will not only lose the profits from their fishing boats, but it is creasing very much. A ship and several bughalahs were in
difficult to be secure that the pirate vessels will not be brought the harbour, and had disposed of their several cargoes.
under their influence; and though all the maritime ports and There is still danger beyond the wall. Captain Stiles,
other places should be well guarded, and an increased severity European Regiment, very imprudently rode a distance from
in examining, and they (the English) should be suffered to do the camp and was shot at by an Arab; luckily he just escaped
as they like, still certainly there will not be any mutual trap- the ball by bobbing his head. A European soldier was killed
quillity or freedom from disturbances. last year by going a distance from the wall unarmed.—Bum.
Moreover, since the people of Tinghae have already been sub- bay Courier, Feb. 13.
jected to unbearable oppression, they will continue to be at
enmity with the barbarians.
Hereafter, measures of management should be consulted
upon to tranquillise future times; and greater attention should
be paid to soothe and commiserate the people.
The province of Chekeang is one of the richest places of the
south-east, and pays the greatest amount of taxes; and Ning-
poo is its most beautiful district ; supposing they have an in-
tention of dwelling at Tinghae, it is hard to say they will not
cast an eye to and covet Ningpoo.
If such is not their intention, yet in consequence of the de-
s,ruction of the opium in Canton, both the provinces of Fo-
kein and Canton have been attacked; but how is it they have
not attacked Macao and Amoy, but that they turn to attack
Tinghae? .

BURMAH.

By a private letter from the frontier we learn that the
Burmese are perfectly quiet and their authorities are on very
friendly terms with us. The new road from Cachar to Mun-
neepoor, under the superintendence of Lieut. Guthrie of the
Engineers, i 3 now nearly finished ; it is a great undertaking,
and the manner in which it has been executed reflects
great credit on that officer. It ought to be carried on to
Ara. Besides its military advantages it may be icstrumental
in creating a trade between our provinces of Cachar and the
Burmah territory. The Munneepoor authorities, in spite of
the frequent devastations of their country before the war by
the Burmese, will oppose no obstacles to the trade.—Agra
Ukhbar, Jan. 30