The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-26 00:00:00

S N, SEPTEMBER 26, 1846. PRICE SD.

DEATH OF VISCOUNT TEMPLE-

TOWN.
We have to announce the demise of the above Noble
Viscount, who expired at half past ten o'clock on Mon-
day morning last, at Castle Upton, county Antrim,
'lreland. We understand that his Lordship on Monday
week complained of a slight cold, which continued to
increase in virulence, and at length brought on an in-
flammation which terminated in his demise. The Hon.
Lieut.-Colonel George F. Upton was with his noble
father at his lamented dissolution, and immediately on
the serious nature of his Lordship's illness reaching
town, the lion. Lieut.-Colonel Arthur and the lion.
Edward John Upton departed for Ireland, and were ex-
pected to reach Castle Upton asyesterday morning. The
lion. H. Montagu Upton, the deceased Lord's eldest son,
is absent, off the coast of Scotland, yachting, and is
probably not yet acquainted with his father's unlooked.
for death.
The deceased John Henry Upton, Viscount Temple-
town, and Lord Templetown, Baron of Templetown,
county Antrim, in the peerage of Ireland, was eldest son
of the first Baron Templetown, by Elizabeth, third
daughter of Mr. Shuckburgh Bongleton, of Poston Court,
Herefordshire. He inherited the barony on the death
of his father in April, 1785, and in 1806 was created a
Viscount. He married, the 7th of October, 1796, Lady
Mary Montagu, only daughter of John, fifth Earl of
Sandwich, by whom, who died October 4, 1824, he leaves
issue four sons and a daughter, namely, the Hon. Henry
Montagu, born November 11, 1799 (now Viscount Tern-
pletown), the lion. Lieutenant-Colonel George Frede-
rick, and Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur, both in the
Coldstream Guards ; and the Hon. Edward John, and
the Hon. Mary, married to Mr. John Eden Spalding.
His Lordship was a Fellow of the Society of Arts.
The unexpected death of this respected nobleman
places the families of the Marquis of Bristol, the Hon.
Colonel awl Mrs. Howard, the Hon. Lieutenant-General
Upton, Mr. J. and the Hon. Mrs, Singleton, the Earl and
Lady Katherine Jermyn, Lord and Lady Alfred Hervey,
&c., in mourning.

for such ; and we, therefore, respectfully, but most
earnestly, entreat you to recommend that one of her
Majesty's ships of war should be permanently stationed
off the foreign factories, so as to afford us that instant
protection which otherwise we must look for in vain.
This safe guard is extended to her Majesty's subjects at
the other ports opened by the treaty, for at Shanghai,
Ningpo, and Amoy vessels of war lie close to the respec •
tive consulates, and at Fuhchow as near as the river
will admit. The trade of Canton, exceeding in extent
that of all the other ports united, should, we submit, not
receive less protection, and no aid can arrive from Hong-
Kong, or even Whampoa, in time to meet dangers such
as those we have just experienced.
"We are quite aware, Sir, that in ordinary circum-
stances foreigners look to the Government of the coun-
try in which they reside for protection, but we take leave
to remind you that, by the treaty of peace concluded by
Sir Henry Pottinger, it is enjoined that the British Go-
vernment shall keep at each of the ports a vessel of war.
We have further to observe that it is declared in the pro-
clamation of his Excellency Sir J. F. Davis, dated the
18th of May last, that the population of Canton is not
sufficiently under the control of the local Government to
admit of her Majesty's subjects availing themselves of the
right of entry to the city of Canton conceded to them
under the Emperor's own hands.
" Under these circumstances, and until the Chinese Go-
vernment can control th&r own people and protect us,
we have ventured to suggest a measure of which we
urgently solicit your recommendation, and which ap-
pears to us the only one which will be effectual to pre-
vent the recurrence of scenes so painful to our feelings,
so prejudicial to our interests, and so foreign to our
habits and pursuits.
" We have the honour to be, Sir,

" Your most obedient, bumble servants,
" A. CAMPBELL " J. P. WATSON
" J. S. ANDERSON " T. D. NEAVE
" GEORGE LYALL " A. CARTER

"J. WORTHINGTON " J. CROOK
" JAMES D. PARK " MANUCKJEE PES-
J. G. LIVINGSTON TONJEE

" GEORGE BARNETT "J. SHEPARD

" WM. lIASTINGS " JOHN BELLAMY
" BENJAMIN SEARE " J. WHITTALL
" LEVIN JOSEPHS " C. RYDER

" S. E. PATULLO
" D. BURJORJEE
" F. CHAPMAN
" C. S. COMPTON
" R. J. GILMAN
" P. DUDGEON
" A. WILKINSON
" W. W. DALE

" W. ELLIS
" ALEXANDER GRAY
" F. DUVAL
" T. C. PICOPE
" W. H. VACHER
" J. WILLIAMS
" PHILIP W. RIPLEY
" J. CHURCH

" W. BLENKIN
" D. BYRAM.TEE B.

" S. MARJORIBANKS
" H. D. MARGISSON

" A. WALKER
J. SILVERLOCK
" P. CHALMERS
" R. ELLICE

" S. MACKENZIE
" W. BARNETT
" A. BUGNON
" B. KENNY

" D. JOHNSON " JOHN J. MURRAY
" CO W ASJEE PALLAN- " AMMEROODEEN AND
JEE SHALE DAVOOD
" J. L. MANN " P. N. POCHAMJEE
"H. H. SMITH " BYRAMJEE MUN-

T. BUXTON

CHERJEE

"A.E. H. CAMPBELL " NANACKJEE BO-
" ARDASEERRUSTOM- MANJEE
JEE " MARTIN FORD.b
" NUSSERWANJEE BY-
RAMJEE FUCKERJEE

" British Consulate, Canton, July 15, 1846.
" Gentlemen,—l have received your letter of the 10th
inst., and having attentively perused the whole, beg now
tek inform you that, in compliance with your request, I
shall immediately lay the subject before her Majesty's
Plenipotentiary and Superintendent of Trade, by whom
it will be submitted to her Majesty's Government for
their determination.—l have the honour to be, Gentle-
men, your obedient servant,
" F. C. MACGREGOR.
" To A. Campbell, Esq.; D. Jardine, Esq.;
C. S. Compton, Esq.; and others."

" TO CAPTAIN TALBOT, HER MAJESTY'S SHIP VESTAL.
" Canton, July 14.
" Sir—As chairman of a committee at a public meet-
ing of British subjects, held in Canton on the 13th inst.,
in consequence of the recent disturbance, I am directed
by the committee to hand you a copy of a resolution
passed at that meeting, and to express the opinion of the
committee that the present situation of affairs is such as
to render it highly expedient that immediate effect should
be given to the wishes of the community.
" I have the honour to be, Sir,
" Xour.most obedient servant,
" A. CAMPBELL.
" Ist Resolution—proposed by A. Wilkinson, Esq.,
seconded by W: W. Dale, Esq.;
6" That it is the ,opinion--of this meltil/44hat it is
absolutely necessary for the potection of life and pro-
perty, that one of her Majesty's ships of war be perma-
nently stationed off the factories, and that the letter now
read, praying her Majesty's Consul to recommend the,
stationing such a vessel, be adopted."

" TO A, CAMPBELL, ESQ.

" Her Majesty's ship Vestal, Blenheim
Reach, July 14.
" Sir—l do myself the honour to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter of this day's date, enclosing the
copy of a resolution passed at a meeting lately held by
British subjects in Canton, in consequence of the recent
disturbances.

" I have to request that you will assure the gentlemen
of my entire concurrence in the opinion therein ex-
pressed, and that I shall cordially advocate its adoption.
" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" CHARLES TALBOT,
" Captain and Senior Officer in China."

" TO F. C. MACGREGOR, ESQ., HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S

CONSUL, CANTON.
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" Dear Sir,—The enclosed '
copy
carded on the walls by order of the Chinese authorities
a not of n
the , July
t two
01
chopss,lB 4
have just been sent to me, and I am informed they state,
and particularly the chop marked by me No. 1, that the
late disturbrnce had been occasioned by some English-
men having gone out and shot three Chinamen, and
that the guilty parties should be discovered and punished
so soon as Ike) ing returned. They thus charge the
death of the Chinamen to the English, without any
allusion to other foreigners ; and instead of explaining
to the people that the foreign community only acted in
their own defence against an unruly mob bent upon the
destruction of property and upon plunder, we are thus
held up to them as the guilty parties, and as having
killed and wounded Chinamen without even pro-
vocation.

" The deception thus practised upon the people, and
the instilling into them such feelings of enmity against
British subjects, must be productive of the worst con-
sequences, and are no doubt the cause why at present
some of our countrymen are treated in the back streets in
an uncivil and rude manner. _ . _

"As chairman of the committee, I have considered it
proper to bring the facts alluded to to your notice, and
I feel assured that you will adept such measures as the
circumstances of the case may seem to you to require.
"I remain, respectfully, dear Sir,
" Your most obedient servant,
" A. CAMPBELL."

"British Consulate, Canton, July 16,1846.
" Dear Sir,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of yesterday, containing two proclamations. These
were already in my possession. I had fully noted their
contents and tenour, and in my correspondence with the
local authorities have taken due care to rectify any mis-
conceptions they may have formed at the outset of the
late unfortunate affair, from various and imperfect re-
ports of it. " I remain, dear Sir, your obedient servant,
" F. C. MACGREGOR.

" A Campbell, Esq., Messrs. Dent and Co.
"P.S. I take this opportunity of acknowledging :the
receipt of another letter from you of yesterday's date, in
which you enclose a copy of one. you had addressed to
Captain Talbot, of her Majesty's ship Vestal.

" F. C. M."

"TO F. C. MACGREGOR, ESQ,., HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S