The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-07 00:00:00

ceedings yesterday were confined to the taking of the fort
called the Dutch Folly, without opposition.
To-day, being Sunday, is kept as a day of rest. I pur-
pose resuming offensive operations to-morrow.
The Encounter, Sampson, Barraccuta, and Coromandel
are at anchor off the factory ; the Comus guarding the
barrier in the Macao passage of the river.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) M. SEYMOUR,
His Excellency Sir John Bowring, LL.D., leer
Majesty's Plenipotentiaiy, Hong Kong.

Superintendency of Trade, Hong Kong, Oat. 27, 1'56.
Sir,—l have received with extreme gratification your
Excellency's report( dated 25th inst.) of the capture of the
Blenheim Reach Fort, that of the Macao passage, the Red
and Cha-min Forts, and of your intention, with as much
regard as possible for life and private property, to continue
your hostile operations until satisfaction is obtained from
the Imperial High Commissioner. lam also gratified to
find that the factories are adequately protected.
I can only renew my congratulations on the most suc-
cessful issue of all your naval operations, and hope our
diplomacy may be equally auspicious.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) JOHN BOWBING.
His Excellency Sir Michael Seymour, K.C.8.,
Naval Commander-in-Chief, tc.

British Consulate, Canton, Oct. 25, 1816.

. ,
Sir,—l have received your Excellency's declaration of
last night, and have laid it before his Excellency the
Naval Commander-in-Chief.

He directs me to inform your Excellency that he consi-
ders such a communication, being for the most part a re-
petition of previous misstatements, to be at this time
entirely out of place.
His Excellency having been compelled to take much
trouble in order to redress a wrong committed by your
Excellency, it will be necessary to guard against the recur-
rence of such difficulties by providing freer means of com-
munication between your Excellency and her Majesty's
officers.

In the matter of the Arrow many communications were
addressed to your Excellency both by her Majesty's Pleni-
potentiary and Consul, of which your Excellency took no
notice. They were therefore unable to convince your Ex-
cellency by personal argument of the injustice you wei e
persisting in, and hence the present difficulties hare been
brought al-out.

The twelve inen sent to the consulate at noon on the 22,1,
together with the communication from your Excellency,
which accompanied them, were returned, because the de-
mands made in my letters of the Bth and 12th of October
had not been complied 'with, as was clearly explained at the
time to the Nankee, Assistant Magistrate, who brought
them.

Can it be possible that he did not represent these parti-
culars to your Excellency? If so, it is another proof of
the dangerous consequences which the want of direct per-
sonal communication between her Majesty's officers entails
and how indispensable such communication has become.
His Itt cellency the Naval Commander-in-Chief directs
me to add, that when your Excellency is prepared to ar-
range these questions satisfactorily, and to furnish the re-
paration demanded for the outrage committed on the
Arrow, he will then desist from further operations ; and
as he is careful to respect the property of the people, he is
not apprehensive that these movements, which are directed
solely against your Excellency's Government, will incite
hostility on their part.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) H. S. PARKES, H.B.M.'s Consul.
His Excellency Yeh, Imperial High Commissioner, &3.

Yeh, Imperial High Commissioner, Governor•Genernl,
kc., addresses this declaration to Mr. Parkes, the Bri-
tish Consul.
At noon on the 26th Oct. I received your statement and
have well considered it.

On the morning of the 22d Oct. I addressed you a decla-
ration, and with it sent you the 12 men, thus, therefore,
returning to you the whole number that had previously
been seized. You, the said Consul, received (the letter and
men), and thus had knowledge (of the fact). Was not
this proceeding in perfect accordance with (the demands
made in) your letters of the Bth and 12th Oct. ? Why then
did you as before refuseto receive them, and proceed with-
out reason to burn and destroy the forts of this city ?
But the minister also knows full well what you, the said
Consul, have in view. For a certainty it is nothing less
than a desire on your part to terminate the course taken
by the Envoy Davis in the spring of 1847. Little indee
do yon know that the people in China form the basis of the
nation and that the people of wang•tung are very different
from other communities.

As to what you say in your statement under ackno w.
lodgment about respecting the property of the people (I !t
me inform you) that the forts you destroyed on the 23 1
and 24th Oct. were all built or repaired at the cost of the
people to guard against the attacks of thieves or rebels.
The destruction you have committed has therefore fallen
upon the people, and the people being enraged at these
proceedings, trouble will inevitably ensue.
But you, the said Consul, must alone decide whether
what I now say is to be believed or not. True translation.
Oct. 26, 1856. H. S. PARIM.

British Consulate, Canton, Oct. 27, 1855.
Sir,—l have received and laid before hie Excellency the
Naval Commander-in-Chief your letter of yesterday after-
noon.

A reference to my previous letters of the Bth, 12th, and
22.1 October will show very clearly that your Excellency
has never yet offered the satisfaction demanded for the
matter of the Arrow, and you now refuse to entertain the
proposal for direct personal intercourse made to you by the
Naval Commander-in-Chief in my letter of the 23th. His
Excellency, therefore, directs me to inform you that he
shall resume offensive operations, and that your Excellency
is alone responsible for all the evil consequences that may
ensue.—l have, &c.,

, (Signed) AII. S. PABIENS, Consul.
Hia Excellency Yeti, Imperial High Commissioner, &c.

Encounter, at Canton, Oct. 29,1556.

Sir,—ln continuation of my letter of the 26th inst. I
have the honour to inform your Excellency, that, seeing the
measures which had been taken to compel the High Com-
missioner to yield compliance with your just demands
having proved of no avail, I opened fire at 1 p.m., on the
27th, on the Governor's Compound in the New City, from
the stern pivot gun of the Encounter, and continued it till
sunset, at intervals of from sto 10 minutes. The Barra-
couta at the same time also shelled the troops on the hills
at the back of the city, from a position at the head of Sul-
phur Croak.
_ _

No change in the state of affairs having followed, I yes-
terday resumed offensive operations from the Dutch Folly,
where I had placed two guns in position, having previously
given the fullest warning to the inhabitants in the ♦icinity
to remove their persons and property, an occupation they
were engaged in during the whole of the previous night;
our fire in the direction of the city walls, aided by a con-
flagration of a large portion of the houses in our line of
attack, has materirlly furthered our object of opening a
clear passage between the Dutch Folly and the walls of
the city, and will, I have reason to hope, facilitate our
further operations.
The fire has reopened on the city walls this morning
earlier than I intended, in consequence of the Chinese
mounting guns on the walls opposite the Dutch Folly.—
I have, &c., _ _ _

. ,
(Signed) M. SIYMOUR.
His Excellency Sir John Bowring, LL.D., her
Majesty's Plenipotentiary, Hong Kong.

Government-house, Hong Kong, Oct. 30, 1856.
Sir,—l have to acknowledge your Excellency's despatch
of yesterday, advising the continuance of hostile opera-
tions, consequent upon the unsub lusd obstinacy of the Im-
perial Commissioner. I venture to hope that the pressure
will soon be irresistible and the final result all we could
reasonably anticipate.
In addition to the small body of Artillery sent up to be
placed under your Excellency's orders, we have thought it
desirable to despatch an officer ofiEngineers (Captain Cow-
per), who will be at your Excellency's disposal for any ser-
vice required at his hands.—l have, &e.,
(Signed) JOHN BOARING.
His Excellency Sir Michael Seymour, K.C.8.,
Naval Commander-in-Chief, ttc.

Return of Officers, Seamen, Royal Marines, and Royal
Artillery, engaged in the capture of a portion of the City
of Canton, on the 29th October, 1856.
Her Majesty's Ship Calcutta. —W. K. Hall, C. 8., cap-
tain ; W. R. Rolland, commander; H. H. Beamish, lieu-
tenant ; F. J. Campbell, lieutenant ; Robert Boyle, rapt.
R. M. ; R. P. Henry, Ist lieutenant, R. M. ; W. W. .A 11.-
mitt, 2d lieutenant, R. M. ; W. R. Kennedy, midshipman ;
S. Osborne, midshipman ; C. H. Eden, midshipman ; A.
B. C. Booth, midshipman ; H. H. A'Court, midshipman ;
E. W. Pearn, master's assistant; F. T. Holdsworth,
naval cadet ; 97 seamen; 104 marines.—Total, 14 officers,
97 seamen, 104 marines. Grand total, 215.
Her Majesty's ship Sybille—The Honourable C. G. J. E.
Elliot, commodore 2d class, commanding the forces ; E. F.
Dent, lieutenant ; Henry Swale, Ist lieutenant, R. M.,
slightly wounded ; A. T. Brooke, midshipman ; H. T.
Price, midshipman ; 53 seamen ; 1 marine.--Total, 5 offi-
cers, 53 seamen, 1 marine. Grand total, 59.
Her Majesty's ship Winchester—J. H. Bushnell, lieu-
tenant, in charge of field piece, highly active and zealoin, ;
P. W. Pellew, acting lieutenant; P. F. James, acting
second master; P. C. Penrose, captain, R.M., com-
manding detachment ; C. W. Burton, first lieute-
nant, R.M., acting adjutant; 43 seamen, 39 in ‘-
fines, 34th company, John Lyne, acting lance corpor,l,
mentionel for gallant conduct in bringing off killed an(
wounded men.—Total, 5 officers, 43 seamen, 39 marines,
Grand total, 87.
Her Majesty's ship Nankin—The Hon. K. Stewart, car—
tain ; R. Carter, lieutenant ; W. W. Howell, mate ; A.
Rattray, M.D., assistant-surgeon, transporting wounded ;
V. Scholefield, midshipman ; 68 seamen ; 3 marines.--
Total, 5 officers, 68 seamen, 3 marines. Grand total, 76.
Her Majesty's sloop Bittern--W. T. Bate, commander ;
C. G. Johnston, master ; George Gordon, surgeon, volun-
teer 2 • 4 seamen ; 11 marines.—Total, 3 officers, 4 seamen,
11 marines. Grand total, 18.
Her Majesty's steam-ship Encounter—Robert Gibson,
lieutenant ; J. S. Twy,den, lieutenant, in charge of field
piece, highly active and zealous ; 22 seamen.—Total, 2
officers, 22 seamen. Grand total, 24.
Her Majesty's steam-ship Sampson—Marines 10.
Total, 10 marines.
Her Majesty's steam-sloop Barracouta—T. D. A. For-
tescue, commander; W. K. Bash, lieutenant ; J. 11,
Tully, acting 2d master; J. M. Irouson, assistant-surgeon,
actively employed in carrying the wounded from the shore
to the Dutch Folly ' • 50 seamen ; 14 marines.—Total, 4
officers, 50 seamen, 14 marines. Grand total, 68.
H.M. sloop Coruus—Marines 17—Total, 17 marines.
Royal Artillery from Hong Kong—Gay Rotten, cap-
thin ; 5 men ; the remainder of the party of Royal Artil-
lery remained at the Folly to serve the guns in covering the
storming party,--Total, 1 officer, 5 men. Grand total, 6.
SUMMARY
Calcutta-14 officers, 19 seamen, 104 marines. Total,
215.
Sybille-5 officers, 53 seamen, 1 marine. Total, 59.
Assistant-SurgeonravsoiouffieeOntercr,rrs:of the 59th Regiment, landed with
the
ly fionrccheesseat as
43 seamen, 39 marines. Total,
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Nankin-5 officers, 68 seamen, 3 marines. Total, 76.
Bittern-3 officers, 4 seamen, 11 marines. Total, 18.
Encounter-2 officers, 22 seamen. Total, 24.
Sampson-10 marines. Total, 10.
Barracouta-4 officers, 50 seamen, 14 marines. Total 68.
Comus-17 marines. Total 17.
Royal Artillery --1 officer, 5 men. Total, 6.
Grand Total-39 officers, 337 seamen, 199 marines, 5
artillerymen. Total, 580.
From this number must be taken the boats' crews, about
180, leaving the number who were actually at the breach
about 400.

KILLED.
Henry West, marine, Bittern, slug wound in head.
James Lulham, marine, Bittern, slug wound in head.
WO UNDED.
Henry Swale, let lieutenant, R3L, Sybille, wound of
neck from slug, vei y slightly.