The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-31 00:00:00

the' pence lieutenant,4..f,.;4...,),._kiik.3Rf
', leaving , the saeond-'the lios,
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officer, to r.ppea::aqfaingtber. ' : t. .;;4,;,,......,r,),g.p,;-,...x.
This raertitrq; I lef!; Hong ii-org aTli-1, nn.l co >* i..-- :--'"--- 'P44
Itti,l rah a p:lv,lt squadron of junks, Laving, 11141.ktr4 ~,,lig4;;,. ?e; z
3,g,ilYing, IYia4 at, Lichor Und.-!,.• Wan-Chow-ChoMisis , . .g.,:0.r. .-
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was desirous to.sea;l proelitm.tioq which I hall.Nak - _-,7v_.4.ri
stating that "if any boats hoisting the rebel flag-soorfkl %i/r.14 -,7'. fillye-;-
any efts of .piracy the flag would !lot protect tli.e." 111Vrt a S
fug done so, in proceeding through the Maodurin Channel r-;
some junks were observed at anchor inside Changpai Island,
dole in the' north-east corner. My pilot not being ac- ' -
l ''t ' '
quainte, n i h the channel, I got a fisherman's boat to go
up with one althe,atinanasn that I had on board to seb ;) '
whetheili:Cbilld recognise his property. Ho shortly re-
turned onboard; saying that his boat was there, and tjtatl
the ether boats were pirates. I immediately stood in nit-
-318i: stitiy,stearn,-"when the pirates, seeing my intention, ,
made sail and ran through the channel towards Wan-Chow -
I Chow. I fired a few shots at thern, but they soon got un-- '
der the cover of the, land. Then, sending my boats after
them, and running round outside the island, I had the,
satisfaction of driving them Onshore and destroying fire,
as well asliberating two market boats, with Several passen-
' Sera who had been in *confinement for several days.
Thies haptured men are sworn. to by one of the owners`
of the boats, and I have sent them in.irons to Hong Kong.
Those 'piratical boats had all the rebel flags flying, an 4
fired npon.our boats, without, however; doing any damage.
-I have, &c., G. S. IIA.N1), Captain.
His Excellency' Rear....kiliniral Sir :a. Seymour,
. K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief. ,

(No. 110.) Niger, at Canton, Dec. 15, 185 G.
Sir,—l have the honour to acquaint you, for the infer-
rea.tion of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that
last night, at about 11 o'clock, a few hours after the de-
parture of my despatches for Europe, the Chinese set fire
in several places simultaneously to tiro houses immediately
surrounding the factory, which soon spread to the factory
itself ; and all the foreign establishmenti, With the excep-
ti in of the English factory, have been burnt to the ground .
The fire appears to have boon checked by the blowing
down of the end house of the adjoining block at the en-
trance of Hog-lane.
"Incendiaries were perceived by the officers placing
brands in the various houses in the vicinity of the fire, And
wore fired at by our pickets. The whole of the Old and
New. China-streets, with the contiguous portions of the
suburbs, have been consumed.
The greatest exertions have been used Viliesofffeers add
iffien:' ebbe roc* unciv,ticok*-#„A..:
of the flames ; but the dryness 9f 14
of an adeqinite soPply Of .water,cwith,therpeouliar mode in
the Various-Honks are enestruSed over -vAaltod, p!,s.
sages, rendered their effbtts •
The conflagre4ion will circurbScribe ottr defen'ces acrd '
render necessary .a new-arrangement of thei'u lcotit it
intention to hold the. British facteryi as I havp
done the larger' area on which the houses have- de-
stroyed.beeh.r,
I write this hurriedlespatch to go, by a private steam-
vessel, whichis likely to overtake the packet at,P3gappre.
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• I wave,
' I.t. SEYMOUR, Rcar-Adrairsll4.4
1 • ' Comm
ander
The,Secretary of the Adinfra.ity:

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:WRECK 4j17.-241-B;yrtivE.—REPORTQF THE
MAGISTRATES, •• •
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rSOUVTAMPTON, FRIDAY.
The folldwing's a copy th'ireFort of the -*lkea .
of the .peace deputed Co ;conduct` the irigairy relative to
the stranding of the steam-AtiP,Tyne:-L
Guildhall; Sittliani. pton,:.Tiii. 20,:1357.
"My Lords—We •have, the honour to inform your
lordships that we have with the fasistance of Captain
Walker, as nautical assessor, made an investigation this
day respecting the loss of the steamship Tyne,;which
vas stranded on Kitnmeredge Lodge, on the 13th inst.,
at 3.40 and we'eend your lordships the following
report and our opinion, together with the depositions
and the certificate of the captain ;i7-- •
" The Tyne was an iron ship of 2,loo.tons,:bslOging
to the Royal. Mail Steam Packet CompaiiY, qopiiitanded
by Captain Wm. Valler. Sbe left PernanOco ott the A •
'23d of Dec; for -Southampton, with a lighl'eargo A 44 53
passengers; and experietrced strong head- windanlably
'all thitiugh•the-Voyage, At 5 a.m. on the 12%141434 she •
made 'l7shaiii,, whieh on the first observation at 5.15
bore 'E. by N. N., when the bearings were altered
by keeping her off N.E.3 on-account of the set-in, and at
by N. N. being the clireitt course for Portland.
On...leaving Valiant pou'Oding.s,were r;gnlai:fiy; made across
the Channel. A.LlL.2o.p.tian..tho, PortlatqlfLights were
first made,. :At 11.30. the GOursa.w4s Avid ,to.t, to
shape it to-•theiceedles,.the'ship goiug,at h4tLstpeed, and
atAnidnlght 'the lead- was hove for the list7;titne.., 1.1
2.25'a.m. on the .13th inst.- the •Portland Lightefwere
dipped, 'bearing N:W. by:'N.•ii N., with thipk foggy
weather, and. ebb and wind on tier •starboardiiow', tba
ship keeping E. till she stranded; !
• " After a, most careful and anxiotterinyestigato4, we
,cannot arrive at any other OPini4n thp- hip was
lost by. the wrongful act and default ott,;:tpftirifiQter,ln
-consequence,of the .leacl not beingeonstAutly hove b •
lipproaching the 'land; and in acuoidande .w41.4111e, coin.
• pany's instructions, and the captairl.notinakkng dtrellow-
'slice for the Wind and strong ebb tide that was running
from the time he pasSed Portland, and the totatabstone of --
ttort:ltteltetytione'inecesstsy.- te..isttet ,314*yeafetjt,...4str,
large ship within BO short a distance of the laid.'" ' •`"

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We inclose the testimonials of competency handed
to us by Captain Valler, and we call the attention of
your lordships to the evidence of Capt. Vincent and the
officers of the Tyne to the very high character and ereat
',mutation ',for skill and ability hitherto borne by Cipt.
Taller.

" We have the honour to be, my lords, your lord-
ships' obedient servants,

" P. BRETON,
" JOSEPH LOBE,
" Justices of the Peace for the town and county
of the town of Southampton."
1 entirely concur in the foregoing' report.
" W. H. WALKER."

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