The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-02 00:00:00

CIRCULAR.

British Consulate, Canton, Oct., 1856, 7 p.m.
The undersigned with reference to bis Circular of yes-
terday morninginforms the British and Foreign community,
with great regret, that the Imperial Commissioner has not
yet complied with the demands which were then presented.
The task' of exacting the satisfaction claimed devolves
therefore from this time on her Majesty's naval °facers.
H. S. PABiocs,
H. B.M.'s Officiating Consul at Canton.

British Consulate, Canton,
31st October, 1856.

Sir,—l am instructed by his Excellency Rear-Admiral
Sir M. Seymour, K. C. 8., '&c., Scc., Naval Commander-in-
Mercantile Com-
Chief, to forward to you for the information of the Members
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yesterday evening
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missioner.—Your

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C. W. Murray, Esq., H. PARKES.
Chairman of British Chamber of Commerce.

British Consulate, Canton,
30th October, 1856.
Sir, When the prefect of Luy-chow
I had to make,
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terday Your Excellency for
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I instructed the British Consul to state to him for the in-
formation of your Excellency, that convinced as I am,
that were the right of access to the authorities within the
city that has been invariably conceded at the other ports,
similarly in force at Canton, no such contingency could
arise as the present, in which, the impossibility of other-
wise effecting any satisfactory arrangement had rendered
necessary the proceedings of the last few days, what I had
now to insist upon was simply this—that the foreign re-
the same access to the
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my message, and, ac-
cording to tEoxctehleleinnctyensteinotn noof reply to I
had given notice to
your deputy, I broached the wall of the city, and thus
obtained access to your Excellency's official residence,
which I visited yesterday afternoon. This object accom-
plished, I withdrew my troops.
I may observe that it has been wholly with a view to
the preservation of life that my operations have been
hitherto so deliberately conducted. Even yesterday when
entering the city no blood was shed save where my men
were assailed, and the property of the people was in every
case respected. The fires which have broken out during
the last two days were not either designedly caused by us.
They were but a lamentable consequence of the measures
to which your Excellency's conduct has compelled me re-
luctantly to resort.
I have now one remark to make, to which I request your
Excellency's particular attention. The lives and property
of the entire city population are now at my mercy, and
could be destroyed by me at any moment that any event
might impose upon me so sad a necessity. The preven-
tion of any such necessity is entirely in the hands of your
Excellency. I have been constrained to move enward,
proceeding from one step to a further, by the pertinacity
and discourtesy with which your Excellency has persisted
in evading the j rest and simple claims advanced by us in
the first instance. It is now for your Excellency by im-
mediate consultation with me to terminate a condition of
. things of which the present evil is not plight, but which,