The Sun.
London, England, 1817-03-10 00:00:00

INTELLIGENCE FllOll CHINA.

Advices have been received from Cameo of so
recent A date as the lith tit November. Lord
AMIIRKST Was on his return to Canton, without
accomplishing the object of his mission. During
his stay at Pekin, which wits about fortnight,
be made every exertion to procure-an interview
with the Emperor, without submitting to the de-
grading proltrations which Me imposed by the
Court el ignettt ofChina upon those wIM are suitois
for an introducion to the Imperial presence. mad.
ing the Emperor, howev.vr, inflexible iipon this:
point, front the intrigues of the Mandarins, he
left Pekin on the 7th September, and was expeiq-
cd to reach Clinton about the end of November,
Presi tits were exdiriag,..), and Lordship is
said to be the,bearer of a let ter fro:-it the Emperor
to the Prince llegynt, though the Prittce liegriirts ,
letter tti him had not been receiver!. In additiOn.

to the hove intelligence, the letters IFrio CAWOII
contain OW particulars of an wild, asant •:tititir, io
which the Alceste was hivoked. It appears, that
the Chinese had taken smite offence against Cryt.
1113xteel1, ill consequence ofe which a nilinber of
war boars were stationed round the Aiceste, and
.• attempts Here made to iritereept her supplies from
the shore. No answer having been made
to his endeavotiN to procure HO explanatioll
• Of the canse of his bating beeo planed under
ibis insulting sort of quarantine, Capt. Maxwell
uttvolvd upon eltatiging his anchorage. with the
intention of snore clearly ascertaining the vieWs
of the Chinese, before he should resort to extre-
' suit ics. The Alceste accordingly weighed anchor,
and proceeded up the river to the second bar.
The tvai boats, however, coon follow ed ;, and as
Ilse frigate appil.ached Clint) Pee they fired at her,
• fist with hlAnk cartridge, anti next with shot.
• • Captain Maxtt el returned- their fire, in the first
lust since, tvith pot, der only ;
.lit•findirig.that hrol
lint the cirect of pteveffilog them following hint,
he sent a single ;hot over the Admiral's boat,
merely :to intimidate them., ..Tois had the de.
bit ad. effect. Upon it signal from the Chinese
• Admiral, the 'flotilla ceased firing and stood
off, At this period Captain , Maxwell bionght
the Alevsrelo all anchor, in expectation of some
' crimnomication from the Governor ; but having
without receiving any, until the erecting,
be weighed again, and stood towards the Hogne.
The boats, which followed him at 'a
respectfol
distance, now began. to throw-nip rockets, :Anti to
make other signals, WiIiCII.WtEV, promptly answered
from the forts in the liogile..-.As•rhe frigate
vanced, lant'erOs continued to.he hoisted At time dit-
lerent forts wotil they became an entire blazl of
ilgh t. and the ramparts were seen ciowded %viol
people. Two forts, one on the right, the other int
the It tt,attildenly opened a tremeodouscross-fire on
the Me..este, Without, boWevcr, any other dion.fge
than that or her receiving three or tonrshots in the
Trull, where they stuck. The whist heading the
frigate in the narrritv part of the it•rgoe, Cap•aio
Maxwell was obliged to. make a lark, which
brought him within pistol:shot of the principal
roil, mounting forty guns. He resolved to avail
himself of this circumstance, in order to .einsstise
~tire insolence of the :...Chinese. Jrle .took is sr.t
tion which enabled- hint to bring his gisos to
'.bear'on both fiis, and gave orders for action.,
•Isis command was received .with three cheers by
the •erew, . who, with . a rapidity ,A hich over
whelmed the Chinese with astonishment, this

chareed two successive broarlsiclo-, still board 111

btrboard. The fire of the forts instuntly ceased;
the innumerable lanterns disappeared os it by
magic, nod all was suddenly involved in total

darkness and silence. The Alceste was quietly
:suffered to proceed to her destination ; and what
is molt singular, up to the,l7th of November not
'thesliglitest notice had been bitten -of the affair by
:the Governor of Canton. j-Le ,neither gave nor
demanded an explanation, boccoutinned to grant
pet mission for' the lUritislr vessels to enter the
timer; as if ,nothing had occurred to interrupt the
bgrinoiky bet %Veen the Iwo witioitS. It remotined

10 be ilsee'rtained in what light he may have re
presented the affair to tl►e Court of Pekin. We
ore happy to learn thattltere :were none killed or

wouniktion board tl►e Alreste,

FORTWILWAN, Sal*. 14, 1816.

The Governor. General in Council has great
plea,gnre in publishing the -following Report of a
lothilit and der hive ititack on the positions of the
Itajah of Boni and his Confederates. near, Alocassar,
by the British force tinder the command of Major
nahnii, of the Bengal Native Infantry, and itt:pro.
lessing his cordial concurrence in the sentiments of
approbation amid applause bestosectl by the Ho,
nottruble thv I,,,ieutenant•Cioverntir in Council of
Boa% Om the conduct and bravery of the Officers
and Troops, including the I`,Tavill Officer*, Se.uften,
and hies, from the Honourable Company's
eroiiiq-, 'Senates Awl Tergoinotith, cngiigeit osf
that occasion.

COPY t)i, A DISPATC,II_ PBOM 411.1011 U. D.it:TON.

Honourable Sir,--1 have the honour to acquaint
you, that we attacked the enemy yesterday in his
'wrenched position near Batik Anging l'a(s, and
that our success has been complete. We com-
meneed the attack Anna six it, the morning, but
it did not ceate until tour the afternoon. The
enemy s position was extremely formidable. It
presented an extended chain of leilotibts,
flnnk-
iug each other in a line of about nine hun-
dred paces, am' Arptip.3l, at the extremities, by
rocks, which Were high, and nearly, perpendicn-
14r, A. battery compo‘ell Of two , ls-pounders
and two medium howitzers, although admirably
*erect!, did 'Mt seem to make any decided im-
pression on the firmness of the coemy. A false
attack had from the commencement (it operations
been acting on the enemy's right. By a strong
reinforcement, we fortunately succeeded in turn-
ing the attack into a real one. The entmy's rear
was gained, awl the command of the pass from
%%)lelief.: be drew bk A field gnu
%%as got tip, and availing ourselves of a inn-
tl entary confission of tl,e enemy, caused by
a shot front the buttery, we e ,rried 'by assault

fn a few seedotis his t re,loohts. T..eo
or three small ones had been cat vied before,
and the last stieees. totally dismayAd si he enemy'.
Th, D,tev Ch era`ivas•kiltrzl in the as•
sault. Two nnt•ker ball.; passed through tis al
400111! ,al I d tit ly deprived hint' of life. 11.• wns
aeteiffiritied, to Nsisr to the last, and held out to
hiS people, that if they roidd out reptrlse Our at-
tack in that position, the fate of Boni yeas de-
cided. We found the royal Standard liy his
side. Our 'present success,..it may he expected,
produce a (avowable torn of di firs, and pre-
vent us at least frinu being so often harassed
ae hitherto we have experienced; .I.loave innst
sincerely to regret that noir loss in Well is -
sidertsble. `Three otfFl vs have been WiHplded, but
not dangerously, and seventy•t beer! nut:-rommis.
• Sinned officers #soil pri%•ates killed or wotpideil
But when the strength of the enemy's position. is
cinisideted, and the length of time the engage-
ment lasted, oar loss in number will, perhaps,
seem less than might be apprehended.--In the
large redoubt takenb I have formed an. advance
post, and have no doubt that several miles of fal-
low find will immediately be again cultivated. It
is impossible for me ha recital to do justice
to the bravery. and perseverance of every r
officer 'lnd private engaged ,in the attack of
the enemy's poiition. Captain Eat well, and
his First !AVM •wit Is SCitnlt'll and mat-hies
froin the cittizers, rendered its the battery and.
,Issault most• esseni ii l seuices. The enemy was
said to he about 2000 strong. His loNs must hate
been considerable. Our force comiisted of artil-

lei yawn sufficient for a brigade of guns, three
hundred and forty rank and tile of infantry, fifty
seamen 111111 A1P)111 the manie number .of
_ _

The Itajah Of Goals attended with 6 or 700 illen)
and tlie Lomo of .11aros•turnislied largely and uto.t
t6liiiiglY men to. aiSkt --carryii)g tore anti
helping On the guns.
I have (he honour to he, &c.
(Signed) I). H. DAI:I'ON, Major, Resident
and Cuntnindant.
Folt Rotterdam, Macassar, 9th June, 181 d.

CALCUTTA, OCT. 14.—ft is stliteil in• letters

on) lon, that the total cession of that. 13

the Dutch cannot he accomplished heiore the
month of November. Some detachments of D.,(ch
troopi had however proceeded to occupy Macassar,
NiadUra, sand the eastern provinces of Java. It
apin.ars that the Dutcl► soldiers were suffering se-
verely from the eliniAte, aml that the hospitals
were crowded.

The latest intellig►ence from Amboyna men-
OOHS u most destritetive hassicanis which .vkited
that Island in April last. Up%vards it a thou-
sand nutmeg trees,, and. twenty thousand clove
trees, have been destroyed; and all tl►e ships iii
tl►e harbour were striven fr►►mtt their adio' s.—
Many of the small craft were sunk, but We un-
der6rand that nu huge .vessels sustained any mate.
rial damage.

THEATRICAL REGISTER.
Petionned an Saturday Night,
DI4uRY-LANE.—:ll.timel (first time): Principal Characters by
Mr. Kean am! ikliss Suntercille. 'After- which, Frightelt'd
to Death.

COVENT•CALIDEN.—A New Way to PaY Old Dehts,..Sir Giles
Over "'each, Mr. Booth i Lady Allworih).Nlll. Fauea. Af-
ter which; Aurora, 41111 The I leir of Virooi.

111,111,51.
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I WAteduril.

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Soomt.—Avrrige Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar,
computed from the Returns made in the week ending.thr Alb
day of March, 1817, is 44g. prr cwt.

IIIGII WATKR Xl' LONDON BRIDGF. TO-NlOltllOW.
Nliirning, 19 minutes alter 11.
,1 Evening, 43 minutes titter 8

THE SUN.

lIOLK3I QV It DICHKE VALSUNI ALI Pt.I.T

LONDON,
MONDAY, M.,litCll 10, 1817.

NVe hus'e copled tronk the Morning Papers ite.
counts of the return of Lord Amite nsT from the
Yellow Sea towards Canton, which we regret to sa'
appear to be too Well founded. We rely, however,

upon the discretion and manly character of Lord
ANItIORST that every thing will be effected con-
sistent with our natiotful dignity, in outer to pre•
serve harmony with the imperiarCourt of China,
anti stipport unimpaired our commercial intercourse
with that Country.

t will also he seen that one of our Frigates

has been obliged to shew the Chiva•tnen how
we: can smash their cups and saucers if need
be. There is tomethitig very lionerous
this account of the 'Mate extinguishing the

lagie 14uterns by the superior magic of Bri-

tisit thunder, and causing the Porcelaine forts
to disappear as rapidly as ever ALADLN built
up Palaces. It teems that the modern Genius of

the Great Gnu is quite as potent us the ancient
Genius of the Ring, and the Fitemen- who poor our
'broadside more drtadful than the Slaves of the
Lamp,!---Rut to speak seriously of this affair
between the -Aleesie and the Chinese forts and
arnied hoofs, we have reas►►n to believe that Cap-
tain MURRAY MAxwett. appears, in the opinion
of' the Chinese thenutelve‘ to have done no more
than his duty, in supporting the honour of piss

cOllntry,4ll tin cxhr:.t4,l<<►i„U or inquiry tV,IS
by :be Provincial Goverisor, ►►ho will, perhaps
be called to accoont bis superior.; for such al

appal ently tvitiqon a:Lic (Ivo the British frigate

There is a 'Grand !'unwell Dinner at (2atitoh-
ht)ttse to-day, for thirty-six, in hrraotit• of the
Archtl..ke Nichol.,Ai it'ati it select Party in the

evcniiig.

A litnnburgh Mail arrived Fast night, but its
contents are wholly unimportant.

1)..g leave td 'call the attetvion of .otte
Readers to tl►e,Aticlr..ss iginel-".A.- Protestant,"

in a 'subsequent column. I3y no part of the Coin-
funnily will the sentiments- of this Essavy he mote
relished than by that part which does Tme:Sow
the honour of looking to it for a steady assertion
of the political principles which link Church and
State togethEr in Indissoluble union. We believe
we may promise for some time to come a Weekly
Article from the, same pen on the same subject.
It will he observed that the Writer is a Clergy-
man of the Estriblished Church, who has for.
" twenty years held the Sligilierd's Croolc ;" and
it may not be amiss to remark, that with it he
has assumed something of the pastoral reed. The
style of his letter is highly poetical, ,and might
have been printed it) the form of Unlit verse, but
we have preferred that of prose, and leave the
rhythm to the musical ear of the Reader.

Our last page contains the conchhiOn of the
Seditious Meetings Prevention Bill, of whi,li
gave the First part on Saturday.