The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-07 00:00:00

in the h.nds of the United States' Consul, to be by
him paid to the parties interested, on application for
it, and on their giving a discharge hi full for all
claims against the Chinese authorities, arising from
losses sustained on the occasion in question.—Conton
Press, June 25.
Her Majesty's ship Vindictive, Captain Nicholas,
bearing the pendant of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas
Cochrane, arrived at Hong-Kong on the 19th, after
an amazingly short voyage, she having left Torbay on
the 21st March. Particulars of the passage we copy
from the Canton Register (extra) of 23d June. Sir
Thomas Cochrane has hoisted his flag on board the
Blenheim, and will, for the present, we hear, remain
at Hong-Kong.
The Vindictive left Torbay on the 21st of March;
arrived at Madeira in four days and a half, and at
Porto Praya, St. Jago, in ten days from England,
where she remained nearly two days and a half wa-
tering. She crossed the line on the night of the Bth
April, passed the meridian of the Cape of Good Hope
in lat. 38 deg. 30 min., early on the morning of the
3d of May, and passed without half gunshot of the
S.E. end of the island of Amsterdam on the 14th of
June, being just eleren days only from the meridian
of the Cape, a distance of nearly three thousand miles
After leaving Amsterdam she unfortunately met a
gale of wind from the N.N.E, which delayed her
several days, and took her within 400 miles of the
coast of New Holland, and she could with case have
reached Swan River within sixty days from England,
the gale having been directly fair for it.
She arrived off Java head on the 30th of May, just
70 clays from England. In the Straits of Sunda she
was unfortunately becalmed six days, and did not ar-
rive at Anjer until the sth of June, where she re-
mained one day, watering, and macilored in Hong-
Kong Bay ou Sunday morning, the 19th of June,
being her ninetieth day from Torbay, upwards of three
of which she was at anchor ; thus having completed
the voyage in less than 87 days under sail.
The Vindictive was originally a 74, but was never
at sea as such, having been altered to a frigate on the
Plan of Mr. Blake, the present master shipwright of
ortsmouth Dockyard, about nine years ago; and
strange to tell, for reasons which remain to be explained,
she was never commissioned until the end of last
year ; when Capt. Nicholas, at his urgent request,
was removed to her from the Belleisle, 74, which he
had before commanded in the Mediterranean fleet and
on the coast of Ireland.
Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, whose flag
she has brought out, Captain Nicholas, and, indeed,
every officer in the ship, are enthusiastic in her praise,
and they all unanimously agree in stating that she
has every good quality, and not one fault! She fre-
quently ran 296 miles in the 24 hours, and once or
twice, it is said, above 300 miles. She is a beautiful
ship, and amongst her other matchless qualities is
that of being enabled to fire six long sixty-eight
pounders right ahead, and six right astern on a line
with her keel ; and the shot from her bow guns will
cross each other at the distance of 100 yards from the
ship. _

We have been informed from Canton that a chop of
tea, going down to the Bengalee, has been lost on the
barrier between Canton and Whampoa.
'We learn from letters, dated Canton, 19th inst., that
llowqua had sent round a notice to the foreigners in
Canton, warning them against drinking spring water,
and stating that the Hoonam soldiers had poisoned
the wells at the back of the city, whence the fo-
reigners draw their water for domestic purposes; and
that about 20 Chinese had fallen victims to this in-
fernal plan of revenge.
It is also said that' the Canton provincials and the
Hoonam troops have been fighting and killing each
other in a fearful manner.
Letters received to-day (23d) from Canton, state
that the chop of tea was got off with but trifling
damage to the cargo.
Her Majesty's ships Nimrod, Cruiser, and Wolve-
rine, and steamers Memnon and Hooghly have pro-
ceeded up the Canton river. Rear-Admiral Sir
Thomas Cochrane left Kong-Kong in the Memnon
steamer on 'Wednesday last to join the squadron,
whose object, it is supposed, is no other than to re-
connoitre. We regret to learn that much sickness
prevails at Hong-Kong, and that the European gar-
rison are the principal sufferers, as well as the Euro-
pean wives and children of the soldiers lately arrived.
—Canton Press, July 23.
Letters from Canton, dated the 20th of July, men-
tioned that intelligence has there been received of the
fleet being at anchor at Kong-soo, in the langtse-
kiang (probably the Kaou-tchaou of the French maps)
on the 4th of duly. Kaou-tchaou is some distance
above the great canal and the city of Ching-kiang-foo,
and no great distance below Nankin, and from that
position we suppose the entrances of the canal both
southern and northern to be under the control of the

forces, and Nankin at their mercy. Elipoo has sent
to Canton for two Hong merchants and two linguists
to go to Soo-chow, and the Canton authorities have
consequently ordered Samqua and llowqua's fifth
and only surviving son on this errand ; with what
specific object waa not known ; the two Hong mer-
chants were to have left Canton yesterday. It was
originally intended to have sent Howqua himself, but
his great age has at last exempted him from this daty ;-
it is supposed by the Chekiang authorities that the
Hong merchants, being accustomed to deal with the
barbarians, will be of use to them in their negotia-
tions with the English, although the merchants ars
aware that on a former occasion Sir Henry Pot-.
finger refused to see them. We suppose they must
have obeyed these orders very reluctantly, for inde-
pendently of the great expense and, probably, squeezes
to which this journey will expose them, for Hong mer-
chants in the north are rara aves, and the reputation
of their wealth will have preceded them, their liberty
will be in some danger should they be employed in
negotiations,and these terminate differently from what
the Chinese authorities expect; in which case banish.
meat to hie may very likely be the end of their mis.
sion. It is said that their being sent is with reference
to settling the terms for the ransom of Nankin. This
is, however, we suppose, mere conjecture. According
to Chinese reports the large city of Shanghae has
been taken by the British force, which is said to have
from thence penetrated into the country as far Eta Soo-
chow, and taken that town also. Shanghae is one of
the most important seaport towns in the empire., whose
trade is said to employ an immense number of junks.
We have no arrivals whatever from the north to con-
firm these reports.—/bid.

'The usual success has attended the British
Plenipotentiary,
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thatSha ntghl
the
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‘‘ sMajesty'serveth their arms at
observes
guns well . and some
private letters that we have seen, state that the fire of
the Chinese was very severe, more so than ever before
tested; the Nemesis' rigging
artilleryman belonging to her
wasas cut to pieces; an
right arm amputated at the shoulder joint ; another
obliged to have his
man, belonging to the Pluto, lost both
his legs at the
ancles, and Lieutenant Hewett, I.IIIL, of her Ma-
jesty's ship Blonde, lost his
head by a round shot.
Before • this Nankin and the command of the Grand
Canal must be in the possession of her Majesty's
forces; but if it is the intention of her Majesty's
Plenipotentiary and the Commander-in-Chief to pro-
ceed to Pekin this year time is lost in these detailed
operations. Mr. Lay, the naturalist and interpreter,
was also severely wounded int he face by a splinter.
The Chinese hove adopted the use of paddle-wheels
to some of their war-junks—two forward and two
aft—but the manner in which they are worked had
not been clearly explained to us.
The Captain of the Chebar left his ship in his gig
at eleven, A.M., on the 22d instant, to proceed to
Canton. He ventured to go through the back pas-
sage, which is at present a flu:ills clau.sus. When he
arrived at the narrow pass which is lined by forts,
five Government boats started in chase, came up with
and rifled his boat, and then himself and boat's crew,
and conveyed them all to Canton. At ten, PAL, the
consignee of the ship received a message, saying that
I
an English Captain and three sailors were .
n the
consoo house, and thither he was requested to
go. He
found the place full of officers, a cers, who were son
with his explanation of the affair, and E4tisfied
article taken re out of the boat was returned,
every
taken of what was missing, and arned, a list
the missing articles should be re std, promise given that
ored, or th •
paid for. One of the boat'crew s was en. value
may have been drowned in the missing, and
trust the Chinese authorities scuffle, and if so, we
will b ,
severe account. e brought to a

The following extracts from a private letter from
Macao, dated 26th of July,
give information which
The Hongg
may be relied upon :
merchants at Canton are generally
well informed of
the north' ne the progress of events here and in
of them tells me that he has a letter
from a friend at Nankin, date corresponding with our
9th of July, stating that there had been a great deal
of fighting about there, but that it had ceased on our
20th June, when the English were close upon Nankin,
and from what is further said it appears that nego-
tiations had commenced. I send you a newspaper of
this date, from which it will be seen that the Emperor
and the Imperial Commissioner appear to be less bold
in their language—the former studiously dwelling on
the iniquities of " Elliot," carefully avoiding alluding
to Pottinger. ThiS may be cunningly done to have
an excuse for conciliating the latter, by yielding to
terms which the Emperor may pretend could not have
been admissabic if proposed by the old offender. A
truce may perhaps be agreed to, but it is still my opi-
nion that this year's campaign will not effect a final
settlement of our disputes with China.
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the Arcei
received.
The Hong merchants state most positively, and I
am inclined to believe it, that the second crop of black
tea has so far failed, that half the chops of congou are
not likely to average more than 350 chests, and that
very few will come up to 600. Prices of congou are
expected to open at 36 to 38 taels.
We have had symptoms of the approach of a ty-