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Captain Balfour and Lieutenant Fowlis had the opportunity of
distinguishing themselves in bringing up the guns and direct-
ing their. fire.

8. Although the 49th Regiment and Royal Marines whom I
I first ordered, together with a body of seamen, to form the
right column under Lieutenant-Colonel Morris and attack the
sea defences, could not be landed in time for that purpose, I
was much pleased with the promptitude with which those two
corps moved on to the support of the 18th ; the 49th proceed-
ing to occupy the south gate of the city.
9. The loss of the enemy Las been very considerable both on
the sea line and upon the heights, several of their principal
mandarins, it would appear, were killed, and the Chinese fled
in all directions, throwing away their arms and clothing. The
loss on our side, I am happy to say, has been wonderfully
small. I have the honour to enclose your Lordship the return,
together with a list of the ordnance captured.
10. On the 2d, I directed Lieut.-Colonel Adams to move
westward with the 18th and Rifle company on Tsin g
g•Kon to
which point the Admiral has despatched two of the ships of
war, from whence the Lieutenant-Colonel is to proceed to-day
to Sahoo. This morning I have moved 30Omun,en where he will
under Major
Blyth, 49th Regiment, eastward, to Sinke
a
also meet a ship of war ; also three
comPanies of the 5555th;m
hills to Pishoon,
under Captain Campbell, over the northern
from whence they will march to Kanlon and Mowah, returning
by a different pass to head quarters. By these movements, I
hope that every one of the fugitives will be driven off the island
or captured.
11. It is difficult to mete out praise, where every man did
his duty well, but I feel it right to express my sense of obliga-
tion to the following commanding officers of columns and
corps—Lieut.-Colonel Craigie, commanding left column;
Lieutenant-Colonel Morris, commanding right column; Lieu-
tenant-Co!onel Adams, commanding 18th; Major Fawcett,
commanding 55th ; Major Stephens, commanding 49th; Major
Ellis, commanding Royal Marines ; Captain Simpson, com-
manding ride company, 36th Madras Native Infantry ; Cap-
tain Knowles, Royal Artillery, senior officer of Artillery; Cap-
tain Pears, senior officer of engineers; Captain Anstruther,
commanding Madras Artillery; and Captain Cotton, assistant
field engineer.
From Lieutenant-Colonel Mountain, Deputy Adjutant-
General, and Captain Gough, Acting Deputy Quarter-Master
General, I have received throughout the whole operations the
most valuabe assistance. I must also mention the active ser-
vices of Lieutenant Gubbith, my Aide-de- Camp.
I have to repeat my thanks to Captain Giffard, of the Royal
Navy, who, after ably conducting the disembarkation, rejoined
me, and accompanied me during the rest of the day, as did
Major Malcolm, the Secretary of Legation.
I have the honour to be, my Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient, humble servant,
H. GOUGH, M. Genl. Commg. Espy. Force.

GENERAL ORDERS TO TILE EXFF.DITIONARY FORCE.
Head-quarters, Tinghae City, Oct. 3, 1841.
Major-General Sir Hugh Gough has again the pleasure to
congratulate the troops under his command upon their success
in the recapture of the island of Chusan and city of Tinghae
on the Ist inst.

2. The conduct of the 55th, whose good fortune it was to
land first, and who gallantly gained and cleared the heights
under brisk and sustained fire from the enemy, was most credit-
able to the corps, and gave it the further advantage of being
the first to scale the city wall.
3. That of the 18th Royal Irish, who landed next, was
equally praiseworthy in driving the enemy before them despite
of his resistance from the long line of sea batteries, until the
regiment gained and re-occupied its old station on the Pagoda-
hill.

4. The well-directed fire of the detachment of Royal and
Madras Artillery from Trumball Island, and the exertions of
the Madras Artillery on Chusan in getting their guns over
almost impracticable ground, and their fire from successive
points, were alike distinguished.
5. The Major-General was also gratified by observing the
spirited manner in which the Madras Rifle Company advanced
in extended order over the hills to the city, and the active zeal
of the Madras Sappers and Miners in carrying the scaling
ladders over these steep and difficult heights, and planting them
against the walls.
6. Circumstances which it was impossible to foresee having
hastened the attack, the 49th Regiment and Royal Marines
were not landed in time to perform all that had been allotted
to them, but the Major-General noticed with much satisfaction
the rapidity with which they moved off to support the advance.
7. Sir Hugh Gough addresses himself therefore to all, in
expressing his thanks to commanding officers of columns and
corps, and to the general and personal staff, and directing that
his sentiments be made known to all of every rank under their
respective command. By Order,
( Signed) ARMINE S. H. MOUNTAIN,
True copy. Lieut. Col. D.A. G.
ARMINIC S. H. MOUNTAIN,
Lieut. Col. D. A. G.

Return of Officers and Men Killed and Wounded of the Force
under the command of Major-General Sir Hugh Gough,
K. C. 8., at the re-capture of the Island of Chusan on the
Ist instant.
Killed—Sappers and Miners, 1 rank and file ; 55th Regi-
ment, I officer.
Wounded—Sappers and Miners, 1 sergeant, severely ; 18th
Royal Irish, 1 rank and file dangerously, 1 sergeant and 1
rank and file severely, and 4 rank and file slightly ; 55th Re-
giment, 3 rank and file -dangerously, 5 rank and file severely,
11 rank and file slightly.
Name of Officer Killed-55th Regiment, Ensign R. Duel.,
ARMINE S. H. MOUNTAIN, Lieut.-Col., D. A. G.

Return of Ordnance captured in Chusan. and mounted on the
Defences in the Action of the Ist October, 1841.
On Temple-hill redoubt, 12 iron guns.
Battery to the east of Temple-hill redoubt, 10 iron guns ;
ditto 10 brass.
Battery to the west of Temple-hill redoubt, 8 iron guns.
On the western line, 40 iron guns ; ditto, 15 brass.
On the ramparts of the city, 40 iron guns; ditto, 1 brass.
Grand total, 110 iron ; 26 brass.
Gingalls, 540; carrying balls from % lb. to 1 lb.
Matchlocks in considerable numbers lying on the works, but
all destroyed.
Gunpowder tubs, 584.
Rockets, Bamboo, 30.
Rockets, arrow eases, 20.
Balls, leaden, boxes and tubs, 100.
N.B.—The brass guns are remarkably well bored, and al-
though of great thickness of the metal, yet evidently show con-
siderable advance on the part of the Chinese in casting.
Some of the gun carriages are superior to those hitherto in
use with the Chinese, particularly one on which a brass gun
is mounted ; and the models of gun carriages and sweeps which
have been found, prove that the Chinese are quite ready to
introduce improvements.
J. KNOWLES, Captain, Commanding Artillery Brigade.
Chusan, October 3, 1841.

HY
AIGI4T HON. THE EARL OF AtICKLAND,:G.C.B., COVER..
NOR-GENERAL OF INDIA, &C.
ead-Quarters, October 18, .
My Lord—With feelings of the deepest thankfulness I 841
have
the honour to acquaint yoar Lordship that, under the protec-
tion of a gracious:and allwise Providence, perfect. success has at-
tended her Majesty's combined forces in all our projected ope-
rations. Considering the extent of the enemy's preparations,
the strength of his different positions, and his overwhelming
numbers, the loss on our side has been surprisingly small, while
that un the part of the Chinese has been almost appalling.
2. My last dispatch will have informed your Lordship of
our proposed movement of Chinghae and Ningpo. On the
Bth instant, I accompanied their Excellencies Sir Henry Put-
singer and the Admiral in a steamer, for the purpose of recon-
noitring the former place. For the period of the monsoon,
upon a lee-shore, the weather was singularly favourable : both
en this and the following days the enemy allowed us to come
within short range without firing a shot, and the Admiral and
I were thus at once enabled to make our dispositions,
3. The fortified city of Chinghae, the great military depot
this province, is situated on the left bank of the Tahia or
Ningpo river, occupying, with its suburb, the whole space be-
ween the river and the sea. The walls are nearly three miles
.n circumference, and their sea fi ce runs for about a mile along
3a massive stone embankment, that extends for three or four
miles further up the coast. At the south-eastern extremity,
separated only from the walls by a narrow gorge, a precipitous
rock rises abruptly from the sea, throwing out a steep and
rugged spur, at the point of which is the entrance ta the river.
Upon the summit of this rock there is a large joss -house, ex-
tending along the coast of the ridge, and forming a sort of cita-
del, the, several buildings being loop-holed and connected by
castellated walls, and in front of the outer gate, commanding the
spur before mentioned, a battery, armed with some pieces of
_heavy ordnance, has been recently constructed. From infor-
mation I obtained, it would appear that the joss-house was oc-
cupied by 400 men, while 3,000 held the city and various small
encampments_ without the walls.
4. The same information led me to believe, and the recon-
noisances confirmed the statement, that the great body of the
troops were strongly posted on the right bank of the river upon
a range of steep hilla overlooking the city and Joss-house with
Iseavy batteries, armed for the most part with new brass guns,
commanding the entrance to the river, which was staked across.
All these heights were fortified, and presented both a sea de-
fence and military position of great strength, consisting of a
chain of entrenched camps on all the prominent points difficult
of approach from the natural steepness of the hills, which had
been further scarped in several places ; field redoubts crowned
the summits, and hill and ravine bristled with gingalls. A low
swampy fiat, reaching to the shore, and only to be crossed by
narrow winding causeways, lay in front of the left of this posi-
tion, which was also protected by a deep canal, that, after
skirting the hills, runs through the flat into the sea ; but I as-
certained that there were two bridges over this canal.
5. We returned to Chusan the same evening, and the troops
'which I had ordered for this service having been previously em-
barked, as thick as they could stow on board the transports se-
lected by the Admiral as fittest in regard to the extraordinary
currents on this coast, the squadron arrived the following even-
beg off the mouth of Tahea river.
6. 1 beg herewith to enclose for your Lordship's information
the disposition for landing. It appeared to me advisable, in
which Sir William Parker concurred, that we should make a
conjoint attack on both banks of the river, first drawing the
attention of the enemy to the right bank ; and the dispositions
were accordingly made for attacking in three columns, while
the two line-of-batile ships, with the Blonde and Modeste,
-were to cannonade the Joss-house-hill, and sea line of the city
"defence ; the smaller vessels of war and the steamers to cover
the landing and to support, when practicab!e, the advancing
columns by their fire. Sir William Parker will detail to your
Lurdship the truly spirited manner in which the several ships
of -war and steamers took up their positions and fulfilled his
orders. It only remains for me to say that the cordial co-ope-
ratioti and powerful support which I have received upon the
present, indeed upon every occasion, from the ships of war
under the direction of their gallant chief, is matter of the
warmest Thankfulness.
'7. At daylight, on the morning of the 10th, the left column
cousisting of a wing of the 18th, five companies of ,the 55th,
the Rifle company of the 36th Madras Native Infantry, a
company of 'Madras Artillery, and one of Sappers, in all 1,040
men, with tour light howitzers and two 5i inch mortars, was
embarked in the steamers. This column I placed under Lieut..
Colonel Craigie, but accompanied myself, and at eight o'clock
the steamers,
having run in close to the shore, the troops were
promptly landd, without any opposition, under the judicious
superintendence Captain (s'"iffard ably aided by Lieut. So-
merville, of the Royal Navy, at a ro'cky point, having. the low
So-
fat and the cane' already mentioned to their right.
8. The centre colime teas soon after ltrided about a mile
to „my right, under a detached rooky hill, near the mouth of
and the en
the, canal, but on the opp,e,iito bank
havingem in its front a part
of we low flat between it
to. threaten a front attack, and to astertihtieoen;7yobject
being
weaken.,ng his centre to. support his right, which the Ref-column
own Superintendence was destined to tarn. The
woo oonsiste o the 40th rtgirnents detachments of
centre colt
tsi Madras Artillery, under Captai K
the Royal n now/les, of the
And fifty men of the Sappers,.
former cos s, amour, ting alto-
gether to 440 Men, with two 12-pounder honitzers, and two
-poun er 9 d field gut: s, under Lieut.-Colonel Morris,
landing the left column
9. Immediately ah er moved: rapidly
ever a succession of st.eep hills that skirted the intervei sing flat
in front of the enemy's position, until it reached a poi nt from
whence I had a full view of the whole petition and of the two
bridges over the canal—that to my front I ordc 'red the Rifle
company to protect by occupying a few houses on o, as• side, sup-
ported by the 18th, and I directed Lieutenant-Co:0i 'el Craigie
with the 85th, accompanied by Captain Pears, contlnancLing
engineer, to move quickly on the second bridge, II rhiCh was
about nmile further up the flat, cross it, and push ( m for the
hills E
and
this turning the extreme right of the enemy's
Positio,l; and threatening to cut off his retreat. By this time
{becentcgUnill% 104 form
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Return of the killed and wounded of the Force under the
command of Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh Gough, K.C.8.,
at the Storming of the Fortified Heights and Citadel of
Chinhae, on the 10th of October, 1841.
Head. quarters, Ningpo, Oct. 16, 1841.
Royal Artillery—One private, severely wounded.
18th Royal Irish Regiment--One rank and file killed, two
rank and file severely, and one slightly wounded.
49th Regiment_ One rank and file dangerously, one officer,
one serjeant, three rank and file severely, and four rank and
file slightly wounded.
Royal Marines—One drummer killed.
55th Regiment—One camp follower severely wounded.
Rifle Company 36th M. NJ.— One private killed.
RECAPITULATION.
Three rank and file killed, two rank and file dangerously
wounded, one officer, one serjeant, and six rank and file se-
verely wounded, five slightly wounded. One camp follower
severely wounded. Total-3 killed, 16 wounded.
Name of officer wounded.
Lieutenant J. M. Montgomery, 49th Regiment.
A. S. H. MOUNTAIN, Lieut.-Colonel,
Deputy Adjutant-Gen., Expeditionary Force.:

Wellesley, at the Anchorage of Just-in-the-way,
September 5, 1841.
My Lord,—l have the honour to transmit for your Lord-
ship's
information, the copies of two letters from Mr. Hall,
commanding
.the Hon. Company's steam-vessel Nemesis, re-
porting the destruction of a Chinese battery on the island of
thQuemoy, on the 31st of August, and of three, together with
ree war junks, within the harbour of Shei.po, on the 17th
nstant; and I have much pleasure in adding my commendation
of the spirit of enterprise and activity which is exhibited by
Mr. Hall, his officers and crew, upon every opportunity.-1
have the honour
to be, my Lora, your Lordship most °be_
dint servant,
W. PARKER, Rear-Admiral.

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tut o nyt REAR-ADMIRAL SIR WM. PARKER, LLB., Sm.
H. C. S. Nemesis, Amoy, Aug 31,1841.
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entrusted to him, and I ascertained that the bridge was unin- Sir,—l have the honour to inform you, compliance
jured, but had been barricaded hY a solid wall of masonry, with with your orders conveyed to me through daptain Fletcher,
merely an aperture so narrow that soon after the gate was that after having towed the boats to the respective forts
with some difficulty removed, a single soldier could not pass on the northern shore to be destroyed, I proceeded to re-
through without unstrapping his great coat. Having assem- connoitre the Island of Quemoy; on my way across I ob-
bled the 18th at the foot of the bridge to cover the Rifles, that served three forts on different islands to the S.W. of us with-
copay Pa over in Indian file, in face of a large body of out any guns in them; after closing the island of Quemoy at
the enemy, assembled in an advanced redoubt upon the sum- 10 A.M., saw a small round tower fort on the larboard bow,
mit of an eminence within 150 yards of us, who cheered our bearing S.E., which I steered for. As we approache, advance, but but most unaccountably reserved their fire. Having serving the Chinese soldiers deserting the fort, I sent away the
placed the Rifles behind a hill just beyond the bridge, I di- first cutter and first gig under the command of Mr. Freese,
rected the 18th to cross and form, and finding the 55th had ar- I my chief officer, to destroy the fort ; at 10 25 the boats re-
rived at its point of attack, sent orders for the 49th to advance, turned, having destroyed three guns, one gingall, and obout 35
which they did with a spirit worthy of that gallant corps. stand of matchlocks, 35 cutlasses, and a quantity of spears and
10. From the rapidity of these movements and the difficulties gunpowder. At the same time I observed a sand-bank fort,
of the ground, the guns could not be brought forward enough mounting 13 guns, with a number of large junks and an en-
to act, but Captain Anstruther, of the Madras Artillery, with campment, with banners displayed in every direction at the
the usual alacrity of that corps, brought up the rockets, which entrance of a river distant about two miles to the eastward,
now began to play. The moment the advance of the
49th got and close to a tower apparently of some note, from the appear-
into action, the 18th and Rifles rapidly moved forward, and ante of the buildings, and mandarin houses, &c.
the 55th having crossed the upper bridge, pressed the enemy's Having fulfilled my orders I rejoined Captain Fletcher, and
right. I have seldom witnessed a more animated combined embarked him and his party on board.—l have the honour, &c.
attack, the Chinese cheering until we got close to them,
(Signed) W. H. HALL, Commander.
now poured in a very heavy but ill-directed fire, and
displayed in various instances acts of individual bravery
that merited a better fate ; but nothing could withstand the
steady but rapid advance of the gallant little force that assailed
them ; field-work after field-work was cleared, and the colours
of the 49th were displayed on the principal redoubt above the
sea and river batteries; while the 18th, who had charged up a
deep gorge to the left, broke through the central encampment,
carrying every thing before them. From 12,000 to 15,000 of
the enemy, that had stood longest, were driven down the
heights into the river, their retreat being cat off by the flank
movement of the 55th ; many were drowned in attempting to
swim across to the city, others sought concealment on a rock in
the stream, and were afterwards picked up by the boats of the
Queen and nearly 500 surrendered as prisoners.
11. I feel a difficulty in naming any individual where all so
well merit my warmest meed of praise, but I cannot avoid
bringing to your lordship's special notice, as having fallen under
my own personal observation, the conduct of Captain Reynolds,
of the 49th, and Lieutenant and Adjutant Browne, of the same
corps, whose bold advance up the first hill, the one with his
company, the other with a covering party of his regiment, was
meat conspicuous. Lieut.-Colonel Morris reports most favour-
ably of the spirited manner in which Captain Tabor, with his
light company, covered his right flank.
12. The operations on the right bank having thus termi-
nated, I had a full view of the effect of the fire from the ships
of war and steamers on the Joss-house-hill, and of the landing
of the right column. This column, which consisted of the
seamen, battalion of Royal Marines, a detachment of Royal
Artillery, and fifty sappers, in all about 700 men, with two
five and a half inch mortars, I had intrusted to Captain Her-
bert, of her Majesty's ship Blenheim, whom Sir W. Parker
placed at my disposal, sending with him Captain Cotton, of
the Madras Engineers. Captain Herbert was instructed to land
at the extremity of the Spur under the Joss-house, and to
storm and take it by the sea front, whenever the fire from the
ships should make it practicable, and it was left to his discre-
tion to push on and take the city, if the effect of a plunging
fire from the hill, aided by a powerful cannonade from the ships
of war, should justify the advance.
13. I had it only in my power, as the flying enemy had car-
ried off every boat from the right bank of the river, to aid the
operations on the left bank by turning such of the captured
guns as our artillery could at the moment bring to bear
upon the city, and by a well-directed fire of rockets; but
it appeared to me evidenl that more aid was necessary, as
the admirable fire of the _ships of war and steamers occa-
sioned fearful devastation on the Joss-house-hill. The right
column landed a little after eleven o'clock, and the seamen
with characteristic spirit dashed up the face of the nearly
precipitous rock, supported by the steady advance of
the Royal Marines. A magazine in the new battery be-
fore the outer gate exploded. The way was thus cleared,
and the column entered, the garrison escaping into the
town, and the Union Jack was displayed on the Joss-
house walls. Captain Herbert, with his usual sound
judgment, instantly determined upon taking advantage
of the general panic, quickly followed up the retreating
enemy, and cleared the city rampart in his front by a
sharp fire of musketry. At this moment a tremendous ex-
plosion took place in a battery below the hill, by which the
Chinese suffered severely, and a drummer of the marines re-
ceived so severe a wound that he soon after died. The column
escaladed at the south-eastern angle where the city wall is
about 20 feet high, the enemy flying before it, as it rapidly
pushed along the ramparts, and escaped through the western
gates. I cannot omit to mention here that Sir William Parker
accompanied this column, and with the true spirit of a British
sailor, was among the first to scale the walls. Thus, the forti-
fied city of Chinhae, with the several shore batteries, as well as
the enemy's works and fortified encampments on the right
bank of the river, all of which they had been for the last year
busily employed in strengthening at an immense expense, fell
into our possession. Of the principal Mandarins, some are re-
ported to have been killed, others to have destroyed themselves,
and the Chinese army dispersed, the fugitive soldiers throwing
away their arms and military clothing.
14. Captain Herbert speaks in high terms of the zealous and
spirited conduct of every individual under his command, and
particularly calls my attention to the able assistance he received
from Captain Bourchier of the Blonde, commanding the batta-
lion of seamen ; Major Ellis, commanding Royal Marines, and
Captain Whitcomb of that corps, an old and zealous officer ;
and Captain Cotten, of the Madras Engineers. I beg, there-
fore, to bring these officers to your Lordship's favourable notice.
15. The obstructions at the river's mouth having been re-
moved by the boats from the ships of war and the steamers, the
latter came in, and I passed over in the afternoon, leaving a
sufficient force on the right bank to collect the arms, protect
the brass, and destroy the iron guns.
16. I have not been able to ascertain the actual strength of
the Chinese army, but from the heavy masses collected at differ-
ent points upon the right bank, from the numbers I saw upon
the walls of Chinhae, as well as from the multiplicity of arms
found over the whole face of the hills and on the ramparts and
in the streets of the city, I am led to conclude that my infor-
mation before stated, as to the force on the left bank was cor-
rect, and that from eight to nine thousand men occupied the
works and position on the right, where the bodies of several
Mandarins were found amongst the killed, while others, sup-
posed to be Mandarins, were seen to drown themselves when
their retreat was intercepted.
17. We found Chinhae to be, I may almost say, one great
arsenal, with a cannon foundry and gun-carriage manufactory
in active operation on improved works, together with warlike
stores of various descriptions. In a battery upon the river one
of the caronadea of the Kite was found, with an excellent imi-
tation alongside it, and many of the new Chinese brass guns are
very efficient.
111. It having been determined to push on with the least pos-
sible delay to Ningpo, Sir William Parker proceeded on the
12th, in the Nemesis steamer, to ascertain the practicability of
the river, and actually reached, without the slightest attempt at
opposition, the bridge of boats, which connects the city with
the opposite suburb. Upon his returning in the evening, ar-
rangements were made for the attack on the following morning,
lest the enemy, by his apparent submission, should intend to
entrap us. Having left the 55th, with the exception of the
light company, 100 of the Royal Marines, with detachments of
artillery and sappers in Chinghae, the rest of the force, about
750 bayonets, exclusive of the artillery and sappers, in steamers,
by eight a.m., on the 13th, and we reached Ningpo at three
o'clock. No enemy appeared, and it was evident that no am-
buscade was intended, as the inhabitants densely thronged
the bridge of boats, and collected in clusters along both
banks. The troops landed on and near the bridge,
and advanced to the city gate, which we found barri-
caded, but the walls were soon escaalded, and the Chi-
nese assisted in removing the obstructions and open-
ing the gate. This little force of soldiers, seamen, and marines
drew up on the ramparts, the band of the 18th playing " God
save the Queen !" The second city of the province of Cie-
Keang, the walls of which are nearly five miles in circumfer-
ence, with a population of 300,000 souls, has thus fallen into
our hands. The people all appear desirous to throw them-
selves under British protection, saying publicly that their
Mandarins have deserted them, and their own soldiers are
unable to protect them. I have assembled some of the most
respectable and influential of the mercantile class that have re-
mained, and have as,ured them of my anxiety to afford them
all protection consistent with our instructions to press the
Chinese Government. Proclamations have been issued, call-
ing upon the people to oven their shops, which I have engaged
shall not be molested. Ilia they have done to some extent,
and confidence appears to be increasing. It affords me very
great gratification to he enabled to report to your Lordship that
the orderly conduct of the troops calls for my warmest com-
mendations, evincing the constant attention of the officers, and
the true British feeling which exists in this little force.
19. 1 have placed the troops in two large public buildings,
as comfortable quarters as I could find consistent with se-
curity. The duties to guard against any sudden attack, and
to protect the Chinese against gangs of robbers of their own
countrymen, are necessarily very severe. Cholera has ap-
peared, I regret to say, both in Chinghae and in this city ;
the former six of the marines have died ; here all the cases
have recovered, and I trust that, by the unremitting attention
and judicious arrangements of Dr. French, the superintending
surgeon, the progress of the disease has been arrested.
20. I have spoken of the forbearance of the troops to-
wards the inhabitants under temptations of no ordinary na-
ture, and it is with equal pride that I feel myself called
upon to bring to your Lordship's notice their excellent con-
duct in the field throughout the operations I have detailed.
Every officer sad soldier has merited my approbation. I
will, therefore, only further beg leave to name the com-
manding officers of' columns and corps : Captain Herbert,
R.N., commanding right column; Craigie, 55th,
commanding left column • Lieut.-Col. Morris, 49th, com-
manding centre column Captain Bourchier, R.N., command-
ing seamen battalion; Lieut.-Col. Adams, commanding 18th
Royal Irish ; Major Blyth, commanding 49th Regiment;
Major Faucet, commanding 55th; Major Ellis, commanding
Royal Marines; Captain Simpson, commanding Rifles 36th
M. N. I. ; Captain Knowles, commanding Royal Artillery
(senior officer of that arm), and Captain Anstruther, corn-
mending Madras Artillery. From Captain Pears, the com-
manding Engineer, I have received every assistance.
Lieutenant-Colonel Mountain, Deputy-Adjutant-General,
and Captain Gough, acting Deputy Quartermaster-General,
have continued their able and active services with unabated zeal.
This despatch, together with plans of Amoy, Chum], and
Chinghae, will be delivered by Lieut. Gabbith, of the Madras
Artillery, my Aid-de-camp, whom I beg to recommend to your
Lordship, and who will be able to afford any further information
you may require.—l have the honour to be, my Lord, your
Lordship's most obedient humble servant,
H. GOUGH, Lieut.-General,
Commanding Expeditionary Land Force.

REAR-ADMIRAL Slit WM. PARKER, K.C.R., &C.
H. C. Steamer Nemesis, Buffalo's Nose, Sept. 19, 1841.
SIR—I have the honour to inform you that the Honourable
Company's steamer Nemesis, under n.y command, was obliged
to part company with the fleet (being light, and consequentl3
very leewardly), and tide it up in-shore in smooth water. On
the morning of the 17th instant, being off Shei-poo, the wind
being strong against us, and the weather looking very threaten-
ing, and having only one day's fuel left, I deemed it necessary
to proceed to the nearest pert to procure wood. Having pro-
cured a fisherman to act as pilot, I entered the harbour of Shei-
poo, and just inside passed an island on which were two forts
but which allowed us to pass without .firing. I then had
hopes of getting wood without being obliged to proceed to
extremities. fhauled in to an anchor close off the town
(off which were anchored upwards of a hundred merchant
junks). As we neared the anchorage, a fort, situated at
the southern end of the town, opened fire on us, which
I immediately returned, my crew being at quarters. I
then anchored by the stern in a good position, within
pistol-shot of the fort. We soon silenced them, and I then
landed with my crew, the enemy retreating as we advanced.
After setting fire to their barracks and destroying four guns
(two of them brass, 9 feet 6 inches long and 4 inches bore) in
the fort, I returned on board, immediately despatched boats,
manned and armed, to search for wood, and succeeded in ob-
taining seven boat-loads (about 25 tons) sufficient to fill the
bunkers and holds. After completing our wood, I sent the
boats to destroy three large war junks, which they accom-
plished by setting fire to them, after having towed them to the
opposite side of the harbour, clear of the town and merchant
junks ; one of these junks mounted 14 guns, which, as well as
a quantity of match-locks, cutlasses, and gunpowder, we effec-
tually destroyed. A large body of troops having collected
to the southward of the town, I weighed and
steamed close in, and dispersed them with grape
and cannister ; I then proceeded to the upper end i
of the harbour, firing at the two forts on the island in
passing, and came to an anchor to allow the men to get their
dinner ; after which I weighed and proceeded to attack
the two forts on the island. When within good range, I opened '
fire with round shot and rockets ; the enemy not returning the
fire I anchored and landed with three boats manned and armed.
On entering the forts I found the enemy had deserted them.
Having destroyed in one fort five guns, and in other four
guns, I burnt the carriages and tents of the encamp-
ments, and returned on board, weighed, . and proceeded
out of the harbour. During the whole time we were
engaged, thousands of the inhabitants, and nearly all the
crews of the merchant junks, were unconcerned spectators to
the scene, quietly looking on, and appeared perfectly to un-
derstand that we were at war only with the Government,
even a fleet of merchant junks thus arrived during the day
passing close to us in beating up the harbour. I cannot speak
too highly of Mr. Auchmuty Pylden Freese (mate R.N. ) my
first officer, and the rest of my officers and crew. lam happy
to say that this was achieved without any casualty on our side,
although the loss on the side of the enemy must have been
very great.—l have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) W. H. HAIL, Commander,

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF AUCKLAND, e. C. 8., GOVER-
NOR-GENERAL, &C.
Wellesley, at the Anchorage of Just-in-the-Way,
Sept. 25, 1541.
My Lord—The accompanying copies of letters from Lieu-
tenant M'Cleverty, R. M., commanding the Honourable Com-
pany's steam-vessel Phlegethon, will detail to your Lordship
the treacherous conduct of some of the inhabitants of the town
of Ko-kew-se, or Ko-gi-sau, in decoying part of the crew of
the Lyre, English trading vessel, under the promises of selling
them stock and vegetables, into an ambuscade of Chinese
troops, by which one of the seamen was killed, and Mr.
Wainwright, the chief mate, after being desperately wounded,
fell into their hands ; another seaman was also wounded, but
escaped on board.
As this base proceeding occurred within a very short dis-
tance of the village where Mr. Stead, the late master of the
Pestonjee Botnanjee transport was murdered in March last,
Lieutenant' M'Cleverty promptly determined on landing and
attacking the Mandarin military post, and, supported by the
masters and crews of the merchant vessels Lyra and Anne,
after gallantly putting to night a very superior force, he caused
the barracks, as well as the small town adjoining the vil-
(lage, where Mr. Stead was assassinated, to be destroyed.
Intimation has been given of the motives which induced this
measure of retribution, and I y
sincerely hoe that it ma have the effect of checking similar acts of atrocity on the part of the
Chinese.
Lieutenant M'Cleverty, who is on all occasions most zealous
and active, speaks highly of the conduct of acting Lieutenant
Ryves, and all the party that accompanied him. The latter ,
officer has served long, with an excellent character, as mate in
her Majesty's service ; he is the orphan son of a most es-
timable naval officer, and I understand he was amongst the
foremost of the party from the Phlegethon who entered the
first battery which was taken possession of outside the barrier
wall in the late attack on Amoy.—l have the honour to be,
my Lord, your Lordship's most obedient servant,
W. PARKER, Rear-Admiral.