The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-07 00:00:00

Phlegethon 4 ...Lieut. M`Cleverley, R.N.
Nemesis 2 ...Master W. H. Hall, R.N.
Queen 2 ...Acting Master 1111 Warden, R.N.
(Enclosure NQ. 6.)
An account of the Guns destroyed, Aug. 31, 1841.
No. of Guns and de- Le.ngth. Diameter.
scription of Battery. ft. in. ths. in. ths. Remarks.
No. 1. Cannette 1 8 0 4 9 European.
2 9 0 5 3 do.
3 9 0 5 3 do.
4 8 0 4 6 do.
583 5 0
No. 2. Earthen 6 7 10 4 6
7 3 0 10 2 Dismounted.
No. 3. Stone 8 3 0 10 2 do.
9 3 1 10 2 do.
10 3 1 10 2 do.
No. 4, Wooden 11 3 0 4 3 do.
12 3 0 10 1 do.
13 3 0 10 0 do.
14 3 0 10 0 do.
15 3 0 10 1 do.
16 7 0 4 1
17 6 0 4 1
18 7 10 5 0
19 7 10 4 5
20 3 0 10 q
21 3 0 10 1
22 2 9 5 4
23 3 0 10 0
24 3 0 10 0
25 3 0 10 0
26 '2 6 7 1
27 3 0 10 1
28 2 9 6 1
29 7 10 5 0
30 10 0 5 5
31 10 0 5 6
No. 5. Connelle
33 8 6 4 6
34 8 0 4 6
35 3 10 10 0 Uncovered.
No. 6, Earthen 36 3 0 10 0
37 3 0 10 0
38 7 10 4 8 European.
39 8 0 5 1 do.
40 8 0 5 0 do.
41 9 0 5 5 do.
42 9 0 5 4 do.
43 3 0 10 1 Uncovered.
44 3 0 10 6 do.
45 6 0 3 6
46 8 0 4 7 European.
47 6 5 4 0 Muzzle bkn.
48 6 0 4 3 European.
49 6 0 3 6
30 5 10 3 8
51 5 6 3 6
52 4 5 3 9 European.
.53 4 5 3 9 do.
54 6 0 4 0
55 6 0 4 0
56 6 0 3 4
57 5 10 3 3
58 5 6 3 5
59 6 0 3 6
No. 8, Circular F00t...60 6 3 3 5
61 5 10 3 2
62 5 10 3 3
No. 9, Connelle 63 6 8 4 0
64 6 8 4 0
65 6 8 4 0
66 6 8 4 1
67 6 8 4 0
68 6 0 3 9
69 6 10 4 0
70 7 0 4 0
71 7 0 4 0
72 6 10 4 0
73 6 0 3 9
No. 10 Earthen 74 4 11 3 2
75 6 1 4 2 European
76 6 0 4 3 do.
77 6 0 4 0
(Signed) J. V. FLETCHER, Commander.
Her Majesty's ship Wellesley, Aug. 31, 1841.
Outer Island.—West Fort, and a small round fort, no
guns • South West Fort, seven ; South South West
Fort, • South Fort, five ; East Fort, Four.
Inner Island.—South Fort, eight ; West Fort, six ;
East Fort, twelve ; all quite new, but no guns.
(True copies)
(Signed) H. T. MADDOCK.
Secretary to the Government of India.

CAPTURE OF AMOY.
(From the Bombay Times.)
The Blonde and Modeste, in passing rather near a bat-
tery on one of the islands at the mouth of the harbour,
was most courteously saluted by three shots, all of which,
however, fell short, and only went to prove the kind in-
tentions of the inhabitants towards us. The Phlegethon
then reconnoitered these batteries and a small bay near
them, and was likewise honoured with a brace of shot as
a warning not to approach too near ; she fired one in
return, and then anchored with the remainder of the fleet.

At sunrise the following morning a Chinaman went
off inn small boat with a flag of truce to the Wellesley,
to inquire, we heard, if we came with the intention of
trading, and to ascertain what our particular wants in that
department might be, &c. &c. He was, I presume, de-
spatched with a " Juwab," or, at any rate, a notification
to his masters, that tea and sugar were not the articles
we at present most needed in exchange for our hardware.
Early on the same morning Sir IL Pottinger accom-
panied Sir William Parker and Sir Hugh Gough in
the Phlegethon, and steamed round the harbour for the
purpose of reconnoitering the enemy's works : but
though they went within shot they did not fire upon
them—allowing them quietly to return to the fleet.
The plan of attack seems to have been soon arranged,
for at about one o'clock the Sesostris and Queen steamed
up to the long battery, consisting of 76 guns on the
right of the harbour. These allowed them to come
very near before firing upon them. At a quarter-past
one the first shot was fired at the Sesostris, and was
followed by eleven others before she returned tile com-
pliment. She then, however, commenced ; and keeping
up a good fire from three of her guns, passed along the
whole length of the battery (more than half a mile) till
she came opposite the white semicircular battery, be-
hind which the suburbs of the town on this side of
the hill commence ; here she remained all alone
for more than half an hour, firing shot and shell at
the battery and into the town in right good style,
when she was relieved by the Wellesley and Blenheim,
coming up and anchoring so near as to render her
further presence unnecessary. She then passed on
to the batteries on the island (Koo-lang-soo), and
added her guns to those of the Blonde, Modeste, and
Druid, who had taken up their position there. Here she
remained until the close of the whole affair, dividing her
favours between the batteries on that island and an-
other strong one in front of part of the suburbs of the
city which was also within her range. When the Queen
bad done as much mischief as she thought proper to
the battery at the end of the wall—or rather as soon as
she had finished protecting the landing of the troops at
that point, she joined the Blonde, Druid, Modesto, and
Sesostris in their attacks upon the island and town.
This noisy amusement lasted for about two hours or
more, and might have gone on the the end of the world
for all the harm that either party were doing each
other ; the Chinese being on the one hand so well pro-
tected by their stone walls, and we on the other running
but little risk, and as yet having received no injury from
their bad gunnery. The landing of the gallant General
(Sir 11. Gough) at the head of his Royal Irish about
this time, however, made a great change in the scene
at the end of the battery farthest from the city ; the
troops being towed in their boats close to the shore,
landed and formed on the beach, and in a few minutes
the British banner was flying on the Chinese fortifica-
tions. All that our astounded enemies dared do was to
fire, in their flight, a few arrows and shots from their
matchlocks, and then make the best of their way over
the hill to the walled city, or indeed even farther than
that.

Almost at the same time that the General landed,
another party, consisting of the 26th Regiment, marines
itnd sailors, attacked and carried the batteries on the
island (Koo-Lang-soo), consisting altogethe- of twenty
gun , twelve in one and eight in another ; here a little
greater show of resistance was made, the Chinamen
taking more time to discharge their matchlocks than
they did in the long battery, thereby giving our men a
better opportunity of making their muskets tell. Soon
after a party of marines and sailors from the Wellesley
landed at the White Fott and took it—thus occupying
both ends of the king battery. The hill was soon
mounted by the jo:ily tars, who, fearless of all danger,
straggled abut?: like so many sheep, sniping sway at
every long-'.0.11 they could catch sight of. Before
dusk we sad the satisfaction of seeing the heights
over ttie city occupied by our men, and guards
place tt the several batteries we had taken. And thus
ended the 26th of August, having in less than four hours
possessed ourselves of (according to the Chinese)
the impregnable fortifications of Amoy, without (from
the enemy's guns) any loss of life on our side ; the only
casualties being the loss of an arm to a man in the Ben-
tinck, Mr. Crofton in the Wellesley, and a few others,
slightly wounded with arrows. The next morning Sir
Hugh Gough, at the head of the troops, march triumph-
antly into the city, meeting with no opposition, for, alas!
the mandarins, big-wigs, and soldiers had all fled, leaving
us the city occupied by a few harmless Coolies.
On the 29th the Nemesis went with a party of boats to
destroy the batteries on theleft handside of the harbour;
of course they met with no opposition, the soldiers having
long ago vacated them. They destroyed the guns. The
number of the guns we have destroyed amounts on the
whole to about 400—in the long battery 76; on Koo-lang-
soo Island 40 ; in batteries in and about the city 110 ;
on batteries on the left-hand bill 40; other small batteries
scattered about 30.

Eighteen war-junks have been taken and their guns
spiked, amounting on the whole to 118 guns; but none of
any size, with the exception of one, which is a great
specimen of the march of naval architecture among the
long-tails ; she is a two decker, of about 400 tons,
pierced for 32, but only carrying 30 guns, most of them
about 18-pounders, bu t having eight. 3- pounders, mounted,
four on each side. In the creek which runs up at the
back of the long battery, are twelve gun-boats, each car-
rying one rusty gun, some six, some twelve, and some
24-pounders ; all so rusty as most probably to have burst
at the first firing. In this creek is also a considerable
quantity of tine timber, and several large junks—some
quite new, others nearly completed.
September Ist.—Permission has been given to the Chi-
nese to take away the grain, under the impression that
if we do not give it them they will take it themselves.
Since the commencement of this (i. e. on the 30th of
Augtv,t) the guard has been withdrawn, and now the
pillaging is going on to an immense extent; indeed it may
be fairly calculated that, before the lapse of another day,
the whole town will be entirely gutted, if not totally
destroyed, by fire. We can see the Chinese, like a hill
of ants, loading their boats and sailing off to the neigh-
bouring coast.

The guard was withdrawn on the evening of the 30th,
when it was determined to keep the island called Koo-
lang-soo or Collun,•sou, which lies about 1,200 yards
from the City, within range of our shells. The war-
junks are removed for the present to the island. The
Druid frigate and Pylades sloop of war are to be left be-
hind to hold our own, with full orders to shell the town
on the first attempt to rebuild any of the batteries, or
other demonstration of hostilities ; 500 men taken from
the 18th and 26th Regiments, and a few Artillery, re-
main on the island, where there are good quarters for
them, with excellent water and whole acres of sweet
potatoes and other vegetables just now ripe—with all
this of course they do not like being left behind. We
hope to leave for Ningpo and Chusan to-morrow (2d) ;
take and occupy those places, and winter at Chusan ;
thus we shall conclude the season, as it is quite impossible
to go farther north this year.
Now for the exact correctness of all this, especially
where numbers are concerned, I cannot exactly vouch,
but I know it is very near ; and I believe, if anything,
in evtiry instance rather under than above the mark.
will just give you the surmises of the population of the
place, the number of the army, and of the killed and
wounded, all of which are by the most knowing but
mere surmises, for nothing certain can be known. The
population of the city and suburbs is stated at between
60,000 and 70,000 (quite that I should think) ; the
whole army at about 10,000 or above, 6,000 of which are
said to have occupied the long battery on the right, the
rest distributed among the other works. In all I should
not think there have been killed above 100, or at most
130 ; and in the batteries, by cannon shot or shell, not
on the whole a dozen. The greater number of the sol-
diers that were killed fell from the musketry ; the list
of 150, if filled up, must, however, consist chiefly of those
who were not engaged in the battle, being killed by shot
and shell sent into the town. _

When the troops landed the Mandarin second in com-
mand rushed before them into the sea, and drowned him-
self, rather than fall by our hands ; another Mandarin
was seen to cut his throat, and fell before our men.

The Viceroy of the Province was here, and viewed
all the affair from the hill. I hope he was pleased ; un-
fortunately both he and all the Mandarins escaped to the
main land.

I must mention one circumstance, so highly creditable
to the 18th and other troops : every drop of sham-shu
they found they immediately brought to their officers to
destroy, not one man was intoxicated with it, I under-
stand I Poor fellows ! they bought their experience
rather dearly at Chusan last year ; still it is wonderful
to see a soldier profit even by experience.
I mast here give you some short account of this long-
talked-of place, and really by no means undeservedly
so. Even with my explanation lam sure you will find it
difficult to understand my shocking bad map on the
other side, which is meant to represent the bare outline
of a sort of bird's-eye view of the city, harbour of Amoy,
and adjacent country. To commence with the harbour.
From "islands at entrance of harbour" to Koo-lang-soo
Island is, I should think, about four miles, good anchor-
age all the way up for line-of-battle ships to about 400
or 500 yards from the shore. On all the " islands at
entrance" are placed batteries, which aro the ones that
fired upon us when we came in. The first battery on
the right is one that has not yet beeu touched, basing
passed it by till we came to " the long battery," which
in the straight line contains 76 guns, 40 feet between
each, making it more than half a mile long ; this bat-
tery is built of solid granite work, being about fifteen
feet thick at the bottom and nine at the top, and about
fifteen feet high. Excepting at the embrasures for the
guns it is entirely faced with a coating of mud quite
two feet thick ; above the embrasures is also a coating
of the same. The masonry is beautiful and quite solid,
none of your grouting, and all who have seen it declare
they have never seen anything so strong or well built ;
indeed the proof is that, after four hours hard firing
not one single breach was made in it by our guns,
though placed at point-blank range. On each side of
their guns several sand bags are placed, so as to protect
them when loading and firing ; so, in fact, we might
have battered away till doomsday without injuring them.
At the end farthest from the town is built a strong gra-
nite wall, about half a mile long, with loopholes at the
top for their matchlocks, but no guns. It is about ten or
fifteen feet high, and was of course intended to protect
their flank from our troops.
Two semi-circular batteries are in the middle of the
wall, and at the end nearest the town one larger one,
which is built of granite, covered with chunam. It is
supposed that several of the Mandarins occupied it, and
certainly they did great credit to their buttons, for they
continued firing to the very last, when some of their
guns were dismounted, the walls nearly quite knocked
down, and long after our troops had landed and hoisted
the ensign at the other end of the wall.
The " high hill" runs along the coast and comes
abruptly down behind the long battery, and divides the
town, or rather its suburbs, into two parts ; the walled
city, which certainly is not more than a sixth of the
whole, is on the other side of the hill.
The island " Koo-lang-soo" or " Collun-sou" is about
three quarters of a mile long ; like everything else here
composed underneath entirely of granite, but now nearly
covered with fields containing sweet potatoes, water me-
lons, &c. The island of Amoy itself is but little culti-
vated, being chiefly nothing but barren granite rocks ;
however, we understand that in ordinary times there are
plenty of supplies sent from the neighbouring land.
The small island which we call Pagoda Island has
nothing about it further than a lofty pagoda on its sum-
mit worthy of notice, except that with Koo-lang-soo it
marks the entrance to the river, on which about eight
miles from here is situated the city of Chin-cow-foo, of
which Amoy is a dependency.
The Phlegethon went up the river to look at this city,
with some view, I suppose of taking it ; the water is
very shallow, so much so that a frigate could not approach
within three or four miles.

INTERESTING FACTS AND OCCURRENCES.—Number of
bayonets landed on the first day, in all not exceeding
2,000. On the night of the 26th, that of the fight, as the
Nemesis was towing some boats carrying the 55th Regi-
ment, in passing round the Sesostris, the last boat con-
taining eighteen men, ran foul, and was swamped ; three
men were drowned. On the 27th, in accidentally dis-
charging some gunpowder and rockets belonging to the
Chinese, four men got a good deal burnt, but no life
lost. September 4.—The wind is fair ; the troops are
embarking, and we sail to-morrow for Chusan. Last
night nearly all the Government junks and gunboats,
and a quantity of timber, were burnt. "Pour quoi, je
ne se pas."
Some of the 18th, who led in the battery, were
wounded, but none dangerously. Some of the 49th
were blown up by the explosion of a magazine, and five
of the 55th were drowned by the upsetting of a boat in
tow of the Nemesis. Most of the ships were hit, but
only one man (in the Bentinck) received a severe wound;
he lost his arm. On the morning of the 27th the troops
who had bivouacked on the heights above the city the
night before, advanced to the city wall, and at once es-
caladed it, meeting with little opposition ; but all the
authorities had left the city, taking the treasure with
them. Tho Viceroy was ascertained to have been in the
city on the day of the fight, but had bolted, and the
sycee was ascertained to have been carried off in hollow
limbs of trees, whilst the troops were actually in posses-
sion of the town, ignorant of the valuable nature of the
billets of firewood. The city itself is not large, the
circuit of the wall being but little more than a mile.
Yet the suburbs, which are very extensive, make it
a populous place. A miserable system of plunder has
been going on since we took the town, both within
and without the walls; gangs of fellows breaking open
the houses and ill-using the inhabitants, so that at night
the city is a scene of tumult and rapine. No Mandarins
have appeared to make terms for the city, and at one
time, iu consequence, it was the intention of the Plenipo-
tentiary to destroy it; but they have altered their inten-
tions, and made up their minds to hold the place until we
return ifrom the northward. Accordingly, the Druid,
Pylades, and Algerine remain behind, as also 400 of the
18th Regiment, and about 150 of the 26th, with a few
Madras Artillery.
NINE, P.M., SEPT. 3.—The Arsenal is now burning a
grand blaze, and the whole of the war junks have been
towed away. from the merchant junks, and are to be
burned to-night or to-morrow morning. The Chinese
Admiral is at sea with his squadron, and they say will
return here immediately and 'destroy us all! Ay, all! 4th,
Seven, P.M.—The winds have drawn more in the east-
, ward (southerly), and the signal was made at one r
for all the troops ,in the city to embark. They are now:
on board the steamers, being distributed among their re-
spective ships, and the poor town is in the bands of the
ladrons, who have been waiting for the troops to move
out to have their share of the plunder. We leave this to-
morrow morning for Chinhae. It has been blowing very
fresh outside.

REPORT OF THE FOKIEN MANDARINS RE
SPECTING THE CAPTURE AND RE-CAP-
TURE OF AMOY.

The English barbarians on the 7th moon and 9th day
(25th August, 1540) proceeded to attack Hess men
(Amoy) and on the 10th they ascended the hills from the
river Shea keang, and seized the fortifications of the city.
Their Excellencies You the Governor, and Lew the
Taou tae withdrew into Fung an, and on the 16th sum-
moned forward Tseun chow troops 4,000, from Chang
chow 2,000, villages braves 6,000, and from the various
villages of Chang chow 4,000 brave militia. There were
military lieu graduates and military Lew graduates,
who become the patriotic leaders of the people. From
Kin mun there were also 1,200 troops and 4,000 brave
seamen from Y oang, and while seven thousand out-
laws of ilea mun banded themselves together for
opposition, the troops and the militia of Chang
chow and Kin mun proceeded without delay, having
combustibles and arms, in small boats, each of
which had seventy or eighty oars, and carrying powder,
sulphur, muskets, and shields. From the road of Pih
shih tow and Koo lang yu they made their entrance.
When the Admiral heard this, he took more than ten
war ships, with which he had been searching for pirates,
and straightway entered Taetan, and from the Tsing-le
gate he advanced to the attack. Ilis Excellency Yu-poo-
wun. commander of the land forces, leading his troops,
and forming a junction with the Governor, crossed over
the Woottung lake and fixed his quarters at Kin-ke.
The commander of the Yungan encampments receiving
the summons of the Governor, led in person the troops
and militia over Woo-tong to Kaou-ke, and directly en-
tered the mouth of the river, and both divisions forming
a junction, advanced. The sea and land forces from
every quarter assembled together. Oa the night of the
17th, and during the first watch, the Governor fired off
his line of signal guns, and taking his flag on horseback
with him, he in person directed the ranks to snake an im-
mediate attack upon the barbarians. On the night the
north-east wind blew exceedingly strong, and there was
a vast abundance of small rain. On a sudden in front of
the ranks a company of troops was perceived, which was
headed by a single individual, whose head was adorned
with a blue button, and his hand grasped a long lance.
This was understood to be the soul of the venerable
Chang-yen, who came to fight at the head of the ranks. On
that night, the barbarians were sound asleep, but sud-
denly hearing of the gathering together of our land and