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he noble mover withdrew his

Mr. FERRAND brought forward a case of
prisonment of a female at Keighley, in Yorkshire

d illegal

but, in consequence of a denial of the truth of statements
made by the honourable member, by Sir G. GREY, on
the authority of an affidavit, he took nothing by his mo-
tion, it being negatived without a division.
Mr. flumE moved for copies of a despatch and papers

relative to the case of the E
to some debate, and an intimation from M__
bringing the subject forward, in a different form, on

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FOREIGN (3•• COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE

ILAN!

CHINA

The overland mail from Calcutta has arrived by extra-
ordinary express ; its dates are—China 12. It brings in-
telligence that the repeated insults and annoyances to
which British subjects had been suljected by the Chinese,
and the refusal of the authorities to give any redress, had
at length compelled Sir John M. Davis to resort to hosti
liti(

kccordingly, his excellency, accompanied by Major
General D'Aquilar, left Hong Kong on the morning of
the 2d of April, at daylight, with an expedition composed
of her Majesty's steamer Vulture, the Company's steamer
Pluto, a chartered steamer the Corsair, and her Majesty's
brig La Espiegle, with 906 troops, Captain Macdougall
being senior naval officer in command. In the course of
36 hours, General D'Aquilar had captured all the forts in
the Bogue and Canton river, having destroyed the gate-

ways, blown up the magazines, and spiked -879 piejes of
I cannon. The general was about to assault the city of
Canton, when Keying waited upon the British plenipo-
tentiary, and agreed to the terms dictated by him, and
i in his excellency's dispatch, which we

hick will be fotiric
Lbjoin.

The expedition returned on the 9th, Navin_
sent one week and twelve hours. All has been quiet
ice at Canton, and a small force left at the factories, in

ase of any disturbances from the mob

On the 6th of April, Sir J. Davis issued the following

government notification

" His Excellency her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c.,
has the satifaction to announce, that at the last moment,

Canton authorities have-assented to his reasonaae de-
mands, and the impending ruin of this populous place has
been happily averted.
" The following are briefly the heads of the new agree-
ment :

" 1. At the fixed period of two years from this day, the
6th of April, the city of Canton shall be opened to British

•
subjects.
" 2. Her Majesty's subjects shall be at liberty to roam
for exercise or amusement in the neighbouring country
without molestation, returning the same day, as at Shan-
gai, and any person molesting them shall be severely
punished.

" 3. The aggressors on the two seamen, in Octoberlast,
and on Colonel Chesney and others, at Fushan, on the
12th March, shall be made examples of. The latter being
already apprehended, will be brought to Canton and
punished in the presence of persons deputed by her Ma-
jesty's plenipotentiary.
" 4. An adequate space on the Honan side of the river
shall be granted on lease to British merchants and others,
for the erection of dwellings and warehouses ; and his ex-
cellency will ascertain the site and extent before he quits
Canton.

" 5. A site for the erection of a church shall be granted
on lease in the neighbourhood of the space now occupied
by the foreign factories ; and spaces for burial-grounds
shall also be allotted to Whampoa.
" 6. The flying bridge and another building between the
two gardens shall be erected, as desired, and sheds shall
not be permitted against the walls.
" 7. For the better preservation of order, and for the
general convenience, the river front before the factories
shall be kept clear of boats.

" :By order,

"A. It. JOHNSTON

" British Consulate, Canton, April 6

The French also have not been Idle, for the Victorieuse
corvette, Captain Genouille, has arrived in the harbour
from Cochin China, having been at Thourane, with
Commodore La Pierre, iP bis most Christian Majesty's
frigate La Gloire, of 52 guns, to demand redress for im-
prisoning the French bishop (who had been sent to Singa-
pore by the Cochin-Chinese) and probably also to make a
treaty. They were received apparently in a friendly man-
ner, but information was given of some treachery, and of
their hostile intentions, which was confirmed by the
seizure of some papers, and great preparations in the
forts, and five large. Cochin-Chinese men-of-war being in
readiness, with a multitude of armed boats, which put the
Admiral La Pierre on his guard. Insult was soon tered,
se -c
.4•••*•43.4 • tha Pr.nnh rarnmnArirt,
self -detence, was compelled to attack them, and after
an hour and a-half's hard fighting, two men-of-war were
blown up, two abandoned and afterwards burnt, and the
Cochin-Chinese Admiral's vessel was taken and burnt
also. The forts fired all the time, but only a few shots
hit.

After this event, the French frigates withdrew; from
the multitude of troops on board the vessels and in the
forts great slaughter must have been committed. Only
two or three were killed, and some wounded in the French

frigates