The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-11-13 00:00:00

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Arrived.-9th instant, her Majesty's ship Alligator, 28,
Kuper, captain ; 16th, Hon. Company's armed steamer
Madagascar, Captain Dicey ; 21st, her Britannic Majesty's
ships Wellesley, 74 guns, Capt. T. Maitland, bearing the
broad pennant of Commodore Sir J. J. Gordon Bremer;
Cruiser, 16, Mr. H. W. Giffard commander ; Algerine, 10,
Mr. T. S. Mason commander ; and Rattlesnake troop-ship,
Mr. Brodie commander • lion. East India Company's
steamers, Queen, Captain Warden; Atalanta, Capt. Rogers,
and with the transports, Blundell, Trail ; David Malcolm,
Malcolm ; Defiance, Evatt ; Eagle ; Edixionstone, Macdou-
gal ; Ernaad, Hill ; Indian Oak, Rayne ; Isabella Robert-
son, Cole; John Adams. Eales ; Medusa, Purdie ; Mermaid,
SeSgwick ; Rahomany, Landers; Rustonijee Cowasjee, Gal-
lie; Stalkart, Dixon; Sulimany, Macfarlane; Victoria,
Potter; William Wilson, Hawkins, from Singapore, 22;
her Majesty's ship Conway, 28th, .D. Bethune, captain ;
Larne, 20, Captain J. P. Blake, with transports ; Elizabeth
Ainslie, Lyster ; Futtach Salem, Gillet; Mahomed Schah,
Ovenstone, from Singapore, 11th instant.
The above list of arrivals in the Chinese waters has refer-
ence 10 the most important event that has ever been our
fortdite to record in the pages of the Canton Register—the
presence of an armed British force in the Chinese empire,
to enforce reparation for injuries done to British subjects,
and the restitution of spoliated British property.
The first arrival of this armament was her Majesty's ship
Alligator, on the 28th, Captain Kuper, between 2 and 3
o'clock, a. m., on the 9th instant, in the Capsingmoon, at the
very moment that the Chinese officers had sent in about 18
fire-rafts, constructed of old outside fishing-boats and some
cargo boats, chained together two and two, and filled with
of afloat that this chief had combustible matter of all descriptions, to burn the British
- shipping. _ 5

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The fleet did not suffer any damage from these rafts, sef
adrift before the wind and tide, and they were speedily
towed on shore by the boats of the squadron.
Thus, at the very instant of his arrival, Captain Kuper
found his countrymen and the Chinese engaged in hostilities.

We may here repeat, that previous to this third attempt
to burn the Englishifleet, the Chinese government had sent a
boat-load of poisoned tea, packed in small parcels, to be sold
to the sailors : this nefarious attempt, it is reported, was
thus discovered. The boat was captured by. pirates, who sold
her cargo to their fellow-countrymen. Many deaths followed
the use of the poisoned tea, so many, indeed, that it is said
the attention of the district magistrates was drawn to the
circumstances. _ _ _

The Allegator brought the overland mail of the 4th of
March, and was followed by the Hon. East India Company's
armed steamer Madagascar, Captain Dicey, which vessels
arrived on the 16th inst. On the 15th and 20th her Ma-
jesty's ship Alligator and the Ilon. East India Company's
steamer Madagascar respectively anchored in the roads, and
saluted the city of Macao with 19 guns, which on both occa-
sions was immediately returned by the Franciscan Fort.
Her Majesty's ship of the line, Wellesley, bearing the
broad pennant of Commodore Sir James John Gordon
Bremer, Knight, C. 8., K.C.H., Commander-in-Chief on
the India station, arrived last Sunday, the 12th inst., with
her Majesty's ships Cruiser, Algerine, Rattlesnake (troop-
ship), the East India Company's armed steamers the Queen
and Atalanta, and 18 sail of transports in company, having
on board her Majesty's 49th, 26th (Cameronians), 18th
(Royal Irish), the Sepoy volunteers from Calcutta, and a de-
tachment of sappers and miners from Madras. We are happy
to report that the troops have arrived in the highest condition
of health and spirits, under the command of Col. Burrell.
On Monday evening two of the squadron, with some of
the transports, proceeded to the northward; and this morn-
ing her Britannic Majesty's ship Wellesley, with the rest of
the squadron, except those hereafter mentioned, stood to the
southward to join the transports said to be outside, after
which junction the whole squadron and transports will pro-
ceed to the northward. _ _ _

Her Majesty's ships Druid, Volage, Hyacinth, Larne, and
the Hon. Company's armed steamer Madagascar, remain to
enforce the blockade of the river and port of Canton by all
its entrances, which blockade is to be established under the
strictest form on Sunday next, the 28th instant.

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Two transports, with troops, are also left under the com-
mand of the senor officer, probably with a view of protect-
ing this settlement, or to ulterior operations in this province
on the arrival of Adml. Elliott.—Canton Register, June 25.