Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-10-29
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FOREIGN.
LATE AND uIGlliY IMPORTANT FROM CHINA.
ltack on Tie Ctty 0f CaGtOa Oy The c0hbsntd Brush
Forces
The ship Narraganseu New York, brings later
and important aews from China \ Postscript III Tie
New York American ol Saturday afternoon has the
following account Of II:
We despatched the steamboat Uaec, al an early hour
this morning, in search oil tic ship Naragauseii, and
have the pleasure Of laying before the readers OF the
"MAcAo, May -, 1e4l.
"Dsar Sir: You Will by the ncosed that hostlli.
ties have again commonwealth trade entirely stop
ped. All the foreigners have left Canton except the
English forces.
Several Of the factories have been partly demolisl
cd and nearly al entirely riumdered by the rabbe and
Chinese soldiers We have news from Canton up 10 the
morning Of the 2Gth, at which time The EngSh we're
still s;ormina The city. Tie land forces bad posses
SION Of the heights in Tie Of the city, while the
men .os.war had possession c the river IN front and To
thc westward.
Tie loss cflif Tic part Of the Chinese has been
tremendous There between ~ and % thousand
Tartar and Chinese troops inside The CITY, INTO Which
.hc war pouring inccssan vcits u Shells
aud rockets ord, - drisr them oft T. close en-
gaa@Gaeni with tie English so!derson the heights
The ENGLISH have sustained considerable loss. y
portion OF our establishment is here, On board siip
IL V hamroa and sir Deano clos. 10 the city, intend
ing to land the first opportunity order 10 look alter
the laetnry aud property ieil there.
/ ave have been fortunate enough 10 get on board
ship, aud tins place III safety every BOOK, paper and
account that possess, though evacuated the ic
tory il great haste, aud but lew hours before The Chr
ne commenced the attack
We are obliged close here in order to save the
mails
/ The New York American, ID edition OF Saturday
evening has further details oihis important occurrence,
the essential particulars of which embraced ~ The
following summary. iepared 10 our h'n'. -
U.r previous adrices up to the 21ih OF May and
informed o. The extensive preparations for hosti',es
the part Of the Chinese. On the 2l>t Capt. Elliot
/ issued circular recommending the British and all
other foreigners remaining III the factories 10 retire from
\ Canton before sunset.
Even m,tIou; tins notice, tie warlike preparations
made hy tho Chinese III every direction afpa.
rent, That had became too rapatle that th, Chinese
contemplated commencing hos,ilt,ies probably on that
very day; in many Of the pack houses and even on
,he roots, guns had been planted: every street lead.
nr II the rivers edge had become MASKED battery:
and pennons and Hays were nyng every one Of
liyin; soldiers every where, and IN tie
Hong merchants warehouses wins: teas were being
\ weighed.
In pursuance Of E!lo,- notice, al the foreigners
ei! before SIX ococ; OF the day, except two iae
rlcans, alr. Coolidge and Mr. MoIse; they escaped
subsequently, with difficulty. Four Americans
from The ship Morrison, fired upon in boat, and
captured by the Chinese; bot afterwards set al
liberty on the demand OF the American Vice Consul
One cf them, Mr.. Miller, was severely wounded
| that his life desparred ci; of the is like
wise missing, probably killed and all The Others more
less wounded, and suffering from the priyaIons they
endured
Soon after six H. VI s Modesto and A.rerine moved
from their anchorage the Macao passage, and an
ohorrd close 10 the town tie would permit.
DID this for the time 10 attract much attention.
Alta !itllr PAST ten however blaze, Of gh, III Inc dl-
rec.iuE OF Fa!ce was observed and found To
proceed from several FIRE RATS iunks floating down
fast with the tide upon the cutter and sciooner which
were in consider tle danger, the tide still ehhrr, and
weighing anchor would have brought them nearer to
The range If The guns from The c1npanys garden and
others which had by THIS lime opened upon them, ana
kept up smart fire. ~ which Tie cutter li twice,
and the schooner once.
The small vessels were therefore obliged 10 re-
man at anchor, exposed 10 the Ire from the battery at
ShaminG the cutter returnn. the FIRE CALAMITY, and
forcing hy her fire SIX large largo boats thu! bore do"n
on her IN the wake Of the hTcships, and probably filled
. with soldiers TO beard her sheer OIL when the steam
er Nemesis came down upon the freships and towed
them out Of harms way, opening at the same time Il
Tremendous fire from her thuiy Founders. II. NJ.
:. Modesto AigeTne and ylaGes, had meanwhile also
opened Their lire, aud brisk cann"nade cnsird, nam
tanned chiefly against the fort ri ShaminG. The
firing was kept up during part OF the night, and the
cutter and schooner last, by the ,dc turning
abled 10 out OF range oi The shot, the Macao
passage.
In The morning early Of the 23d, the work Of de-
sirecilon nj Sham,ng recommended by II. NJ. 3
Modesto, Pylades and AlIeTine and steamer Nemesis
the fort was, after heavy cannonadc, sencei and
destroyed, and very fine brass Guns found i'll IT,
Meanwhile number at junks were seen issuing
from creek opposite Fa-tee and the steamer Nemesis
went out 10 meet them; but they, Hing to have
any thing TO say In 50 formidable an antagonist,
treated again Ia The creek and the steamer again gave
her assistance al Shamlng, which no sooner being per-
ce,rcd BY The Jnnks than they out second time
Tins lime, however, the steamer not content
with merely driving them back, but followed them into
the creek; what passed there was from the position of
cur informant lid from his view, but loud ports and
immense volumes OF white and black smoke rising into
the air at short intervals, but plainly told that lie
work Of destruction was actively going there. In
less than three hours upwards of forty unks were
set fire and blown up
The ofhe steamer and her boats from this ex-
petition described very com,cal SIGHT The steam
Z! was covered oil over with flags and pendants cap
ured from the junks the boats crews all aroysd
IN handsome mandarin dresses and CAPS and the OF
one boat, order 70 be perfect N their costume,
had each man II them tail, S5iHic0, dangling
from under their caps, which hope spns from
living Chinese. who saved their lives by leaving their
tails behind TIE less If life IN this exploit Is said
not 10 have been great, the Chinese having had ample
time to save themselves hy ishi before the vessels
blew up We ars sorry to have 10 record one casually
| on board the steamer: her gallant Commander, Capt
Hall, was severely woundcd the hand BY the bursting
! Of rocket
! From this, the time occupied BY the English, IN
concentrating their forces the city, until the 24th,
at ! 7. NJ. The Hyacn;h Is, Modesto IS, Pyadss
Is, Nimrod Il, Columbus 10 Cruizer l6 and Algerne
~, having taken their position in front of the city and
suburbs opened their fires upon every offensive point
al first, but compelled to desert their guns
at L. NJ BODY Of soldiers about 400 were landed