Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-09-01

pIaHYL IMpORTANTf Rom CHINA.
rus DETAILS OF rus NEWS THAT niD NOT REAc
rScLANpiN TINE FOR the BRITANNIA.
The barque O OF wyke, Capt Meaeon, reaehe
his por, late last night from Canton, which plae
,he i,ft on the 9Th OF Aprii, and remained In sh
Ch,nese waters fsw days Afterwards. ,-...s.
From the Canton Press OF April 4,h.
FURTHER PARTiCULARSoF The FIGHT
AT NINGP0.
~. had last week the pleasure Of publishing 81
Henry Poltingers ei,erI.r giving an accoan. ., m
Chine .. By the M sore. transport. since arnvst
~e have had accounts OF new deeds OF arms, and
several Of our friends have kindly allowed US toe
persu,l OF their letters; We shall now lay before our
readers brief account oil the occurrences OF .ns
I5th and subsequent days. IL appears that alter tue
unsucccssGu attack on Nngpo, the Chinese attempt
ed To annov the British garrison, by oosrucnnc Inc
tuprly Of PROVISIONS. nnd inteIiIg ence having a.
same time been received thsta body oil ) or 1oVe
men were eneamped at the town oil Isee see' a1oI
M miles to the westward OF Ninspo, Sir Hugh
Couch determined to attack them. force con
ss,ing of attachments OF the lSih, zo'h anu AN
regiments, and naval brigade, IN an aoou' iloo
strong was taken on board and IN 10" OF .ne we
mcsis and PhIesethon steamers, On ,he c .S;n ~
March. and on arriving near Tsce'kee the Ch'nesc
,xer. ,een postcd ia tolcrablo strong position I'M
,nedi.,ely TO the west OF TIE town, the walls o
which were scaled at once without meeting with
any resistance. When, however, tue otipsu troops
went out TO attack the encampments, the Chinese
fought well, keeping up for some time hre nom
gingal, and machlocks.
Tne marines and sailors were directed to attack
them on the hill which formed the right oil their po-
sition while the 49.h took the centre, and the 18Th
and 26h the left Of their camp. Here IL seems, The
much shorter distance land no doubt Impotence to
engaged which the MARINES and i9th had to traverse,
brought on the fight rather prematurely they get
ting into action much sooner than the 18Th and 26h,
who had long distance to go over steep mus; the
18th were unaole TO get at the Chinese TILL they had
besun 10 run, and then they tumbled lew over
According to all accounts, the Chinese have shewn
more courage on this than any other previous occa'
SION and their loss well as numbers are very va.
riously estimated in different letters we have seem
the former at from four 10 nine hundred killed. the
latter at from Ii 10 Is 900, although most OF the
letters mention the enemy TO have been aOout GOO
strong. On the side OF the British the loss of the
nava! brigade was killed and IA wounded, includ
ing a marine officer, MIR Hambly; Of the 49;h, there
were or s wounded, among them Capt Reynolds
slightly, and Lieut.. Montgomerie and Lane severe
ly: the latter was severely hurt in the arm that
II was Obliged 10 be taken of in the held. On that
night the British troops slept in the neshoorhood
of Tseekee, and on the following morning burnt
the camp aud several mandarin and government
houses in the city and suburbs. Intelligence Of
another camp existing at about five miles distance,
the troops were marched there, but found utterly
deserted.
Ninspo and Chnhae from this successful expedition.
IL seems that the flying Chinese have been rallied
by some mandarins aud reinforced by new troops,
and that they again gathering near large city
Of the name OF SQUEEZING 10 the north OF Y uyaou,
and that Sir Hugh Cough intended TO route them
thence within lew days after the date OF our in
telligence. Rumors were also rife OF an intended
attack OF N,ngpo, by very large force, say 10000
men, on about the 25h, so thatour gallant men will
have enough on their hands Tor some ume to come.
- y .nNnUa Ftrr
medialely to move on Hang chow foo, the capital
oflhe province Of Chekeang; TO execute which move
mont the position of Nungpo will no doubt have
TO be abandoned. The Sesostrls steamer had btef
dispatched TO Annoy TO bring up 800 men of the
Royal Irish. Mos, oil the letters have seen agree
m representing our loss at Tseekee at three kile
GG1 forty wounded, and that OF the Chinese uncer
tain, as above stated.
Their excelencies the naval and military com
manders-ir-chiei had gone back to Ningpo, and pro
posed TO follow up the repuses the enemy had ex-
perienced 10y active measures.
/, affords her majesty's plenpo,entiary the hghes
satisfaction to close the circular by stating that II
these attempts OF the enemy, her majesty's combin
ed force had not lost man.
The latest intelligence from the head quarters oil
the Chinese army south OF the H.ngchow river
speak Of the troops being in almost state Of insu
borlinaton, and in want OF supplies, &c.
The emperor had ordered, that the province
which are the seat oil the war should bear the ex
penses vi ", anu hs lhc liihauianls sseH iesV'e'
90 make no further sacrifices, there appears ever
probability OF the army dissolving ITSELF AMI be
coming totally disorganized. God save the Queer
HENRY POTTlNGER.
Her Majesty's Plenipolentary.
Dated at Maeoa on the LIST day Of April, 1912.
CIRCULAR TIE COMMANDER OF TIE AMERICAN ssuAI
RON ~ TnE CHISA WATERS.
To the Editor Of the Canton Press
Sal have to request that you will publish f
the information Of whom it may concern, the al
companying copy Of a letter from Commodore
Kearney. Your obejent servant,
w. DELANO, in.
Vice Consul Of the United States OF America
Macao. Is: April, 1912.