New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-23

keY and four OF them were Hnneo1esef Oop.e'
With but little resistance the part OF NE Celneee
the Guns al spiked aud the sssZlnes and nouses
,her.ip set On fire. and hea abandoned Dy me c,P-
tursrs By2l O'Clock p. N. the CoromAnoeI go' up
tas.ed all The red jackets over TO the anu
landed the Adm ral at Canton. About ior'y MARINES
non the Encounter were landed on the mfn OF le
I'D Everything then que. he Chlnese oiu
not seem 20 be az ell eIcied The oet'er cl4's "
weIs confident that the English could %! 20 70 .e
The Viceroy was busy all day N the ne'd' 'e'ie"-"s
At neon Of the Sd tie Berracouta AID tne sampson
keesn TO demo. IN the fJrts IN the pa. 80
vile the Cor andel landed ca marines 10 protect .ue
fsetofies Wien the reports OF the gus iroul 'Ho
SAMPSON and Bsrscous we're heard by me Cnlnese ~
tie inn edise vicinity Of the factories, the alarm auu
excitement became great. The forts a. Ne MSoo
10 .ssoe were all taken and the guns spiked as also
were three on The Sba mig and one on e liohah sue
that just before the factories. IbeIe were ho cau-
alties on either see. ,a tr..o ,Lo
Fact res the Ado trails flag WAS hyiog In the Coro,
mar del little further up; the Calcutta, was oOhgea
10 r,main q COED way below the second barrier ana
tbe Sybl.e was lying at WhampOa, with the Commo-
dore's flag flying. The Banscou,a was lying abreast
the Sba. ming fort TIE Sampson could not Tor time
ISs tie barrier in the Macao Passage:
On tie I'D detachment OF about lVo E&n M, iva vas
landed and piled arms at the bottom OF Old Cnns
,neet. The American marines from the Pottsmoutol
had The CUSTODY OF New China street and had sentne
uIaced on all the outside. Treasure was beng shlPpeu
Of fol Horg.Kong, but many people only eeh' Incls
ON hoard tee Canton r. and q. steamer which was -
Gn n he actories until danger was imminent before
moving Some Of Ia. missionary ladies lett On the "a
~ he Shark for Macao. AL the tiay5 OF the consuIs
British included wee ying on the sd, AZ II no hiog
had happened, boats crews going out, and me uual
promeI,adeIs doing their thousand steps Inc british
consulate was however beet on the night OF Inc "a
NV q LARGE body of Chinese, who begged the Consul
for pCbye The Consul referred them 10 the AdmliSi'
On The Nth of tober all save one OF the rver iof's
Mt and about CsIton fell into the HANDS OF our seanel
ard MARINES without loss One hundred and seventy
Guns ere spik d. AID some of the forts wee burned
while others were held by our msrines and dotach-
mtnt of the Roval Artillery sent up nom Hong hIne
uIder the comu and OF CAPTAIN Kouon, H. a. sne.t
time was now allowed 10 eapse TO give opportunity Tor
regotiaion hui no advances were odheialiy made on
the part Of the Chinese.
China street Contiguous 10 the factories, but were re-
rusod by our marines, with los OF two Killed ah1
A. yeral wcunctd. The Chinese had by tins tune ell
quilted tie houfes round the factories. AL uade vas
OF oourse stopped, AID the merchants were rapiuy
shipping their treasure books and valaaOles TO Hong
Kong. TIE CCmpanys chartered steamer oH u
Forbes took down in one Gay lace and me I anton
took TO Hong Korg on the %9h Is laos ana other Vau
ebcs The Chinese servants too; and cOnpradorer,
ali left the nercbaDs. The supplies OF provisions
ceased, and al had TO be sent from Heng Kong 10
Carton. e.
at her on her way from Canton to Macao. lmmedi-
atelv the United Seies igate Portsmouth was sent 10
destroy the font, nhch was IN the Lacao passage.
About III O'Clock on the eth OF October II became
generally known that soon dLeT UOOu V4'y
would commence from the Encounter and barracuda
Ibe hous etoIs IN tie English quarter were accordingly
pretty well crowded Al O'Clock precisely snip time
i 10 p by church ClOck-the Encounter ihfeW heI
first shot which went some 200 yards beyond the Va
Nun the palace OF the Government, 1t when II was
ain cd raising Tremendous dust among the Drlchs
and tiles Her second and Third shots, at intervals oil
five uinutcs were almost exactly IN the same place
although the sie nal red flag from station over one
OF the iacto1iea gave hen indication OF the aim be-
1g too high. At ll0p. III. the Bauacouta, wen up
the river, threw her fret at tue square ioIt ON tAe m
uoh Of lie city; but its effect could not Dc seen ron
the factories just abJn this time also the Encounter
got her range and shot three or four shells INTO the
Governors bOuse, at i've Minute intervals, VIII al
miIable precision The Barracuda fred at ten minute
intervals che OF Der shes the lost apparently burst
ing over enc Of the fonts gave out IRE baloon'ike
appearance which cOntlbuod for several minutes:
aeah.ke silence reiGDed throughout the WhOle Piace
The Chinese appeae 10 have settled down IN DEER
mined apathy. Al -: ?. III. tie ilag ON tho amuh
Was baul.d down; but the Encounter could not see
even the Aac.etsff her firing CONTINUED shell from
tie Barracuda al O'Clock vent plump INTO the WINE
fort. The Chinese camp was believed 10 be close IN
Tie ne I'll Dor Ocd OF tie Tartar Generals house TO-
ward which the firing was mainly directed.
An eye witIess of these events thus writes o! he
transactions of the 9TH
+" Thtre were the usual runOrs this morning a. 10
the hour at v hch fire would be opened and Groves OF
eager gszers covered the wGch'toEcrs at the diolen
houses Preparsii rs ccnmerced as early as ~ 1och
On board tho Encounter, snd We 'aS what seenel The
manning If he etarooaId bow gun, from which we
supposed it wa the intention to SHELL the camp IN the
IeshboIhood OF the Tartar Generals house The alter
M, ct starbyard gun was taken, ana run on o. 'ne
item port the object of which was evidently to are on
the Goyefnor-G Generals house. During this the Coro-
monde hch had been Up the Iver to the back OF he
CITY ing two boats sh the blue ensns, returned
slowly TO the neiehborhotd OF The BATracoua apd bn'
ccuntcr, boats sul in low. There seemed to be
eood deal OF work going on among the steamers,
but We shre people could not make out wha,
was bang done. 10 tnj II o'clock passed, ana
- ms d0tllE
me ct my kokouI aier seeing the Admiral
20 Of 10 the Encounter, | st0lied iato the garden
There were not many EDgish or Americans about, but
there were a good Number of Parsees and MooImen,
with other foreigners. waled there until they Arched
oil the relief guards OF marines to tie BRUSH acory,
Old China street and the small advanced post in New
China street. The Americas guard all the factories
west OF Old China street; ba: they are not actively
opposed 10 the Chinese 1t present. the advanced posis
touching The ChIoSe aIdcovGiOs then the Amerloaul
position ale held by the British MARINES ~ noon,
while talk NC 10 some Of the ulcers, who seemed to
know netting of Whist hour TIE bon baIdment was -
commence, the COrom6ndd scanned down Inc flSer'
As n. thing was 10 be ,een whcTt was walked OF TO
visit lhe British guard iii Old China street, which IS
the OF " orc opening to the lack St6ots, oT rather,
should say is the only one cpcl 10 the bsck streets.
TLue was net & single shop open in Old China street,
EXCEPT one CT two shops at the upper end occupied by
the soldiers ard in charge of one two ChI.esc. Ia
TIE s;rCtt 10 the west behind the 'CtQTics one
TO De seem that TO tie east lie. co )lies were mJy
ing things AftCr sopprg 70 talk Wiih.he Officer or halt
an hour left telling HIM expected his guard would
be the quetCst of any during tie cay and II turned
out. ON reaching my lookout In french Hong. |
found the Barracuda had steamed n behind the city,
could see her upper spans above he land |: was
theeYe evident her pest Vas 10 soeh the camp, and
as the bow gun 80 pouDdev. had been boosted out Of
the Encounter into bcS II Tls also apparent this
las vessel was to GlICct Lee attention o the GoTeI-
Tors house. Amer sOIe short tune OF anxious sus-
pcDse al l:lO a. H.. the roar Of the Eicolntc seru
Mas A.. IN q rCf a I'd