Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
List of governors of Penang
Table title:
Governors of Prince of Wales Island
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Appointed </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Name </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Ended </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Notes </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 5 December 1804 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Philip Dundas </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 8 April 1807 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Died in office </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 8 April 1807 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Henry Shepherd Pearson </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2 March 1808 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Acting </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2 March 1808 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Norman Macalister </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > March 1810 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 24 Mar.1810 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Charles Andrew Bruce </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > December 1810 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Died in office. </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > December 1810 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > William Edward Phillips </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1811 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Acting. </td></tr>
<tr> <td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1811 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Archibald Seton </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1812 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1811 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > William Petrie </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1812 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Acting while Seton in Java </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 29 January 1812 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > William Petrie </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 27 October 1816 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Died in office </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 27 October 1816 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > William Edward Phillips </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 18 March 1817 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Acting </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 18 March 1817 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > John Alexander Bannerman </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 8 August 1819 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Died in office </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1 March 1820 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > William Edward Phillips </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Aug. 1824. </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 4 February 1824 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > - </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 12 November 1829 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Governor of the Straits Settlements (1826–1830) </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
What were the circumstances of William Edward Phillips's first tenure as governor of Penang?
Answer:
On the death of Charles Andrew Bruce, Dec. 1810 till Archibald Seton arrived in 1811.