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authorities had provided means for the conveyance of himself and suite to Macao.
At 7 o'clock p. m., his lordship and suite embarked in two boats provided by the Chinese government, and lieut. Reed and the ina- rines soon after left for Whampoa in another boat-thus opening the communication between the factories and the shipping, which had been closed for sixteen days. Can. Reg., Sep. 23d.
22d. The boats for Macao, having anchored at the fort in sight of Canton the preceding evening, proceeded slowly and tediously, under a convoy of eight armed boats. Vol. III,
Vol. III, p. 283. 25th. The boats having arrived at Hiangshan on the 23d, remain- ed there till this morning, to the great annoyance and serious injury of his lordship's health. Vol. III., p. 284.
26th. On the morning of this day his lordship and suite arrived at Macao, his illness having been exceedingly aggravated by the con- certed annoyances of the Chinese. Corresp. p. 39.
October 11th. Died at Macao, at 10 o'clock and 20 minutes r. M., the right honorable William-John lord Napier, &c., in the 48th year of his age.
Vol. III., pp. 272, 281.
15th. At 10 o'clock a. M., the funeral took place in Macao, and the remains of lord Napier were temporarily deposited in the Euglish burial-ground there.* Vol. III., p. 281.
16th. H. B. M. ship Andromache, captain Chads, sailed with dis- patches for India.
19th. The governor of Canton received from Peking replies to dispatches, announcing lord Napier's departure from Canton, and the withdrawal of the ships of war. Vol. III., pp. 336, 337, 340, &c.
On the same day the governor issued the following edict, addressed to the hong-merchants.
"Lú, governor of Kwangtung and Kwángsí, &c., to the hong-merchants, requiring their full acquaintance with the contents thereof.
In the trade of the English barbarians to Canton, the responsibility of tran- sacting all commercial affairs has hitherto rested on the said nation's taepan. This year the Company has been terminated and dispersed; and without any other appointment of & taepan having been made, a varbarian eye (lord Napier) came to Canton, saying that he came for the purpose of examining into the affairs of trade. I, the governor, commanded the merchants to inquire and investigate. The said barbarian eye did not obey the old regulations, but was throughout per- versely obstinate. Now the assistant Fú, magistrate at Macao, has reported that lord Napier has expired at Macao, in consequence of illness. For all affairs
• Note. A short biographical sketch of lord Napier's life was given in a funeral sermon preached at Canton before the foreign community, the next Sabbath after hus decease. See vol. II. p. 272