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Review of Public Occurrences. During the
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26th. A second storm occurred, adding many losses to those sustained on the previous day.
The ex-governors, Lin and Tang, about this time, were sentenced to banishment to I'lí. News also arrived from England, intimating the
purpose of removing captain Elliot from the office of plenipoten- tiary, both the Chinese and English governments thus choosing to manifest displeasure at the conduct of their high public officers.
August 10th. During the night, the E. I. Co.'s steam frigate Sesostris arrived in Macao Roads, bringing as passengers, colonel sir Henry Pottinger, H. B. M.'s sole plenipotentiary and minister extra- ordinary to the court of Peking; sir William Parker, rear-admiral and commander-in-chief of the Brtish naval forces in the East In- dies; also major Malcolm, Mr. assistant-surgeon Woosnam, Mr. Chimino, and lieut. Tennant.
11th. Their excellencies landed on the Praya Grande in Macao, under a salute from the battery; and soon after met sir Hugh Gough, and waited on the governor of Macao. The admiral then proceeded to Hongkong.
12th. Sir Henry Pottinger issued a proclamation, briefly setting forth the objects of his mission.
13th. The admiral, having returned on the preceding day, re- embarked with sir Hugh Gough for Hongkong, while major Mal- colm proceeded with dispatches for the Canton government.
20th. Sir Henry Pottinger embarked this evening in the steamer Queen, and proceeded the next morning to join the expedition at Hongkong.
21st. His excellency landed at Hongkong, inspected the public works, and visited the various officers of government there.
22d. Having repeated his visit on shore, sir Henry proceeded to join the squadron, then already under sail for the north.
24th. Captain Charles Elliot, late plenipotentiary, &c., &c., embarked with his lady and family, accompanied by sir J. J. Gordon Bremer, and Alexander Anderson, esq., in the steamer Atalanta, for Bombay.
26th. The British forces, this afternoon took possession of the de- fenses at Amoy. Vol. X., pp. 524, 621; vol. XI., p. 148.
27th. The town and citadel of Amoy were taken by the British, the Chinese having fled.
September. H. M. ship Royalist, in the early part of this month, destroyed all the fortifications on Wangtong, thus completing the entire destruction of all the defenses at the Bogue