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Review of Public Occurrences
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portunity was not lost, of advancing I'lipú a little nearer to the rank and honors of which he had been deprived he was raised to the 4th rank, and appointed acting It.-general of Chápú.
June 2d. H. B. M. troop-ship Belleisle arrived at Hongkong from England, bringing 800 men of H. M.'s 98th regiment, and 120 women and children.
9th. A public examination of the scholars under the patronage of the Mortison Education Society was held in Macao, at the re- sidence of the Rev. S. R. Brown. p. 337.
13th. Sir Henry Pottinger sailed from Hongkong to join the expedition at the north.
The same day the British forces crossed the Bar, and entered the Yangtsz' kiáng.
16th. The British forces attacked and destroyed the defenses at Wúsung, along the banks of the Great river, where the river of Shanghái falls into it. The provincial commander-in-chief was
here killed.
17th. Some of the lighter vessels of the expedition proceeded up the river of Shanghái, and destroyed other defenses.
19th. The advanced squadron appeared before Shánghái, and having first silenced and occupied its batteries, took possession of
the town.
20th. A communication was again received from 'lípú.
22d. Admiral sir William Parker proceeded with two of the small iron steamers about 50 miles above Shanghái,
Sir Henry Pottinger, who left Hongkong on the 13th, joined their excellencies, the military and naval commanders-in-chief at Shanghai.
23d. The British troops withdrew from Shanghái, preparatory to an advance up the Yángtsz' kiáng.
25th. Sundry movements, of a revolutionary kind, occurred at Macao; but the general peace and quiet of the place were preserved. 26th. The French frigate Erigone arrived at Wúsung, in com- pany with English ships of war and transports.
27th. Several Chinese caine on board the Cornwallis, the admi- ral's flagship, off Wúsung bearing further communications of a paci- fic character from Kiying and I'lipú, but with evident intention of delaying the progress of the expedition
29th. A light squadron of steamers, & c., proceeded from Wúsung to survey, and mark out the course for the large ships to ascend the
Great river.