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Journal of Occurrences.

island of Hongkong, on behalf of the chief superintendent: and all whom it may concern are hereby required to respect his authority accordingly.

By order,

J. ROBT. Morrison,

Acting Secretary and Treasurer to the Superintendents.

Macao, June 22d, 1841.

10. The death of captain sir Humphrey Le Fleming Senhouse, K. C. H., &c., &c., of H. B. M.'s ship Blenheim, and senior officer in command of the British naval forces on the coast of China, is an- nounced in the Gazette. "He participated in all the privations that the troops underwent on the heights above Canton, and has fallen a sacrifice to the zeal which marked his character." This mournful event occurred at Hongkong on the 13th instant. His remains were interred at Macao on the 17th, in style becoming his rank and station.

11. Sir J. J. Gordon Bremer arrived here on the 18th, in H. C. steamer Queen from Calcutta.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to appoint his excellency, sir JAMES JOHN GORDON BREMER, KNT., C. B., K. C. H., Commodore of the first class, commander-in-chief of Her Majesty's ships and vessels in the east, &c., &c., to be joint plenipotentiary. By order.

J. ROBT. MORRISON,

Macao, June 22, 1841.

Acting Secretary and Treasurer to the Superintendents.

12. A series of charges has been brought against Keshen, in a memorial to the emperor by the imperial commissioner Yukeën, It.- governor of Keängsoo. At ranslation of the memorial has ap peared in the Canton Register of the 22d. The crime of being thrown into consternation and using deceit is the first charge which Yukeën brings against Keshen; that of tarnishing the honor of his country, by being absent from the post of danger, and by being un- prepared to resist the enemy, is the second; an undue assumption of the emperor's power is the third; his base accommodation of matters to his country's disgrace is the fourth; having lowered the dignity of his country, and thereby provoked a bloody and mortal war is the fifth. Yukeën has issued to the people of Keängsoo a proclamation, offering rewards for Elliot, Bremer, Morrison, and others. Possibly he may have the satisfaction of seeing them near his own residence in the course of a few weeks. Among

Among the newsmongers, there is an inventory of Keshen's property. The amount of gold, silver, and precious stones is immense.

13. A second movement of the British forces to the northward is expected to be made in a few days. It is supposed they will first visit some places along the coast, and then upon one of the great rivers move into the heart of the country. We hope ways and means may be devised to gain direct access to the court. What forces are to be employed we do not yet know. It may be easy to take property and obtain ransom money, but a difficult task it will be to gain security for the future: this never can be done until the foreign rela- tions with this country are changed. It is rumored that the emperor has issued new orders for extermination, and proposes to cut off all foreign trade.