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penalties of the law would be inflicted on all who continued un- reformed.
31st. A new officer, to fill the new office of intendant (táutải), arrived in Macao.
February 1st. Yi, the new incumbent in the office of táutái, published an edict ordering all British subjects to leave Macao immediately.
4th. H. B. M. sloop Hyacinth, commander Warren, moved into the Inner Harbor of Macao. For the correspondence occasioned by this movement, see Chi. Rep., vol. VIII., p. 543.
6th. His excellency Tang Tingching left Canton, and was suc- ceeded in the gubernatorial office by Lin, late high imperial com- missioner.
A special envoy, captain Halcon, R. N. from the Spanish autho- rities of Manila, arrived in Macao, in order to demand from the Chinese the release of two Spanish prisoners, taken from the Bilbaino, and reparation for the loss of that vessel.
The foreign ships, Cambridge, Norden, Dansche Koenge, recently confiscated by the Chinese, with the intention of forming a new navy, were restored to their owners, and the project of transforming them into ships of war abandoned.
13th. The empress of China, at about one o'clock this morning, left the imperial court, and went "to ramble among the immortals." The emperor, by special edict, ordered all his children to mourn according to law, for the imperial consort.
March 6th. The authorities in Canton, by special proclamation, reopened their commerce with Macao, which sometime previously they closed, because certain of the Portuguese dared to harbor and give food to the rebellious English.
24th. An interview was held between the Spanish envoy, captain Halcon, and Yi the intendant, and other Chinese officers, in the pre- sence of the procurador of Macao.
H. B. M. ship Druid, 44 guns, captain lord John Churchill arrived off Macao. Salutes with the Portuguese were exchanged next morn- ing, and she then proceeded to Tungkú.
April 1st. The two persons belonging to the Bilbaino, who was seized when she was burned, having been released, arrived in Ma- cao. Vol. VIII., p. 647.
2d. The Ariel, captain Warden, which sailed from China, on the 30th of May last, returned with dispatches from the home go-
vernment.
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