carried by boats' crews, and the advanced squadron anchored off Howqua's fort. Vol. X., pp. 179, 180.
3d. The prefect of Canton, after a good deal of hesitation, visited capt. Elliot under a flag of truce, and a suspension of hostilities ensued.
About this time a board of commissioners was appointed by the emperor, and dispatched to Canton. These were Yishán, Lungwan, Yang Fang, and Tsíshin.
6th. The armistice granted by H. M. plenipotentiary having ex- pired, Napier's fort, in immediate advance of Howqua's folly, was occupied by the British forces, and a proclamation issued to the Chinese of Canton, sparing the city on condition that the people would remain quiet.
10th. The plenipotentiary at Macao, issued a circular, declaring that the passports of the Chinese granted to other ships than the British could not be respected, the port of Canton from one extreme to the other being under her Britannic majesty's arms.
12th. Kishen, having been degraded and deprived of his insi and credentials of office, and recalled to Peking, lest Cant prisoner under guard.
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