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natives repeat a thousand extravagances with re- gard to this novel instruinent of war, which, so far as we can make out, is a kind of shell that can be ignited, will not explode for a considerable time, and it is to be placed, when used, under the vessels of the Fan-kwui, somewhat on the principle, we suppose, of Fulton's invention. We note from the same Print, an Officer has been appointed to bee that the gunpowder is well made the sale saltpetre well selected and dried, disguised that increased attention in warlike affairs by the Chinese, and of the national mind indicates Government to break with us.. posed it can done with safety. we shall have to restore Chusa0

COMMERCIAL

ement

By late letter from CANTON we are informed The Hung Merchants have, it is made arrangements to pay off all the old debts of the Insolvent Hongs, which has been insisted on by the Mandarin, preparatory to the of the new System. Of the $1,580,000 required, it is believed that Houque will pay $1000, Poon-ke-gun, $130,000—Gow-gua and Sam yun, each 100,000-Maw-gu, Kingsqua, and Suo-que $50,000 each-Foo-tae and Fun-hoy qua, each $30,000 and Ming-qua, 920,0

Wholly uninformed as weiß

The nature of the duties to be adopted, and e in the dark as to when th business is quite paralysed, refrain altogether from ente till it shall please your vouchsafe a hint. Meant in interest of money an besides, this unlo dissappointment

panie by and byew they all be brought i

The Orius MAT

owing to large S among the native do not know what Tated by the extent

Patna has been que

$720 and the tenden

Malon has particip

the Bengal drug.

COTTON is selling daily

fine; prices of course very low, but

rally nothing hardly is doing."

Darcels

OPIUM. —The Red Rover has imported 13 che Paino, and 43 chests Bendres, and by her the result of the 4th sale has been received, vizua

Patna 1,160 chs. Highest 1,620 Lowest 4,465 Aver, 1,516 Benares 800*4* po 400 do 1,350 do 1,360

At the early part of the week

·dull-and-prices, nimust nominal parties baying reneived advi previons to the arrival were made to the extent a. 800 for

intained pa

little doubt

for sale the

chest.

$100 per picut

"EXCHANGES.

Market

Very

ZUNG GAZETTE.

Then as

ed alter og fired two or three times. usual commend the slaughter, and it was pitiable to see the English out of mere sport, kill the unarmed and flying Chinesa. They had only one or two men killed,

and from 16 to 20 wo from seven to eight hind A Boon us the En the higlie

neon

mer

epter

ford:

whilst the Chinese lost

all the Mandarins of interior, where they other Mandarins and oldiers on entering the

lowest class

Admiral at Amoy, and

ansammense quantity of marine.

know how many Wure, taken, but the number as

days after the taking of the Island of g-800, separated by an atm of the sea which he town, it was occupied by four or five hundred no formed, the garrison,, and, Aniny was aban- but some cannon and mortars kept the town in after this time, the English did not

The Island, which they occupy, is very well culti vated, and contains a bufficient number of houses to lodge comfortably the officers and soluters., The Chi nese, already, carry them provisions, for which they pay, but the communication ut both sides is very re- strained. It is to be hoped, however, Ihnt ere long, and when they seem opening for their produce, the Chi- nese will become less afraid: * p***

horrible pillage took place, of all the houses of the toil Bill upon the Island of Kalong-so, but the nglish say that this was done by the Chinese who had formed themselves into bands of dunderers.

The Coast blockade consisted of the Druid forty-two

manded

mith who had

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points on the coast for the Opium trade. The vessels that I found lying here were species of flonting in the lays close to one another. They are there warehouses, they quly trade slong the coast, or remain

supplied with Opium by the clippers, which bring it from Macao or Hong Kong. One of these vessels had bean anchored in months at Chimmo without once quitting it, The milors dare not land-pho sales are all made on board the vessels, and generally during the night. The Captain of this vessel com- plained of the stagnation of fairs, nevertheless, nit those who have capital embarked in this trade marke fortunes. On proceeding towards the North in every port are seen these merchant ships, who carefully con- ceal their knowledge of the beautiful and numerous ports which this coast contains,

L IN CHUA.

Chuusan of rather Ting-hae-heen, was taken on the little ta do not withstanding a long battery of 45 or 50 29th, or 39th of September; 1811, The fleet had

guns of large cafibre, some of iron and others of brass, which ranged seawards. The troops disembarked and attacked the Chideso on a height, who defended thein- selves valiantly if not skillfully. An English Ensign was killed and some soldiers wounded-when the Chi- nest seeing a detachment advancing to take them in the troops scaled the walls of the town which no one the rear threw down their arms and fled. Immediately

defended. In this attack, the hardest which the English have had with the Chinese, it is said that they

men, -3 killed, 3 that died of their wounds, and 20 to 25/wounded, the Chinese left from 400 to 500 then on the ground.

Abalidoned by the English scarcely a year sitice, they knew how to prepare immense works of defence. A foundery of caimon had produced from 20 to 30 pieces in brace" modelled from a fiue Eu- ropean gan obtained from a wreck. The carriages were also much improved, they had not onlyimproved, but they had greatly improved in all warlike con. bpalaspatrolled structions, still they wanted some one to direct them, show them an example, of bravery, but

great number of tevent ang sor-

they would

manner by this

expec

eded, which th

Cond

Chusa

the

had sworn to the emperor to arians took to fight at the very The poor Clrinese without for the lenemy, they fired their o or three times, and then turned English balls that showered upon

beautiful or of importance to wever difficult of

Chae hoch sUT- situated about a mile from the ers, and very unheathy as the the troops at the first occupa- The interior of the town.

Vi presenta but a Pagoda, within which were umber of very grotesque statues, covered -painting and gilding of which it is ble to conceive an idea. The English.

ly in the Pagodas or Chi diers destroyed everything

the

anost amazed the ning one of these into a Hugh Gough taking pos

the English shut Chinese was per- ion of this was, to to shew by pay- might open their my visit, a low rehants had re-, not be shid of all, ing very little com- ed-station.) “After

only used on war could winter,

bence the to fiattack

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