Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1842 edition. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX. NOTIFICATION. Secret Department: Fort William, 7th Oct . 1840. The Right Hon. the Governor General of India in council is pleased to direct, that extracts from a despatch from Major-Gen. G. Burrell, commanding the military force in the China seas, be published for general information, announcing the occupation of the island of Chusan, on the east coast of China, by a portion of the force under his command. By order of the Right Hon. the Governor General of India in council. H. Torhens, Officiating Secretary to the Government of India. To his Excellency the Right Hon. Earl Auckland, G.C.B., Governor General of India, tfc. fyc. cjre. Brigade Head Quartera: City of Tinghae-heen, July 18th, 184a Mr Lord, --I have the honour to acquaint your lordship, that on the 4th inst., H. M.'s ships " Wellesley," ' Conway," and "Alligator," (to the former of which I had transferred brigade head quarters, in compliance with the wishes of SirGordon Bremer, ) with the troop ship, " Rattlesnake," and two transports, arrived in the anchorage of Chusan harbour; the ships of war taking up a position in front of a hill, upon which there was a large temple, or joss house. In the evening, a summons was sent to the admiral, who was also governor of the Chusan group of islands, calling upon him to surrender the island, and soliciting him to do so, that blood wight not be shed in useless opposition. The officers bearing the summons, returned with the Chinese admiral to the "Wellesley," accompanied by two mandarins, and although they acknowledged their incapacity to resist, they attempted, by evasion and requests, to obtain time, and left the ship without any satisfactory result; but perfectly understanding, that if submission was not made before daylight next...
