14 SEPTEMBER 1839, Page 7

A copy of a letter from Bombay supplies: time latest

intel:izenoe from Canton and Bombay.

" LETTER FROR MESSRS. a. AND. ST. P111:,■TO,./1.:E. Or ISON113.1Y, To stessrts.

MANCL.r.q, cc.

" noml.ay, .Ttily 4. Since writing the mhme:e, we have an arrival at Cal, etti (lleh Hoy) from Chilli the tell of May; which mentions. that until tl; • •i!. delivery of 2n.3.s:t chests of opium, lei hest:tees (British. silltiect .:1 retained in Canton, and none of the vessels outside are to he p .1- H1:011-, l'aptain Elliot lams declared, thrt alter Rd,: it still.teedd,- any Of his

countrymen to remain there, and that lie will stop ::ii entering

the river. In consempielmee, a protracted snspeusium of the trahe must follow after the surrender of the opium is completed. "A deputation, consisming of Messrs. Inglis, Matheson, and Lindsay, is appointed to proceed home, (th.. latter gentleman has already left this,) in order to urge on the British Government at home, and to enforc:• the claims of the own ors of the opium thus Furrendered."

An extract front another letter, of the same date, slimes that the Chinese Commissioner was willing to re,tpen the trade-

" Since writing time above, nothing of intere,i ot•eurred till Saturday, May 4, when an edict from the Contatissioner, who is at the lologue receiving the surrendered opium, reached. Canton. It communicates his cumin:tips for re- opening the trade, orders the boats and guards surrounding the fictories to be withdrawn, and permits the passage-boats to resume running under certain restrictions, and the ships at Whampoa to receive and mhisc•1ange cargo. Captain Elliot is allowed to pass to and fro to facilitate the final delivery of the 20,283 chests ; but till that is completed, 10 littostaes arc to be retained in Canton, and none of the vessels outside are to be permitted to come in. The edict in question was immediately followed by a public notice from Captain Elliot, stating that, under existing circumstances, he had only to refer her Majesty's subjects to his proclamation of March 23d for their general guidance, and that he would give the earliest information in his power as to the probableperiod of his departure from Canton; and as he has elsewhere stated that after this event it will be impracticable for any of his countrymen to remain here, and he will not permit any British vessel to enter the river, we have only to confirm our concluding remarks of the 211 ult., and to state that a protracted suspension of the trade now appears certain, after the surrender of the drug is completed and the vessels now at Whampoa have cleared. out."