Lord NAPIER died at Macao, on the 11th of October.
The Chinese authorities at Canton forced him to leave that city, by prohibiting all the natives from supplying him with provisions, or in other ways serving him and his attendants. Lord NAPIER put himself under the care of' the Chinese, to be conducted to Macao, being then very ill. The barbarians, knowing this to be the case, surrounded the vessel lie was conveyed in, every night, with Mandarin boats, and annoyed him by beating gongs so as to make an almost intolerable noise. This aggravated his illness, and hastened his death.
The two British frigates, Andromache and Imogene, with the Fox cutter, were fired at from some Chinese forts, called the Bogue, on the 7th of September, as they were leaving the Chinese waters, according to an agreement with the authorities. Two men were killed, and five or six wounded; but the frigates returned the fire, and are said to have done much more damage than they sustained.
One account states, that by an edict dated 27th of September, the trade was reopened, as, according to the reasonable remark of the Governor of Canton, "if an individual sow dissensions, he is to be driven out; all are not to be involved." From other accounts, it appears rather doubtful whether the trade with England was actually reopened when the last vessel was despatched. Mr. J. F. Davis succeeded Lord NAPIER as Chief Superintendent.
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