TO MAJOR ALLEN

LATE FROM CHINA.
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By the arrival of the ship Talbot, Cap tain Story. from Canton, whence he sailed on the 9th November late and important intelligence is received at New York Captain Story reports that,

 The difficulty between the British and Chinese was thought to have been settled. and that two British merchant ships had gone to Whampoa, and were informed by the Chinese Governor that he wished all the British vessels 10 come and trade as they had done before, but man must be given up for Chinese killed in village, some time since by an English saiIor.- Capt. Elliott declared that he would not give the man up, and immediately sailed for the Bogue, in the sloop of war Voltage accompanied by another sloop of war, to stop all the other British vessels from sail ing for Whampoa.

 Capt E. sent letter on shore to the Cumshi, which was returned unopened Shortly after the Chinese gun and fire boats, to the number of three hundred, came a. round the ship, and it was thought with the intention of an attack They were order ed to leave the ship in thirty minutes, and if they did not leave in that time would be fired into. No attention, however, was given to the order from the Voltage, and a heavy fire commenced from both sides Of the ship, which resulted in the destruction of a number of their boats, and killing a. bout five hundred of the Chinese. They made no resistance, and those that remain ed made off as fast as possible, It was the intention of Capt Elliott to blockade the port of Canton immediately.

 The above particulars Capt Story learn ed from an American and an English cap tain, at Macao, who said they were eye witnesses to the affair.

 There seems no good reason to doubt this account, although it does not come in the most authentic form, and although from almost any other man than Captain Elliot, such violent proceeding would appear ln- credible. Our last previous advices were to the 18th by way of Havre, and included a loose account of fight at Macao in which the English and Portuguese were expelled. There was no American man of war at Macao in November.

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