% EUNVERSITY OF MCHICA 3HL @ 1811
.^,YVY O*
THE CLOSING EVENTS OF THE CAMPAIGN IN CHINA: THE OPERATIONS IN THE YANG-TZE-KIANG; AND TREATY OF NANKING. BY CAPT.GRANVILLE G.LOCH, R0 YAL KAY了. LONDON: JOHN MURRAY,ALBEMARLE STREET. MDCCCXLIII. Goole
THE CLOSING EVENTS CAMPAIGN IN CHINA OPERATIONS IN THE YANG-TZE-KIANG ; TREATY OF NANKING. BY CAPT. GRANVILLE ot LOCH, ROYAL NAVT. LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. MDCCCXLIII
/3-220265 PREFACE. ANxroUs to see China and witness the operations then proceeding there,I took the opportunity that offered of my return from active service in the Mediterranean to apply in December,1841,to the Admiralty for leave to join the Expedition,which was most kindly granted,and I embarked for a passage on board H.M.S.Dido by the invitation of her captain the Hon.H.Keppel,my old and esteemed friend. When we joined the force at the mouth of the Yang-tze-kiang,I was invited by Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker to live with him;and I take this opportunity to express my gratitude to him for his unvaried kindness,as also to Sir Hugh Gough,who permitted me to act as his extra aide-de-camp whenever the army landed,and not A3 Google
/3~U6ZbS PREFACE. Anxious to see China and witness the operations then proceeding there, I took the opportunity that offered of my return from active service in the Mediterranean to apply in December, 1841, to the Admiralty for leave to join the Expedition, which was most kindly granted, and I embarked for a passage on board H. M. S. Dido by the invitation of her captain the Hon. H. Keppel, my old and esteemed friend. When we joined the force at the mouth of the Yang-tze-kiang, I was invited by Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker to live with him ; and I take this opportunity to express my gratitude to him for his unvaried kindness, as also to Sir Hugh Gough, who permitted me to act as his extra aide-de-camp whenever the army landed, and not k 3
vi PREFACE. less to Sir Henry Pottinger,who afforded me the same opportunity that he himself poseessed of meeting and observing the Chinese authorities, with whom we came in contact during the period of the negotiations. While I was with the Expedition I kept a journal,and this volume is the result of it. After the treaty was signed,I proceeded to Cal- cutta in the H.C.S.Tenasserim,the vessel sent with the despatches to Lord Ellenborough,an- nouncing the conclusion of the war and the treaty which had been agreed upon. Desirous of seeing something of the British possession in India,I visited the three presidencies, therefore did not reach England until the end of March,which circumstance has delayed the publi- cation of this book three months longer than I could have wished. During the period of our short stay,after the capture of the city of Chin-kiang-foo,I had no opportunity of examining,with any degree of ac- curacy,its extended suburbe,or the course of the Great Canal;but I have been so fortunate as to receive some valuable observations from Captain
vi PREFACE. less to Sir Henry Pottinger, who afforded me the same opportunity that he himself possessed of meeting and observing the Chinese authorities, with whom we came in contact during the period of the negotiations. While I was with the Expedition I kept a journal, and this volume is the result of it. After the treaty was signed, I proceeded to Cal cutta in the H. C. S. Tenasserim, the vessel sent with the despatches to Lord Ellenborough, an nouncing the conclusion of the war and the treaty which had been agreed upon. Desirous of seeing something of the British possessions in India, I visited the three presidencies, therefore did not reach England until the end of March, which circumstance has delayed the publi cation of this book three months longer than I could have wished. During the period of our short stay, after the capture of the city of Chin-kiang-foo, I had no opportunity of examining, with any degree of ac curacy, its extended suburbs, or the course of the Great Canal; but I have been so fortunate as to receive some valuable observations from Captain