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day on which the English were expelled from Macao by Lin.
Bv the terms of this treaty, the Chinese Government agreed to
pay an indemnity of 21,000,000 dollars ; conceded the opening
of the ports of Canton, Amoy, Fow-chow, Ningpo, and bhanghai,
to British merchants, consular officers to reside there, and just
tariffs to be established; ceded the island of Hong Kong in
perpetuitv-of which Sir Henry Pottinger, the able Plenipo
tentiary, was appointed the first Governor and Commander-in-
chief • and agreed to other articles of minor importance.
On'the payment of the first instalment of the indemnity, the
fleet dropped down the river, and the greater portion of the
force returned to India, garrisons being left at Chusan and
Amoy, and one thousand eight hundred men at Hong Kong.
The ' Sesostris' left Nankiu on the 1st of September, and
Hong Kong on the 10th, with intelligence of the conclusion ot
peace; and, on the 16th of September, on receipt of the rati
fication of the treaty by the Emperor of China, Major Malcolm,
secretary to Sir Henry Pottinger, proceeded in the ' Auckland
to Suez, on his return to England.
The 6 Sesostris,' nearly the whole of whose crew were on the
sick list, owing to the exposure and heat, arrived at Bombay on
the 11th of October, and, in the following month, Commander
Ormsby proceeded on sick leave to the Mahableshwur
Hills,' when Lieutenant J. Rennie assumed temporary command.
On the 7th of January following, Commander Ormsby resumed
command of the 4 Sesostris,' but the state of his health com
pelled him to proceed to Europe in the following March.t
Lieutenant Rennie, also, had suffered so greatly in health that
he had to take sick leave to England. In this expedition he
first displayed that daring and aptitude for war, both as a
seaman afloat and on shore with the Naval Brigade, for which
he was distinguished in his subsequent career.
On the conclusion of hostilities, a general promotion ot com
manders to captains, and first lieutenants to commanders, took
place in the Royal Navy, and, on the 14th of February, 1843,
a vote of thanks was passed in both Houses of Parliament, to
the military and naval forces of the Queen and Company en-
^ We have stated the scale of batta An extra allowance of pay granted to soldiers involved in special field service or to public servants on special duty. paid to officers and men engaged m the
operations in China, up to the end of June, 1841. By a Minute of the Treasury,
dated July 26, 1844, it was ordered that the soldiers and seamen ot Her Majesty
and the East India Company " engaged in the whole of the operations commencing
from August 21, 1841, and terminating with the signature of the treaty ol peace
on August 29, 1842," should receive twelve months' batta An extra allowance of pay granted to soldiers involved in special field service or to public servants on special duty. ; and those employed
on the Yang-tze-Kiang only, or in occupation at Hong Kong and other stations,
six months' allowance. ^ oi.i ^ T\yr ^
f Commander Ormsby arrived at Bombay from Europe on the 12th ot May,
1844, and, on the 8th of June, was appointed to the command of the ' Auckland ;
but his health again gave way and he proceeded to the Neilgherry Hills m
January, 1845, and to England in the following November. In June, 184b, he
finally retired from the Service.