KIEN, who went in person on board the enemy POTTINGER'S ship [the "Cornwallis"]. Two days later POTTINGER, MORRISON, etc., went into the city; and had an interview with our officials at the Chêng- kioh[1] Temple.[2] For days in succession drafts were made on the provincial treasuries of Kiang-ning, Soochow, and An Hwei, and on the salt treasury of Yangchow, and several millions of taels were thus presented to the foreigners. In the middle of October, as the foreign ships were about to leave, a banquet was given by our leaders at the Temple, and a few days later all the ships withdrew to Ting-hai. The Em- peror now ordered up the Viceroy NIU KIEN to be punished for not having guarded the mouth of the Yangtsze, and K‘IYING was appointed in his place. ILIPU was ordered from Chê Kiang to Canton as High Commissioner for the drawing up of trade regulations. YIKSHAN, YIKKING, WÊNWEI, and Yü PU-YUN were are all cast into the Board of Punish- ments; but the last-named only was executed,—during the following winter. Punishments according to their several deserts were also meted out to the various civil and military officials along the coast who had lost their towns, and the districts annexed to the captured places wore exempted from the payment of land-tax.
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