ABSTRACT
ON June 22, 1840, before the advance part of the British force reached China, Sir Gordon Bremer published a notice 0:1 the blockade of the port of Canton. The Americans living, there had requested Lin to let all their ships arriving before it was laid on come directly up the river. He granted the application, but declared it " to be an egregious mistake, analogous to an audacious falsehood, that the English contemplated putting In a blockade." Captain Elliot also issued a manifesto to the people, which was widely dispersed, setting forth the grievances which had been suffered by the English at the hands of Lin" and assuring them that no harm would come while they pursued their peaceful occupations-for the quarrel was entirely between the two governments, and the Queen had deputed high officers to make known the truth to the Emperor.
