(From the Hongkong Register, October 29.)

We regret to have to record the death of Rear-Admiral Sir Francis A. Collier, Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies. His Excellency died suddenly of apoplexy yesterday morning at the residence of Judge HuIme, with whom he had been on a visit. He had been in very bad health for some time, and his physicians entertained scarcely any hope of his permanent recovery. but as he was sufficiently well the evening before his death to take a carriage drive with the Judge, His Excellency's friends were quite unprepared for the sudden announcement of his decease. He came on to China, purposely to enjoy the benefit of the cold bracing winter of Shanghai, to which place he was to have proceeded immediately upon the return of the Fury from the West Coast. It was only on the 22nd instant His Excellency received a complimentary address from the merchants of Hongkong on the energy displayed by him in the extirpation of piracy in these seas, and the security thereby afforded to the peaceful prosecution of commerce.

SG & SGTL Vol 7, page 40.

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