Nias in the formal proceedings

During the first Chinese war Nias was actively employed in the operations leading to the capture of Canton, and on 29 June 1841 he was nominated a C.B. The Herald returned to England in 1843, when Nias was placed on half pay. In June 1850 he commissioned to HMS ''Agincourt'', from which in August he was moved to HMS ''St George'', as flag-captain to Commodore Seymour, then superintendent of the dockyard at