to serve
a
Commercial
Itation for British Subjects, the Chinese Merchants
and
inhabitants of all the
Towns
and
Cities
the
02
Coast
China shall be
permitted by the Chinese
Government to come
freely
and without the least hindrance and molestation
to that Island, for the
And to
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purpose of trading with
the British Subjects there
westablished."
Another obstacle to
the trade in
Chinese vessels
has existed in the prevalence
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Admiralty.
I of piracy, and this
aggravated by issued to
to our
am
Men--
235
was
order
of
War
that they should never molest a pirate "except
the act of attacking
in
"
British vessel _ the
most improbable contingency,
and especially in the presence of Her Majesty's
I have been
overwhelmed with applications
pous
our
ow
Chinese Subjects,
and others resorting to the Island, to protect them from the pirates who
have almost blockaded the harbour; and
my
Correspondence