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sių more were,

their viclines, retreated and dispersed: Buit the foreigners fuursuing them fired at them, wherebet three Chinese lost. theer lives, and e porended. As this affair was caused by Complen, an Englishman, letters

- addressed repeatedly to Consul -- Macyngor, that he might manage the matter according to the Treaty. How

wvere

-

answer, that it was

returned, twice for an very difficult to settle this business. He

that all the foreigners

added snoreover,

at the Revincial City

were concerned

in this affair, and that it was serong to say, that it were merely the English, and

words to that effect.

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n great.

find that there are a Englishmen and Americans who live at the Provincial Citit, and I the Great Minister, and I the Lieutenant

Governor have.

inor have no means to ascertain

whether

or not Americans commenced

this affray,

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and disturbance, and joined the

.

multitude in firing (on the assailants).

The

the cause

of this outbreak may be sought in the foreigners, presuming on them

superiority, creating a tumult. The Chinese who lost their lives or were wounded, are

vagabonds, but honest tradespeople, of which one may soon be convinced. Their corpses have now been brought to the Magistracy by their relations, who insest expon retribution, whilst the felings of the people are excited. If this maller is not managed according to the provisions of th

the Treatys, we fear another outbreak, in which the

inoffensive of other nations will be involved. If morever

moreover in future, a similar

-

recurrence would take place; the Chinese local authorities would find it very difficult to repress the people, which would be of great consequence to the foreigner as wel

as well as native . As this affair

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