cheerfully entered into the scheme for the destruction
of
a
the Paates, and even went the length of depicting
Mandarins of high rank, named Hwang,
accompany the expeditions, at the head of as
small naval forces. Hwang, for
accommodation, took a
passage
better
170.3.
on board the
high by
No. 4.
by
"Fury", and Commander Hay speaks in
terms of the zealous assistance rendered by that Mandarin during the whole of the
proceedings.
This will, I am sure, be viewed
by Your Lordship,
as a
step in the
right
direction, and it were to be desired that
the Imperial Commissioner could be induced
to follow this
good example, and be prevailed upon to coöperate with us in the destruction
of a
common foe.
It is
my
intention to address Sew on the subject of our late operations, and I shall lose no time in forwarding to Your Lordship copies of our correspondence. In the
meantime I have the honor to transmit
L
No. 9.
293
pp. the copy of an additional Despatch from
Commander
Hay
to Rear Admiral Francis Collier, and likewise a copy of a
communication addressed by the
senior
officer
to the Governor General of "Hainan. That
functionary
has also written to me, and I
beg to enclose a printed translation of His
Excellency's
communication, which I
trust may prove satisfactory to Your Lordships.
I have, &c.
(signed) S. G. Bonham
(True Copy)
Colonial Secretary
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of
a
the Paates, and even went the length of depicting
Mandarins of high rank, named Hwang,
accompany the expeditions, at the head of as
small naval forces. Hwang, for
accommodation, took a
passage
better
to
170.3.
on board the
"Fury", and Commander Hay speaks in
terms of the zealous assistance rendered by that Mandarin during the whole of the
proceedings.
This will, I am sure, be viewed
by Your Lordship,
as a
step in the
right
direction, and it were to be desired that
the Imperial Commissioner could be induced
to follow this
good example, and be prevailed upon to coöperate with us in the destruction
of a
common foe.
It is
my
intention to address Sew on the subject of our late operations, and I shall lose no time in forwarding to Your Lordship copies of our correspondence. In the
meantime I have the honor to transmit
L No. 9.
293 pp. the copy of an additional Despatch from
Commander Hay
to Rear Admiral Francis Collier, and likewise a copy of a
communication addressed by the
senior officer
to the Governor General of "Hainan. That
functionary
has also written to me, and I
beg to enclose a printed translation of His
Excellency's
communication, which I
trust may prove satisfactory to Your Lordships.
I have, &c.
(signed) S. G. Bonham
(True Copy)
Colonial Secretary
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