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REFEIVED

JULY30 1855

Ming Lord Drucke,

Viatoria, Hongkong,

24

th. May, 1853.

I have the honor to report to

Your Grace that Mr. Hunt, Master of the "British ship Hero of the Nile, arrived here

yesterday from Amoy, and

"

reported:

to me

that a large body of the insurgents, (he stated

10,000), had taken

Amey

on the 18th..

instant

and placed a guard of 150 armed men to protect the Foreigners and Factories there. The master of the vessel also told me that of the Europear merchants at Amoy an interview with the leaders of the

Some

had

insurgents, who

expressed

disposed towards Foreigners.

His Grace

themselves well

As the foregoing intelligence may

The Duke of Newcastle,

Bc.,

Je.

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