Hong Kong, 24 December, 1855,
Sir,
I embrace a private opportunity of meeting the bimonthly mail from Calcutta to forward the Lieutenant Governor's Despatch #196 written on "the evening of the 25th instant, and reporting an event that occurred in this City on the 21st and 22nd instant.
I returned from Canton on the night of the 22nd (Saturday) and found
The Right Honourable
Henry Labouchere, M.P.,