Arrival Steamer had departed.
The destruction is complete, and Rear Admiral Sir Michael Seymour is entrenching himself on the ground in front of the ruins, with the intention of maintaining his position, a most important point, as the abandonment of the ground would in my judgment be a political error of a grievous kind.
The full particulars I have made known to Her Majesty's Government through the Right Honorable The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and I refer you to the matter now communicated for the purpose of informing you of the state of the Colony.
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The position of affairs at Canton has tended to exasperate the naturally hostile and repulsive people of the provincial districts, and endeavours are being made by means of Public Notifications to induce the Chinese Residents here to withdraw from the Colony.
The supplies of Shau Toung may possibly be interfered with in this manner, as the Island is dependent for them on the Districts to which I refer. Some anxiety is of course expressed by the Inhabitants under ...
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