the need
Free
made
which he has sundry
Application, and Shall
Communicate I last paragraph
of the letter to the Governor Several
un
India in the hope that His
Excellency
may
reconsider the
decision conveyed in the
accompanying letter from Government.
3.
I have the honour to be
With the highest respect
Your obedient Servant
M. Merivale
Sir,
Confidential
87
Mangking 14 January 1857
4. I have the honour to inform Your Excellency that in my Despatches to the Secretary of State for War, I have pointed out the necessity of a force of not less than 5000 Infantry and a proportion of Artillery and Engineers being sent to China before any satisfactory
His Excellency Sir John Bowring LLP, Governor
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