Hh
and 13th motant.
Incendiarisme was the only subject of One apprehension till
this morning
when a diabolical
attempt was made
to poison Community by
the foreign Community putting arsenic in the breads supplied by the Esing Bakery, And largely used in the town
The principal, one Olum
is said to have absconded to
Macau, and I have this instant
written to the Governor of that
Settlement desiring assistance in his apprehension.
Admiral,
Scypnour will
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I imagine
he will now shift his position
from the left to the right bank of the river, abandon the Padary Garden, but still hold the Bird's Nest Fort in the Macao
I beg to impress upon Her
Majesty's Government the urgent
necessity of
Sending
at once, from
India if possible, a Force of not
less than 5000 men.
They may be necessary for
the defence of the Colony, and Certainly are so for the assertion of
Our Sovereign Rights, the security of Our Trade, and the very Maintenance of Our position