have been
happily averted.
We have had and still have
rumors & attack
A
by
water on
the City, but there have now become fewer and fainter.
At the same time it is
to be regretted that the vital
necessity of securing the Canton River prevents Admiral Seymour from lending
us
naval Assistance
in the destruction of the Chinese flotillas said to be in course of preparation in some of the Bays of the neighbouring
Province
the Creeks
Yesterday Commodore Armstrong in the United States
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"Steamer "San Jacinto", at my
request conveyed through the
United States Consul went in
search of a Pirate Fleet under
the Island of Lingling, but he has not yet returned.
Sir Michael Seymour stated that he had not the means
of undertaking such an expedition He arrived here on the night of the 22nd Instant, and has since been in constant conference with the Executive Council which has met daily. He will return after the arrival of the mail of
10th December now overdue.
I expect by the mail Steamer