LEED
Sir Edwards Bulwer
byou, for Lytton's information, a copy of a despatch which Loul
addressed
Malmesbury has addrefal
or
bethe Earl of Elgin the subject of the Canton Prisons.
Lor
Your most specient
Mr. Merinle
Cokyto Gov.
with the despa
Afferoving his comma
to the Allied buttons
humbleteroant
my
Copy
Autords,
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£6336/50213
Treign office June 14. 1858.
Thave received from for owning a they ofte Report- do
of
a
• made by the Lobschied, of Hongkong, on the state the Public Prisons atfanton. The account,
- given " by that gentlemon of what he witnessed during his visit to chose places is so horrible that I have no hesitation in saying that it wilobes
disgreier to the Allied Powers not & couil
to avail the many of the present opportunity &liberate, or at all events balleviate the proaction of, the unfortunate creatures confined in these prisons. We cannot pretend & improve the prison disciple is throughing. the Chemise Empire, or brimpose upon the lectionter in other folaces a sense of justice & of humanity. But we casos we are bound to prevent such Mormities being practiced in places held by us in Military accupation, a though Scannot doubs that yr will meet with the cordial concurrence of all the Plenipotentiaries in
carrying out any mccasure of cimprovement, you will revertheles, in the contrary
case act alone, sat all Evento relieve the British name from
the
disgrace & guilt ghaving comnivedatas State of things
to monstrous &
revolting when the British fort had the power, af
least for a time, &put a stop wit-
Sam
We
The East of Elgin (signed)
Mulmerbany