110
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employment of oer Majesty's Ship
Minjentip
Mar against Pirates which it
Charge
5. Pages 25, 26, 48450 7
was eine service
alleged M. Caldwell had full power
was asserted he had
to do
F
his own
mere motion, and
which
power.
it
excrcised in such a
manner
as
greatly to strengthen machorowon's
piratical influence. Mr. Caldwell
| declared that he never
this
frower
resorted to
without obtaining the
previous sauction of " the Government" and afterwards reporting what he had done; but notwithstanding filigent search
no minute or record
could be found amongst the archives of the Colonial Secretary's office showing the nature
the
abruses dequing
arslication
/
-
the verly thents, in
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any case
or any report what and been done in consequence:
and the communications retired to if made at all, much therefore
have been merely verbal
50.
No doubt great allowance
must be made for the oi
for
Difficulties with which the local bovernment
had to contend at that time.
Piracy at all times common in China And then increased to an
alarming extent;
existence of
as
buring the
the dispute arising out
the Loucha "Arrow"
the seizure of the Lorcha
the chinese fovemment encouraged.