way infringed the provisions of the
Treaty of Tientsin in the proclamation issued by the Free Roy:
• Vice
nor does There
appear to them to be any ground for
pressing the Chinese Authorities to
abandon a course
which then
they
had a
right to take for the protection of
their own interests and revenue,
the effect of their conduct.
Jam
Sir
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
Han...
although it
be that some
English Merchants engaged
in a
contraband trade may suffer from
The
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