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Sir
Shave
H. M. Consulate Canton,
29th July, 1871.
have the honor to acknowledge
t
the receipt
on the 27th instant of your
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Despatch of the 25th instant.
Shad hoped that I should be
in
a position to report to you that the Thistle might be safely withdrawn
to day.
Last night however the French
Consul called to communicate the intelligence that at a large village Called Sheklung about 30 miles from
Commodore Shortt, R. N.,