the honor to enclose for Your Excellency's
information, copy of
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official note, which
I addrefeed to the Prince of thing upon the 10th instant. It was taken to the
Yamên by Mr Hillier, the Assistant Chinese Secretary, who was informed by the ministers that, when I last spoke of the Blockade, instructions were sent to
the Governor General Lis Keun Yi lo
endeavour to come to some satisfactory
arrangement.
I have written to me ddwlett, who will by this time have taken up his asting affointment at Canton, if he be not
already
possession of Your –
Excellency's views, to lose no lime
waiting ufon you.
I have to.
(signed) Thomas Francis Wade
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