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for which, on his return home, he was called before the House of Commons.
When our opium troubles began in Canton in 1839, the Community sought refuge at Macao, but the Portuguese declared himself unable to allow them to remain, & our migration to Hongkong was the consequence.
In 1843, in answer to Sir Henry Pottinger's application for instructions, Lord Aberdeen replied that Macao was to be considered Chinese territory. I have never seen this despatch.
In 1845 the High Commissioner Kiying accorded Macao some additional commercial privileges, but in 1848, Senhor Amaral, a Portuguese officer, who had lost an arm when serving, I believe, in our navy, being encouraged by the belief that the Canton City question would produce a rupture between England & China was expelled.