that troops would be wanted from this station in case
of fresh outbreak.
I have the honor to be,
My Lord, Your obedient servant.
(Signed) J.R. Sargent.
Major General Commanding
China & Straits Settlements.
Sir,
521-20189
RECR
REGE 29 NOV 83.
30th September 1883.
I have this moment received
a communication from the Acting Consul, Canton in which he requests me to inform Your Excellency confidentially that the Viceroy
in protesting against the sentence passed upon Logan
says that it
may be impossible in the face of the popular indignation to afford protection or as he puts it "there are times when the
powers of the law are
exhausted"
I have the honor to be,
Your Excellency's
Most obedient Servant
Sd. W. H. Marsh
Major General Sargent, C.B.
Administering the
Government.