the Chinese troops were making disturbances.
till I hear from Mr. Hillier
On the 29th I went to the Jungloi Games to ask if any answer had yet been received from the local authorities, & to enforce the Chinese troops with the substance of a further telg:, also enclosed herewith, which I had just received from the Hongkong Govt.
He was to point out the impropriety
of the terms employed by the Viceroy
of Canton in
writing to H.M. Consul
at that Port, & in an
allusion
to Houghing as part of the province of Kuangtung, relied on by the Houghing
troops,
as
to
Lay
that
from the further
Information now in my possession
there seemed to be no doubt that an
infraction
of British jurisdiction &
territory had been committed, for
which the Viceroy of
Canton had
offered to apologise
in a suitable
expression of regret. He was further to say that I felt sure it was only
necessary to bring the facts to the
notice
of the Chinese Govt to lead them to disapprove the language of
the Viceroy of Canton & of the actions of the Captains of the Chinese cruisers acting under the orders of
the
Govt.