These poor people, if they recover, therefore go home property, and suffer inspeakable misery.
I told Consul Brenan to send word to Dinghing, but although they agreed to adopt Chinese methods, it was an empty promise. Yesterday I ordered the Benevolent Society Directors to bring Chinese sick from Ships to Canton for treatment.
The above circumstances have been observed by the Directors of the Benevolent Society at Anking and are the cause of the popular discontent. Saturday the Newspapers reported that if any of the people's houses at Aughing should be burnt, the foreign Settlement at Hause should be set fire to in revenge. I have already given secret instructions to the Civil and Military Officials to vigilantly arrest the disseminators of lying rumours and to prohibit placards. I have also added to the number of soldiers protecting the foreign settlement and trust that no outbreak will occur. The trouble Lower ...
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