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Mr. Moungey said that a telegram had been sent to Sir E. Macleay promising that the possibility of taking measures at Canton short of a blockade would be carefully considered here. Proposals for guch setion had been made by the Commodore at Hongkong and these had been considered by the Admiralty. The Admiralty had written a letter from which it appeared that in their view the only two alternatives were (a) conserted international action against Canton, ami (b) the display of maximum armed force at Canton against the pickets, 1.8., the motion already taken on September 4th. The present meeting had been called to consider the position in the light of the Admiralty letter.
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Captain Egerton then sutlined the views of the Admiralty. It appeared that the Comedore at Hongkong had assured the 0.0.0. that if a garrison was sent to Hongkong and it should prove 2000ssary for the garrison to withdraw he could guarantee its safe evacuation, The Mmiralty had asked the Commander-in-Chief if he was prepared to endorse this assurance, The Comander-in-Chief had not directly replied but in his commentary upon the Commodore's revised proposala he had drawn the Admiralty's particular attention to the fast that the channels of the river sould be easily blooked, that shameen was open to fire from field guns and that the Cantonese forces were known to posuena munitions. In the meantime the Commodore's revised proposals had arrived.
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only differed from his earlier proposals in that instead of driving the junka away down the river he now proposed to retain them in a state of activity at Canten under threat of seizure. In making his proposals he emphasised the vital necessity of holding Shaneen, This would entail the garrisoning
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