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Commissioner that it should be only temporary.

I accordingly felt myself called upon to

3.

address the enclosure N. 3 to Keying, drawing his attention to the provisions of the very first- article of the Treaty, and calling for the condign punishment of those persons who had so grossly violated it. As the evident desire of the Chinese government is to render the exclusion from the... City of Canton permanent, under the convenient plea of the people's wishes, it would be highly... satisfactory to me to be furnished with

your.. Lordship's views as to the degree of weight which I should be justified in attaching to the removal of this old and degrading. between Chinese and Foreigners.

I regret to say

calculated to

distinction

that a circumstance well

encourage

the ill-conduct of

both the local authorities and the people of Canton,

is to see our naval squadron

to 110 p

sailing

in China, reduced

vessels and one

effective steamer

its

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No 4

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ito actual amount - while the minimum force.

mentioned by Air William Parker himself consisted

of five sailing

vessels and a steamer.

Enclosure. No 4 unes the reply returned by

the Governor of Canton to the Consel's representation

concerning the late

outrage,

and I have since-

received from Keying enclosure N. 5-c promises the punishment of the criminals, but

enclosure N. 5-Ile readily

the old argument is repeated for excluding .. foreigners from the city, viz. the disposition of the people - I have succeeded in defeating the adoption of this plea at Foochow foo, and with the sanction of Her Majesty's government I would undertake to

linger

do the same at Canton, where I hesitate

only on account of the acquiescence of Sir Henry Potter on the ground, as before observed, of the exclusion being only temporary according to Keying's assurance to that effect.

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