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Chin atou, who on being put to torture would

not betray his associates. Rome of the plunder

however is recovered, viz : a gold cased watch,

which an

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official messenger transmitted to the

vice Consul to identify the lame, and he having

found

it to be the original article, has taken / the watch), as is on record.

We the Great Minister and

Lieutenant Governor perceive, that it is very- lawless for natives to wish to beat English Officers,

and rob them of their watches and

other articles; fortunately, however the British functionaries defended themselves well, and thus were not wounded, which consoles us the Minister and the Lieutenant Governor in These villanous natives ought to be seized and furnished with severity, in order to

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dete: others from imitating their bad examples.

We have therefore again strictly

ordered the local civil and military authorities,

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to adopt means

" for the seizure of those villains,

that they may be punished according to Chinese laws, and at the same time likewise take

measures

for recovering the lost articles; and as soon as they are obtained, they will be sent to the vice Consul to examine and receive them. This is the previous answer we

the Honorable Envoy.

forward to You

City

Respecting the entering into the liby

Lieutenant

We the Great Minister and Governor have again

and again with Your Predecessor Pottinger consulted, and expresed ourselves very explicitly. We also suppose, that Bon the Honorable Envoy are fully acquainted with this circumstance. We the Great Minister and Lieutenant Governor entertain no other view in this affair, but that (diclated) by the disposition of the Canton populase, which renders it impossible, and it is not necessary to reiterate the same ( argument).

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