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Subjects had not lost: sight of the

in China, might know that I

Ove Or

the other

and that. I had not been inactive ins

remonstrating, with the Commissioner, and in repeatedly bunging, those subjects to his especial notice).

There is reason to suppose that the notorious Shap-ng-tsai is at present to the southward of this belang, in the neighbourhood of Hainan. On the 8t instant, the Admiral despatched the "Columbine", "Fury and Phlegethow in search of this freeborter, but these ressubs Bessels 6 get returned . As soon as their

have not operations

shall not

&

are made

known to I

Ine),

same

fail to communicate the savio

to Your Lordship .

It will be observed by Your

Lordship that in one of my

to the Chinese

communications

Commissioners, I have not

hesitated to tell him that

as he did. not

see fit to cooperate with us in the

in these

us in the suppression

of Piracy " to taken steps for the despatch of vessels to

seas, I had "determined

" scour the seas in all directions," Ye, &o.

you

In his reply the Commissioner expresses

his satisfaction at the success of Her Britannic Majesty's vessels,

not in

any way

but does.

allude to rend

rendering

assistance or affording us any coöperation.

cope

In fact, I am satisfied that the Chines Government is altogether unable to with the Pirates, and the Commissioners, that he cannot defeat them, will,

no doubt, have recoured to the

Seeing

I have

ordinary

Chinese moder

of bribing them into submission, by making a compromise with their Chief, who will be bought voon with the gift of some honorary

distinction, and probabi

this

Service

bably

be taken into

of the state, to be employed

everitually in the destruction and _____