2.
Chinese Commandant who
was
brought hither by that expedition I have to report that after the departure of
the Mandarin I learnt with
great surprise and distress. that there had been a
disgraceful. looting ab Cowloon
and that
at property belonging to the Chinese Officials had been brought away. The fact of such looting had become
informed the
Irvas
subject of public notoriety and scandal in the Colony.
I need rist observe that
the association of acts of
disorder with an
expeditions a
intended only to give friendly
wa
-arning to the Imperial
authorities
against their
allowing bowloon to be the focus of any
movements
against the peace of this bolong could not but seriously interfere with the salutary purposes of
expedition. I had
au
such
opportunity
of discussing the Matter with
the Navel bommander in
Chief,-
- Some Love
of whose
forces accompanied the expedition, but did not land,
.
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