CO129-070 - Public Offices - 1858 — Page 245

LEED

Sir Edwards Bulwer

byou, for Lytton's information, a copy of a despatch which Loul

addressed

Malmesbury has addrefal

or

bethe Earl of Elgin the subject of the Canton Prisons.

Lor

Your most specient

Mr. Merinle

Cokyto Gov.

with the despa

Afferoving his comma

to the Allied buttons

humbleteroant

my

Copy

Autords,

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£6336/50213

Treign office June 14. 1858.

Thave received from for owning a they ofte Report- do

of

a

• made by the Lobschied, of Hongkong, on the state the Public Prisons atfanton. The account,

- given " by that gentlemon of what he witnessed during his visit to chose places is so horrible that I have no hesitation in saying that it wilobes

disgreier to the Allied Powers not & couil

to avail the many of the present opportunity &liberate, or at all events balleviate the proaction of, the unfortunate creatures confined in these prisons. We cannot pretend & improve the prison disciple is throughing. the Chemise Empire, or brimpose upon the lectionter in other folaces a sense of justice & of humanity. But we casos we are bound to prevent such Mormities being practiced in places held by us in Military accupation, a though Scannot doubs that yr will meet with the cordial concurrence of all the Plenipotentiaries in

carrying out any mccasure of cimprovement, you will revertheles, in the contrary

case act alone, sat all Evento relieve the British name from

the

disgrace & guilt ghaving comnivedatas State of things

to monstrous &

revolting when the British fort had the power, af

least for a time, &put a stop wit-

Sam

We

The East of Elgin (signed)

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