CO129-109 - Public Offices - 1865 — Page 177

of Chinese Officials in the perfidy, cruelty and baseness extribited towards Trefsing Rebels, of whome Governor ych slaughtered from, bo to 100,000 men women and children in the province of Canton : - the bloody executions at Shanghai by the Foutre,_ the torture. of prisoners given up by Major Gordon at Wis-con- cruelty and Europeans

Sin and elsewhere the

and perfidy extending also to

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in the

Officers at Pekin, indeed

of the British

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all occasions

when it was believed that it could

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be practiced with impreinty. – I by your Lordshif to observe that notwith tingg the Order in Council dated March 1. 1864. prohibiting British Sabjects from giving their services to the Chinese Authorities Major Jabb

Officer of H. M. by Ragt.

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and dicabre Carden by. Regt. contime

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to instruct a body of Chinese in the of Menters and liph Guns at Fang- - shan, and Colonels Baily and Dayle

wany at Mic-do- have lange bodies

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, and Shu-syn quon,

men under their

command and daily exercite their in

the use

of guns of every calike, while D. M. Cortinez late of H. M. 99th Rent and eight European Mechanies

are

goth

engaged

in

manufacturing Shot and Shell for the Chinen Gook at Sochow. – Col: Coke

commands

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body of Chinese at Wingpo

and Col : Kirkham is sent to honoy

the hand of a body of Chinen troops. - On the other hand it is said there

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from 80 to 100 Europeans of all Nations in the Service of the Jaepings Chiefs in the Province of Token . _ It must be

manifest therefor to Y. L. that while

Europians

are

permitted

wither not

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