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Mr Marsh having bun.

instructed by the Earl of

-berley to supply

with information

has applied to me.

Kim.

his Lordship

on the subject

I have not

it expedient to refer the

thought enquiry to

and

the Toung - Li - Yamen

the frand Secretary himself

has for the moment retired from

public life. I have been unable

to say

consequently to

that

Zo

than

my knowledge, His Ex-

-cellency Li and Sir John Hennessy

have been in correspondeme

regarding

regarding opium. My authority

for this

statement is the Grand

Levetary Le himself.

particulars

and

the

such that

ought perhaps to have earlier

dravon

visit

attention to the incident.

Lir John Stennessy paid a

stayed

Co

Peking

last Autumn and

house,

some

3 weeks in mij

The Opium question naturally

formed

OL

topic of conversation

frequently enough. Lu,

John Hennessy

had received Matastar the Chinese

official sent last

year by

the

Grand