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Marshy informed Your Lordship that, on the recommendation of the Attorney General, and with the

coneurre nee

Full-eo.

of

the Excentive

Council, he had directed criminal

proceedings to be taken against the Editors of four local Chinese Newspapers for publishing Hongkong what purported to be

in

an Edist issued by the Viceroy. Canton. In this document.

of

Chinese subjects residing in

were exhorted to m

" scoretly Kill some French men

"Commander

"Commander or destroy by fire their

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munitions of war, or co-operate

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with the Chinese officers and

"

soldiers in attacking them from

within and without, with a view

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to their being entirely swept in "away " Promises were held out to those complying with these instructions of forgiveness for

past offences, as well as

ell as of liberal rewards in the future.

2.

$

now enclose a

melosures Memorandum from the Attorney. General showing the result of the

land

Government