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OUR

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privipal Naval and Military Officers

course, I had much m

Of cou

Conversation with General Chang. Shen respecting the Franco- Chinese hostilities.

He belongs to the party of which Li

is the head, and which

is inclined to peace în reasonable torici.

But he gowe

party

vue to widerstand that the

is still strong at Peking; -

and that, at the present moment,~~-

every thing dependo

ration which

almost

of action

the French.

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vway

Iway

of mentioning

on

thic

COMME-

be adopted by

take this opportunity

that the Admiralse

comm

manding

commanding the English, Russian and

American squadrone, and the Commodore

commanding the Gersian squadron in

these

seas, are

all now at Hongkong.

Me

have also frequently bure Freuch, Italian,

Spanish, Chinese, and,

tuen

Japeruese

-war All the foreign Officers

of-10.

constantly

suut our English Naval

and Military Officers and the Ministers

and Conents of the European Powers on

the noutral ground of the Government

ogethe

House; and are thus kept in good.

humour with England, and, to a large

exteur, with each other : elty effort to

soften

in this and in other ways, the

asperitics