quartero in England, viz : that the Freuch
belligerents
are
deriving practically
prore-
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that the French receive no cannon, or...
(
other arms, or
any munitions of war,
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advantage from Houghong than the
Chinese belligerut.
2.
There cannot be a greater
illusion . The only assistance that the
frouch are
permitted to derive from ___ Hongkong is that when their men
-of-war
are allowed (as I
call at this port, they have already reported) to be furnished, ( in accordance with Your Lordship's ... instructions.) with such amount of coal and provisions
as is neccesary to carry
them to the nearest national port_i.e.
Saigon. There is
every reason to believe
that
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through Hongkong . All warlike stores come to them direct from
France.
On the other hand, as I have.
3.
already reported by telegraph.
the
on
3rd
Februvery ultimo, and in my
3741 despatches K. 39 of the 20th January,
N.° 2077
5490 and t. 850
: the 21th February ultimus, the Chinese have bou receiving for
some
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tive past from this Colony (priccipally
through German firms
established fre
largo supplies of canon, arew, and munitions of war of all kinds, which: have been purchased in Europe. The
Fremo
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