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of the concession from Hongkong. The Admiralty had con-

sidered these proposals very carefully and were not pre-

pared to recommend their execution, Their two chief

TORRONG WOTO:

(1) it was in their opinion impossible to guarantee

the safe withdrawal of the Shameen garrison;

(11) the Gemodore's proposals implied a willingness

in the last resort to have recourse to the bombing and

bombardment of Canton, an operation which they could not

recommend to His Majesty's Government.

They also thought that in default of willingness to resort to such a measure the plan was in the nature of a bluff and that there did not seen to be sufficient

guarantees that the plan would prove efficacious.

They socordingly informed the Commander-in-Chief that the Commodore's proposals had been carefully considered

and that for the reasom given above they could not bẹ

recommended to His Majesty's Government.

Sir 0. Grindle saked why the adoption of the Comodore' proposals would necessarily lead to bombardment.

Captain Exerton said that in the probable event of an attack upon Shameen following the action against the junks it would be absolutely essential to retaliate and the only possible my of doing so in the sireumstances would be to bomb or bonbard the tom. Canton was a very closely populated and highly inflammable tom and mch a measure of frightfulness was out of the question.

şir G. Grindle said that of course a bombardment has

Bever been contemplated.

Captain Egerton however said that unless we were

prepared/