Foreign Office: Chinese Secretary's Office, Various Embassies and Consulates, China: General Correspondence. SECTION TWO FO 682/1976/114b

Foreign Office: Chinese Secretary's Office, Various Embassies and Consulates, China: General Correspondence. SECTION TWO: DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND BRITISH AUTHORITIES 1839-1860. Ch'i Kung and Ch'eng Yü-ts'ai to Pottinger. Have arrested pirate-suspects in connection with the plundering and burning of Lorcha No. 11, of another boat near Macao, and of an opium clipper. Will punish them severely. Chinese law does not provide for government officials to act as witnesses against criminals, therefore Pottinger needs not send British officials to Canton as witnesses. 23 pages The symbol i in the Chinese date stands for intercalary month.