Photocopy of ALS from Henry John Temple, Lord Palmerston, Broadlands.
- Miscellaneous/Box 7/DA5/8
- Item
- 9 Jan. 1847
Part of Miscellaneous Papers
Declares that they have given the Chinese "a most exemplary drubbing" and must not allow the Chinese to resume their former superior tone. Disagrees with Mr Macgregor of Canton. While they should avoid affront to the Chinese, the British should not meet them as anything less than equals. British treaty rights must be respected, or people will suffer the consequences. Force should be met with force.
Temple, Henry John (1784-1865) 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister