Commodore Perry, regarding the interests of the American citizens in China, and at the same time not forgetting the great purpose of his ex. edition, resolved to leave the USS. Plymouth to protect his countrymen and their property, but not otherwise to interfere with his own mission oF the affairs of China, The request of the American Commissioner to have a vessel of war to convey him to the mouth of the Peiho, fu order to secure a recognition on the part of the Chinese of his oficial Presence, was nol complied with by. Hike Commodore who declined, not only on the score of policy but'from the necessity of concentrating all the naval force he could on the expedition to Japan, The USS. Mississipp! arrived at ha Shanghai on May 4, and the interval Delween that and the 17th was chiefly Jemployed in transferring the Com-Jmodore to the USS. Susquehanna, which then became his Magsbip, and {in taking in the usual supplies of coal and provisions for the voyage. No less than five tons of Chinese cash to be dispensed in the Loochoo Islands, was Father an unusual addition to the ship's stores.
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