HC Deb 22 April 1841 vol 57 c974
Sir Robert Peel

wished to know whether any official accounts had been received of an action in Canton river, in which some lives had been lost; and if so, why they had not appeared as usual in the Gazette?

Lord John Russell

said, there had been accounts received through India of such an action, but official accounts of such an action had not been received. There had been accounts received from which persons appeared to be missing, and when the official accounts were received, they would of course be printed.