Gong long that list. Pottinger could furnish this Dept with a copy of all letters written to them, it
would not be desirable in future to continue the
practice, or
to depart from the general rule that each
case on
which a decision
the Governor maybe
required
be brought
should be
under their notice in a
Separate despatch, in
which should be embodied
all the information receivable to enable them to come to a clear judgment on the question.
Shavere
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Copy it. J.B. 16 March
Buelo.
402 Hong Kong. A
Telegraph. Department
C.O
MAR 8 1844
My Lord,
381
Government House, Victoria,
(Hanover) December 7th, 1843.
I have the honor to
forward to Your Lordship
the detailed Proceedings
of the Trial, held
in this Colony,
by the Chief Magistrate and seven of Her Majesty's
Chinese Subjects, charged with murder. This case is the first
of a serious nature that has occurred, since
the confirmation of the cession of this Island to the Crown of England by the exchange of
the Ratifications of the Treaty.
I am induced to submit it to Her Majesty's Government, not only because it establishes beyond
all future
doubt or cavil the entire Sovereignty
The Right Honorable
Lord Stanley,