of settling the jurisdiction
over
Chinese
subjects, properly so called, upon this
footing.
With regard, however, to the
class
of Chinese permanently domiciled on
the Island, Lord Aberdeen concurs
with Lord Stanley in considering
that there
may
be some difficulty
in making the Chinese Government
understand that the cession of the Sovereignty of the Island made in the
Treaty of Nanking carries with it
the cession of Sovereignty over the Chinese people established on the
Island
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Island, both previously, and subsequently
to the territorial
cession.
There is, however,
an
Expression in the letter the Chinese Plenipotentiaries of the 18th of September, which may perhaps be taken advantage of, in order to solve the present difficulty. The passage is
"As for those who are
willing to hire
"themselves out as servants to the
"English, these may just follow their
own convenience and inclination"
Lord Aberdeen would submit to
Lord Stanley whether it might not be possible to take advantage of this
Expression