The Council of Macao
in acply
13th October, 1849.
to Incl: No. 12.
(Copy)
Victoria, Hongkong, 5th October, 1849.
236
In your Excellency's reply
I had the honor to acknowledge,
of the 172 ult. which I have received, You informed me that You had dispatched an Officer with the head and hand of the late Portuguese Governor to Macao to deliver them up.
Having received this assurance from Your Excellency, I was much astonished to hear this morning from the Portuguese Senate at Macao that unless 3 Chinese, detained by His Excellency Seu, Imperial High Commissioner,