itself, irrespective of the territory
in
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which he might be taken; but that, we claimed to try all persons committing offences here, henceforward, should any people coming from the vicinity of
Hongkong
create disturbance therein, he
should not be so officious as to interfere:
in other words, that he should not attend to future applications.
4.
At this juncture, police
from the District of which Hongkong originally a part, having been found here with warrants from their Magistrate for the arrest of persons residing here, charged with certain offences committed within this jurisdiction, in replying to his last rejoinder, I first remarked that he had evidently misunderstood me; that the duty obliged our two nations to a mutual surrender of criminals, formally demanded; that this stipulation
19th November, 1849.
Victoria, Hongkong,
had been always observed by us, and would be; and I trusted would be by the Chinese Government as well; and I then brought to his notice the irregular proceeding of the Police in the employ of his subordinate. In his reply he abandoned the previous discussion, with reference to the criminal Chinese, demanded as a British subject, and attempted to exonerate the Magistrate from blame, in his violation of our right, on the ground that his object in endeavouring to seize the parties named in the warrants, was the punishment of crime, and the consequent wellbeing of both nations.
I thought it well to remind him of a block from the same District, who attempted to levy taxes here in 1844, and was detained by Mr. Davis, until Ho Ying had