No165
Inclosure No. 1 in Despatch
1855
Duplicate.
(8th to 14th Nov. 1855).
within British Territory.- of British Courts of Justice U.S.N., on the jurisdiction
with Commodore Abbot, Additional Correspondence
(bify)
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Hongkong, 20th November 1855.
My Dear Sir,
My
With reference to yours of this date, in which you state that your interview with Jones Keenan, Esqre., the American Consul, relative to the affair of the ship "Providere", I beg, in reply, to state that after some conversation concerning the correspondence between the Parcel Comwal and the Government, the Consul remarked that he had done his duty in protesting against the whole proceedings, and would protest against the fine being paid, and it was not for him to move further in the matter so far as the fine is concerned, and that Capt. Misling went on board the "Providere" on the new accord. You then asked the Consul's advice, since "the stores had been ordered for the beach...
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