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precedents in office, nor has the Consul of any other Nation, ever to His Excellency's knowledge claimed those exemptions which, you desire to establish, exemptions which have not been claimed. Suppose such exemptions were claimed by Her Britannic Majesty's Government in favor of British Subjects either in the Colony or territory of the United State. You will, under these Circumstances perceive how impossible it is for His Excellency to change from the course which his instructions declare to him.
M. Mitchell has been informed that, although he is justified in denying the right of a Consul to sit on the Bench, it is customary to concede this privilege to the office, and this courtesy should not in his Excellency's opinion be denied while the Supreme Authorities have the question under consideration. The evidence as to Mr. Mitchell's personal deportment is so contradictory that it is made to come to a conclusion on the point. Mr. Mitchell has been instructed that His Excellency expects to...