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A copy of the Solicitor General's opinion, referred to by Sir John Bowring in the Despatch now enclosed, is also transmitted for Lord Canning's information & may
A Copy.
Sir,
Hong Kong, Wednesday, August 6th 1856.
His Excellency Sir John Bowring, in submitting certain questions relative to the Prosecution for Rescue against Her Freewan, the American Consul, for the opinion of the Law Officers of
The Right Honorable,
The Secretary of State for the Colonies