now the honour formerly Benilore
of. Dr. Marcy's reply bony communication
J.L. will perceive that the Court of the UStates has not sustained the Commodore or the Commodore in the pretensions which they put forward on the occasion in question,
but that Dr. Marcy is at the same Time of opinion that the course pursued by the British Authorities
at Hongkong
was in some
respects objectionable & furnished good grounds for complaint on
the part of the Court of the UStates.
I have the honour to be
(signed) Jothampton
GR1172/56
186
Department of State Washington April 14
I have received
note of your
the 15th Instant, with several
inclosures, relative to a misunderstanding between the United States Consul at Hongkong
and
the civil Authorities at that
place. The subject had previously been brought to the notice
of
J. F. Crampton Esq