operation of the said Act, and
I cannot supersede the requirements of Imperial legislatures by any local interference.
I think that the case is deserving the attention of Her Majesty's Government, and I will forward the correspondence to the Earl of Clarendon by the next mail.
I have, &c.,
(signed) John Bowring.
To Sir G. Grey.
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RECEIVED DEC 2 1856
No. 316
Foreign Office, December 11, 1856.
Sir,
I am directed by the Earl of Clarendon to transmit to you a note from the Spanish Chargé d'Affaires at this Court, stating that the Queen of Spain has appointed Don Lorenzo Juan Gutierrez, a Spanish subject resident in Hong Kong,