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question whether or not the man had deserted from. Sancho Panza, and frame his decision accordingly.
rises.
Assuming these premises to be correct, how then, may I venture to ask, could the Police Magistrate constitute himself the arbiter in a disputed case, where he had no choice to pass judgement but with fettered hands, and where, in the absence of higher authority to deal with the case, it is evident that the rights of the Russian Government must have been ignored and sacrificed.
The Commodore, having placed in the difficult position of reconciling his duty with the conflicting rights of other parties, from the very beginning was careful not to interfere with or infringe against British Laws by asserting authority and asserting his power where such did not come within his province, but having satisfied himself as to the legality of his proceedings on board the "Elbe",