Chinese Government not being complied with; Her Majesty, having taken the said.... Draft of Instructions into Consideration was pleased by and with the Advice Of Her Privy Council to approve thereof. And to order as it is hereby ordered that the most noble the Duke of Newcastle; one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State do cause the said Instructions to be prepared for Her Majesty's Royal Signature.
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Instructions given at Our Court Buckingham Palace the 31st day of March, in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the Twenty-third year of Our Reign, for Our Courts of Admiralty in Our Dominions Possessions, and Colonies, for their Guidance respecting the mode of proceedings on the Capture of all ships, vessels, and goods belonging to the Emperor of China or his subjects, which are or shall be taken by any of Our ships of war; and concerning all manner of Captures, seizures, Prizes, and Reprisals of