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the New Grenadian Minister wished a suggestion had been made by Sir John Browning, by the Captain of information, that was changed
the Port, or any one of Her Majesty's officers, that I should not give the flag of her government to my vessels, and to other
Lapore Toure
had I been charged, with this original sin of man, for withdrawal of my Exequatur. It would have been inconsistent.
I have acted at times with what I considered were the wishes and in common with the opinion of Sir John Browning
and
those of
at Wong Pong, without whose sanction I should not have
under
were given
the seven repeal, I did duly flag,
These flags were to benefit the commerce of Hong Kong, and prevent their going to Macao, to take the Portuguese flag which was granted to
and
flags nothing would have induced
me to have done it, but I supposed in granting them it was pleasing and benefiting
the colony of Hong Kong. The cause of
the flags being given
was, several vessels sailed under the British flag from Hong Kong, when they were not owned, to San Francisco, and
returned to the Consulate at Hong Kong.
Among this number was
the British Bark State,
man owned by
Mr George Waddell, of Hong Kong, a British subject. The British flag was changed at San Francisco, and the New Grenadian flag was taken and given within the returned to Hong Kong. A certificate of these facts,
sent by Waddell,
is now in London,
and well known to Sir John Browning.
When this
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