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for
me to take such steps
as
I
might think right for the
release
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the Kitnapped men,
and the punishment
offenders.
I
17
the
pointed out to the
Consul that the atrocities had not been committed either by Mitish Subjects, or within British purisdiction _ and that it
417s
doubtful whether the parties implicated could be made
amenable to our
Law
for
the minon offence of falu
even
imprisonment in our Harbour.
be
I suggested that he surely must
have
If
power
to take
cognizance
- ffences committed by French
Subjects in Chinese waters, and that at all events the Kidnapped men should be returned to their native country by the French Authorities, having been carried away from it by a French Ship which had visitch for that purpose
place which was
not
an open Port, in violation of the Treaty between France and China. – The Consul replied,
that he did not think the Captain
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of the Welle I'legen" had committed
any offence,
as
The had been very
Kink to the Costies on board his ship; that he had no
no power over the Peruvians and Portuguese