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of foreign merchants of Manila and Hruptory, and furthermore, ou
general principles of
international law.
public
E
the
The Service of the Government
Packet Steamers has been established
means if
apeement entered into
the terms set forth in the enclosed official Gazette which I have the hono to forward for your wellenes information, and by it the serpercarys alone is answerable
Iministration of the largs and
passengers,
for
the
as laid down in articles
723 to 727 of the Spanish Commercial
312
Code (Article 3 of the agreement)
Hence, and from the whole
f
content of
of the Apeement,
the Commander
passengers, his
the Ship stands entirely unconnected F with the cargi
und
Inties being contined to the direction, good order and security of the Shin. - All that regard the administration the mercantile interests does not form part of his duty. _ So it has been implicitly recognized by the
mercantile Community, and even in the case in question it appear
that
the parties interested brought in the first instance an
action against
the mercantile Agent of the Packet | Steamers at Struhow.
x
theufre, for implicating the Commander. Of
reasons,
the Steamer in an
R.