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one giving
Sir Frederick Bruce's Notification the other that of this Government.
I take the liberty of suggesting that Mess Barnett
Lous should have
am
the Colonial
opportunity given them of accounting for their belief in the views of Office as expressed in the final sentence of their letter inted London 25th May 1863, attached to first enclosure.
my
The Second enclosure shows the Attorney General's opinion of Messrs Bourn's letter.
On this I have only to - very clearly
remark that by " the
"defined obligation
on me is
of
Course
meant the orders I had received
from
The Secretary &
of
State. (See
Despatches No /5/ of 21th December 151 1862 and 87 of 26th June, 1863).
I should add that the last
paragraph of M. Iruale's letter
was not communicated to Mess= Bours, as it was unnecessary and would have been hardly
courteous to advise them to
out measures
carry which they had
already threatened.
With this the whole
proceedings terminated.
to pequit for export of
any
munitings of war has ever
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