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togethe
ether with a third who also came down from Amoy will be sent up in the Steamer "Armenian" the master
of that vessel being instructed, to hand
them ti
you
with this letter.
I have to
(Regnes) M. H. Alexander,
Acting Colonial Secretary
(True Copy) Mr Alexan
Acting Colonial Secutary
(Copy) No 608
Sir.
Colonial Secretary's office,
Honghong, 4th August, 1865.
I have to inform you
that the
Spaniard and 46 Portuguese sent down from
Amoy
were
brought to trial before the
Supreme Court
on the 27th ultimo and
Convicted of Piracy and Murder upon which
sentence of death was
you
With
passed upon them.
reference
to the Chinese Witnesses
sent down, having guaranteed their~ return to the Chinese Authorities - I regret.
to inform you
that at 3.30 a.m
a.m. on
of them
Sunday the 30th ultimo one
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul,
Amoy