compelled to the course, insistech upon by the Good of Hong-Kong in
any
case, but im
particular in
such a case as that to which
The inclosed Socuments more
especially refer.
The Secretary of State for the Colonies hes, it appears, recently
instructed the
that, without a
..
Good of Hong-Song a guarantee that
the extreme punishment of the Chinese law shall not be inflicted, Criminals claimed by the Chinese
Good of the Colony
by the Chinese
are not to be
Surrendered.
surrendered. These instructions,
220
of which I lever only heard through The Colonial Government, interprets, They do not modify, a Tuaty provision.
Jam sar
satisfied.
That the
Chinese Goo? would be much
if
astonishedt if, after all. The explanation it has received on the subject of diplomatic ulations, it were to learn that there is in these parts any exponent of Tucky
H.
•
Questions
except
S . M's Representative in this
Capital.
For Myself, Scannot
my. find in Jeed.
Treaty
on elsewhere,
or
any
ADEX