10-
76
11.
would no
9.
doubt have been gravely censured). Accordingly
he states that "he
"proceeded up the river four or six miles
"above the batteries and anchored below the
"Funing Junks within sight of Shuni Tung
his object being "to obtain assistance in
view of a Practical attacke." On the 26th of March
his vessel
was
seized by a Chinese Steamer
and carried to Canton!
10.
and his
That is the story told by the master
and crew
by
Knott a Cheong), and by:
Chin-a Ohn, partner of the Charterer of the
vessel. The facts
were all subsequently
sifted and confirmed at the reinvestigation
which took place last October in consequence
of my representation, and it
may
Endorsed 2. 3rd July 1867.
statement was never
questioned by either
The Chinese Authorities or by Consul Robertson-
both of whom acted throughout on the
supposition that the
mere
presence of the vessel in the limits of a non-treaty Port was
alone sufficient to condemn her and could not be explained away.
11.
It may
here be convenient though
not in order of dates to enclose the Memo
which at
my request Mr Pollard, Counsel for Knott a Cheong drew up as to the point raised by Sir Rutherford Alcock:
namely
that no proof was forthcoming of the charter "and the Charterer himself
was not brought
"forward", and that the Chinese Authorities
as well
as we
should bear in mind that the bulk of the above
Her Majesty's
Consul
did not assume the
correctness of the
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