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Your Lordship's information some observations thereon of Mr Pauncefote Attorney General.
would thence appear that protection is given by the Convention of the 24th November 1860 to those and the Public are excluded from entering. Man of War and therefore cannot improperly find shelter there they go on board the subsidized vessels and surround themselves for an improper purpose with the protection which the character of those vessels afford to all on board.
Similar vessels so complete that absconding debtors and parties amenable to the Civil jurisdiction can take passage on board and defy creditors, or Officers of the Law by a little discreet management. this is not merely conceding the privilege of a man of War to such vessels but it is conceding to the Public a privilege improperly for private purposes the privileges granted to such vessels; for it must be remembered that although
"It seems questionable therefore whether the possibility of such a result was not the only improper advantage that might be taken of the privileges conferred in the present case to the minds of the framers of the Convention in question. I confess that individually I fail to perceive any particular advantage, which either Government,