in Chinese Territory
may subject who a British have committed a crime in British Territory.
The Jurisdiction conceded to British Consuls or other public Functionaries under Art: xvi of the Treaty of Tientsin, (xi Hertlet. (p.90.) which is believed to be the only "Treaty in force bearing on the question of British Jurisdiction within Chinese Territory, is only in respect of British subjects who may commit crime in China.
The Law Officers observe, indeed, that "there was a provision in Art. ix of the previous Treaty of Hoomun-Chae (vi. Hertlet. p. 265) for the apprehension by the Chinese Authorities and the surrender to the nearest British functionary of any British subject who should escape into Chinese Territory; and if any practice grew up under that Treaty, to which Sir R. Alcock may refer in his Despatch N°29 of November 28, 1860, (a copy of which was transmitted to you in my letter of February 18,) when he says that "there is no impediment to