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in
a
precarious state in the French
Hotel in
this City.
It is not necessary for me to
add
any
charges
or
allegations
now.
The account
of
the
gross outrage. Having
consulted
the Executive Council, I have,
on
the advice of the Acting Attorney General,
instructed that legal
proceedings shall be instituted against
all those who were
concerned, and,
although
the matter is a difficult one, I trust that there will
be
sufficient evidence forthcoming to enable the Law to be vindicated.
6. Nevertheless, it is as regards two of the persons, the Spanish Consul and the Acting French Consul, that
I have to request Your Lordship's especial attention. Whether they will be proved to have been guilty of
the Misdemeanor with which they are charged under Ordinance No. IV of 1860, Sec. IV,
or not, they have unquestionably offered unfitting
conduct in the exercise of the powers
they hold. I am not aware
of any authority by which I can suspend a Consul's Exequatur, whatever his offence, pending reference to Her Majesty's Government. I have not, therefore, moved in that direction, and the dealing with the case, so far as the official position of the Consuls is concerned,
thus lies entirely with Your Lordship's