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the French Government as to lack of promptitude
the
my part in the matter of the "Ave", I can
only repeat to your Lordship that
I made
every
endeavour, without loss of time, to retrieve the
error which had been made in
that vessel seizing
2.
It was 2:30 P.M. on the
14th May that the Marshal of the
Vice Admiralty Court proceeded to
execute the Warrant which had
been issued. About 6 o'clock
the same evening the affair was first brought to
my notice
by the Acting French Consul and others who waited on me at
Government House, and after
the interview had ended, I sent
immediately for the Colonial Secretary
3.
Fortunately that Officer,
on hearing what had taken place, brought with him the Despatches of Your Lordship's Predecessor, Nos. 81 and 82, of the 8th February and
11th May, 1849, respectively, which lay down the privilege of exteroption
to which the French Mail Steamers
are entitled, so that I was at
once enabled to decide
on the course of action which should
be taken. Before 7 P.M. I had sent for Mr. Adayllar, the Acting