signaler à la plus sérieuse attention du Goud. de S. M. des faits qui ont amené la saisie illegale du paquebot
"Onex"
Jen
letter of July 16/72
Ct. d'Harcourt's
Seizure of
the "Ava"
py.
7557
72
Foreign Office $55
July 25th 1872.
An. l'Ambassadeur,
I have the honour
to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter of the 16th. Just welding
a note Verbale
referring
to the
detection at the Port of Mong-
Kong of the Messageries Steam-Ship "Ava" on the
of May last, by
order of the
Vice Admiralty Court of that Colony - to which you request
special attention, as being a measure contrary
to the
stipulations of art. 5 of the convention between Great Britain & France of the 24th
Count D'Harcourt,