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undergo
Penal Servitude.
It is, I believe, the desire of Oer Majesty's Government that such Prisoners should sewe their tam of imprisonment under such circumstances in England, and as it is not practicable to forward by a private vessel except great expense, I propose to detain item here until the
item
Senior Naval Officer for their removal by Majesty's Ships.
ly
law a
me
arrange of the
I shall take care to transmit with the Prismers the regarding their
usual documents
cases,
but meanwhile I think it
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right to request attention to the fact that
Prisoners
was
are
of the
sentenced
by
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Court Martial sitting in Perang when the 80th Regiment
quartered
was
in the Straits Teule.
ments, and that he
was removed
here at the time of the transfer
ent to this
of that Regiment Colamy
This proceeding
is darletless
legal under the Muting Act, and I have, therefore, nothing
to say against it. But whether
it is in accordance with the intention of the
Oher Majesty's Govern,
ment is, I venture to thinkt,