London May 7-1875
544
FIVEO
Ratin
To the Under Secretary of
Colonial Office
Sin
1975
Preet
Downing Stuc
On behalf of Messrs - Augustine Heard & Co., merchants of Hongkong, British Subjects, I beg respectfully to enquire what is the present position of the claim made upon "the Spanish Government for the seizure and confiscation of the vessel 'Marie Louise' and her cargo" in 1874.
The vessel left Hongkong last; and prior to my departure, I was informed by Mr. Condes, the Consul at that port, that the question, as it related to the vessel, had received the attention of the Spanish Government, but that Her Majesty's Government would take into consideration the matter of the cargo.
As I am deeply interested in the result, I should be...