according to law. Its to Yong A. tapety, the former petition states that he had apprehended in Stonghong; now it was aversee that he has made his escape to Penang.
In order to discover which of the two statements was the correct one, and whether Penang, Hongkong, and another British possession were involved, it was necessary to await until the Viceroy wrote to the British Envoy and asked him to move His Excellency the Governor of Stonghong to institute inquiries on the subject and issue instructions that You Bak-me-kum and the others should be handed over for trial and punishment.
With reference to this case, the Viceroy has to observe that, some time ago, upon receipt of reports from the Kuri-shin Magistrate and from the military adjutant Thai, he wrote on each occasion to Her Majesty's Envoy requesting him to move His Excellency the Governor of Stonghong to hand Yong Pak-mo-Kum and the other criminals to Lieutenant Si Ping-tai. Now that he has received the foregoing statements, it becomes his duty to communicate them to Her Majesty's Envoy, and beg His Excellency the Governor of Stonghong to institute inquiries as to whether Yong A-tap-ty alias A-toong has escaped to Penang or not, and if...