New trial in China of grown up; that the declaration of assurance of the Governor General to the tertiaries (transmitted to me by the Envoy) was not to be believed by me. And that the prisoners surrendered Mr. Administrator March in 1879 had been actually so tortured in spite of the guarantee then given to the Hong Kong Government; and I took the liberty of asking Your Excellency's view of the case and whether You concurred with me in thinking that the prisoners should not be granted... under some misapprehension Mr. Hewlett's statements had been sifted and proved.
2. Whilst still waiting for the Expression of Your Excellency's opinion, a despatch on the subject reached Her Majesty's Government and Procured the Part of Hurlbery's Instructions to surrender the fugitive. On the Governor General giving a written assurance that none are children or grandchildren of the murdered persons, that no punishment of abscing to... not applied and that no kind of torture will be inflicted on the prisoners either during the trial or by way of punishment.
3. But in reply to the above Colonial Secretary's letter of the 12th instant referring to No. Hewlett's conditions on which the prisoners would be surrendered by...