that an explanation should be given to the Chinese minister at this count regarding the circumstances under which the eleven fugitives have been released.
If Lord Granville should agree in this view, the Margains should be informed with dispatch that under the Hong Kong law (see 3 & 4 Vic. c. 2, Ord. 2 of 1850, extended to the Treaty of Tientsin by Ordinance 2 of 1871), proceedings taken before the magistrate in these cases are not final; it is still within the discretion of the Governor to discharge persons who have been committed by the magistrate.
In the present case, the Chinese fugitives had been committed by the magistrate; certain allegations were made by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Hongkong as to facts which at the time were inconsistent with the guilt of the accused:
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that an explanation should to the Chinese
be given
minister at this count
the circumstances under
of
which the eleven
fugitives
have been released
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