provisions of a

a Bond of the kind propond have been carried out or disregarded.

(3.) Because the French Consul at Hong. kong has protected in the name of his Government against any new proceeding not expressly sanctioned by English or by international law, while th. Marty has

lawyer, who, if the clearance

retained a

of his ships should be refiered on his declining to furnish

it the bond which it

is proposed to tract, would forthwitte

Commence a suit in the Supreme Court. for heavy damages against the Government, It will be recollected that in a somewhat

analogous case in Jamaica (Perlido V. Musgrave _ two

O'malley

was at that

time rettorney General in Jamaica_before

3)

*)

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becoming Attorney General in Hong kong, ) the Imperial and Colonial Govern ruento were condemned to the payment of very

large

sumes of money - Itio, Inoreover, alleged that juries in Hong kong

are

only

necessarily taken chiefly from the Class of Europeans resident in this community, that is, from persons engaged in marcantile pursuits; whose inclination and interest alike prompt- them to oppose by all the means in their power, any attempt to restrict freedom of trade with either or witte botte um

to sell

belligerent Powers; for they are ready arsus and coal most impartially to

both the French and Chinese; and are

the hostile to the enforcement of

very

becoming

Foreign

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