of Her Majesty's Eastern
"Copies should be held t
Court to the effect that the
French Government stili
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apply
to the matter of coating
claim the exercise of billigerent
rights
in
respect
& neutral
alone, of whether it should
be extended to equipment in
other respects.
in reply i am to state t
you, for the information of
the Earl of Derby, that a note
has recently been received from
the French Ambassader at this
Court
vessels; and that ord
Granville has, in consequence,
consulted the Law officers of
the Crown on the general
question of the removal of
these restrictions.
I am to add that bis
Lordship will cause a reply