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Unto the Right Honourable the Duke of Newcastle, Her Majestijo Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies ;

The Memorial of c Andrew Shortiede,

residing

in Hongkong,

Showeth,

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That an action for Libel has ban brought agoninet Your clemorialist under the following circumstances:-

Your Alemonalist is Proprictor

2.

and Editor of the China Mail News.

which, in comme

commenting

paper, which,

the

On

#

the

ог

the put of May

last

loss of the Steamer Lavriston, Coast of China,

used these words, -

οι

"It is also certain that the loss of the steamer was caused by gross negle.

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en..

the part of the second

officer, who had the catastrophe

occurred in his

own country, would be in jail waiting his trial for manslaughter?

Now

Again? - Altogether,

vesel

can

the loss of the

only be characterized,

in seamen's phrase,

and will serve

as a

av

lubberly work

lefon tour