CO129-052 - Sir Bowring - 1855 [9-12] — Page 271

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by backtorin Melunccy, an officer under Command. If the course Consul Heenan it was neither necessary nor becoming for me to express approbation or disapprobation, the dividing a question in an entirely different department of the Government.

the promptitude with which Your Excellency has made further inquiry into this matter, in deference to my representation, is very gratifying, forming your desire to understand its merits, and to promote the amicable relations existing between the two Countries.

Your Excellency very truly remarks that the fundamental principle upon which this matter hinges, depends upon a question of International Law, and upon the view taken by you.

I leave to form one. I can find nothing in the correspondence between our respective ministers of 32 July 1815, and 6 August 1827, referred to by Your Excellency, bearing upon the subject, or at all militating against the position I have taken. Mr. Webster, in the letter to Lord Ashburton, in the cause of the Creole, August 1, 1842, holds this language: "But, my Lord, the rule of Law and the practice and comity of nations, go so far as to allow even a private vessel, coming into an open port of another country voluntarily, for the purposes of lawful trade, to bring with her, and keep over her, to a very considerable extent, the jurisdiction and authority of the law of her own country, excluding to this extent consequently the jurisdiction...

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of Mr. by backtorin Melunccy, an officer under Command. If the course Consul Heenan it was neither necessary nor becoming for me to express approbation or disapprobation, the dividing a question in an entirely different department of the Government. the promptitude with which Your Excellency has made further inquiry into this matter, in deference to my representation, is very gratifying, forming your desire to understand its merits, and to promote the amicable relations existing between the two Countries. Your Excellency very truly remarks that the fundamental principle upon which this matter hinges, depends upon a question of International Law, and upon the view taken by you. I leave to form one. I can find nothing in the correspondence between our respective ministers of 32 July 1815, and 6 August 1827, referred to by Your Excellency, bearing upon the subject, or at all militating against the position I have taken. Mr. Webster, in the letter to Lord Ashburton, in the cause of the Creole, August 1, 1842, holds this language: "But, my Lord, the rule of Law and the practice and comity of nations, go so far as to allow even a private vessel, coming into an open port of another country voluntarily, for the purposes of lawful trade, to bring with her, and keep over her, to a very considerable extent, the jurisdiction and authority of the law of her own country, excluding to this extent consequently the jurisdiction... Page 268 ...
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of Mr.

by bachtorin Meluncey, on officer conder

Command. If the course Consul Heenan it was wither nece vory Avor becoming for ine to express cefformal or divarpferon, the lividing a fireition in an entirely different department of the Government.

the promptitude with colichn Your Spellousy hrow made further in- -_quiry into this matter, in deference.

my representation, is very gratifying, forming your desire to understand

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merits, and to promote the amicable relations wasting between the for

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in the creative betwveen our respective emitrice of 32. July 1815, and 6 lugust 1827, referred to by Your Exellowing, bearing wfrom the subject, or at all puilitating against the position I have tatiön ! Mr. Webster, in the better to Lord Reliburton, in the cause of the creole, August 1, 1842, holds this language: "But, my. Lord, the rule of Lowe and "the practice and comity of sertions, yo " such further thom Huse cover of neverity " and allow even a proliant besvet, "coming

into an open fort of another" "enustry voluntarily, for the purpovec " " of longful trade, to bring wath her " and "keep ver her, to a very enviderable "extent, the jurisdiction and antiority" "of the love of her now country, excluding " to this astont by cnvaguened the

extent concerquence

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