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not sauction it, as the accused homson is a subject, not of great Britain but of Peru; and were such a course to be adopted, the Peruvian goot would be entitled to complain. Extradition of persons charged with crime can take place, according to British len, only under ratiot and bending Trentrer with foreign foot, and the Treaty between Great Britain and Chin rettes only to subjects of the respective fountries; and this is a complete

request of the Chinese Jovernor. With respect to the security taken by the Chief Justice for the appearance of Pastor and Helquers, such searity

6ccavity carmot in our be enforced; and no further proceding

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should be taken in the matter.

with respect to the answer the returned to the note of the Peruvian minister of the 7th February, we would suggest

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suggest that it may be stated, that information reached the authorities at Hong Kong that the Chinese Cooker then on board the "Ville d'agenat thats Port had been by the direct insturmentality of Pastor, and offerente with the knowledge and concurrence of Helguero, wrongfully and for city seizal or Ridnaffed under various false bretences in Chrien; that the Shich had bean fitted out at Hong Kong for the carrying out this olimunal Enterprise without the knowledges of the anthontes, whose attention had not been attracted

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Dher foreign Hag; that in Stout under the municdiate suferintendence of Pastor, a series of the most flagrant outrages had occurred,

Chinese lives had been sucrificed within Chinese territoral purisdiction;

great omettico perpetrated on the survivors. That this state of thoupetened

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