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willing that the vessel should be redeemed, and received back the vessel, my attention has been called to a statement made by the Chairman of the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce at a public meeting held, which is that on the 16th of July it was in fact calculated to mislead Merchants and Shipmasters to their various injury, I have to instruct you to give an unqualified contradiction.
II, the statement I refer to, as reported in the China Mail, is given in the following words.
A brilliant instance of "this was His Excellency's zeal for the interests of this Colony in the manner in which he advocated the case of the seizure of the Prince Albert being successful in at last convincing Sir Rutherford Alcock that the seizure was an illegal one.
I am very sure that Sir Richard G. MacDonnell, to whom allusion is made in the above extract, never made a statement so wholly devoid of foundation. The legality of
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willing whe
should be redeemed, and received
back the vessel, my
attention
has been called to a statement
made
by
the Chairman of the Hongtong Chamber of Commerce
at a public meeting of Body held
which is
and
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that.
the 16th of July
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in fact
as it is calculated to mislead
Morchants and Shipmasters
to their
verious
to instruct
injury, I have
you to give
unqualified contradiction.
II,
it
a the statement & refer to, as peported in the China Mrail
given
given.
the following
worda.
A brilliant instance of
"this was
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of
His Prxcellena's
" zeal for the interests of this
Colony
in the
the
manner in which
he advocated the case
of the
seizure of the Prince Albert
being successful
in at last
Convincing Fir Rutherford Alcock " that the seizure
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very
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sure H. C.
Sir Richard Mo Donnell,
whom allusion is made in the
above extract, never
A
statement so
of foundation
authorsized wholly devoid The legality of
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