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I am to acquaint you, in reply, for the information of the Duke of Buckinghand and Chandos, that Lord
Stanley
Can give
definite opinion
upon
this
inbeat till Sir Rutherford
Alcock's report thereupon has been
reecived. All he can say
at present in
that he thinks there might be objections
with the Chinese Government
to reising
the question of
Chinese Law in
before Execution.
revision of
the
regard to confession
That Law obtaine
some countries
Europe, and though it may
not
be
be consistent with our notions
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have been
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of humanity,
wiging
Chinese
the Chine
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abstain from enforcing atter of
Law in the matter
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death by slow
Megrees, we could not reasonably
request them to set aside a
humane
low in order to secure reccution.
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not seem
Governor of houstong does
to attach importance,
ad 2)
punishment, to the deprivation of
liberty
to which it all events aud
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unconfessed, pirate is subject; but
it is impossible to say
that punishment
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