79
piractical appearance caused considerable jalawn to the peaceful fishing and hading vefels anchored in those places.
3.
You
will also learn with surprise
that not content with entering harbors
Chitherto
regarded
as closed against all cuisers not belonging to Her Majesty's
صة
proceedings, and from the imperfect information which the Officer in bommand of the bin.boat received he
judged it expedient to request the live junto in question to retum to Hongkong where they avived in co another Gun Boat
Junks
5.
benice, the masters of those armed had the audacity both to demand and
receive in
British Waters from various boats
fees for the ifore of ball dicenses. using
threatening language
and calling
calling on every one to take out Licenses hom thence.
4. On learning the appearance of such Suspicions craft at Aberdeen the bommodore,
on the
the
once
suggestion of His Excellency, at
sent
a
Gun bout to watch their
Gumbaut
f
mew
om
Company
with
the 8th instant.
The Governor having
who
apparently
caused the two
were in charge of
on the
the repels to appear before him 8th instant and not being at the time that they had committed any International discourtesy
aware-
overt act of
or
himself
hostility in British waters contented himaruf with Cautioning them not to appear ajain
ent!
in any waters belonging to this Goummer except in the regular anchorage Set apart
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.