CO129-133 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [10-12] — Page 17

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the Queen's jurisdiction in British Colonies. We then pushes the _ question

to a

plain

Mas

point at which he must get a

ausiver,

only iter

and I submit the shere

bloodshed, which world be

a

-great

scandal to the port, whilt it world)

not be less

a

scandal, if

nove... but

Foreigners belonging to the vessels une

robbed,

eve TANDVA/PA

which I

murdered and ill treated.

11.

The clann of the Casul, therefore,

could truly give, namely that no

bocem

implion exists.

auch

10.

I would remark also that

far

alchrough. it may be wise as

possible to ignore

the

ビンセンセル

menal of minor

offences and assauth amongst the stause

of forugi vesels, it would be most)

all cimies committed in

impolitic to resign

our

complete jurisdic

liar over

such infeels. Your Braw

well?

may

conceive that there might occasionally

grave

NAVO RO

of disturbance and

Enclosure 194 Reply thereto

Enclosure MS.

was one, which I think

was

properly

rejected as wholly madmissible, and his reply to the Colonial Secretary

he

apparently recides from any such clain as based on legal right, and explains his personal action in the matter by quoting a passage from instructions to French Pansuls under

an "Ordonnance" of October 1833, which "Acte" so ancient

recites

aw

November 1806.

aa

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