CO129-156 - Sir MacDonnell - 1872 [1-3] — Page 489

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to the practice followed; in this Consulate which in his judgment is according to law; That considering, that it is his duty as Consul to maintain the proper and unquestionable Rights and privileges of the Nation which he represents - that considering what the Supreme Court demands is contrary to International Law (Wheaton (sic) International Law page 165), the and to the Provisions of British Statutes laid down in Chapter CXXI Section 4 contained in "A Collection of the Public General Statutes passed in the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria" – After consulting his colleagues accredited to this Colony, who view the question in the same light and wishing to avoid dispute, and because the Governor of the Colony has intimated that if he persists in his refusal to deliver the effects in question he cannot prevent, although much to his regret, proceedings being taken against him Criminally: We therefore deliver the effects.

The Active interference which is an abuse of Power. We Protests in the form required by the Law as occasion may afford.

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to the practice followed; in this Consulate which in his judgment is according to law; That considering, that it is his duty as Consul to maintain the proper and unquestionable Rights and privileges of the Nation which he represents - that considering what the Supreme Court demands is contrary to International Law (Wheaton (sic) International Law page 165), the and to the Provisions of British Statutes laid down in Chapter CXXI Section 4 contained in "A Collection of the Public General Statutes passed in the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria" – After consulting his colleagues accredited to this Colony, who view the question in the same light and wishing to avoid dispute, and because the Governor of the Colony has intimated that if he persists in his refusal to deliver the effects in question he cannot prevent, although much to his regret, proceedings being taken against him Criminally: We therefore deliver the effects. The Active interference which is an abuse of Power. We Protests in the form required by the Law as occasion may afford. Page 439
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