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his "Flag" conveys - and was in fact interpreted by the French Admiral. that
he is entitled to official honours outside the precincts of his Government; and it thus became my province to point out that our Flag
being improperly used.
was
6. I never assumed or asserted that
"the Foreign Admirals who chose to salute " a British Governor in Foreign Waters had " done wrong". I simply informed the French Admiral Mr Hennessy was not under such circumstances Entitled to Salutes from his own nation, nor could he rightly hoist his Flag.
7. The precedents which Mr Hennessy
ly
Her
Cites of Foreigners being saluted Majesty's Ships in Stong Kong Starbons,
are not in my opinion analogons.
The
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