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Lord Granville expresses great regret that these two prisoners should have been liberated whilst the case was under the consideration of Her Majesty's Government without previous communication by telegraph and I am of opinion that, under the circumstances, the proper course would have been to have applied for instructions by telegraph immediately upon receiving Mr. Fraser's representation if, from the absence of proper formal application, or from any other defect in the proceedings, you considered it desirable to await a decision of the Supreme Court.
The Chinese Government were informed on the 3rd of October last by Her Majesty's Representative at Peking that
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were informed
on the 3rd of October last by Ster Majesty's
Representative at Sehing
at Abing
that
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