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alleged that no Violation of British Territory took place; that the man was decayed from Houghtong by his

relatives and that the Chinese Authorities had

him

on

right

to arred

Chinese territory without enquiring how be

That

Came

there.

the other hand

the information furnished by the Governor of Hongkong hardly, left room for doubt that the persons who decayed the man from

tronghong Agents of

And

loere

acting

As

"

the paid

of the Chinese Authorities

their Instructions.

the Chinese

under

That, if so,

Authoritie's

had committed

which govern

violation of

the rules which

the relations belision civilized states,

and had departed from thes

stipulations of

368

the Treaty which

laid down the Course

to be pursued

for the recovery

recovery of fugitive Criminals.

That the facts

were

fully

stated in Sir J. Bowen's Desp. to

H.M. §. Chargé d'Affaires at

2

which

a.

Wo

Piking,

Copy That Sir J. Pauncefote

transmitted.

to request that

the

papers

ints

we

<va

we would take. transmitted there with

our Consideration, and that

would favour Your Lordship

with our

opinion

the Circumstances

such

020

to call for

as to whither

of the Case

A

were

#monstrance

the part of HM's Goot,

whether the evidence

to as

and

sufficient

to justify a demand for Chan Tim's

restoration

A