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why

the

opium referred to should not

be handed

over to the plaintiffs in

satisfaction of the decrces wade in

their

favor.

To the service of these orders

aud quIN MONACO

objecti

the

Dr. Von Mollendorff.

grounds, if I understand

hive aright, that they refer to property

which being

in the custody of the Coneulate is exceder the control of

the German

Government, and that therefore,

British Overt has no

3.

In

a

• jurisdiction.

consequence of the advice

given by the Altonay Gournal, whose

opinion will be found amongst the

correspondence

correspondence, I diaceted that the afating Geanum Convul should be informed

that I was not aware

international usage.

of any law or

under which he

the

could claim exccuption froue

ordinary process of the Court. That

he had any good cause to show

if he

the orders

of the Court should be set

why

aside, it was a question with which

I was unable to deal, and which could

only be raised

by

him before the

Supreme Court in the proper way,

The writs were

to him on

overe accor

accordingly

16th instant.

returned