had, since your predecessors letter to me of 25th ult, been rearrested on a new charge, I am informed that the proofs of guilt having been found sufficient to justify his extradition, the Officer Administering the Government of Hongkong had ordered him, as well as his accomplice, Chang A Chi, to be surrendered to the Chinese Authorities as soon as they should have complied with the usual formalities.
The Imperial Govt., to whom I shall hasten to communicate this information, will be much gratified on learning the surrender of these two malefactors, whose cruelty had made them the terror of those provinces in Southern China which were the field of their piratical depredations, & in the surrender of these pirates.
had, since your predecessors
letter to me
of 25th ult, been
rearrested on a new
charge,
I that the proofs of guilt having been friend sufficient to justify his extradition, the Officer Administering
the Yout of Hongkong had
ordered himm
well
as his
as well as
accomplice, Chang a Chi, to be surrendered to the
Chinese Authorities as
soon as they should have
complied
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complied with the usual
formalities
The Imperial Gost, to whom I shall hasten to communicate this inform", will be much gratified on learning the surrender these two malefactors,
of
whose cruelty had made
them the terror of
those
provinces in Southern Chine which were the field of their piratical depredations,
& inthe surrender of these
pirates
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