Mr, Francis—Perhaps you will oondesoend to toll branch of th vice of the Adminiatration of C Mr, Francis—Do you remember any special report being made to you by Mr, Parkhill on gth October last Mr. Francis—tn consequence of what you heard from Mr, Parkhill I think you saw the prisoner, Edward Page, either that oveying or the following morning Witness—Well, I sent for him in consequence of that report, Mr, Francis—Did he come to you?
Wilness—Yes: ho came to m Mr. Fi bat evening, or the following day itness—Tho following mornin, Mr. Francis—Did you apeak to Sima fet of he to you?
Witness—I cannot say; I have no reoollec-
Mr, Francis—Do you mean by that you don't' remember, or in there anything else that prevent your nid that I don't recollect. T have a right to be believed.
Mr. Franois—Did Page make any statement to you that morning Wit is—Now, will you on collect it, what you said to Page before he commenced making that statement itness—I don't recollect what I said to Mr, Francis—Can you say as a matter of fact whether you threatened him in any way i s—TI <ion't threaten as a rule.
-—Auswer my question, please. not threaten him.
His Lordship—He says h Mr. Francix—He has didn't threaten, ip—Well, it is the same thing.
Tt is such a question to ask me, ten a Mr. Francis—I or inducement w 2 Wituess—I did not, I called upon him to report the facts of his duty.
Mr. Fraucis—Then you do remember?
Witness—Lhat is what I sent for him for, His Lordship—You sent for him?
Witness—I sent for him as my euhordinat to report to me the facts connected with the duty on which he was engaged the previous Mr. Francis—He did make a statement to 7 WVitneas—Hre did, on? 2
Mr. Francis—Will you repeat to the Court and Jury what ho said?
jese—I will not.
His Lordsbip—I understand the question to be—Will you state to the Court and Jury what the prisoner said to you in answer to your inquiry Mr. Francis—Yee, Witnese—t will not, my Lord. Ihand to the Court an authority from the highest Chinese official in this declaring. this is vot a concern of a British Court His Lordship—What is it 2 Witness—A communication addressed tome to state that the document and statem made is the property of the Chineee Govern. ment, dressed to you by wh Viceroy of the Two Kua notifying me that this document statement are the property of the ese Government; that is, the answer made officially to me by the pris His Lordship—tIt was made by word of mouth, was it not?
ness—It was taken down by mo in writing, His Lordship—But it was note you took down Witness—I examined him and took down iratement for the information of jinese Government, and it was signed by him. in Lordship—And bei the Chinese Gor Witners—Being the property of the Chinese in impossible for me, without a breach of honour as a Chinese official, to divulge that, is Lordahip—All_ you have ated is, notifying you that the answer ma Proverty of t! ese Governm the
Well, what else Witness—Yeur Lordship is at liberty to read the communication Lordehip—It communication forbidding you to reply to this question Witnem—To furnish to this, Court records of the Custom House, and that sta mont forms part of the record His Lordship—Did they give you a direetion not to make this communication to the Court?
Witness—They did.
Lordship—The communication substan. tially, not the record? Did they nominatim fou, you are not to make that comtion to this Court, or merely not to the records?
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