HC Deb 03 April 1860 vol 157 c1808

In reply to MR. EDWIN JAMES,

MR. CHICHESTER FORTESCUE

said, that on the receipt of a despatch from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Governor of Hong Kong, in conformity with that despatch, put an end to the imprisonment of Mr. Tarrant, the editor of The Friend of China. Mr. Tarrant was now and had been for some weeks at liberty.