Time it is always agreeable as well.
as desirable to remove
ad
impressions
that
untrue
erroneous
may
have been
formed - particularly when they
be of a painful
may
ever
unpleasant tendency : It is therefore with that view that I notice the
remark of His Excellency the Governor, and think I may venture to assure
him, that in any representation His Excellency Sir William Parker made to the Admiralty upon the subject localities for Naval purposes. His Excellency had not the least intention of throwing blame upon any one, still less upon His Excellency the Governor ; - but that he only
of
meant to lament that the other demands of the Public Service, or uncontrollable causes prevented the Navy
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Navy holding a site in the Harbour
suitable to their purposes. I have to
very
(Signed) Thos. Cochrane.
A true Copy.
Michael Wormann
Rear Admiral.