having been returned to him,
Gred has decided
I think Li W Hams
This letter might
refore in the
mean time L-LE-
the Government,
in forming him "That 25 they
Expects a Short
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this
purse, but that he would refer the matter home. I would most humbly Appeal to Your Lordship when I am justly answerable for demand. I cannot conceive but willingly submit my case to the decision in (what ever it may be) which I feel confident Your Lordship's just consideration the whole transaction will have a review at. I have the honor to be Your Lordship's Obedient servant, William Napier
Mr. Merciale. I suppose Mr. Napier will
Feb 21/1/50
Earl Grey
Jan 23
W. Napier
Jan 24
4877 Hongkong
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I am directed by Earl Grey
to acknowledge the receipt
of your
letter of the 18th inst.
on the
subject of the claim I referred against you for
the sum of £155.
on account
of work alleged to have
been performed for the
fort of Hong Kong; and I have to acquaint you
in reply that his Lordship has instructed Governor
Bonham to send home,
as soon as the trial shall have been concluded, a full
report on the whole case
and the result that this report will...