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of members of the Sovemment, and I therefore thought myself justified in declining to forward the Communication in the shape in
then presented to
which it was
e
me.
En
In page 2 of 125 Almada
Cactros Letter of the 17th August
last, he states that amongst remarks I said "that "had always
always been
other
you (he)
my confident_
this I must at once deny, for it implies a much greater degree of intimney than has ever existed
between
us -
I have however always
placed every confidence in M I'Almada e spectre, and it is very
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probable that I told him so- and
he
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may have misunderstood me, unintentionally misrepresental what I said.
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The cause of complaint mare by me I'Almada e Castro against M2 Mercer recurved during my
my absence
in
Angland, and I know nothing about it, except what has been disclosed in the coreehondence. Mr. Mercer seems to think that MrD'Almada e Castro on
the recasion which called for his rebuke, induced the Lieutenant Governon to allow hims to sign certain Letters with a view of its being hereafter considered a precerent