position he filled, but the shattered state of the Judge's health, and the fact that the appointment was only provisional, induced me to refrain from making representations which might seem to give too much importance to the attacks.
57. Coarse-minded and ill-famed individual It is impossible, however, I can send home the letter of the Chief Justice without these remarks, and I enclose, as specimens of Mr Bevan's aptitudes, three numbers of the Hongkong Register, 1st April, as it refers to a subject reported on in my despatch A 54; that of 20th May, specially referred to in the Memorandum of the Colonial Secretary, and the paper of this day's date.
now I have the honour to be, With the highest respect, Sir, Your Most Obedient Servant, [Signature: ?] Bowen
However, to follow the exact output format as requested, here is the revised version in HTML:position he filled, but the shattered state of the Judge's health, and the fact that the appointment was only provisional, induced me to refrain from making representations which might seem to give too much importance to the attacks.
57. Coarse-minded and ill-famed individual It is impossible, however, I can send home the letter of the Chief Justice without these remarks, and I enclose, as specimens of Mr Bevan's aptitudes, three numbers of the Hongkong Register, 1st April, as it refers to a subject reported on in my despatch A54; that of 20th May, specially referred to in the Memorandum of the Colonial Secretary, and the paper of this day's date.
now I have the honour to be, With the highest respect, Sir, Your Most Obedient Servant, Shu Beuren
has been kept as is for signature, assuming "Shu Beuren" is the correct reading of the signature, though it seems likely to be an OCR error for a name like "George Bowen".