AGENT
"Master's request, as acknowledgment" of Madison being received, and at "half past four. J. M, Madison was brought ashore, and by direction
"of the Assistant Magistrate placed" with boarding house keeper Mitchell,
"until his case could be heard.
"Such, to the best of my" remembrance, are the particulars "you ask for, and which, no doubt, "Mr. Grand. Frewill readily confirm" if applied to.
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Extract of a Despatch from Sir John Bowring to Commodore Elliot, dated 1st November 1855 - page 118.
"With reference to the
"documents you
are so good as" to enclose, I have only to remark
"that the Depositions of Thomas" Cahill (position and profession not
"described) and of James Mitchell, are composed of hearsay statements, such
"as no Court of" Justice could entertain; - and that
"Mr William Farrant (whose letter"
"you forward) is a person who" was dismissed from the public
"service some years ago, on the ground that he had...