M. Merivale
this is a request, on the part of Bridges, to be favourably considered by the Secretary of State
by
Attorney General.
M Blackwood.
What office did
Bridges hold
at H.K.
11/3.
when he was appointed temporarily to fill Sterling's vacancy.
none whatever. He was
only
a private practitioner in the Law
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MW. Bale.
I am sorry
M. Bridger
has written this letter, because he is,
as far as I have heard, an useful and
able man;
and the tone which he
adopts as if personally injured because the then Secretary of State did not convert his acting appointment into a permanent one
is, I think, an
A private practitioner
who is appointed pro tempore to discharge
The functions of Attorney-General here, has no claim on the public - his temporary work is, I presume, gainful to him. I think he might be answered that