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The first intimation that my
-intimation that my branch of the legal
profisson hade of the nature of the
of the nature of the memorial mas its publication
in the Government Guzelle. We have a meeting on
that
the subject
"
on the
and it cras determined to present a petition to the Legislative Counsie challenging the memorial and acting before amy attempt was made & legislate. subject of the memorial, the Memorial and Petition might be referred to an independent Committer to take evidence and repon't thereon.
The Pettition is contained in
the accompanying
Government Stazittle of the 12th of June
for attress.
Instead
of Complying
and mill speak'
with the reasonable
request of the Gettathioners, the Memorial of the Morahanta
The Getitioners were called...
mas assumed
upon for their defence,
w
to be
right,
and
the Tb. * of June
was appointed
person before
fised for the
for the Petitioners to be heard by Downsel or in
Council and the same day was
the Legislators
second reading of the Birdmance,
mas at
the last moment deputed to act
and was introdue..__
and
as sportisman for the Hongtong Society a to the Douncil as such by the Secretary of the Society, addressed the Council for several hours
several hours in support of the Getition, not attempting to offer a defonce, for which I submitted the Council Could not in fairness. Call upon us but to them a prima facie
case of the truth of the allegations
in the Petittion, and to point out whore the Committee could obtain the evidence if one should be appointed - No short- hanamiter exists in
the Colony,
and no record remain's
address to the Council except some disjointed
the
my
ments in
Pragments
appointed
of
Newspapers - If a Committee have been
the evidence would have been taken down and would have remained on record, but any proof adduced before