ressionsible_thove namely contained in

cited which

of the Right.. I are now under the review of own letters

Honorable the Secretary of State.

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careful, when before the Commission nor

of

to offens against the delicacy which is sunclytur to

their repeated that Minister, by sometiming in any way. references to my official appeal to Lord Stanley, I did not lay before them any copy of that appeal, armit the Cauthenticitly of

1 the brpy they find procured Your Department. It scented to me, and it does so still, that until the Secretary of Staten har had time signify this fleasure with regard to it, no Government servants within the Colony Bad take

from

to

againstring appeal.

any in support of itt.

action litter

But, our the Commission_litive thought fit to make public the existence and fun port of my letter of Appeal Scannot be Hamed for accepiting their surgical reference to that dreument

There temains only one charge which affects my

personal Conduct.

It is sound that my

londence before the Commission

Contams passages which, being inclevant and deformatory

were productive of finblic "poanda?".

Jam unconscious of

Clarge in fairly applica de

any

avenger to which this

is

In the first place, may condence throughout hind to follow the beat of the feartio, Ine Jugnay for stuck Sway norted, And I can, me

lifver

my

lindor, declare that d

attempted to preced the limits so imposed upon mue. I ought to know something of the Aules of Pridence, and, if I failed on this

con to keep within then gater, the Juult surmot howe bain in the intention. But again

recasion

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Report

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Idealne that I had no such intention. It was altogether the other way.

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No Can I Hame the Commission in this respect. Imust do them the justice to say that, converon

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converms of the C Informiliarity with the principles of evidence, their sidern seemed to be always to restrict Signing

and stunt out

Ovidence, last pershence they should ordmit that which

mad missable,

100mg

or that which

wow inclevant.

It is right, however, that me this point they should bethemselves hound. They sory

in their Report:

We trave hard Twenty five sittings, oftending sver a "period of seven weeks ;_ we trave Nomines upwards of Fifty witnesses, and a post maws of documents, and howe 19ftluded our signiries into a munter of matters, some of " which, inclevant as they may now appeary

Farthey

were to

woven into and Combined with the immediate suffic,

Subject

"of Suguing that it was not considered safe to leave them

timefantined.

It is in fact hand for any tribunal__ Above all one Constituted as the Commission

authe

wat

treword

i go to the

collateral issues : _ as for instance issues which credit of parties concerned. And justice to the Commissio not less than to myself compels

ave tworecasions

to remind this

Excellency that the most remarkable instances in the prevent have

were the two recasions when Hair Acting __ Colonial Secretary by appointments,

ow

N

vame down to raise

affecting my credit, the other that of M.May, the former relating to the Atlong the the "Jeneralship, the latter to the Office of Superintendent

[ Police: but wither of them relating directly to the Caldwell Ingsiny to the Ba

lindirectly to the ecasions notle bas given by the Chinina

both

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