"books (of Matthew's thing
· settled is ty
'suistats..
OLJ
en
as considered the matter the discovery of papers so belonging to me Beaver by I am sure the attorney has made a
I thence he has been led into the mistake,
Beaver. the paper found on 7. by not being
His (the Solicitor's) words had no reference whatsoever to Mak Chow Kong's papers, Mr May's
or to Re: Mak's Certificate.... but.
Me
Mr. Anstey. "In reference to the document found on Beaver.
quite.
A
"statement recording Dr. Irade's Conversation with him
the subject of
the papers,
does not induce me
to hesitate in the evidence I have given. It is impossible that he (Mr. Irade) could have said anything of the kind!"
The Register's
Anstey. fr. 32.
The statement I so flatly contradicted was this. "I know that those (Mr. May's) Memoranda were in existence within a week before I
Made proceeded with Lord Elgin to the North. A. Irade and I had a long conversation about them and their contents
about that time, and he told me there was no doubt that the accounts & papers contained the evidence of the
(Matthew's) guilt that he had sent them in
in without delay!
am
He added Either that he would send them
And now Mr. Irade's evidence is to be officialised and the Memoranda are again to be made Records of Office. Will the latter be filed in
the former the addressed to, the different departments of the Government Offices of Hong Kong
Trade,
If
of they reach the hands of Sir John
Bowring in either way
will this bureaucracy
/
appreciate the incumbent duty that is on him
at
of forwarding a complete copy at least, if not the originals, to the
Lord
of state, who how to judge and oversee
cause of
this oppressed and misguided Colony
My misgiving make me importunate; and I would fain hope that you, Sir, will move the Foreign Office,
as also the local
Government here, upon the subject.
I have the honor to be, Sir,
Your most obedient, I humble servant.
T. Chester Anstey
Her Majesty's Attorney General for
The Right Honorable
Sir Edward L. Bulwer Lytton Bart. M. P.
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies
Downing Street: