In Despatch No. 188 of 25th January 1859, and secondly on a letter from M. Mercer forwarded in my Despatch No. 4 of 19th Ultimo.
I have the honor to be,
With the highest respect,
Sir, Your Most Obedient Humble Servant,
Maines
Memorandum-
Since writing my Memorandum of 18th January last which was forwarded in Sir John Bowring's Despatch No. 14 of 25th January 1859 on an extract from Earl Grey when Secretary of State for the Colonies, I have lighted upon a Despatch from Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton which materially advances the argument sustained in that memorandum.
The Despatch recently received from Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton on the subject of the small pension to M. R. R. Michell (No. 124 of 29th