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Mus Letter 10 Secretary Joi 1.B.

Lifthon Bart M. J. of the 18 anys 887.

by unself and sûrce other Members of the Commissun

including

Every one of the majority which had carried the Report there was bur

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narne, that of Mr Searth, J. Purt appended to the communication, He however was then absent at Stracar, and before his deponuvre hak

me on the same subject. I have already notifed. already addressed your Grace's department, that the is now in England, and may be questioned on the subject - For this meantime, I seebjorn to the Letter of his

the contents of his own; which will shaw. Colleagues

your Grace that he not only concivered in the opinion lexpressed by his Air eagues. so far as vr. Measy and musself were concerned, that he, and the Chief Magishate, the Stonorable Mr Deures,

also concurred in the opinion entertained by WV May and

but-

myself, of the "Charges " themselves, so for " as they affecteds

"Mr Caldwell!

110. The former is as follows:

111. The members of the late Commission, apperited to investigate Letter to myself from the moralter "certain charges aganist Ir Caldwell, have been bout to believe, that the Surveyor General"

" their Report has been construed by the Government, as imputing. 30th July 1858.

Letter from Johor Searth. Esq. I. P.

of the 26th July

1855 to mpelf

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grave misconduct to Munsterz

and M. tray,

en connectors.

" with that Enquiry - Isherefore, as Chairman of this Commission ;

4

"

declare that, when wt.

in concurrence with my fellow Commissioners, deem it my duty to digned. that Report, we did not conceive that it would be so construed; nor did we intend, in our Report, to

for the

imply that there was any want of good faith and

I justice. proceedings of these Gentlemen The Report was simples intended to refer to the leharges as they affect Mr Caldwell.

112 Mr Fearth's Letter

is as

follows: -

113 " I think it only just to you and Me hay, after

" what I have heard this morning to stall that & as a

" Member of the Calctuelle teommission was firmly of

impressum,

and am so still, that there were not only

but.

arges

good grounds for bunging nearly all the ch that some of them were proved, against Mr Caldwell as the

"Report will show. And I thrich that-thove? obarges?,

proved were of onely a vcrignag

Jwhides

Evere

" and affectury Calonge

you "freew the means

Bomb thre

that

L

cover all unitersstj J

The of are entitled to thronek; for, bawiing

ہے

of getting them investigated. & recin haste, so I own off to Macao, But, as elly Your'es

"Hard I

100 m nearly

agred

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nearly all matters relation totho Caldwell Enguany, be will act for me, if there is any thing to be down in further giving. "ow the only eet?

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opennes

Croprexamenslia/141. I transmitted do the Governor, witty any Defence of this Honnath' and Explanahon, the above two Certificates of prison

allenger

the former of the two bract been abvady. H. hewyor

youch up by the formiderovers themselves, ist afterwards feneral as the press pried that they bad ban treated with much

dis Tual who empia. Is courtery for having sout it But, to me, wap

notice bee ever even Nation of either Certificate. 116. I likewise caused "defence and explanation to

my (x) accompanied with certain letters, received from all the unpaid Justices of the Penis; excepting Hose

obvious

P

who had been on Alie Mouuncoron; and also concepting the Governors own, for who, for recce aut of pecivacy brad not been consulted,

upon question; stricky

wees, whether talking for And thre

• Incly found by the Report nycemist ell. Caldwell, 100. Justices agreed with the majority of the Concernejo con

To One thewithing that the soud facts did noty (necessitate bus rencoval from the Bench:

Mh. Ovo Justice, the Honorable attṛ Jardure, oliclined

give

arry

openent upon an inconsistent, fuichig " and preferred to wait for the publication of this whole of the Evidlued-anol ourother Justing then recently returned from Europe, Mr Autroby, who corecurred in that opivison, further pomarked, that the Tetter to anyoofumpecil Justices not having themselves ces be thronge Frou Ft, C. Controbes Aery ouglet

dono undertoefron the Inquiry they to lowe Required & P of the 30th July

decur themselves estopped by whatever 1808.

conclusions thee bomenfeavers bind come to, and the

Lotter to impelf from the Handli Devaplardine? 27th July 1858,

must now

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