which were [then] out against him
(and,
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I imagined, confiding in
: the manifest power of
- his brother) at Khong long, Northfleet.
a.
the "Protula"
was [there] on his
bay
hapsenger aboard the
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That brother's speculations, in the "Eaglet" steamer and other matters, in conjunction with the conviction that Wong, had been, chiefly, if not entirely, abetted by means of money, from Singapore, made by the as yet undetected Henry Caldwell.
at
A
that
his
: And, ever since his detection, Criminal Warrant 1556-7 from Singapore had been lying in the hands of the Superintendent of Police
Hong Kong, for execution on the culprit's body,
at the moment of his expected arrival there: whether his wife and daughters had preceded him - and the object of my communication was to deter the
tion, from Singapore, by the King Government, then administered by Sir John Bowring, and, during his occasional
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occasional absences, by Mr. William Caine, - from taking any
indirect steps to obstruct the execution.
I have now to inform your Grace that, notwithstanding my timely notice, and although the Tortilla on the 3rd January arrived at Hong Kong,
East, with the fugitive culprit on board
the was not visited as she should have been on her arrival: - that Henry Caldwell was not arrested; and that he was allowed to depart, out of the jurisdiction, the same night for the foreign settlement of Macau, where his brother, the Protector of Chinese, at Hong Kong, had previously taken a house for him, in anticipation of his arrival and sent his (Henry's) family to it: – and whence he can easily consult his new business, that of Notary or Consulting Lawyer, amongst the Chinese at Hong Kong and Canton.
occupy
The Acting Governor, at the time
on criminal justice
when this new scandal occurred, was Mr. Caine. I believe too, that the
letter to Secretary his Excellency of the 20th January 1859.
Superintendent of Police had been, shortly before, taken the faithful and honest head constable out
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