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ere unanimously of opinion, that Mr Caldwell's my and " intimate contrection with the pirate Ma-chow-wong "lous of such a chainitie, as to render him unfit to " continued in the purbler seroue, and the Council "rcommended heir to discipal the sprom. " I repeat it, I apprehend that a very attention examination
Geare will head to the conclusion that you "the present Governor in Council in that particular
May
Land:
--
with
"Ending. End imposed, in (c158, with respect to the burning of that Chinese peiate's books and papers, by order of tir polis Bouring, and which sentiments were solemnly adopted. by a Special Jury of Hong Kong Merchants and Baubers, at the trial of a crown case of Libel, in November of the
on the defendant, they found theme year; when, without calling for his plex in pistipcation of the libl in question, Cone
and also in the centiments which Pentertainin
ent) on the
against sie John Bowning's then Government ) o
declared ground
ground that, now the Crown Worteren alone, et head. ben clearly made to appear; on cropexamination, that the one charge contained in the libel, (in that of the burning of thon books and papers, with deliberate po intent to screen the culprit, was time. I conceive,
that all this may be properly inferred: __ because I find from the present Governor's corering despatch,
important admission,
declaration of
more than one
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the
of the entire relevancy. great wave, and indeed the essential matinality of those same
destroyed
destroyed domments: – insonmech that the incor
pleteness, _ (confessed and deplored by that despatch,-)
the "Suguing," which
of
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dence, papir.
the Inquiry," " _ considered
as
into-
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a
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tons promised by your un mediate predecessor, thanga sader seestary the East of faconawon, (namely, a full Inguing into all charges against all officers of that thong "Kons Governments, and one, of which "the Ingning
" the charges against Mr. faldoull would form only " part, -)
is, in this present Excellency's judgment, and I presume, in that of your Gran, mainly to brathitite. It connet, I apprehend, excape any
attentive eye,
that-
the
in pronouncing such to have been the character and value three (most improperly) burned torso and peperey for the pirates' Slong. _ there conclusion evidences of
common guilt, _ the Sovernor, who do
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of
"Finds," and your
doctors Bowning and Grace, who approves such "Fending," do in affect_-_ Bridges, who, having wrought that distruction proceeded
henounce
the condemnation.
that the dowments were the allegation
watter of to excuse it, on all worthless. Still, my lord, all this is only inference and conclusion, so long as your express achuachedgement
wanting. Neither the Governor, prom
nor the Secretary of State, from Downing Sturt has in termes, declared that any one
trong lòng
of my changes on
M. those heads, as preferred, in 1858, or 1859, to your Grace's nan the Sunio Newcastle KG.
pedempors, Secretary and sterly I. P. and suretary Fr 4th: Prencipal Secretary ofittate for the dowier
Downing that
Edward
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