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The object of my

now intruding upon Your Grace's attention is to stile that if Cour Grace will give directions to have this change

enquire & into, Dwill undertake to prove, principally if vist entirely, from documents in the archives of the Colonial Secretary's department, that ultr Caldwell obtained in his own name, by making false declaration of ownerships, a Colonial ~ Register for a lor cha which belonged to a notorious pirate chief, that the carb lorcha was command_ -ed by a notorious pirate who was used as the of communication between the pirates outside and the purates resident in the Colony, and that all baldwell paid this commander money in

me of wages.

means

in the

name.

Mr

I further pledge myself to prove that this lor cha was thus pirvitically owned,: employed and commanded whilst at Caldwell was the Registrar General, the Pretector of Chinese and a Justice of the Peace ofities Colony and that Dr Bridges

was not.

bonly

aware

of all this, but that he denied it wreath and surpressed the facts.

And I further pledge myself to

produce inductive evidence to prove that

Mr Mercer

was aware

of there

circumstances

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subsequent to the loncha being so owned and

commanded, but

Mnr Caldwell

service.

- previously to For th being dismissed from the public Should I bring this Knowledge home to Mr Mercer, it follows of necessity, that he also concealed and surpressed the facts .

Should Your Grace see fit to grant every my request; I beg leave to state that if cony facility be granted to me I will certainly not require three hours to submit all the evidence I have. I shall be ready at any moment when it may suit the convenience

me a hearing of the local Government to grant -

Jam

ally Lond Duxe,

Your Gracis most obedient servant

Jip Murrows

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