Government is concerned in eltor Smale's Claim, for which I have the authority of elr Ball, Acting Chief Justice, for saying that not the slightest foundation exists.
12. that, as I take the liberty of remarking has been referred the Foreign Office to, all? Wade, Secretary of Legation, is now at home, and I think in possession of Sir Frederick Bruce's view of the matter- linder the circumstances I would invite to Mr. Wade.
unchanged, and whatever the decision be I trust Your Grace will give me Credit for having resisted that demand on public grounds, and in the interest of Heer Majesty's Government.
I have the honor to be. My Lord Duke, Your Grace's Most Obedient Servant,
1 reference 13. I have only to add that my Conviction of the incorrectness of Mr Smale's demand (not only as against Custom but as against propriety) remains unchanged.
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