I have seated this with the young man. He has clearly endeavoured to impair Mr Mercer's character with this deportment by giving this frustration an opportunity of ...
Inclosure I in Desp: No 200 of 1863.
Treasury, Hong Kong
30th October, 1863.
Forwarding Letter from Mr Mercer himself.
Covering Copies of a Correspondence recently passed between the Acting Colonial Secretary and Mr Mercer, to be forwarded to Sir Frederick Rogers.
Received ... p200
It now appears that the letter of 3rd October was given to him to be forwarded on the day when the despatch was forwarded to me. It is curious why a mail after that the duplicate original with indication that the original was still in (forwarding Swine to the Govt) from Stat M...
It is with extreme reluctance and due regard to my character and position in this Government that I respectfully request your perusal of a correspondence which has passed between my Department and that of the Acting Colonial Secretary at Hongkong. The legal defect is abundantly shown in the representation made by the Acting Judge to the Attorney General.
The effect of acting upon the Warrants would have been very serious - the levies would have been illegal!
The accompanying correspondence discloses that a clerical error was committed in my Department in the insertion of a wrong date upon which certain ...
... laid open to proceedings for no... and brought discredit upon the Government.
To Sir Frederich Rogers, Under Secretary, Colonial Office.