The Committee had recommended. The Committee had they not even been agreed or the main subject of inquiry would have recommended his removal for the dishonourable treatment of the May.
Confessing sympathy to a certain kind of individual, I should like to show the opinion which he was held previous to 1859. It was then allowed, and the present chief of police adopts that opinion now that there never was an officer in the Police Force or in any department in the Colony who has been of the slightest use in the detection of Crime or Criminals.
Notwithstanding Caldwell admitted his connexion with Machow Wong (as a dupe, tool, or ally has never been proved) Then Sus...t of Trade, Sir J. Bowring) the Colonial Secretary & the Officers in command of the Naval Brigade Unanimously agreed that his services were "invaluable" and "If the Colony," and they argued that he had "special claims on the Govt for past services rendered."
The circumstances which would attend Caldwell's employment under the present Govt would be totally different from those which surrounded him in former days.