in reply
papers, which have been
laid before Parliament
This
repeating
include
a
despatch
from the Secretary
of State for the Colonies
exonerating
Mr Mercer
from all blame in
the matter.
then
proceeding
to justify
the course
adopted.
which
I conclude this in
comment?
9806 Hour Store Villiers
you RECEIVED
Kensington.
My lord,
OCT 15
1866
12. Decr 1866.
As the Widow and personal representative of Mr. Adams late Chief Justice of Hongkong, I respectfully beg to recall to your Lordship's notice the circumstances in which Mr. Adams's death has placed his three younger children.
Mr. Adams, after practising at the Bar, was under Secretary to the Board of Admiralty in Lincolnshire and Recorder Auditor of the Port of...
On accepting Office here, he relinquished an handsome salary.
Mr. Adams
The loss entitles the Property of his Eldest Son.
Mr. Adams was appointed Attorney General of Hongkong in May 1859. Immediately on his arrival in that Colony, he was requested by the Governor to accept the Office of Acting Chief Justice, and subsequently became Chief Justice in 1860.
By accepting the office of Chief Justice, Mr. Adams renounced the opportunity of realizing by private Practice the large income ordinarily obtained by the Attorney General of Hongkong.
Early in Sir W. Archer's administration, the onerous duties of the