My Lord,
Mr. Johnson was ignorant of the main facts, nor of the well-known rule of Colonial life that a person who had been excluded from a public reception at Government House by the Aide de Camp, and sought for no explanation, should not have been invited to meet the Governor or his family.
I have the honour to be, My Lord, Your Lordship's Most Obedient Humble Servant,
W. H. Marsh
Hongkong, 21st January 1882
With reference to the communications, which I have felt it my duty recently to make to your Lordship on the subject of the facts disclosed during proceedings connected with the recent action for slander brought by Mr. T. H. Hayllar, Q.C., against Dr. E. J. Eitel, late Private Secretary of His Excellency the Governor, and at present Inspector of Schools and Supervisor of the Staff of Interpreters, I regret to have now to trouble your Lordship with copies of additional correspondence which has passed between the Acting Colonial Secretary and myself, and between Mr. G. S. Northcote, Private Secretary of the Governor, and myself.
The Right Honourable
The Earl of Kimberley,
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies,
London.