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"Lat the Governor's ball or to a public
"Ball under the personal excort of their Governor going and leaving
"We have adhered to these wishes
of Her Majesty most religiously. The "departures in Japan having been "specially ordered for political reasons in re Mikado."
3. On the
"
fourth of December Iread
this to Sir John Pope Stennessey who
me that he had received
informed
the special commands
of Her Majesty
instructions. He took no
steps to make
which would over-ride Lord Clanwilliam's
on a
large
public the Princes actual position in the Squadron but on the other hand encouraged preparations scale for their entertainment: 4. For the fortnight previous to the 23th instant and including that day the Midshipmen of the Squadron had been undergoing the six monthly
examination