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There will be seen Narrative, page copy of a to Sir George
letter I wrote Bowen in
sides, the only different
its manifestation bring
that while the
editor
attacked
Sir George Bowen openly, the Govern
av
usu at allacked
Hud. I
him under hand.
the h
eyes
of
ope of openning 75
the his desertion
his
Cow CL
and thus
been
indueneg him to return
art.
That
to his gover letter agreed is sentiment with the opinions expressed
leading article in
in a
local paper, with which I
had no
Communication.
direct or indirect; but if I had I should not have
needed to confine myself to the subject of desertion; for I could easily hav mentioned some of George
Bowen's other
Q.
disgracepel conduct which
I. Kept
CL..
profound
ound 2ecret
until the 17th May last.
The editor and Sir George
Bowen hated each
with
CL
other
mutual hatred.
of equal intarsity on
both
matter
c.
partisan ni the I might have exhibited.
to the editor letters prom Sir
George Bowen
whhcb
have insured the
toorred
arding
awa
of heavy damages aganest his Excellency in
for libel.
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action
Your letter of the 3%0 June, when read side by side with Sir George Bowen's inspired
announcement in the London and China Telegraph chal, his passage had been booked to Trong trong
and that he would sail at the end of June was
to imply laken
consequence
againet
that it was
of my charges.
Bowen Serbgeorge
that
his connection with the Colony had "come to an
end"
Whether this was
it was
Oce
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saliepuction to
or
ма,
Sir George Bowen deprived
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