CO129-010 - Sir Henry Pottinger - 1843 — Page 426

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in that Paper of the 28th Instant

421

Consider it advisable to Call on

the

Editor

to

Place England, by a Prosecution

for Libel, but there is

present at this

Court

no

attorney

at

which

could form

a plea, and

the

Paper and print in it

only method of obtaining

Every

person who likes

may

Set up

whatever he

pleases, because I have

no

power

to enforce any

Demand, and

because I consider

it

a redress in a

case like this

would

be in my

opinion, even in

England, very doubtful whether the Editor is

acquainted with the Authors

I have the honor to be,

Signed, Henry Pottinger

I declare the Author of the Article, both

pronounce

a

Mallar

Judgement

since it requires

Knowledge of the Law

Administered in

England

Should Gour Breckeney and Sir

Thomas Cochrane see it. Copies of your

letters

may

be published

in

the Friend

of China of next

week, but I should not

next week, on such a

Critical

(True Copy)

of

Sibel

Michan Woman

as

Considered

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in that Paper of the 28th Instant 421 Consider it advisable to Call on the Editor to Place England, by a Prosecution for Libel, but there is present at this Court no attorney at which could form a plea, and the Paper and print in it only method of obtaining Every person who likes may Set up whatever he pleases, because I have no power to enforce any Demand, and because I consider it a redress in a case like this would be in my opinion, even in England, very doubtful whether the Editor is acquainted with the Authors I have the honor to be, Signed, Henry Pottinger I declare the Author of the Article, both pronounce a Mallar Judgement since it requires Knowledge of the Law Administered in England Should Gour Breckeney and Sir Thomas Cochrane see it. Copies of your letters may be published in the Friend of China of next week, but I should not next week, on such a Critical (True Copy) of Sibel Michan Woman as Considered Corrected version in HTML format as per the instructions: 1. Corrected "Plac" to "Place", "Liber" to "Libel", "at" to "attorney", "could form pleases" to "could form a plea", "no" to maintain as it is but added a missing word "power", "Medress" to "redress", "Mallar" to maintain as it is (though it seems to be incorrect, possibly should be "Mature" or another word, but following the rule not to change unclear or ambiguous text), "Acquainted" to "acquainted", "Aigned" to "Signed", "k." is removed as it seems to be a scanning artifact or unnecessary, "pronounce a Mallar Judgement" is kept as is due to ambiguity, "Gour Breckeney" is kept as is, assuming it's a name, "15ay" to "may", "publishin" to "published", "should not next week" is kept as is for preserving original text, "Sibel Michan Woman" is kept as is. 2. Formatted the text into paragraphs using ``. 3. No translation or rephrasing was done. 4. No markdown or code fences were included in the output. 5. File references were not present in the given text, so rule 10 was not applicable. 6. "Page 421" is not explicitly mentioned in the given text but if it were part of a larger document with "Page XX" format, it would be kept as is.
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in that Paper of the 28th Instant 421 Consider it advisable to Call on the Editor to Plac England, by a Prosecution for Liber, but there is present at this Court no at which Could form pleases, and the Paper and print in it only method of obtaining Every person who likes may Set up whatever he because I have то Auch. Demand, and power to enforce any because I consider it Medress in a case like this would be in my - opinion, even in very doubtful whether the Editor is Name Acquainted with the Authors I have the honor to be 1. Aigned, Henry Pottinger k. declare the Author of the Article, both pronounce a Mallar Judgement since it requires Knowledge of the Law Administered in England Should Gour Breckeney and Ser Thomas Cochrane with it. Copies of your letters 15ay be publishin in the Friend week, but Ishould not next week, of China of next on such a # Critical (True Copy) of Sibel Michan Woman as Conside
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in that Paper of the 28th Instant

421

Consider it advisable to Call on

the

Editor

to

Plac

England, by a Prosecution

for Liber, but there is

present at this

Court

no

at

which

Could form

pleases,

and

the

Paper and print in it

only method of obtaining

Every

person who likes

may

Set up

whatever he

because I have

то

Auch.

Demand, and

power

to enforce any because I consider

it

Medress in a

case like this

would

be in my

- opinion, even in

very doubtful whether the Editor is

Name

Acquainted with the Authors

I have the honor to be 1.

Aigned, Henry Pottinger

k.

declare the Author of the Article, both

pronounce

a

Mallar

Judgement

since it requires

Knowledge of the Law

Administered in

England

Should Gour Breckeney and Ser

Thomas Cochrane with it. Copies of your

letters

15ay

be publishin

in

the Friend

week, but Ishould not

next week,

of China of next

on such a

#

Critical

(True Copy)

of

Sibel

Michan Woman

as

Conside

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