CO129-010 - Sir Henry Pottinger - 1843 — Page 440

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that that Officer does not attempt, in the letter, to justify his former my duty as one, of which I had felt it to be Government the Head of Her Majesty's of this Colouring, to state my opinion to your Lordship, your 2::1 also because I do not imagine, that "Lordship could have thought it possible, that such a mass of irrelevant explanation and details (and which would of themselves when transcribed in the communications are ordered to be sent-home in duplicate form a large despatch) could be forwarded uncalled for to Her Majesty's Government.

It is a matter of the purest indifference to me whether my letter or not, and I will acknowledge the weight of your Lordship's sanction, I should not even have noticed it.

I return Lient: Ouchterlony's last letter and I have declined taking any share henceforth in the Estimates and Charges regarding Military Buildings. those matters now seem to me to follow, that the transmission of my explanation which Lieut. Ouchterlony, or any other Officer employed on those Buildings may have forwarded, must depend on your Lordship's pleasure.

I have the honour to be,

(Signed) Henry Pottinger

Michard Worman

True copy

It has not come to me through your Lordship and thereby acquired in some small degree the weight with your Lordship's

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that that Officer does not attempt, in the letter, to justify his former my duty as one, of which I had felt it to be Government the Head of Her Majesty's of this Colouring, to state my opinion to your Lordship, your 2::1 also because I do not imagine, that "Lordship could have thought it possible, that such a mass of irrelevant explanation and details (and which would of themselves when transcribed in the communications are ordered to be sent-home in duplicate form a large despatch) could be forwarded uncalled for to Her Majesty's Government. It is a matter of the purest indifference to me whether my letter or not, and I will acknowledge the weight of your Lordship's sanction, I should not even have noticed it. I return Lient: Ouchterlony's last letter and I have declined taking any share henceforth in the Estimates and Charges regarding Military Buildings. those matters now seem to me to follow, that the transmission of my explanation which Lieut. Ouchterlony, or any other Officer employed on those Buildings may have forwarded, must depend on your Lordship's pleasure. I have the honour to be, (Signed) Henry Pottinger Michard Worman True copy It has not come to me through your Lordship and thereby acquired in some small degree the weight with your Lordship's
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that that Officer does not attempt, in the letter, to justify his former my duty as one, of which I had felt it to be Government the Head of Her Majesty's of this Coloring, to state my opinion to your Lordship, your 2::1 also because I do not imagine, that "Fordship could have thought it possible, that such x mass of ivelevant explanation and details ( and which would of themselves when transcribed in the communications are ordered to be monnet- my sent-home in duplicate form a large despatch) could be forwarded uncalled for to Her Majesty's Government. It is a matter of the purest indifference to Comer letter or not, and I will acknowledge weight of your perhaps have Lordships sanction, I should not even noticed iA. 435 I return. Lient: Ouchterlony's last letter and I have declined taking any Golimates, and as share henceforth in the Estimates and Charges regarding Military Buildings. those matters now Lordships hands : It thence rest exclusively in your seems to me to follow, that the transmission of my explanation which Lieut. Ouchterlony, or any other Officer employed on those Buildings may any to have pleasure forwarded, must depend on I have tr your (Signed) Henry Pottager Michard Worman me whether Lieut: Ouchtenlony justifies his that True caky hast it not come to me through your Lordship and thereby acquired in some small degree the weight with Lordships
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that that Officer does not attempt, in the letter, to

justify his former my duty

as

one,

of which I had felt it to be

Government

the Head of Her Majesty's

of this Coloring, to state

my

opinion to your Lordship,

your

2::1 also because I do not imagine, that "Fordship could have thought it possible, that such

x mass of ivelevant explanation and details ( and which would of themselves when transcribed in the

communications are ordered to be

monnet-

my

sent-home in duplicate form a large despatch) could be forwarded uncalled for to Her Majesty's Government.

It is a matter of the purest indifference to

Comer letter or not, and I will acknowledge

weight of your

perhaps have

Lordships sanction, I should not

even noticed iA.

435

I return. Lient: Ouchterlony's last letter and

I have declined taking any

Golimates, and as

share henceforth

in

the Estimates and Charges

regarding Military Buildings. those matters now

Lordships hands : It thence rest exclusively in your

seems to me to follow, that the transmission of my explanation which Lieut. Ouchterlony, or any other Officer employed on those Buildings may

any

to

have

pleasure

forwarded, must depend on

I have tr

your

(Signed) Henry Pottager

Michard Worman

me

whether Lieut: Ouchtenlony justifies

his

that

True caky

hast it not come to me

through your Lordship

and thereby acquired in some small

degree

the

weight

with

Lordships

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