CO129-017 - Sir John Davis - 1846 [7-12] — Page 194

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exercise of a species of oppression, I beg to quete Mr. Heyland himself.

"The Office at home is under a wrong

Istre ssion, in regard to the two sortings. impression. delivery of that portion of the Mail via Marseilles is a great role of tors, as it clears the pigeon holes of all the paid letters previous to the sorting of the unpace, which latter wouts have to be culled out from amongst the buck of the correspondence in the event of one sorting only, and thereby materially retard the duties " I of course do not pretend to decide between very opposite opinions of the Post Office at home, nice it's datagali hore . I onarily cite this above to show that I simply complied with the opinion of a person, to whom I gave the credit of sunderstanding his own business. One thing I always secure, in the absence of positive orders to the contrary from your Lordship __ the delivery of the Government Despatches before all others.

the

will

My

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My Dispatch N.100 of August 20th to

Mr Gladstone's address, will have proved to apour

Lordship that I was with equal haste and

- assumed to have enforced a

injustice.

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chang

Inow

in the hour of the Mail Steamer's departure.

+ 1 .__ deem it right to enclose a copy of the letter in

which Mr Hyland specially requested my

permission to that effect, and I repeat that if

he does not understand his own

a business I cannot pretend to teach him.

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In spite, however, of a letter, which I caused to be addressed to the Hongkong Pistinaster, teepy enclosed in Despatch N 10), conveying the orders of Her Majesty's Government le revert to the previous hour of departure, the heamer continues to leave this at 2. PM for best known to the Agent, and which Sconsider the Admiral, is the proper furson to decide upon: These misapprehensions at the Bet Office givind rise as they de

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Department in England, giving

Some reason.

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