CO129-017 - Sir John Davis - 1846 [7-12] — Page 480

this;

Le still meditated leaving but the Admiral sealined giving it, without reference to myself._

Mr. Thelley

now

informs your.

Loirship that he intends to await here the result of his application for other employment ._ Should his betts comite of it, I would strongly recommend his proceeding £ England, or otherwise to New- =foundland, to which the tomiral informed me he had expressed

wish to repair.

It is a matter of astonishment to me that Mr Shelley should pretend to place his claims in any competition with those I bajon

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now in this Colony.

other person

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private note on I quitted London,

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evening before

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for any thing I could give him. On his arrival here be found Major Caine chief Magistrate Members of the Executive Counsil by the appointment of

and

Sin Henry Pottingers, and the confirmation of Her Majesty's Government, in consequence of his

is not

long and tred Servises. This is the person with whom he

presumes to compete, and there any other person under the Colonial Government whom Mr. Shelley could them out f employment without the greatest injustice, because after longer

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