CO129-020 - Sir John Davis - 1847 [5-8] — Page 55

2.

in

which Mr Hulme has since

placed

me

officially with regard

to himself._ I therefore submit to Your Lordship whether the publicly originating at this

charge of the personal question would not

time a

nature

in

have the appearance of persecution.. I natura

rally.

anticipate as the result of

his

огот

Letters, conveyed in my Despatches Nos 13 of 28th January, and 47 of

47 of 26th April, that the consideration of his official

opposing the orders

conduct, in opposing

of

Her Majesty's Government, and the authority of the Legislative Council, may render other proceedings against

if to,

any

him superfluous

and

I need not dwell at any

very

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久

length

invidious,

on the advantages of avoiding if possible, the necessity of pro- =secuting the because personal, investigation which I have to allure to in this Letter, and which under recent circumstances might look like persecution.-

persioution. I As far as I myself

am concerned, I feel satisfies

proving the accuracy of my conclusions with regard to

in

own

Mr Hulme by writing Thomas Cochrane, now on

way

to

Fir

hit

home, and telling him,

telling

I have referred your horshif privately

and

to hime

on the subject,

several of the Officers of tis Flag-ship the Agincourt

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