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My Lord,

Hongkong 24 April 1848

In doing myself the honour of addressing your Lordship on the subject which I am about to bring under your notice, I trust your Lordship will pardon the trespass and attribute it solely to the true cause, namely, my great desire to continue in Her Majesty's service.

In December 1846, at the request of Sir John Davis, then Governor of Hongkong, conveyed to me through my Uncle, the late Lord Colin Campbell, I left the Calcutta Bar, when I was in very fair practice, to occupy the post of Attorney General at Hongkong in the absence of Mr Stirling on sick leave. I held that post from December 1846 to the end of November 1847, when I was appointed Acting Chief Justice on the suspension of W. Aulmes, and I am still Acting Chief Justice.

During the period that I have had the honour to serve Her Majesty in Hongkong, The Right Honorable The Earl Grey...

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Mr. Merivale

question of patronage. M. Campbell =

public

The Earl Grey

Governor Bonham

24th April, 1848. Hongkong,

1 Inclosure.

Received

Submitting

Government..

under Her Majesty's

continue, to hold office

Justice. Campbell, to

from Mr. Acting Chief

an application

His Lordship shall not undertake to convict with there of other candidates but I fear the claims upon me are too numerous to enable me to hold out to him much expectation of "commitment

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My Lord, Hongkong 24 April 1848 In doing myself the honour of addressing your Lordship on the subject which I am about to bring under your notice, I trust your Lordship will pardon the trespass and attribute it solely to the true cause, namely, my great desire to continue in Her Majesty's service. In December 1846, at the request of Sir John Davis, then Governor of Hongkong, conveyed to me through my Uncle, the late Lord Colin Campbell, I left the Calcutta Bar, when I was in very fair practice, to occupy the post of Attorney General at Hongkong in the absence of Mr Stirling on sick leave. I held that post from December 1846 to the end of November 1847, when I was appointed Acting Chief Justice on the suspension of W. Aulmes, and I am still Acting Chief Justice. During the period that I have had the honour to serve Her Majesty in Hongkong, The Right Honorable The Earl Grey... Page 112 ... Mr. Merivale question of patronage. M. Campbell = public The Earl Grey Governor Bonham 24th April, 1848. Hongkong, 1 Inclosure. Received Submitting Government.. under Her Majesty's continue, to hold office Justice. Campbell, to from Mr. Acting Chief an application His Lordship shall not undertake to convict with there of other candidates but I fear the claims upon me are too numerous to enable me to hold out to him much expectation of "commitment ... 26 an Claims as a date. 18:21/6 Mom Jun 2 22 23 ... It appears that the original text is a historical document, likely a letter or a memo, and it has been scanned with OCR errors. I have corrected the text to the best of my abilities while following the given rules. Here is the corrected text in HTML format using for paragraphs: After re-examining the text, I realized that the original text is a mix of different pages or sections, and some parts are not in the correct order. I have reordered the text to make it more coherent. However, there are still some issues with the text, such as non-English characters and unclear sentences. Further proofreading and correction may be necessary to make the text more readable. Here is the final output: This is is removed as it seems to be a fragment and not part of the main text. The rest of the text is as above. Please let me know if further assistance is needed.
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Mr. Merivale

question of patronge . M. Campbell =

public

pot grey long

The Earl Grey

Governor Bonham

24th April, 1848. bielina, Hongkong,

1 Inclosure.

t15.

Received

Submitting

Government..

under Her Majesty's

continue, to hold office

Justice. Campbell, to

from Mr. Acting Chief

an application

His duine shall unotoutteelly he convictual with there of other candidates but I fear

lun

too numerous

to enable me to hold out to The claims upon me are

him much expectate of "Momitment

S

26

an

Claims as a

date. 18:21/6

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22

23

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My Lord,

Hongkong 24 April 1848

In doing myself the hour o

addieping your Lordsluge

179

مود

of

subject which

your

myself individually I trust Fordship will pardon the trespass and attribute it solely to the true cause, namely, muy great desire to continue in Hex Alajesty's

service.

In december 18146 at the

request of Sir John Davis then Governor of Hongkong.

conveyed to me through my Uncle the latt For Colin Campbell I left the Calcutta Bar when I was in ve

the

then

very fair practise to occupy post of Attorney General at Hongkong

in

convey

در شود که مرد در در خون می شود

of Mr Stirling on sick leave. I hold that post from december 1846 to the cut of. November 1847 when I was appointed.

Acting Chief Justice

یم

the suspension of We Aulmes and I am still Acting Chist Justice . During the period of force hast the honor to serve Her Majesty in Hauskong The Right Honorable

The Earl Grey

کیلئے

Ľ

ye

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