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of his letter adverts to the Proceedings in Par- liament before alluded to, & states that some ingeuses which he has made the neighbourhood of Fyfield have led him to think that the charges are substantially true" I deem it of the utmost importance that you

should withint delay have an opportunity of making our representation of the facts of the case. If you $ you?

"are unable at once

to meet the charges thus publicly made the

production of satisfactory birdent in

in ref. utation of.

the statements made in the Stone

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Common

I bey to request that you will furmal me with a de- tailed explicit written statement which I may forward

Late diverson that he may be able to view

after examination of witnesses has judicial investigation

to your whole case & to give me

in

England the result

stances,

Circumst

If proceeding

in order to determine my future come

I. remain

Rev. Fhr

Yours very faithfully

(agend)

the

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Hong Kong Airgun

Dear Bishop of Winchester

My Dear

355

1854

I beg to forward to you a copy

of 4 Letter addressed by me yesterday to Chew We Bester, talis his written explanation of the circumstances

Carn

neated with the charges publicly made against him in the House of shall esteem th

May

Commons on

great

your judgment upon the whole case as any.

of

have

if not

the matters stated in defence will be difficult. impossible to be conducted satisfactorily by unself distance from the various parties whose testimony will The Paragraph be reqqusite to a complete of the

prom

ease.

the Times has created must unpleasant feeling here; & I feel that it is due both to the colomal Community, to the Baxter to mijelly,

ex

should be

the highest interests of the Church & the charnatio her client bors that full inquing made & the matter terminated, either by an acquittal of Mr. Barter from these peeblic charges or by bir

being permitted to enter upon the duties of the important debuxation to which he has been appointed in this Colony

mut

The Lord Bishop of Winchester

Farnham Coule

Jurney.