CO129-056 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [6] — Page 79

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blemishes. Not one of them,

...

I can learn

from

His Excellency's autograph of the 21st ultimo

the Correspondence and papers in this case have never been communicated to me (at least) but suppresses statements I made of the particular instances on which my opinion of the Judge's condition was formed, not one of them but suppresses the main point, the Governor's indignation as expressed by himself to me in the smoking room. For aught appearing on the face of those discreditable communications to the contrary, all that I said was that the Judge had been drunk! — whereas what I did say was that the Judge 'evidently drunk because he did "such and such things, which "impressed not only myself and another gentleman present, but the Judge himself with that conviction. No doubt to have so reported me would have been attended with this inconvenience, that a curt denial of my statements would have been impracticable, and a vague assertion of strictness useless. But it would have been the only course consistent with honesty and truth, and as such gentlemen having Her Majesty's

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78 Hu Go blemishes. Not one of them, ... I can learn from His Excellency's autograph of the 21st ultimo the Correspondence and papers in this case have never been communicated to me (at least) but suppresses statements I made of the particular instances on which my opinion of the Judge's condition was formed, not one of them but suppresses the main point, the Governor's indignation as expressed by himself to me in the smoking room. For aught appearing on the face of those discreditable communications to the contrary, all that I said was that the Judge had been drunk! — whereas what I did say was that the Judge 'evidently drunk because he did "such and such things, which "impressed not only myself and another gentleman present, but the Judge himself with that conviction. No doubt to have so reported me would have been attended with this inconvenience, that a curt denial of my statements would have been impracticable, and a vague assertion of strictness useless. But it would have been the only course consistent with honesty and truth, and as such gentlemen having Her Majesty's

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blemishes. Not one of them,

ده

I can learn

grom

Bis

Helleney's autopash of the 21tfultime

the Correspondence and papers in this sare have never been communiestud

to me at least) but suppresses statements I made of the particular

the

partienían

instances on which formed

of the Cudge's condition_ not

rinion of

me of them but suppresses the

mam point,

the Governor's

indignation as expressed by himmelf

to me in the smoking

mins. For aught

wom

aught appearing

that

the face of those disencditable

communications to the contrary, all that I said was that the budge

96 had been drunk! _ whereas what I

dras

did say was that the Judge 'evidenty drunk because he did "such and such things, which "impreceed not only myself and "mother gentleman present, but the your in simself with that 'conviction. No doubt to have so recorted me would have been attended with this inconvenience. that a curt denial

of my

statements

would have been impracticable,

and

ant a

raque

assertion of stricti

useless. But it would have been

the only

Course consistent with

hoverty and truth, and as such gentlemen having Her Majesty's

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