CO129-056 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [6] — Page 97

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Juesony

Dear Sir,

May 31, 1856

In accordance with your request, I now beg to state in writing what I totally communicated to you verbally regarding the aspersions cast upon my character by Mr. Austen. That on the 14th instant, at the Kotillery mess being present that night, Mr. Austen publicly and positively stated, that at the dinner given by Your Excellency on the 13th instant to Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, I was drunk and had disgraced myself.

That on the 17th instant, at a dinner given by Her Excellency, Mr. Austen again uttered that on the occasion I was drunk and that the...

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Juesony

Dear Sir,

May 31, 1856

In accordance with your request, I now beg to state in writing what I totally communicated to you verbally regarding the aspersions cast upon my character by Mr. Austen. That on the 14th instant, at the Kotillery mess being present that night, Mr. Austen publicly and positively stated, that at the dinner given by Your Excellency on the 13th instant to Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, I was drunk and had disgraced myself.

That on the 17th instant, at a dinner given by Her Excellency, Mr. Austen again uttered that on the occasion I was drunk and that the...

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Juesony

Dear Sir,

May 31.1856

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Juesony

Dear Sir,

May 31, 1856

In accordance with your request, I now beg to state in writing what I totally communicated to you verbally regarding the aspersions cast upon my character by Mr. Austen. That on the 14th instant, at the Kotillery mess being present that night, Mr. Austen publicly and positively stated, that at the dinner given by Your Excellency on the 13th instant to Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, I was drunk and had disgraced myself.

That on the 17th instant, at a dinner given by Her Excellency, Mr. Austen again uttered that on the occasion I was drunk and that the...

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