CO129-057 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [7] — Page 245

particularized as this

grounds open

which he refused that courtesy, I am

not informed of, but if they

Enumerated

by

are those

arising from the Bouche

the 30th instant when the claim

was made by Mr Turner, I have to

say they are incorrect,

are not only unfair but -

I am not surprised at the denial

of Mr Mitchell that upon that occasion he used towards me insulting language

And that his manner was

"mouthing

And vindictive" - for the Official who would take advantage of his position

upon

Another

the Bench to rudely

insult

a manner that he

In a

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Hewan off the Bench would

Gently

have the temerity to assume towards

another, would not hesitate under

other Circumstances

deny

both his

I beg leave to re-state

most firmly the declarations in my letter to his Excellency, that he

did use towards me upon that

occasion insulting language

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that his manner was

And insulting

And vindictive.

And in support of

these declarations, I would refer His Excellency to G. Creport, Esq., M. H. T. De Silva, Esq., and Samuel W. Like of the Ship Meteor