CO129-062 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [1-3] — Page 374

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Excitment, into a political body.

It Lowen the measure is affered. do Smith will futafi

perface the rafflementan deshmben

which sem sewpay sure that if this is to hn samally

herhary Lamant

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done. But Sumed them that hin

not

J. Bowring done abt seem to have

appointed these pattemenfe 3

yan, but manly that to hav

informed them of

this as an

in hoold

arrangement. In the wat seem

therefer to han excuded his farms.

Im May &

Mr Beachwood

Please amen

7 23 May 1855

2. John Anfelt, desper

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My Anneyed a lean. Als

There certainly

Ir Labouchere

is no authority conveyed in say

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the despatches addreped to his 1. Bowning for the introduction a quasi representative system in which the Magistracy become

non-official

of

the Electors

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members of Council. I agree with fur merivale in thinking this arrangement very questionth but I am dispored to thick that it is one of those meas me.

which whether it work for

Good

or evil cannot be reversed

without more mis

mischief then

is likes to come from letting

it stand-

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A Reversal would be felt & tran as a declaration of want

7 confidence

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in the Mercantile body by thony kony &w aggravate perhaps the tendin them to oppose a good many of the local foot - M9 may

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