CO129-063 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [4-7] — Page 346

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rank!

It was under the domination of that extravagant misconception of the true penition of a Colonial Lecretary organ of the pleasure of a higher power - that the official letter from which I have been

was addressed to me. It knowledge Mwen letter was writin quoting without sanction so written more than twenty fover hours after receipt official letter of the 25th ultions, and by way of my of reply at large. The language of the reply is strong and calculated to imitate the officer to whom it to addreford; - and it cornmences with the distinel announcement of the writer's purpose, not to lay before this Excellency the letter which has excited it until the reply has failed of it's anticipated effect !

Letters

7th

26th

May.

with stating

this simply I content myself the case of my own departiment. But I am bound to inform you that nearly every other dipartiment complians of instances of the have presumptives Dr Bridges the wish and wanton intermeddling.

strongly than Dr Bridges I feel, more strongly to carry on the public service overcoming private feelings of annoyance; _ otherwise I should not now be bringing under your notice a matter which, at the first blush, may appear to be less public than personal.

high albeit tem- I regret very much that any necessity-real or supposed - should have vested

in consequence of -porary functions of a public kind in the person

between whore and me of one, the succesful part I had potoriously had in checking, and - in one case - in attracting judicial animadversion upon his professional misconduct no amicable relations were possible. But I are " Conscious of having done my best, ever since that unfortunate and anomalous appointment; to forget the barnster in the lecting Colonial sicriting; and I believe that I have succeeded.

I do not know if dr Bridges has made the same effort. If he has, it is plain from the

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matter

lis, that the matter now before you same success has not crowned it.

I have the honor to be,

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Your most obedient dewant

T. Kishore Anstey. Am. Attorney General for Hong Kong.

The Right Honorable H. Labouchure M.?

Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Downing Street

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