CO129-063 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [4-7] — Page 530

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his

me to express to your. grave pegret that you should

have exercised, so little

as

caution in the mode of confining no great a number of men for so lengthened period. Moreover, it doss "not appear from any

document in.

This Office

that you reported th fact of the case to the Superior Authorities or

obtained ovendeavoured

to obtain their sanction

to

course

your p fore-reding.

aj

sofies

• This expression.

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of the

opinion of His Excellency would have been conveyed to you in forshengerra terms but that he considers the circumstances of the Colony at the time when

the occurrence in question took place justify him in judging more leniently of. your ponduct than would have been possible in

ordinary times.

The general patiof which with this unhappy

ction

exception your discharge of

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