CO129-065 - Sir Bowring & Public Offices - 1857 [11-12] — Page 22

Officialize and Iagared to do this... I should mention that Admiral Rigaud had addressed himself both to Lord. Elgue and to Ser michast

Symour before referring

· matter to me

the

I have also had to listen

to the complaints of Captain

Fabius

of

the Dutch Frigate

"The Medusa : on the licentiousness

"

of the Hongkong press.

reference to this

I

topic Imay mention that

Some time since Mccrived

d au

application from the . Governor

of the Philippines requesting

I

would.

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end

would assist him in

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punishing the Proprietors of the "China Mail " for articles

injurious to the character of his Government. The matter.

was settled by drawn up by

an

apology

the lawyer

Employed by His Excellency)

and inserted in

the newspaper

The subject

subject matter

of

this - Despatch however induces

mr to

to refer to a circumstance with which I had no intention

of troubling you..

Another

Newspaper has lately started

into

bring called the "Daily

Press, it is I understand

the