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had heard from the Bishop and others, but his identity with the Opinem monopolist

was to me a

can se

discovery..

scarcely pass over in

absolute silence the liberties

taken by the Attorney General with the character and the conduct of the Governor and the Government, which would indeed deserve little credit if either Governor or Government

were blown about by the shifting though boisterous gusts of W. Austry's violence. Thoughen

Mr 2. Midges is by the

report of the Committer perfectly cleared

from

and

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the charge of corruption

мо

stigma is left upon

his honesty and hovor, I should have been much better satisfied if in his peculiar position he had not undertaken to be Chun Tai Kwong's Adviser, and it would have been well.

had learned

if

Mr Anstey

little more about the charnater.

of his client, Mr. Strey, who has managed to pocket

10,000 Dollars

his share in

the monopoly, before forwarding his letter of 24th April to the

Government and to a certain

extent identifying himself