CO129-068 - Sir Bowring - 1858 [5-12] — Page 137

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field. Casa

camp and

"Intility, and distinguished gallantry in cintian, both, Lin Henry Pottingen and Sin John Davis have spoken in the highest terms of his pal and efficiency, and I can out repeat the assurance which I have already had to convey

to Your Lordship of my perfect

the honor to

concurrence with

my predecessors

in his title to their good opinion. She was for loney, noth only the principal but the only executive officer in this Colony, which at the time of its first extablishment

the resort of a most indifferent population

composed of all castin nations, and the order and

was

scamily of the Colony was without doush, due this requaintance with Asiatics, his perfect knowledge of the Hindustani "Language

A. 131.

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"language", and the personal 36 activity which had procured

him honorable notice in

his

own profession. It is but just to add that had he followed the fortunes of his refiment, he woned have been necessarily promoted some years ago, but to necessary did Cihtami Elliot consider his presence at Honghong, that he refused to yield to his very natural request the at head of his company

very ke

in the

operations against Canton "

que Extract Man

"Loniza" off Canton,

May

2.2 ad

1841.

With reference to your

noto of the 19th mixtant, pist

79

received

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