CO129-068 - Sir Bowring - 1858 [5-12] — Page 179

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for

That Paris

ligus system were

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and others unacquainted with the reason.

obliged to late the memorial on the

representation of these who carried it about for signature.

being Portis or assistinte syored for the

9 th ty

That

Some

signed form tion and would not be tatten to be authorized in such an expigational Pase

by procuration

" pointed

out that in Canada it was bring discovered that the Arion of Burrister and Olivery was inconvenient and a there odzivcated

separation was

Isuboquently learned that the French Consul signed under an entire misapprehension of the purport of the Memorial and... upon the quarantee of the bearer of the memorial to hold him harom bes

Ior discussing

the matter before the Council I gave the names

of the

peers ans who would establish the above propositions and I astrid for a Commission before whom the memorialists and Vibboners and others might be summoned and

ested that upon 1 suggested

the evidence being to then it would

on would meet

that something very different from amalgination..

probably appear that something

the views of the Ammunity.

regeated, and on the 6th of July wrist. Fagain intended

This mas

alleging

were moved

the council to complete my prima facie case when some letters were reall a that Iras not deputed to appear for the Same Sexisty _ that some littoonies dice not approse of the Petition and that one of my statements es to the reason

as as

alleged... for signing the Memorial oras untrue. _ upon those Letters, doubtless concentra for the propose, Hush toy deemed none the westations contioned on the Gazette of the 17. First, and upon those resolutions, the order for the Petition of the Hongthong Loring to be on the Table was rescinded and the Cerdinance read a second time..

Your Lordship write be surprizes to barn that these hasty resolutions poose

to have been based on fraud and forts, hood,

falsehood, and although his Eperttenery the Seroner had the midence of that fist fully on his possession on the 9th of Daly and partly on the 6th before the Connoie rose, got the Gazette of the 17th mos suffered to appear without any oxoutpation of my self from the unfounded charges brought against the animents of proundings before the Council and Continent a slotament that my endret had bren sepochended by the Governor and that I had heen ordered to withdraw from the Wer when in fort nothing of the timid oravored. I have writton his Excellaring fully on the inhyet and I presume your Lordship will be apprised of it.

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