CO129-069 - Sir Bowring - 1858 [5-12] — Page 498

They who have stolen and deshayed the papers of

public

livo

ublic departurents, in understan

order to obstruct.

enquiry.

esperable of continuing

their evil course, and

intercepting

papers

in:

of

of

are

and suppressin addressed to other.

public departments, but not yet received.

I have therefore to inform you, sir, that for the first

during a period of years

time

three years' residener.

nearly three

here, there has been an entire

blanke in all my political correspondence with England-

Chinese Secretary Mr Morgan 230 Nour 1858.

that my canfidentine

and

495

punctual comespandent and agent on nearly every subject particularly on Government

and

matters, has not been able to make me

acquainted with

his views and acts on my

•

My lachatz

that from him I have received not a line, - that the letters I have had

only

were

replies written to registered

letters and fram

money

Gentlemen to whom I do not

communicats on

marely

other than

business matters

the like Kind, and that this

exhaardinary state

of

of things