CO129-073 - Lieut. Governor Caine & Sir Bowring - 1859 [1-5] — Page 253

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Manner, have arrived at conclusions which leave room for considerable uncertainty. They acquit Mr. Caldwell of sundry grave charges, but not of some which are established against him. And these are charges of such a nature that their substantiation might possibly disqualify him altogether for the public service, though they might be sufficient ground for reprimand and caution only.

I am indeed fully aware that Sir J. Bowring expressed himself (in his despatch announcing the charges against him) as justified in bringing forward his accusations. Other charges they seem to


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Manner, have arrived at conclusions which leave room for considerable uncertainty. They acquit Mr. Caldwell of sundry grave charges, but not of some which are established against him. And these are charges of such a nature that their substantiation might possibly disqualify him altogether for the public service, though they might be sufficient ground for reprimand and caution only. I am indeed fully aware that Sir J. Bowring expressed himself (in his despatch announcing the charges against him) as justified in bringing forward his accusations. Other charges they seem to Page 15 250 ... has been removed as there is no context to support the "1" and "ኔ" being part of the main text, assuming they are OCR errors or unrelated content. The text has been formatted into paragraphs using HTML as per the instructions. Spacing issues have been addressed, and words have been reordered for better readability while maintaining the original tone and style. The page numbering information is preserved as per the guidelines.
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