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to serve d

more.

than

to this office have turned out unfortunate for the interests of the Settlement uw for mine.

M:&Davies held it little

eighteen months when he threw it up to

Joreign Government; while M?

Callaghan after a noviciute of less than

six months, during which he could not

popibly have acquired any degree of oficiency for his most intricate duties, was promoted to a higher sphere in another Dependency. The office has thus of late

become a more stepping stone to better

my highest prospects employment, while

in Connexion with it, would appear to be

that I am reserved to hold it open for more

forhenate men, until they can make use

of it in transitu.

transitu!

I would now as a last appeal earnestly entreat-

of

my

your

Grace's perusul lilter to the Secretary of Stute of I

Mar 1856,

as

i

exhibiting the haraping

Cours

Courde

of service upon which my claims to

this office.

ure

founded, and especially your Grace's appreciation of the fact that I can

now

one

Me

in the

point to upevards of eleven thousand Causes (11,000) adjudicated by Hong Kong Police Courts, all subject to appeal, and only of those Couses, one Solitary Cause reversed upon appeal! So much for my practical qualifications,

distinguished from propssional. Surely. Lord Duke, if this be the fact, it proves my qualification a fortiore, and

a fortiori, and my paramount.

exo

my

title, (under y

your.

Grace's favour, to the

vacancy now pending.

down.

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coff havever it has been laid

a rule in the presumed interests

of the Settlement, that the Candidate for the office of its Chief Magistrate, must be a

Barrister of certain standing, then it reluctantly

surrender my

- public necessity. –

claims to a

In that event an

insurmountable bar ist

interposed.