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any casual or mor

there

momentary coup of feeling (sfonte

into which a public officer of justice,

were in a distant colony, standing almost aloue against corruptions of all kinds, surrounded with difficiltres, __ and having powverfire excucies to excounter in the pursuit of those arduous duties, was, on any on much ouension, betragen.

[ . But these were the mere incidents to the

The main, after all, was a weather of crimina charge, of piratical practices, namely, and con-

:: - and that too a charge propersed -federaires: against some of Her Majesty's colonial offices. Hoone now

denying that that change was tie," I think that I, who made it, am now entitled to at least thus much of reparation, __ and I ask no more, - for all the lopes and sufferings to which I have, for nearly these five

mars past, been subjected, _ simply because of the making of it; - that your Grace, namely, do now

all sexspicion of untruthfulnes declare me freed of

or incapacity for my proper duties, in respect of the

charge,

charge,

of my reports or other proceedings with regard thereto, and for which swer called in question, and port to my answer.

by si John Bowning's Government, on the 23-2 July 185 8, by their already cited letter of

that date. Until your Grace shall have done

me

un that mere out of justice, at least, my Xersonal and peopotional repertation, _ and

let me

tett

Grace, my your Grace,

bread dependi

both, _ must remain in very near and continuing

must in

kind. It is but little peril of

every that I ask of your Grace, as representing the State, which I have served faithfully, and in ken reqeritat of the wrongs which I have her

made to

We here for having served it; _ a mere indem

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-uity, namely, against further lopes, and future inguistics, coming in to swell the tate of what I have already had to bear, yet seek no

sy further regentat for . This much, at all event, must be considered to be due to

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