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5. Nevertheless, whatever be Mr Caldwell's personal standing, it could not affect the Government whilst he was not in their employment unless he was a man of such notoriously bad conduct that the government ought to refuse even to have dealings with any parties who had dealings with him. As I have shown however Mr Caldwell's position and character are just the reverse." It would therefore be a strange demand to make on other parties that they should never employ Mr Caldwell. Consequently, I do not suppose that Her Majesty's Government could have intended me to resort to such dictation. Noticially, the language used by the Duke of Buckingham that I should "Sever myself from the agency of Mr Caldwell" clearly implies that His Grace supposed there was some agency undertaken by Mr Caldwell on behalf of this Government.
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: well in the opinion of the Chinese Community and posesses great personal influence amongst them which, I think, desenved. Moreover his
is
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Con the whole
present position in the Foreign Community
may
be estimated by the strong expresion
of feling on the part of the Legislative Council Vide hammer
in his
favor
which
was
to Sucy of State "Separate of
• particularly given sypceng wat in the fifteenth of Cinequest 1866 with
a full thnowledge of all his antecedents.
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years.
aus
of his conduct during recent
5. Nevertheless, whatever
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may
baldwell's personal standing, it could
affect the
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Government whilst he was
not in their employment unless he was
of such netoricusly bad conduct
a man
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that the govemment ought to refuse
even
to have
dealings
with
any parties who had dealings with him. As I have shown however Mrbaldwell's position and character are just the reverse." It would therefore be a strange
demand to maké
never
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other parties that
they should
emplay Mr Caldwell Consequently I do not suppose that Her Majesty's Govemment could have intended
me
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to resort to such dictation noticially the language used by the Duke of Buckingham that I should "Sever myself from the
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"agency of Mor" baldwell" clearly implies that His Grace supposed there was some
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Aqucy undertaken by Mr" baldwell behalf of this Goverment.
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