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to recent despatches

"replying"

and Police"

on

Crime

2. On the morning of the 21?!

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whole

subject.

The Public has I chink

right to expect this, because it is

clearly impossible for impelf occupied

from

As

I must be

individual to

Your Lordship the following Telegram

m-reply..." Negative

gone-

answer to Memorial

but shall not

"abait Police

"disapprove your

ad."

B. Jam glad

glad that

You Lordship

has been pleased to arrive at that decision, for I cannot conceal from myself that there has been so much soraggeration,

wo

so much error

sapprehension - not to

and

say mifstatement-

boch uitful and otherwise, relative to

the Police, that it is most desirable

to have

a...

: thorough inquiry into the

sift

even

for any

such

one

Viverrn erano

subjects thoroughly. Moreover, as I have had so much to do personally with

the organization and control of the

Police, it is

very

desirable, that the

inquiry should be cardudé

impartial

mew

of... Manding

by

in

The

Community wholly unconnected with

The Police, and

Av

whose candor and

rely.

ability the genral Public can

11. I have, therefore, after

unch careful cavsiderations, formed The Commission of

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