CO129-182 - Governor Hennessy - 1878 [9-12] — Page 422

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of a private

conversation with me,

greatly against my

in an

compelled

wish to take any part

official correspondence relating to this

affair : and in a

private note to His Honour,

(which as he himself inform

without reference

to

orma me,

me, he has.

also used f

as an..

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official communication) I have protested against his action in this particular. Had the matter. stopped at this breach of social etiquette, should have been contented with my private. remonstrance. But it does not, and I find

myself under the necessity of challenging the acecuracy of His Honour's recollection of what... passed between us, in two particulars of which I feel assured that it is His Honour's

memory

in

one.

which is at fault, while in the other

I myself probably conveyed.

an erroneouts

impression.

3.

Ir

Justice writes:

گرمی

- paragraph 141, the Acting Chief.....

$

I thought it right on the letter...

"above referred to, to express my opinion that

کو گھر

as the

Governor.

Know that He

" confessed to making away

#!

#

money,

to go

#

Wuffam

had

with this

and Knew that he had been advised.

to Macao, supposing he could not...

face an enquiry, it was to be lamented

"that the warrant was not issued in time

to prevent his escape:

What is to be "lamented " is, that His Honour

words apparently

before penning

convey a totally

apparently intended to undeserved imputation.

on

His Excellerry the Governor, did not follow the

usual course

of referring

to

mie a s

to the

accuracy of his recollection of the words I_

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