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this Government and pubject to the approval of His Royal Highness the Field Marshal Commanding zu Chiefs, you inform me that

cannot allow this and that

I was

You

have

You directed derit : Cox to return forthwith to chulf with his regionib. At the very same lime that I received Your Vecelleney's letter

Informed by Derint Cox that he had been told by Colonel Geddes that your weellency had ordered that he should so longer be regarded as hup Aide-de-Camp- And that he should return forthwith to his regimental duty.

2. I observe that, in the dame letter

Your beellency implies that Colonel Hall- with whore sanction the appoitrench was

Meade

made was not the deucor Military Officer in

this Colony in Command of Your absence from huge

the Troops during

Govermusuh.

3. I regret that Your Exceltrucy

did not think fit & Consult me on the 14th mistant when br. had a conversation

at Government House or tapeak to me at

Anytime on this dubject, before depriving me an Dide-de-Camp, expecially

of a

of the series. at a moment whin

were two Royal

you

Priners bi

finew that there

- the Colomp

to whome

I was indravowring to extrud the ~ hospitalities usually shows to testinguished

foreigners by the person occupeping my portion

4. Stawing consulted on the dubject

bith

ruy

Executive Council who read the

Corrispond