CO129-204 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1882 [11-12] — Page 326

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"Lat the Governor's ball or to a public

"Ball under the personal excort of their Governor going and leaving

"We have adhered to these wishes

of Her Majesty most religiously. The "departures in Japan having been "specially ordered for political reasons in re Mikado."

3. On the

"

fourth of December Iread

this to Sir John Pope Stennessey who

me that he had received

informed

the special commands

of Her Majesty

instructions. He took no

steps to make

which would over-ride Lord Clanwilliam's

on a

large

public the Princes actual position in the Squadron but on the other hand encouraged preparations scale for their entertainment: 4. For the fortnight previous to the 23th instant and including that day the Midshipmen of the Squadron had been undergoing the six monthly

examination