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42, the

There will be seen Narrative, page copy of a to Sir George

letter I wrote Bowen in

sides, the only different

its manifestation bring

that while the

editor

attacked

Sir George Bowen openly, the Govern

av

usu at allacked

Hud. I

him under hand.

the h

eyes

of

ope of openning 75

the his desertion

his

Cow CL

and thus

been

indueneg him to return

art.

That

to his gover letter agreed is sentiment with the opinions expressed

leading article in

in a

local paper, with which I

had no

Communication.

direct or indirect; but if I had I should not have

needed to confine myself to the subject of desertion; for I could easily hav mentioned some of George

Bowen's other

Q.

disgracepel conduct which

I. Kept

CL..

profound

ound 2ecret

until the 17th May last.

The editor and Sir George

Bowen hated each

with

CL

other

mutual hatred.

of equal intarsity on

both

matter

c.

partisan ni the I might have exhibited.

to the editor letters prom Sir

George Bowen

whhcb

have insured the

toorred

arding

awa

of heavy damages aganest his Excellency in

for libel.

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action

Your letter of the 3%0 June, when read side by side with Sir George Bowen's inspired

announcement in the London and China Telegraph chal, his passage had been booked to Trong trong

and that he would sail at the end of June was

to imply laken

consequence

againet

that it was

of my charges.

Bowen Serbgeorge

that

his connection with the Colony had "come to an

end"

Whether this was

it was

Oce

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saliepuction to

or

ма,

Sir George Bowen deprived

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