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but

it for a single article in

a newspaper which met

newspaper

with no response

response from the

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As

of

-public. And specially regards the Legislative Council,

I may add that when one the unofficial members used very strong expressions of _ approval with regard to my action in this respect, not one of the others

gave

the

slightest

sign of dissent, and indeed

all appeared to be, and I

have

every

reason to believe,

were

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were, in cordial agreement -

with him.

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But while I have

in

-felt it only due to myself is

self defence to express

the

say

above opinion, I cannot that I feel sufficiently strongly

on the subject, to be in the least aggrieved if Your Lordship on reading them - should take a different view; and while expressing my regret that I should hitherto have misunderstood what-

- were

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