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compelled to refure your

slain as a courtesy, moving to cir- ustanses which be them and

there particularized.

Mr. Mitchell dimes emphatically

theart their refusal

uttered by

him in any insulting language", and on this point, and also auto his

alleged " "mudistive and insulting "manner", he refers to baptorin Withins, a brothers, Magistrate, who bears him out in sorging that his words and conduct were governed by perfect temper and self-possession.

There are finents, in your letter to which His Esselteney directs the to make no spesifie allusion, lest further correspondence phaild groo this implement subject, the material principle of which is

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already under reference to the hipereme Governments of our respective cantines

His Excellency devines, mention that Commodore Arusting

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how ales addressed him on this

matter, and, after funmeiating the prinsiples by which his action is regulated, how invented to close the emerfiondence. Ihlowe, Ben,

(Signed) W. J. Mereur,

kolorach Secretary.

Trove Copy

Woluwent bolonial Secretary.

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