CO129-57 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [7] — Page 96

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gove me, through Mr. Morckenzie

"the Goudler, directions to fend for the Corkshops keeper to come up to the Goud, and sign a receipt Youth,

receipt for his The booksloop- Keeper,

Money,

Summoned

Loned by me,

Come

and Mr. Merckenzie tendered to thim

little over

ound

in my presence the sum of £ you

shilling, or a very

recollent Houstly

not £8. The pam

cannot rec

certain it

reseived the mey

Aucu

he received it only by my

Signed liis,

money, but grumbled;

be

advice:

な toa Mame receipt

for the amount he had received, not for his bill sin full : he would soot sign a receipt, sin full, conde he wow not awked to do to. A day -two after this, that is to sory, on the 6th or 7th April, I received

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that order from No. Mitolull solrich I have already Misken of the

: he gave

it to me in

he

The reason

-person. The

was that the bill of

heang

and

suvsigned the book sleep keeper

bookstesper wowtor for him to pony. I gove the movinge "laughingly and astonished to the prisoners, and they laughed "were autourished, saying "," "Hon- "ridiculous to expect it of bonished "Men in now situation!" We all astonished. I never had heard

such

were

of shale aanstorm before... They, have very said they would try, but day not make on Mitshull

any promies. A

Qrine

1 week afterwords Mr.Mitalull down with his servant, Lye-Asi, to the Gard ( Lye Aoi hord formerly teen Crier of the Police bant, bit loud been dismissed upon a suspicion [schich I

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