Box 1
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Contains 1 Result:
Lord Palmerton to Henry Labouchere, 1856
File — Box: 1, Folder: 46
Identifier: id293469
Scope and Contents
Lord Palmerton, Prime Minister, to Henry Labouchere, Secretary of State for the Colonies, about the charge by Thomas Chisholm Anstey, Attorney General of Hong Kong, that John Walter Hulme, Chief Justice in Hong Kong, was drunk at the Governor’s table. He repeats comments by Bowring [Sir John Bowring] who was at the dinner. He warns that this matter needs to be handled carefully since Anstey’s correspondence is damaging and Hong Kong is not a “very favorite establishment in our House.” He...
Dates:
1856