Swanston to Secretary of State

Having been debarred the usual mode of access to Your Grace by
the refusal on the part of the Governor of this Colony to
forward the Accompanying Memorial: (Vide his note herewith) I
have adopted the only course open to me to obtain redress for a
most wanton 
attack on my liberty, and to secure protection from
Similar attempts for the future. Trusting that the
Circumstances of the Case will hear me out in the step I have
taken, and render it perfectly admissible in the opinion of Your
Grace.