No means be a matter of by unreasonable deduction from the phraseology of the ordinance under which the appointments were made.
Urgency, I may say the necessity of the case was extreme, as has been already pressed on your consideration, and I shall be glad to find that the last Section of the ordinance #6 of 1845 is ruled to be of a character sufficiently comprehensive to cover the legality of the appointments reference.
M. Mist. No having the honor to be,
With the highest respect,
Sir
Your Most Obedient Humble Servant,
I ... &c.
... document, but I think this despatch may be safely put by; the presumed illegality having been finished out, it is for the Colonial Government to remedy it or leave it alone as they may deem advisable.
Am R. 27.
... Pitby M.S.
Keep for Sir J. Merwale
M8 Sept
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