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Can't Home, the public convenience will not be lost sight of by the bluecoat justice. It appears by the statement of the Registrar that he recollects only one instance (a case of urgency) in which the holidays have not been regularly kept.
With respect to the hour for opening the court, as it appears that in County Court less than 74 young men on the jury were in opinion that Midday is the most convenient time, and as representations of a contrary character have come to the knowledge of the Government, His Excellency concludes that the change suggested by the Attorney-General would not be acceptable to the majority of those concerned. True Copy
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Sir,
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In continuation of my Despatch of the 18th instant, I have now the honour to transmit further correspondence on the subject of the difference with the American Consul.
The present documents, which, I trust, conclude the affair so far as this Colony is concerned, turn principally on Mr. Keenan's complaint. The Right Honourable the Earl of Carnarvon, M.P., Henry Labouchere,