August, but regret to find that it leaves untouched the important principle which it was the object of our first communications to assert in support of our Magisterial rights and freedom of action; we do not, however, press His Excellency again to avow any opinion upon the subject, our purpose in addressing you being merely to correct the erroneous impression which His Excellency's remarks upon some of the points under discussion are calculated to convey.
2. In the letter under reply, as well as in the Memorandum, the writ of Mandamus and the opinions stated to have been expressed by His Lordship the Chief Justice are placed in connection with the cases heard by the Magistrates on the 25th of May and the 3rd of June, upon which it was professedly based. We beg leave respectfully to repeat that the writ of Mandamus, to which His Excellency has so repeatedly and in such strong terms referred, was not issued in respect to those cases; and, inasmuch as the conduct of the Chief Justice...