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difference between the interpretation of the law by the Magistrate and that by the Governor is pointed out to the former; secondly, to explanations offered in Court during trials in question, by Captain Cowper, the plaintiff on the part of the Browns, as to the Browns' exclusion from the Ball. It is upon this precise point that the Conduct of the Chief Magistrate especially deserves and receives approbation and support. We cannot admit that His Excellency has any right to dictate his own interpretation of the law to the Magistrate, and it would be strange indeed were the Magistrate to take the law from the plaintiff in a case against his own conviction!
7. His Excellency has no recollection of releasing any of the Justices from attendance at Sessions. We note that he had neither the purpose nor indeed the power to do so, and leave it to the Justices in question to recall the circumstances to his recollection.
8. His Excellency the Governor states that the question at issue has been decided by the highest