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granted to me. That it appears that the Magistrate granting it, exceeded his authority touching a reprieve (as it did not satisfy the exigencies of the case, wherein it was not being) This Excellency informed, ordered the Mandamus to be transmitted to be complied with, and an action at law proceeded in the Supreme Court, against his pronouncement. Magistrate, at the suit of the Crown. I forebear all commentary on such a state of things.
15.
It remains for me only to lay before you copies of my correspondence with the local Government upon the occasion; and it is not unlikely that the Claim to compensation under the Ordinance of the Copyhold and other recent acts of the Legislature, at large, respecting dispensation to &c. of 1856, may throw some light on the character and Operations of the local Government.
I do myself the honor to subscribe myself with the profoundest respect and credence,
Your most obedient Servant,
The Auditor,
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To The Right Honorable Sir John Bowring,
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies.
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