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to sit among them. But : they declined - and asst still wished, that no preponder.
• ant Government influence) should be brought to bear Inominated a Commission of which a majority consisted of non officials.
As to the repudiation by Mr. Anstey of charges made in the Legislative Council on Arth
n the 1th May I own
As
• greatly shocked by
I was
that torrent of abuses which
"Anstey poured),
Mr An
out on
an absent publie functionary. It is idle for Mr Anstey
to invoke the
1
7.
es protecting
privilege of debate for personal slanders of the vibest character since the standing order to which M. Anstey appeals,
was
nonexistent on the 14t
th
May and was only passed on the 12th July. Moreover Deannot for a
allow that the
moment
the Legislative Council (now open to the public) may be made a reservoir whence calumny and mendacity may direct their dirty sewers of scandal into the whole community.