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an ex officio information of the third-
a
right distinctly affirmed by His Grace the Duke of Buckingham in his despatch No 192 of the 28th November last, the substance of which despatch
was
duly
communicated to the Chief Justice for his information, but he even
contends that the
Acting Attorney General had not the powers of the Attorney General - thereby quite misrepresenting the Government of this Colony,
in which from its peculiar circumstances there is ordinarily a large proportion of Acting Officers.
thus
as
Your Lordship will perceive, the Chief Justice has suffered himself to decide such important questions of law affecting the machinery of this Government
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that the latter has become
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much
interested, as that of Macao, in ascertaining
through some authority likely to command respect these important points, which Mr Impey has not hesitated to deal with
summarily
in a manner that contrasts
strangely with his affected hesitation in depreciating the discussion of grave questions which nevertheless, if they do arise, it is within his office and his
and his duty to decide, if he be fit for his position. 8. He has also not hesitated to quit his legitimate province as Judge without reference to a jury
and decide
what is and
what is not libel, whilst he has
given
casts against the Crown. 9. Under these circumstances and
seeing