station about his Band without sur Concurrence, contrary to Queent
Regulations Lec: I. latter part of para
15.
The third act was in giving lice a direct order to paradd the thoops for his inspection, and further, directing the Military details, contrary to queen's Regulations Sec : II. Para's 18819.
With regard to the Eexecution Council the Governor assembled once on the _ 19 Ellaz, with short nokee and us lutination whatever of what was, to be brought before it.
I attend the Council and to my astonishment before this incompetent_ tichumal the Sovernor submitted my Letters, ou purely military matters, and -euticised my bachons in sucks an insulting mcancer, that as an old Officer I felt I was placed in a false position, and that the only thing for ine to do, was to quit the Council, which & accordingly die.
ace
I must here explain that in stirting the Lexecutive Council; an incompetent tribunal I mean to say, its members were not compekut to give opinion one matters of military
of military Custen and usage. _ I am the only member independant of the Govercion
Tthe Governor appears to be prome
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his actors and correspondence limperpet - by acquainted with Bher Makstys Regt The Attorney General has been the -Governors adicter in these matters that I have referred to above, and seems to me to have in his interpretation of the Regulations utterly failed in catching either their spirit or meaning. – The two other members are a Schoolmarter. Acting as Polonial Secretary, and the Surveys Queral, wither of them possessing any recowledge of Military, custours of Rules.
the result of this Council was a further lot of letters rather Justifying the Governors breack of Her Majestips Regulations for in one the Governor leads one to beleir that the Council unanimously concurred with himself that I was mistaken in all my views, and that he was right in all his.
I have now to request that the Govent may be acccted to adhere to Seer Mateity's Regulations, and not to linterfere in any way with uns Command, and I trust that the unusual course adopted by him in bringing matters a purely Military nature before. c Council of besomial Civilians, instead of referring them to the home Cauthorities may meet with the censure it deserves
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as it is not secenly that an Officer in
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