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the Monty's Regulations for Army Office Regulations prescribe certain limits to his control of the Troops, it is not permissible to any Military Officer in the Colony, however high his position, to place himself in opposition to the Governor, if he thinks that the limits of the Regulations are being infringed by him. – Should a grievance arise, it can be represented to the authorities at home for the consideration of Her Majesty's Government, but in the meantime the wishes and commands of the Governor must be respected. – It is further imperative that no private considerations should be allowed to interfere with the amenities of official intercourse, and if, unfortunately, cordiality in public or private relations should become impossible, it is nevertheless indispensable that all action should be avoided which might give evidence of differences and tend to create a public scandal detrimental alike to the civil and military Officers of the Government.
In comparing the view of the duties of an Officer in Command of Her Majesty's Troops in a Colony with the course you have pursued throughout the differences which have arisen between yourself and Sir J. Pope Hennessey, His Royal Highness sees much to regret, both generally...