the foot informing him that His Lordship does not find
any sufficient ground for
instituting
an
enquiry of
the kind desired by him;
that the proceedings appear
to have been perfectly regular
and Pitman having been duly
convicted of libel received
such a sentence as
The Chief
Justice who tried the case
considered right & proper;
and it is not the duty of the Secretary of State to
review judicial proceedings
or to express any opinion
on the adequacy of the sentence,
which is
a matter within
the opinion & discretion of
the Chief Justice
With regard to the
$15,000
bonus which
is stated to have been
given by the Opium farmer
to Pitman, Fothergill
states that they were very good
friends of the successor
of
the farm
and that he had obtained the opium
farms for them for the
Governor, the Secretary
has been informed
that Lord
H. desires to receive the
explanation that he is
doubtless in a position to furnish.
JB.