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Council been otherwise, he would still

have insisted upon the second char

charge

being enquired into, although he most enterly recents to the news expressed by the Honorable Major General George B'Aquilar.

Captain Bruce stated in reply to the second charge

I have

as a

guest in

long resided the General's house, and I was his quest at the period set forth in the second charge, and therefore I consider it as duce not only to the General but to myself my profession to decline answering any question upon the subject, unless I - my failing to do so- a disrespect to Her Majesty the

and to

am told that

will be

Queen.

The Council upon consulting

Captain Bruce's objection,

was

opinion that his refusing,

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224

on

clearly of

would be

A mark of disrespect to the Queen, and that he is called upon by his allegiance

to say

The

all that he knows upon his cath.

Major General having made His

Protest, did not vote on

this

occasion.

2nd read a second time.

-Charge 2 ad

to Captain Bruce..

for

me

Captain Bruce said. It is impossible.

to

say whether the date mentioned in the charge be correct or not. I ____ remember however that the Chief Justice dined with. Major General D'aquilar

ab

a party given in the month of July 1846,

And

great

that occasion there

that on that

was a

deal of wine drunk,

wine drunk, and that the

Chief Justice appeared to me to have taken

C.