CO129-059 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [11-12] — Page 349

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was

that the Cornutar i withdrawn from Cirentation by Mr. Anstey, that be forwarded it to under a pented official

you

licial cover

C...

with a Complaint against the Acting Chief Magistrate, that

the Circular they became an i "official document," which His Excellency directed

you

to

hansmit to the magistrate with a demand for explanations. You alse express your belief that Mr. Anstry with

will fully furnish us with his

for the

reasons

of action which,

him.

w you

Course

o ascribe to

In

In reply

343

we most respectfully

beg to decline poranizing M =

Anstey intervention in the

Matter, as no one member

lices.

of

the Bench of Justiers prosessinsid

Any right to interpre with the is privileges of the whole Bench . The explanation contained in

Setter under reply compels us to Your

infer either that the Government Acted as the mere inshument,

Reasons

of

of its

Mr. Ansley's will, or individual opinions, or that, for own, it considered that the further Circulation of the document in

quistion ought not to be permitted.

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